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A large pile of industrial road salt.

Humans Are Disrupting Natural ‘Salt Cycle’ on a Global Scale, New Study Shows

The influx of salt in streams and rivers is an ‘existential threat,’ according to researchers from UConn and the University of Maryland 

UConn Research, Provost’s Office Launch Student-Centric Sustainability Initiative

Offices announce PRISMATIC: The President’s Research Investment in Sustainability Measures, Actions, Technologies, Initiatives, and Communities

Aria Penna '25 (BUS) has found a passion in entrepreneurship and innovation through her work for the Werth Institute.

Month of Discovery Student Researcher: Aria Penna, BUS ‘25

Aria Penna's transformative journey at UConn, from a law school hopeful to a budding entrepreneur and finance enthusiast. This story is part of the Month of Discovery series

Graphic announcing a Sustainability and Climate Town Hall being held by UConn leadership on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023 at 5pm in McHugh Hall, Room 102

UConn Sustainability and Climate Town Hall 11/2/23

University leaders will hold a town hall meeting on November 2 to discuss UConn's commitment to sustainability, clean energy, and climate change

After the EPA released its exciting testing results about the power of D-I-Y air filters, Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz took a celebratory photo with 5th graders at Macdonough Elementary School in Middletown, Conn. along with State Sen. Matt Lesser, and researchers from the EPA and UConn's Indoor Air Quality Initiative.

EPA Testing Shows the Power of DIY Air Filters to Trap Viruses

The results are in: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency research testing of do-it-yourself ‘Corsi-Rosenthal Box’ indoor air filters shows they are 99% effective in removing airborne virus. The 'Owl Force One' device tested by the EPA was built by UConn Indoor Air Quality Initiative researchers with Middletown, Connecticut public school children.

Alexa Udell '24 takes photos of Remi Dupuis '26 for her photography project that highlights transgender students at UConn in the shade garden near the Benton Museum

UConn Student’s Trans Photography Project Has One Simple Goal – To Affirm

'It’s a personal mission of mine to make sure that trans people have photos of themselves that make them feel proud and happy'

Mixed plants in a front garden in August. Annuals such as Rudbeckia, Petunia, Cosmos and Lobelia with foliage plants such as Hakonechloa.

Ask UConn Extension: Fall Garden Care Means a More Bountiful Season Next Year

The growing season is winding down, but now is the time to set up next spring’s garden for success

Smiling woman standing near gym equipment

Bringing Parkinson’s Information, Interventions to CT’s Hispanic Communities

Colón-Semenza, collaborators, and students are working to improve access to culturally and linguistically tailored health information to this underserved population

Students planting a tree

Action-oriented Symposium Connects Researchers to Encourage Collaboration for a Sustainable Environmental Future

'We have heard these wonderful talks, now what are we going to do? The time for action is now'

Memories of the Past, to Support the Future: UConn Presents 2023 Dodd Prize with Sweeping Conversation about Global Democracy

'This year’s recipient of the Dodd Prize embodies the understanding that human rights are a cause that cannot be limited to individual countries'