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Graduate student Skylar Wright (left) with Sivapriya Kailasan Vanaja, Ph.D., in her immunology research lab.

Science in Seconds: Our Immunity vs E. coli

A UConn Health immunology researcher is focusing on the interaction between our immune system and E. coli to better understand it and develop new treatments against this potentially deadly disease.

June 14, 2022 | Carolyn Pennington - Schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine

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UConn’s Gilman Scholars Samantha Valle ’24 (CLAS), Marissa White ’25 (CAHNR), Geraldine Uribe ’23 (CLAS), Guerlina Philogne ’24 (CLAS) (BUS), Rose Pacik-Nelson ’23 (CLAS), and Grace Coburn ’23 (CLAS) posing in the lobby at UConn Hartford.

UConn Produces An All-Time High 17 Gilman Scholars

Each Gilman Scholar is required to complete a service project upon their return from studying abroad in their campus or home community

June 14, 2022 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications

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Male scientist in lab

A Fresh Take on Fat: Nanoparticle Technology Provides Healthy Trans, Saturated Fat Alternative

An innovative emulsification process could help scientists develop a healthier shelf-stable fat for food manufacturing

June 13, 2022 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources

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Aerial image of combine harvesting soybeans at sunset in a field in the Midwest United States.

A Perfect Storm for US Agriculture

Short-term solutions to the current crunch are conspicuous by their absence

June 13, 2022 | Elaina Hancock - UConn Communications

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Professor Anna Tarakanova sitting in the Student Union

Understanding Elastins to Develop Therapies for Aging-Related Conditions

CAREER Award-winning engineering professor Anna Tarakanova seeks to understand how therapies targeting elastins - the proteins that tissue and organs need to stretch - can improve the lives of aging adults

June 10, 2022 | Loretta Waldman, Special to the OVPR

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An overhead view of a school cafeteria table, where students are eating lunch.

Changes are Coming to School Meals Nationwide

The federal government is scheduled to end changes adopted in the early months of the pandemic that expanded access to school meals for children

June 10, 2022 | Marlene B. Schwartz, Director, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health and Professor, Human Development and Family Sciences

Michelle Hernandez holding the mounted spicebush specimen

Herbarium Milestone: Preserving our Past, Present, and Future

'This is a record of the natural history of the state'

June 9, 2022 | Elaina Hancock - UConn Communications

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CT Sea Grant Supports Shellfish Industry Through Pandemic and Beyond

Helping shellfish farmers' businesses keep running during 'crisis mode' and emerge better off

June 9, 2022 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research

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Depressed young student with face mask sitting on floor back at college or university.

School Mental Health Resources Are Critical to Ensuring Safe School Environments

Even before the pandemic schools were struggling to provide enough mental health support to students, and the problem has only gotten worse

June 9, 2022 | Amy Briesch, Associate Professor of School Psychology, Northeastern University and Sandra M. Chafouleas, Professor of Educational Psychology at UConn

Breaking Barriers – the First Patient in the World Receives Moderna mRNA Trial Infusion for Glycogen Storage Disease at UConn Health

Loveah Hernandez, a brave 20-year-old from Texas, is contributing to science as the first person in the world to receive the Moderna mRNA infusion as part of the Ba1ance Trial for GSD-Ia at UConn Health.

June 8, 2022 | Jennifer Walker - UConn Health

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