Community Impact
UConn Students Help Thousands by Surveying Patients for Social Determinants of Health in Waiting Rooms
The UConn Health Leaders Program, co-founded by Dr. Henry Siccardi '23 MD/MPH, who is remaining at UConn Health for internal medicine residency training, has been a success in just three years
May 16, 2023 | Lauren Woods
Capital Area Health Consortium Honors UConn Health Nurse, Fellow, Resident
Community Service Awards for Drs. Jasmin Hundal and Joselyn Miller; scholarship for Elizabeth Haskell
May 11, 2023 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
UConn, Yale Push Connecticut to Quantum Reality
The state’s two premiere research universities are answering NSF’s call to catalyze regional economic and societal well-being through technological innovation.
May 11, 2023 | Matt Engelhardt
UConn Health’s 52nd Commencement Celebrates Hundreds of New Doctors
UConn Health Graduates are Ready to Enter the Health Care Workforce for Connecticut and the Nation
May 8, 2023 | Lauren Woods
UConn Health Screens Firefighters for Skin Cancer
Dermatologists, residents, students offer free screenings for UConn and community firefighters, whose occupational exposures increase their risk of melanoma and other cancers
May 4, 2023 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
UConn Zwick Center Survey Outlines Challenges for Local Food Procurement in Connecticut Schools
Despite a willingness to request Connecticut products from vendors, the report found that very few schools are purchasing a majority of local food from Connecticut
May 3, 2023 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
Risks and Rewards: New Initiative Connects UConn Actuarial Science Students with Local Small Businesses
'You're running a business now, and you're running it every day, and you see the profits every day, but you don't always plan for the big things that might happen'
May 3, 2023 | Jaclyn Severance
UConn Engineering Seniors Building a Better Ramp
'Whenever I called up on a ramp, I’d say there’s a problem getting ramps. What I heard was, "yeah, ain’t there?"'
April 27, 2023 | Jaclyn Severance
Banking on the Future: Saving Ecosystems through Land Banks
With climate-adaptive designs and community engagement, distressed properties in the Hartford area and beyond can go from public eyesore to public benefit
April 27, 2023 | Zahra Ali, Sohyun Park, and Pan Zhang, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
New Game Makes Financial Education Fun
With the Breadwinner Game, UConn Extension developed an engaging way to teach young adults to make wise financial choices
April 26, 2023 | Stacey Stearns, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources