{"id":5167,"date":"2026-02-19T15:29:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T20:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/?page_id=5167"},"modified":"2026-04-14T10:03:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T14:03:20","slug":"population-health-outreach-education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/bridge-to-public-health-careers\/population-health-outreach-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Population Health Outreach Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-5167\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-5167-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-5167-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-5167-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/04\/FullSizeRender-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/04\/FullSizeRender-scaled-e1775492886147.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"533\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5686 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/04\/FullSizeRender-scaled-e1775492886147.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/04\/FullSizeRender-scaled-e1775492886147-300x83.jpg 300w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/04\/FullSizeRender-scaled-e1775492886147-1024x284.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/04\/FullSizeRender-scaled-e1775492886147-768x213.jpg 768w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/04\/FullSizeRender-scaled-e1775492886147-1536x426.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Our Population Health Outreach team partners with schools, colleges, and communities across Connecticut to expand access to public health education and training. We focus on today\u2019s most pressing health challenges\u2014including climate change, sexual and reproductive health education, worker protections, nicotine reduction, gun safety, food safety, healthcare access, and mental health services.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Stay connected here for upcoming events, workshops, and resources!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>2025-2026 Academic Year<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-5167-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-5167-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-5167-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-5167-1-0-0\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\"><div class='uc-accordion'>August Events<\/div><\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"placeholder\":\"Content\u2026\"} --><\/p>\n<h3><strong>UConn Waterbury Resource and Involvement Fair<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>August 27th, 2025: <\/strong>This week, we joined staff and students at the Waterbury campus for their biannual Resource and Involvement Fair! Students put their public health knowledge to the test with a Truth vs. Myth game, where students read off commonly held public health beliefs and decided if they were fact or fiction. I had the opportunity to hear directly from UConn Waterbury students about the public health issues they find most pressing, which included poverty, inaccessible healthcare, homelessness, lack of access to clean drinking water, infectious diseases, and so much more. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"left\"} --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"placeholder\":\"Content\u2026\"} --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><div id=\"metaslider-id-5266\" style=\"width: 100%;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-80-0 ml-slider-pro-2-36-0 metaslider metaslider-nivo metaslider-5266 ml-slider ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"Slideshow\" aria-label=\"8\/27 UConn Waterbury Involvement Fair\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_5266\">\n        <div class='slider-wrapper theme-default'><div class='ribbon'><\/div><div id='metaslider_5266' class='nivoSlider'><\/div><\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-5167-1-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"2\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\"><div class='uc-accordion'>September Events<\/div><\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"placeholder\":\"Content\u2026\"} --><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Intro to Public Health Careers Seminar<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>September 16th, 2025: <\/strong>This week, we hosted a webinar on public health careers for UConn Waterbury and Stamford students participating in the AHNR 1001: Career Exploration for CAHNR Fellows course.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-5167-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" loop=\"1\" autoplay=\"1\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/02\/Public-Health-Careers-2.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/02\/Public-Health-Careers-2.mp4\" class=\"broken_link\">https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/02\/Public-Health-Careers-2.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-5167-1-0-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"3\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\"><div class='uc-accordion'>October Events<\/div><\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"placeholder\":\"Content\u2026\"} --><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Urban League of Greater Hartford Trunk or Treat<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>October 24th, 2025: <\/strong>We had an amazing time at our Trunk or Treat event with the Urban League of Greater Hartford! Families stopped by our booth to learn about healthy eating, play fun games like Public Health Mythbusters and Nutrition Jeopardy, and take home fresh fruits and vegetables. We also raffled off kid-friendly toys and health tools like weight scales, pedometers, and food scales. It was a fun, festive way to mix Halloween spirit with hands-on public health education for the whole family. