Did you know that the prescription you picked up at the pharmacy likely once contained a host of toxic materials that were used as a catalyst for its creation? Don’t panic. In the development process, the toxins are stripped from the medication, and the FDA has stringent guidelines ensuring its safety. But UConn chemistry professors […]
Four Chemistry Professors Awarded Research Funding From UConn Office of Vice President for Research
The UConn Office of the Vice President for Research established the START Preliminary Proof-of-Concept (PPOC) Fund through support from the CTNext Higher Education Fund. The program aims to support the preliminary validation of innovative early stage technologies from across all disciplines for early stage projects that may one day result in inventions and technologies that […]
Graduate Students Win First and Second Place in 2021 Microscopy Artistry Contest
Tech Park’s Microscope Artistry Contest provides a creative, engaging forum for showcasing the beauty and complexity of science as seen through the electron microscope. During the competition, images taken with the Innovation Partnership Building’s electron microscopes were submitted for review by a panel of judges.
Student Receives Honorable Mentions in International Metallographic Contest
The 2021 International Metallographic Contest (IMC) and Exhibit was held by the International Metallographic Society under ASM International. The primary goal of the contest is to advance the science of microstructural analysis by providing an opportunity for those interested in material properties and characterization to display their work in print and electronic formats and communicate […]
New Faculty Bring Antiracism and the Environment to the Forefront
New faculty join the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) this fall as part of two groups launched by Dean Juli Wade to increase interdisciplinary scholarship in human-environment interactions and diversity, equity, and inclusion. Over the past year, faculty within the College collaborated to propose topic areas for the cluster hires, and two were selected in environment and human interactions, and antiracism.
8 UConn Faculty Receive NSF CAREER Awards
Eight UConn researchers across six disciplines have received CAREER awards for 2021. The National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (NSF CAREER) Program awards competitive grants to support the research programs of early-career faculty who demonstrate remarkable potential to become leaders in their field. In addition to advancing research, these projects work to actively engage students and the community. This broadens the impact of the research and encourages […]
Tiny Bubbles: Treating Asthma with Gene Silencing Nanocapsules
Steroid-based inhalers deliver life-saving medication for millions of asthma sufferers, providing relief and the ability to simply breathe. Unfortunately, inhalers do not work for all patients, and with rates on the rise for a disease that leads to hundreds of thousands of deaths world-wide each year, new asthma treatments and strategies are needed. A team of UConn researchers […]
Professors He and Rusling Receive NSF Grant
Chemistry professors Jie He and Jim Rusling have been awarded a 3-year $464,000 NSF grant from the CBET division entitled “SusChEM: C-H Bond Electroactivation of Nonpolar Organic Substrates in Water: Enzyme-Mediated Reaction Pathways in Microemulsions.” This project will explore new electrocatalyst materials for activating enzymes in films to synthesize high value chemicals using fluids called […]
High School Students Exposed to UConn Chemistry Through Virtual Event
Students from Berlin High School didn’t let COVID-19 get in the way of learning directly from UConn faculty The UConn Department of Chemistry, working alongside the Office of Early College Programs & UConn Early College Experience (ECE), annually brings high school students from around Connecticut to the Storrs campus to see exactly what happens in […]
UConn Researchers Search for Scalable Carbon Capture Technology
Studying the promise of a technology that could help in the fight against climate change. Within the last month, everyone on Earth experienced something no human has experienced before – the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide exceeded 421 parts per million (ppm). To put this into perspective, pre-industrial revolution levels of CO2 were at about 280 ppm, and […]