Research & Discovery
Transportation Safety Research Center Established at UConn
A new transportation safety research center at UConn aims to improve roadway safety through research, technology, and community outreach.
How Robots Can Help Children with Autism Learn and Communicate
A UConn-affiliated researcher is preparing to take his work on robots and autism out of the lab and into the marketplace.
Science Students Win National Goldwater Scholarship, Honorable Mention
Ragini Phansalkar '14 (CLAS & ENG) has won a national Goldwater Scholarship, and Nicholas Gallo '14 (CLAS) earned an honorable mention for the prize.
Expanding Cancer Research at UConn
New faculty member Meg Gerrard, who previously worked at Dartmouth's comprehensive cancer center, hopes to build new cancer research programs at UConn.
DNA Sequencing: Changing the Landscape of Science and Biology
Health Center researchers are at the forefront of new discoveries about the smallest molecules that have a major impact on human health.
UConn Research Suggests Complex Genetic Heritage in Three Cicada Species
The research, published in the journal PNAS, is based on DNA analysis of 30 years of frozen samples in UConn's collections.
Opening New Areas of Scholarship in Study of Logician Gottlob Frege
Philosophy professor Marcus Rossberg is co-editor of a new translation of Frege's Basic Laws of Arithmetic, to be published this summer by Oxford University Press.
UConn Student Wins National Goldwater Scholarship
Molecular and cell biology major Anna Green, of Storrs, Conn., won the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship during her junior year at UConn.
Study of Seven Psalms Earns Professor Literary Acclaim
Clare Costley King'oo's scholarly work on a group of biblical prayers earned the 2012 Book of the Year award from the Conference on Christianity and Literature.
UConn Professor’s Patented Technique Key to New Solar Power Technology
A novel fabrication technique developed by engineering professor Brian Willis could lead to a breakthrough that will vastly improve solar energy systems.