Community Impact
Expanding Minds: Brain Imaging at UConn
The Brain Imaging Research Center disseminates scientific knowledge to the general public, including a high school class, which toured the facility last week.
Children’s Hospital the Set for Student Puppetry Performance
While the design and building of puppets is a familiar task for Noel Williams MFA, creating them from materials that can be cleaned and sanitized under hospital infection control protocols was not.
Law Students Make a Case for Asylum
The Asylum and Human Rights Clinic at UConn Law has handled more than 125 cases in a 15-year period. Typically, 20 law students participate in the intensive program each year.
UConn Partners on State Homeless Prevention Initiative
Researchers from the School of Social Work will assess Connecticut's homeless response system based on data and interviews with the families.
Homegrown Hydroponics Project Spreads Around the World
Hydroponics greenhouses engineered by Christian Heiden '20 (ENG) are now in Connecticut and Haiti, with more planned.
Hartford School Children Enjoy ‘UConn Day’
The event was developed by Hartford's Kennelly School to recognize its partnership with the University and provide the children an opportunity to recognize the positive impact of UConn students and student teachers.
Young Inventors Converge on Campus
Nearly 300 youths brought their best ideas to Gampel Pavilion on Saturday, to vie in the 36th annual Connecticut Invention Convention.
The Face of the Law School Now
Four new portraits have been added to the stately Reading Room at UConn Law to reflect the school's gender and racial diversity that had long gone unrepresented.
STAAR: The Unique Class in the Basement of UConn’s Sprague Hall
'We benefit just as much from this interaction ... as the S.T.A.A.R. students do,' says Inge-Marie Eigsti of UConn's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Students Use Modern Engineering to Restore Historic Hartford Tower
Keney Memorial Clock Tower's original chimes are now ringing again, thanks to a partnership between UConn and the City of Hartford.