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Catch up on the latest research happening at UConn. In laboratories, in hospitals, and in the field, researchers are gathering data to answer critical questions facing our global community.
Hormones and Menopause: What Women Should Know
Hot flashes are just part of the hormonal changes that take place when a woman reaches the end of her reproductive years. Dr. Anthony Luciano, veteran UConn Health obstetrician and gynecologist, tells us more.
Hospital Tower at UConn Health Celebrates 1-Year Anniversary
University Tower at UConn Health is celebrating its one-year anniversary. Watch the video to relive the big moments.
Patient Satisfaction Soars in Hospital Tower’s 1st Year
As UConn Health celebrates the the opening of the new hospital tower one year ago, it’s also celebrating major gains in patient satisfaction scores.
Human Rights: Corporations’ Newest Frontier
A Conversation with Business and Human Rights Professor Caroline Kaeb An interest in international law, coupled with work at the United Nations specializing in labor rights and refugee issues, fostered a passion for human rights in UConn Professor Caroline Kaeb. But as she delved deeper into her graduate work and the solutions to the many […]
The Dangerous Brew of Politics and Water
Often political decisions, not scientific reasoning, determines the fate of natural resources, the environment or other key resources., Veronica Herrera says.
10 Questions With Educational Leader and Alum Miguel A. Cardona
Four-time Neag School alumnus Miguel A. Cardona ’01 MA, ’04 6th Year, ’11 Ed.D., ’12 ELP is the assistant superintendent for teaching and learning at Meriden Public Schools in Meriden, Conn. Here, he takes part in the Neag School’s “10 Questions” series.
Neag School Announces Partnership With Mashantucket Pequot Museum
Stemming from the Thomas J. Dodd Center’s human rights education initiative, a new partnership was established between University of Connecticut’s Neag School of Education, the Upstander Project, and the Mashantucket Pequot Museum. The partnership is called the Upstander Academy, which formally came together last year as a way to practice outreach and human rights education with the community.
Virologist developing vaccines and therapeutics to combat Zika virus, Lyme disease and cancer
The Northeast experienced an unusually warm and dry winter this year. This irregularly tepid season, quickly becoming the new norm due to climate change, is now giving way to spring rains. While the reprieve from bundling up and shoveling snow may have felt like a welcome relief, and the recent precipitation seems fortunate given the […]
UConn Wins Funding for Study of Insulators
The research is aimed at understanding how insulators behave when exposed to high electric fields. "If you want to design materials that are tolerant to enormous electric fields, you must first understand how they fail," says the lead engineering professor.