Research & Discovery
A Fresh Take on Fat: Nanoparticle Technology Provides Healthy Trans, Saturated Fat Alternative
An innovative emulsification process could help scientists develop a healthier shelf-stable fat for food manufacturing
A Perfect Storm for US Agriculture
Short-term solutions to the current crunch are conspicuous by their absence
Understanding Elastins to Develop Therapies for Aging-Related Conditions
CAREER Award-winning engineering professor Anna Tarakanova seeks to understand how therapies targeting elastins - the proteins that tissue and organs need to stretch - can improve the lives of aging adults
Herbarium Milestone: Preserving our Past, Present, and Future
'This is a record of the natural history of the state'
Breaking Barriers – the First Patient in the World Receives Moderna mRNA Trial Infusion for Glycogen Storage Disease at UConn Health
Loveah Hernandez, a brave 20-year-old from Texas, is contributing to science as the first person in the world to receive the Moderna mRNA infusion as part of the Ba1ance Trial for GSD-Ia at UConn Health.
Understanding Segregation and School Choice
Programs that worsen marginalization and stratification present a challenge for policymakers
UConn Researchers Team Up to Unravel Mysteries of Puzzling Bacterial Signals in Our Blood
A 'Goldilocks Phenomenon' that could be good or bad, depending on a range of factors
Dangerous Counterfeit Drugs are Putting Millions at Risk, a New Study Says
Many counterfeit pharmaceutical drugs are sold online, and the bulk of them are being obtained without a prescription
Faculty Emeritus George Sugai One of a Coalition of National Researchers That Has Released a Violence Prevention Plan
The recent mass shootings across the country—and there have been 214 mass shootings in the first five months of 2022—are another painful reminder of failed efforts to stop the kind of gun violence that occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary School nearly ten years ago. An interdisciplinary group of scholars who have studied school safety and violence prevention for decades, including Professor Emerita George Sugai of the Neag School of Education, are calling for immediate government action to initiate scientifically-informed actions to reduce gun violence.
Supporting Quarantined Learning in K-12 Schools
Britney Jones, Neag School of Education doctoral student in the Department of Educational Leadership, prepared the following rapid research brief with the Center for Education Policy Analysis, Research, and Evaluation (CEPARE).