College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Study: On Screen, Girls’ Bodies are Changing
The bodies of female characters in animated films have changed within the last two decades and the impact on young viewers merits further study, says Rebecca Rowe of UConn.
September 18, 2019 | Kenneth Best
Coastal Birds Can Weather the Storm, But Not the Sea
The impacts of hurricanes, in terms of populations rather than individual birds, tend to be surprisingly small compared to the other threats that are causing these species to decline, say researchers.
September 18, 2019 | University of Maryland's National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center
START Preliminary Proof of Concept Fund Recipients
Through a generous grant from the CTNext Higher Education Fund last year, the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) has been administering an early stage translational research funding program called the START Preliminary Proof of Concept Fund. Under the grant, funding is provided to investigators at Central Connecticut State University, Southern Connecticut State […]
September 13, 2019 | Jessica McBride, PhD
Telling Stories With Connecticut State Historian Walter Woodward
Connecticut State Historian talks with UConn 360's Julie Bartucca about storytelling, his own history, and what Connecticut residents should be called.
September 13, 2019 | Julie (Stagis) Bartucca '10 (BUS, CLAS), '19 MBA
Making Digital Scholarship Mainstream
UConn’s Greenhouse Studios aims to reimagine disrupt longstanding academic workflows to better support scholarly publications for the digital age.
September 11, 2019 | Jessica McBride, PhD
Meet the Researcher: Richard Ashby Wilson, Law and Anthropology
World events have always shaped Richard Wilson Ashby's research.
September 10, 2019 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
Hatfield-McCoy Feud Carries Lessons for Today
The fabled feud between the Hatfield and McCoy families of Appalachia is the subject of a new PBS documentary, featuring the insights of UConn historian Altina Waller.
September 10, 2019 | Kenneth Best
‘A Spine for the Spineless, Gutless Worms’: Providing an Evolutionary Backbone for Tapeworms
A new NSF-funded project led by Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Janine Caira will help fill the gaps in the approximately 200 million years of evolution separating tapeworm lineages.
September 9, 2019 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
Climate Change Water Variability Hurts Salamander Populations
New research suggests spring salamanders are less likely to survive metamorphosis to adults in streams with highly variable flows.
September 6, 2019 | Combined Reports
Bridging Science at UConn’s Biophysics Facility
The University of Connecticut houses its very own Biophysics Facility, where expert technicians use specialized equipment to help UConn researchers better understand how biological systems work.
September 4, 2019 | Carson Stifel '21 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research