Author Archive
IES Awards $6.9M for Neag School Research
The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) announced last week that researchers from the University of Connecticut’s Neag School of Education have been awarded $6,896,988 over five years for three research projects related to special education.
Series: Meet the Researcher
Read about the paths that led researchers to their areas of expertise, and how their work leads to discoveries that impact scholarship, the economy, and our society.
Meet the Researcher: Nora Madjar, Management
Nora Madjar has devoted her career to studying how creativity and negotiation can get employers and employees the best deal.
Combined Computing: New Grant Tackles Major Topics in Theoretical Mathematics
UConn mathematics professor, Damir Dzhafarov, has received an NSF Focused Research Group (FRG) grant to to strengthen the connections between two prominent branches of theoretical mathematics: computability theory and combinatorics.
Smart Minds Talk about the Smart Grid
The Grid Modernization Summit held recently at UConn's Eversource Energy Center brought together industry leaders, regulators, and researchers to discuss how our new electricity needs – from electric vehicle charging stations to storm readiness in the face of climate change – tax our existing infrastructure and to begin to consider solutions.
Power in Numbers: NSF Grant Helps Researchers Attend International Mathematics Conference
UConn researcher, Vasileios Chousionis, won an NSF grant to help 15 US mathematical scientists travel to Poland for a prestigious conference of dynamics and related fields.
OVPR Announces Inaugural Arts & Humanities Awards
OVPR SCHARP awards aim to support innovative works of scholarship and creative activities in the arts and humanities.
Meet the Researcher: Beth Taylor, Kinesiology
Beth Taylor is a lifelong runner and she is someone who has been lucky enough to turn her passion for exercise and health in to a career in kinesiology. Taylor is an associate professor of kinesiology at the University of Connecticut and director of exercise physiology research in Cardiology at Hartford Hospital. After graduating from […]
Meet the Researcher: Beth Taylor, Kinesiology
Beth Taylor is a lifelong runner and she is someone who has been lucky enough to turn her passion for exercise and health in to a career in kinesiology. Taylor is an associate professor of kinesiology at the University of Connecticut and director of exercise physiology research in Cardiology at Hartford Hospital.
New $2.8M Grant Looks at Bioinformatics and Bone Health
A team of University of Connecticut researchers has received a $2.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for a five-year project studying how a variety of genes impact bone health.