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Thanh Nguyen, associate professor of mechanical engineering and biomedical engineering, and his team of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows

Nguyen’s Injectable Piezoelectric Gel Could Treat Osteoarthritis without Surgery

Backed by a $2.3M grant from the NIH and NIH/NIBIB, Thanh Nguyen will stimulate cartilage regeneration in large animal models

Portrait of Andrea Chapdelaine (left); and Lawrence Ward in commencement regalia (right)

UConn Magazine: Educating the Educators

A conversation with the new presidents of Connecticut College and the University of Hartford — both hold degrees from the University of Connecticut

Portrait of UConn President Radenka Maric in front of a table and a glass wall

President Radenka Maric Named a Fellow of The Electrochemical Society

Maric is a world leader in electrochemistry at surfaces and interfaces

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UConn Symposium Seeks to Integrate Nutrition with Immune Function to Shape New Disease Treatments

“We’re trying to set the stage for integrating these ideas”

The Wilbur Cross cupola sits on a summer day

Abrahamic Hackathon Connects UConn Students with Peers from Middle East and North Africa

A group of UConn students recently forged new academic and social bonds with peers from throughout the Middle East and North Africa as participants in a virtual global “hackathon”

Wilbur cross with a tree in the foreground

In Memoriam: Former Athletics Administrator and Trustee Phil Barry

Barry dedicated over 60 years of service to the University

Elementary school students line up in a cafeteria for lunch.

Cuts to School Lunch and Food Bank Funding Mean Less Fresh Produce for Children and Families

During the 2022-2023 school year, about 28 million children ate lunch at school, with more than 14 million eating breakfast there

An electrical substation

UConn to Host 57th North American Power Symposium

NAPs serves as a launchpad for emerging scholars and a convening ground for frontier research in power systems, electric grid operations, renewable energy integration, and distribution-transmission coordination

a person stands in a lab next to a metal shelf with growing lights attached.

Stocking Up on Snacks: How Phytoplankton Prepare for the Future

'They don't have brains, so how does this past information influence their performance?'

Eggs in a carton with faces drawn on showing different emotions

Eating Your Feelings? A New Study Offers Hope for Emotional Eaters

With a focus on weight gain prevention and appetite awareness, SATISFY study participants reported significantly lower emotional eating