Joanna Smiley

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Students at the UConn School of Social Work.

UConn School of Social Work Lands $587,633 Mental Health Training Grant

Grant will support 50,000 students in under-resourced Connecticut school districts

December 17, 2024 | Joanna Smiley - School of Social Work

Community Impact Research & Discovery UConn Voices
Entryway sign lit up green for St. Patricks Day and for Sustainability.

A Dual Mission: Growing Green, UConn Professor Earns Income Licensing Plants that Fight Climate Change

'I’m trying to create plants that can replace a lot of the plants that we seem to be losing due to climate change, drought, heat, and insects and disease'

April 22, 2024 | Joanna Smiley - School of Social Work

Entrepreneurship Research & Discovery University News
UConn entrepreneur Jasdeep Singh holds the giant check that signifies his victory at a business pitch competition held at the SXSW conference.

UConn Entrepreneur Wins Pitch Competition at 15th Annual SXSW

With the highest caliber of applicants in the festival’s history, STMPatch Wins Food, Nutrition, Health Category

March 19, 2024 | Joanna Smiley - School of Social Work

Alumni Entrepreneurship Research & Discovery
Wilbur Cross with fall foliage. Oct. 12, 2021.

Two Faculty Entrepreneurs Named to National Academy of Inventors List

'We all brainstorm and discuss - how can this be more perfect? How can it help more people improve their quality of life?'

March 11, 2024 | Joanna Smiley - School of Social Work

Entrepreneurship Research & Discovery
Jessica Rouge with the members of her lab.

Female Inventor Empowers Underrepresented Women in Science

In honor of International Women's Day, meet UConn chemistry Professor Jessica Rouge

March 8, 2024 | Joanna Smiley - School of Social Work

Entrepreneurship Research & Discovery UConn Voices