Schools & Colleges
$3 Million Award Will Help Continue Successful Navy STEM Program at UConn and URI
Building on the success of the University of Connecticut and the University of Rhode Island’s joint Naval Science and Technology Program (Navy STEM), the Department of Defense has awarded a $3 million grant that will continue and build on the program for the next three years.
Using Book Clubs as a Professional Learning Tool
In a newly published journal article, Neag School Professor and adult learning expert Robin Grenier examines, with colleagues including Neag School alumna Kristi Kaeppel ’20 Ph.D., the use of book clubs and literature as a tool for enhancing the professional learning of employees across various organizations — from the military to nonprofits to health care. Voluntary, fiction-based book clubs, the researchers say, offer employees a nonformal setting for learning while critically raising consciousness within an organization.
COP26: A UConn Perspective on the Climate Change Summit
CIRCA's Jim O'Donnell shares his on-the-ground perspective from the momentous conference in Scotland
UConn Magazine: Curling
'Every sport has its own injury profile. The goal is to drive a reduction of injury risks and a reduction of injury burden'
Retired Professor Offers $100K Matching Gift to Save Veterans’ Entrepreneurship Program
A program that has put UConn on the map for veteran entrepreneurship
Q&A: The Challenges of Pandemic-Era Readjustment for Children and Adolescents
Dr. Asima Zehgeer of UConn Health’s Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic discusses challenges faced by children and teens in the wake of COVID-19
Jill Fitzgerald Awarded the ’21 Connecticut American Dental Hygienists Association Merit Award for Pandemic Role
Fitzgerald was instrumental in the development of the School of Pharmacy vaccinator training program for health care professionals in accordance with the Connecticut Department of Public Health’s Commissioner’s letter authorizing COVID 19 vaccines. Dental hygienists were among the many health care providers Fitzgerald and her team trained.
Dental Students and Faculty Participate in Community Outreach Projects
Community service projects and outreach, locally and nationally, remain a key component for UConn's School of Dental Medicine.
UConn Health Minute: Fall Prevention
Falls are a leading cause of injury among older adults and the loss of their mobility can be devastating. The UConn Center on Aging offers programs aimed at not only rehabbing after a fall but preventing them from happening in the first place.
Another ‘A’ in Patient Safety for UConn John Dempsey Hospital
The teaching hospital of UConn Health has been awarded two consecutive 'A' patient safety ratings by the national Leapfrog Group