Confidential | Impartial | Informal | Independent
The UConn Ombud serves as a neutral resource who provides confidential and informal assistance to members of the UConn and UConn Health community. The Ombuds Office was established to provide a confidential, neutral resource for staff, faculty, Professional and graduate students and trainees to express concerns, identify options to address workplace conflicts, facilitate productive communication, and surface responsible concerns regarding university policies and practices.
Contact the Ombuds Office at any point during an issue when a confidential conversation or source of information may be needed. The Ombuds will listen to your concerns, give you information about University policies, help you evaluate your situation, and assist you in making plans to address the issue or conflict. You control the process and decide which course of action to take. Contacting the Ombuds Office is completely voluntary and you choose the course of action that is best suited to your interests. To make an appointment you can call or email using the contact information below.
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Contact - Storrs and Regionals
UConn Ombuds Office
Homer Babbidge Library
Second Floor, Rm. 2-182/2-190
369 Fairfield Way UNIT - 1257
Storrs, CT 06269
Secure Fax: (860) 486-5875
Jim Wohl - University Ombuds
Email: jim.wohl@uconn.edu
Phone: (860) 486-5143
Cinnamon Adams - Ombuds
Email: cinnamon.adams@uconn.edu
Phone: (860) 486-1954
(Please be aware that email is not a secure or confidential method of communication.)
Contact - UConn Health
UConn Health Ombuds Office
Connecticut Tower, 6th Floor
Room H6001
263 Farmington Ave
Farmington, CT 06030
Phone: (860) 486-5143
Email: wohl@uchc.edu.
(Please be aware that email is not a secure or confidential method of communication.)
Directions to the Ombuds Office
Storrs Location for the Ombuds Office
The Ombuds Office has two locations in the Homer Babbidge Library. One office is located in Room 2-182 on Level 2 of the Babbidge Library on the west side of the Art and Design Library. Upon arriving at the Level 2 foyer, enter the glass doors on the North side (on the left if you are exiting the elevator or stairs) and take an immediate left. As you walk past the stacks, you will see a sign for the Ombuds office on the far wall directing you to the right. Follow the hall to the back corner of the floor to Room 2-182. The second office is located in Room 2-190. Once you arrive on the Level 2 foyer, you enter the glass doors on the North side and take an immediate right. As you walk past the stacks on your left, you will take a left after the first stack and go straight and enter through the door that reads Jausz Family Reading Room. Room 2-190 will be across the room on the right.
UConn Health Location for the Ombuds Office
The UConn Health Ombuds Office is located in Connecticut Tower, Room H6001. The office is best accessed by using the elevators outside the cafeteria.