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
Celebrating UConn Inventors
In honor of National Inventors' Day, here's to all of UConn's faculty, staff, and student inventors.
February 11, 2019 | Jessica McBride, PhD
Simulating Soil: UConn Researchers’ Technology Moves Sustainable Agricultural Research Forward
UConn researchers invented a technology that allows researchers a new way to study microbes and potentially improve seedling growth and plant survival.
February 7, 2019 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
Non-Coding Doesn’t Mean Non-Functioning: Exploring the Role of Non-Coding RNA in Gene Expression and Evolution
These studies by UConn researcher Leighton Core will generate important resources and represent a foundational framework for studying ncRNA function.
February 4, 2019 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
UConn’s Proteomics and Metabolomics Facility Gives Faculty a Complete Cellular Picture
UConn's Proteomics and Metabolomics Facility houses multiple mass spectrometers and provides faculty expert support to see the full cellular picture.
February 1, 2019 | Carson Stifel ‘21 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
Fine Tuning the Manufacturing Process of Specialized Catalysts
This project seeks to develop a manufacturing process to produce novel hollow particles with controllable properties and functions for various catalytic applications in energy storage, drug delivery, gas sensing, and more.
January 30, 2019 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
UConn, Innovate Stamford Collaboration Bolsters Innovation Ecosystem
The new partnership, which will include summer internships for 50 UConn students, aims to strengthen the city as a leader in technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
January 29, 2019 | Jessica McBride, PhD
Meet the Researchers: Spirochete Labs
Anyone who has had to move knows what a pain it is. But imagine not just moving geographically, but switching between completely different biological environments with different nutrients available and immune systems working against you – well that’s the life cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi the bacteria that causes Lyme disease. The most prevalent arthropod-borne infection […]
January 22, 2019 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
Meet the Researchers: Spirochete Research Labs
UConn's Spirochete Research Labs are actively studying various aspects of B. burgdorferi, the bacteria behind Lyme disease.
January 22, 2019 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
Mechanical/Glass: Design and Fabrication Facility
UConn’s answer to the call for an affordable way to design, manufacture, and repair equipment is the Mechanical/Glass: Design and Fabrication facility, which can save researchers thousands of dollars and keep their projects moving forward.
January 16, 2019 | Carson Stifel ‘21 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
All in the Family: Parental Influence on Language Acquisition in Children with Autism
Letitia Naigles, a professor of psychological sciences, has received $1.6 million from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders to investigate variation of language usage among school age children with autism spectrum disorder.
January 14, 2019 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research