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An Intimate Reflection on Motherhood, Family, Academia, and Inequality During a Pandemic
How three scholars took an untraditional approach to exploring the experiences of new mothers during the pandemic.
UConn Hartford Names Director of Academic Affairs
Linda Citlali Halgunseth has been named Director of Academic Affairs at UConn Hartford.
Re-Entry Testing Curbs 150+ COVID Cases from UConn Campuses
UConn’s re-entry testing strategies halted more than 150 positive cases – which often are asymptomatic in college-age students – from circulating and spreading on its campuses.
Onset of COVID Pandemic Significantly Threatened CT School Meal Programs
Innovation by food service directors and local communities helped meal distribution numbers rebound last spring.
Food Pantries Use Nutrition Information to Increase Healthy Food Orders
Food pantries are more likely to order healthier food when nutrition information is easily accessible, according to a new study by UConn's Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity.
New Social Work-DCF Partnership Prepares Students to Work With Latino Families
The School of Social Work has launched a new track for Spanish-speaking Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) students, which prepares them to work with Latino families in child welfare and protection.
UConn’s Unique COVID Testing Strategies Garnering Praise, Serving as Model for Others
Over the fall semester, UConn has administered or tracked more than 42,000 COVID-19 individual and surveillance tests among its student body, helping it successfully complete the semester’s in-person portion.
Students Partner With Older Adults to Combat Pandemic Isolation
UConn School of Social work students are connecting with older adults in Hartford and the surrounding area to help combat that isolation as part of a new research project known as SLIP: the Social isolation/Loneliness Intergenerational Project.
Law Professor: Congress Has Ruled on Health Care Act Case Before Supreme Court
UConn Law's John Aloysius Cogan Jr. offers insight into a case before the Supreme Court that could determine the fate of the Affordable Care Act.