Impact
UConn Law Professor Helps Overhaul Connecticut’s Hate Crime Laws
Sachin Pandya played a key role in developing new legislation that streamlines and strengthens the state’s hate crime laws.
New Program Trains CT Residents to Manage Invasive Plants
A new UConn Extension certificate program helps residents tackle the 100+ invasive species spreading throughout our state
A Career Powered by Curiosity: Jasna Jankovic’s Path from Industry to Academia
From industry scientist to award-winning educator and researcher, Jasna Jankovic has built a career at the intersection of materials science, clean energy, and innovation
From Kitchen Tables to Healthier Futures: 50+ Years of EFNEP
What began as in-home cooking lessons in the 1960s is now a program that reaches across Connecticut with evidence-based, impact-driven nutrition education
$12M Grant to UConn from Connecticut’s Department of Transportation to Extend Partnership
UConn is essential to processing crash reports (almost 9,000 a month) and making the data available to stakeholders
Plant and Soil Center Opens to the Public
UConn celebrated the opening of the George Leigh Minor Plant and Soil Health Center, bringing together research, diagnostics, and community engagement and advance plant and soil health across Connecticut
UConn Institute Helps Launch Statewide Hate Crime Reporting Campaign
The campaign, led in part by UConn’s Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy, is helping Connecticut residents understand hate crimes, learn where to report incidents, and support prevention, accountability, and data collection.
AI for ImpaCT: UConn Launches University-Wide Initiative to Drive AI Innovation Across Connecticut
The AI for ImpaCT initiative aims to ensure that UConn remains a trusted resource for Connecticut, helping people understand, adapt to, and shape a future in which AI plays an ever-increasing role
UConn Extension Volunteers Are Preserving One of Connecticut’s Most Famous Homes
“The UConn Extension Master Gardener program opens doors, to learning about plants and to meeting people, preserving history, and being part of something bigger.”
Shucking Success: The Next Generation of Connecticut Shellfish Farmers
UConn Extension and Connecticut Sea Grant prepare aspiring entrepreneurs to navigate the challenges of shellfish aquaculture and sustain Connecticut’s historic working waterfront