CIRCA, in coordination with state agencies, regional councils of governments (COGs) and municipalities, has initiated Resilient Connecticut, as part of the HUD National Disaster Resilience Competition. Resilient Connecticut provides the state with a Planning Framework piloted in the Superstorm Sandy impacted regions of New Haven and Fairfield Counties. The project focuses on regional resilience and […]

NAAE National #TeachAg Campaign Mission: To raise awareness of the need to recruit and retain high quality and diverse agriculture teachers, encourage others to consider a career teaching agriculture and celebrate the positive contributions that agriculture teachers make in our schools and communities.  NAAE National #TeachAg Campaign Goal:  To ensure an abundant supply of high […]

The UConn Astronomy Class (PHYS 1020), in collaboration with TAAS, invites private citizens to join the class on night sky telescope observations carried out on the lawn of the Avery Point campus. People are also invited to join the class Planetarium shows at the Mystic Seaport Treworgy Planetarium.

The mission of the Collaboratory on School and Child Health (CSCH) is to facilitate innovative and impactful connections across research, policy, and practice arenas to advance equity in school and child health. CSCH is committed to anti-racist work that prioritizes inclusion, reduces disparities, and creates systemic change. CSCH serves as a central resource to the […]

During the FY 22 – 24 USDA SNAP-Ed funding cycle, Husky Nutrition (UConn Health) and Husky Sport (UConn Storrs) have integrated into one Husky Nutrition and Sport. Staff build and implement a unified approach to address state-level SNAP-Ed goals and objectives while leveraging the strengths and expertise of each agency and honoring Husky Nutrition and […]

The Housing and Eviction Defense Clinic faculty and law students working under their supervision represent tenants facing eviction or loss of a rental subsidy in Connecticut. The Housing and Eviction Defense Clinic provides free legal assistance to tenants in cases of eviction or loss of a housing subsidy. The Connecticut Fair Housing Center partly funds […]

Let’s Talk GMOs: Creating Consistent Communication Messages is an initiative of the GMO Working Group in UConn’s College of Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources. The group has a multi-faceted outreach campaign to educate the public on the science of GMOs, offering background on the diverse applications of GMOs with research-based consideration of the risks and […]

The CTDA is a community of members from across the State who believe that the stories and experiences of every person and group in Connecticut are essential to all of us. Keeping and sharing them creates a common cultural understanding and a more prosperous historical legacy. The CTDA is dedicated to maintaining, delivering, and preserving […]

Emerging from the Latin American tradition of participatory action research (PAR), this collaborative project aims to identify the core aspects of a transitional design from cattle-ranching to a sustainable economy that builds harmony between humans and nature in the intercultural community of El Manantial, Colombian southwest region in the Amazon piedmont. We want to examine […]

SNAP-Ed builds on successful activities within our target communities to assess the affordable healthy food and physical activity environments affected by the pandemic. SNAP-Ed has identified food deserts and food swamps and is working with community members to increase awareness and involve additional community stakeholders in groups (e.g., additional community HAT teams) to decrease food […]