Research & Discovery
Study: Tree Trimming Pays Dividends for Eversource Customers
New England’s largest investor-owned utility’s tree trimming program increases grid reliability
A Growing Public Health Mission Since 1971
50 years later UConn School of Medicine's Department of Public Health Sciences is still growing strong and staying true to its basic science roots. Meet the Department's 7 new faculty members.
Seeing Beneath the Trees: Using Robots and AI to Control Understory Invasive Plants
A PhD candidate and certified forester is developing a next-generation approach to invasive plant removal
Women Are Facing Greater Interruption Challenges with Remote Work Than Their Male Colleagues
'Women have paid an additional price since the onset of the pandemic'
Nurse Researcher Receives NIH Grant to Help Women Manage Breastfeeding Pain
School of Nursing faculty member Ruth Lucas says most women who stop breastfeeding do so within three weeks after giving birth, and 30% stop due to breast and nipple pain
UConn Study: Improved Parenting Reduced Youth Suicide Risk by Combating Negative Self-Views in Bereaved Children
'We call this an upstream suicide prevention – by focusing on parenting and children’s coping upstream, early in their development, then later in their life the suicide risk is reduced'
UConn’s Project Daedalus Focuses on Aerospace Electro-Optics in New $4.7 Million Contract
'This is UConn’s opportunity to define a new field of engineering and technology'
UConn Researcher Finds Inspiration in the Refrigerator
From dessert to 3D bio-printed foam scaffolds placed where human tissue has been removed or damaged
New Microscope Technology Can Detect Tumor Cells in the Blood
UConn Health researchers presented their latest CLINBREAC trial study results showing the power of a new microscope to identify hard to find circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the blood of breast cancer patients. They presented the findings on Dec. 8 at the American Association for Cancer Research SABCS 2021 Symposium in San Antonio, Texas.
Eversource and UConn Extend Energy Center Partnership
The goal is to make Connecticut a national leader in addressing climate change, clean energy, and more