Undergraduates

Recent graduates Caitlin Jagla '17 (CLAS), left, and Ashley Hine '17 (CLAS) are among the students who have gained research experience in pharmacy professor Debra Kendall's lab. (Sheila Foran/UConn photo)

Pharmacy Professor Mentors Students Across Disciplines

The undergraduates Debra Kendall selects to work in her lab are curious, enjoy a challenge, and want answers, even if those answers aren't the ones they expect.

NIH postdoctoral fellow Virginia Hawkins looks though a microscope at the Pharmacy/Biology Building. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

The Veins in Your Brain Don’t All Act the Same

UConn researchers, including undergraduate students, have discovered that the blood vessels in one part of the brain act differently than elsewhere in the body, in order to keep us breathing.

Students describe the ideas they turned into reality with funding from UConn's IDEA Grant Program.

UConn Student Entrepreneurs

Students describe the ideas they turned into reality with funding from UConn's IDEA Grant Program.

Tyler Daddio '18 (ENG,CLAS) at the Wilbur Cross South Reading Room on April 11, 2017. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn Junior Named 2017 Goldwater Scholar

Tyler Daddio '18 (CLAS, ENG) is one of four students UConn nominated for the honor. Two others earned honorable mentions in this year's competition.

Undergraduate Hannah Casey spent summer 2016 doing environmental science research in Long Island Sound. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

UConn Partners with Mystic Aquarium on Undergraduate Research

The two institutions will establish a Research Experience for Undergraduates site to encourage students from underrepresented groups to pursue careers in marine sciences or other STEM fields.

Hartford skyline on a sunny afternoon. (Ultima_Gaina/Getty Images)

Feeling the Heat: The Urban Response to Climate Change

A survey of low-income Hartford residents shows many are concerned about climate change and want to learn more about it to protect themselves and their families.

A collage made up of newspaper clippings pertaining to the December 2012 school shooting massacre in Newtown, Conn. (Allkindza/Getty Images)

UConn Student Navigates New Role in Years After Sandy Hook

Elizabeth Charash '18 (CLAS) was a high school student in Newtown at the time of the Sandy Hook school shootings. The tragedy has shaped her academics and activism.

The Fall Frontiers in Undergraduate Research Poster Exhibition in Wilbur Cross South Reading Room on Oct. 26, 2016. (Ryan Glista '16 (CLAS)/UConn Photo)

Undergraduates Discuss Their Research

Student researchers presented their work to the community during the Fall Frontiers in Research Poster Exhibition at Wilbur Cross Building on Wednesday.

Salted water in the Dead Sea with salt crystals. (iStock Photo)

The Tiniest Parasites

A UConn study of bacterial parasites may shed light on how the human genome grew.

A citizen-led, community-based sustainable housing proposal developed by UConn undergraduates to address urban decay won top honors in an international competition.

UConn Students Excel in Global Ingenuity Challenge

A group of undergraduates won top honors in an international competition for a sustainable housing proposal they developed to address urban decay.