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Turmeric Component May Help Improve Cholesterol, Lessen Statin Side Effects

Researcher Oh Sung Kwon is investigating if a central component in turmeric could improve cholesterol and reduce common side effects for cholesterol medicine

Nicole Wagner, CEO of UConn TIP company LambdaVision, works in the lab at the Cell and Genome Sciences Building in Farmington. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn TIP Receives Premiere InBIA Randall Whaley Award and Prize

UConn TIP has received a prestigious recognition from the International Business Innovation Association.

Bobbie Ann Mason sitting at her dining room table

UConn Magazine: Bobbie Ann Mason — Then and Now

Writing her latest novel “Dear Ann,” Mason says she thought often about UConn, about the beauty of campus in the fall and about meeting her husband near Diana’s Pool.

Michael Copenhaver is working on two grants to improve outcomes for people who use drugs and are at a greater risk for HIV.

UConn Researcher Decreasing HIV Risk for People Who Use Drugs

Michael Copenhaver is working on two grants to improve outcomes for people who use drugs and are at a greater risk for HIV

A child in a fast food restaurant. Voluntary policies at fast food restaurants have not increased the likelihood that parents will purchase healthier meals for children, according to new research.

Study: Fast Food Restaurants’ Voluntary Healthy Meal Options for Children Unlikely to Result in More Nutritious Food Purchases for Kids

The research assessed purchases of healthier kids’ meals before and after policies were introduced at McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, and Subway

Nurse Lina Godfrey, wearing personal protective equipment, holding a newborn

6 Nightingales Reflect Commitment of Entire UConn Health Nursing Staff

Paying tribute to nurses who served during a year of unprecedented challenge

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Undergraduate Sociology Students Create Academic Journal

The Mirror is an academic journal written and edited by UConn undergraduates

The arrows show where oligodendrocyte precursor cells (blue – all OPCs, pink- dividing OPCs) and their growth factor receptors are in contact with microglia (green) and their signaling proteins (red).

Repairing Nerves Requires Prods of Protein

It turns out the 'bad guys' of the brain aren't so bad after all

Changing the Future Face of Health Care – and the Lives of Young People

For two decades, the Health Career Opportunity Program has been inspiring people of all backgrounds to pursue the study of health care

Cannabis shoots in culture. UConn researchers are pioneering micropropagation techniques for cannabis.

One Step Closer to Efficient Cannabis Production

Bringing a technique that has been a boon to other plants to the budding cannabis industry