UConn Voices

Photo of Daisha Dillon feeding her baby daughter with a bottle

‘Motherhood is Awesome’ – Sickle Cell Patient Thankful for Healthy Baby Girl

UConn Health’s New England Sickle Cell Institute and Maternal-Fetal Medicine clinic helped make Daisha’s lifelong dream come true

UConn students John Durham and Mariel Beebe salute the Ultimate Sacrifice Memorial on the Storrs campus.

Veterans Day Provides Opportunity to Recognize UConn’s Military Community

Educating, training, and celebrating the 800 military-affiliated students at UConn

The UConn sign on Route 195 in Storrs.

UConn Extension EFNEP Program Earns Top Honors from USDA, APLU, Cooperative Extension

UConn Extension was recently recognized with the 2022 Top Honors in Extension Excellence and Diversity for the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)

Sims in an elementary classroom in Willimantic, Connecticut.

UConn Magazine: Power, Privilege, and Public Education

Who is the “public” in “public education”? Future teachers in this class tease apart that question, using history and current events to examine the inequities in our educational systems and to posit real-world fixes.

Portrait shot of Faridah Kisekka-Sessanga.

Fierberg Scholar Dreams of Being an Advocate for the Voiceless

Faridah Kisekka-Sessanga's experiences as a Muslim immigrant from Uganda inform her approach to social work

Hartford skyline

Greening with Equity: Dearth of Ecosystem Services Corresponds to Non-White Areas

A new UConn study explores how communities of color remain excluded from all that nature has to offer

Susan Jerome, curator of the exhibit on display in the Jorgensen Gallery celebrating the UConn Women’s Center’s 50th anniversary, explains some of the items’ histories to UConn student Zoe Orie in the exhibit.

‘Still Going Forward’: Jorgensen Exhibit Celebrates Women’s History with Costume Collection

Tracing changing expectations, values, and ambitions through the 'fabric' of history

Aarush Kolli with equipment that will help monitor people with respiratory challenges.

TIP Fellowship Program Gives Students Hands-On Research Experience

UConn students gained real-world experience and engaged in cutting-edge research through UConn’s Technology Innovation Program Innovation Fellowship Program

Photo of the season 42 cast of "Survivor"

UConn Magazine: Surviving “Survivor”

Chanelle Howell ’14 (CLAS) wanted her very presence on Season 42 of the long-running reality competition show to make a difference. It did.

Giselle Malloy

Meet the Undergraduate Researcher: Giselle Malloy, CAHNR

Giselle Malloy '23 has a passion for environmental justice that has led to intriguing undergraduate research opportunities in water stewardship. This profile is part of a series for UConn's Month of Discovery.