Faculty

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

Matthew Mashikian

UConn Entrepreneur’s $1 Million Gift to Launch New Student Entrepreneurs

The gift will build on the existing UConn Entrepreneurship Hub (eHub)

A group of women of color who participated in a summer institute

Africana Studies Summer Institute Advances Research on Women and Girls of Color

Women faculty of color from multiple disciplines gathered to help each other advance their careers

Horsebarn Hill taken by a drone

UConn Storrs Will Soon Welcome a New Home-grown, and Home-built, Classroom with an Iconic View

Built by UConn faculty, students, and staff from UConn Forest wood, this classroom showcases the many benefits of its surroundings

An older woman drinks water from a clear glass.

NIDCR-funded Study Finds Females Have Lower Salivary Flow Than Males

Findings key for patient risk assessment and treatment management strategies

Dr. Timothy Lishnak examines a model patient

Why Whooping Cough Now?

Resurgence of pertussis is relative, says Dr. Timothy Lishnak from UConn Health’s family medicine faculty

A phone screen showing information about mpox next to the World Health Organization logo.

Mpox ‘Global Emergency’ Not an Imminent Threat in US

Dr. Kevin Dieckhaus monitors from UConn Health’s International Traveler’s Medical Service

Endoscopes as an alternative to invasive exploratory procedures and surgeries.

Seeing the Unseen: Professor Zheng, Peers, Develop Novel Endoscopic High-Res Imaging Technique

The new lensless process, called Synthetic Aperture Ptycho-Endoscopy (SAPE), uses an advanced imaging process to capture bending patterns of light through a bundle of ultrathin optical fibers