Research & Discovery
UConn Funds Five COVID-19 Research Projects, Announces Additional Funding
The Office of the Vice President has announced five awards to researchers as part of its new internal funding program to address the urgent needs presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.
UConn Team Earns Grant to Further Research Crumbling Foundation Problem
Solutions for Connecticut's ongoing crumbling foundation crisis will continue to be explored by UConn, thanks to federal funding secured by Connecticut’s Congressional delegation.
UConn Health Researcher Receives Patent for Cancer-fighting Antibody
UConn Health professor of cell biology Kevin Claffey recently received a patent for a novel antibody designed to target an important cancer cell membrane protein.
Meet Werth Innovator Lauren Boulay ’21 (ENG)
Meet UConn electrical engineering major Lauren Boulay ’21, part of the next generation of makers and a member of the inaugural cohort of Werth Innovators.
Connecticut Transportation Safety Research Center Receives 5-year Extension to Improve and Expand Safety Analysis Tool
UConn's Connecticut Transportation Safety Research Center has won a grant to continue developing its nationally-lauded highway safety data analysis tool.
Connecticut Transportation Safety Research Center Receives 5-year Extension to Improve and Expand Safety Analysis Tool
The Connecticut Transportation Safety Research Center has received a five-year extension from the Connecticut Department of Transportation for their project to develop a customized highway safety analysis tool for improving the safety of Connecticut’s roads. Since 2015, the Center, located at the University of Connecticut’s Connecticut Transportation Institute, has been developing a data-driven process to […]
Hearing Speech Requires Quiet – In More Ways Than One
The painstaking work of two UConn Health researchers led to surprising insights about how the brain processes sounds.
UConn Researchers Working Toward Equitable At-Home Reading Disability Intervention
UConn researchers are working on solutions for school-age children with reading disabilities, who often don't have access to the resources most effective in addressing those problems.
Reducing Racism in Schools: The Promise of Anti-Racist Policies
In 2020, the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and others led to a resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement across the nation and around the globe. The revitalization of this movement has come with increased public demand for policy change, and specific calls for anti-racist policies in schools. As a result, many educational leaders are grappling with what this means for their respective contexts, and the extent to which their school or district’s current policies measure up to public demand.
Without Oxygen, Earth’s Early Microbes Relied on Arsenic to Sustain Life
A UConn researcher has found evidence indicating that arsenic once played a role similar to oxygen for organisms early in the history of life on Earth.