Graduates

Aerial top view of spring park landscape with green trees, lawns and footpath. Park is surrounded by with houses.

Where to Start? UConn Researchers Develop Holistic Tool to Help Plan Urban Vacant Lots

'We want to greenify those lands that have been disregarded and underestimated in the city setting'

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Surf’s Up! Using Mushrooms to Make a More Sustainable Surfboard

Protecting the oceans one mushroom surfboard at a time

Man stands outside holding camera

Managing Roadside Forests One Video at a Time

UConn PhD student Durga Joshi is commercializing technology to better manage trees and the damage they can cause during extreme storms

Axiom Space Astronauts Perform Life-Saving Nanomaterial Experiments for UConn’s Biomedical Engineering Researchers

Axiom Space and Eascra Biotech plan to create a manufacturing facility for therapeutic biomaterials in space.

Female scientist collecting samples in a marsh

Ph.D. Student Helps Protect Long Island Sound’s Marshes

With the Long Island Sound at particular risk, UConn researchers are using a method called thin layer placement to gradually increase marsh elevation

Students walking in the UConn Forest

Mapping Connecticut’s Understory from Outer Space

UConn researchers have performed one of the largest understory species mapping projects to date, and the findings are both surprising and promising

Nanofibers of glycine spun with polycaprolactone (PCL).

Biodegradable Ultrasound Opens the Blood-Brain Barrier

The research could lead to more effective treatments for brain cancer

Bernard Akaawase piloting the drone.

UConn Ph.D. Student Developing Drone Technology to Better Study Waves and Air-Sea Carbon Exchange

'I always wanted to do science from an aerial view and when I finally got to fly, I fell in love'

Bottom view of three professional doctors leaning over the patient and wearing medical masks while holding the anesthetic inhaler.

Anesthesia Can Cause Disturbing Sexual Hallucinations, Leading to Lasting Psychological Trauma

Having witnesses or recording devices during procedures requiring anesthesia could help prevent opportunities for sexual assault

Deer crossing yard in front of well.

White-tailed Deer Bones Give a Glimpse into Connecticut’s Past and May Help Inform a More Sustainable Future

'This contributes to broader discussions about how humans interact with their environment, and that there are ways that we can manage environments sustainably and interact with resources sustainably'