Research & Discovery

Grad student Kai Clarke presenting her poster to judge.

Women’s Health Research Advancing at UConn

40 research abstracts presented at 3rd annual women’s health-focused research symposium of The Group on Women in Medicine and Science of the UConn School of Medicine.

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Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Recognizes UConn Fellow

Dr. Kristen Moriarty accepts young investigator award for her preeclampsia research

Three people - one in overalls and a blue shirt, another in an orange shirt, and the third in a purple dress, pose arm-in-arm for a photograph.

‘None of us can escape aging’: Doctoral Project Looks at Getting Older in Northeastern CT

Asmita Aasaavari immersed herself in ethnographic research and slowly built relationships for her dissertation, which this year received support from a fellowship through the UConn Humanities Institute

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UConn Helps Sea Scallop Communities Adapt to Ocean Warming

UConn Marine Sciences Associate Professor Samantha Siedlecki co-leads a data-driven project to predict the growth of scallops across vast geographic regions and more than a century of time

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Making CASE: Nine UConn Faculty Inducted into Prestigious Group

UConn scientists, engineers, doctors, and leaders account for 25% of new members to the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering

Department of Public Health Sciences of the UConn School of Medicine at the 2026 CPHA Annual Conference (UConn Photo/Tharun Palla).

Public Health Matters: UConn Faculty and Students Champion Equity and Community Voices at CPHA

The UConn Health Disparities Institute and the Department of Public Health Sciences shine at the 2026 Connecticut Public Health Association Annual Meeting.

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Phone or Affection: Study Explores Effect of Phubbing on Relationships

UConn researchers analyzed how phone use among cohabitating couples influenced perceptions of affection and relationship satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Two CAHNR Faculty Among World’s Most Highly Cited Researchers

This is the sixth year in a row Zhe Zhu has been on this list, while Yangchao Luo has been named six times since 2019

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Ambitious Experiment Discovers ‘Flipped’ Genetic Secrets of a Small Fish

A grueling road trip led to an extraordinary experiment at UConn’s Rankin Seawater lab that discovered how inverted chromosomal segments help Atlantic silversides adapt

Natalie Tocco looking through a microscope

Studying ‘Creatures Great and Small’ as a Veterinary Pathologist

As a veterinary pathologist, Natalie Tocco has had the opportunity to study creatures great and small herself – from black bears, to beluga whales, to elephants, and invertebrates