Community Impact

Students link arms at HuskyTHON, looking out at a crowd holding up their phone lights in the darkened field house.

UConn Students Are Ready for 26th Annual HuskyTHON

Candygrams, raw eggs, hot sauce: Anything for a good cause

Health Equity Scholars Program of UConn Health Disparities Institute for Rising Ninth Graders

Waterbury Teens Research Ways to Improve Public Health in their Hometown

Successful Health Equity Scholars Program of UConn Health Disparities Institute for Rising Ninth Graders Hopes to Expand Statewide to Tackle Public Health Issues

Husky Harvest Waterbury Sign

Husky Harvest Waterbury: Innovating Food Access with Hydroponic Systems, Refrigerated Lockers, and a Transformed Pantry

Husky Harvest Waterbury is improving food access at UConn with new refrigerated lockers, expanded hydroponic systems for fresh produce, and a redesigned pantry to promote healthy eating. These initiatives aim to provide convenient, sustainable, and nutritious food for students, faculty, and staff facing food insecurity.

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UConn’s Visiting Externships for Students Underrepresented in Medicine (VESUM) and its Students are Thriving

Meet UConn School of Medicine Surgical Resident Dr. Edison Martinez Monegro

group portrait six students on stage holding award certificates

CT High School Students Shine at STEM Symposium Held at UConn Health

Top honorees from the 2025 Connecticut Junior Science and Humanities Symposium will represent the state at the national symposium in Virginia this spring

Anita Durkin, senior education coordinator at the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, leads a program for elementary school students.

UConn Business Students Help Landmark Harriet Beecher Stowe Center to Expand Its Audience, Thrive

'Their work helped the Stowe Center better understand trends and connect with visitors in smarter, more impactful ways'

UConn student Anthony Mensah hands out food to a line of young people during a food drive in Accra, Ghana.

UConn Senior’s Organization Takes Aim at Food Insecurity

Focusing on healthy proteins for families in New Haven and Ghana

Rendering of the Yellow Mill Channel redesign

UConn Landscape Architecture Connecting Bridgeport’s Waterfront

UConn researchers, students, and alumni are working together to make waterfront areas accessible for Bridgeport residents

UConn Health Recognized Among America’s Best Large Employers for 2025 by Forbes

Among the 701 best companies in America, UConn Health ranked 150th and placed second among seven Connecticut organizations.

UConn's Dr. Cato T. Laurencin (center) with attendees at the welcoming reception for experts participating in The World Congress on Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities that convened for the first time ever in St. Lucia.

The Inaugural World Congress on Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

UConn School of Medicine Experts Participate in Inaugural Congress in St. Lucia