Science & Health

• Ecology Professor Receives Royal Summons to Join Scientific Committee Robin Chazdon was invited to the Royal Society in London to discuss tropical forest ecology and climate change as part of a group of international experts.
  

• May 21, 2013 UConn Researchers Develop Some of the World’s Smallest Metallic Nanorods The development could have a major technological impact in electronics, energy, and manufacturing.
• May 15, 2013 Hartford Students ‘Over the Moon’ After NASA Race Six high school students competed in NASA’s Great Moonbuggy Race, with the help of UConn graduate STEM fellows.
• May 2, 2013 Ph.D. Candidate Specializes in Underwater Acoustic Communications While at UConn, Zhaohui Wang ’13 Ph.D. has published 12 journal articles, 17 conference papers, worked on two NSF-funded proposals, and co-authored a textbook.
• April 26, 2013 Genomics Institute Launching $1 Million Grant Program to Encourage Research Collaborations The grant program is being facilitated by the UConn Health Center and letters of intent are due on May 15.
• April 25, 2013 How Robots Can Help Children with Autism Learn and Communicate A UConn-affiliated researcher is preparing to take his work on robots and autism out of the lab and into the marketplace.
• April 23, 2013 Airbus Donates Flap Assembly to UConn for Research and Training The aircraft manufacturer has donated an aircraft flap assembly worth more than $770,000 to the School of Engineering for use in labs and classes.

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• Pratt & Whitney Additive Manufacturing Innovation Center Opens at UConn April 5, 2013