Schools & Colleges
The Ballard Announces Spring Puppet Performance Series
The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry will host its Spring Puppet Performance Series on four Saturdays from Feb. to May 2019, featuring outstanding works of puppet theater by professional puppeteers from across New England and beyond.
Artificial Skin Could Give Superhuman Perception
Metal skin might sound like a superhero power, but UConn researchers hope it could help burn victims 'feel' again.
Meet the Researchers: Spirochete Labs
Anyone who has had to move knows what a pain it is. But imagine not just moving geographically, but switching between completely different biological environments with different nutrients available and immune systems working against you – well that’s the life cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi the bacteria that causes Lyme disease. The most prevalent arthropod-borne infection […]
Meet the Researchers: Spirochete Research Labs
UConn's Spirochete Research Labs are actively studying various aspects of B. burgdorferi, the bacteria behind Lyme disease.
Richard Robinson ’79, State Supreme Court Chief Justice
The first African-American Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court will be keynote speaker at the 2019 Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation on Jan. 24. Read his profile in UConn Magazine.
Gregory Sartor receives NIDA grant and publishes research in the Journal of Neuroscience
Gregory Sartor, assistant professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, recently received a three year grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). The grant, titled Neuronal subtype and circuit-specific epigenetic mechanisms in addiction, involves studies that will utilize novel, molecular and genetic tools to dissect epigenetic factors that regulate drug-seeking behaviors in animal models of addiction. […]
BME Senior Design Project on WTNH News 8
Senior biomedical engineering majors Mitchell DuBuc, James Welch, and Alex Draper, under the advisement of Professor Krystyna Gielo-Perczak, put a new type of wheelchair wheel to the test which uses a pull rather than a push system. Story by Jocelyn Maminta of WTNH.
Alumni News for January 2019
Steven E. DeLisle (B.S. Mechanical Engineering/Materials Engineering, ’95; M.S. Computer Science & Engineering, ’98) joined Monster Worldwide Inc. as chief technology officer. He will be responsible for all aspects of the global technology organization, including infrastructure, business applications, security, product engineering and architecture. Previously, DeLisle led a global team of over 500 engineers in his […]
Positive Results for Treating GSD From Gene Therapy
Positive results were recently announced from an ongoing study of adeno-associated virus based gene therapy as treatment for glycogen storage disease.
Why Parents Might Rethink Raising Their Voice
A UConn Health psychologist explains what is truly achieved by yelling at our kids as compared to what we think we're achieving.