Community Impact

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Training Connecticut’s Next Generation of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Disease Researchers

The future healthcare workforce to help advance critical research in nephrology, urology, and hematology is being built right here in Connecticut.

Students and faculty plant flowers against a concrete wall in a prison yard.

UConn Students Bring Landscape Design to Connecticut Correctional Facilities 

Through a partnership with UConn’s Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy, landscape architecture students are gaining hands-on experience while exploring how thoughtful design can help create healthier correctional environments

(Photo courtesy of Westminster School).

UConn School of Medicine Grows its Career Mentorship of Hartford Youth

More and more UConn faculty have been mentoring middle school students weekly this summer at Horizons at Westminster School.

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Helping Kids Get Active

UConn Waterbury graduate student Hannah Peterson worked directly with the public and academic icons to improve access to physical activity for young people

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UConn’s Largest Medical School Class Yet Dons 117 New White Coats

August 14 marked the annual White Coat Ceremony milestone for the incoming Class of 2030 at UConn School of Medicine.

UConn resident in anesthesiology Dr. Jack Wolf with a patient in ED.

For the Love of UConn

UConn School of Medicine 2026 Annual Report

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Tracking Statewide Trail Use with the CT Trail Census

A leading-edge program gains insights into use on some of CT’s most impressive assets

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The Garden Help Desk You Didn’t Know You Needed

The Office can address an array of gardening questions about plant health, insects, diseases, when to do routine maintenance like pruning and fertilizing, and even how to start a garden

Students learning Python in a classroom.

School of Computing Builds the Next Generation of Innovators

High school students get a hands-on introduction to artificial intelligence at UConn

Dr. Shane McTighe

Mohs Surgery Fellowship Relaunches at UConn School of Medicine

The return of the Mohs Surgery fellowship is part of UConn medical school’s dedicated mission of always training the next generation of providers.