Author Archive
Positive Behavioral Interventions Center Receives $21 Million to Revolutionize K-12 Education
The Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports (Center on PBIS), a multi-institution initiative headed by researchers at the University of Oregon, the University of Connecticut, and the University of South Florida, has been changing the way kids learn for over 20 years – and counting
Meet the Undergraduate Researcher: Lucie Lopez, CLAS ‘24
Using psychology to support the experiences of K-12 students motivates this hardworking researcher
Trails and Active Living Program Expands Access to the Outdoors
A major initiative from UConn Extension, the UConn CT Trails Program is making it easier for wilderness explorers of all levels to hit the trails
‘Talking About Staying’: Groundbreaking Study Tracks Retention Among Women, POC, LGBTQ Engineers
With a nearly $1 million grant from the NSF, Visiting Assistant Research Professor Rebecca Campbell-Montalvo is exploring the experiences of underrepresented students and professionals in engineering
Solving for Y: Research Team Completes Long-Anticipated Genome Sequencing of Y Chromosome
Two breakthrough papers published today in Nature, featuring work from acclaimed UConn geneticist Rachel O’Neill and her lab, offer an in-depth analysis of the Y chromosome for the first time
Meet the Researcher: Marie Coppola, CLAS
Coppola’s language research with deaf people in Nicaragua sheds light on how linguistic structures and communities are formed
Summer School
Seventy students spent 10 weeks immersed in the world of research and entrepreneurship. At Summer Research Day 2023, they got to show off
UConn, Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology Sign Collaboration Memorandum
The formal collaboration agreement will link the two institutions for joint projects and funding opportunities
USDA Grant to Provide Career Opportunities, Sponsor CAHNR Students at UConn Waterbury and UConn Stamford
The CAHNR Fellows Program will connect undergraduate students from UConn Waterbury and UConn Stamford to scholarships, experiential learning, and career training in the fields of food, agriculture, natural resources, and human sciences
UConn Researchers Join NASA-Funded International Biodiversity Monitoring Project
The BioSCape project is NASA’s first-ever biodiversity field program combining airborne spectroscopy, LIDAR, and field observations across South Africa's Greater Cape Floristic Region, home to two global biodiversity hotspots rich with flora and marine species found nowhere else on Earth