Schools & Colleges
Urban Named First Arden Chair of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
The chair is one of two endowed professorships in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.
Remembering Medical School Founder Dr. Robert L. Volle, Sr.
A founder of UConn School of Medicine, Dr. Robert Volle, Sr. passed away on Feb. 3 at the age of 90. “I and my colleagues owe Dr. Volle a ton of gratitude for what he did for the SOM,” says Dean Dr. Bruce T. Liang. Read the tribute to Volle's great life and contributions to medicine.
The Brain and Spine Institute at UConn Health
UConn Health has brought together our world-renowned experts from neurology, neurosurgery, spine surgery, non-operative spine care, and radiology to offer comprehensive, personalized care at The Brain and Spine Institute at UConn Health.
Stopping Stroke Damage
An innovative treatment nearing human clinical trial at UConn Health could put an end to long-term stroke damage.
Q&A: Climate Grief and Our Crisis of Culture
UConn's Phoebe Godfrey locates the growing feeling of "climate grief" in existing problems of Western society.
UConn Health Helped Us Achieve Our Dream
Approximately one in eight couples are affected by infertility in the United States. That’s about 6.7 million people each year who have trouble conceiving. Kristen Ritchie and her husband, Todd, of Southington, were one of these couples. Blessed with their first son, Nolan, in 2016 their journey for a second child began six months after […]
2021 University Scholars Align Research with the School of Pharmacy
UConn’s 2021 University Scholars include two students with majors in Molecular and Cell Biology and one working towards a Pharm.D. As University Scholars, Suzannah De Almeida, Maria Latta, and Seema Patel are all taking advantage of the depth and breadth of research being done by Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacy Practice faculty within the School of […]
How to Maintain your Cardiovascular Health to Prevent Both Heart Attack and Stroke
February is Heart Month. But did you know that maintaining your overall cardiovascular health prevents both heart attack and stroke? UConn Today sat down with Neurologist Dr. Gracia Mui, co-director of the Stroke Program at UConn Health, to learn just what we can do daily to lower both our overall heart disease and stroke risk factors.
Importance of COVID-19 Vaccination for Black Community Stressed by National Experts including Dr. Cato T. Laurencin
This week in The New York Times a national group of leading Black health experts including UConn Health's Dr. Cato T. Laurencin shined a light on the critical importance of the Black community receiving the COVID-19 vaccination.
Quarterly Recap of Pharmacy Faculty Research Grants – FY 2021 Q1
Recapping the quarters beginning July 1, 2020 through September 30, 2020, the UConn School of Pharmacy congratulates the following Departments of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacy Practice faculty and their teams for their FY21Q1 research grant awards* totaling $5,294,716: Raman Bahal, Ph.D. DHHS/NIH/National Cancer Institute/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Targeting microRNAs to the tumor microenvironment with […]