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UConn Receives Major Contract for Air Force R&D in Advanced Manufacturing
The four-year, $5.4 million contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory aims to provide next generation manufacturing solutions for the aerospace sector.
New Therapy Targets Painful Side Effect of Cancer Treatment
Collaborators are close to replacing the 'sledge hammer' with a more precise and effective treatment option that doesn’t include risk of addiction or abuse.
OVPR Announces Inaugural Convergence Awards for Research in Interdisciplinary Centers (CARIC) Recipients
The Office of the Vice President for Research recently announced recipients of funding in the inaugural cycle of CARIC (Convergence Awards for Research in Interdisciplinary Centers).
Bad to the Bone: Bacterial Lipids, Bone Loss, and Periodontal Disease
UConn Health researchers have received $1.5 million from the NIH for a project that could lead to the development of treatments to prevent the progression of periodontitis and to help restore gum tissues and bone lost through the progression of gum disease.
Leading While Black, the Experience of Black Female Principals
With a $50,000 grant from the Spencer Foundation, UConn researchers will study how microaggressions and discrimination affect the experiences of 25 black, female principals.
New Grant Trains Future Researchers in Communication Disorders
A team of UConn researchers has received a grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders to train graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in communication disorder research skills and methods.
Phosphorus Leaching? Not on UConn’s Turf
The Connecticut Institute of Water Resources has granted funding to two UConn researchers to study phosphorus leaching from lawns treated with organic compost.
Incorporating Cultural Responsiveness into Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support Framework
Researchers from the University of Alabama and UConn's Neag School of Education have received a $2.4 million grant to incorporate cultural responsiveness into the SWPBIS (Schoolwide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support) educational framework.
Meet the Researcher: Mark Litt, UConn Health
“Why do we do that?” Substitute “do that” with any number of behaviors: smoking cigarettes even though we know it’s bad for us, drinking too much, picking up a vaping habit, and you have what Mark Litt has dedicated his life to investigating. Litt, a professor of oral health and diagnostic sciences and psychiatry in […]
Meet the Researcher: Mark Litt, UConn Health
UConn Health professor Mark Litt has dedicated his career to investigating why we engage in behaviors like smoking that we know are harmful to our health.