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UConn Magazine: Our Defining Moments
These Huskies — students, staff, professors, doctors, nurses, and graduates new and old —are finding innovative ways to help us all navigate a global pandemic.
July 7, 2020 | Combined Reports
Goodbye, Handshake. Hello, LMG
With handshakes on hold because of the pandemic, UConn researchers offer a germ-free way to greet each other in person.
July 7, 2020 | University Communications
‘Evolution Makes the World Less Ragged’
Although evolution and ecological systems have long been distinct areas of study, UConn researchers say there's compelling evidence to suggest the two are closely connected.
July 6, 2020 | Elaina Hancock
Op-Ed: This Simple Model Shows the Importance of Wearing Masks and Social Distancing
An actuarial tool developed by UConn researchers helps people understand the effect that various social distancing and personal protective measures can have on the spread of COVID-19.
July 6, 2020 | Jeyaraj Vadiveloo, Director of the Janet and Mark L. Goldenson Center for Actuarial Research, University of Connecticut
UConn-made COVID-19 Mask Solution Coming to Market
Licensing deal with Connecticut Biotech of South Windsor enables commercial production of custom-fit mask frames developed by UConn’s Connecticut Convergence Institute for Translation in Regenerative Engineering.
July 2, 2020 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
UConn Magazine: Local Hero
Louis Goffinet ’17 (CLAS) offered in a Facebook post to shop for elderly neighbors. Two months later he was still shopping, and overseeing a $30,000 Neighbors Grocery Fund.
July 2, 2020 | Lisa Stiepock
Buzzing to Rebuild Broken Bone: It’s Electric!
A group of biomedical engineers from UConn have developed a scaffold of non-toxic polymer that generates a controllable electrical field to encourage bone growth.
July 2, 2020 | Kim Krieger
$3 Million Grant to Help Students with Disadvantaged Backgrounds Become Nurse Practitioners
The UConn School of Nursing has won a $3 million grant to a launch a program aimed at increasing diversity among health care providers in underserved communities.
July 1, 2020 | Mikala Kane
Reading and Language Arts Center Champions Literacy Amid Pandemic
The Neag School of Education's Reading and Language Arts Center is helping schools around the state in the pandemic-caused shift to online learning.
July 1, 2020 | Shawn Kornegay
A Message to UConn About Plans for Fall 2020
A message to the UConn community with details about plans for the Fall 2020 semester.
June 30, 2020 | The University of Connecticut