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Schools Will Soon Stop Serving Free Lunch to All Students: What Comes Next?
The policy has reduced food insecurity and provided more kids with nutritious, healthy meals
March 22, 2022 | Marlene B. Schwartz, Director of the UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health, and Professor of Human Development and Family Sciences
Why Social Work is Political, and How it Matters for Democracy
Tanya Rhodes Smith of the School of Social Work talks about elections, health, and why policymakers should seek insight from social workers
March 15, 2022 | Julie (Stagis) Bartucca '10 (BUS, CLAS), '19 MBA
State Historian Walter Woodward Considers the Past as He Looks to the Future
After 18 years, with a hand in everything from school curricula to podcasting, Connecticut's fifth state historian looks both backward and forward
March 4, 2022 | Kimberly Phillips
Study: Front-of-Package Claims and Images Persuade Parents that Sugar-Sweetened Drinks are Healthy Choices for Children
'Marketing tactics commonly used to promote fruit-flavored drinks and toddler milks appear to mislead, mask and misrepresent true ingredients'
February 24, 2022 | Kristin Messina, UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy & Health
Tens of Thousands of Afghan Evacuees Made it to the US: Here’s How the Resettlement Process Works
While many Americans think of the arriving Afghans as 'refugees,' most have a more tenuous legal status
February 23, 2022 | Kathryn Libal, Director of the Human Rights Institute and Associate Professor of Social Work and Human Rights and Scott Harding, Associate Professor of Social Work
Record-Setting 40,000+ Applicants Seek to Join UConn’s Class of 2026
Despite Economic and Demographic Challenges, More Students Than Ever Want to Be Huskies
February 22, 2022 | Stephanie Reitz
President Maric Announces Task Force for Combating Sexual Violence & Supporting Our Students
The task force will thoroughly examine the impact of sexual violence upon our community
February 18, 2022 | Combined Reports
The Stigma Buster
How one student's experience with mental illness shaped her determination to help others through public policy
February 16, 2022 | Jaclyn Severance
As Legislative Session Gets Underway, UConn Offers Insight and Expertise
Faculty members and alumni will provide guidance on issues ranging from crime to an expected wave of retirements in 2022
February 9, 2022 | Kimberly Phillips
Robust Testing Strategy Helps UConn Welcome Back Healthy, Enthusiastic Students
More than 10,000 students are now in Storrs residence halls, along with about 400 Stamford residential students and thousands of commuter students at those campuses and in Hartford, Waterbury, and Avery Point
February 2, 2022 | Stephanie Reitz