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Pursuant to Connecticut's Freedom of Information Act (Chapter 14 Conn. Gen. Stats.), I am requesting the following emails from members of your athletics department fundraising team.
I am requesting any emails sent or received by the following individuals.
Tori Untiet (tuntiet@foundation.uconn.edu), Ted Woodward (twoodward@foundation.uconn.edu), Jake Hayes (jhayes@foundation.uconn.edu), John Foster (jfoster@founsation.uconn.edu)
That mention the following terms:
“DAF” AND “NIL” OR “Football”
“Donor Advised Funds” AND “NIL” OR “Football”
“National Philanthropic Trust” AND “NIL” OR “Football”
“Schwab Charitable” AND “NIL” OR “Football”
“Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund” AND “NIL” OR “Football”
“Fidelity Charitable" AND “NIL” OR “Football”
I am requesting you search the following dates.
1/1/2025 to 6/31/2025.
FOI #25-509 (11-21-25, 10:57 am) - Subject - Balloons lol
Name - David Covucci
Affiliation - FOIAball
Pursuant to Connecticut's Freedom of Information Act (Chapter 14 Conn. Gen. Stats.), I am requesting the following documents from your athletics department.
A sum total of spending on balloons from 1/1/2024 to 12/31/2024.
(I know this may seem ridiculous, but my followers on social media have loved seeing this stuff.)
I am happy to accept a lump sum from all vendors, or line items listing out individual spends with specific vendors, whichever is easier for you.
If you do provide a lump sum, I request you provide me with a list of all vendors used. Please note, while some spreadsheets specifically mention balloons, some are listed in generic entertainment categories. And some vendors don’t have balloon listed in their company name.
I’m sure you all know that, but … just putting it out there. And making this request unnecessarily longer.
I am specifically requesting spending with professional balloon vendors. If someone in your department bought balloons for a birthday, I do not need that.
If you are able to provide me solely with your school’s football program’s spending, that would be spectacular. If not, I will take all athletics spending.
FOI #25-508 - Subject - UConn New School of Nursing (Internal File #25-18)
Name - Hope Redding
Affiliation -
We are requesting certified payroll records submitted by the contractors listed below for work performed in the University of Connecticut New School of Nursing Project No. 300260, located at 1356 Storrs Rd., Mansfield, CT. The CM is Lee Kennedy Co., Inc. The GC is BOND Brothers. I have revised and attached the FOI letter. Please let me know if you have trouble opening the attachment.
• Advance Resources for Wk ending 9.27.25 through to the present
• B&W Paving & Landscaping for Wk ending 9.27.25 through to the present
• Banton Construction for all weeks worked
• Barall & Konover Floors for all weeks worked
• Eagle Fence for Wk ending 9.27.25 through to the present
• Ferguson Mechanical, and their subs for all weeks worked
• M. Frank Higgins & Co for all weeks worked
• Manafort Brothers for Wk ending 9.27.25 through to the present
• Richards Corp for Wk ending 10.11.25 through to the present
• Scholar Painting and Restoration for all weeks worked
• Shepard Steel and their subs for all weeks worked
• Steeltech for all weeks worked
• Trinity Construction Group for Wk ending 10.11.25 through to the present
• Wayne Griffin Electric (Phase 1B) for Wk ending 9.28.25 through to the present
• System One for all weeks worked
Michael Ayele (a.k.a) W
Association for the Advancement of Civil Liberties (AACL)
FOI #25-507 (11-21-25, 5:50 am) - Subject - Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W Biography Generated by Microsoft's Artificial Intelligence : https://www.bing.com/search?q=michael+ayele+bio
Name - Michael Ayele (a.k.a) W
Affiliation - Association for the Advancement of Civil Liberties (AACL)
What I am requesting for prompt disclosure are records in your possession detailing your discussions about [1] Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W as a Black Bachelor of Arts (B.A) Degree graduate of Westminster College (Fulton, Missouri) who (i) has never in the past contacted employees / legal representatives of Microsoft or the Bing/MSN search engine to solicit that they write and publish a “biography” of him; (ii) has on (or around) November 16th 2025 informed employees/legal representatives of Microsoft that the Bing/MSN internet search engine (ISE) (through the artificial intelligence powered Copilot) was generating a “biography” of him without his consent; (iii) has on (or around) November 16th 2025 informed employees/legal representatives of Microsoft that the Bing/MSN ISE (through the AI powered Copilot) was generating a “biography” of him without ever having asked for his input or authorization; (iv) has on (or around) November 16th 2025 informed employees/legal representatives of Microsoft that he objects