Impact

Students and faculty plant flowers against a concrete wall in a prison yard.

UConn Students Bring Landscape Design to Connecticut Correctional Facilities

Through a partnership with UConn’s Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy, landscape architecture students are gaining hands-on experience while exploring how thoughtful design can help create healthier correctional environments

A view of the Innovation Partnership Building on Aug. 6, 2018. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

A New Path for Rising Tech Talent

New Tech Park Talent Incubator presents UConn first-year students with early chance to establish career path

The entrance to the Museum of Connecticut History's "Connecticut's Revolution" exhibition

Curating the 250th: History Professors Mark Country’s Anniversary with Museum Exhibitions

Manisha Sinha curated the latest exhibition at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, while Andy Horowitz was a member of the curatorial team that put together the show at the Museum of Connecticut History

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New UConn Survey Finds 53% of Connecticut Parents Say Childcare is Too Expensive

Statewide survey conducted by UConn and the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood provides an updated benchmark for tracking childcare access and affordability

Students in the CVMDL testing ticks

I Love CT, But It’s the Season of the Ticks

Stick Season has nothing on Tick Season. UConn experts share insights about how this year is shaping up

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UConn, State Celebrate Recognition as a ‘Capital for Quantum’

Award of NSF Quantum Technologies Engine in Connecticut grant recognizes Connecticut as a force in quantum technology acceleration and competitiveness

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U.S. National Science Foundation Announces Transformational Award to Connecticut’s Quantum Tech Sector  

'NSF Engines investments in critical technologies and future industries will transform America’s innovation infrastructure for decades to come'

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UConn Students Help Reimagine New Haven’s Farmington Canal Heritage Trail

Students from UConn’s landscape architecture program collaborated with the Community Placemaking Engagement Network (CPEN) to develop designs for reinvigorating a 56-mile stretch of the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail

Connecticut State Capitol building in Hartford, Connecticut.

Designating the State Rock: A Dazzling Educational Experience

Here's the stone-cold truth: a team effort by UConn and Mansfield educators has built a rock-solid foundation for holistic learning across the state

A Connecticut America 250 sign with information about the Hartford Courant with a Connecticut flag and U.S.A flag next to it

Series of Historical Markers Celebrate America’s 250th Through a Connecticut Lens

And while UConn wasn’t around in 1776, its fingerprints are all over the project