Schools & Colleges
How Mapping COVID-19 Could Help Drug Companies
UConn's Ranjan Srivastava aims to mathematically model how the novel coronavirus replicates within an infected cell and how the infection spreads within the human body, boosting efforts to find effective treatments.
UConn Student Entrepreneur Asks: Shouldn’t the Fish We Eat Be Fed Healthier Food?
A UConn student has started a business aimed at changing the way fish are fed.
Alumni Support Law School in Difficult Time
As the Covid-19 pandemic has taken hold and forced the UConn School of Law and its students off campus, alumni have stepped up to help in many ways. Their generous gifts of time and financial support have provided vital assistance to admissions, career development, student services and other aspects of the law school’s operation. Law […]
UConn Startup Wins NASA Award to Advance Artificial Retina to Help Patients Regain Sight
UConn startup LambdaVision and Space Tango have receveived a $5M NASA award to develop a potential cure for age-related blindness in microgravity.
Lessons Learned Outside the Classroom
Angela Vacca, 7, of Newington is one of nearly 55 million students nationwide now expected to continue their education at home while schools are closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Discovering new ways to learn at home and not being with friends, family and teachers has been a hard adjustment for all. For young children […]
UConn Health Adds Support Resources for Front-line Staff
Telehealth counseling, team debriefs, a comfort room, and daily meditation are among the offerings to prioritize the emotional well-being of burdened care and support staff.
Q&A with Law Dean Fisher on Covid-19 Response
The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted almost every aspect of society, including legal education. We talked with Dean Timothy Fisher about the law school’s response to the crisis. How did the law school transition to remote operations? Our first challenge was to pivot from an in-person community to a virtual community in the space of a […]
Meet undergraduate student Victoria Albright
Last year, animal science major Victoria Albright joined College faculty members and six of her classmates on a trip to Cuba to learn about the country’s food production practices. The UConn Education Abroad course, entitled Food and Revolution: The Cuban Experience, was an eye-opening experience for her. She grew up on a dairy farm and […]
Meet new faculty member Kristen Cooksey Stowers
In August 2019, the Department of Allied Health Sciences welcomed new faculty member, Kristen Cooksey Stowers, as assistant professor of health disparities. “The most exciting part about joining the CAHNR is that I’m a part of this intellectual ecosystem of scholars,” Cooksey Stowers says. “I feel at home and excited about doing my work in […]
Faculty Fulbright Scholars Explore Diverse Subjects
One month after UConn was recognized as a top producer of Fulbright scholars, five CLAS faculty have been awarded Fulbright awards for 2020-21.