Community Impact
Expanding Climate Resilience with Forward-Thinking Policy Initiatives
Looking to other states for best practices and adapting them for Connecticut's needs
June 25, 2021 | Elaina Hancock
Don’t Get Soaked: Flood Damage Could Lessen if Cities Build Smarter
More pavement means more damage from floods
June 24, 2021 | Ryley McGinnis for UConn Today
CIRCA Webinar Presents Changes to Land Surface Temperature, Land Use in New Haven, Fairfield Counties
'Heat islands' in urban areas have experienced a five-to-10-degree temperature increase over the past 20 years
June 23, 2021 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
A Simple Simulation to Help Coastal Towns Plan for Rising Sea Levels
Knowing how water moves through coastal structures can yield important insights for residents and planners
June 21, 2021 | Elaina Hancock
UConn Students Striking Out Health Inequity by Screening Patients for Social Determinants of Health
Find out how two UConn medical students are helping lead more than 100 other UConn student volunteers to together lower patients' risks of any potential health inequities due to social determinants of health.
June 17, 2021 | Lauren Woods
Once-a-Day Pills for Sickle Cell Changing Young Woman’s Life
World Sickle Cell Disease Day is June 19. Learn how the advanced clinical care and research of Dr. Biree Andemariam and her New England Sickle Cell Institute at UConn Health are changing sickle cell patients' daily lives.
June 17, 2021 | Lauren Woods
UConn School of Engineering Unveils the Vergnano Institute for Inclusion, Supported by UConn Alumni Mark and Betsy Vergnano’s $3M Donation
The gift represents the largest diversity, equity, and inclusion investment in UConn School of Engineering history and is one of the largest single DEI investments in UConn
June 16, 2021 | Eli Freund
Should We Stay or Should We Go? Shoreline Homes and Rising Sea Levels in Connecticut
How strategies to address rising sea levels could affect local taxes, home values, and other factors
June 15, 2021 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
High School Students Exposed to UConn Chemistry Through Virtual Event
Students from Berlin High School didn't let COVID-19 get in the way of learning directly from UConn faculty
June 14, 2021 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications
UConn Faculty Appointed to New State Hate Crimes Advisory Council
Bringing scholarship to bear on a vexing problem
June 10, 2021 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications