Tayshaun Bookal By Josh Eugene Tayshaun Bookal is a Senior at the University of Bridgeport majoring in Health Science. Outside of school, he stays busy with many different activities and hobbies. He runs track, writes poems, participates in SPB and Skate Club, plays video games, listens to music, exercises, watches anime, paints, skates, works as an RA, and practices self-care. These activities give him different ways to express himself and enjoy his free time. One of the thi

By Giancarlo Zamora Swimming has always been the one place where my mind finally slows down. The moment I slip into the water, everything else (stress, noise, deadlines) fades into the background. It’s just me, the rhythm of my breathing, and the steady pull of each stroke. I didn’t realize how much swimming shaped me until I got older. It taught me discipline long before I knew the word. Early‑morning practices, sore shoulders, and endless laps showed me that progress isn’t

Gabriela Irias, roving reporter, short story writer, and wonderful human being, graduated from the University of Bridgeport with her BS in English and Professional Writing in 2026, and she is now enrolled in UB’s MS program in English Education. Wild Knights caught up with Gaby to talk about her experience in the School of Education, her professional goals, and her life philosophy. WK: You recently graduated from UB with a BS in English & Professional Writing, and you starte

The real Eric D. Lehman Me be Eric D. Lehman? I wish! Eric D. Lehman has written a million books, many of which are commonly available at your local CVS (if you live in Connecticut, which you probably do if you are reading this). Have you ever been waiting for your prescriptions in a CVS and idly rotated the display carousel of books about Connecticut? Many of them were written by Eric D. Lehman. Wineries of Connecticut, a whole book about the town of Hamden, Famous peop

It’s Ngozi’s first day of first grade. She is excited, but also a little scared, because it’s her first year in a new district after her family moved from Harlem, New York, to a leafy Connecticut suburb. Will she like her teacher? (She will.) Will the kids be nice to her? (Most of them will be.) And what in the world is a kindness tree? Ngozi is the hero of Ngozi and the Kindness Tree, a new children’s book with a powerful message by author Dr. Tania Nicole Williams-Suth

Learning is a collective activity where knowledge is constructed through relationships with peers, professors, and communities, pooling together diverse voices and interdisciplinary perspectives. At UB’s recent Faculty Development Day, Dr. Elizabeth Haas, Dr. Andrew Merecicky, and Dr. Randy Laist explained how UB embodies this principle through its implementation of first-year learning communities. UB’s First-Year Learning Community (FYLC) program groups incoming first-yea

You-Begin your future! You-Become empowered! You-Befriend new people! You-Belie the naysayers! You-Besiege the fortress of knowledge! You-Bestrew your life-path with beauty and wisdom! You-Be living your Best Life! Carl is the friendly kangaroo who lives in the second-floor lounge of Carlson Hall. Come visit and say hello!

Welcome to UB Reads! In this ongoing feature, we talk to folks in the UB Community about what they’re reading. In this installment, Associate Professor of Human Services Donna Oropall shares some selections from her summer reading list! Professor Oropall I belong to two Book Groups and have belonged to three at one time. I read Theo of Golden, which is the UB Book Group selection. I loved this feel-good novel about an aging artist and his final years spent in a college town.

What do you think about when you think about AI? Academic integrity? Workplace efficiencies? Robot apocalypse? Mike Barlow thinks about Hamlet, Dante, The Twilight Zone, The X-Files, Edgar Allan Poe, Gabriel Garcia Marquez. He thinks about mirrors, meteorology, and Taoism. Barlow is the writer of a new book, The Thinking Mirror: Entangled Possibilities, the latest book released by The University of Bridgeport Press. There are a lot of books out there about AI, but none of

We caught up with Carl, The University of Bridgeport's resident kangaroo, for a quick round of 20 Questions. Who are your two favorite American presidents? Roosevelt. What is your favorite country? Peru. What is your favorite Edgar Allan Poe story? The Murders in the Rue Morgue. What is your favorite leafy green? Arugula. Who is your favorite singer-songwriter? Rufus Wainwright. What’s your favorite Top 40 band? Maroon-5. Who’s your favorite Latin American poet? Pablo Neruda.