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Three students stand with Interim CAHNR Dean Kumar Venkitanarayanan at the Capitol

CAHNR’s Commitment to Connecticut Agriculture on Display at Annual Ag Day

For UConn’s College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources (CAHNR) and UConn Extension, Ag Day is both a celebration and a reflection of its year-round commitment to advancing agriculture across Connecticut through research, education, and extension engagement

Bridget Foley-Johnson, pictured at the UConn Hartford Campus

Student Pursues Joint Graduate Degrees in Social Work, Public Policy

"I could see how intertwined the two fields are and it made sense to study them together, especially with the internship opportunities and the range of career paths it opens up.”  

A group of students pose holding apples in an orchard

Agricultural and Resource Economics Programs Emphasize Experiential Learning

Fulfilling UConn's land-grant mission is providing real-world job skills for CAHNR students

A woman poses at a table with six books.

Children’s Book Author, Soon-To-Be Grad Sees Value in Experience

Having grown up in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, just across the border from El Paso, Texas, Luisana Duarte Armendáriz ’26 Ph.D. straddled the line between languages, cultures, and national borders

The exterior of Gampel Pavilion in the morning.

Renovations Starting at Gampel to Enhance the Fan Experience, Add New Revenue Sources

Critical improvements for the symbolic center of 'The Basketball Capital of the World'

People sitting at tables listening to a speaker at a podium

Two-Day Puerto Rican Summit Aims for Change

Puerto Rico: Puerto Ricans in Connecticut, sponsored by UConn’s Puerto Rican Studies Initiative for Community Engagement and Public Policy (UConnPRSI), was held March 20-21

Tables of people listening to a speaker at a podium

A Commitment to Students’ Well-being is Focus of Symposium

'Zooming in on Undergraduate Student Well-being' was an interactive session intended to 'champion change through empathy' through a deeper understanding of the voices behind survey data

Smiling older woman exercising in a gymnasium

Testosterone Improves Fat Distribution for Older Women

A novel UConn study looked at the impact of using a topical testosterone gel as part of treatment for older women who have suffered a hip fracture in conjunction with exercise

Two women sitting in chairs on a stage, having a conversation.

Author Nikkya Hargrove Keynotes Women’s History Month at UConn Stamford 

'You can build something you are proud of'

Scallops on deck

UConn Helps Sea Scallop Communities Adapt to Ocean Warming

UConn Marine Sciences Associate Professor Samantha Siedlecki co-leads a data-driven project to predict the growth of scallops across vast geographic regions and more than a century of time