Schools & Colleges
Researchers Aim to Slow Down Aging
Imagine if you could apply the brakes to aging? That’s exactly what a team of researchers from across the country, including UConn Health's Dr. George Kuchel, hopes to begin exploring in the largest clinical trial of its kind testing the greater power of the most common diabetes drug. Researchers will discuss the planned clinical trial at the upcoming Forum on Healthcare Innovation Oct. 25-26 at the Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine.
Top 10 Ways to Age Well
Dr. George Kuchel and his team of geriatric medicine experts of the UConn Center on Aging at UConn Health offer 10 top tips for aging well.
Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts to Headline Geno Auriemma UConn Leadership Conference
Leadership: A Gift That Should Be Used Wisely
School of Social Work to Add Bachelor’s Program
The new program responds to a workforce need in Greater Hartford and the state overall.
One-of-a-kind heat lab opens in CAHNR
Competing, training and doing physical work in hot or humid conditions trigger complex responses in the body, which diminish performance and put some people at risk for heat-related illness or death. Now, UConn has a one-of-a kind facility to test individuals in a tightly controlled environment to see how their bodies react to heat. It […]
Op-ed: Comics Captured America’s Growing Ambivalence about the Vietnam War
The director of the Asian and Asian American Studies Institute says Vietnam War-era comics are a window into how people were interpreting events at the time.
ER Doctor in Puerto Rico Reports on Hurricane Maria’s Devastating Magnitude
Dr. Robert Fuller, chair of emergency medicine at UConn Health, just arrived to Puerto Rico to respond to the devastating effects of Hurricane Maria and shared an update about how every single person in the country is being affected by the magnitude of the hurricane’s impact.
Puppets and Special Effects Entertain in New ESPN Fantasy Football Show
If you sit down at 5pm and turn on ESPN 2, instead of sports you may be bewildered by eagles falling from the sky, talking fish, sassy puppets, and much more. The Fantasy Show with Matthew Berry is a show dedicated to Fantasy Football, and we had the honor of sitting down with the creative […]
Dedicated Student Volunteers Bring Health Care to Migrant Farm Workers
Students play critical role in running UConn's Migrant Farm Worker Clinics.
‘Incubator’ Lawyers Making Legal Help Affordable
'We see an enormous need for legal assistance at a reasonable cost, particularly among people who don’t qualify for legal aid but can’t afford standard legal fees.'