Faculty

Image of vast permafrost

Arctic Capillaries: An Eye-Opening Symptom in a Swiftly Changing Landscape

'We identified more than 1 billion individualized ice wedge polygons, and there are billions left to be mapped, but this is the first effort'

Yidan Zhang, a Ph.D. student at UConn, displays some of the seaweed she’s pulled from the Long Island Sound off Stonington. A member of the Atlantic Sea Solution startup, she is refining the process of using seaweed extract as an edible coating that reduces food spoilage.

A Marriage of Land & Sea: UConn Agricultural Startup Seeks to Slow Food Spoilage 

'Creating a company is very, very daunting, but at the same time it keeps life interesting'

R/V Connecticut

UConn Researchers Set Sail for Wind Study

Faculty and graduate student researchers have embarked from Avery Point for an up-close investigation of offshore wind power and its effect on the marine environment

NASA module

Mission Complete: Lee Spends 45 Days in NASA Simulated Journey to Mars

By participating in the mission, College of Engineering's Jason Lee contributed to NASA’s efforts to study how future astronauts may react to isolation and confinement during deep-space journeys

A photo of a willow tree and Mirror Lake

Fast-growing and Versatile: UConn Researcher is Working to Plant More Willows

Multifaceted species appears everywhere from CT to the Arctic, and has a wide variety of uses, from erosion control to pollination

Students receiving the COVID 19 vaccine at Hawley Armory on April 8, 2021. The rollout of the vaccines across the state in the spring helped set up a return to a more familiar university experience. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

New Study Provides Insight to Why Covid Vaccines Hit Some Harder than Others

From exercise to birth control, researchers found many factors contribute to vaccine side effects

An aerial view of the UConn wordmark on Fairfield Way on a sunny day in Storrs

Five Faculty Members Named Fulbright Scholars For 2024-25

Fulbright Scholars are faculty, researchers, administrators, and established professionals teaching or conducting research in affiliation with institutes abroad

Nora Berrah, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor speaking at the UConn National Academy of Sciences Celebration at UConn School of Law.

UConn Celebrates National Academies Members

'In the life of a scholar, few honors can compare with election to a National Academy'

Stephany Santos

Engineering Future Success, One Student at a Time

Stephany Santos, named to the newly established Vergnano Endowed Chair for Inclusion, sees her role as helping students build successful engineering futures, no matter the challenges

An occupational health and safety officer holds a clipboard in a seminar room.

Connecticut Sees Increase in Occupational Disease

On eve of Labor Day, new report finds 2022 saw significant rise in cases