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‘No Brain, No Pain’: UConn Researcher Develops Novel Neural Stimulation Protocol for Treating Chronic Pain

With the goal of relieving chronic pain symptoms, Bin Feng has developed a novel method of using electrical stimulation to block pain signals to the brain.

This satellite image shows the deep green of an algae bloom on Lake Erie on 30 July 2019.

Toxic Algae Blooms Are Getting Worse, but Oversight is Lacking

Currently, algae toxins aren't regulated by the federal Environmental Protection Agency

Conquering a Curse: A Student’s UConn Success Story – that Almost Wasn’t

'Every day I’d wake up and be like, is this one step closer to not being able to finish?'

Tree-lined street in New Haven

UConn Joins State Initiative to Support Urban Forestry Grant Program

The collaboration between state agencies and UConn researchers will promote equity and resilience in Connecticut’s urban forests

The University seal

UConn Releases Annual Safety Reports

The reports detail UConn's response to issues it monitors to ensure the safety of its campus communities

Mansfield Apartments, Building 9 on Jan. 14, 2019.

UConn Reviews Redeveloping Mansfield Apartments to Provide More Modern Housing

The 1940s-era buildings no longer meet the needs of UConn's student population

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UConn Health Researcher Focuses on Enhanced N95 Mask Protection

A UConn Health researcher has won a federal grant to develop respirator masks that could help mitigate the spread of airborne illnesses like COVID-19

The main administration building at Storrs Agricultural School, which later became known as 'Old Main.' Located roughly where Wilbur Cross stands today, Old Main was razed in 1927.

Marking 140 Years of Classes at Storrs

We've come a long way since 1881

A portrait photograph of Cato Laurencin.

Laurencin is Only US Professor Chosen as Royal Academy Fellow

The UConn researcher is one of only 69 people elected this year from across the globe

UConn Stamford Professor, Human Rights Filmmaker Wins Emmy Award

Oscar Guerra says the multidisciplinary partnerships at UConn expand the reach and depth of his work