UConn Research
Transforming knowledge, lives, and communities -- across Connecticut and beyond.
- “Heart failure treatment in the U.S. often follows a one-size-fits-all approach, which can be incomplete or ineffective,” says Dr. Travis Hinson. His work is charting a new path: tailored therapies based on a patient's unique genetic makeup. today.uconn.edu/2025/08/miss...
- Tracking the movement of animals is an important aspect of conservation, but some species make it tricky. Animals like whales and mountain lions move all over the map -- but also up and down, diving into sea trenches and climbing mountains. 🐳 ⛰️ today.uconn.edu/2025/08/new-...
- This year, @uconnramp.bsky.social helped propel three scientists into the next phase of their careers with NSF Graduate Research Fellowships, a coveted opportunity for doctoral student researchers. 🐝🐟🧬 today.uconn.edu/2025/08/a-ra...
- Reposted by UConn ResearchLast week, Marlene Schwartz appeared on the "UConn 360" podcast to discuss the Rudd Center's work! We are so grateful to be part of the @uconnresearch.bsky.social community! Listen to the podcast episode here: uconn.edu/uconn360-pod...
- Currently, the only FDA-approved medication for stroke must be given within 4.5 hours of onset -- 90% of patients are no longer eligible by the time they reach the hospital. But what if there were a drug that could extend this window? 💊 🧠 today.uconn.edu/2025/08/turn...
- Reposted by UConn Researchtoday.uconn.edu/2025/08/swee... Thanks to @uconnresearch.bsky.social and @kimkrieger.bsky.social for covering our glycoRNA paper @vinnieviruses.bsky.social @raflynn5.bsky.social
- Film student Evan Elmore is spending his summer documenting Connecticut's underground music scene, with support from UConn's IDEA Grant for undergraduate projects. 🎥 🎸 today.uconn.edu/2025/07/scen...
- When high-speed electronics overheat, they can slow down, malfunction, or stop working altogether. ⚙️UConn College of Engineering Professor Georges Pavlidis has engineered innovative new solutions to this critical issue. today.uconn.edu/2025/06/maki...
- How does a single-cell organism without a brain remember to prepare for the future? 🦠 Colin Kremer (@quant-ecology.bsky.social) and a team of other researchers think they've cracked the case. today.uconn.edu/2025/06/stoc...
- Reposted by UConn ResearchTwo recent CAHNR publications dig into the impacts of compounding factors threatening New England trees when ecosystems face new pressures and often multiple challenges simultaneously. today.uconn.edu/2025/06/when... @uconnresearch.bsky.social
- 🌈 This #PrideMonth, UConn was proud to host the 4th annual Queer Science Conference, which introduces Connecticut high schoolers to the wide rainbow of possible career paths in science. today.uconn.edu/2025/06/at-u...
- An international group of physicists, including two UConn faculty, has published a white paper representing a major step forward in developing our understanding of one of the smallest units of our world, and with it, the basic laws of physics. ⚛️ today.uconn.edu/2025/06/phys...
- You're probably familiar with the idea that your "biological age" can differ from your chronological age. ⏱️ 🧬 Now, researchers are taking the concept one step further, demonstrating how 86 key protein markers can predict disease and mortality risk. today.uconn.edu/2025/06/scie...
- Reposted by UConn ResearchJust out in PNAS! Our new study finds that a pregame ritual created stronger emotional synchrony among football fans than the game itself. @uconnresearch.bsky.social Read: doi.org/10.1073/pnas... #Science #Rituals #Emotion #Football #CollectiveBehavior
- Reposted by UConn ResearchAs the only lab in the Northeast authorized by the USDA to test for bird flu, the Connecticut Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory at UConn, is helping play a role in detecting diseases in companion animals, livestock and wildlife. www.courant.com/2025/06/02/c... @uconnextension.bsky.social
- In her lab, Natale Sciolino researches the interactions between the brain and behavior, and fosters the next generation of UConn neuroscientists. 🧠 💡 today.uconn.edu/2025/06/meet...
- Reposted by UConn ResearchUConn researchers in CAHNR and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) have demonstrated that a novel protein-based nanoparticle can make mRNA vaccines more effective to tackle a troublesome pathogen in chickens. today.uconn.edu/2025/06/figh... @uconnresearch.bsky.social
- There’s no magic pill for youth, but there might be a magic...poo. 🪄 today.uconn.edu/2025/06/youn...
- Reposted by UConn ResearchToday’s watch: Kanny Salike, a rising senior studying Linguistics/Philosophy and Anthropology and a 2024–25 Undergraduate Humanities Research Fellow, examines how racism and audism shaped the development of African American English and Black American Sign Language.
- What can centuries-old deer bones teach us about conservation? 🦌 @elicweitzel.bsky.social analyzes these bones to study unsustainable practices of the past. His work could help us avoid making the same mistakes in the future. today.uconn.edu/2025/06/how-...
