Community Impact
UConn Medical Students Learning to Strike Out Organ Donation Inequities
New England Donor Services Launches New Medical Student Summer Immersion Program to Advance the Future of Organ Donation and Transplant Equity.
July 14, 2025 | Lauren Woods
AI in K-12 Education: Partners in Progress, Not Replacements
As artificial intelligence continues to transform industries worldwide, educators and researchers with the Neag School of Education are exploring how it may reshape teaching and learning
July 14, 2025 | Shawn Kornegay
Professor Sir Cato T. Laurencin of UConn Honored by the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
Sir Cato T. Laurencin, M.D., Ph.D., K.C.S.L, was the designated honored guest at the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) President's Circle Reception in Washington, DC.
July 9, 2025 | Jon D'Arpino
The Costs and Benefits of Year-Round Schooling
Researchers with the Neag School’s Center for Education Policy Analysis, Research, and Evaluation prepared the following research brief regarding year-round schooling
July 8, 2025 | Kristin Simmers
UConn Health Resident Honored for Local, Global Service
Dr. Priscilla Mapelli earns community service award from residency program consortium
July 7, 2025 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
National Impact for CT AHEC and its Urban Service Track/AHEC Scholars from UConn Health
UST/AHEC Scholars alumni from UConn's dental and medical schools present at the National AHEC Organization Conference.
July 3, 2025 | CT AHEC Barbara J. O'Neill
Leading with Resilience Personally and Professionally
Meet Resilient Administrative Program Coordinator Cassandra Keola of UConn School of Medicine’s Department of Medicine
July 2, 2025 | Lauren Woods
Increasing Contingency Management Incentives Will Help More Patients Recover from Addiction
JAMA Psychiatry study recommends nationwide Contingency Management care guardrails with data-driven, evidence-based reward amounts to ensure effective and better care outcomes
July 2, 2025 | Lauren Woods
CT DEEP Releases New Wildlife Action Plan with Support from UConn’s CAHNR
With the goal of identifying species in need and actions to take, the Statewide Wildlife Action Plan incorporates scientific expertise and comments from the public
July 2, 2025 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
UConn Students Combat Opioid Crisis in CT through Adopt a Health District Program
Through the program, UConn students help Connecticut communities tackle the opioid crisis, from Narcan training to safe medication disposal techniques
July 1, 2025 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources