Faculty

DNA is an emerging medium for data storage.

Searching for Data in DNA with CRISPR

UConn researchers deploy CRISPR technology to make it easier to search for data stored in DNA—an emerging medium for data storage

Five WGSS students sit on couches in the Beach Hall lounge, chatting with one another and smiling.

A Look Back, A Look Forward With WGSS

UConn Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies marks 50 years of curiosity and change

The World’s Smallest Basketball, from the Basketball Capital of the World

Laterally, the patterns are about 4-5 um. For comparison, a human hair is roughly 50 um. Hence, the world’s smallest basketball was chiseled here in Storrs

An aerial view of the UConn Storrs campus

Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering Elects 12 New UConn Faculty

Of the 35 CASE members inducted this year, 12 work at UConn

Bogner Lab

Pharmacy Faculty Advance Freeze-Drying Technology

Techniques developed at UConn are extending the shelf-life and potency of critical vaccines and other sensitive pharmaceutical products

Faculty and students from the Department of Kinesiology work in the MISSION Heat Lab

UConn Kinesiology Department Rises in Prestigious National Ranking

The National Academy of Kinesiology once again recognized UConn’s Department of Kinesiology for its excellence as they rose to 2nd in the nation in a recent evaluation of doctoral programs

A researcher and student looking at data with a wind turbine in the background

Forecasting Wind Energy

Using a novel computer program, UConn researchers are now able to forecast weather, identify climate projections, and assess wind turbine performance like never before.

A mother hugging her daughter who had been working as an ICU nurse with strictly COVID prone vented patients for 4–6 weeks straight.

UConn Magazine: Who Tells Our (Pandemic) Story

Too often history is written by the powerful. A UConn anthropologist made sure the story of COVID-19 was chronicled by the rest of us

A child finds a pistol hidden in a drawer at home.

Storing Firearms at Home: What UConn Experts Say

Guns are the leading cause of death of children in the United States

Wilbur Cross with fall foliage. Oct. 12, 2021.

Two Faculty Entrepreneurs Named to National Academy of Inventors List

'We all brainstorm and discuss - how can this be more perfect? How can it help more people improve their quality of life?'