Community Outreach
This page contains outreach materials aimed at the broader community.
Biodiversity Collections Event
The UConn Biodiversity Collections organized an outreach event in November 2022.
Students, faculty, and staff created conifer-living animal ornaments out of felt. These ornaments were hung on a Christmas tree and displayed as part of an outreach effort to get the community engaged with learning about animals that live in conifers and why conifers are ecologically important.
Click here for photos of the event: Collections Event
Bug Week Outreach
As a part of the “bug week” outreach event hosted by the collections department in 2022, the Knutie Lab organized a table where people of all ages could learn about nest parasites or box nesting birds. There was a plushie parasite “nest” where kids could fill out a “field notes” sheet based on what they saw, a coloring sheet, and information about joining the lab’s community science project as a nest box landlord.
Click here for photos and materials from the event: Parasite Day
Greenhouse Outreach
The UConn EEB Greenhouse contains one of the most diverse living plant collections in the northeastern USA. A grad student put together a presentation to introduce the public to this resource.
Click here for the presentation: Greenhouse Activity
Recruitment Videos
The outreach committee created a series of videos to help prospective students apply to the department.
Click here to see the videos: Recruitment Videos