Research & Discovery

Sam Stine '18 (CLAS) working at the Biodiversity Research Collections facility. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Old Specimens, New Insights

In UConn’s Biodiversity Research Collections, scientists, like detectives, are discovering new information about species today, even from specimens collected decades ago.

Sockeye salmon swimming in a hatchery in Idaho. (Natalie Forbes/Getty Images)

Fishing for New Antibiotics

A UConn chemist discovers a new mode of action for antibiotics, using antibacterial peptides found in fish.

Brian Aguilera '19 (CLAS) and Mallika Ghosh, assistant professor of cell biology, with microscope images of tunneling nanotubes at UConn Health. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

International Student Embraces Research Opportunities at UConn

Colombia native Brian Aguilera '19 (CLAS) was one of a select group taking part in a new research program for undergraduates to work with faculty at UConn Health.

Steven Wisensale, professor of human development and family studies, watches a baseball game in Japan. (Chris Moore for UConn)

Coveted Class: Baseball and Society: Politics, Economics, Race, and Gender

Human development and family studies professor Steven Wisensale has designed a curriculum about baseball that isn’t a softball.

Students from North Carolina State’s Public History program protest Confederate statues, quoting Sinha’s New York Daily News opinion piece.

Our Monuments to Inequality

Why today’s America is much like that of the late 1800s, according to Manisha Sinha, Draper Chair of American History, and author of the prize-winning book, 'The Slave’s Cause.'

Researchers at UConn Health have just released a new version of the Virtual Cell that allows biologists without strong math or computer programming skills to more easily build models and simulate how a cell functions. (Getty Images)

Cell Modeling Tool Makes Complex Calculations User-Friendly

The Virtual Cell, or VCell as it’s known at UConn Health, is a software platform that offers the most comprehensive set of modeling and simulation capabilities for cell biology in the world.

Two UConn graduate students who are passionate about climate change are on a mission to change the world one video at a time.

Using Social Media to Take on Climate Change

Two UConn graduate students are on a mission to change the world one video at a time.

State residents interested in seeing how UConn research dollars benefit local communities can now find that information quickly and easily through a new website.

Website Breaks Down Statewide Benefit of UConn Research Funding

State residents interested in seeing how UConn research dollars benefit local communities can now find that information quickly and easily through a new website.

Kerri Raissian, assistant professor of public policy, at the Hartford campus on Sept. 28, 2017. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Adding $1 to Minimum Wage = Less Child Neglect

A recent study co-authored by a UConn public policy professor found that a dollar increase in the minimum wage can result in a nearly 10 percent decline in child neglect reports.

(Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

‘Green Industries’ Now Drive Connecticut Agriculture

Agriculture contributes 21,000 jobs and $800 million to the state's economy, according to a report released today.