Faculty
A Career Powered by Curiosity: Jasna Jankovic’s Path from Industry to Academia
From industry scientist to award-winning educator and researcher, Jasna Jankovic has built a career at the intersection of materials science, clean energy, and innovation
New NIH Funding to Advance Lung Cancer Screening Technology
R33 grant to develop and optimize a programmable smartphone-based diagnostic platform to detect mutations in blood samples
Meet UConn’s Newest Board of Trustees Distinguished Professors
The Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor designation recognizes extraordinary achievement in scholarship, teaching, and service.
Targeting Schwann Cells: A New Approach to Repairing Corneal Injury
New publication from UConn Health researchers demonstrates promising technique for healing damage from dry eye, surgery, and toxin exposure
What You Need to Know About Screwworm
There are no current cases of New World Screwworm (NWS) in the Northeast, but one UConn expert shares information to keep Connecticut animals and residents safe
Study Finds Positive Aging Videos Affected Women’s Views of Getting Older – For the Better
Researchers theorize that having a positive aging role model might be enough to change one’s own thinking: 'If they look good with gray hair, I might too'
$12M Grant to UConn from Connecticut’s Department of Transportation to Extend Partnership
UConn is essential to processing crash reports (almost 9,000 a month) and making the data available to stakeholders
Scientists Can Now Measure the “Urban Pulse” from Space
A new framework developed by researchers at UConn and Yale uses high-frequency satellite data to track the vital signs of global cities in near real-time, fundamentally changing how we understand urbanization
New Take on Treating Hypothyroidism
Participants in UConn Health clinical trial leave with personalized therapy
UConn Institute Helps Launch Statewide Hate Crime Reporting Campaign
The campaign, led in part by UConn’s Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy, is helping Connecticut residents understand hate crimes, learn where to report incidents, and support prevention, accountability, and data collection.