Community Impact
UConn Health Half Marathon Draws 1,600+
See photos from the UConn Health Half Marathon, 10K & 5K, attended by more than 1,600 June 3 in Simsbury
June 6, 2023 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
UConn Geography Researcher Receives Funds to Study Cancer Disparities Among U.S. African Americans
The study will build upon previous studies conducted by Ghosh and her collaborators that have explored the ways social inequality contribute to unequal cancer control outcomes
May 25, 2023 | Danielle Faipler
Doctors Academy at UConn Health Making Dreams Come True
Graduates of the Health Career Opportunity Programs were celebrated at its annual closing ceremony. Mark Manson, a senior at Bloomfield High School, has dreamed of becoming a doctor since he was four years old and is now UConn bound to earn both his undergraduate and medical degrees.
May 18, 2023 | Lauren Woods
UConn Student Working to ‘Amplify’ Educational Opportunities in Kenya
'One of the key things that I've really learned is to love the problem. Be in love with a problem. Because that's the only way you can understand the solution'
May 17, 2023 | Jaclyn Severance
E-Corps: Building Skills and Bolstering Environmental Efforts Across Connecticut
A report shows the Environmental Corps (E-Corps) program has a lasting and transformative impact on students
May 16, 2023 | Elaina Hancock
UConn Students Help Thousands by Surveying Patients for Social Determinants of Health in Waiting Rooms
The UConn Health Leaders Program, co-founded by Dr. Henry Siccardi '23 MD/MPH, who is remaining at UConn Health for internal medicine residency training, has been a success in just three years
May 16, 2023 | Lauren Woods
Capital Area Health Consortium Honors UConn Health Nurse, Fellow, Resident
Community Service Awards for Drs. Jasmin Hundal and Joselyn Miller; scholarship for Elizabeth Haskell
May 11, 2023 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
UConn, Yale Push Connecticut to Quantum Reality
The state’s two premiere research universities are answering NSF’s call to catalyze regional economic and societal well-being through technological innovation.
May 11, 2023 | Matt Engelhardt
UConn Health’s 52nd Commencement Celebrates Hundreds of New Doctors
UConn Health Graduates are Ready to Enter the Health Care Workforce for Connecticut and the Nation
May 8, 2023 | Lauren Woods
UConn Health Screens Firefighters for Skin Cancer
Dermatologists, residents, students offer free screenings for UConn and community firefighters, whose occupational exposures increase their risk of melanoma and other cancers
May 4, 2023 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)