Research & Discovery

Multi-material micro-lattice polymeric structures fabricated using 3D printing. (Kavin Kowsari/UConn Photo)

UConn, UMass Lowell, Georgia Tech to Collaborate with Industry on 3D Printing Research Supported by NSF

IUCRCs bridge the gap between early academic research and commercial readiness, supporting use-inspired research leading to new knowledge, technological capabilities, and downstream commercial applications of innovative technologies.

Conceptual image of salmonella typhi causing typhoid. (Getty Images)

T Cells That Stay Put Could Be Key to a Better Salmonella Vaccine

UConn and UC Davis researchers announced a breakthrough in understanding which cells protect against Salmonella – a critical step in developing a better vaccine against the often deadly bacterium.

Students from Fletcher Elementary draw pictures of what it “looks like” to be responsible.

The Power of Positive: UConn Co-Directs National Education Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions

UConn is serving as a lead institution on a $32.6 million U.S. Department of Education grant supporting schools nationwide to implement practices to increase student success.

An international team of researchers showed that fragmentation weakens the impact of some 'natural enemies' that help maintain diversity in a tropical system. The study was conducted in fragmented tropical forest in India, in an area that now holds many tea plantations. (Getty Images)

‘Cryptic’ Interactions Drive Biodiversity Decline At Edge of Forest Fragments

An international team of researchers showed that forest fragmentation weakens the impact of some 'natural enemies' that help maintain diversity in a tropical system.

Boy looking through fence

$3.8 Million Grant to Study Interpersonal Violence Exposure and Young Children

With the $3.8 million grant from NIMH, the UConn Health research team will look at several measures of threat reactivity to explain the diversity in outcomes observed in young children exposed to interpersonal violence.

Giant billboard for meta beer in Ethiopia.. (Photo by Eric Lafforgue/Art in All of Us/Corbis via Getty Images)

Alcohol Industry Health Campaigns Miss the Mark by a Long Shot

The public health benefits from alcohol industry-led health campaigns are likely to be minimal, but the public relations benefits substantial, says a new UConn Health study.

Football practice equipment sits on the practice field. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Op-ed: Maryland Coach’s Firing Won’t Solve College Football’s Deepest Problems

Black male student-athletes are primarily valued as athletic gladiators, but not as students deserving of support for their overall well-being, write professors from UConn and Ursinus College.

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Addressing Accelerated Genetic Aging in African Americans

With a $3 million grant from the National Cancer Institute, UConn researchers will study several factors that potentially accelerate aging in the African American population to pave the way for future programs that could help improve health outcomes.

Professor Alexander Russell, director of UConn’s Voting Technology Research Center. Both before and after the November election, UConn’s Voting Technology Research Center will run forensic analyses on memory cards in the state’s voting equipment. (Christopher LaRosa/UConn Photo)

UConn’s Key Role in Ensuring Integrity of State Elections

Both before and after the November election, UConn’s Voting Technology Research Center will run forensic analyses on memory cards in the state’s voting equipment.

An illustration showing THC binding to cannabinoid receptors. Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC, green molecules) is the main psychoactive constituent of cannabis. (Getty Images)

The Blitz of Neuroscience

UConn neuroscience researchers from across departments and campuses came together this week for a "datablitz," where several graduate students presented fast-moving summaries of their research to a live audience.