to the Bing/MSN ISE association of his name with AI prompts (such as “michael ayele bio” and “michael ayele wiretap”) because of their tendency to generate inappropriate and misleading AI content that exacerbate racism and discrimination on the internet; (v) has on (or around) November 16th 2025 informed employees/legal representatives of Microsoft that he objects to the use of his name, his image, his likeness or written content as a trigger reference point for AI hallucination; [2] the Bing/MSN ISE as an artificial-intelligence-powered platform owned and operated by Microsoft that (i) has infringed on Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W’s right to publicity by generating an unsolicited and unauthorized “biography” of him through Copilot; (ii) has not contacted Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W at any time prior to November 16th 2025 to seek consent, verification or correction of the AI-generated “biography” and other content it was publishing in his regards; (iii) has associated Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W’s name with AI prompts (such as “michael ayele bio” and “michael ayele wiretap”) that he never authored, endorsed, or sought to have created; (iv) has allowed its Copilot AI system to generate content in ways that are factually incorrect, misleading, reductive and defamatory to the name, the image, the likeness and the published works of Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W; (v) has not escalated Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W’s November 16th 2025 complaint to the internal divisions responsible for AI ethics, safety, and legal compliance — including the Office of Responsible AI (ORA), Copilot Control System, Microsoft Purview Compliance etc; [3] Paolo Pavesich v. New England Life Insurance Company; [4] Haelan Laboratories, Inc. v Topps Chewing Gum, Inc; [5] Warren Spahn v. Julian Messner; [6] Vanna White v. Samsung Electronics America; [7] the terms and conditions of the contractual agreements concluded between UConn and Microsoft Corporation...
FOI #25-506 (11-20-25, 2:29 pm) - Subject - Video Footage
Name - Student Student
Affiliation - Student
I am requesting all video footage from ANY AND ALL cameras located in or around the rear parking lot of the 900 WB at UConn Stamford, as well as ANY AND ALL cameras located in the parking garage beneath the surface of the 900 WB building. I am looking for all this footage from the times of 6:55 PM - 11:05 PM.
FOI #25-505 (11-19-25, 10:21 pm) - Subject - student directory
Name - Andrew Kozlovski
Affiliation -
I am submitting a public records request for access to student directory information for all currently enrolled students.
Specifically, I am requesting the following directory fields:
Full name
University email address
Degree level (undergraduate, graduate, etc.)
Major or field of study, if designated as directory information
Year of study or expected graduation date, if designated as directory information
This request is limited to information your institution classifies as “directory information” under its FERPA policy. I am not requesting any data that is restricted, confidential, or otherwise non-disclosable.
Please provide the records in any available digital format (CSV, Excel, or text file) via email or download link. If there are any fees associated with fulfilling this request, please notify me in advance.
We're looking to make a Public Records Request for the following information for the undergraduate and graduate population (if applicable) enrolled at University of Connecticut-Avery Point in the current academic term:
• email addresses
• names
• majors
• class year
• participation in varsity sports
We're looking to make a Public Records Request for the following information for the undergraduate and graduate population (if applicable) enrolled at University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus in the current academic term:
• email addresses
• names
• majors
• class year
• participation in varsity sports
If any of that information is not available, we would request any and all of it that is.
FOI #25-502 - Subject - SmartProcure Public Records Request to University of Connecticut for Contact Information
Name - Karen Garcia
Affiliation -
SmartProcure is submitting a public records request to the University of Connecticut for all current employee/staff contact information. The request is limited to readily available records without physically copying, scanning, or printing paper documents. Any editable electronic document is acceptable.
The specific information requested from your record-keeping system is:
1. First Name
2. Last Name
3. Position Title
4. Department
5. Direct Phone Number (if does not exist, list main phone number with extension) 6. Business Cell Phone (if provided by University of Connecticut) 7. Email Address 8. Office Address (Address, City, State, Zip)