Research & Discovery

Seven UConn faculty members won Fulbright Scholarships to lecture and research abroad in 2016-17.

UConn Named a Top Producer of Fulbright Scholars

The University of Connecticut is among the top 10 producers of Fulbright Scholars from research institutions this year. The University has seven Fulbright Scholars on its faculty who will be teaching and performing research around the world in the 2016-17 academic year, according to the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The […]

Buddleia ‘Summer Skies’

New UConn Butterfly Bushes Land on the Market

Royalties from plant cultivars help to fund continued research by students.

A couple walking. (Sam Edwards, Caiaimage via Getty Images)

Lifting Spirits Doesn’t Require Many Reps

You will get the best "bang for your buck" with light- or moderate-intensity physical activity, according to a new UConn study.

UConn Health's study will be Journal of Neuroscience Research cover story.

A Better View of How Tumors Form in the Eye

UConn Health neuroscientists believe they are closing in on an explanation for the reason our corneas, the transparent layer that forms the front of our eyes, have a natural ability to prevent the formation of tumors.

NIH postdoctoral fellow Virginia Hawkins looks though a microscope at the Pharmacy/Biology Building. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

The Veins in Your Brain Don’t All Act the Same

UConn researchers, including undergraduate students, have discovered that the blood vessels in one part of the brain act differently than elsewhere in the body, in order to keep us breathing.

Project Designed to Help Debtors Fight Back in Court

A UConn Law professor is launching a project that aims to help low- and moderate-income individuals deal successfully with the legal consequences of debt.

A new study from the UConn Rudd Center finds that adolescents who are teased about their weight are more likely to have weight-related health consequences as adults. (Shutterstock Photo)

Weight-Based Teasing Has Long-Term Impact

Adolescents who are teased about their weight are more likely to have weight-related health consequences as adults, according to a new study.

Will Ouimet, assistant professor of geography, and Katharine Johnson, a PhD. student, look over old maps of New England. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Seven Faculty Receive NSF CAREER Awards for Research, Education

Seven faculty members have received highly competitive early career awards from the National Science Foundation to support their research. Two more were recognized by the Office of Naval Research.

Migrants queue to board buses and leave the notorious 'Jungle' camp in Calais, France, before authorities demolished the site in fall 2016 in Calais, France. Some 7,000 people were estimated to be living in the camp in squalid conditions. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Social Conditions Play Major Role in Migrant Health

Health is about more than just individual behavior and clinical care, it’s about politics and power, say UConn medical anthropologists.

Female dermatologist examining female patient's skin with dermascope, carefully looking for signs of skin cancer. (Getty Images)

Melanoma’s Signature

On Melanoma Monday, UConn Health dermatologist Sam Dadras discusses his research, which found a molecular signal that could distinguish which skin cancers need more aggressive treatment.