Community Impact
Connecticut’s Health Equity Week Calls Residents to Action
UConn Health Disparities Institute Leads a Statewide Push for Affordability to Advance Equity.
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
UConn’s Dr. Linda Barry Helps Lead Statewide Conversation on AI, Equity & Communities of Color
UConn Health Disparities experts at AI forum working to ensure that communities of color are not left behind.
Band and Theater Teacher Named 2026 Rogers Educational Innovation Fund Winner
Ellie Campbell, of CREC Academy of International Studies, will receive $5,000 to support her innovative project
UConn Supporting Community Wellness at the 3rd Annual Black Family Wellness Expo
Hundreds of community members attended the 3rd Annual Black Family Wellness Expo in Hartford.
Connecticut’s 2026 Letters About Literature Contest Winners Named
UConn's Neag School of Education, Department of English, and Connecticut Writing Project, co-sponsors of the 33rd annual contest, announce this year's winners
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
Medical Minds Matter Nonprofit Founded at UConn Growing Nationally
Medical Minds Matter is destigmatizing the discussion of mental health in medicine especially early-on for the next generation of the health care workforce
Women’s Health Research Advancing at UConn
40 research abstracts presented at 3rd annual women’s health-focused research symposium of The Group on Women in Medicine and Science of the UConn School of Medicine.
Second World Congress on Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
Racial and ethnic health disparities and how to work collaboratively to overcome them was the focus of the event held in St. Lucia.