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Weekly Headlines

Early COVID Patient at UConn Health Gets Life Back a Year Later

'One day I was a healthy 47-year-old, then it all happened so suddenly.' Read more.

Three different types of insect together on a wild flower, illustrating the kind of biodiversity and role in the food web that insects play.

A Call to Action for Insects Resonates with the Public

Hope that public awareness can help prevent a 'dismal spring' for insects, plants - and people Read more.

Meet the Researcher: Caitlin Caspi, College of Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources

Caspi champions collaboration as the key to her success in researching food security and diet-related health outcomes. Read more.

A social worker visiting with a young family, the type of situation where a common diagnostic tool is most important, but can also be easily misused, according to new research.

Too Hot or Too Cold? UConn Researcher Finds ‘Goldilocks Problem’ in Child Welfare Decision-Making

A major tool widely used in child welfare decision-making - and the way agencies try to implement it - may be hindering social workers. Read more.

Gina Barreca at a table having a book discussion

UConn Magazine: Elevating English Majors

English professor Gina Barreca, dubbed the “feminist humor maven” by Ms. Magazine has kept us laughing through 10 books from “I Used to Be Snow White But I Drifted” to “If You Lean In, Will Men just Look Down Your Blouse?” Her latest, though, invites others to the party. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

OVPR Student Profiles in Pharmaceutical Research – Shipra Malik

OVPR Student Profiles in Pharmaceutical Research – May Zhang

ENG UConn and Technion Collaborate on the Development of Next Generation Fuel Cells

CLAS Refugee Advocate Irene Soteriou Named 2021 UConn Newman Civic Fellow

LAW Competition Brings First-Year Law Students into the (Virtual) Classroom

MED Advances in IVF May Make Triplets an Anomaly

MED Psoriasis Center Brings Together Patients, Providers, and Researchers

UConn in the News

The Washington Post

Butterflies Are Vanishing Out West. Scientists Say Climate Change is to Blame.

The Washington Post