Community Impact
UConn Magazine: Farms = Food = Life
When alum Steven Were Omamo sees someone planting, he sees hope. The Nobel Peace Prize Committee seems to agree.
July 9, 2021 | Combined Reports
Throwing Nitrogen Out with the Stormwater: UConn Extension Educator, Team Helps Coastal Communities Reduce Runoff Pollution
A team of UConn researchers is training students and providing coastal municipalities in Connecticut with green infrastructure plans to reduce stormwater runoff
For Future Flood Control, Cities Need Strategy
What we consider a 100-year event is a conservative version of a 10-year event plus 20 inches—what will be a normal flood in 2050
July 1, 2021 | Kim Krieger
UConn’s TIP Digital Brings Disruptive Companies On Board in First Months
Within its first months of operation, UConn's data science incubator, TIP Digital in Stamford, has brought on a dozen companies who are using machine learning to create novel solutions
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