Meet the Researcher: Sarah Tsuruo ’21 (CLAS)
Sarah Tsuruo ’21 (CLAS) says pursuing a multifaceted career as an undergraduate researcher requires determination.
Countering Concussion Complacency
October 21, 2020
A UConn neurologist and sports medicine expert weighs in on a published study showing no link between tackle football at an early age and more concussion complications in college.
Fish-food Entrepreneur Wins UConn’s Wolff Startup Competition
October 21, 2020
Student entrepreneur Peter Goggins ’21 (CAHNR) has won the Wolff New Venture Competition, which boosts UConn-connected startup companies.
‘The Great Derangement,’ Novelist Ghosh’s Meditation on Climate Change, is 2020-21 UConn Reads Selection
October 20, 2020
“The Great Derangement,” a meditation on society’s response to climate change, has been selected as the UConn Reads text for the 2020-21 academic year.
UConn Researcher Receives CDC Grant to Develop Social Media-Based Intervention to Prevent Gun Injury
October 20, 2020
UConn’s Caitlin Elsaesser has received a $250,000 award from the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to research how social media contributes to youth firearm violence.
UConn Wins Record Grants and Contracts Funding in FY2020
October 19, 2020
In fiscal year 2020, researchers from UConn and UConn Health secured nearly $286 million in research and other types of sponsored funding, the most in the University’s history.
Report Finds COVID-19 Rate Among Dentists is Less Than One Percent
October 19, 2020
Despite high risk of transmission of COVID-19, fewer than one percent of dentists nationwide were found to be COVID-19 positive according to a report published by the Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA).
Q&A: When in Drought, Build Resilience
October 16, 2020
The abnormally dry weather Connecticut has experienced in 2020 may not be an anomaly for long.
UConn Holds Second Annual Sports Analytics Conference
October 16, 2020
There are many sports analytics workshops held around the world each year, but what makes UConn’s unique is that undergraduate students, and even those on the high school level, are invited and encouraged to be part of it.
Meet the Researcher: Brianna Chance ’23, Music
October 15, 2020
Brianna Chance ’23 (SFA) roots her research in the experiences of people of color in the arts world.
UConn LENDs a Hand to Those with Disabilities
October 15, 2020
UConn’s Center of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research and Service is devoted to helping those with disabilities and their families.