Community Impact
Neag School Launches New Licensed Professional Counselor Program
The online certificate program is an extension of the Counselor Education master’s program and will help meet Connecticut's demand for licensed counselors in the wake of the pandemic
September 25, 2023 | Mikala Kane
UConn’s First Global Oncology Program
The program's leader is UConn Health Hematologist/Oncologist Dr. Victoria Forbes of the Carole & Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center who is working to ensure cancer care is available to all, no matter where they live.
September 21, 2023 | Lauren Woods
Conflict and Commerce: A Journey to Support Founders in Ukraine
'In newly liberated cities, the business returns within days. The cities recover their shops, their supply chains, and people return to work'
September 20, 2023 | Jaclyn Severance
Serving and Celebrating Local Farms in Connecticut Schools
UConn Extension and partners forge connections between local schools and Connecticut farms with holistic programming and crucial funding
September 20, 2023 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
UConn School of Medicine and Hartford HealthCare Renew and Grow Their Longstanding Academic Training Collaborations
Hartford HealthCare and UConn have had a nearly 60 year academic clinical training relationship, and just renewed another five-year academic affiliation
September 14, 2023 | Lauren Woods
Remembering 9/11: UConn Health Professor Emeritus and Red Cross Volunteer Larry Klobutcher Continues to Give Back
Klobutcher continues to make a difference volunteering with the Red Cross which in honor of 9/11 this September encourages everyone to take steps this month to make your home safer by testing or replacing your smoke alarms.
September 13, 2023 | Jonathan Sandstrom, American Red Cross
Reestablishing UConn’s Fruit Orchards
After a decades-long hiatus, Evan Lentz '19 '22 (CAHNR) is reviving UConn’s fruit orchards
September 13, 2023 | Angelina Reyes
UConn Centers Offer Free Professional Development to Local School Wellness Teams
The ‘WSCC Academy’ taught staff how to strengthen school practices to promote whole child development
September 13, 2023 | Helene Marcy '04 MA, Director of Programs and Communications, UConn CSCH
Ask UConn Extension: What Does My High-Schooler Need to Know About Personal Finances?
UConn Extension offers audiences of all ages tips to keep their financial futures looking bright
September 12, 2023 | Faye Griffiths-Smith and Stacey Stearns, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources & UConn Extension
UConn Biodiversity Research Collections Join an Effort to Combat Wildlife Trafficking
How jaguar skulls collected in the 1960s can help thwart wildlife poachers today
September 11, 2023 | Elaina Hancock