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“Heart failure treatment in the U.S. often follows a one-size-fits-all approach, which can be incomplete or ineffective,” says Dr. Travis Hinson. His work is charting a new path: tailored therapies based on a patient's unique genetic makeup. today.uconn.edu/2025/08/miss...
Mission to Personalize Heart Failure Care - UConn Today
Dr. Travis Hinson is reimagining heart failure care by developing tailored therapies based on a patient's unique genetic makeup.
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August 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
“Heart failure treatment in the U.S. often follows a one-size-fits-all approach, which can be incomplete or ineffective,” says Dr. Travis Hinson. His work is charting a new path: tailored therapies based on a patient's unique genetic makeup. today.uconn.edu/2025/08/miss...
Tracking the movement of animals is an important aspect of conservation, but some species make it tricky. Animals like whales and mountain lions move all over the map -- but also up and down, diving into sea trenches and climbing mountains. 🐳 ⛰️ today.uconn.edu/2025/08/new-...
New Tools Reveal the True Paths of Wildlife - UConn Today
A new model developed by UConn researchers now accounts for three-dimensional movement, allowing better tracking of animals that move up or down in space
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August 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Tracking the movement of animals is an important aspect of conservation, but some species make it tricky. Animals like whales and mountain lions move all over the map -- but also up and down, diving into sea trenches and climbing mountains. 🐳 ⛰️ today.uconn.edu/2025/08/new-...
This year, @uconnramp.bsky.social helped propel three scientists into the next phase of their careers with NSF Graduate Research Fellowships, a coveted opportunity for doctoral student researchers. 🐝🐟🧬
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A RaMP Up to Scientific Success - UConn Today
A unique training opportunity propels students to NSF fellowships and beyond
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August 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This year, @uconnramp.bsky.social helped propel three scientists into the next phase of their careers with NSF Graduate Research Fellowships, a coveted opportunity for doctoral student researchers. 🐝🐟🧬
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Last week, Marlene Schwartz appeared on the "UConn 360" podcast to discuss the Rudd Center's work!
We are so grateful to be part of the @uconnresearch.bsky.social community!
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We are so grateful to be part of the @uconnresearch.bsky.social community!
Listen to the podcast episode here: uconn.edu/uconn360-pod...
Episode 137: Rudd Center Studies Various Food Issues | University of Connecticut
UConn’s nationally-renowned Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health promotes solutions to food insecurity, poor diet quality, and weight bias through researc ...
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August 13, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Last week, Marlene Schwartz appeared on the "UConn 360" podcast to discuss the Rudd Center's work!
We are so grateful to be part of the @uconnresearch.bsky.social community!
Listen to the podcast episode here: uconn.edu/uconn360-pod...
We are so grateful to be part of the @uconnresearch.bsky.social community!
Listen to the podcast episode here: uconn.edu/uconn360-pod...
Currently, the only FDA-approved medication for stroke must be given within 4.5 hours of onset -- 90% of patients are no longer eligible by the time they reach the hospital. But what if there were a drug that could extend this window? 💊 🧠
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‘Turning Back Time’: UConn Researchers Developing Treatment to Reverse Brain Damage from Stroke - UConn Today
UConn neuroscientist and chemist receive NIH R01 grant to support their collaboration
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August 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Currently, the only FDA-approved medication for stroke must be given within 4.5 hours of onset -- 90% of patients are no longer eligible by the time they reach the hospital. But what if there were a drug that could extend this window? 💊 🧠
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Sweet Disguise: Body Hides RNA With Sugar - UConn Today
Now that scientists understand the role of RNA glycosylation in deflecting immune system attention, they can check on whether that strategy is somehow going ...
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August 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Film student Evan Elmore is spending his summer documenting Connecticut's underground music scene, with support from UConn's IDEA Grant for undergraduate projects. 🎥 🎸
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Scene Summer: UConn Film Student Documenting Underground Music in Connecticut - UConn Today
'All the bands support each other, and all the crowds are respectful, and everyone just wants to have a good time'
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July 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Film student Evan Elmore is spending his summer documenting Connecticut's underground music scene, with support from UConn's IDEA Grant for undergraduate projects. 🎥 🎸
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When high-speed electronics overheat, they can slow down, malfunction, or stop working altogether. ⚙️UConn College of Engineering Professor Georges Pavlidis has engineered innovative new solutions to this critical issue.
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June 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
When high-speed electronics overheat, they can slow down, malfunction, or stop working altogether. ⚙️UConn College of Engineering Professor Georges Pavlidis has engineered innovative new solutions to this critical issue.
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How does a single-cell organism without a brain remember to prepare for the future? 🦠 Colin Kremer (@quant-ecology.bsky.social) and a team of other researchers think they've cracked the case.
