Research & Discovery
Favoring Female Flowers in Hemp Horticulture
A UConn plant science professor working with hemp plants has developed a way to maximize the production of female flowers, which produce significantly higher quantities of cannabinoids than male flowers.
December 10, 2018 | Elaina Hancock
Breathing New Life into Aging Electronics
The Electrical/Electronics: Technology and Repair facility is a part of the Center for Open Research Resources and Equipment (CORE).
December 7, 2018 | Carson Stifel ‘21 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
Core Samples Dig Deep into History of Horsebarn Hill
Samples taken from an iconic campus location are helping undergraduates in a geology lab course learn how to read the history of geologic layers going back tens of thousands of years.
December 6, 2018 | Elaina Hancock
Growing Connecticut’s Digital Media Pipeline
Digital Media CT provides workforce development and networking opportunities to bolster the state's growing film and digital media industries.
December 5, 2018 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
UConn Professor Recognized for ‘Improving World Order’
Susan Randolph, the Gladstein Committee Member and Professor Emeritus in Economics, was jointly recognized for the 2019 award from the University of Louisville.
December 4, 2018 | Kathryn Libal, Director of UConn's Human Rights Institute
UConn Research Project at the International Space Station
An experiment devised by researchers at UConn startup LambdaVision was launched into space this month.
December 4, 2018 | Jessica McBride, PhD
Saltier Waterways Creating Dangerous ‘Chemical Cocktails’
A new study found that salty, alkaline freshwater releases a variety of harmful substances that together have more devastating effects on drinking water and ecosystems than individual contaminants.
December 3, 2018 | Matthew E. Wright, University of Maryland
‘Virus Hunters’ Get Hands Dirty in UConn Class
Through the SEA-PHAGES program administered by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, six UConn freshmen have the unique opportunity to hunt for new viruses and gain valuable hands-on experience in the lab.
November 30, 2018 | Brett Donovan, The Chronicle
Getting to the Root (Canal) of Dentin Regeneration
Dr. Mina Mina, UConn Health professor of pediatric dentistry, has received $449,125 to better understand the roles of signaling pathways that regulate regeneration of the dentin-pulp complex, two layers that make up our teeth.
November 29, 2018 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
Helping Victims of Genocide in Cambodia – 40 Years On
'We never talk about trauma after it's over,' says Mary Scully of Khmer Health Advocates. UConn researchers are working to improve the health of refugees who have survived trauma.
November 28, 2018 | Julie (Stagis) Bartucca '10 (BUS, CLAS), '19 MBA