Community Impact
Student-Led Sustainability Projects Funded by UConn Office of Sustainability
The Environmental and Social Sustainability Grants Program, run by the Office of Sustainability, awarded eight student teams working to elevate sustainability in Connecticut.
June 5, 2024 | Betsy Mortensen
Favarh’s Project SEARCH Graduates 3 More at UConn Health
Internship program prepares young adults for independent employment
June 4, 2024 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
Game On: UConn 4-H Introduces Youth to Biotechnology
A new online game from UConn Extension helps youth build awareness of biotechnology and the potential careers it could lead to
June 4, 2024 | Stacey Stearns, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources and UConn Extension
Pride Celebrated at UConn Health
To kick-off Pride Month members of the UConn Health community ceremonially raised the flag on the morning of June 3 with the help of the UConn Fire Department.
June 3, 2024 | Lauren Woods
High School Students Get Hands on Experience at UConn Chemistry Early College Experience Day
Students from eight high schools participated in the day-long event, performing a photoswitching chemistry experiment
May 31, 2024 | Sarah Al-Arshani
Improving Equity by Improving Access
Dispensary of Hope at UConn Health Pharmacy makes prescription drugs more attainable
May 31, 2024 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
Tending Your Garden: New Rain Garden Installation Offers Lessons in Local Impact
'This is really what it's about – the students learning an actual real-world thing that they can put their hands on, something that they can remember, and they can bring their families here and show them'
May 29, 2024 | Jaclyn Severance
Helping Teachers Recognize Gifted Learners and Elevate Classroom Conversation
‘Project Focus’ brings more learners into gifted programs — and more strategies from gifted education into general classrooms
May 28, 2024 | Mac Murray
UConn Partnership with East Hartford Public Schools Celebrates First Year
UConn WSCC team marks productive year of improving health and well-being of school children with CDC visit
May 23, 2024 | Helene Marcy '04 MA, Director of Programs and Communications, UConn CSCH
National Innovation Award Goes to UConn Health Leaders Program
UConn Health Leaders (UCHL) is the proud national winner of the Quality and Practice Innovation Award from the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM).
May 22, 2024 | Lauren Woods