College of Agriculture, Health & Natural Resources
Center for Learning in Retirement celebrates 25 years of offering lifelong learning opportunities
By Sara Putnam. This fall, the UConn Extension Center for Learning in Retirement (CLIR) is celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary of providing interesting and engaging lifelong learning activities for retirees and other adults. The milestone was celebrated October 19 with a luncheon at the Deanston House in Storrs. The UConn Board of Trustees first chartered CLIR […]
Members of new urban elementary school 4-H club grow bountiful harvest
By Sara Putnam. Amy Walker, third grade teacher at W.B. Sweeney Elementary School in Willimantic, serves as adult leader for the school’s new 4-H Club. Funded through a CT FANs IM 4-H STEM grant, the program started last winter with the planning and construction of six raised bed gardens. “This school garden has been a […]
Landscape ecologist studies human dimensions in natural resource management
By Jason M. Sheldon. The research of Anita Morzillo, assistant professor in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, incorporates the social sciences into natural resource management. She studies human dimensions of natural resources, a field that seeks to determine how people value, use and make decisions about the environment. Such knowledge may help […]
Turfgrass Field Day brings together researchers, industry professionals
By Jason Sheldon. A clear, breezy morning on freshly watered grass, thanks to a rainstorm the afternoon before, marked an auspicious opening for the fifth biennial Turfgrass Field Day. The event was held Tuesday, July 19, at the Plant Science Research and Teaching Facility. Hosted by the Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture (PSLA), […]
Extension partners with NRCS to help agricultural producers prepare for drought
By Kim Colavito Markesich While Connecticut residents live in a state with ample water resources, we are beginning to notice some changes in precipitation trends. “Connecticut is very fortunate as we’re actually quite water rich,” says Angie Murdukhayeva, research assistant in UConn Extension. “We are getting rainfall, but there’s a shift in what we are […]
Physical therapist studies risk and prevention of falling
By Kim Colavito Markesich. According to the CDC, each year 2.5 million older people are treated in emergency departments for fall injuries. “We are more prone to falls are we age,” says Jeffrey Kinsella-Shaw, associate professor in the Department of Kinesiology and director of the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program (DPT). “Keeping people from falling and […]
College faculty and students forge partnerships with Cuban counterparts
By Jason M. Sheldon UConn is expanding its global engagement to the shores of Cuba with the help of faculty members and students from the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources. A June conference at the Instituto de Ciencia Animal provided an opportunity for UConn to share its collaborative spirit with Cuba, now possible […]
Awards advance Academic Plan
By Patsy Evans. Professors often collaborate on projects with others close to home or around the world. A recent announcement of the 2017 Academic Plan Proposal Awards highlights how several CAHNR faculty members successfully work together with colleagues right here at UConn. Seven people from the College, with various job titles, are included in three […]
Wildlife conservation pilot project uses trained K-9 to scout cottontail nests
By Jason M. Sheldon. A canine searching a field for newborn cottontail rabbits sounds ominous. But if the dog is accompanied by Tracy Rittenhouse, assistant professor in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, then there is no cause for alarm. In the spring, Rittenhouse explored the possibility of training a canine to detect […]
Study to evaluate effects of child obesity prevention program on dads’ meal planning, shopping and cooking
After a successful pilot of the father-focused childhood obesity program Dad and Me, Amy Mobley, assistant professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences, has received a $420,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue and expand the program. “Most obesity prevention parent education programs focus on mothers,” Mobley says. “We have to recognize […]