Schools & Colleges
Optimizing Energy Recovery From Wastewater Using Machine Learning
Properly disposing of biosolids in our water is essential in creating a sustainable water treatment system. Unfortunately, in the United States, and especially in New England, this process is prone to failures, leaving usable energy on the table.
February 11, 2022 | Eli Freund
Pandemic-Related School Closings Likely to Have Far-Reaching Effects on Child Well-Being
From falling graduation rates to more students going without healthy food, a range of potential impacts are being examined
February 11, 2022 | Sandra M. Chafouleas, Professor of Educational Psychology
Fact Sheets Help Local Leaders in CT Navigate Climate Change Questions
Adapt CT offers guidance on matters ranging from beach erosion to the flooding of coastal highways
February 11, 2022 | Judy Benson, Connecticut Sea Grant
Get to Know Interim UConn Health CEO Dr. Bruce Liang
'If you work hard and you do the right things, everything is possible'
February 10, 2022 | UConn Health
Pioneer in Turfgrass Science, “Dr. Dirt,” Honored with New Scholarship
William (Bill) Dest had a love for turfgrass that inspired generations, and a new scholarship aims to ensure his memory lives on
February 10, 2022 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
Reimagining the Commons for a Just and Sustainable Future
Rethinking how shared resources are protected and stewarded has major implications for global society
February 10, 2022 | Elaina Hancock
How a Movement from a UConn Engineering Professor Shaped a Generation of Difference Makers
Katsouleas, currently a University of Connecticut faculty member in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physics, picked up the phone during his first week as dean in 2008 and brought together engineering deans Yannis Yortsos at University of Southern California and Richard Miller at Olin College, and asked them a simple question: “Is our older educational pedagogy preparing our students to tackle the grand challenges of this next century?”
February 9, 2022 | Eli Freund
Tips for Tiny Teeth
In honor of National Children’s Dental Health Month, Dr. Katherine Fleming, assistant professor of pediatric dentistry, answers the top questions from parents of infants and toddlers.
February 9, 2022 | Courtney Chandler
As Legislative Session Gets Underway, UConn Offers Insight and Expertise
Faculty members and alumni will provide guidance on issues ranging from crime to an expected wave of retirements in 2022
February 9, 2022 | Kimberly Phillips
Rabies Readiness: Genomic Surveillance Helps Prepare for Outbreaks in Bats
This study is the first to collect genetic sequencing data from bat rabies viruses in the Northeast
February 9, 2022 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources