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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
Making Research Connections at UConn
Riley Blumenfield, a materials science and engineering student, Honors Program STEM scholar, and president of engineering sorority Phi Sigma Rho came to UConn knowing she wanted to be involved with research, but she didn’t know where to start. After attending an annual event to expose undergrads to a host of opportunities, she not only found […]
October 10, 2018 | Carson Stifel ‘21 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
Making Research Connections at UConn
Riley Blumenfield, a materials science and engineering student, discovered her passion for research thanks to Research Connections, an annual networking event for students and faculty.
October 10, 2018 | Carson Stifel ‘21 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
UConn, Biohaven Pharmaceuticals Ink Licensing Deal for Investigational Agent for Inflammatory and Autoimmune Diseases
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals will commercialize UC1MT, a therapeutic antibody that could block inflammation caused by a protein called extracellular metallothionein.
October 9, 2018 | Jessica McBride, PhD
Building a Research Career at UConn
Pierre Fils, a first-year graduate student on the Ph.D. track in structural engineering, got his start in research early on by utilizing the connections available to UConn undergrads.
October 5, 2018 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
Building a Research Career at UConn
Sometimes walking into a professor’s office hours can launch a student on an incredible research track. Pierre Fils, a first-year graduate student on the Ph.D. track in structural engineering at the University of Connecticut, did just that his junior year. When he went to his design of steel structures professor, Arash Zaghi’s, office, Fils was […]
October 5, 2018 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
Building a Research Career at UConn
Sometimes walking into a professor’s office hours can launch a student on an incredible research track. Pierre Fils, a first-year graduate student on the Ph.D. track in structural engineering at the University of Connecticut, did just that his junior year. When he went to his design of steel structures professor, Arash Zaghi’s, office, Fils was […]
October 5, 2018 | Jessica McBride, PhD
Meet the Researcher: Astrophysicist Cara Battersby
A young Cara Battersby once scrawled out the phrase “Science is curious” in a school project about what she wanted to do when she grew up. This simple phrase still captures Battersby’s outlook on her research about our universe. Recently shortlisted for the 2018 Nature Research Inspiring Science Award, Battersby has been working on several […]
October 1, 2018 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
Meet the Researcher: UConn Astrophysicist Cara Battersby
Recently shortlisted for the 2018 Nature Research Inspiring Science Award, UConn astrophysicist, Cara Battersby, has been working on several projects aimed at unfolding some of the most compelling mysteries of galaxies near and far.
October 1, 2018 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
Using Software to Blacklist Blackouts, One Community at a Time
Researchers from UConn's Eversource Energy Center have won funding from the NSF Smart and Connected Communities program to develop technology to modernize elements of America’s energy infrastructure in a cost efficient way.
September 24, 2018 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
UConn Joins National Academy of Inventors’ Global Academic Inventor Network
UConn is a proud member of the NAI, with a shared mission to not recognize a spirit of innovation within the academic community and nurture that spirit among the next generation of inventors.
September 13, 2018 | Jessica McBride, PhD