Research & Discovery
UConn Study: Some People Find Facebook More Entertaining Than Others
Communication professor David Atkin found that more people look to Facebook for entertainment than to communicate with others.
January 24, 2013 | Miro Paridis, '13 (CLAS)
UConn Biologist Honored for Seminal Paper on Social Behavior of Frogs
A frequently cited 1977 paper by Kentwood Wells is being honored by the Animal Behaviour Society with an essay on its impact.
January 23, 2013 | Christine Buckley
Researchers Find Possibility of Change in Children Previously Diagnosed with Autism
The UConn-led study holds out hope that for some children, the diagnosis may not be lifelong.
January 17, 2013 | Sheila Foran
Mouse Mutant Opens New Path for Birth Defect Research
With funding from NIH, biologist Andrew Pask is researching a common birth defect found in boys.
January 15, 2013 | Kenneth M. Noll, Molecular & Cell Biology
Can We All Just Get Along? Immunological Memory Learns Tolerance
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has published the work of immunology researchers at the UConn Health Center.
January 14, 2013 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
Power Electronics Expert Ali Bazzi Joins UConn Faculty
Bazzi joins the University's rapidly expanding power and energy research division.
January 14, 2013 | Colin Poitras
Media Portrayal of Haiti Problematic, Says UConn Researcher
On the third anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Haiti, public policy professor Thomas Craemer says negative stereotypes of the island nation in the media are widespread.
January 11, 2013 | Tom Breen
UConn’s High-powered Sequencing Technology Leads to Rare Elephant Genome
Biologist Rachel O'Neill is part of a team that produced the first genetic sequence of Borneo's dwindling pygmy elephant population using high-throughput sequencing technology available on campus.
January 9, 2013 | Christine Buckley
Connecticut’s Manufacturing Report Card
Manufacturing, despite a long decline, remains a vital part of the state's economy and promises to play a key role in its future, according to a new report released today.
December 12, 2012 | David Bauman
Engineer has NSF EAGER Award to Study Nanoparticle Flow in Bloodstream
Anson Ma's research will help determine whether nanoparticles can improve the delivery of cancer-fighting drugs to tumors.
December 10, 2012 | Nan Cooper, School of Engineering