Research & Discovery
UConn Startup Meets Major Milestone for MS Treatment
ImStem Biotechnology, a biopharmaceutical company located in UConn’s Technology Incubation Program (TIP), recently announced the U.S. FDA has removed the clinical hold on ImStem’s Investigational New Drug (IND) to evaluate their cell product candidate for the treatment of multiple sclerosis.
March 20, 2020 | Jessica McBride, PhD
Meet the Researcher: Clewiston Challenger, Educational Psychology
Educational psychologist Clewiston Challenger talks about his journey from the gridiron to innovative research about students of color in higher education.
March 19, 2020 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
Radiation Damage Spreads Among Close Neighbors
An experiment has given researchers insight into how radiation may damage living tissue.
March 17, 2020 | Kim Krieger
UConn Researcher Receives NEH Fellowship for Book on Origins of Language
UConn philosopher Dorit Bar-On recently received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities to work on a book about the origins of language.
March 16, 2020 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
Collaboration Underway For a COVID-19 Vaccine
A UConn researcher is collaborating with colleagues in an effort to develop a COVID-19 vaccine.
March 16, 2020 | Elaina Hancock
Marketing Makes Dubious Claims About Infant Formula and Toddler Milks
Common marketing claims persuade caregivers that infant formula and toddler milks provide unsupported health benefits for young children, according to UConn's Rudd Center.
March 11, 2020 | Kristin Messina, UConn Rudd Center
Meet the Researcher: Valeria Sarmiento ’20, Molecular & Cell Biology
Valeria Sarmiento forged her own path at UConn to unite her twin passions for science and helping others.
March 11, 2020 | Samantha Korittke '21 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
Gingermania! UConn Now Home to Major Collection of Ginger Relatives
Gingermania is running at wild at UConn, thanks to an enormous donation of plant species by a Smithsonian scientist.
March 10, 2020 | Combined Reports
Important Lessons from Social, Yet Sick, Bats
The treatment of sick bats by their healthy counterparts may mirror how human beings behave under similar circumstances.
March 10, 2020 | Combined Reports
José Manautou to serve as the School of Pharmacy Department Head of Pharmaceutical Sciences
José Manautou, Ph.D. will serve as the School of Pharmacy Department Head of Pharmaceutical Sciences effective immediately. Dr. Manautou’s first term as head of the department is for a period of five years. “José has served in the role as interim department head here in the School of Pharmacy for the past three years and […]
March 6, 2020 | Karin Whiting Burgess