Community Impact
Center for Voting Technology Conducts Comprehensive Assessment of New Connecticut Voting Machines
The Secretary of State asked UConn's VoTeR Center to test multiple voting tabulators for reliability and evaluate which models are least prone to cyberattacks
November 4, 2024 | Olivia Drake
UConn Forum Draws Top Minds to Brainstorm Ways to Grow Connecticut’s Economy
'We make the impossible possible in Connecticut'
November 3, 2024 | Stephanie Reitz
UConn, EPA Launch Regional Environmental Justice Center
The Environmental Protection Agency is backing UConn’s initiative through a $10 million federal grant
October 30, 2024 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20
Second ‘Moving Beyond Implications’ Conference Aims to Advance Evidence-Based Policy
The conference, which aims to bridge the gap between research and policymaking, is accepting abstract submissions from researchers until Nov. 1
October 29, 2024 | Danielle Faipler
UConn Keeping Air in Connecticut Classrooms Safe
$11.5 million in state support awarded to University of Connecticut to deploy effective and inexpensive build-it-yourself air filter technology to every public school classroom across the state.
October 24, 2024 | Lauren Woods
Research Assesses Assets and Challenges for North Hartford Food Environment
Using the innovative Photovoice approach, community participants engage in citizen science by sharing their personal, lived experience to enhance research studies and bring awareness to health disparities
October 23, 2024 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
Agriculture Contributes $4 Billion to CT Economy, Report Shows
'The numbers are significant and it’s important to recognize [agriculture’s] proper placement in the state economy'
October 21, 2024 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
Voting Is Social Work: Empowering Social Workers to Empower Voters
'We've always believed that social work has the power to transform democracy'
October 16, 2024 | Jaclyn Severance
UConn Deepening Ties to Capital City With ‘UConn IN Hartford’ Initiative
'This is such a big deal because of what it’s going to lead to'
October 15, 2024 | Stephanie Reitz
Month of Discovery: Nadine Noaman ‘26, Uncovering UConn Muslim History
A BOLD scholar and third-generation Husky, Noaman is documenting the past five decades of Muslim activism at UConn – including her own
October 15, 2024 | Mac Murray