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><br \/>\n<div id=\"metaslider-id-5273\" style=\"max-width: 1920px;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-80-0 ml-slider-pro-2-36-0 metaslider metaslider-nivo metaslider-5273 ml-slider ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"Slideshow\" aria-label=\"10\/24 Trunk or Treat\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_5273\">\n        <div class='slider-wrapper theme-default'><div class='ribbon'><\/div><div id='metaslider_5273' class='nivoSlider'><\/div><\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-5167-1-0-3\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"4\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\"><div class='uc-accordion'>November Events<\/div><\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"placeholder\":\"Content\u2026\"} --><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Tap-In Tuesday: Public Health Careers<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"placeholder\":\"Content\u2026\"} --><\/p>\n<p><strong>November 4th, 2025: <\/strong>This week, we visited the UConn Hartford campus for their Tap-In Tuesday event. Here, we engaged students through interactive Public Health and Public Health Careers Jeopardy games. Students also shared their thoughts and feelings on pressing public health issues such as mental health issues, health equity, access to care, food insecurity, and environmental health.<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"metaslider-id-5281\" style=\"width: 100%;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-80-0 ml-slider-pro-2-36-0 metaslider metaslider-nivo metaslider-5281 ml-slider ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"Slideshow\" aria-label=\"11\/4 Tap in Tuesday\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_5281\">\n        <div class='slider-wrapper theme-default'><div class='ribbon'><\/div><div id='metaslider_5281' class='nivoSlider'><\/div><\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Healthcare Involvement Fair<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"placeholder\":\"Content\u2026\"} --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"placeholder\":\"Content\u2026\"} --><\/p>\n<p><strong>November 12th, 2025: <\/strong>We had a great time connecting with students at the Healthcare Involvement Fair through interactive public health games. The activities opened up engaging discussions about different pathways into public health and the many ways students can get involved. Students shared their perspectives on key public health challenges and considered how public health shows up in both careers and everyday life.<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"metaslider-id-5442\" style=\"width: 100%;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-80-0 ml-slider-pro-2-36-0 metaslider metaslider-nivo metaslider-5442 ml-slider ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"Slideshow\" aria-label=\"11\/14 Involvement Fair\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_5442\">\n        <div class='slider-wrapper theme-default'><div class='ribbon'><\/div><div id='metaslider_5442' class='nivoSlider'><\/div><\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Hands-On Health Collaboration<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>November 14th, 2025: <\/strong>We had an incredible experience at the Hands-On Health Collaboration working with 7th-grade students through interactive, real-world health activities. Students dissected sheep brains, learned CPR, practiced taking blood pressure and heart rates, and explored how EKGs work. They also became disease detectives by conducting their own outbreak investigation using Glo Germ and UV lights.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><div id=\"metaslider-id-5304\" style=\"width: 100%;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-80-0 ml-slider-pro-2-36-0 metaslider metaslider-nivo metaslider-5304 ml-slider ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"Slideshow\" aria-label=\"11\/14 Hands on Health\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_5304\">\n        <div class='slider-wrapper theme-default'><div class='ribbon'><\/div><div id='metaslider_5304' class='nivoSlider'><\/div><\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"placeholder\":\"Content\u2026\"} --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-5167-1-0-4\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"5\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\"><div class='uc-accordion'>February Events<\/div><\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><h3><strong>Disease Outbreak Simulation<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>February 2nd:\u00a0<\/strong>At East Hartford High School, we facilitated an interactive disease outbreak simulation that introduced students to the basics of infectious disease transmission. Through a hands-on activity, EHHS students learned how diseases spread through a population and different ways to slow exposure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"metaslider-id-5451\" style=\"width: 100%;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-80-0 ml-slider-pro-2-36-0 metaslider metaslider-nivo metaslider-5451 ml-slider ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"Slideshow\" aria-label=\"2\/2 Disease Outbreak Simulation\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_5451\">\n        <div class='slider-wrapper theme-default'><div class='ribbon'><\/div><div id='metaslider_5451' class='nivoSlider'><\/div><\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>\n<h3><strong>UConn Waterbury Involvement and Resource Fair<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>February 12th: <\/strong>We visited the University of Connecticut\u2019s Waterbury campus to participate in their schoolwide involvement fair! At our station, students participated in an interactive public health outreach event for students. UConn Waterbury students played games such as Public Health Jeopardy and a \u201cMyth Busters\u201d activity, where they learned about core public health concepts, diverse career pathways, and educational opportunities in public health.