Schools & Colleges

Student Leader – Victoria Sylvestre ’17

Life is what happens when you are making other plans, as many UConn School of Nursing students learn in the course of their classroom and clinical experiences. What makes a student a leader, however, is the ability to adapt to new circumstances and seize unexpected opportunities, a lesson not lost on pre-licensure student Victoria Sylvestre. […]

Leading in Policy – DNP Student, Christopher Yi ’18

“. . . the School could choose to move toward a leadership role in the nursing profession, committing its sizable faculty resources to pushing back the frontiers of knowledge in the art and science of helping people care for their health and overcome illness. The School could choose to firmly establish itself as a leader […]

Collage of seven people screaming from close. (bowie15/Getty Images)

Op-ed: How News Sites’ Online Comments Helped Build our Hateful Electorate

'Civility took leave of open discussions years ago – online,' says journalism professor Marie Shanahan.

Royce Mohan (seated) and Paola Bargagna-Mohan are part of a team of UConn researchers developing an imaging technique that will signal problems in blood vessels near the eye that could lead to vision loss. (Janine Gelineau/UConn Health Photo)

Eyeing Early Detection of Precursor to Blindness

UConn scientists are working with a biomarker to enable earlier detection of a condition that leads to age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in the U.S.

New Monitor Can Detect Early Signs of Heart Disease

UConn biomedical engineering researchers are developing new heart monitors to improve early detection of an irregular heartbeat.

Accounting professor Francis Ryan will be honored through a new scholarship that bears his name. (UConn archives)

Accounting Professor Honored Through New Scholarship

A beloved accounting professor who never regretted trading in the bustle of New York City for the tranquility of Storrs, will be honored through a new scholarship that bears his name.

Lakshmi S. Nair, Ph.D, of UConn and UConn Health has been elected a Fellow of the prestigious National Academy of Inventors (Chris DeFrancesco/UConn Health).

Awards and Honors

Awards and honors continue to roll in for the faculty, staff and students at UConn Health. Read more about our recent accolades.

A heart monitoring device that detects irregular heart beat algorithms, using sensors attached to an armband and a phone app. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

New Monitor Can Detect Early Signs of Heart Disease

UConn biomedical engineering researchers are developing new heart monitors to improve early detection of an irregular heartbeat.

Video game controller. (Shutterstock Photo)

This Holiday Season, Think Twice Before Gifting Video Games

'The last thing you want to do is feed a child’s addiction with more games,' says UConn Health addiction expert Nancy Petry.

Lung cancer patient Michel Gueret, left, with his oncologist at UConn Health, Dr. Jeffrey Wasser. (Janine Gelineau/UConn Health Photo)

Advanced Lung Cancer Knocked Out in Clinical Trial

Advanced lung cancer patient Michel Gueret had a life expectancy of less than a year at the time of diagnosis. After participating in an immunotherapy clinical trial at UConn Health, he now has no more lung cancer symptoms.