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1. Any and all referrals of academic misconduct that Professor Corso and Professor Blanchard have made against students since 2020 (roughly the time that we understand online proctored exams began);
2. Outcomes of those referrals: whether those referrals went to a hearing, whether the students were given retakes, and what the outcome was following a hearing and/or retake (students' names and personally identifiable information to be redacted)
FOI #26-464 - Subject - New submission from Special Data Request
Name - Christina Lapierre
Affiliation -
As the state grant director for the GEAR UP CT USDOE federal grant, I am looking to obtain the following details for a specific cohort of students who attended UConn during 2025-2026 as part of this grant. For the specific names, you can ask Sara Raffin who would have the names.
Based on the number of GEAR UP cohort students that attended UConn in 2025-2026.
• Remedial English/Developmental = Total # of students
• College Level English = Total # of students
• Remedial/Developmental Math = Total # of students
• College Level Math = Total # of students
FOI #26-463 - Subject - Public Records Request – Employment Contracts
Name - Tanner Stump
Affiliation -
Pursuant to applicable authority, I am writing to request copies of the following "Documents" for the athletic department staff listed below:
* Current employment contract and salary (Letter of intent, form agreement, or applicable document / record which shows annual compensation and start/end date of employment) as well as any pertinent amendments. If an employee does not have a formal written agreement, please provide (ideally in a spreadsheet or table format): Name, Compensation, and Start/End Date (or write "At Will" if applicable). I am only seeking documents that have been signed and or executed in the last 10 months. If no new document exists, please provide the individual's annual salary as of July 1, 2026.
- Brad Bichey
- Colin Leddy
- Jason Candle
- John Morookian
- Kerry Dixon
- Marquel Blackwell
- Max Wray
- Nate Cole
- Nunzio Campanile
- Pat Cashmore
- Robert Weiner
- Rod Chance
- Ryan Manalac
FOI #26-462 (07-15-26, 7:08 am) - Subject - executed contracts, purchase orders, invoices, and solicitation/RFP documents
Name - Millie Swift
Affiliation - The Data Branch
We request all records for University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus, including executed contracts, purchase orders, invoices, and solicitation/RFP documents for products or services purchased from ESS/ESI, Kokua Education, Scoot Education, Zed Educate, and BuildEd, covering the past three years to present.
Spreadsheet exports preferred; PDF, Word, or standard ERP/finance reports also work. This is a commercial research request, and we're happy to narrow or clarify the scope to ease fulfillment.
FOI #26-461 (07-14-26, 12:22 pm) - Subject - Football Head Coach
Name - Tom Seipp
Affiliation -
Below is my request to obtain the following public records: any long-form Employment Agreements, including all amendments, MOUs, and appointment letters for head football coach Jason Candle.
If there are any fees for searching or copying these records, please inform me of the cost. However, I would also like to request a waiver of all fees in that the disclosure of the requested information is in the public interest. If you deny any or all of this request, please cite each specific exemption you feel justifies the refusal to release the information and notify me of the appeal procedures available to me under the law.
FOI #26-460 - Subject - FOIA Request - University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus
Name - Toby Park
Affiliation -
Pursuant to Connecticut's Freedom of Information Act (CGS Title 1 Chapter 14)
Scope of Request:
All products from: National Time and Signal, Pyramid Time, Centegix, Raptor Tech, Singlewire, Boxlight, Quicklert, Vivi, Audio Enhancement, CareHawk, Valcom.
We are interested in records from 2022 to now that document the financial terms of any engagement with the vendors listed above. Where available, this may include per-unit pricing, subscription or licensing fees, and any implementation or onboarding costs.
The types of records we are interested in include:
• Contracts, service agreements, and order forms
• Purchase orders associated with the above vendors
• RFP or solicitation documents
• Task orders issued under cooperative purchasing agreements
Pursuant to applicable authority, I am writing to request copies of the following "Documents" for the athletic department staff listed below:
* Current employment contract and salary (Letter of intent, form agreement, or applicable document / record which shows annual compensation and start/end date of employment) as well as any pertinent amendments. If an employee does not have a formal written agreement, please provide (ideally in a spreadsheet or table format): Name, Compensation, and Start/End Date (or write "At Will" if applicable). I am only seeking documents that have been signed and or executed in the last 9 months. If no new document exists, please provide the individual's annual salary as of July 1, 2026.
I am conducting historical research on the University of Connecticut's Undergraduate First Destination Survey results and published employment outcomes from 2018–2025. I am seeking to better understand the methodology, supporting documentation, and historical employment outcome data used in publicly available reports and communications.
If available, I am requesting:
- Employment outcomes after graduation (particularly full-time employment and, if tracked, whether the employment was related to the graduate's field of study or career goals.).
- The timeframe used to determine employment outcomes (e.g., 3 months, 6 months, etc.).
- Average and/or median starting salaries.
- Survey response rates.
- Methodology used to calculate employment outcomes and salary statistics.
- Definitions used for terms such as "employed," "employed in field," and "positive post-graduation outcomes."
- Archived Undergraduate First Destination Survey reports.
- Any publicly available reports, summaries, methodology documents, or supporting documentation used to prepare or support published employment outcome webpages, articles, press releases, or other public communications during 2018–2025.
FOI #26-456 (07-13-26, 10:03 am) - Subject - Public Records Request
Name - Birdie Beaumont
Affiliation - The Data Branch
To University of Connecticut-Stamford,
We request all records, including executed contracts, purchase orders, invoices, and solicitation/RFP documents for products or services purchased from Slingshot, Textbook Butler, Tree of Life Bookstores, BBA Corp, Valore Campus, Akademos, Barnes & Noble, Textbook Brokers, eCampus, and Follett Corporation, covering the past three years to present.
Spreadsheet exports preferred; PDF, Word, or standard ERP/finance reports also work. This is a commercial research request, and we're happy to narrow or clarify the scope to ease fulfillment.