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Stocking Up on Snacks: How Phytoplankton Prepare for the Future - UConn Today
'They don't have brains, so how does this past information influence their performance?'
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June 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
How does a single-cell organism without a brain remember to prepare for the future? 🦠 Colin Kremer (@quant-ecology.bsky.social) and a team of other researchers think they've cracked the case.
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Two recent CAHNR publications dig into the impacts of compounding factors threatening New England trees when ecosystems face new pressures and often multiple challenges simultaneously.
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When Stressors Converge, How Will Our Forests Fare? - UConn Today
Two recent publications dig into the impacts of compounding factors threatening New England trees
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June 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Two recent CAHNR publications dig into the impacts of compounding factors threatening New England trees when ecosystems face new pressures and often multiple challenges simultaneously.
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🌈 This #PrideMonth, UConn was proud to host the 4th annual Queer Science Conference, which introduces Connecticut high schoolers to the wide rainbow of possible career paths in science. today.uconn.edu/2025/06/at-u...
At UConn’s Queer Science Conference, New Futures Take Shape for Young Scientists - UConn Today
Fourth annual event offers high schoolers hands-on fun served up with a scoop of science
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June 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
🌈 This #PrideMonth, UConn was proud to host the 4th annual Queer Science Conference, which introduces Connecticut high schoolers to the wide rainbow of possible career paths in science. today.uconn.edu/2025/06/at-u...
An international group of physicists, including two UConn faculty, has published a white paper representing a major step forward in developing our understanding of one of the smallest units of our world, and with it, the basic laws of physics. ⚛️
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Physics Breakthrough to Evaluate Fundamental Theory of Nature - UConn Today
The Muon g-2 Theory Initiative has published a white paper on the theoretical calculation of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon, which will be compar ...
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June 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
An international group of physicists, including two UConn faculty, has published a white paper representing a major step forward in developing our understanding of one of the smallest units of our world, and with it, the basic laws of physics. ⚛️
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You're probably familiar with the idea that your "biological age" can differ from your chronological age. ⏱️ 🧬 Now, researchers are taking the concept one step further, demonstrating how 86 key protein markers can predict disease and mortality risk.
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Scientists Develop New Blood-Based Proteomic Score to Predict Healthspan and Disease Risk - UConn Today
UConn School of Medicine study published in PNAS introduces Healthspan Proteomic Score as a biomarker for healthy aging
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June 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
You're probably familiar with the idea that your "biological age" can differ from your chronological age. ⏱️ 🧬 Now, researchers are taking the concept one step further, demonstrating how 86 key protein markers can predict disease and mortality risk.
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Just out in PNAS!
Our new study finds that a pregame ritual created stronger emotional synchrony among football fans than the game itself.
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Our new study finds that a pregame ritual created stronger emotional synchrony among football fans than the game itself.
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June 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Just out in PNAS!
Our new study finds that a pregame ritual created stronger emotional synchrony among football fans than the game itself.
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Read: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#Science #Rituals #Emotion #Football #CollectiveBehavior
Our new study finds that a pregame ritual created stronger emotional synchrony among football fans than the game itself.
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Read: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#Science #Rituals #Emotion #Football #CollectiveBehavior
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As the only lab in the Northeast authorized by the USDA to test for bird flu, the Connecticut Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory at UConn, is helping play a role in detecting diseases in companion animals, livestock and wildlife.
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Bird flu, rabies, swine fever. This CT lab does up to 15,000 tests a year and here’s why.
The Connecticut Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory is helping play a role in detecting diseases in companion animals, livestock and wildlife.
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June 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
As the only lab in the Northeast authorized by the USDA to test for bird flu, the Connecticut Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory at UConn, is helping play a role in detecting diseases in companion animals, livestock and wildlife.
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In her lab, Natale Sciolino researches the interactions between the brain and behavior, and fosters the next generation of UConn neuroscientists. 🧠 💡
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Meet the Researcher: Natale Sciolino, CLAS - UConn Today
Assistant professor of physiology and neurobiology Natale Sciolino is fostering the next generation of UConn neuroscientists
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June 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
In her lab, Natale Sciolino researches the interactions between the brain and behavior, and fosters the next generation of UConn neuroscientists. 🧠 💡
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UConn researchers in CAHNR and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) have demonstrated that a novel protein-based nanoparticle can make mRNA vaccines more effective to tackle a troublesome pathogen in chickens.
