Community Impact

Dr. David Weinstein with Jerrod, the first patient to receive a novel gene therapy that Weinstein developed for the treatment of glycogen storage disease. (Frank Barton and Ethan Giorgetti/UConn Health Photo)

First Patient Receives Novel Gene Therapy for GSD

The gene therapy, administered for the first time at UConn John Dempsey Hospital, offers hope to patients with a rare and potentially deadly genetic liver disorder known as glycogen storage disease.

Nicole LaPierre '11 (ED), '12 MA, works with students in a classroom during her student teaching practice. Pierre is now an elementary teacher at Cider Hill School in Wilton, Conn. (Paul Horton for UConn)

UConn Responds to Need for K-12 Mandarin Teachers

The program will be taught on two different levels – in the five-year Integrated Bachelor’s and Master’s Program and the post-graduate Teacher Certification Program.

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO - SEPTEMBER 21: A damaged gas station the day after Hurricane Maria made landfall on September 21, 2017 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The majority of the island has lost power, in San Juan many are left without running water or cell phone service, and the Governor said Maria is the "most devastating storm to hit the island this century." (Photo by Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images)

UConn Survey: Local Hurricane Evacuees Need Basic Necessities

Housing issues and insufficient food are the most critical needs facing hurricane-displaced families from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands that are now living in Connecticut, according to UConn's Charles R. Venator-Santiago.

Hurricane Irene slams the Connecticut coast. (CT DEEP)

$8 Million Grant to Increase Connecticut’s Coastal Resilience

UConn will lead development of a framework for resilience planning and preparation for Connecticut cities and towns.

A student stands outside the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn Inks Agreement with Wadsworth Atheneum

Under the agreement, the Wadsworth Atheneum will provide work space for UConn Hartford students, a seminar room, and faculty offices for use by the three-year graduate program in Arts Administration.

Students use computers at the UConn Hartford Library inside the Hartford Public Library on June 19, 2018. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

In Hartford, a Library Within a Library

A reception on Friday, July 20, at 5:30 p.m., in the atrium of the Hartford Public Library will commemorate the one-year anniversary of the partnership.

Migrant families embrace at the border between El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

The Science is Clear: Separating Families has Damaging Psychological and Health Consequences

The Society for Research on Child Development responded to the separation of children from their parents at the U.S. border with a letter to Congress, co-authored by UConn's Linda Halgunseth.

Tick held in tweezers.

Why You Should Never Flush a Tick

Taking it to be tested at UConn instead could reap some pretty significant rewards.

With proposed new food labeling guidelines under public discussion, UConn's John Bovay clarifies what the term genetically modified organism really means. (John Bailey/UConn Illustration)

What Are GMOs? A Primer for FDA and USDA Labeling

With proposed new food labeling guidelines under public discussion, UConn's John Bovay clarifies what the term genetically modified organism really means.

Dr. Mo Halawi examines a patient. Halawi is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in joint reconstructive surgery who joined UConn Health last fall and is spearheading same-day release for joint replacement patients. (Kristin Wallace/UConn Health Photo)

Next Up: Same-Day Hip or Knee Replacement

New surgical techniques, streamlined after-care, and close coordination among care providers have enabled many UConn Health joint replacement patients to go home within 24 hours, and some even the same day.