Out of the Blue

Athletic Trainers learning about player safety

From Sideline to Lifeline: Advancing Emergency Skills in Athletic Training Education

UConn’s Institute for Sports Medicine (ISM) recently hosted a workshop for athletic trainers from across Connecticut to address updated guidance on Emergency Action Plans

White pharmaceutical pills spilling from prescription bottle over American map. (Stuart Richie/iStock/Getty Images)

Study Highlights Higher Rates, Risk Factors for Non-Fatal Overdoses

A new opioid overdose study has identified several key risk factors associated with non-fatal overdoses drawing from a sample of people who use opioids in New Haven

Explorer AUV (autonomous underwater vehicle) at Australian Maritime College

UConn AUKUS Scholars Explore Undersea Vehicle Technology, International Collaborations in Australia

Five College of Engineering students studied systems thinking and interdisciplinary teamwork essential in modern undersea vehicle development

Cows grazing in their pastures

Finding New Strategies for Treating a Catastrophic Disease

Foot and Mouth Disease was eradicated in the US in 1929, and researchers are working to make sure it stays that way

A crowd of UConn fans illustrated by Michael Byers

UConn Magazine: All Together Now

That connection you feel with fellow fans at the game? It’s even more powerful than you think

A man dressed in linen tunic with a bright colored necklace holds a white dove.

MFA Acting Alum Makes Name for Himself as Cast Member on ‘The Chosen: Last Supper’

'Everything moved into place. It felt like prayers being answered'

A younger person in hospital scrubs gently holds the hand of an older person

Demystifying the Link Between Major Depression and Alzheimer’s Disease

UConn investigators uncover new risk factors linking depression and dementia

Team that provided the first infusion.

World-First Gene Editing Trial for Rare Genetic Disease at UConn Health

UConn Health and Connecticut Children’s have made history by dosing the first patient in a clinical trial using gene editing to treat glycogen storage disease type 1a (GSD1a)

Construction worker on a site in the heat

Cooling Garments Can Protect Laborers in a Hotter World

A new paper from researchers in the Korey Stringer Institute (KSI) demonstrates that commercially available body-cooling garments provide significant protection against extreme heat

Utility crews working on restoring power and fixing damaged lines

UConn Researchers Are at the Forefront of Using AI for Weather Forecasting

We want to be able to better predict storms over Connecticut and the Northeast US, which is why we started this exploration with ML/AI