Innovation

Gestational Diabetes

UConn Research Seeds 17 Projects through New CRISP Funding Initiative

The funding program, which encourages interdisciplinary research among clinical faculty at UConn and UConn Health, is awarding a total of $729,000

A Change of Art: Students Invited to Innovate ‘Art Meets Technology’ Challenges at 2023’s HackUConn

Innovating new ideas and solutions in a 20-hour marathon

An MRI of a knee joint, showing damage to the bones.

Researchers: Combining Two Bone Healing Remedies Can Inhibit Bone Growth and Regeneration

The study shows how important timing and location are to bone growth and proper healing

Cleaning up the ‘Wild West’ of CBD: UConn Startup PCTRx Revolutionizing Industry with Novel Polymer Platform

PCTRx is developing its recently licensed polycannabinoid platform technology as a drug delivery system and biodegradable plastics, with an eye toward even more applications

Dr. Shipra Malik, left, and associate professor of pharmaceutics Dr. Raman Bahal pose for a photo in a lab inside the Pharmacy/Biology Building

Pharmacy Researchers Develop Treatment for Glioblastoma

The collaboration between UConn and Yale researchers targets an aggressive, often deadly form of brain cancer

Researchers Develop Strategy to Thermally Stabilize Microneedle Vaccine Technology

Researchers use sugar molecules to help eliminate the need for cold-chain storage, a common logistical hurdle for vaccine distribution

A group of students in scrubs stands on the steps of a campus building.

UConn Offers Nation’s First Intraoperative Neuromonitoring Master’s Program

It’s not brain surgery—but it’s close

Aeration tanks in a sewage treatment plant.

A Solution for Reclaiming Valuable Resources Flushed Down the Drain

UConn researchers are turning a sewage treatment plant problem into biofuel

A depiction of the space shuttle docked at the international space station orbiting Earth.

UConn Researcher’s Work Will Feature in International Space Station Mission

The low-gravity experiments could yield benefits across a wide range of health disciplines

Technology Partnership Gives New Life to Connecticut’s Creepy Corpse Preserver

A 21st century examination of a 19th century funerary object - which the public is invited to see up close and personal