Director, Office of Communications

Jessica McBride, PhD

Dr. Jessica McBride is the Director of the Office of Communications at UConn's College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources. She is responsible for developing and implementing communications and marketing strategies to highlight the College's unique research strengths, outstanding academic offerings, and extensive community impact. An alum, Jessica earned her Ph.D. from UConn in 2017.


Author Archive

Erik Brine Makes Waves at National Institute for Undersea Vehicle Technology

With over 20 years of experience in national security and military leadership, Erik Brine now leads the National Institute of Undersea Vehicle Technology, a collaborative effort between academia, industry, and government.

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A Deep Dive into the Gene Pool

A UConn engineer and his lab have won funding from NSF to develop robust computational models for ancestry hunting using DNA.

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New UConn Research Center Provides Reliable Data, Realistic Simulations for Manufacturing Industry

UConn recently launched the Center for Materials Processing Data (CMPD) with university and industry collaborators to provide the manufacturing industry with valuable data about materials performance, eliminating timely and costly trial and error upon which the industry has relied for years. 

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Better Medicine: Opioid Epidemic and Workers’ Comp

In partnership with the US Department of Labor, a team from UConn's School of Medicine and Mathematica will identify opioid prescription management strategies for payers and organizations administering workers’ compensation benefits.

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UConn Startup Brings Collaborative Robotics to Children with Special Needs

Movia Robotics, Inc. (Movia), based in Bristol, Connecticut, has developed technology that helps children on the autism spectrum with social skills, learning readiness, and academics.

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Speaking the Same Language for Deaf Children of Hearing Parents

A new UConn research project will track the acquisition of signed and spoken language by young deaf children whose parents are hearing to help bridge development gaps.

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Meet the Researcher: Zhe Zhu, Natural Resources and the Environment

UConn Professor Zhe Zhu is an expert on what we can learn about what's happening on earth from images produced by satellites in outer space.

Dr. Christine Beck in her lab

How Do Repeats Influence Genome Biology?

Christine Beck, a researcher at UConn Health and The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, will receive approximately $2M from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to reveal the impact of repeat-mediated genetic events.

Apathy and Reward in Alzheimer’s Disease

A team of researchers from UConn's School of Medicine received a $451,000, two-year award from the National Institute of Mental Health to study apathy, the most common neuropsychiatric symptom in patients with Alzheimer’s disease.

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Collaboration to Commercialize Hydrogen Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers

Hydrogen fuel cells and electrolyzers could be the key to creating sustainable energy in the future, but there are still challenges to utilizing the technology. Researchers from UConn and the Colorado School of Mines are teaming up to accelerate the development of sustainable and zero-emission energy generation using these technologies.