Community Impact
UConn Health Doc Gives Back to His Hurricane-Ravaged Homeland
Emergency medicine physician Dr. Hynes Birmingham spent two weeks in his native island of Dominica, providing much-needed medical care after Hurricane Maria.
Community Foundation to Fund Leadership Training Project
The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has awarded funding for a project focused on leadership training through the UConn Administrator Preparation Program (UCAPP), a school leadership program based at the Neag School that prepares highly qualified school administrators in Connecticut.
UConn, CSCU Pledge Support to Preserve DACA Program
UConn and the Connecticut State Colleges & Universities support litigation to challenge the elimination of the program for undocumented youth.
Despite Progress, Most Food Advertising to Kids Still Unhealthy
'Ten years after the launch of food industry self-regulation, food advertising to children remains far from the goal of supporting healthful diets.'
Resilience in the Face of Evil
Social work professor Megan Berthold says people who survive human rights violations and trauma often have enormous strength and resilience.
Op-ed: Gentrification? Bring it
Hartford will never become New York. But why not look to North Adams, Pittsburgh, or Columbus for examples of a different kind of gentrification?
Skype a Scientist
A program to engage schoolchildren in science has grown in 8 months from one graduate student in one UConn lab to thousands of scientists across 12 time zones and all 50 states.
New Tool Links UConn Experts and Media
Launched in October and currently in pilot phase, the database features an initial 50 faculty members across a range of academic disciplines.
Neag School Hosts Global Sports Mentoring Program Emerging Leader
The Global Sports Mentoring Program (GSMP)’s Empower Women Through Sports Initiative is an international initiative co-sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and espnW that partners emerging female leaders from 17 countries with leading executives and experts in the U.S. sports industry. For the second consecutive year, Neag School faculty members Jennie McGarry and Laura Burton will be serving in the coming weeks as hosts.
Professor Emeritus Vincent Rogers Bestows Innovation Grant
Neag School of Education professor emeritus Vincent Rogers has announced a planned bequest to the Neag School, designating a legacy gift of $125,000 to expand the Rogers Educational Innovation Fund in support of innovative projects carried out by teachers in Connecticut. Through his gift, elementary and middle-school teachers across the state will be able to apply annually for a $5,000 gift for use in the classroom.