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UConn Magazine: First-Years
Three UConn School of Medicine graduates take us through year one of residency —with its fast-and-furious rotations meant to teach the finer points of chosen specialties and the broad realities of what it means to be a practicing doctor
UConn Health Patient Starts ‘Parkie Pong’ in Her Community
Ping pong shown to benefit motor function; social work, as a component of Parkinson’s disease care, emphasizes importance of socialization and community resources
CCEI Research Team Publishes Report on Early-Stage Entrepreneur Needs
University accelerators, that provide coaching, mentoring, and funding, have long measured success by long-term business stability and revenue generation
UConn Magazine: Basketball Capital of The World
We might as well just change Storrs’ name to this. As Jim Nantz writes here, “People don’t say Duke and UConn in the same sentence often enough, but they need to now.”
‘Hidden Little Monsters:’ Researchers Find the Most Distant, Active Black Holes Yet
'I think of it as a "chicken-or-egg" problem of which comes first, the black hole or the galaxy'
Confronting America’s Gun Violence Epidemic(s)
UConn scholars edit first-ever issue of prestigious academic journal devoted entirely to examining the challenges of gun violence
Connecticut Sea Grant Project to Focus on Possible Contaminants in Coastal Waterways
The UConn researcher-led effort is part of a multistate effort to analyze pollutants in urban coastal areas along the East Coast
UConn Psychology Professor Develops Tool to Measure Religious Coping During Trauma
'With this scale in hand, many research questions can be posed to advance our understanding of theodical struggling and how people engage in struggling'
Using New Tech to Identify the Cause of an Old Phenomenon in Meat Tenderness
Researchers from UConn's Department of Animal Science used machine learning algorithms to explain how an enzyme responsible for meat tenderness is modified on the molecular level
Childhood Dream Becomes Reality for Video Gamer Turned Designer
'My whole life I secretly wanted to make video games but was scared. I didn’t think it was something that I was allowed to do because it seemed too fun'