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An artist's rendering of the future Innovation Partnership Building to be located at the UConn Technology Park. (Image courtesy of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill)

New UConn Center Will Give CT Manufacturers Access to Modeling Technology

The center will share computer modeling facilities and expertise with small and medium-sized Connecticut manufacturers, and work with the community colleges to create a workforce pipeline.

UConn Marketing Professor Kevin McEvoy (Nathan Oldham/UConn photo)

Marketing Professor Wins Faculty Recognition Award

UConn marketing professor Kevin McEvoy doesn't mind putting in extra work if it fosters greater success among his students.

Students at a recent Beta Gamma Sigma induction ceremony. (Tina Pierce/UConn photo)

UConn Business Society Receives Highest Honors

The UConn chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma, an international honor society that recognizes outstanding academic achievements of collegiate business scholars, has been qualified for Highest Honors for the 2015-2016 academic year.

Researchers in engineering professor Anson Ma’s Complex Fluids Lab used a fluorescence microscope to illuminate a microfluidic device that simulates a blood vessel. The research team was then able to observe and measure how particles of different sizes behave in the bloodstream. (Anson Ma/UConn Photo)

When Push Comes to Shove: Size Matters for Particles in Bloodstream

A UConn engineer’s quantitative analysis of particles in the bloodstream could aid the development of more effective cancer drugs.

A Hairy Woodpecker returns to its nest site in a burned pine tree bringing food to its hungry young. (Photo courtesy of Morgan Tingley)

‘Goldilocks Fires’ Can Enhance Biodiversity in Western Forests

Mixed-severity fires – not too hot, not too cold, but overall just right – in the forests of California’s Sierra Nevada can increase bird biodiversity over time, a study finds.

New UConn Center Will Give Connecticut Manufacturers Access to Modeling Technology

UConn’s new Connecticut Manufacturing Simulation Center will share computer modeling expertise with small and medium-sized Connecticut manufacturers.

UConn Scientists Find Material’s Defects Improve Solar Cell Performance

Using a novel mapping technique developed at UConn, researchers have discovered new conductive properties in cadmium telluride.

Members of new urban elementary school 4-H club grow bountiful harvest

By Sara Putnam. Amy Walker, third grade teacher at W.B. Sweeney Elementary School in Willimantic, serves as adult leader for the school’s new 4-H Club. Funded through a CT FANs IM 4-H STEM grant, the program started last winter with the planning and construction of six raised bed gardens. “This school garden has been a […]

High-Tech Tools Helping Patients Breathe Easier

Millions of people suffer from chronic sinus problems which can make everyday activities like exercising and sleeping extremely difficult. Many find relief through non-surgical methods but in cases that are severe, UConn Health offers the latest surgical techniques that make it possible for patients to breathe easier again.

Sumit Kumar '17 MBA, one of five UConn graduate students who participated in a new summer program called The Verge Consulting Group. (Nathan Oldham/UConn photo)

‘The World Is …Brimming with Opportunities’

Graduate Students Find Fulfillment in Assisting Startups; Business Owners Grateful for Helping Hand