Community Impact
Moving the Conversation Forward
Twenty schoolteachers are on campus this week to learn how to help their students discuss complex issues in productive ways.
August 3, 2016 | Kenneth Best - UConn Communications
Barnes Foundation Creates Opportunities for Connecticut Teachers to Participate in Summer Enrichment Program
Over nearly four decades, a total of more than 26,000 educators have convened on the UConn Storrs campus for Confratute, a weeklong summer institute that provides educators with practical strategies for engagement and enrichment learning for all students. Thanks to support from one philanthropic family institution known as the Barnes Foundation, close to 100 attendees have been able to attend Confratute over the past three years — including this summer’s program, which marks Confratute’s 39th year.
July 8, 2016 | Shawn Kornegay - Neag School of Education
UConn’s Neag School of Education Partners With Norwich Free Academy on Free Summer STEM Program
Students currently earning state certification to become science teachers as part of the Teacher Certification Program for College Graduates (TCPCG) at UConn’s Neag School of Education will have their first school-based practice teaching experience thanks to a partnership with Norwich Free Academy.
June 29, 2016 | Shawn Kornegay - Neag School of Education
UConn Expands Program for Careers in Nonprofit Sector
A successful Hartford-based program that helps professionals transition from corporate to nonprofit management is being expanded to Fairfield County.
June 23, 2016 | Kristen Cole - UConn Communications
Neag School Launches New Educational Leadership Program for School Principals in the Middle East
While the number of global learning opportunities for current Neag School students continues to expand, the School will now be offering yet another type of internationally based program — one designed to serve practicing school principals based in the Middle Eastern country of Jordan.
June 20, 2016 | Shawn Kornegay - Neag School of Education
Connecticut Student Wins Library of Congress’ National “Letters About Literature” Contest
The Neag School of Education is proud to announce that a Connecticut student, Aleema Kelly from CREC Montessori Magnet School in Hartford, Conn., is the national winner of the Library of Congress’ “Letters About Literature” contest for Level I, grades 4-6. The Neag School was the 2016 Connecticut sponsor for the Letters About Literature (LAL) writing contest for students in grades 4-12.
June 14, 2016 | Shawn Kornegay - Neag School of Education
BioBlitz Species Count Sets New U.S. Record
Scientists and members of the public joined in the one-day event, which was led by UConn biologists.
June 9, 2016 | Bri Diaz - College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
UConn Professor Calls for Limiting Antibiotic Use in Farm Animals
A UConn professor discusses efforts by a national pharmacists group to curtail the use of antibiotics in healthy farm animals in light of growing antibiotic resistance.
May 17, 2016 | Colin Poitras - UConn Communications
Expert Warns of New Tick-borne Disease
A new tick-borne disease is popping up in Connecticut and May is a perfect time to start taking precautions, a UConn veterinary expert says.
May 11, 2016 | Elaina Hancock
Preparing to Face a Hurricane
An engineering graduate student has developed a model that can help Connecticut use its storm shelters more efficiently – and also save money.
May 4, 2016 | Josh Garvey - School of Engineering