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An aerial view of students wearing cap and gown posing for Commencement photos at the gateway sign

UConn Provost Announces Awards for Excellence in Community Engaged Scholarship

The Provost’s Awards for Excellence in Community Engaged Scholarship (PAECES) recognize scholarly activities that integrate community engagement with research, creative work, and teaching

April 24, 2024 | Briana Huett, Associate Director of Outreach and Engagement

Community Impact University News
The Connecticut State Capitol building in Hartford.

Social Work, CLAS Professors Co-Lead Effort to Promote a Policy Agenda for Latino and Puerto Rican Communities in Connecticut

'The Latino Summit has not only marked a significant milestone in our collective journey towards empowerment but also established a new benchmark for meaningful dialogue and action'

March 7, 2024 | Ziba Kashef

Community Impact UConn Voices
ClimateWerx students analyze materials collected at the UConn Archives & Special Collections centered around the historical ecological advocacy movements at UConn and surrounding areas with Graham Stinnett, Archivist of the Human Rights & Alternative Press Collections on February 23, 2024.

Werth Institute Pilot Helping Students Turn Climate Passion into Sustainability Action

'In the classroom, you're talking about it with people, you're talking about the social impacts, you're learning about the physical impacts, the emotional – all of it'

March 5, 2024 | Jaclyn Severance

Community Impact Entrepreneurship
UConn Facilities Operations employee Jared Gauthier poses for a photo outside the Facilities Operations building

Work-Based Learning Programs Are the Future of Facilities Operations

The job market in the trades is extremely competitive right now and the work-based learning programs give UConn a jump on candidates

January 10, 2024 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications

University News
Floating Points Exhibit by artist Oskar Landi in The Alexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art at Avery Point

Art Meets Science in ‘Floating Points’ Exhibition at AVS Gallery at Avery Point

The presence of microplastics in the world's oceans are the focus of the exhibition, which runs through Dec. 10

November 28, 2023 | Kimberly Phillips

From left, Bruce Flax, president of the Greater Mystic Chamber of Commerce; Nicole Verdi, head of Government Affairs & Policy for New England Ørsted; UConn Professor and Marine Sciences Department Head Evan Ward; Michael Ausere, vice president of Business Development at Eversource Energy; state Sen. Heather Somers, UConn Avery Point Campus Director Annemarie Seifert; and Hank Webster, deputy commissioner of energy at the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

UConn, Partners Investigate Impact of Windfarms on Marine Life

UConn welcomed Orsted and Eversource officials to Avery Point to launch an impact study on a project designed to power 350,000 homes in southern New England

November 15, 2023 | By Loretta Waldman, for the Office of the Vice President for Research

Research & Discovery
Gov. Ned Lamont, Kiana Foster-Mauro, and Education Commissioner Charlene M. Russell-Tucker

Neag School Alumna Kiana Foster-Mauro is Connecticut’s 2024 Teacher of the Year

Foster-Mauro ’20 (ED), ’21 MA will be recognized at a ceremony in Hartford in November, and is preparing an application for National Teacher of the Year

November 7, 2023 | Shawn Kornegay

Alumni UConn Voices
A fallen tree on a vehicle which brought down power lines on Comstock Hill Avenue in Norwalk, Connecticut during Hurricane Sandy on October 30, 2012.

How Ready is Your Town? UConn Researchers Help Coastal Towns Prepare for the Next Storm in a Changing Climate

'We want to make everybody in the community feel safe in a way that is affordable'

October 23, 2023 | Elaina Hancock

Community Impact
A closeup photo of a mosquito biting a human being.

UConn CVMDL Detects First Cases of EEE This Year in Domestic Animals in CT

A horse and emu were found to have been infected with the rare but serious disease transmitted by mosquito bites

October 4, 2023 | Combined Reports

Community Impact
Michael Gilman shows an oyster dredge to students in the “Foundations of Shellfish Farming” class at UConn Avery Point

New Federal Funds Will Support Projects to Enhance Aquaculture Education, Kelp Farming

Federal grant funding will provide for assessment of workforce needs and purchase of mobile lab

August 30, 2023 | Judy Benson, Connecticut Sea Grant

Community Impact