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NASA module

Mission Complete: Lee Spends 45 Days in NASA Simulated Journey to Mars

By participating in the mission, College of Engineering's Jason Lee contributed to NASA’s efforts to study how future astronauts may react to isolation and confinement during deep-space journeys

A photo of a willow tree and Mirror Lake

Fast-growing and Versatile: UConn Researcher is Working to Plant More Willows

Multifaceted species appears everywhere from CT to the Arctic, and has a wide variety of uses, from erosion control to pollination

Student poster session at 41st Annual Graduate Student Research Day (Photo Credit: Stephanie Rauch).

Graduate Students Take Center Stage at UConn Health

41st Annual Biomedical Science Graduate Student Research Day

The Cato T. Laurencin Institute for Regenerative Engineering

Professor Cato T. Laurencin Discusses Regenerative Engineering and his Autobiography for Elsevier Distinguished Lecture

Dr. Laurencin of UConn is Elsevier’s MRC Distinguished Lecturer of the Year.

Headshot of Jason Chang

Meet Jason Chang, First Head of New Social and Critical Inquiry Department

The professor of history and Asian American studies talks about the formation of his new department from “problem-based, solution-based academic units within the humanities, coming from intellectual traditions rooted in human struggle.”

The exterior of the Werth Tower building at dusk.

Create and Succeed: Werth Institute Program Building Record of Success Engaging, Uplifting First-Year Women Entrepreneurs

'Self-confidence develops from doing'

Students working in the Innovation Shop

Laying a Foundation of Innovation

Via the Innovation Shop, students can gain hands-on exposure and invaluable skills in a variety of engineering-related disciplines and fields on their way to a complete engineering education

Students receiving the COVID 19 vaccine at Hawley Armory on April 8, 2021. The rollout of the vaccines across the state in the spring helped set up a return to a more familiar university experience. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

New Study Provides Insight to Why Covid Vaccines Hit Some Harder than Others

From exercise to birth control, researchers found many factors contribute to vaccine side effects

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Berthold Awarded Fulbright Canada Distinguished Research Chair Award for This Academic Year

'We originally conceived of this as a study that extends into Canada, because Canada is the global leader of these community sponsorship initiatives'

Students working on electrical aviation project

Electrical Aviation

UConn research is on the cutting edge of research into decarbonizing aviation