Community Impact
Helping Asylum-Seekers Prepare for the Courts
A group of UConn law and social work students will spend Spring Break assisting women asylum-seekers detained at a federal immigration center.
Social Work Students Head to Capitol Hill
The students went to D.C. to learn about and lobby for issues related to the well-being of the clients and communities they serve.
HuskyTHON 2016
UConn students raised more than $716,000 for Connecticut Children's Medical Center during this year's 18-hour dance marathon.
Improving the Water Supply in a Drought-Stricken Village
Three UConn engineering students are working in partnership with a village in Ethiopia to help improve the water supply.
Pharmacists Working to Combat Opioid Overdose
The UConn School of Pharmacy is helping train pharmacists to prescribe naloxone, an opioid overdose antidote.
Climate Resiliency Project Wins Federal Competition
UConn researchers helped design the project, which works with the local geography to protect Bridgeport residents and infrastructure.
UConn Leading State’s Open Textbook Initiative
The goal is to reduce the cost of textbooks and other course-related educational materials.
Hands Off: Reducing Restraints in Connecticut Schools
Two UConn experts discuss how disruptive student behaviors can be reduced by building a positive school climate.
UConn Partners with State on Child Welfare Project
The federally funded program seeks to prepare an ethnically and linguistically diverse group of social workers to work with vulnerable children and families.
UConn to Offer Scholarships to Hartford Promise Students
The University's commitment will help make college more affordable for students from Hartford Public Schools.