About NatureRx

NatureRx at UConn is a University-wide initiative to highlight opportunities for spending time in nature, to promote the scientific evidence for nature's many benefits and to encourage the UConn Community to engage with the nature around them. NatureRx at UConn is a member of Campus Nature Rx, a national network of college campuses promoting spending time in nature.

To contact someone about NatureRx at UConn, please email Dr. Cynthia Jones.

Support provided by the following organizations

Contributors

Cynthia Jones

Initiator of NatureRx at UConn and contact person. Professor Emeritus in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Director of the UConn Botanical Conservatory.

Susan McEvoy

Initial NatureRx web site design and construction. Graduate student in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology interested in bioinformatics and forest tree genomics.

Henry Frye

NatureRx at UConn map maker and trial hiker. Graduate student the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology interested in ecology and remote sensing.

Sean Vasington

Initial collaborator and identifier of planned and natural places for inclusion on NatureRx web site. Initial NatureRx web site design and construction. University Landscape Architect and Director of Site Planning in Office of University Planning, Design & Construction.

Stephen Kelly