Research & Discovery
For Popular Trail, There’s Light at the End – and the Beginning, and the Middle – of the Tunnel
UConn students' Service Learning project will help make the Hop River Trail safer for the thousands of bikers and pedestrians who use it
July 12, 2022 | Jaclyn Severance
Algae Agreement Offers an Ocean of Research Possibilities
UConn's Technology Commercialization Services brokered an agreement with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Services to preserve an extensive collection of algae
July 12, 2022 | Loretta Waldman, Special to the OVPR
Rudd Center’s Puhl Featured on Panel Addressing Weight Stigma in the Media
The New York City event concentrated on how weight stigma is portrayed in the media and was sponsored by the Media Empathy Foundation
July 7, 2022 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications
Gait Dynamics Offer UConn Researcher a Powerful Diagnostic Tool
Through NSF and NIH funding, biomedical engineering professor Kristin Morgan is applying her understanding of human movement to noninvasively diagnose neuromuscular and neurological impairments
July 7, 2022 | Loretta Waldman, Special to the OVPR
Abby Interrante Investigates Potential Mouse Model for Fatty Liver Disease
With support from the Margaret J. Ware Scholarship, Interrante and other UConn students are getting hands-on research experience in the field of human nutrition
July 7, 2022 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
Rocket Science, Toothpaste, and Determination
Student combines engineering and entrepreneurship as he aims for the stars
July 6, 2022 | Jaclyn Severance
Demolishing Schools After a Mass Shooting Reflects Our Deep-Rooted Desire for Purification Rituals
Symbolic gestures often speak to our psyche in ways no rational action could ever speak to our intellect
July 1, 2022 | Dimitris Xygalatas, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Psychological Sciences
Home Sweet Home: A Study of the ‘Chemical Soup’ in our Houses
Microbial traces of everything from coffee to antidepressants make up the invisible environment in our indoor spaces
July 1, 2022 | Elaina Hancock
Some Viruses Make You Smell Tastier to Mosquitoes
A sneaky way of increasing a virus's odds of transmission
June 30, 2022 | Kim Krieger
Athletic Trainers in Secondary Schools of Primary Importance for UConn Kinesiology Researchers
Research programs in UConn's Department of Kinesiology highlight the important role played by athletic trainers in schools around the country
June 30, 2022 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources