Research & Discovery
Hearing Loss Announced by Protein Boom in Blood
After finding that blood levels of a special protein found only in the inner ear spike after exposure to loud noise, UConn Health researchers are developing tests to identify those at risk of hearing loss.
January 7, 2019 | Kim Krieger
Climate Change: It (Doesn’t Have to Be) What’s for Dinner
Reducing your greenhouse gas emissions can be as easy as changing the types of food you buy and eat, according to a recent study led by UConn researchers.
January 3, 2019 | Bret Eckhardt, and Elaina Hancock
UConn in the Conversation
In print, online, and on air, UConn faculty inform public dialogue about the major issues of the day. Here's what they said this year.
December 19, 2018 | Kristen Cole
As the Year Draws to a Close, Take Another Look
A celebration of the work of artists and writers, who collaborate to enhance the visibility of UConn as a top-tier research institution.
December 18, 2018 | Combined Reports
School-Based Nutritional Programs Reduce Student Obesity
Implementing strong school nutrition policies is associated with healthier weight gain in middle school students, according to a new study by researchers at UConn and Yale.
December 17, 2018 | Kristin Messina, UConn Rudd Center
State Legislators Visit UConn Innovation Partnership Building
Returning and newly elected state legislators met with university officials at the Innovation Partnership Building (IPB) this week to tour the unparalleled facility and to discuss many of UConn’s core research and educational programs.
December 13, 2018 | Melanie Noble, Innovation Partnership Building
Nature is a Rich Source of Medicine – If We Can Protect It
Conservative estimates suggest that we are losing one important drug every two years because of our onslaught on the natural world, according to UConn's John Malone and counterparts.
December 13, 2018 | John Malone, UConn; Ross Piper, University of Leeds; Alexander Kagansky, University of Edinburgh; Nils Bunnefeld, University of Stirling; Rob Jenkins, University of York.
UConn Partners in $12.5M DOE Research Center on US Nuclear Security
UConn material scientist, Avinash Dongare, will serve as one of the principal investigators for the Center, which has received $12.5 million over five years.
December 13, 2018 | Jessica McBride, PhD
Envisioning the Invisible: Microplastics in the Long Island Sound
With governmental and non-governmental agencies, UConn scientists from the Center for Environmental Sciences & Engineering have secured financial support from the Long Island Sound Futures Fund to study microplastics along Connecticut's coast.
December 12, 2018 | Jessica McBride, PhD
Disrupting Alzheimer’s Protein BACE
Dr. Riqiang Yan, chair of the UConn Health Department of Neuroscience, has received a competitive renewal grant of $3.2 million from the National Institute on Aging to study a potential treatment that gets to the core of the physiological processes responsible for Alzheimer’s.
December 10, 2018 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research