Faculty
Parents Can Soon Use QR Codes to Reveal Heavy Metal Content in Baby Food
It’s impossible to eliminate heavy metals from baby food entirely, but testing can help consumers make informed decisions
February 21, 2025 | C. Michael White, Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Benton Exhibit Honors Minnie Negoro, Pioneering UConn Ceramics Professor
UConn historians curated the exhibit to honor Negoro's impact on the University and her personal experience with a dark chapter of American history — the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII
February 19, 2025 | Sarah Al-Arshani
Undergraduate Students Get Medical Experience Through Unique Classes
Students learn to approach and engage with patients and their families in the hospital for current research projects and often shadow physicians, residents, and medical students
February 19, 2025 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications
Teenagers Turning to AI Companions Are Redefining Love as Easy, Unconditional, and Always There
Can a person love an AI chatbot?
February 19, 2025 | Anna Mae Duane, Director of the Humanities Institute
New Treatment Improves Bovine IVF
This approach could have a significant impact on the bovine industry in the U.S. and globally as IVF is an increasingly popular method for breeding cattle
February 18, 2025 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
‘For You’: What to Know About News on TikTok
A little skepticism pays off
February 17, 2025 | Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch, Associate Professor of Communication Technology
UConn Researchers Tracking Change in Precious Ecosystems
Remote Sensing is a powerful tool and can be used as a time machine to track biodiversity loss
February 17, 2025 | Elaina Hancock
Researchers Unlock New Potential Porcine Virus Treatment
UConn researchers have advanced technology that could tackle Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV), a condition that costs the pork industry billions each year
February 13, 2025 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
Humanities Fellow Studying Literature from Black Power Era and its Reception in France
The French, even though an ocean away, are fascinated by what happened in America in the mid-1960s to 1970s
February 12, 2025 | Kimberly Phillips
What Should Be on Your Plate? Study Shows Student Athletes Don’t Know
Student athletes are looking to social media for information about how to fuel their bodies, but the information they're getting isn't always helping
February 11, 2025 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources