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UConn Joins State to Deliver Transparency for Health Care Costs
Developed by Alan Fontes of the School of Nursing, the interactive website allows consumers and providers to search, sort, and filter by provider, location, health measure, network quality rating, and cost of treatment.
$2.5M Grant to Support BU Wheelock, Neag School Partnership Project
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded $2.5 million in funding through its Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) to special education faculty at Boston University (BU)’s Wheelock College of Education & Human Development and UConn’s Neag School of Education for a project that will fully fund five doctoral students at each institution over the next five years.
UConn to Offer Tropical Studies Courses in South Africa
The courses will cover the country’s ecosystems, history and culture from the Skukuza Field Station in Kruger National Park.
How Molecular Soccer Balls Burst in an X-ray Laser Beam
The results mean it will be easier than expected to capture X-ray images of biological molecules, says Nora Berrah of UConn.
Career and Technical H.S. Grads Have More Initial Earning Power, Study Says
The alternative pathway for high school students generates positive educational and labor market outcomes, says new UConn study.
Coastal Birds Can Weather the Storm, But Not the Sea
The impacts of hurricanes, in terms of populations rather than individual birds, tend to be surprisingly small compared to the other threats that are causing these species to decline, say researchers.
President Announces Provost Search Committee, Timeline
The 19-person committee is composed mainly of distinguished faculty, including a faculty representative from each of UConn’s schools and colleges, as well as senior staff and two students – one undergraduate and one graduate.
Why is Earth so Biologically Diverse? Mountains Hold the Answer
Using a computer model, UConn's Robert Colwell and Thiago Rangel were able to simulate the processes of species origination, persistence, and extinction in South America over the past 800,000 years, through ten cycles of glaciation and warming.
Home-based Treatments Improve Mobility in Older Adults With Fractured Hips
Patients recovering from hip fractures achieved success with regular weekly home visits by a physical therapist over a 16-week period, according to the study in JAMA.
Climate Change Water Variability Hurts Salamander Populations
New research suggests spring salamanders are less likely to survive metamorphosis to adults in streams with highly variable flows.