Graduates

One of the brachiopods (Floweria chemungensis) samples collected as part of this study (Photo courtesy of Andrew Bush).

Looking at Factors that Accelerate Mass Extinction in the Fossil Record as Climate Changes

Finding clues to the present in what happened 372 million years ago

A large tree limb fallen in a residential street, flanked by orange traffic cones.

Study: Tree Trimming Pays Dividends for Eversource Customers

New England’s largest investor-owned utility’s tree trimming program increases grid reliability

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Seeing Beneath the Trees: Using Robots and AI to Control Understory Invasive Plants

A PhD candidate and certified forester is developing a next-generation approach to invasive plant removal

Pine beetle infestations can be difficult to detect at a distance, and when it becomes apparent they've taken up residence in a forest, it may be too late.

Diagnosis from the Sky: Catching Insect Infestations within Forests Before It’s Too Late

Fine-tuning remote sensing to protect forests from the spread of dangerous critters

Bizzarri carefully collecting tiny mites from the beak of a hummingbird.

Boarding Pass: Deciphering the Travel Habits of ‘Mite-y’ Nectar Robbers

How human transportation habits help explain the behavior of tiny critters

Mo giving a presentation at the Aspen Center for Physics in February 2020.

A Physics Ph.D. Student’s Step-By-Step Journey to Storrs and Distant Galaxies

Seeing far in the distance, even without a telescope

From left to right: graduate students Brenda Milla, Maggie Khuu, and Jaseph Soto Perez, with Professor Dan Mulkey (Photo courtesy of Andre Jang).

Funding Graduate Students with Good Ideas Pays Off

Prestigious research grants help students devote themselves to exploring their theories

A 3-D rendering of the human bronchial system, affected by asthma.

Tiny Bubbles: Treating Asthma with Gene Silencing Nanocapsules

Searching for a treatment to help asthma sufferers who don't benefit from existing therapies

2021 HRI Graduate Research Funding

The Human Rights Institute is excited to announce the recipients of the Graduate Students Research Grants.  These scholars are researching contemporary human rights issues and we are proud to support their work.

Shamayeta Bhattacharya Awarded 2021 HRI Dissertation Writing Fellowship

The 2021 HRI Dissertation Writing Fellowship has been awarded to Shamayeta Bhattacharya for her project "SHAKTHI: Substantive Health and Human-rights Access among Kothi, Transgender, and Hijra Individuals".