Community Impact
Band and Theater Teacher Named 2026 Rogers Educational Innovation Fund Winner
Ellie Campbell, of CREC Academy of International Studies, will receive $5,000 to support her innovative project
UConn Supporting Community Wellness at the 3rd Annual Black Family Wellness Expo
Hundreds of community members attended the 3rd Annual Black Family Wellness Expo in Hartford.
Connecticut’s 2026 Letters About Literature Contest Winners Named
UConn's Neag School of Education, Department of English, and Connecticut Writing Project, co-sponsors of the 33rd annual contest, announce this year's winners
Two-Day Puerto Rican Summit Aims for Change
Puerto Rico: Puerto Ricans in Connecticut, sponsored by UConn’s Puerto Rican Studies Initiative for Community Engagement and Public Policy (UConnPRSI), was held March 20-21
Medical Minds Matter Nonprofit Founded at UConn Growing Nationally
Medical Minds Matter is destigmatizing the discussion of mental health in medicine especially early-on for the next generation of the health care workforce
Women’s Health Research Advancing at UConn
40 research abstracts presented at 3rd annual women’s health-focused research symposium of The Group on Women in Medicine and Science of the UConn School of Medicine.
Second World Congress on Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
Racial and ethnic health disparities and how to work collaboratively to overcome them was the focus of the event held in St. Lucia.
UConn Helps Sea Scallop Communities Adapt to Ocean Warming
UConn Marine Sciences Associate Professor Samantha Siedlecki co-leads a data-driven project to predict the growth of scallops across vast geographic regions and more than a century of time
Public Health Matters: UConn Faculty and Students Champion Equity and Community Voices at CPHA
The UConn Health Disparities Institute and the Department of Public Health Sciences shine at the 2026 Connecticut Public Health Association Annual Meeting.
UConn Health Disparities Institute Leads the Way: Making Moves for Menopause Equity
From the State Capitol to campus, the UConn Health Disparities Institute (HDI) is accelerating a statewide movement to make menopause visible in policy, practice, and everyday conversations.