Community Impact
UConn Celebrates Young Readers
The top performers in a reading initiative for Hartford Public School students were recognized on campus for their achievements on Monday.
UConn in the Big Easy
About 50 UConn students help out by renovating homes in the Upper Ninth Ward neighborhood of New Orleans.
Wallace Stevens Program to Feature Poet Kay Ryan
Kay Ryan, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 2011 and is former Poet Laureate of the U.S., will read her work and meet with students on April 9.
Two UConn Faculty to Advise Nation’s Policymakers on Science Issues
Two UConn professors are among 13 scientists from around the nation selected to spend the next year in D.C., contributing their expertise as Jefferson Science Fellows.
Science Olympiad Challenges High School Students
Teams from 18 Connecticut high schools vied for medals at the Connecticut Science Olympiad at UConn on Saturday.
Graduate Student Helping Others Adapt to Climate Change
A UConn master's student is working with Guatemalan villagers and policy makers to suggest strategies for agricultural adaptation in the face of major crop losses.
Herbst: UConn Reaching Out to the Community
From offering assistance on a local farm to taking part in hands-on service projects all over the country, UConn students amaze me with their dedication to serving the community.
A Land Grant University for the 21st Century
UConn's mission as a land grant university has developed far beyond the focus on family farming and 'mechanical arts' envisaged when the Morrill Act created the land grant system of education 150 years ago.
Controlling Japanese Barberry Helps Stop Spread of Tick-Borne Diseases
The UConn Forest provides an ecological classroom to study the spread of the invasive Barberry plant.
A Sparkling New School for Hartford’s Gifted Students
The Renzulli Academy, launched by UConn together with Hartford Schools, is the first stand-alone, urban-based academy for gifted students in the nation.