Research & Discovery
Nursing Researcher Investigating Treatment to Increased Pain Sensitivity from Opioid Use
Steven Kinsey is investigating how we might be able to use the body’s own cannabis-like chemicals to treat a painful condition associated with opioid use and addiction.
UConn Research Enterprise Funding Surges to Record Levels
For the first time in University history, faculty researchers have won more than $300 million in sponsored program awards
History Professor Uncovers Missing Parts of a Prominent Life
Much has been learned about the later years of poet Phillis Wheatley Peters - thanks to Cornelia Dayton
UConn Researchers Testing Vaccine for Worldwide Swine Disease, PRRS
This promising approach to address a global porcine virus borrows lessons from HIV research
UConn Public Health Researcher Conducting Novel Pediatric Firearms Death Study
Amy Hunter is studying the racial and ethnic disparities associated with pediatric firearm deaths as well as the circumstances surrounding these incidents
Animals Died in ‘Toxic Soup’ During Earth’s Worst Mass Extinction, a Warning for Today
'The end-Permian is one of the best places to look for parallels with what's happening now'
UConn Researcher Investigating Right Hemisphere’s Role in Speech Perception
Emily Myers will lead a team of interdisciplinary researchers to investigate the largely unknown role the right brain hemisphere plays in speech perception.
Funding Graduate Students with Good Ideas Pays Off
Prestigious research grants help students devote themselves to exploring their theories
Researchers Show How Protein Clogs in Cellular Entrances Cause Parkinson’s Disease
'Traffic jams' that can lead to certain brain cell death
Robert Fahey Appointed to Inaugural George F. Cloutier Professorship
Fahey will lead efforts to advance the stewardship of the UConn Forest and other forests around the state