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Ashley Kalinauskas, '14 (BUS). (Nate Oldham/UConn Photo)

Drug Triggers Immune System to Fight Cancer in Pets

A UConn alumna has launched a startup that is marketing a new immunotherapy treatment for pets with cancer to veterinarians.

UConn biostatistics professor Tania Huedo-Medina visits Cuba regularly for research.

In Cuba with Biostatistician Tania Huedo-Medina

One UConn professor is on a mission to improve the way we collect health data in the U.S. by researching Cuba's public health successes.

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Catch up on the latest research happening at UConn. In laboratories, in hospitals, and in the field, researchers are gathering data to answer critical questions facing our global community.

The Dangerous Brew of Politics and Water

Often political decisions, not scientific reasoning, determines the fate of natural resources, the environment or other key resources., Veronica Herrera says.

Anna Middendorf (Photo by Stephen Slade/Athletic Communications)

Field Hockey Standout Nominated for NCAA Woman of the Year

The University of Connecticut nominated Anna Middendorf, a three-time All-American from Bremen, Germany, for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Woman of the Year award.

Findings of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and UConn survey suggest that LGBTQ youth need support in the face of political attacks on LGBTQ equality. (Photo courtesy of the Human Rights Campaign)

Researchers Launch National Study on the Lives of LGBTQ Teens

“Our study takes a holistic approach to better understand the lived experiences of LGBTQ young people,” says UConn's Ryan Watson.

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UConn Inviting Hotel Proposals from Private Sector

Developers are encouraged to submit proposals for a hotel with about 100 rooms on the UConn-owned parcel at the corner of Route 195 and South Eagleville Road.

Architectural rendering of the view of the Recreation Center from Business School Quad.

Summer Construction Ramps Up at UConn

Traffic patterns will be changed on several on-campus roads all summer due to the projects, including one-way-only restrictions on parts of North Eagleville and Hillside roads.

Chiho Kim (left), postdoctChiho Kim (left), postdoctoral fellow, and Rampi Ramprasad, professor of materials science and engineering, discuss a capacitor that Ramprasad is holding. (Christopher LaRosa/UConn Photo)oral fellow and Rampi Ramprasad, professor of Material Science and Engineering, discuss a capacitor that Ramprasad is holding. (Chris LaRosa/UConn Photo)

UConn Wins Funding for Study of Insulators

The research is aimed at understanding how insulators behave when exposed to high electric fields. "If you want to design materials that are tolerant to enormous electric fields, you must first understand how they fail," says the lead engineering professor.

Morgan Tingley, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology

Ticking Biological Clock: Migratory Birds Arriving Late to Breeding Grounds

A growing shift in the onset of spring has left nine of 48 species of songbirds studied unable to reach their northern breeding grounds at the calendar marks critical for producing the next generation of fledglings, according to a new paper in Nature Scientific Reports.