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Fighting Poultry Disease with mRNA: UConn Researchers Pioneer Nanoparticle Approach - UConn Today
UConn researchers have demonstrated that a novel protein-based nanoparticle can make mRNA vaccines more effective to tackle a troublesome pathogen in chickens
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June 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
UConn researchers in CAHNR and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) have demonstrated that a novel protein-based nanoparticle can make mRNA vaccines more effective to tackle a troublesome pathogen in chickens.
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There’s no magic pill for youth, but there might be a magic...poo. 🪄
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Young Dung Reinvigorates Old Mice - UConn Today
Researchers are working to identify the bacteria responsible for the anti-aging effects, and maybe develop a probiotic that can benefit humans
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June 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
There’s no magic pill for youth, but there might be a magic...poo. 🪄
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Today’s watch: Kanny Salike, a rising senior studying Linguistics/Philosophy and Anthropology and a 2024–25 Undergraduate Humanities Research Fellow, examines how racism and audism shaped the development of African American English and Black American Sign Language.
Research Spotlight: Kanny P. Salike on Black American Sign Language and African American English
Kanny Salike, a junior studying Linguistics/Philosophy and Anthropology, examines how racism and audism shaped the development of African American English an...
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June 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Today’s watch: Kanny Salike, a rising senior studying Linguistics/Philosophy and Anthropology and a 2024–25 Undergraduate Humanities Research Fellow, examines how racism and audism shaped the development of African American English and Black American Sign Language.
What can centuries-old deer bones teach us about conservation? 🦌 @elicweitzel.bsky.social analyzes these bones to study unsustainable practices of the past. His work could help us avoid making the same mistakes in the future.
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How Economics Nearly Drove New England’s White-Tailed Deer to Extinction - UConn Today
“Once you start commodifying animals and commodifying nature, problems happen”
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June 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
What can centuries-old deer bones teach us about conservation? 🦌 @elicweitzel.bsky.social analyzes these bones to study unsustainable practices of the past. His work could help us avoid making the same mistakes in the future.
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This year marks the Rudd Center's 10th anniversary at the University of Connecticut!
“UConn’s commitment to multidisciplinary research has made it the perfect home for the Rudd Center" - @marlene-schwartz.bsky.social
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“UConn’s commitment to multidisciplinary research has made it the perfect home for the Rudd Center" - @marlene-schwartz.bsky.social
Learn more about our @uconnresearch.bsky.social journey:
Rudd Center Celebrates 10th Anniversary at UConn - UConn Today
The Center investigates strategies to address food insecurity, poor nutrition, and weight bias through research and policy
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May 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This year marks the Rudd Center's 10th anniversary at the University of Connecticut!
“UConn’s commitment to multidisciplinary research has made it the perfect home for the Rudd Center" - @marlene-schwartz.bsky.social
Learn more about our @uconnresearch.bsky.social journey:
“UConn’s commitment to multidisciplinary research has made it the perfect home for the Rudd Center" - @marlene-schwartz.bsky.social
Learn more about our @uconnresearch.bsky.social journey:
In a recent @natrevelectreng.nature.com article, Prof. Junbo Zhao and colleagues unpack the growing connection between wildfires and power grid vulnerabilities in the face of changing climate. 🔥🚒
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Power and Environmental Engineering Faculty Explore Wildfire and Power Grid Nexus in a Changing Climate - UConn Today
Junbo Zhao led a study in Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering, which suggests a comprehensive approach to strengthen power grid resilience against the ris ...
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May 22, 2025 at 8:54 PM
In a recent @natrevelectreng.nature.com article, Prof. Junbo Zhao and colleagues unpack the growing connection between wildfires and power grid vulnerabilities in the face of changing climate. 🔥🚒
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With the advent of reliable wearable technologies, researchers in the UConn Department of Kinesiology captured data from runners outside the lab for better real-world results about injury risks.
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Wearable Technologies Power Study on Differences Between Treadmill, Outdoor Running on Injury Risk - UConn Today
With the advent of reliable wearable technologies, researchers captured data from runners outside the lab for better real-world results
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May 20, 2025 at 12:21 PM
With the advent of reliable wearable technologies, researchers in the UConn Department of Kinesiology captured data from runners outside the lab for better real-world results about injury risks.
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The study led by UConn Department of Allied Health Sciences researcher at UConn Waterbury, Anna-Michelle McSorley, PhD, MPH, found that people living in Puerto Rico had the most disparities when compared to those residing in the 50 states.
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Study Demonstrates Health Disparities in U.S. Territories - UConn Today
The study found that people living in Puerto Rico had the most disparities when compared to those residing in the 50 states
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May 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The study led by UConn Department of Allied Health Sciences researcher at UConn Waterbury, Anna-Michelle McSorley, PhD, MPH, found that people living in Puerto Rico had the most disparities when compared to those residing in the 50 states.
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