The current COVID-19 pandemic has displaced us from our classrooms to our homes while relying on our smartphones to stay connected. Transitioning to distance learning has interrupted our ability to make new connections that are essential to our college experience.  Our UStudy smartphone application facilitates social interaction and connections between students on the UConn campus. The UStudy platform allows each student to enter course-specific chat rooms to ask questions, make study groups, and remain united as a classroom again from virtually anywhere.