Research & Discovery
UConn Researcher Evaluating an Intervention to Keep Young Adults Engaged in Substance Use Treatment
UConn researcher Kristyn Zajac is studying the feasibility of an innovative intervention that uses peers supports to help keep young adults engaged in substance use treatment.
UConn-Cuba Program Advances Health Promotion Research
The international research team looked at social determinants in the onset of cancer, obesity, HIV, and addiction
UConn Researchers Develop Cheap, Accurate Device to Diagnose COVID-19
How red blood cells and laser light offer the opportunity to make a rapid diagnosis
Building a Better Plant: UConn Researcher Develops Improved Technology for Grafting
UConn researcher Yi Li has invented a novel grafting technique that improves several factors important for healthy plant growth
Novel Immune Checkpoints Have Applications for Cancer, Autoimmune Disease Treatment
UConn researcher Laijun Lai has developed recombinant proteins and antibodies to combat autoimmune diseases and immunosuppression in cancer patients
Meet the Researcher: Natalie Munro, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Natalie Munro uses what our human ancestors discarded to learn about how we started to domesticate animals.
UConn Physicists Focus on a Law-Breaking Particle
Experiments with particles known as muons suggest forms of matter and energy that are not yet known to science
UConn Study: Connecticut’s Medication-assisted Opioid Treatment Programs Retain Patients at Higher Rates
New strategies are needed to help boost retention rates among younger people
The Study of Big Data: How CLAS Researchers Use Data Science
UConn researchers are using big data to attack issues of climate, space, genetics and public health
Escape From the Endosome!
An innovative approach that prove valuable for developing new medicines