Research & Discovery

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RNA Tech Could Make Fast Test for Alzheimer’s Disease

With Alzheimer's beginning well before symptoms appear, early detection would be a crucial benefit for patients and doctors

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UConn SSW Well-Represented at 2025 CSWE Conference

The conference, titled "It’s Time to Act: Championing Disability Justice and Disability Joy in Social Work," championed the need for social work conversations around disability joy, justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion

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AI Across the Atlantic

UConn Humanities Institute hosts international AI symposium

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Beavers Impact Ecosystems Above and Below Ground

'We need to understand the trade-offs and benefits'

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How’s Your Hydration? A New Tool from UConn Researchers Helps Athletes Find Out

Synthesizing data from 16 human field studies, a new tool from UConn's Korey Stringer Institute aims to help athletes and the general public stay hydrated and healthy

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UConn Medical Students Compete in Research Challenge of American Medical Association

Eight UConn School of Medicine students qualified for and competed in the exciting, national 2025 AMA Research Challenge to share their innovative research findings in virtual poster presentations Oct. 22-23.

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Message on a Bottle: Study Considers How Labels Can Convey Alcohol’s Cancer Risk

'Public health practitioners often chase the single best message to use. But that single best message usually doesn’t exist'

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Meet the Undergraduate: Stanley Lu ‘26 (BUS)

Supporting first-generation students at UConn’s Center for Career Readiness and Life Skills

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Dr. Cato T. Laurencin of UConn Honored by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI)

Professor Sir Cato T. Laurencin has long been an influential force and a driver of innovation in the inventor’s world.

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A New AI-Based Method to Help Prevent Biological Invasions

A strategy to take advantage of new datasets and machine learning tools