Community Impact

Freshly harvested summer vegetables sit on a wooden bench

UConn Helps New Farmers ‘Bridge the Gap’

UConn Extension offers a range of innovative programs to help new farmers get established.

A fence topped with razor wire outside York County Detention Center in York, Pa.

UConn ‘Angels’ Bring Legal, Mental Health Aid to Asylum-Seekers

UConn students, faculty members, and alumni from across a range of disciplines come together each year to provide aid to asylum-seekers at two federal detention centers in Pennsylvania.

Associate extension professor Tom Worthley sitting next to an established hackberry tree, a native species, outside the Young Building . (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Planting New Trees in the Wake of the Gypsy Moths

A good way to identify a new plant is by looking around your neighborhood or your property to see what is thriving, says Thomas Worthley, UConn Extension.

President Donald Trump stands before a portrait of President Andrew Jackson in the Oval Office.

Op-ed: Trump Wasn’t the First President to Confront the Supreme Court – And Back Down

A conflict between President Andrew Jackson and the U.S. Supreme Court yields lesson for contemporary politics, writes UConn School of Law Professor Bethany Berger.

Catie Wigfield, 10, of Baltic, takes a taste of cheese sauce during a competition held at the UCann Cook Camp at Gelfenbien Commons on July 18, 2019. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Future Chefs

Campers at UCann Cook Camp 102 worked with UConn chefs to learn the art of international ethnic cuisine and how to create pastries and breads.

Jenn Suozzo '99 (CLAS) on the set of the NBC Nightly News at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan on May 9, 2019. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Running the Show at ‘NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt’

As executive producer of 'NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt,' Suozzo, a former dancer, says she directs each episode as if it were a ballet.

Rain overwhelms a local drainage system. (Kara Bonsack /UConn Photo)

Helping Municipalities Meet New Pollution Regulations

A UConn Extension program, partnering with the state, is helping towns comply with new state and federal requirements for reducing water pollution – and saving them money.

Dr. Jennifer Ozimek stands in front of the tower at UConn Health.

Meet Dr. Jennifer Ozimek, Primary Care Physician

Practicing medicine at UConn Health is a dream come true for Dr. Ozimek. She set her sights on UConn while attending a clinical career day here in high school.

Flowers in bloom at Mount Auburn Cemetery. (Photo by Dave Barnett)

The Reapers and the Flowers

Mount Auburn Cemetery is not only the final resting place of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, it is a beautiful public park overseen by a UConn horticulture alum.

Nursing professor Louise Reagan, center, discusses diabetes management with two clients. (John Tyczkowski/UConn Photo)

Learning Diabetes Skills on the Inside Helps Ex-Inmates Stay Out – of Hospital

Training prisoners with diabetes how to manage their disease could prevent hospitalizations and diabetes-related medical crises after they are released, say researchers from UConn and the state Department of Corrections.