Windham County

Norman Berman with his parents, Bluma and Misha, on their poultry farm in Moosup.

Finding Refuge from War and Persecution in Connecticut’s Quiet Corner

How Jewish families left behind a shattered Europe to build a thriving community in the Yankee heartland

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.

E-STEAM Ahead: CT High Schoolers to Become ‘Eco-Digital’ Storytellers Through Interdisciplinary Grant

An interdisciplinary group of UConn researchers is leading an effort to empower high school students to become "Eco-Digital" storytellers in their communities.

Smiling woman in woods

UConn 4-H Participant Turns Astronomy Project into a Potential Career

4-H gives Connecticut student opportunities for hands-on learning for a future in STEM

UConn students Robert Avena (left) and Sumeet Kadian (right) pose for a photo in front of the Hop River Trail tunnel in Bolton Notch State Park that runs under Interstate 384 in Bolton, CT

For Popular Trail, There’s Light at the End – and the Beginning, and the Middle – of the Tunnel

UConn students' Service Learning project will help make the Hop River Trail safer for the thousands of bikers and pedestrians who use it

Students playing the cello, violin, and piano who are participating in the Jorgensen Outreach for Youth program

Jorgensen Conservatory Program Helps Area Teens Find JOY! in Music

'It's completely changed my life. I wouldn't be a professional musician without it'

Smiling man and woman

Know Farms, Know Your Food

An event co-organized by UConn Extension's Grown ConNECTed program helps the community get to know the farmers responsible for their favorite local foods

man works on machinery

Fostering Innovation and Fueling Economic Growth in Connecticut

UConn is uniquely able in our region to create networks of large, small, and now medium businesses with strong connections to our knowledge base to foster innovation and fuel economic growth

Operation Community Impact: Still Helping Connecticut Residents in Need

Since April 2020, more than 220,000 pounds of dairy products have been delivered to Connecticut families in need

A farmer drives a tractor in Windham County. Grown Connected is is a new marketing and educational campaign to help showcase the robust agricultural industry in Connecticut’s “quiet corner."

Grown Connected Fosters Relationships Between Farmers and Consumers in CT’s Quiet Corner

Grown Connected will help connect farmers around the state with their communities.