Faculty

Cristina Colón-Semenza, assistant professor in UConn’s Department of Kinesiology, talks with Clare Benson, a former UConn assistant professor of photography, at the Nov. 7 opening of their exhibition, "On the Move: Photographic Interventions in the Future of Parkinson's Disease," at the Alexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art at UConn Avery Point.

Exhibition Pairs the Unlikely – Photography, Physical Therapy – to Help Those with Parkinson’s

'Not enough people know that even though this is a progressive neurological disease there is something that can be done to help you manage it, live your life with it, maintain a high quality of life, and find some level of joy, happiness, engagement in spite of it'

Panelists at the "Food and Nutrition Insecurity in Connecticut: Challenges and Opportunities" event

Rudd Center’s Marlene Schwartz Featured on Panel about Food Insecurity in Connecticut

Speakers at the Hartford event discussed strategies to help families across the state facing food and nutrition insecurity.

Group of three women using fitness weights outdoors.

Weight Loss Plans Are Less Effective for Many Black Women − Because Existing Ones Often Don’t Meet Their Unique Needs

Lifestyle interventions that fully integrate the lived experiences of Black women into treatment may be key to improving weight loss

For MolQ Day, high school students explored concepts of quantum physics with hands-on activities in the lab. In one experiment they synthesized gold nanoparticles to demonstrate aspects of quantum confinement.

MolQ Days Draw High School Students From Around CT To Learn About Quantum Chemistry

Students visited UConn Storrs for two days to explore key concepts governing the fabric of the universe

A glacier calving into the sea

Seeking Climate JUSTICE for All

A team of UConn researchers is changing climate conversations for good

UConn Department of Earth Sciences and Department of Marine Sciences Professor Pieter Visscher researches stromatolites, which are fossilized biofilms where Earth's earliest life forms evolved.

Microbial Slime: The Ultimate System to Understand Our Planet

'These biofilms are just remarkable. They may be the ultimate system to study to understand our planet'

Matt Guthrie and PhD student Kelcey Davis pose next to the custom-built projector stand in the newly renovated Cynthia Wyeth Peterson Planetarium

UConn’s Planetarium Dedication Honors a Physics Pioneer

The newly renovated Cynthia Wyeth Peterson Planetarium will carry on Peterson’s legacy and help educate generations to come

Medical concept with Venus sign and stethoscope on pink background top-down.

The Mechanics of Ovulation, Explained

It’s a lot like squeezing a tube of toothpaste

Benjamin Fuller presenting his work

Professors Creating Computing Models to Increase Public Trust During Elections

The team will report on optimizing the standard for auditing election reporting, analyzing elections and their components, and specifying procedures for desired security

Student voting.

Center for Voting Technology Conducts Comprehensive Assessment of New Connecticut Voting Machines

The Secretary of State asked UConn's VoTeR Center to test multiple voting tabulators for reliability and evaluate which models are least prone to cyberattacks