WEEKLY HEADLINES

UConn Will Soon Have a ‘Solar Tree,’ Thanks to Interdisciplinary Group of Faculty and Students

Sun-powered installation will charge portable electronics, offer chances for gathering and teaching Read more.

Former Student Amy Dixon Heads to Tokyo for Paralympics

Dixon will compete in the paratriathlon, which combines a 750-meter open water swim, a 20-kilomoter bicycle race finished with a five-kilometer road race, on Aug. 28 and 29 Read more.

Summer Undergraduate Researcher Briana Nosal ’22 (CAHNR)

Nosal's research could unlock additional health benefits of coffee Read more.

A 3-D rendering of the human bronchial system, affected by asthma.

Tiny Bubbles: Treating Asthma with Gene Silencing Nanocapsules

Searching for a treatment to help asthma sufferers who don't benefit from existing therapies Read more.

UConn Researchers Show Avian Flu Virus Transmissibility in Wild Bird Species

This first study of an H5N6 strain in wild waterfowl and terrestrial birds sheds light on an illness also found in poultry and humans Read more.

UCONN MAGAZINE

Uphill Battles

Growing up in Jamaica, Rohan Freeman could not have envisioned himself as an engineer, re-creating the Hartford landscape. And he certainly could not have seen himself as the first Black American to climb the Seven Summits. Read more.