Healthy Homes

About Us

A healthy home supports the health and safety of the people who live there. UConn Extension has an educational series of workshops and information on how to make your home a healthy place to be. Your health is impacted by the health of your home. Learn about indoor air quality, asthma and allergies, lead poisoning prevention, carbon monoxide, residential drinking water, mold and moisture, household products, safe and green cleaning, pest control and home safety.

Quick Links

UConn Extension
Healthy Homes Partnership
U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development
USDA NIFA

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Upcoming Events

Jan 24 Memoir Club10:15am
Jan 24 Botanical Pencil Drawing1:00pm
Jan 24 Quantum Computing1:15pm

Memoir Club

Thursday, January 24th, 2019

10:15 AM - 11:45 AM

Storrs Campus
Dept Campus

Write your memoirs to share in class. This program is through the Center for Learning in Retirement and taught by Christian Davis and Helene Voto, longtime memoirists New members are welcome

To register please follow this link
http://www.cahnrconference.uconn.edu/

To see all the class options this winter please follow this link
http://bit.ly/CLIR19

Contact Information: Marilyn Diaz marilyn.diaz@uconn.edu

Botanical Pencil Drawing

Thursday, January 24th, 2019

01:00 PM - 04:00 PM

Other
Bartlett Arboretum, Stamford, 151 Brookdale Rd Stamford, CT 06903 Room: Silver Education Building

Through close and careful observation, learn to sketch natural objects such as seed pods, dried or live flowers, leaves, driftwood, etc. Starting with a series of exercises, we will practice techniques to simplify objects into basic shapes, see proper proportion, select important details, show texture and use shading to create the illusion of three dimensions. THIS IS A TWO-SESSION CLASS WITH LIMITED ENROLLMENT. Register early to be assured of a seat. Basic materials will be provided. Participants may also bring their own objects.

Contact Information: patricia carroll, patricia.carroll@uconn.edu

Quantum Computing

Thursday, January 24th, 2019

01:15 PM - 02:45 PM

Other
Depot Campus

Come learn with the Center for Learning in Retirement and Susanne Yelin, Professor of Physics, UConn. For an introduction to the mysteries and promise of quantum computing, which works with particles that can be in superposition. Such particles represent not bits but qubits, which can take on the value 0, or 1, or both simultaneously.

To register please follow this link
http://www.cahnrconference.uconn.edu/

To see all the class options this winter please follow this link
http://bit.ly/CLIR19

Contact Information: marilyn.diaz@uconn.edu