Community Impact
UConn Students Striking Out Health Inequity by Screening Patients for Social Determinants of Health
Find out how two UConn medical students are helping lead more than 100 other UConn student volunteers to together lower patients' risks of any potential health inequities due to social determinants of health.
Once-a-Day Pills for Sickle Cell Changing Young Woman’s Life
World Sickle Cell Disease Day is June 19. Learn how the advanced clinical care and research of Dr. Biree Andemariam and her New England Sickle Cell Institute at UConn Health are changing sickle cell patients' daily lives.
UConn School of Engineering Unveils the Vergnano Institute for Inclusion, Supported by UConn Alumni Mark and Betsy Vergnano’s $3M Donation
The gift represents the largest diversity, equity, and inclusion investment in UConn School of Engineering history and is one of the largest single DEI investments in UConn
Should We Stay or Should We Go? Shoreline Homes and Rising Sea Levels in Connecticut
How strategies to address rising sea levels could affect local taxes, home values, and other factors
High School Students Exposed to UConn Chemistry Through Virtual Event
Students from Berlin High School didn't let COVID-19 get in the way of learning directly from UConn faculty
UConn Faculty Appointed to New State Hate Crimes Advisory Council
Bringing scholarship to bear on a vexing problem
‘Urban Service Talks’ (About Interprofessional Learning)
The future physicians, dentists, nurses, social workers, pharmacists, and physician assistants who take part in the Connecticut Area Health Education Center's (CT AHEC) Urban Service Track/AHEC Scholars Program are walking the walk and now, talking the talk.
Early Clinical Care is a Cornerstone of UConn Medical School Curriculum
Giving medical students early experience with patients in clinical settings
People, Trees, and Power: Learning How to Strike a Balance and Keep the Lights On
Connecticut residents are broadly supportive of tree management practices, but good communication is essential
Social Work Students Turn to Old-Fashioned Advocacy
Clinical social work students learn the power of the written word to advocate through Letters to the Editor