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UConn Waterbury, where the Promise Scholars partnership was announced Jan. 5.

Angela Brightly Appointed Interim Director of UConn Waterbury

Brightly started her career at UConn in 1987 and has served as associate campus director for Waterbury since 1999

Meet the Researcher: Linda Pescatello, CAHNR

Pescatello’s career as a kinesiology researcher grew out of an enduring desire to learn coupled with her lifelong passion for physical activity and biology

Heart Health Remains Paramount Concern for Women, Even During Pandemic

Delaying health care over fears of the COVID-19 virus can have potentially deadly consequences

Incoming Interim UConn President Radenka Maric presents Dr. Cato Laurencin with a certificate from the US Senate congratulating him on receiving the Spingarn Medal.

UConn Celebrates Dr. Cato T. Laurencin for Historic NAACP Top Honor

Previous Spingarn Medal recipients have included Martin Luther King, Maya Angelou, Jackie Robinson, and others

Bryan Pollard ’85 (CLAS) and Alice (Melville) Pollard ’83 (CLAS), two alumni who are helping new generations of Huskies take full advantage of the opportunities at UConn

It Started in the Wilbur Cross Library: Couple Who Met at UConn Love to Give Back

'Sometimes it's not just the financial concern that students have, it's understanding what opportunities they can have'

UConn Researcher’s Home COVID-19 Test Comparable to PCR Accuracy, Selectivity

A lab-on-paper platform that uses genetic markers to detect the virus even as it mutates

Young doctor giving helping hands for elderly woman.

Conflicts Between Nursing Home Residents are Often Chalked Up to Dementia – the Real Problem is Inadequate Care and Neglect

Even though these incidents are common, they are untracked, understudied, and unaddressed

Dr. Bruce T. Liang Named Interim CEO of UConn Health

'I hope to fulfill the great potential and promise of UConn Health,' says Liang, who begins his role Feb. 1

Cows

Lab to Table? Induced Pluripotent Bovine Stem Cells Overcome Decades-Long Challenges for Cultivated Meat

Technology from animal scientists is paving the way for future advances in sustainable food production

This shows the complex interactions revealed between meat, gut bacteria and multiple sclerosis. In (a), solid black arrows show relationships that are positively correlated: for example, increased consumption of meat correlates with increased SAM in the bloodstream. Dotted arrows show negatively correlated relationships: for example, increased SAM in the blood correlates with fewer Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron bacteria in the gut. In (b), the colored circles show the number of blood metabolites associated with each factor or combination of factors.

Meat, Multiple Sclerosis, and the Microbiome

Studying the connections between meat, gut bacteria, and autoimmune attacks on the nervous system