Matt Engelhardt


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Key Events Push QuantumCT Forward

Development grant in hand, the UConn and Yale-led partnership is laying the foundation for a regional innovation engine

Aerial image of the University of Connecticut during Fall 2023.

UConn’s Growing Research Strength Reflected in HERD Survey Rankings

Influential survey lists institutions according to research expenditures

Probes Team

UConn Startup Earns Small Business Grant to Commercialize Voltage-Sensitive Dyes

A team of UConn Health researchers has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to commercialize their voltage-sensitive dyes

Flooding in coastal Connecticut as the climate changes is one of several concerns for local leaders addressed in fact sheets provided by Adapt CT (Getty Images).

Investigating the Link Between Temperature and Extreme Weather

Funded through a $900,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, Wang and her collaborators will use climate model simulations of extreme precipitation to assess the performance of the models in reproducing the relationship between temperature and observed extreme precipitation intensity.

From left, Bruce Flax, president of the Greater Mystic Chamber of Commerce; Nicole Verdi, head of Government Affairs & Policy for New England Ørsted; UConn Professor and Marine Sciences Department Head Evan Ward; Michael Ausere, vice president of Business Development at Eversource Energy; state Sen. Heather Somers, UConn Avery Point Campus Director Annemarie Seifert; and Hank Webster, deputy commissioner of energy at the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

UConn, Partners Investigate Impact of Windfarms on Marine Life

UConn welcomed Orsted and Eversource officials to Avery Point to launch an impact study on a project designed to power 350,000 homes in southern New England

Research Team

Laying the Foundation for Carbon Dioxide Reduction

A team of UConn researchers is working to achieve carbon neutrality through a process called electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction.

UConn Research, Provost’s Office Launch Student-Centric Sustainability Initiative

Offices announce PRISMATIC: The President’s Research Investment in Sustainability Measures, Actions, Technologies, Initiatives, and Communities

Aria Penna '25 (BUS) has found a passion in entrepreneurship and innovation through her work for the Werth Institute.

Month of Discovery Student Researcher: Aria Penna, BUS ‘25

Aria Penna's transformative journey at UConn, from a law school hopeful to a budding entrepreneur and finance enthusiast. This story is part of the Month of Discovery series

Pamir Alpay, vice president for research, innovation, and entrepreneurship, speaks during a reception to welcome a new cohort of companies to the Future Climate Venture Studio held at the Innovation Partnership Building

Future Climate Venture Studio Launches Second Cohort

Six startup companies partner with UConn and other collaborators to merge entrepreneurship with climate responsibility

UConn Joins Elite Cohort of Economically Impactful Institutions

The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) honors UConn’s success as economic engine and innovation driver for the state and region.