News & Events

Campaign School for Social Workers Cultivates the Candidates, Campaign Managers, and Communicators of Tomorrow March 18, 2025
'Democracy reflects the priorities of those who show up'
Jaclyn Severance
UConn School of Social Work Lands $587,633 Mental Health Training Grant December 17, 2024
Grant will support 50,000 students in under-resourced Connecticut school districts
Joanna Smiley
UConn’s Experts in Aging Honor Colleagues and Highlight Advances October 21, 2024
'This is a time of remarkable innovation in geriatric medicine and gerontology'
Kim Krieger
Voting Is Social Work: Empowering Social Workers to Empower Voters October 16, 2024
'We've always believed that social work has the power to transform democracy'
Jaclyn Severance
Social Work Professor Focused on HIV, Intimate Partner Violence Research Brings New Perspective October 10, 2024
'My work considers the intersection of social work, public health, psychology, and implementation science to see how I can utilize those interdisciplinary approaches to address the health issues this population faces'
Kimberly Phillips

Dr. Linda S. Durst Elevated to Fellow of The American College of Psychiatrists March 18, 2025
Durst recently joined the faculty of UConn School of Medicine
Lauren Woods
UConn Study of Hashtag – #childhoodcancer – Shows Families Leading the Conversation March 18, 2025
Family members of children with cancer accounted for most of the content, making up 41.5% of the tweets that were reviewed
Kimberly Phillips
Campaign School for Social Workers Cultivates the Candidates, Campaign Managers, and Communicators of Tomorrow March 18, 2025
'Democracy reflects the priorities of those who show up'
Jaclyn Severance
Golden Goodness: Turning Sap into Syrup in the UConn Forest March 18, 2025
Move over Vermont. UConn students make delicious Connecticut maple syrup from trees right on campus
Jessica McBride, PhD
Raising Awareness, Changing Lives: Transforming Endometriosis Education and Care in Connecticut March 17, 2025
UConn Health and The Jackson Laboratories are leading the way with diagnosing, treating, researching and now teaching about Endometriosis. School nurses are now learning how they can help students with identifying and supporting those with Endometriosis.
Jennifer Walker