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Charles B. Gentry Building

Meet the Neag School’s 2023-24 Alumni Board and Board of Advocates

Current members of the two boards all volunteer to work toward engaging and connecting with alumni and friends of the Neag School throughout the year

January 29, 2024 | Mikala Kane '26 MA - Neag School of Education

Alumni Community Impact
A man, a woman, and two children stand around a statue of a husky dog.

Former Faculty Couple Gives Back to the University They Love

For Richard ’79 MA, ’81 Ph.D. and Kristin Schwab, UConn is home. The former faculty members continue to support the university they love, furthering their legacy and inspiring future generations of students in the Neag School of Education and the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources.

January 24, 2024 | Jennifer Eburg, UConn Foundation

Alumni Community Impact
Students gathered for MLK Day in academic lobby.

MLK Day of Service: UConn Health Students Improving Health Outcomes for Connecticut Citizens

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2024 UConn medical and dental students gathered to present posters about their project efforts around the state to improve health outcomes for Connecticut residents.

January 18, 2024 | Lauren Woods - UConn School of Medicine

Community Impact University News
Newsweek honor

UConn John Dempsey Hospital Named to Newsweek’s New America’s Best-In-State Hospitals List

UConn’s award-winning teaching hospital is the only hospital in the Greater Hartford area to make Newsweek’s new best-in-state hospital ranking.

January 17, 2024 | Lauren Woods - UConn School of Medicine

Community Impact UConn Health University News
UConn landscape architecture students developed plans for preserving the historic Meadowood farm and presented their ideas at an open house at the Simsbury library.

UConn Students Imagine Potential Futures for a Remarkable Piece of Land in Simsbury

Designing for the future while also paying homage to the past

January 8, 2024 | Elaina Hancock - UConn Communications

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The Legislative Office Building in Hartford.

Conference to Connect Lawmakers, Scientists in Unified Mission to Bolster Connecticut

Knocking down the obstacles between policymakers and cutting-edge research

January 8, 2024 | Kimberly Phillips

Alumni Community Impact
The Clothing for All closet at the Stamford campus

UConn Stamford Clothing Pantry Offers Students Range of Everyday Wear, Professional Attire

'We’re just trying to break down barriers so they can access things that will enrich their lives'

January 4, 2024 | Kimberly Phillips

Community Impact
A group of residents of a town in the Dominican Republic meet with a medical provider from UConn Health.

Providing Care Beyond Borders

Spearheaded by a UConn Health medical student, more than 30 medical providers brought specialty and primary care to residents of the Dominican Republic

January 2, 2024 | Carolyn Pennington - Schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine

Alumni Community Impact UConn Health
Oscar Guerra, the award-winning filmmaker and associate professor of film and video at UConn Stamford, with Christopher Orrico ’23 (SFA), Guerra's director of photography, and Ruth - the main participant in Guerra's new documentary project focused on mental health in the Latino community.

UConn DMD Professor Documents Story of Latino Mental Health through Humanities Institute Fellowship

Oscar Guerra's new project explores mental health and the social, cultural, and political factors that affect it

January 2, 2024 | Jaclyn Severance

Community Impact UConn Voices
Three female educators stand next to blue Neag School banner.

Neag School’s Office of Teacher Education Hosts Partnership Summit

The revitalized event welcomed school district representatives to Storrs and enhanced collaboration to benefit future teachers and Connecticut's classrooms

December 21, 2023 | Shawn Kornegay - Neag School of Education

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