Schools & Colleges
UConn John Dempsey Hospital Protecting Newborns from Hepatitis B
UConn John Dempsey Hospital leads the state of Connecticut with the highest rate of newborn Hepatitis B vaccinations.
In Making Decisions, Are You an Ant or a Grasshopper?
Although it may seem less appealing, the ant's strategy of delaying gratification in the children's fable by Aesop should not be viewed in a negative light.
UConn Health Hosts International Sports Medicine Symposium
Surgeons and researchers traveled from around the globe to attend UConn Health Orthopedics & Sports Medicine's first International Sports Medicine Symposium on July 14.
When Less Oxygen Means Better Performance
Researchers at UConn have developed oxygen-free alloys that could lead to better jet engines, biosensors, and semiconductors.
Presidential Historian Douglas Brinkley Tells Risk Executives That America Always Withstands Challenges, Divisions
Take a collective deep breath, Americans. As a nation, we will survive these turbulent, highly charged political times, much as we have throughout the rocky course of our history, said Douglas Brinkley, the CNN presidential historian and a professor of history at Rice University.
UConn Med Students Halfway Home From Cross-country Cycling Tour
The two UConn medical students who are spending their last free summer bicycling across the country are more than halfway home. Sonali Rodrigues and Brett Lehner, have been averaging about 64 miles a day since they started pedaling east from Anacortes, Washington, June 10. They are the 12th team of rising second-year students to take […]
New Health Disparities Institute Director Arrives Next Month
Former White House appointee Wizdom Powell brings professional aspiration driven by personal motivation.
UConn Health Furthering Discussion of State Health Information Exchange
A series of health information technology community stakeholder roundtables is taking place next week at UConn Health and five other locations throughout the state. Allan Hackney, Connecticut’s health information technology (HIT) officer, will lead the discussions and review the findings of a report prepared for the Health IT Advisory Council. The UConn Health roundtable is […]
Op-ed: Should We Limit Spending on Lifesaving Drugs?
Specialty drugs have been responsible for three-quarters of spending growth on medications in the U.S. in the past five years. Pharmacy professor C. Michael White debates the options for how society can respond.
Graduate Student Research Day Awards 2017
Graduate students at UConn Health celebrated their research at the 34th annual Graduate Student Research Day on June 26.