Author Archive
Giving Latine Families an ‘Early Head Start’
Vanessa Esquivel, a Ph.D. student in the department of human development & family sciences, has received a major federal grant to study early childhood services for Latine families
Math Department Wins GAANN: Full Funding for Five Ph.D. Fellows
The national award will allow the department to grow in size, diversity, and research output
Seeking Climate JUSTICE for All
A team of UConn researchers is changing climate conversations for good
Xiuling Lu Wins ‘Women of Innovation’ Award for Research Innovation and Leadership
Lu, CPPR associate director and professor of pharmaceutics, was one of 10 winners statewide
Nutritional Sciences Ph.D. Candidate Earns NSCA Funding to Study Collagen Peptides
A former college athletic coach turned nutritional researcher, Nick Kuhlman studies links between nutrition and performance
Meet the Researcher: Derek Aguiar, CoE
Aguiar, an associate professor of computer science, uses his computational expertise to help understand complex diseases – and develop presidential chatbots
A Long, Long Time Ago, in Galaxies Near and Far
UConn astrophysicist Cara Battersby is a leader on NASA-selected interstellar probe team
Month of Discovery: Nadine Noaman ‘26, Uncovering UConn Muslim History
A BOLD scholar and third-generation Husky, Noaman is documenting the past five decades of Muslim activism at UConn – including her own
Meet the Undergraduate Leader: Katherine Bates ‘25 (CLAS)
Panhellenic Council president Bates also organizes HackUConn, a yearly collaborative problem-solving competition open to all majors
CAHNR Researcher Wins $3.8 Million NIH Grant to Develop Leptospirosis Vaccine
With no vaccine and no cure, leptospirosis kills an estimated 60,000 people every year. Elsio Wunder is working to change this