Research & Discovery
Poker Has a ‘Tell’ About Strategic Thinkers
A new study on high-stakes poker reveals how people process information in competitive settings.
June 15, 2018 | Kristen Cole, University of Connecticut, and Karen Michele Nikos-Rose, University of California, Davis
How Dropping Out of High School Helped Grad Student Learn About Teaching
Julie Bartucca from the UConn 360 podcast discusses with Ph.D. candidate Kristi Kaeppel how her background informs her research today.
June 15, 2018 | Julie (Stagis) Bartucca '10 (BUS, CLAS), '19 MBA
Scientists Discover Roles and Teamwork of CRISPR-Cas Proteins
Research out of UConn Health and the University of Georgia explains the way these proteins work together to save the cell and achieve immunity.
June 13, 2018 | Jessica McBride, University of Connecticut, and Jessica Luton, University of Georgia
UConn Hosts Inaugural Brain Research Symposium
During the day-long event, nearly 30 scientists and clinicians “pitched” their current brain-related research projects to find potential collaborators.
June 12, 2018 | Jessica McBride, PhD
Syphilis Discovery Raises Possibility of Vaccine
UConn Health researchers have identified proteins on the outside of the bacteria, opening up the possibility of the world's first vaccine.
June 12, 2018 | Kim Krieger
Why You Should Never Flush a Tick
Taking it to be tested at UConn instead could reap some pretty significant rewards.
June 11, 2018 | Elaina Hancock
Food Decisions Can Reduce Greenhouse Emissions, Study Says
A new UConn study finds that if Americans direct their food purchases away from meats and other animal proteins, they can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
June 7, 2018 | Daniel P. Jones, UConn Rudd Center
Eight UConn Faculty Win NSF CAREER Awards
Eight early-career researchers in math, science, and engineering received the selective grant this spring.
June 7, 2018 | Eli Freund, School of Engineering, and Christine Buckley, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Core Research Facility Spotlight: BioSupply
For some researchers, UConn's BioSupply facility is as critical for their scientific projects as the UConn Bookstore is to undergraduates.
June 7, 2018 | Carson Stifel ‘21 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
Recovering from Trauma Together
UConn Health psychologist, Carolyn Greene, has received NIH funding to study how parents and children develop and recover from PTSD.
June 6, 2018 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research