Community Impact
Traveling the World with Sickle Cell Disease
‘UConn Health keeps me going’ says Young World Traveler
September 26, 2024 | Lauren Woods
UConn Health Students Volunteer for a Heart-Healthy Cause
UConn Medical and Dental Students Volunteered at the Adult Congenital Heart Association Annual Connecticut Walk for 1 in 100 on September 14 in West Hartford’s Blue Back Square.
September 24, 2024 | Combined Reports
UConn and Eversource Host Third Annual Sustainable Clean Energy Summit
Gene Rodrigues, U.S. Department of Energy Assistant Secretary for Electricity, served as keynote speaker
September 24, 2024 | Combined Reports
A Second Year of Messing About in Boats at Avery Point
'There is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats'
September 20, 2024 | Elaina Hancock
A Guide to Apple Picking in Connecticut
In a state with almost 300 apple producers, learn from a UConn expert about how to pick the perfect apple and support local farmers
September 19, 2024 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
Voter Registration Push Comes to Campus Ahead of Early Voting, Election Day 2024
Within only a few minutes, almost two dozen students had filled out applications to get their names on the voter rolls
September 18, 2024 | Kimberly Phillips
Connecting for Sickle Cell
September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month: Meet Dr. Oladipo Cole on a Mission to Connect with and Cure More Patients Just Like His Brother
September 12, 2024 | Lauren Woods
Engineering Future Success, One Student at a Time
Stephany Santos, named to the newly established Vergnano Endowed Chair for Inclusion, sees her role as helping students build successful engineering futures, no matter the challenges
August 29, 2024 | Ira Morrison
Governor Lamont Visits UConn Health to Celebrate Connecticut’s Innovative Collaborations Reducing the State’s Carbon Footprint
Connecticut collaborators with Gov. Ned Lamont include Budderfly, Connecticut Innovations, UConn Health, and UConn.
August 28, 2024 | Lauren Woods
Protecting People and Animals from Eastern Equine Encephalitis
With this mosquito-borne disease currently circulating in New England, Emily Reinhardt ’20 (CAHNR), assistant clinical professor, and Ash Nakashima, graduate student, in UConn’s Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science share information to keep Connecticut residents and their animals safe.
August 28, 2024 | Jessica McBride, PhD