Research & Discovery
Public Health Matters: UConn Faculty and Students Champion Equity and Community Voices at CPHA
The UConn Health Disparities Institute and the Department of Public Health Sciences shine at the 2026 Connecticut Public Health Association Annual Meeting.
Phone or Affection: Study Explores Effect of Phubbing on Relationships
UConn researchers analyzed how phone use among cohabitating couples influenced perceptions of affection and relationship satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic
Two CAHNR Faculty Among World’s Most Highly Cited Researchers
This is the sixth year in a row Zhe Zhu has been on this list, while Yangchao Luo has been named six times since 2019
Ambitious Experiment Discovers ‘Flipped’ Genetic Secrets of a Small Fish
A grueling road trip led to an extraordinary experiment at UConn’s Rankin Seawater lab that discovered how inverted chromosomal segments help Atlantic silversides adapt
Studying ‘Creatures Great and Small’ as a Veterinary Pathologist
As a veterinary pathologist, Natalie Tocco has had the opportunity to study creatures great and small herself – from black bears, to beluga whales, to elephants, and invertebrates
UConn Health Hosts 63rd CT High School Science and Humanities Symposium
Top finishers will be recognized at the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering’s annual meeting this spring
Study: Sympathy Works Best on Health Warnings
UConn professor's research pit narrative versus nonnarrative pictorial warning labels against one another and measured their emotive effects
BMT Nurses Shine at 2026 Tandem Meetings
Three nurses of The Blood and Marrow Transplantation team at UConn Health presented the program’s latest research findings in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Better Than Penicillin
Replacing the world's wonder drug with something bacteria can't resist
Unveiling the Hidden Heart of the Milky Way
'Our group will be unraveling this rich dataset for years'