- Reposted by UConn ResearchThis year marks the Rudd Center's 10th anniversary at the University of Connecticut! “UConn’s commitment to multidisciplinary research has made it the perfect home for the Rudd Center" - @marlene-schwartz.bsky.social Learn more about our @uconnresearch.bsky.social journey:
- Curious about the "bear necessities" for life in Connecticut? 🐻 today.uconn.edu/2025/05/livi...
- In a recent @natrevelectreng.nature.com article, Prof. Junbo Zhao and colleagues unpack the growing connection between wildfires and power grid vulnerabilities in the face of changing climate. 🔥🚒 today.uconn.edu/2025/05/powe...
- Reposted by UConn ResearchWith the advent of reliable wearable technologies, researchers in the UConn Department of Kinesiology captured data from runners outside the lab for better real-world results about injury risks. today.uconn.edu/2025/05/wear... @uconnresearch.bsky.social
- Reposted by UConn ResearchThe study led by UConn Department of Allied Health Sciences researcher at UConn Waterbury, Anna-Michelle McSorley, PhD, MPH, found that people living in Puerto Rico had the most disparities when compared to those residing in the 50 states. today.uconn.edu/2025/05/stud...
- University research changes the world for the better. UConn research has an extensive, proud history of federal and state partnerships that have helped shape Connecticut and the world beyond. 🌎 Learn more: uconn.edu/research/imp...
- 💊 A Dose of History: @uconnpharmacy.bsky.social is celebrating its 100th year with a look back at some notable alumni, from the first Black woman to graduate from the school to a scientific herbalist with a passion for stamp collecting. Read more: today.uconn.edu/2025/05/a-do...
- Reposted by UConn ResearchUConn faculty: Need guidance on navigating the federal funding climate? Join InCHIP’s 5/30 Coffee Break to hear from PIs who have recently submitted NIH grants on the strategies they've used. Learn more about the event and how InCHIP is working to support UConn researchers: s.uconn.edu/7ammfqo9mp
- Fiona Vernal, Associate Director of Africana Studies, is helping communities across Connecticut preserve and share their own stories. @uconnhistory.bsky.social today.uconn.edu/2025/05/usin...
- The most sophisticated musical instrument in the world is the human brain, according to a groundbreaking new paper in Nature Reviews Neuroscience. 🎼🎸 today.uconn.edu/2025/05/this...
- Reposted by UConn ResearchOn Saturday, April 26, CAHNR held its annual Graduate Research Forum. Held each year during the spring semester, this event gives students an opportunity to present their research, sharpen their skills, and compete for prizes. today.uconn.edu/2025/05/cahn... @uconnresearch.bsky.social
- A new collaboration between researchers @uconnhumanities.bsky.social and the International University of Rabat is tackling issues of language and AI. today.uconn.edu/2025/04/what...
- Reposted by UConn Research@uconneeb.bsky.social is excited to welcome @soltislab.bsky.social to @uconnresearch.bsky.social for the Biodiversity Bonanza this Thurs! Free & open to the public - RSVP: csmnh.uconn.edu/biodiversity... - join us for this amazing seminar, reception & showcase of UConn's biodiversity collections! 🌱🐛
- Reposted by UConn ResearchOur lab is featured in several parts of the latest National Geographic special issue on religion. Here, our grad student, Sevgi Demiroglu, talks about her fieldwork in Toraja, Indonesia @uconnresearch.bsky.social @uconn.bsky.social
- This one goes out to everyone who's ever needed to be left alone in a pitch-dark room. 🧠 today.uconn.edu/2025/04/rese...
- A new documentary showcases Prof. Nate Hohman's laser-powered journey to create new quantum materials -- using crystals. ⚛️ 🔮 Read all about it, and watch the full film: today.uconn.edu/2025/03/crys...
- Created in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation (CIRCA) recently celebrated its 10th year helping safeguard the state against the disastrous effects of climate change. today.uconn.edu/2025/03/refl...
- The Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering is marking its 50th anniversary with a class of inductees featuring a significant UConn presence. 🏅 today.uconn.edu/2025/03/case...
- Reposted by UConn ResearchHow do people band together in the face of disaster? See our latest paper in Nature Scientific Reports, led by our graduate student Sevgi Demiroglu! shorturl.at/boQ3d @uconnresearch.bsky.social
- Meet Kayvona Brown, a McNair Scholar and community advocate with a passion for supporting survivors. 🌟 Sexual assault prevention and post-traumatic healing are her guiding stars, both in and out of the lab. today.uconn.edu/2025/03/meet...
- New England’s expanse of stone walls is not only picturesque: each wall contains a rich history of the region’s geological past and insights about the people who placed each stone. today.uconn.edu/2025/03/a-st...
- “Having the ability to see a doctor or travel to the inner city to work is a human right. ... Engineering shapes every facet of human life, and with this level of influence comes a profound responsibility.” today.uconn.edu/2025/03/nsf-...
- For solving some of college students' biggest challenges in just 20 hours -- congratulations to the winning student teams at Hack UConn 2025! 👏 today.uconn.edu/2025/03/hack...
