UConn Voices

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Research Assesses Assets and Challenges for North Hartford Food Environment

Using the innovative Photovoice approach, community participants engage in citizen science by sharing their personal, lived experience to enhance research studies and bring awareness to health disparities

Month of Discovery: Undergraduate Researcher Krithika Santhanam

Krithika Santhanam is using her individualized major at UConn to take advantage of research opportunities at the University

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Voting Is Social Work: Empowering Social Workers to Empower Voters

'We've always believed that social work has the power to transform democracy'

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Month of Discovery: Nadine Noaman ‘26, Uncovering UConn Muslim History

A BOLD scholar and third-generation Husky, Noaman is documenting the past five decades of Muslim activism at UConn – including her own

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Neurodiversity Workshops to be Delivered at No Cost to Corporate America through UConn and Wells Fargo Collaboration

$3.75 million grant from Wells Fargo to provide employers with free neurodiversity education, training, academic research, and talent connections

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Month of Discovery: Sophia Hatzis ’27, a Researcher and Mentor

Hatzis, a second-year student researcher, has become integral to Innovate Labs, teaching classmates about AI

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Urban Forestry Enables Environmental Justice in CT Communities

Bringing together the power of UConn research and extension, faculty are leveraging urban forestry and environmental justice to support Connecticut’s Hispanic and Latino communities

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Bringing Emphasis on Lab Quality to the World

UConn Health’s Anu Maharjan shares her experience leading workshops before an international audience in Mongolia

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Moving As One: Discovering How Synchronous Movements Strengthen Social Bonds

'Synchrony is all around us, subtly shaping our connections and experiences'

Connecticut Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas speaks during a press conference to kick off National Voter Registration Day in front of the Jonathan statue

Voter Registration Push Comes to Campus Ahead of Early Voting, Election Day 2024

Within only a few minutes, almost two dozen students had filled out applications to get their names on the voter rolls