Research & Discovery
Porcine Hydrogels Hold Potential Key for Regenerative Engineering
Dr. Cato T. Laurencin leads team researching a gap in regenerative engineering that could be solved with material collected from pig skeletal muscle
August 13, 2024 | Matt Engelhardt
Understanding what Makes Ticks Tick Through Their Spit
Andrei Abarientos ‘26 (CAHNR) is interning this summer at Rocky Mountain Laboratories, a National Institutes of Health laboratory, to learn about a unique aspect of this harmful insect
August 12, 2024 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
CAHNR Alum Tyler Gavitt Uses Science to Design Vaccines and Foster Open Public Health Discussion
From transformational research experiences, to basketball championships and chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream, three-time UConn alum Tyler Gavitt shares his UConn journey and where it's taken him
August 9, 2024 | Jessica McBride, PhD
New Grant Focuses on Improving Meat Quality
CAHNR researchers will investigate if Vitamin E as a dietary supplement can improve the meat from cattle with hypertension
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
August 7, 2024 | Jaclyn Severance
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
August 7, 2024 | Jessica McBride, PhD
Showcasing Summer Research
Summer Research Day celebrates accomplishments of student researchers in the TIP Innovation Fellowship and Health Research programs
August 6, 2024 | Courtney Chandler
Live Longer, Die Healthier
UConn researchers have demonstrated a treatment that could lengthen life—and vigor—up to the very end
August 5, 2024 | Kim Krieger
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
August 5, 2024 | Combined Reports
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
August 2, 2024 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)