Community Impact
UConn Program Shows the Difference a Mentor Can Make
Connecting UConn students with high school students to foster skills ranging from forestry to overcoming imposter syndrome
February 16, 2022 | Elaina Hancock
Fostering Innovation and Fueling Economic Growth in Connecticut
UConn is uniquely able in our region to create networks of large, small, and now medium businesses with strong connections to our knowledge base to foster innovation and fuel economic growth
February 11, 2022 | Combined Reports
Fact Sheets Help Local Leaders in CT Navigate Climate Change Questions
Adapt CT offers guidance on matters ranging from beach erosion to the flooding of coastal highways
February 11, 2022 | Judy Benson, Connecticut Sea Grant
As Legislative Session Gets Underway, UConn Offers Insight and Expertise
Faculty members and alumni will provide guidance on issues ranging from crime to an expected wave of retirements in 2022
February 9, 2022 | Kimberly Phillips
Rabies Readiness: Genomic Surveillance Helps Prepare for Outbreaks in Bats
This study is the first to collect genetic sequencing data from bat rabies viruses in the Northeast
February 9, 2022 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
Recent UConn Grads Overwhelmingly Settled in First Jobs or Graduate Education
Nine out of 10 graduates from last spring reported favorable outcomes by the end of 2021
February 7, 2022 | Stephanie Reitz
National Survey Seeks Experiences of 17,000 Sexual and Gender Diverse Teens
'The spirit of the project is to better understand who among a very heterogenous group may need the most attention in reducing health disparities'
February 4, 2022 | Kimberly Phillips
Eversource Energy Center Prepares for Storms with Stormwise Program
Stormwise helps develop forest systems in Connecticut that are resilient to climate change and coexist with human infrastructure
January 19, 2022 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
NIFA Grant Teaches Youth About Biotechnology, Develops Career Readiness
A new grant will use educational games to teach Connecticut youth about biotechnology and biotechnology careers in agriculture
January 18, 2022 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
UConn Health: 100,000 COVID Shots and Counting
UConn Health reaches milestone in the ongoing public health effort to minimize COVID-19 infection and illness
January 10, 2022 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)