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Student Pursues Joint Graduate Degrees in Social Work, Public Policy
3+ hour, 15+ min ago (734+ words) April 1, 2026 | Valerie Gordon "I could see how intertwined the two fields are and it made sense to study them together, especially with the internship opportunities and the range of career paths it opens up." " After graduating from Springfield College with…...
UConn Health Minute: AI and Teen Mental Health
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (232+ words) March 25, 2026 | Carolyn Pennington Teenage girl looking at her phone. More teens are using AI chatbots for mental health support. In this UConn Health Minute, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Meha Saxena explains that while quick and readily available, there is concern…...
UConn Supporting Community Wellness at the 3rd Annual Black Family Wellness Expo
1+ week, 1+ day ago (311+ words) March 24, 2026 | Linda Sprague Martinez, HDI Hundreds of community members attended the 3rd Annual Black Family Wellness Expo in Hartford. This year, UConn and UConn Health played a significant role as sponsors and partners, demonstrating the University's ongoing commitment to advancing health…...
A Commitment to Students’ Well-being is Focus of Symposium
1+ week, 5+ day ago (360+ words) March 20, 2026 | Anna Heqimi 'Zooming in on Undergraduate Student Well-being' was an interactive session intended to 'champion change through empathy' through a deeper understanding of the voices behind survey data The Health Promoting University Well-Being Symposium'was'held on March 11 at the Student…...
‘None of us can escape aging’: Doctoral Project Looks at Getting Older in Northeastern CT
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1426+ words) March 16, 2026 | Kimberly Phillips Asmita Aasaavari immersed herself in ethnographic research and slowly built relationships for her dissertation, which this year received support from a fellowship through the UConn Humanities Institute If only getting the names of those who Asmita Aasaavari…...
Study: Sympathy Works Best on Health Warnings
4+ week, 1+ day ago (844+ words) March 3, 2026 | Kimberly Phillips UConn professor's research pit narrative versus nonnarrative pictorial warning labels against one another and measured their emotive effects Getting someone to curb or stop harmful behaviors takes not just a convincing argument, but one that evokes sympathy,…...
More Than Disease: Art Major with Goal of Becoming MD Humanizes Patients on Canvas
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1510+ words) February 9, 2026 | , and "People make this crazy distinction between art and science, but they're really just two sides of the same coin to me' To hear Derrick Li explain why his favorite color is terra rosa " a certain shade of red…...
American College of Neuropsychopharmacology Elects UConn’s Sarah Feldstein Ewing, Ph.D.
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (524+ words) American College of Neuropsychopharmacology Elects UConn's Sarah Feldstein Ewing, Ph.D.UConn Today January 28, 2026 | Lauren Woods This January Feldstein Ewing was prestigiously elected as a member of the ACNP during its 2026 Annual Meeting. As a licensed clinical child and adolescent psychologist,…...
Sheldon Kasowitz Champions Science-Based Solutions for Addiction
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (395+ words) January 28, 2026 | Stephanie Wright, UConn Foundation When Sheldon Kasowitz "83 (BUS), committed $3 million to help launch the Center for Addiction Science and Innovation (CASI) at UConn, he wasn"t just making a gift " he was igniting a movement. CASI brings together leading…...
Faking a Ketogenic Diet May Still Get Results - in Fruit Flies
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (197+ words) January 14, 2026 | Kim Krieger There could be ways to get the benefits of a ketogenic diet without the difficulty of maintaining it - but there are downsides Mimicking a ketogenic diet lengthens lifespan but reduces fertility in fruit flies, researchers at the…...