Research & Discovery

Dr. Ketan Bulsara speaking in academic rotunda

Prestigious Scientific Honor Society Inducts UConn Health’s Neurosurgery Chief

Dr. Ketan Bulsara joins Sigma Xi, the world’s largest multidisciplinary honor society for scientists and engineers

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When Multiple Sclerosis is Personal

Neuroscientist Stephen J. Crocker, Ph.D. of UConn School of Medicine and colleagues are on a hunt for a new treatment for MS

Microscopic view of fruit flies with the title of the video "The Genetic lives of Fruit Flies"

Winged Wonders

Why the tiny fruit fly is mighty in scientific value

Alana Wolfson working in the lab

Mitochondria and Maternal Health in Sheep

Alana Wolfson is spending her summer in the lab studying the impact of under- and over-nutrition on ewes and their offspring

UConn grad Ryan Gresh '09 (ENG) and his father, Gene, have found an investment partner in former UConn basketball star Cam Spencer.

As Seen on TV: Alum’s Business is Thriving

After being featured on Good Morning America, demand for UConn alum Ryan Gresh's Feel Good Lab products has skyrocketed

Waves crashing against a sea wall and houses

CIRCA: Serving Connecticut’s Coastal Communities and Beyond

As seas and temperatures rise, the Connecticut Institute for Resilience & Climate Adaptation uses research and community engagement to protect communities across the state

Usama Sheikh in a laboratory.

Technology Entrepreneurship: Waste Not, Want Not

Innovative brothers create wastewater reprocessing system to help address their native country’s environmental crisis, conserving water and repurposing it for various applications

A plate of sugar kelp prepared for a meal.

Seaweed: The Superfood Frontier – Weighing the Many Benefits and Potential Risks

This overlooked food source has many benefits that can be fully realized with the help of safety regulations to reduce potential hazards

Reichgelt spotted this rock polygpody fern in Gay City State Park in Connecticut where a deciduous hardwood forest has overgrown the old waterworks. He says as evident from the graffiti, there's still quite a bit of human disturbance there, but the rock polypody seems to be ok with that, as long as it has the cover of the forest canopy.

City Fern, Country Fern: Citizen Science is Helping to Study Why Some Plants Love the City Life

If you want to create a diverse urban ecosystem, you want to include a diverse array of species because an ecosystem builds from the ground up

CT Governor Ned Lamont sits in front of US and Connecticut flags, being filmed for the documentary.

Upcoming Documentary to Showcase Connecticut’s Past, Present, and Future of Innovation

‘Innovation in Connecticut’ is a production of UConn’s Werth Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation