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Hartford Connecticut skyline, Wickham Park, CT.

When Constructing Conservation Networks, It’s Best to Have a Plan

'You want to try to figure out what kind of habitat types we have and then collect at least one of everything'

The figure’s x-axis compares two subpopulations of microglia cells (the brain’s ‘waste disposal team’.) One group causes inflammation; the other group repairs damage. The figure’s y-axis shows that the T-cell receptor signaling pathway (a known major immune-regulatory mechanism) is significantly more active in the blue cells repairing damaged tissue. On the other hand, the immune system is relatively suppressed in the red cells causing inflammation.

Brain’s Garbage Collectors May be to Blame in Alzheimer’s

Instead of being the primary cause of the disease, perhaps the plaques and tangles of Alzheimer’s are a symptom

The Cato T. Laurencin Institute for Regenerative Engineering Launched at UConn

UConn President Radenka Maric: 'The Cato T. Laurencin Institute for Regenerative Engineering will have extraordinary impact on the world'

Nicholas Martinelli, director of the Entrepreneurship Boot Camp for Veterans.

New UConn EBV Program Manager: ‘We’re Like a Family…Helping Accomplish Each Other’s Missions’

'The appeal for military veterans is to have the chance to promote their interests and passions, and tell the world, Look what I've accomplished'

Ph.D. student and pro cyclist Geno Villafano biking outside

UConn Magazine: Road Eats

When this Ph.D. student isn’t working in a genomics lab, he’s biking — and finding some truly wild things on the side of the road. (And, often, eating them!)

woman at a desk

Master Program in Personalized Nutrition Helps Students Find New Paths

Christine Updegraff is studying personalized nutrition to pursue a new career and aid women with polycystic ovary syndrome

Aerial view of lower Manhattan New York City.

UConn Students to Showcase Work at NYC Open Data Week

The showcase is likely to be the only presentation in which all presenters are students

Social Work Researcher Seeks to Re-engage Black and African American Older Adults Isolated by COVID-19

Working to reconnect people with the activities and social ties that sustained them before the pandemic

Scientist working with cannabis plants in lab

UConn Launches New Cannabis Cultivation Minor

Responding to student interest and market opportunities, the minor supports workforce development in the state

Handsome Male Worker Wearing Hard Hat Holding Digital Tablet Computer Walking Through Retail Warehouse full of Shelves with Goods. Working in Logistics and Distribution Center.

Business Analytics, IT Security, and Supply Chain to Take Prominent Place in Revamped School of Business Program

'These four new concentrations will allow our students a deeper focus on their area of interest and to graduate with a more specific skillset'