Author Archive
The Making of a UConn Startup
How “Encapsulate” co-founders went from the classroom to curing cancer in less than four years
What if Health Insurance Covered Mindfulness?
A $3.1 million NIH grant supports Professor Blair T. Johnson and collaborators from Brown University in analyzing the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) interventions
Field Research: How the Humble Protist Could Shore Up the World’s Food Supply
Researchers are looking to license protist tech as a fertilizing aid of the future
Using AI Algorithms to Streamline Orthodontic Care
Brace yourself for the future of AI-assisted diagnosis
Public Health Insurance for Parents Improves Children’s Reading Skills, UConn HDFS Study Finds
Assistant professor Caitlin Lombardi and her collaborators found that children whose parents became newly eligible for Medicaid coverage under the ACA demonstrated approximately 2.3% higher reading scores
EPOCH Shares Community Histories, From Connecticut to Côte d’Ivoire
Now officially in partnership with Connecticut Humanities, EPOCH will be working with towns across the state – beginning with Bloomfield, Windsor, and Enfield – to collect their own community histories
Dodd Impact Team Seeks ‘A More Perfect Union’ Through Community Conversation
History professor Brendan Kane and other UConn experts hosted statewide discussions on the nation’s founding documents, funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Connecticut Humanities Council
Patients’ Lived Experience Shapes Research for Young Adult Opioid Use Recovery
The Collaborative Hub for Emerging Adult Recovery Research (CHEARR) -- an NIH-funded project spearheaded by UConn Health’s Dr. Kristyn Zajac -- will unite patients, providers, and researchers to better support young people recovering from opioid use disorder
A Self-Cooling Tent that Runs on Just Water and Sunshine
An invention from UConn researcher Al Kasani makes camping in hot weather a breeze.
Four UConn Researchers Take DoD University Research Equipment Awards
The highly competitive Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) funds cutting-edge research projects with potential to assist national defense