August 28, 2019 | “On July 4th, along a dusty backroad in the southwest Brazilian state of Rondônia, near the logging hub of Espigão d’Oeste, unknown assailants stopped a tanker truck, yanked the driver from the cab, and set it ablaze. The truck was carrying aviation fuel to resupply government helicopters supporting an operation against illegal loggers. Fearing further attacks, government agents suspended the operation and withdrew from the area.”

August 23, 2019 | “Summer travels have led Newtown High School social studies teacher Rachel Torres to being excited for the 2019-20 school year: She documented traveling to Lithuania and Poland while learning about the Holocaust.”

July 14, 2015 | UConn Today asked Fred Carstensen, professor of finance and economics in the School of Business, to help explain the crisis in Greece and the threat posed to the eurozone. Here is an edited transcript of that conversation.

April 18, 2019 | Connecticut was home to a program of music, demonstrations, a panel of renowned scholars and Armenian food on Saturday, March 30 as the University of Connecticut presented a comprehensive program and festival titled “Discovering Armenian Heritage and Culture.

April 7, 2019 | On Monday, March 25, Yossi Klein Halevi and former Palestinian Authority advisor Ghaith Al-Omari discussed the past, current and future relationship between Israelis and Palestinians. “Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor” was held at 7 p.m. in the Konover Auditorium at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center on the UConn Storrs campus.

Prof. George Weinstock, Dr. Eran Elinav and Dr. Kevan Herold will collaborate on a study of immunological and microbial contributions to obesity and the metabolic syndrome.

Effects of the Microflora on Human Immune Responses Kevan Herold, MD Professor of Immunobiology and Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine Project: Yale researchers have been interested in the role of the microbiome in modifying autoimmunity and the effects of immune agents on autoimmune therapies such as anti-CD3 antibody and others. In preliminary studies we […]

Dr. Robert Sherwin, investigates whether consumption of commonly-consumed sugars, such as high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), affects neural responses in reward-motivation, hunger-satiety, and decision-making areas of the human brain, thereby potentially altering eating behavior.

The Kriegel lab is interested in understanding how genetics shape the microbiome, the collection of all microbes living on us. These microbes are needed for immune and metabolic functions of healthy people.

Prof. Alon Chen, Dr. Yael Kuperman, and Dr. Gerald I. Shulman will exchange expertise and knowledge available at the Yale and Weizmann Institute Metabolic Phenotyping Centers.