Schools & Colleges
Diane Burgess Wins David J. W. Grant Distinguished Scholar in Basic Pharmaceutics Award
Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Pharmaceutics and Pfizer Distinguished Endowed Chair in Pharmaceutical Technology, Diane Burgess, is selected as the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology (NIPTE) 2024 David J. W. Grant Distinguished Scholar in Basic Pharmaceutics.
Ecologist Karolina Heyduk Awarded $578,000 From National Science Foundation
The research is in collaboration with the New York Botanical Garden and Colorado College
Understanding what Makes Ticks Tick Through Their Spit
Andrei Abarientos ‘26 (CAHNR) is interning this summer at Rocky Mountain Laboratories, a National Institutes of Health laboratory, to learn about a unique aspect of this harmful insect
Addressing Student Technology and Social Media Use in Schools: Recommendations for School District Leaders
Researchers with the Neag School’s Center for Education Policy Analysis, Research, and Evaluation (CEPARE) prepared the following research brief during Phase 1 of their Social Media and Digital Literacy Study
CAHNR Alum Tyler Gavitt Uses Science to Design Vaccines and Foster Open Public Health Discussion
From transformational research experiences, to basketball championships and chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream, three-time UConn alum Tyler Gavitt shares his UConn journey and where it's taken him
10 Questions With Alumna Kelli Bates, Former Student-Athlete Working at Paris Olympics
Kelli Bates ’19 ED, a games operations specialist with the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, says her UConn experiences have been instrumental in helping her navigate the field of sport management
New Grant Focuses on Improving Meat Quality
CAHNR researchers will investigate if Vitamin E as a dietary supplement can improve the meat from cattle with hypertension
Alumna Blends Geography and Engineering To Explore Transportation Inequity in the US
Research by Quinn Molloy '24 Ph.D. found that Black households spend more on transportation than white households
$1 Million and Counting in Free Community Care by UConn Students
Since 2007 the Urban Service Track/AHEC Scholars at UConn have been providing critical health care access to underserved Connecticut citizens directly inside their communities as they train together to be the next generation of well-rounded primary care and health care professionals
Of Mice and Machine Learning
Varun Chamarty ’26 (ENG) hopes that machine learning will help researchers make discoveries that they might otherwise not be able to see, using new tools to build on a growing body of neuroscientific research