Litchfield County

Portrait of recipients in scrubs outside the OR

OR Team Shares 1st Dr. Richard Simon Award

The Dr. Richard Simon Excellence in Clinical Neurosciences Award goes to Ellen Benson, Shevonne White, and Georgia Priestley from UConn Health’s Operating Room.

April 7, 2020 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)

Breast Cancer Survivor Runs Ultramarathons to Honor Others

Meet Holly Durstin, one of our nurse anesthetists, ultramarathoner, triathlete, and breast cancer survivor. Read about her inspirational journey to beat breast cancer.

October 24, 2019 | Jennifer Walker

A close-up of a worker holding a yellow hardhat at his side

Occupational Illnesses in Connecticut Decrease

The most recent data available indicate workplace-related illnesses have gone down in Connecticut, according to UConn Health experts.

September 2, 2019 | Lauren Woods

Community Impact UConn Health

Project SEARCH Expands Thanks to UConn Health Success

Five more interns have graduated from Project SEARCH at UConn Health, an innovative program preparing young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities for careers. Thanks to the internship program's success at UConn Health, Project SEARCH is now expanding to five new locations across Connecticut.

May 29, 2019 | Lauren Woods

Angeline Nunez, left, and Tiffany Nguyen from Two Rivers Magnet Middle School in East Hartford were among the nearly 240 8th-grade girls from middle schools around the state who came to campus Wednesday for a one-day conference aimed at exposing them to female role models in the STEM fields. (Christopher LaRosa/UConn Photo)

Multiplying Their Options

Nearly 240 8th-grade girls from middle schools around the state came to campus Wednesday for a one-day conference aimed at exposing them to female role models in the STEM fields.

April 5, 2019 | Christopher LaRosa

Community Impact
Professor Alexander Russell, director of UConn’s Voting Technology Research Center. Both before and after the November election, UConn’s Voting Technology Research Center will run forensic analyses on memory cards in the state’s voting equipment. (Christopher LaRosa/UConn Photo)

UConn’s Key Role in Ensuring Integrity of State Elections

Both before and after the November election, UConn’s Voting Technology Research Center will run forensic analyses on memory cards in the state’s voting equipment.

November 1, 2018 | Eli Freund

Community Impact Research & Discovery
Gala-HonoreeswithMedalsA

UConn Mourns Loss of Alum Ray Neag, Largest Benefactor

Ray and Carole Neag are among the most prominent figures in UConn’s 138-year history, next to brothers Charles and Augustus Storrs.

April 20, 2018 | Jennifer Huber, Senior Editor/Writer, UConn Foundation

Community Impact UConn Health University News
Thomas Ritter, recipient of UConn's highest honor, the University Medal, shares a joke with Roger A. Gelfenbien, chair of the Board of Trustees, and M. Adela Eads, Senate Minority Leader, at a reception at the School of Law in 1999. (Peter Morenus/UConn File Photo)

Torrington Extension Center Renamed for Late Sen. Adela Eads

UConn’s Board of Trustees is honoring Eads’ legacy of public service by renaming the Litchfield County Extension Center after her.

September 29, 2016 | Stephanie Reitz

University News

Any Future Doctors, Dentists, Nurses?

Nearly 400 high school students, many considering careers in health care, spent part of Friday at UConn Health’s 10th Clinical Career Day.

March 28, 2014 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)

UConn Health
Grant Marsden from Tolland worked with Meng (Fred) Lu from Beijing, China (by way of Kent, Conn.) to check their coordinates. (Susan Schadt/UConn Photo)

Conservation Academy Creates Connections with the Environment

A new summer program was designed to set high school students on the path to becoming life-long advocates for the protection of natural resources.

July 16, 2012 | Sheila Foran

Community Impact