The University of Connecticut, (UConn) was established in 1881 under its former name Storrs Agricultural School. UConn was officially established in 1939. Today, UConn has ten schools and campuses on the main campus in Storrs, Connecticut and separate schools of law and social work in Hartford as well as schools of medicine and dental in Farmington. UConn has a student body of more than 29,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional degree students. The university is consistently rated in the top 30 of public universities within the United States.
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You may recognize graphite as the "lead" in a pencil, but besides helping you take notes or fill in countless bubbles on exam answer sheets, it is helping scientists grapple with the secrets of superconductivity.
Superconductivity
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Dennis D'Amico, associate professor of animal science, has demonstrated that bacteriophages can effectively reduce the amount of common foodborne pathogens in milk.
Molecular & Computational biology
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Dairy and meat are two common sources of foodborne illness in the U.S.
Biochemistry
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Up until the 1950s, scientists were scratching their heads trying to figure out why their experiments using perfectly healthy eggs and sperm to develop in-vitro fertilization (IVF) were unsuccessful.
Molecular & Computational biology
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Primary forests, or old-growth forests as they are sometimes called, are epicenters of rich biodiversity, are more resilient than younger forests, and store significantly more carbon than their younger counterparts, to name ...
Environment
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UConn researchers have identified a novel small molecule for the development of a preventative treatment for a serious and costly disease in pigs.
Molecular & Computational biology
Feb 13, 2025
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Earth systems models are an important tool for studying complex processes occurring around the planet, such as those in and between the atmosphere and biosphere, and they help researchers and policymakers better understand ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 3, 2025
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Like a poison pen, dying cells prick their neighbors with a lethal message. This may worsen sepsis, Vijay Rathinam and colleagues in the UConn School of Medicine report in the Jan. 23 issue of Cell. Their findings could lead ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 24, 2025
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A paper by researchers in the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources highlights the challenges and some unexpected benefits farm businesses in Connecticut and New York faced during the height of the COVID-19 ...
Economics & Business
Jan 16, 2025
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Researchers from the University of Connecticut have created the first 3D maps of star-forming gas clouds in one of the most extreme environments in our galaxy, and have studied previous flaring events from our galaxy's supermassive ...
Astronomy
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