Community Impact
UConn Keeping Air in Connecticut Classrooms Safe
$11.5 million in state support awarded to University of Connecticut to deploy effective and inexpensive build-it-yourself air filter technology to every public school classroom across the state.
Research Assesses Assets and Challenges for North Hartford Food Environment
Using the innovative Photovoice approach, community participants engage in citizen science by sharing their personal, lived experience to enhance research studies and bring awareness to health disparities
Agriculture Contributes $4 Billion to CT Economy, Report Shows
'The numbers are significant and it’s important to recognize [agriculture’s] proper placement in the state economy'
Voting Is Social Work: Empowering Social Workers to Empower Voters
'We've always believed that social work has the power to transform democracy'
UConn Deepening Ties to Capital City With ‘UConn IN Hartford’ Initiative
'This is such a big deal because of what it’s going to lead to'
Month of Discovery: Nadine Noaman ‘26, Uncovering UConn Muslim History
A BOLD scholar and third-generation Husky, Noaman is documenting the past five decades of Muslim activism at UConn – including her own
Podcast: Excellence in Huntington’s Disease Care
Experts from UConn Health’s Huntington’s Disease Program describe the path to its designation as a Center of Excellence and discuss the 2024 Huntington’s Disease Education Day, happening Oct. 26 at UConn Health
Giving Back in Hartford
UConn Health Students Volunteer at the Ollie M. Williams Health and Wellness Fair
‘Unforgettable Experience’: UConn Nursing Students Spend 6 Weeks in Rwanda
Experiential Global Learning Program partners with Kigali teaching hospital
Urban Forestry Enables Environmental Justice in CT Communities
Bringing together the power of UConn research and extension, faculty are leveraging urban forestry and environmental justice to support Connecticut’s Hispanic and Latino communities