Research & Discovery

From left to right: graduate students Brenda Milla, Maggie Khuu, and Jaseph Soto Perez, with Professor Dan Mulkey (Photo courtesy of Andre Jang).

Funding Graduate Students with Good Ideas Pays Off

Prestigious research grants help students devote themselves to exploring their theories

Concept with text Parkinsons Disease appearing behind torn brown paper with human brain drawing.

Researchers Show How Protein Clogs in Cellular Entrances Cause Parkinson’s Disease

'Traffic jams' that can lead to certain brain cell death

Robert T. Fahey outside the Young Building

Robert Fahey Appointed to Inaugural George F. Cloutier Professorship

Fahey will lead efforts to advance the stewardship of the UConn Forest and other forests around the state

Neag School Researcher Receives NSF, Google Grants to Improve Science Education

Todd Campbell has received grants from the NSF and Google to make next-generation science education more justice-oriented and accessible

An older woman shields her face with her hands, shrouded in darkness, symbolizing depression. Research shows that ECT given to older adults as psychiatric inpatients is effective at preventing them from dying by suicide in the first months after release from the hospital.

Not (Just) a Shock: ECT Reduces Suicides in Depressed Elders

Electroconvulsive therapy has been shown to effectively treat life-threatening major depression

Man and woman smiling in a lab

Nutritional Scientists Offer Comprehensive Review of Antioxidants and Common Arterial Condition

This work consolidates the major scientific findings on anthocyanins and atherosclerosis into a comprehensive reference for future studies

Student using treadmills at the Rec Center on September 21, 2020.

Face Masks Do Not Increase Body Temperature During Exercise in the Heat, According to New UConn Study

This study is the first to show that masks cause no additional stress heat-related stress during exercise

UConn Researcher Develops Novel Storm Damage Prediction Model

Wei Zhang used GIS and statistical data to construct a novel model of tsunami damage in Fairfield, CT. The model can easily transfer to other storm types and communities.

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NRE Professor Richard Anyah Appointed Scientific Advisory Panelist for World Meteorological Organization

As a member of the Scientific Advisory Panel, Anyah will provide forward-looking advice for addressing emerging challenges of earth’s changing meteorological activity

Graduate student Shipra Malik and Raman Bahal in the lab.

UConn Graduate Student Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences – Summer 2021

Take a look at the diverse graduate student research happening inside the School of Pharmacy's Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.