- With flooding and wildfires raging across the globe, the "Great Dying" was the worst mass extinction event in Earth's history.🌋 Understanding how plant life bounced back from this event can help us understand recovery from present-day climate change. 🌱 today.uconn.edu/2025/03/plan...
- New research from Julie Burland, director of research for the UConn Institute of Sports Medicine, shows that biomarkers in the blood may be able to help predict the risk of injury for athletes. 🏀 today.uconn.edu/2025/03/biom...
- Over 100 years ago, beavers were driven to extinction in Connecticut. Today, beavers are back -- but where, exactly? And how are they impacting ecosystems across the state? Evan Zocco investigates. 🦫 today.uconn.edu/2025/03/busy...
- With an undergraduate research fellowship from @uconnhumanities.bsky.social, Kanny Salike is tracing the co-evolution of African American English (AAE) and Black American Sign Language (BASL). today.uconn.edu/2025/03/huma...
- Congratulations to computational astrophysicist Daniel Anglés-Alcázar, who was awarded the Sloan Research Fellowship for his work modeling the evolution of galaxies! 🌌https://today.uconn.edu/2025/03/computational-astrophysicist-daniel-angles-alcazar-awarded-sloan-research-fellowship/
- 🥊💢 VIRUSES - 1 BACTERIA - 0 Research from Prof. Dennis D'Amico has shown that bacteria-eating viruses can effectively kill harmful pathogens in milk and cheese, making food safer for everyone. today.uconn.edu/2025/02/viru...
- Drs. Se-Jin Lee and Emily Germain-Lee of UConn Health are leading the charge to develop new drugs that could help prevent muscle loss among patients taking GLP-1 medications like Ozempic. today.uconn.edu/2025/02/next...
- No use crying over spoiled milk!🥛These researchers hope to eventually develop an at-home device that consumers can use to test their meat and dairy for bacteria like E. coli and Salmonella. today.uconn.edu/2025/02/mach...
- Old-growth forests are some of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. Remote sensing works as a "time machine" to understand how these forests change -- and how these changes impact biodiversity. 🌎 @gerslab.bsky.social today.uconn.edu/2025/02/ucon...
- "I’m very interested in the way literature, music, and film – all those things that may seem less serious than politics or unrelated to it – actually convey most of what people think they know about a given moment." @uconnhumanities.bsky.social today.uconn.edu/2025/02/huma...
- Working at the Smithsonian Institution, UConn CAHNR alum Carl Johnson '19 '21 has turned a lifelong love of plants into a career at some of the nation's most renowned gardens. 🏵️ today.uconn.edu/2025/02/grow...
- At the height of the pandemic, communities located downwind from power plants experienced up to 45% more COVID-19 deaths, reports Prof. Shinsuke Tanaka in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. today.uconn.edu/2025/02/air-...
- UConn was proud to host the Conference for Undergraduate Women and Gender Minorities in Physics (CU*iP), in partnership with the American Physical Society. The event was organized by a committee of dedicated UConn faculty and graduate students. today.uconn.edu/2025/02/ucon...
- UConn researchers received not just one, but two PECASE awards this year. Congratulations to @jillwegrzyn.bsky.social, who received the highest federal honor for early-career scientists from former President Biden. 🏅 Read more about her work: today.uconn.edu/2025/01/biol...
- Congratulations to UConn Engineering Professor Arash E. Zaghi, who was awarded the PECASE by former President Biden -- the highest federal honor for early-career scientists. Zaghi's work supports neurodiverse learners in STEM and beyond. ⚙️ today.uconn.edu/2025/01/engi...
- It can be hard for therapists to know what techniques are most helpful for teens. Sarah Feldstein Ewing is making great strides with an unconventional approach: using MRI to see how therapy changes the teen brain in real time. today.uconn.edu/2025/01/help...
- In Fiscal Year 2024, UConn’s Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) provided $3 million in seed funding for faculty research and creative projects. 🌱 Interested in applying for internal funding this year? ⤵️ Here’s an overview: today.uconn.edu/2025/01/ucon...
- "A Year of Research That Mattered": As UConn Research transitions into 2025, here are some of the stories that capture the essence of what made 2024 memorable. 💡 today.uconn.edu/2025/01/2024...
- Combining her majors in political science and applied data analysis, Katerina Anikeev '27 (CLAS) is pursuing a new project sponsored by a UConn IDEA grant.🌟 Her work seeks to identify subtle trends in US media coverage surrounding leftism.🗞️ today.uconn.edu/2025/01/stud...
- The "Moving Beyond Implications: Research into Policy" conference connects lawmakers with scholars, ensuring that discoveries from UConn research are able to benefit communities across the state. 💡 today.uconn.edu/2025/01/inch...
- A new study from UConn's Department of Psychological Sciences finds that Latine students may be more likely to work and socialize in noisy environments, demonstrating the cultural value of collectivistic behavior. today.uconn.edu/2024/12/lets...
