College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
UConn Researchers: First Meta-Analysis Shows Promise for Yoga, Meditation, Mindfulness in Concussion Treatment Plans
UConn researchers have conducted the first-ever meta-analysis of the use of yoga, meditation, and mindfulness-based interventions for the effective treatment of chronic concussion symptom.
November 30, 2020 | Jaclyn Severance
Shark Feast! And Insights about Carbon Sequestration
A team of researchers including UConn's Peter Auster stumbled on something rarely glimpsed by human beings - a deep-sea shark feast.
November 25, 2020 | Elaina Hancock
Six UConn Researchers to Join the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Six UConn researchers have been elected by their peers to receive a distinguished honor.
November 24, 2020 | Kim Krieger
Science Communication Course Teaches Skills for Modern Work Environment
A set of courses aim to help scientists-in-training better communicate their ideas to the public - and to help aspiring journalists learn more about science.
November 18, 2020 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
UConn Researchers Leveraging CT Health Data to Develop Suicide Risk Algorithms
UConn researchers are using multiple health care data sources for a project that could help health care providers better identify when patients are at risk of attempting suicide.
November 17, 2020 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
UConn Researcher Investigates Promising Candidate for Mitochondrial Disease Treatment
Researchers and clinicians are exploring many potential medicinal approaches for investigating and treating the root causes of diseases including gene and enzyme replacement therapy. But another therapeutic approach is to develop compounds that maintain cells in a healthy state. Cellular organelles called mitochondria are increasingly recognized as promising targets for such compounds. Mitochondria are responsible […]
November 16, 2020 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
Journaling Project Makes The Pandemic Personal
All types of people have kept journals and diaries for years. Unfortunately, most of them get lost in history, unless fame and fortune come the writer’s way. The Pandemic Journaling Project is designed to make sure that does not happen to people's experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.
November 16, 2020 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications
Identifying Dyslexia Early
The AppRise project uses a free, game-like app to help teachers assess kids as young as five and get them the help they need to learn to read.
November 10, 2020 | Bret Eckhardt
New Human Rights Research Consortium Draws International Audience for Initial Conference
More than 150 human rights researchers from four continents will gather virtually today for the inaugural conference of the Connecticut/Baden-Württemberg Human Rights Research Consortium (HRRC).
November 9, 2020 | Kenneth Best
UConn PEP: Transforming and Connecting Communities
Rich Mutts '06 (CLAS) describes how he used the UConn PEP program to help transform his community.
November 6, 2020 | Stacey Stearns, UConn Extension