Faculty
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
UConn Students Help Reimagine New Haven’s Farmington Canal Heritage Trail
Students from UConn’s landscape architecture program collaborated with the Community Placemaking Engagement Network (CPEN) to develop designs for reinvigorating a 56-mile stretch of the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail
July 14, 2026 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
Deep Roots
Worthley is working in partnership with the nonprofit Connecticut Humanities and its America 250 Connecticut program to distribute the the 100-or-so baby white oak tree seedlings, many the direct descendants of the original Charter Oak, to community partners around the state later this year
July 13, 2026 | Jaclyn Severance, and Izzy Harris
UConn Mechanical Engineering Professor Chang Liu Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Award
His research could improve the efficiency and reliability of technologies ranging from aircraft and transportation systems to electronics cooling and data centers
July 13, 2026 | Sarah Redmond - College of Engineering
Designating the State Rock: A Dazzling Educational Experience
Here's the stone-cold truth: a team effort by UConn and Mansfield educators has built a rock-solid foundation for holistic learning across the state
July 10, 2026 | Elaina Hancock - UConn Communications