Community Impact

UConn Nursing students participating in Rwanda's Volunteer Day

‘Unforgettable Experience’: UConn Nursing Students Spend 6 Weeks in Rwanda

Experiential Global Learning Program partners with Kigali teaching hospital

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Urban Forestry Enables Environmental Justice in CT Communities

Bringing together the power of UConn research and extension, faculty are leveraging urban forestry and environmental justice to support Connecticut’s Hispanic and Latino communities

Jonathan Chambers ’28, (CLAS) planting the Flex Farm at UConn Stamford

Husky Harvest Stamford Bolsters Food Pantry Offerings with New Partnerships, New Initiatives

'We’re trying to tie together everything we’re doing to fight food insecurity at UConn Stamford. All our initiatives need to support one another'

Woman in lab

Making Food Safe for Soldiers

For UConn alum Genevieve Flock, an interest in food microbiology turned into a successful public health research career that brings 'new, creative solutions for the soldier'

three-woman portrait labeled "Communication" in multiple languages

Communication Clears Cultural Hurdles

UConn Health’s bilingual medical assistants help address social determinants of health

Thanks to UConn Health's dedicated New England Sickle Cell Institute helping her manage her sickle cell disease over the years, Sola Odesina happily travels the world. Here she is in the Dominican Republic.

Traveling the World with Sickle Cell Disease

‘UConn Health keeps me going’ says Young World Traveler

Connecticut Walk for 1 in 100 in West Hartford on September 14.

UConn Health Students Volunteer for a Heart-Healthy Cause

UConn Medical and Dental Students Volunteered at the Adult Congenital Heart Association Annual Connecticut Walk for 1 in 100 on September 14 in West Hartford’s Blue Back Square.

A sign for the Sustainable Clean Energy Summit sits outside the Student Union

UConn and Eversource Host Third Annual Sustainable Clean Energy Summit

Gene Rodrigues, U.S. Department of Energy Assistant Secretary for Electricity, served as keynote speaker

Project Oceanology, one of the sponsors for Messing About in Boats, took participants out into Long Island Sound aboard the research vessel Envirolab II to learn about marine wildlife and try catch and release sportfishing.

A Second Year of Messing About in Boats at Avery Point

'There is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats'

apples

A Guide to Apple Picking in Connecticut

In a state with almost 300 apple producers, learn from a UConn expert about how to pick the perfect apple and support local farmers