This past spring, Monica Marcello finished her career as a record-setting UConn athlete. While her time as a diver and senior captain for the UConn Women’s Swimming and Diving Team may be over, she has found a new team. As a masters student in nutritional sciences, she is part of an interdisciplinary research project that […]
Research
Awards and achievements for CAHNR
The Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) recently announced recipients in the 2019 Research Excellence Program (REP). The grants “provide seed funding to fuel innovative research, scholarship, and creative endeavors with strong potential for significant extramural funding and/or achievements consistent with the highest standards of accomplishment in the discipline,” according to an article […]
Meet graduate student Sarah Myers
It is said that luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. Sarah Myers had kept in touch with her undergraduate advisor at UConn as she continued her graduate studies in education as well as her career as a clinical athletic trainer. When she decided it was time to pursue a PhD, she found that […]
Awards and achievements for CAHNR
Three CAHNR students participated in the recent McNair Scholars Poster Exhibit. They are: Treasure Gordon ’20, allied health sciences major Chelsea Garcia ’20, nutritional sciences major Sarah Hernandez ’20, diagnostic genetic sciences major This event caps off the nine-week summer program for McNair Scholars to communicate their research projects with the university community. For more […]
CAHNR in the news
Sports Illustrated, in an article about the exertional heat stroke death of college football player Braeden Bradforth, quoted Professor Douglas Casa about how fatal heat stroke could be avoided if the proper measures are taken. Casa is on the faculty of kinesiology. WNPR invited Bonnie Burr to be a guest on a segment called “In […]