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UConn Wins Record Grants and Contracts Funding in FY2020

In fiscal year 2020, researchers from UConn and UConn Health secured nearly $286 million in research and other types of sponsored funding, the most in the University’s history. Read more.
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Geno Auriemma Supports New Program to Further Boost UConn Grad Students at the Recruiting Table

Geno Auriemma is partnering with the UConn School of Business by supporting a new lecture-and-workshop series to help 2,000 graduate business students enhanced their leadership skills. Read more.

Report Finds COVID-19 Rate Among Dentists is Less Than One Percent

Despite high risk of transmission of COVID-19, fewer than one percent of dentists nationwide were found to be COVID-19 positive according to a report published by the Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA). Read more.
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Testing the Fluorescent Proteins That Light Up the Brain

UConn researchers have devised a new method of monitoring electrical signals that travel through neurons in the brain. Read more.
Undergraduate researcher Sarah Tsuruo posing next to a poster documenting some of her research.

Meet the Researcher: Sarah Tsuruo ’21 (CLAS) 

Sarah Tsuruo '21 (CLAS) says pursuing a multifaceted career as an undergraduate researcher requires determination. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

CAHNR Athletic trainer researches treatment for kneecap pain

CAHNR Meet undergraduate student Shayla Roman

CLAS A Look at Classes during COVID-19

DENT Thacker Receives High Honor in Periodontology

DENT Lalla Recognized for Excellence in Evidence-Based Dentistry

LAW Law School Panel Explores Reforms to Prevent Police Violence

MED UConn Center on Aging Study Seeks to Decrease COVID-19 Severity by Improving Immune Health in Older Adults

MED UConn Health Minute: Cranial Nerve and Brainstem Disorder Program

MED Breakthrough Treatment for Thyroid Eye Disease

MED 3D Printed Prosthetic Breast Grant Awarded to UConn Health

UConn in the News

Phys.org

Lipid-Based Boundary-Lubricated Hydrogels Found to Be Slipperier Than Those Based on Water

Mashed

The Real Reason Raspberries Spoil So Quickly

Scientific American

Can a Moon Base be Safe for Astronauts?

The Conversation

Why the FDA is Warning Pregnant Women Not to Use Over-the-Counter Pain Relievers

Cosmopolitan

FYI, Here’s What You Need to Know About Losing 5 Pounds in a Week

The Hartford Courant

Eight Things COVID-19 Teaches Us About Climate Change

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