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Good-Luck Charms and Game-Day Rituals
What some UConn student-athletes do to get their heads in the game.
Medical Practitioners Face Up to Pain
An interdisciplinary UConn team has designed a teaching module to help medical professionals learn how to treat their patients' pain more effectively.
Understanding Pain, from Cells to Systems
A new center at UConn is devoted to finding answers to chronic pain.
After Scalia: Battle for the Supreme Court
The tension surrounding the Supreme Court nomination underscores the high stakes at play. Political scientist David Yalof discusses the process.
Going, Going, Gone: Toxic Change
A UConn researcher is studying how global warming has changed the diet of Arctic marine mammals, and the impact of pollution at the top of the food chain.
Building a Better Mousetrap, From the Atoms Up
The Ramprasad Lab is employing machine learning to design new materials without having to pre-test each one.
Music and the Mind
UConn researchers are using fMRI technology to explore the hypothesis that music speaks to the brain in a language all its own.
A Charter School Warning
A UConn education and law professor warns of similarities between charter school growth and the subprime mortgage crisis.
Pharmacists Working to Combat Opioid Overdose
The UConn School of Pharmacy is helping train pharmacists to prescribe naloxone, an opioid overdose antidote.
How the Human Brain Reads – In Any Language
UConn researchers find that what happens inside the human brain when reading is the same, no matter what the language or script.