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Daniel Mulkey in his lab with graduate students Ian C. Wenker and Joanna Hawryluk. (Daniel Buttrey/UConn Photo)

The Brain and Breathing in Health and Disease

Professor Daniel Mulkey from UConn's Department of Physiology and Neurobiology recently received several grants for projects focused on understanding how the brain controls breathing in health and disease.

A series of wrenches 3D printed by Nathan Hom, a junior management engineer for manufacturing major and OPIM Innovate Lab specialist on April 9, 2018. (Garrett Spahn/UConn Photo)

Learning to Print in Three Dimensions

Take a peek inside the School of Business' OPIM Innovate Lab 3-D printing facility, where students can learn to take an idea from concept to three-dimensional reality.

With a virtual reality headset on, junior Carina Zamudio ’19 (CLAS) spent part of a Friday afternoon trying to slay villains who were intent on breaching the security around a virtual castle. (Nathan Oldham/UConn School of Business Photo)

Lab Offers Chance to Experiment with Emerging Technologies

The OPIM Innovate Lab in the School of Business is designed to make emerging technologies accessible to students, faculty, and staff who want to learn new skills.

Navy STEM Program Hosts Speaker Dr. Robert Koch

  The Navy STEM Program hosted distinguished speaker Dr. Robert Koch, P.E., U.S. Navy Senior Technologist in Undersea Tactical Stealth Systems at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC), on Wednesday, February 28. Prior to his current assignment, Bob was the Head of the NUWC Division Newport Solid Mechanics and Design Branch, and also a Chief Research Scientist in […]

UConn Students Learn about NUWC Newport’s Cutting-Edge Programs During Tour

    Amid a few humorous anecdotes and movie references, Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport Commanding Officer Capt. Michael Coughlin had some sage advice for the 30 or so University of Rhode Island and University of Connecticut engineering students who visited the Division on March 23. “Wherever you go to work, make sure the quality of […]

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UConn Reaches Tentative Agreement with Graduate Employee Union

The University and the union representing its graduate assistants have reached tentative agreement on terms for a new four-year contract.

Become More Childhood Trauma Informed

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. UConn Health Psychiatrist Dr. Julian Ford is calling on people of all ages to become more childhood trauma informed. Learn how.

An image of immature retinal ganglion cell neuron from Dr. Trakhtenberg's research, adapted for a cover page of the International Review of Neurobiology volume on Axon Growth and Regeneration (Goldberg & Trakhtenberg, Eds, 2012, Vol 106: Academic Press)

New PITCH Promising Project Award for Optic Nerve Repair Technology

Ephraim Trakhtenberg from UConn Health's Department of Neuroscience and Jessica Rouge from the Department of Chemistry have won a PITCH Promising Project Award to develop a novel approach for repairing optic nerve damage that occurs in optic neuropathies such as glaucoma.

A view of Dusseldorf, Germany. EUROBIZ students will do a three- to six-month internship in Germany, with a German company. (Getty Images)

New German Program will Prepare Students for Global Careers

UConn is launching a new dual-degree German immersion program to prepare students for a career in the global marketplace.

Rowan Lucy '16 (BUS) buys a few plants from the UConn Blooms table during the UConn Earth Day Spring Fling held along Fairfield Way on April 22, 2014. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn Metanoia: Springing to Action for the Environment

On social media, search, post, and tag using #UConnMetanoia to share experiences and stay up-to-date.