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Building a Research Career at UConn
Pierre Fils, a first-year graduate student on the Ph.D. track in structural engineering, got his start in research early on by utilizing the connections available to UConn undergrads.
Building a Research Career at UConn
Sometimes walking into a professor’s office hours can launch a student on an incredible research track. Pierre Fils, a first-year graduate student on the Ph.D. track in structural engineering at the University of Connecticut, did just that his junior year. When he went to his design of steel structures professor, Arash Zaghi’s, office, Fils was […]
Building a Research Career at UConn
Sometimes walking into a professor’s office hours can launch a student on an incredible research track. Pierre Fils, a first-year graduate student on the Ph.D. track in structural engineering at the University of Connecticut, did just that his junior year. When he went to his design of steel structures professor, Arash Zaghi’s, office, Fils was […]
Aspiring Music Ed Teacher Finds Crucial Support in Longtime Donor
Like most kids heading into seventh grade, Jesús Cortés-Sanchez was not yet thinking ahead to a future career. What mattered most then was enjoying time with his friends. Even into his high school years, the idea of going to college was not on his mind. An undocumented student ineligible to apply for federal student aid, he viewed college as an unrealistic, financially impossible feat. All of that would start to change when a recent Yale School of Music graduate named John Miller began recruiting students to a new band program he had established at Cortés-Sanchez’s middle school in New Haven, Conn.
Using Precision Medicine to Prevent Sudden Cardiac Death
Mike Papale was an elite high school basketball player when his heart suddenly stopped beating. He was saved but the risk remains for other young athletes who have no idea they suffer from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Dr. Travis Hinson is using precision medicine to develop treatments so those suffering from the potentially fatal genetic condition can live long active lives.
The Role of Feedback in Health Information Sharing
A new UConn study says sharing health information through social media can lead to improved health, but only if feedback is positive.
CLAS to Offer New Major in Arabic and Islamic Civilizations
'We want to shatter the binaries of East and West,' says Nicola Carpentieri, director of the new Arabic and Islamic Cilivilizations program.
Lauren Fontana Receives Prestigious AFPE Research Award for Work with Protein Drugs
School of Pharmacy graduate student Lauren Fontana was recently awarded a prestigious 2018 Pre-Doctoral Fellow Award in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE). Fontana’s career path in pharmacy is noteworthy and encouraging for those unsure of their direction. After receiving her B.S. in Chemistry from Framingham State University in Massachusetts Fontana […]
Department of Animal Science: an overview
With close to 400 undergraduate and graduate students and a distinctive array of facilities, the Department of Animal Science provides opportunities for students with varied interests and goals.
Adding Context to ‘Breast is Best’
A new study suggests that, independent of breastfeeding, a range of factors influence infant health in the first year of life, and these need to be supported by social policies.