College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Research in a Place Where Geological Processes Happen Before Your Eyes
UConn researchers use ancient plant leaf wax – signatures for what happened millions of years ago -- to reconstruct the history of Taiwan's mountains
June 23, 2023 | Elaina Hancock
UConn Alumna Makes a Dream Come True at High School Graduation
Calibe Simpson, a Jamaican immigrant who struggled with homelessness, got the surprise of her life at her high school graduation in Hartford last week thanks to a UConn alumna
June 23, 2023 | Grace Merritt, UConn Foundation
UConn Researchers Join NASA-Funded International Biodiversity Monitoring Project
The BioSCape project is NASA’s first-ever biodiversity field program combining airborne spectroscopy, LIDAR, and field observations across South Africa's Greater Cape Floristic Region, home to two global biodiversity hotspots rich with flora and marine species found nowhere else on Earth
June 21, 2023 | Loretta Waldman, Special to UConn Research
Researchers Sniff Out How Ants Weed their Fungus Gardens
Chemicals called peptaibols help ants keep diseased fungus out of their habitat
June 21, 2023 | Kim Krieger
Celebrating Juneteenth – a Holiday as American as Apple Pie
The first formal observation of the holiday in Connecticut history coincides with celebrations of hip-hop's golden anniversary
June 19, 2023 | Kimberly Phillips
UConn Faculty Awarded $2M in Federal Funding to Support School Wellness in CT
'I’m very proud of the work we have been collectively doing at UConn to support the whole child'
June 16, 2023 | Carson Hardee, UConn Rudd Center
Six UConn Teams Innovating Decarbonization this Summer through Unique Eversource Partnership Program
The program culminates in a summit on October 4, where a panel of academic, utility, industry, municipal, and legislative experts will select the top teams to continue the advancement of their ideas
June 16, 2023 | Jaclyn Severance
UConn Student Makes Life-Saving Phone Call
'It’s hard to know over the phone if you are really making a difference or an impact on patient lives, but now I know'
June 15, 2023 | Lauren Woods
UConn Ph.D. Student Developing Drone Technology to Better Study Waves and Air-Sea Carbon Exchange
'I always wanted to do science from an aerial view and when I finally got to fly, I fell in love'
June 12, 2023 | Elaina Hancock
A Potential Milestone in Cancer Therapy
'This discovery is a game changer in developing more effective and targeted combination therapies for cancers such as prostate cancer'
June 8, 2023 | Combined Reports