UConn Voices

Maria de los Angeles Garcia serving food she cooked through the Commercially Licensed Co-operative Kitchen in Willimantic.

A Kitchen for the Community

UConn researchers are studying the importance of food and how to build more just, equitable, and sustainable communities by focusing on a unique facility called the Commercially Licensed Co-operative Kitchen or CLiCK.

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Seeking Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Research

OVPR’s JEDI amplifies efforts to initiate social change.

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Allied Health Major Lets Students Make a Difference Close to Home

Emelis Santos '24 is among a growing number of students choose allied health sciences at UConn Waterbury to give back to their communities

A fall morning aerial view of the Wilbur Cross Building on Oct. 18, 2021.

UConn Welcomes Outstanding New Class, Including Many First-Gen Students

The Class of 2026 will be the most diverse in UConn history

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Getting Their Fair Share of Leadership Training at UConn 4-H County Fairs

UConn students are taking their skills to the community as interns with UConn 4-H fairs

Andréa Nunes standing at the UConn School of Law campus.

Law School Alum Pursues Passion for Aiding Immigrants

From the Asylum and Human Rights Clinic to a prestigious legal fellowship in New York City

Professor Laurencin Publishes Breakthrough Report on Rotator Cuff Regeneration Treatment

CT Convergence Institute for Translation in Regenerative Engineering researchers identify new way to regenerate muscle that could help repair the damaged shoulders of millions of people every year.

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Finding Comfort at Home: New Website Logs Solutions to Everyday Problems for Disabled People and Their Caregivers

'If we only think of disabilities as this tragedy, we don’t also recognize that this is part of being a human being and this is part of how we make our world'

Emma Graebner presenting at UConn Health's Research Day

The Next Generation of Innovators and Problem-Solvers

TIP Innovation Fellows, Health Research students present their findings and make their pitches during Summer Research Day at UConn Health

Turfgrass Field Day Returns to Share Research and Help Industry Grow

After a pandemic hiatus, the in-person event returned with record attendance from a variety of turfgrass professionals