Research & Discovery

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Talent Incubator a Hit for Tech Park, Students, and Industry

The summer pilot program for first-year Huskies succeeded as an archetype for experiential learning opportunities

Jie Zhao is a second-year Ph.D. student in the UConn School of Social Work.

Bridging Policy and Technology: Social Work’s Zhao Explores Telehealth and Rural Substance Use Care

'When you change a policy, you're not just changing the policy itself, but everything downstream: how resources get allocated, how services get delivered, and ultimately, patient health outcomes'

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One Step Closer to a Fuller Picture of the Universe

'PRIMA will give us a new view to the universe, enabling observations of unprecedented sensitivity in the far-infrared'

A black bird with a red crown sits in the grass covered in ants.

New Paper Highlights Breadth of Vertebrate-Insect Interactions

A new paper highlights the rich variety of interactions between vertebrates and insects with an eye toward improving conservation

Two emperor penguins stand close together with their heads bowed

Mapping Uncharted Antarctic Genomes

New NSF award aims to build understanding of evolution and adaptation

MSW students Stav Keshet, Diane Cantello, and Susan Camoroda

Different Paths, Shared Purpose: MSW Students Find a Place for Policy Practice at IMRP

MSW students can complete their practicum placement at the UConn School of Public Policy's Institute of Municipal and Regional Policy (IMRP), contributing to policy research and legislative issues affecting Connecticut communities

A researcher in a lab coat works with a microscope

A Brainstem Signal Reorganizes the Neural Code for Taste

UConn researchers found that brief and sustained activation of an arousal-related brain region had markedly different effects on how the mouse brain encoded taste

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Postdocs Speak for Science at the 10th Annual Research Day

In the future, all medical topics will be famous for four minutes

A Tesla electric car recharges its batteries at a gas and charging station.

A Holistic Approach for Equitable EV Infrastructure Development

EV infrastructure is not just a charging location problem; it's a community and resilience planning problem

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Community-Based Participatory Research to Address Unhealthy Food Environments

UConn Rudd Center team shares resources to train the next generation of health researchers and support community-based programs