Community Impact
’22 Coast to Coast Comes Home
Dustin Moore, Julia Neri, and Brian Legato, the students making up the UConn Health’s 17th Coast to Coast for a Cause team, pedal for seven weeks and more than 3,000 miles to complete this year’s cross-country bicycle tour for charity.
July 27, 2022 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
Federal Court Cites UConn Law Professor on Key Immigration Case
2nd Circuit appeals court cites Jon Bauer's work in overturning a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals
July 18, 2022 | Jeanne Leblanc
Buzzkill for Bugs: Jillian Bowen Educates Kids on Insect-Borne Illness
One student's summer internship helps keep Connecticut residents informed on tick- and mosquito-borne illness with a focus on One Health
July 15, 2022 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
For Popular Trail, There’s Light at the End – and the Beginning, and the Middle – of the Tunnel
UConn students' Service Learning project will help make the Hop River Trail safer for the thousands of bikers and pedestrians who use it
July 12, 2022 | Jaclyn Severance
Master Gardener Program Supports Ecologically Sound Gardening at Hammonasset Beach State Park
From butterfly gardens to erosion control, UConn Extension Master Gardeners show there's much more to Hammonasset beach than surf and sand
July 11, 2022 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
Who You Gonna Call? UConn Extension!
Part of a national network of Cooperative Extension Systems at land-grant universities across the country, UConn Extension reaches every community in the state to help real people solve real problems
July 6, 2022 | Stacey Stearns, UConn Extension & Jessica McBride, PhD
UConn Extension Rides High on Hybrid Learning
Regardless of the pandemic, UConn Extension is exploring ways to keep meeting Connecticut residents where they are
June 28, 2022 | Stacey Stearns, UConn Extension & College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
“By Us, For Us”: First Queer Science Conference Creates Connections
Forty-three high school students and 13 members of the UConn community came together to celebrate science – and themselves – in the first Queer Science Conference
June 20, 2022 | Jaclyn Severance
Hartford Calls on UConn Health to Make Restaurant Dining Healthier
UConn Health and the UConn Husky Programs have worked with local restaurants in the North End of Hartford to create healthier menu options that can be offered to its dining community members.
June 16, 2022 | Lauren Woods
Everything You Wanted to Know About Entrepreneurship, But Were Afraid to Ask
Mentorship program connects business hopefuls with industry experts
June 15, 2022 | Matt Engelhardt