UConn Hartford
In Memoriam: EBV Director Michael Zacchea
The decorated Marine Corps veteran founded the entrepreneurship program in 2009, which has since produced 187 businesses
April 27, 2022 | Claire Hall
Social Work Program Puts Students on Track to Serve Latinx/a/o Families in Connecticut
As the need for bilingual social workers grows, the UConn School of Social Work's new program aims to meet that need
April 25, 2022 | Ziba Kashef
New Report Reveals Industry-Led Initiative Fails to Protect Kids from Marketing of Unhealthy Foods and Beverages
Despite recent strengthening of Children’s Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative (CFBAI) nutrition standards, loopholes allow the marketing of unhealthy products to children, contributing to poor diets and placing their health at risk
April 5, 2022 | UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy & Health
School of Public Policy Forms at UConn Hartford
Formerly the Department of Public Policy, the School is dedicated to preparing students for public leadership positions and producing applied research that solves societal problems.
April 1, 2022 | Christine Buckley
Conference on Anti-Racism to be Held at UConn Hartford
A chance to amplify UConn's role as a key part of intellectual and community life in the capital city
April 1, 2022 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications
Schools Will Soon Stop Serving Free Lunch to All Students: What Comes Next?
The policy has reduced food insecurity and provided more kids with nutritious, healthy meals
March 22, 2022 | Marlene B. Schwartz, Director of the UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health, and Professor of Human Development and Family Sciences
Why Social Work is Political, and How it Matters for Democracy
Tanya Rhodes Smith of the School of Social Work talks about elections, health, and why policymakers should seek insight from social workers
March 15, 2022 | Julie (Stagis) Bartucca '10 (BUS, CLAS), '19 MBA
State Historian Walter Woodward Considers the Past as He Looks to the Future
After 18 years, with a hand in everything from school curricula to podcasting, Connecticut's fifth state historian looks both backward and forward
March 4, 2022 | Kimberly Phillips
Study: Front-of-Package Claims and Images Persuade Parents that Sugar-Sweetened Drinks are Healthy Choices for Children
'Marketing tactics commonly used to promote fruit-flavored drinks and toddler milks appear to mislead, mask and misrepresent true ingredients'
February 24, 2022 | Kristin Messina, UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy & Health
Tens of Thousands of Afghan Evacuees Made it to the US: Here’s How the Resettlement Process Works
While many Americans think of the arriving Afghans as 'refugees,' most have a more tenuous legal status
February 23, 2022 | Kathryn Libal, Director of the Human Rights Institute and Associate Professor of Social Work and Human Rights and Scott Harding, Associate Professor of Social Work