
Executive Director, Office of Communications
Jessica McBride, PhD
Dr. Jessica McBride is the Executive 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
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.
March 12, 2019 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
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.
March 7, 2019 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
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.
March 6, 2019 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
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.
March 5, 2019 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
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 […]
February 28, 2019 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
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.
February 28, 2019 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
UConn Venture Development Helps Foster CT Business Opportunities
UConn's Mostafa Analoui sits down with MetroHartford Alliance to discuss how the University's entrepreneurship and venture development programs support business opportunities in the state.
February 27, 2019 | Nan Price, MetroHartford Alliance
UConn Patents Model to Achieve Efficient Electric Motor Drive Systems
UConn engineers have patented a model to improve operating efficiency of the electric motor drive system, which could result in billions of dollars in annual energy savings and decrease the demand for fossil fuels.
February 26, 2019 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
UConn Chemist Receives NIH Grant to Synthesize Molecule for UTI Research
UConn chemist, Mark Peczuh, has received NSF funding to develop a molecule that could signal a tremendous breakthrough for those who are prone to contracting UTIs.
February 25, 2019 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
Insight into Molecular Makeup at UConn’s NMR Facility
UConn's Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) facility provides instrumentation that can identify compounds produced by chemists or extracted from natural products.
February 22, 2019 | Carson Stifel ‘21 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research