Research & Discovery
Collaborative Study Looks at Environmental DNA and Epidemics in Wood Frogs
eDNA could help wildlife researchers better understand population size and health without traditional tagging
October 17, 2024 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
UConn’s Promising Stroke Medicine One Step Closer to Clinical Trial Testing
NIH awards $2 Million more to UConn School of Medicine to advance its research for a new medicine healing stroke damage inside the brain
October 16, 2024 | Lauren Woods
Month of Discovery: Nadine Noaman ‘26, Uncovering UConn Muslim History
A BOLD scholar and third-generation Husky, Noaman is documenting the past five decades of Muslim activism at UConn – including her own
October 15, 2024 | Mac Murray
Study Surveys CT’s Forest Owners Ahead of Funding for Sustainable Initiatives
'It’s an effort on the part of the woodland owner to give some thought to the future'
October 15, 2024 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
Nguyen a Biomedical Engineering Star
The National Institutes of Health is funding four significant projects for UConn researcher Thanh Nguyen, with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation further supporting his work
October 14, 2024 | Matt Engelhardt
The Bright and Dark Sides of Pacific Salmon Biotransport
'We usually study them separately in the context of transport by animals, but nutrients and contaminants go hand-in-hand'
October 9, 2024 | Elaina Hancock
A Peculiar Algae with Significant Potential
Weird aspects of a big, cactus-shaped algae could be useful for things like coral reef conservation and regenerative biology while teaching us about how organisms coped with past climatic changes
October 9, 2024 | Elaina Hancock
Korey Stringer Institute Back in Vikings Country to Advance Lifesaving Measures for the State’s High School Athletes
Since launching its “Team Up for Sports Safety” (TUFSS) campaign in 2017, Minnesota is the 46th state that KSI has visited to work with state leaders to propel health and safety policy adoption forward
October 9, 2024 | Jessica McBride, PhD
Month of Discovery: Sophia Hatzis ’27, a Researcher and Mentor
Hatzis, a second-year student researcher, has become integral to Innovate Labs, teaching classmates about AI
October 8, 2024 | Loretta Waldman, for the OVPR