The Mirror staff has won numerous Excellence in Journalism Awards from the Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists.

The newspaper was founded after the merging of two prior publications: one produced under the supervision of the university (The Voice), and one published independently (The Free Press and Review).

The genesis of the change to The Mirror, was Ned Barnett, who as editor in chief of The Voice, was one of the driving forces to create an independent newspaper.

Later, a group of students sought disciplinary action against The Mirror claiming the offensive content in the "He Said" column had violated the school's harassment policy.

However, thousands of alumni, parents, and other members of the university community read the Web edition on a regular basis.