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Entryway sign lit up green for St. Patricks Day and for Sustainability.

UConn Once Again Ranks High in Sustainability

Campus engagement and planning efforts give UConn a sustainable edge

Michele Back and Amber Dickey in the Gentry Atrium.

Research Study Analyzes How Human Rights Content Empowers Spanish Heritage Learners

Neag School professor and alumna examine curriculum inspired by UConn’s Human Rights Close to Home initiative

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How Will Cuts to SNAP Funding Impact Connecticut?

Three UConn experts who have worked for decades to provide nutrition education through SNAP share insights on what cuts could mean for residents of our state

Close-up detail of a vintage painting showing a woman talking on the phone as someone raises a bottle of Chloroform behind her

Damsels, Femme Fatales, and Queens of Crime

Two UConn professors on the history of fictional female criminals and crime-fighters

A desert landscape, including a Joshua tree with the sun in the background, shielded by hills.

As the Mojave Gets Hotter, Will Joshua Trees Adapt?

What today’s seedlings are experiencing is going to be very different than what they might experience in 100 years when they're mature plants

A row of upside-down horseshoe crabs in the sand

Tagging Time Travelers

Citizen scientists help researchers protect one of Earth’s oldest surviving species: horseshoe crabs

Female educator with yellow blazer speaks to two students in a classroom.

Mariah Klair Castillo ’24 MA: Finding a Voice as a Special Education Teacher

Castillo originally worked in the insurance industry but always dreamed of teaching

A woman with long blonde hair and a hat and headphones sitting on a blanket in the sand looking out to the ocean

Getting Cozy: UConn Entrepreneur Focuses on Mindful Productivity as Werth Institute Program Continues Engaging First-Year Women

'Take every opportunity you’re given and just make sure that you’re loving what you’re doing, that you want to be here, that you want to learn'

UConn Extension staff at a public event to help CT residents test their well water

Ripple Effect: The Collective Power of UConn Extension’s Water Programs

From low-cost well water testing to reducing environmental threats to water safety through informed land use, UConn Extension programs seek to keep Connecticut's water clean and healthy

Wellness Concept. Wooden blocks with the eight dimensions; emotional, spiritual, intellectual, social, environmental, physical, occupational, financial. A holistic approach to health and wellbeing.

UConn’s Popular Emotional Well-Being Course Now Free and Available to the Public

UConn faculty and students launch online resource to make emotional well-being content accessible to all