Research & Discovery

Varun Chamarty ’26 (ENG) poses for a photo in a lab in the Academic Building of the UConn Health campus

Of Mice and Machine Learning

Varun Chamarty ’26 (ENG) hopes that machine learning will help researchers make discoveries that they might otherwise not be able to see, using new tools to build on a growing body of neuroscientific research

John Inguagiato, associate professor of turfgrass pathology in the Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, speaks with attendees of the 2024 Turfgrass Field Day. (Jason Sheldon/UConn Photo)

Helping Businesses Grow: Turfgrass Field Day Connects Research and Industry

The flagship event helps foster collaboration and connection between UConn research and members of the business community

Rising sophomore and Health Research Program participant Alveena Ehsan shares her research during the poster session.

Showcasing Summer Research

Summer Research Day celebrates accomplishments of student researchers in the TIP Innovation Fellowship and Health Research programs

Elderly couple walking side-by-side in a park

Live Longer, Die Healthier

UConn researchers have demonstrated a treatment that could lengthen life—and vigor—up to the very end

Two cows on a grassy meadow

Historic Genome Sequencing Will Unlock Potential for Agriculture, Conservation

Rachel O’Neill, director of UConn’s Institute for Systems Genomics, and her lab are contributing to a groundbreaking new ruminant genome sequencing effort

Dr. Ketan Bulsara speaking in academic rotunda

Prestigious Scientific Honor Society Inducts UConn Health’s Neurosurgery Chief

Dr. Ketan Bulsara joins Sigma Xi, the world’s largest multidisciplinary honor society for scientists and engineers

Adobe Stock word cloud about MS

When Multiple Sclerosis is Personal

Neuroscientist Stephen J. Crocker, Ph.D. of UConn School of Medicine and colleagues are on a hunt for a new treatment for MS

Microscopic view of fruit flies with the title of the video "The Genetic lives of Fruit Flies"

Winged Wonders

Why the tiny fruit fly is mighty in scientific value

Alana Wolfson working in the lab

Mitochondria and Maternal Health in Sheep

Alana Wolfson is spending her summer in the lab studying the impact of under- and over-nutrition on ewes and their offspring

UConn grad Ryan Gresh '09 (ENG) and his father, Gene, have found an investment partner in former UConn basketball star Cam Spencer.

As Seen on TV: Alum’s Business is Thriving

After being featured on Good Morning America, demand for UConn alum Ryan Gresh's Feel Good Lab products has skyrocketed