Community Impact
Helping Teachers Recognize Gifted Learners and Elevate Classroom Conversation
‘Project Focus’ brings more learners into gifted programs — and more strategies from gifted education into general classrooms
UConn Partnership with East Hartford Public Schools Celebrates First Year
UConn WSCC team marks productive year of improving health and well-being of school children with CDC visit
National Innovation Award Goes to UConn Health Leaders Program
UConn Health Leaders (UCHL) is the proud national winner of the Quality and Practice Innovation Award from the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM).
Governor Launches Student Loan Repayment Program for Healthcare Providers
On May 20 Governor Ned Lamont announced that his administration is launching a new state program to address the healthcare workforce shortage in Connecticut’s health professional shortage areas.
UConn Lab Sequences Rabies in Black Bear
The Connecticut Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (CVMDL) published findings after they sequenced the entire genome of the virus and compared it with existing rabies sequences from other animals
‘Doctors Academy’ at UConn Health Graduates High School Seniors
Connecticut High School Seniors graduated on May 15 from the Health Career Opportunity Programs
Revived Give and Go Program Helps People and Planet
UConn community diverts over 8,000 pounds of donations to local aid organizations during move out.
Connecticut Office of Early Childhood Awards $10 Million to HDFS Project
UConn researchers and CT OEC launch the ‘CT Early Years’ program to support families of infants and toddlers
Delicious Medicine: UConn Extension and Danbury’s Food Farmacy
UConn Extension nutrition experts are helping hundreds of shoppers use food as medicine and learn about healthy cooking
Health Disparities Institute Leader on a Community Mission to Make Change
In this Q & A article Dr. Linda Sprague Martinez shares how much more we still have to learn from our community members to address pressing public health issues like health inequity.