Impact
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
September 3, 2025 | Helene Marcy
Connecticut Releases its Occupational Disease Annual Labor Day Report
Latest data analysis of UConn School of Medicine expert shows Connecticut’s occupational disease cases are over 31,000 annually
August 27, 2025 | Combined Reports
Building Connecticut’s Shellfish Workforce and Industry Resilience
With learning in the field and classroom, CT Sea Grant offers a program that combines science, policy, and lived experience to help launch Connecticut businesses
July 31, 2025 | Stacey Stearns, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources & UConn Extension
From Sideline to Lifeline: Advancing Emergency Skills in Athletic Training Education
UConn’s Institute for Sports Medicine (ISM) recently hosted a workshop for athletic trainers from across Connecticut to address updated guidance on Emergency Action Plans
July 21, 2025 | Jason Sheldon
Study Highlights Higher Rates, Risk Factors for Non-Fatal Overdoses
A new opioid overdose study has identified several key risk factors associated with non-fatal overdoses drawing from a sample of people who use opioids in New Haven
July 17, 2025 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
CT DEEP Releases New Wildlife Action Plan with Support from UConn’s CAHNR
With the goal of identifying species in need and actions to take, the Statewide Wildlife Action Plan incorporates scientific expertise and comments from the public
July 2, 2025 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
UConn Students Combat Opioid Crisis in CT through Adopt a Health District Program
Through the program, UConn students help Connecticut communities tackle the opioid crisis, from Narcan training to safe medication disposal techniques
July 1, 2025 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
OLLI Program: Remembering Our Past Helps Others Navigate the Future
A Juneteenth event at UConn Waterbury, hosted by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, celebrated diversity and historical reflection
June 27, 2025 | Ira Morrison
Improving Urban Land Access for Agriculture in Connecticut
'Secure land access is one of the greatest challenges that urban producers grapple with in Connecticut'
June 12, 2025 | Stacey Stearns, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources & UConn Extension
Taking on Period Poverty
UConn public health, medical, dental students address menstrual inequity in Hartford
May 29, 2025 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)