Education

HARTFORD — A frustrated Angel Cotto took over the protesters' megaphone late Monday afternoon, venting on the steps of city hall about school budget cuts and cafeteria food to anyone who would listen.

WEST HARTFORD — The town is moving to buy UConn's West Hartford campus after negotiating a reduced sale price of $5 million, the town and the university said Monday.

If approved by the town council next week, and the UConn Board of Trustees, the deal would douse a proposal to sell the campus to Weiming Education Group for use as an international high school.

Once again, UConn has a record number of applicants for its Storrs campus.

UConn said in a statement that it's clear this fall's freshmen in Storrs will be "among the most academically talented and most ethnically and geographically diverse classes in UConn's history."

NEW BRITAIN — A student at Central Connecticut State University has died, University President Jack Miller reported Saturday. The cause of death has not been revealed.

"I deeply regret to inform you that on Saturday morning we learned of the death of a CCSU student," Miller wrote in a statement. "The student's parents and immediate friends were notified, and our counselors have met with them.

WEST HARTFORD — Speaking to a crowd huddled under umbrellas and ponchos on Saturday, golfing champion Suzy Whaley urged the 256 soon-to-be graduates at the University of St. Joseph, to find their passion and to pursue it with diligence.

"Claiming you just want to be happy is fine," said Whaley, who was the first woman to be elected as an officer of the Professional Golfers' Association of America.

Wesleyan University announced this week that it will consider undocumented students who graduate from an American high school as if they are U.S. citizens or permanent residents beginning with the fall 2017 class.