<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"metaslider-id-5325\" style=\"width: 100%;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-80-0 ml-slider-pro-2-36-0 metaslider metaslider-nivo metaslider-5325 ml-slider ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"Slideshow\" aria-label=\"2\/12 Involvement Fair\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_5325\">\n        <div class='slider-wrapper theme-default'><div class='ribbon'><\/div><div id='metaslider_5325' class='nivoSlider'><\/div><\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Nightmare Buffet<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>February 19th:\u00a0<\/strong>At Crosby High School, we led a hands-on disease outbreak investigation activity with a class of 21 forensic science students. Crosby students learned how epidemiologists and forensic investigators use evidence collection, pattern recognition, and data interpretation to solve real-world health crises. Students also participated in a simulated \u201cNightmare Buffet\u201d outbreak scenario, where they analyzed clues and traced the source of contaminated food.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-5167-2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/02\/Disease-Outbreak-Investigation.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/02\/Disease-Outbreak-Investigation.mp4\" class=\"broken_link\">https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/02\/Disease-Outbreak-Investigation.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"placeholder\":\"Content\u2026\"} --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-5167-1-0-5\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"6\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\"><div class='uc-accordion'>March Events<\/div><\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><h3><strong>Family Germ-Busting Night<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>March 2nd: <\/strong><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Charter Oak International Academy hosted a Family Germ-Busting Night to engage students and families in learning about healthy habits related to nutrition, dental hygiene, and germ prevention. We partnered with public health professionals to present interactive demonstrations and activities designed to promote practical health practices at home and school. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><!-- wp:paragraph {\"placeholder\":\"Content\u2026\"} --><\/h3>\n<p><div id=\"metaslider-id-5478\" style=\"width: 100%;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-80-0 ml-slider-pro-2-36-0 metaslider metaslider-nivo metaslider-5478 ml-slider ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"Slideshow\" aria-label=\"2\/23 Germ Busting Night\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_5478\">\n        <div class='slider-wrapper theme-default'><div class='ribbon'><\/div><div id='metaslider_5478' class='nivoSlider'><\/div><\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Political Determinants of Health Lecture at UConn Waterbury<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>March 5th:\u00a0<\/strong>We visited an Allied Health Sciences course on the U.S. Healthcare System to deliver a presentation on the political determinants of health. Together, UConn Waterbury students learned how policies, government, and political decision-making shape population health outcomes. The presentation emphasized the way that laws, resource allocation, and power influence access to the social and commercial determinants of health.<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-5167-3\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" autoplay=\"1\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/03\/Public-Health-Crash-Course-Political-Determinants-of-Health.mp4?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/03\/Public-Health-Crash-Course-Political-Determinants-of-Health.mp4\" class=\"broken_link\">https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/03\/Public-Health-Crash-Course-Political-Determinants-of-Health.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Omo Naija Ni Mi: Global Health Lecture at UConn Waterbury<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><strong>March 25th:<\/strong> I visited an International Health course at the UConn Waterbury campus to lecture on the state of the medical and public health infrastructure in Nigeria. Students had the opportunity to brainstorm growth areas for Nigeria's systems, as well as connect their course's teachings to the new materials.<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"metaslider-id-5578\" style=\"width: 100%;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-80-0 ml-slider-pro-2-36-0 metaslider metaslider-nivo metaslider-5578 ml-slider ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"Slideshow\" aria-label=\"3\/25 Omo Naija Ni Mi\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_5578\">\n        <div class='slider-wrapper theme-default'><div class='ribbon'><\/div><div id='metaslider_5578' class='nivoSlider'><\/div><\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"placeholder\":\"Content\u2026\"} --><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"placeholder\":\"Content\u2026\"} --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"placeholder\":\"Content\u2026\"} --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-5167-1-0-6\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"7\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\"><div class='uc-accordion'>April Events<\/div><\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Disease Outbreak Investigation<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>April 1st:<\/strong> This week, we visited Norwich Technical High School to teach a freshman biotechnology class about biostatistics, epidemiology, and public health careers in disease outbreak investigations. Students had the opportunity to create physical models for their own viruses, bacteria, and parasites, either existing diseases such as COVID-19, Ebola, or the Bubonic plague, or design entirely new diseases such as the \"Brain Dance\" virus and the Wolverine parasite.