Community Impact
Remembering 9/11: UConn Health Professor Emeritus and Red Cross Volunteer Larry Klobutcher Continues to Give Back
Klobutcher continues to make a difference volunteering with the Red Cross which in honor of 9/11 this September encourages everyone to take steps this month to make your home safer by testing or replacing your smoke alarms.
September 13, 2023 | Jonathan Sandstrom, American Red Cross
Reestablishing UConn’s Fruit Orchards
After a decades-long hiatus, Evan Lentz '19 '22 (CAHNR) is reviving UConn’s fruit orchards
September 13, 2023 | Angelina Reyes
UConn Centers Offer Free Professional Development to Local School Wellness Teams
The ‘WSCC Academy’ taught staff how to strengthen school practices to promote whole child development
September 13, 2023 | Helene Marcy '04 MA, Director of Programs and Communications, UConn CSCH
Ask UConn Extension: What Does My High-Schooler Need to Know About Personal Finances?
UConn Extension offers audiences of all ages tips to keep their financial futures looking bright
September 12, 2023 | Faye Griffiths-Smith and Stacey Stearns, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources & UConn Extension
UConn Biodiversity Research Collections Join an Effort to Combat Wildlife Trafficking
How jaguar skulls collected in the 1960s can help thwart wildlife poachers today
September 11, 2023 | Elaina Hancock
Where to Start? UConn Researchers Develop Holistic Tool to Help Plan Urban Vacant Lots
'We want to greenify those lands that have been disregarded and underestimated in the city setting'
September 6, 2023 | Elaina Hancock
Labor Day Report: Less Occupational Disease; COVID-19 Still Dominates
UConn Health is out with its annual Labor Day 'Occupational Disease in Connecticut' report
August 31, 2023 | Lauren Woods
New Federal Funds Will Support Projects to Enhance Aquaculture Education, Kelp Farming
Federal grant funding will provide for assessment of workforce needs and purchase of mobile lab
August 30, 2023 | Judy Benson, Connecticut Sea Grant
Managing Roadside Forests One Video at a Time
UConn PhD student Durga Joshi is commercializing technology to better manage trees and the damage they can cause during extreme storms
August 29, 2023 | Jason Sheldon
UConn Joins Elite Cohort of Economically Impactful Institutions
The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) honors UConn’s success as economic engine and innovation driver for the state and region.
August 28, 2023 | Matt Engelhardt