Faculty
UConn Researchers Win Inaugural DOE Genesis Mission Award
Natural Resources and Environment associate professor Wei Ren leads a project seeking to reveal underground movement of water and chemicals
July 27, 2026 | Matt Engelhardt
Christmas in July: UConn Engineers Capture Gigapixel 3D Video of Snowflakes
Instead of treating movement over time as a limitation, the system uses those changes to show more detail than a conventional camera could, opening up new possibilities for studying cells, and (even in the summer) snowflakes
July 27, 2026 | Claire Galvin
Connectedness and Responsibility: Outgoing Institute Director Weighs in on the Current Significance of Human Rights Education
Libal talks about some of the most pressing human rights issues we’re currently facing, the importance of human rights education, and what students as well as average community members can do to help enact change
July 24, 2026 | Jaclyn Severance
New UConn Survey Finds 53% of Connecticut Parents Say Childcare is Too Expensive
Statewide survey conducted by UConn and the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood provides an updated benchmark for tracking childcare access and affordability
July 23, 2026 | Olivia Drake
Celebrating the Stories of the Everyday Revolutionaries of Concord
UConn author celebrates 50 years since the publication book that details the lives of the everyday people of the Revolution
July 21, 2026 | Elaina Hancock - UConn Communications
How Brain Chemistry Changes What We Taste
NIH R01 grant awarded to assistant professor Natale Sciolino to explore the neuroscience of taste
July 20, 2026 | Mac Murray
UConn Faculty Named Fulbright Scholars and Specialists
Fulbright Scholars are faculty, researchers, administrators, and established professionals teaching or conducting research in affiliation with institutes abroad. The Fulbright Specialist program deploys highly qualified American academics and professionals to share their expertise and strengthen institutions overseas
July 17, 2026 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications
Marketing Professor, Colleagues Find New Way to Enhance Social Media Influencer Messaging
Influencers and followers together are more effective than influencers alone
July 16, 2026 | Claire Hall
U.S. National Science Foundation Announces Transformational Award to Connecticut’s Quantum Tech Sector
'NSF Engines investments in critical technologies and future industries will transform America’s innovation infrastructure for decades to come'
July 14, 2026 | Combined Reports - UConn Communications
‘We the People’ Holds a Mirror to the US at 250
Smith traveled around the country the last three years for his photographic essay “We the People: America in the 21st Century”
July 14, 2026 | Kimberly Phillips