THE INDEPENDENT VOICE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SINCE 1896 • VOLUME CXXVII, NO. 39 Wednesday, October 21, 2020 COVID-19 Tracker Current 215 179 20 CONFIRMED CASES AT Residential UCONN STORRS Cases Cumulative Cumulative Staff Cases as of 8:47 p.m. on Oct. 20 20 (positive/symptomatic) Residential Cases Commuter Cases Amid pandemic, UConn agrees to pay $249,539 record setting UConn to settle gender-based pay research thrives by Conner Caridad | CAMPUS CORRESPONDENT discrimination allegations
[email protected] U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ROUTINE AUDIT UNCOVERS In fiscal year 2020, researchers at the Universi- ty of Connecticut and UConn Health received $19 DISCREPANCIES, WOMEN’S BASKETBALL COACHES MOST AFFECTED million more in grant funding than in the previ- ous year to set a record for the greatest amount of by Luke Hajdasz Director of Women’s Basketball funding the university has ever received in grants, STAFF WRITER Operations Sarah Darras and UConn will pay a total of according to a press release from UConn Today.
[email protected] Director of Football Operations The Office of the Vice President for Research re- under Bob Diaco Sarah Law- ported that the univer- The University of Connecti- less. Among them, a total of $249,539 sity received more than “I am very cut will pay $249,539 to a total of $150,634 in back pay will be dis- $285 million in grant proud of our seven female employees found tributed. funding since July 2019. to be underpaid in compari- According to state records, Five of the seven women In that time, UConn entire research son to their male counterparts Dailey was paid $250,035 in and UConn Health also community for as part of an audit done by the 2015.