<\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"placeholder\":\"Content\u2026\"} --><\/p>\n<p><div id=\"metaslider-id-5618\" style=\"width: 100%;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-80-0 ml-slider-pro-2-36-0 metaslider metaslider-nivo metaslider-5618 ml-slider ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"Slideshow\" aria-label=\"New Slideshow\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_5618\">\n        <div class='slider-wrapper theme-default'><div class='ribbon'><\/div><div id='metaslider_5618' class='nivoSlider'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/04\/IMG_8627-scaled-1920x1080.jpg\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\" title=\"IMG_8627\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-5618 slide-5644\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/04\/IMG_8626-scaled-1920x1080.jpeg\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\" title=\"IMG_8626\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-5618 slide-5622\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/04\/IMG_8632-scaled-1920x1080.jpg\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\" title=\"IMG_8632\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-5618 slide-5642\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/04\/IMG_8635-scaled-1920x1080.jpg\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\" title=\"IMG_8635\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-5618 slide-5640\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/04\/IMG_8643-scaled-1920x1080.jpeg\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\" title=\"IMG_8643\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-5618 slide-5645\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/04\/IMG_8630-scaled-1920x1080.jpeg\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\" title=\"IMG_8630\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-5618 slide-5647\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>\n<h3>Environmental Health Emergency<\/h3>\n<p><strong>April 2nd:\u00a0<\/strong>Today, we partnered with the Urban League of Greater Hartford's afterschool program at Weaver High School to teach a team of high school students about environmental health and public health careers related to water quality and sanitation<span>. Students had the opportunity to create their own water filters using materials such as sand, cheesecloth, paper towels, and cotton balls, while using oil, glitter, food coloring, and other locally sourced items to represent common contaminants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-5167-4\" width=\"640\" height=\"1138\" loop=\"1\" autoplay=\"1\" preload=\"auto\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/04\/bff9946d1a4e44b4989fa111960736ca.mp4?_=4\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/04\/bff9946d1a4e44b4989fa111960736ca.mp4\">https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/04\/bff9946d1a4e44b4989fa111960736ca.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"placeholder\":\"Content\u2026\"} --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-5167-1-0-7\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"8\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\"><div class='uc-accordion'>Upcoming Events<\/div><\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>Bridge to Public Health Careers April Workshop Series:\u00a0<\/strong>All month long, students from Waterbury, Hartford, and Norwich public schools will have the opportunity to learn about different sectors of public health, as well as the education and career pathways available to them!<\/p>\n<p><strong>WISHFest at UConn Waterbury:<\/strong> Students at the Waterbury campus will have the opportunity to participate in a rotation of public health activities at our Public Health in Action game station! <span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">This station will help students see how public health shapes everyday life through prevention and community health efforts. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Intro to Public Health Careers lecture:<\/strong> UConn Waterbury students will learn about the career opportunities available to them as Allied Health Sciences students.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Bridge to Public Health Careers May Workshop Series: <\/strong>All month long, elementary school students from Hartford, CT, will have the opportunity to learn about public health nutrition, as well as career pathways available to them!<\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"placeholder\":\"Content\u2026\"} --><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"placeholder\":\"Content\u2026\"} --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"placeholder\":\"Content\u2026\"} --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-5167-1-0-8\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-last-child\" data-index=\"9\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">These programs are supported by funds made available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Center for STLT Public Health Infrastructure and Workforce, through OE22-2203: Strengthening U.S. Public Health Infrastructure, Workforce, and Data Systems grant.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Our Population Health Outreach team partners with schools, colleges, and communities across Connecticut to expand access to public health education and training. 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