Research & Discovery
Turfgrass Field Day Unites UConn Researchers, Industry Professionals
Over 240 members of the turfgrass industry learned about the latest research at UConn and technologies on the market
Development of Algae-Based Food Product Earns Prestigious Award
Mingyu Qiao, UConn Assistant Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the College of Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources, will lead a global team using a novel strain of microalgae grown on spent brewer waste to develop a lower cost version of an essential omega-3 fatty acid critical to fetal and infant brain and eye development
Sir Cato T. Laurencin of UConn Featured in America 250 Film on the Future of Biomedical Engineering
National documentary spotlights Laurencin’s contributions to biomedical engineering and regenerative engineering
Research Development – It Takes a Village
New England Public Research Leaders Collaborative takes home NORDP leadership award
The Power of UConn Collaborating for Parkinson’s Disease Patients
UConn Health Parkinson's disease patients like Jose Figueroa are experiencing the power of a UConn-made protein shake being tested by the UConn research team in an FDA clinical study.
UConn Researchers Win Inaugural DOE Genesis Mission Award
Natural Resources and Environment associate professor Wei Ren leads a project seeking to reveal underground movement of water and chemicals
Christmas in July: UConn Engineers Capture Gigapixel 3D Video of Snowflakes
Instead of treating movement over time as a limitation, the system uses those changes to show more detail than a conventional camera could, opening up new possibilities for studying cells, and (even in the summer) snowflakes
New UConn Survey Finds 53% of Connecticut Parents Say Childcare is Too Expensive
Statewide survey conducted by UConn and the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood provides an updated benchmark for tracking childcare access and affordability
Neag School Graduate Students Publish Fourth Issue of Education Research Journal
The editor-reviewed, open-access, annual journal is founded and run by graduate students at the Neag School and has published six articles in its 2026 issue
Celebrating the Stories of the Everyday Revolutionaries of Concord
UConn author celebrates 50 years since the publication book that details the lives of the everyday people of the Revolution