Author Archive
Challenging Convention: Human Rights-Centered Engineering at UConn
At UConn, the Engineering for Human Rights Initiative is changing the way our engineers are taught to approach all kinds of projects
Can We Heal Injured Veterans by Studying Basketball?
Neal Glaviano is acutely aware of knee pain's impact in active duty and reserve-based military units – and is applying knowledge gained from working with UConn's student athletes toward helping active-duty service members and veterans.
Electrical Aviation
UConn research is on the cutting edge of research into decarbonizing aviation
CIRCA: Serving Connecticut’s Coastal Communities and Beyond
As seas and temperatures rise, the Connecticut Institute for Resilience & Climate Adaptation uses research and community engagement to protect communities across the state
Keeping Bears Wild
Graduate student Melissa Ruszczyk, a biologist with DEEP, is studying black bears’ behavior in relation to food sources left by humans
Solar Nanodevices
UConn researcher Brian Willis is harvesting parts of sunshine to expand the use of sunlight for energy and making clean – and climate friendly – energy more affordable
Forecasting Wind Energy
Using a novel computer program, UConn researchers are now able to forecast weather, identify climate projections, and assess wind turbine performance like never before.
CO2 Removal Research
UConn researchers are exploring CO2 removal as a way to foster a healthier environment
Saving the Sound with History
Eelgrass is a critical habitat for fish, it filters water, and it stabilizes Connecticut's shoreline
UConn Women’s Basketball: Research & Performance
It takes a team on the court and off to help the UConn Women’s Basketball Team excel
Science in Seconds: Cannabinoids
Cannabinoids are able to decrease our capacity to process pain in the brain while having less substance use potential than that of opioids
Science in Seconds: Oyster Restoration
UConn Marine Science researcher Zofia Baumann has her eyes set on restoring Connecticut’s oyster populations
A Kitchen for the Community
UConn researchers are studying the importance of food and how to build more just, equitable, and sustainable communities by focusing on a unique facility called the Commercially Licensed Co-operative Kitchen or CLiCK.
A New Fine Arts Theatre Production Facility
The brand-new Theatre Production Facility will provide students and faculty with needed space to prepare high-tech productions
Confronting the ‘Insect Apocalypse’
A period of mass extinction threatens insects - and the humans and animals who depend on them
A New Home for the Huskies
UConn athletes now call Husky Athletic Village and Rizza Performance Center home.
Walking For Climate Action
After UConn grad Hannah Bacon ’15 (CLAS) lost her job at an environmental nonprofit due to the pandemic, she decided to use her time off to walk across the country to raise money and awareness for climate action.
Not Your Typical Fall Semester
UConn's students, faculty, and staff are meeting the challenge of a semester no one could have expected.