Community Impact
Solid Ground Supports Beginning CT Farmers for Over a Decade
Solid Ground has supported beginning farmers in Connecticut since 2012 through support from USDA-NIFA
UConn School of Social Work Lands $587,633 Mental Health Training Grant
Grant will support 50,000 students in under-resourced Connecticut school districts
Feel Your Best Self Goes to High School
School counselors explore opportunities to integrate Feel Your Best Self into secondary settings at UConn’s School Counselor Day
Passionate About Children’s Mental Health, Alum Supports New Counseling Program
Carla (Salomonsen) Klein ’72 (ED) helps fund a new UConn Neag School of Education program that is bringing more licensed counselors into Connecticut schools
Building Community Through Nutrition: Dianisi Torres and UConn Extension’s Programs in Windham
"What motivates me is seeing the community gather, spend time together, and share knowledge, food, and resources”
UConn’s Dr. Cato T. Laurencin Speaks on Women in STEM and Environmental Crises in Africa
University Professor Cato T. Laurencin, representing the Galien USA, was a speaker for a panel that focused on the role of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in addressing the climate and environmental crisis in Africa at the Galien Forum in Dakar, Senegal.
Evaluation Enhances UConn Extension’s Commitment to Serving Connecticut
Fanny Hernandez uses data and a culture of evaluation to ensure Connecticut residents receive quality programming that improves their quality of life
Waste to Resource: How A State-of-the-Art Facility Helps UConn Save Water
Since the Reclaimed Water Facility came online, it has reclaimed hundreds of millions of gallons of wastewater for reuse on campus
UConn Health Takes Center Stage at Connecticut Public Health Association Annual Conference
Experts from the Department of Public Health Sciences at UConn School of Medicine showcase the importance of community-based research.
Exhibition Pairs the Unlikely – Photography, Physical Therapy – to Help Those with Parkinson’s
'Not enough people know that even though this is a progressive neurological disease there is something that can be done to help you manage it, live your life with it, maintain a high quality of life, and find some level of joy, happiness, engagement in spite of it'