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  • This is Jeopardy!…With a UConn Professor
    A UConn molecular and cell biology assistant professor appeared on the game show on April 1 April 9, 2025 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications An assistant professor from Storrs, Connecticut…..Kristen Ramsey.” Those were the words of Johnny Gilbert, the famed announcer of Jeopardy!, on April 1 as the UConn molecular and cell biology assistant professor […]
    Posted on April 9, 2025
  • 2025 Summer Fellowship Recipients Announced
    We proudly announce the recipients of the 2025 graduate and undergraduate student summer fellowships. These distinguished fellowships are made possible by some very generous donors and are offered on a competitive basis to the most highly qualified students. Please join us in congratulating them on their accomplishments and demonstrated academic promise.  Claire M. Berg Graduate Fellowship […]
    Posted on April 9, 2025
  • MCB’s Kristen Ramsey appeared on ‘Jeopardy!’
    Kristen Ramsey, Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology at UConn appeared on Jeopardy this week. Kristen faced off against returning champion Bryce Wargin and Conner Huey on Tuesday night's episode of "Jeopardy!" Abigail Weiss, staff writer at CTInsider writes, " Ramsey maintained second place behind Wargin throughout the game. They both guessed the correct answer to […]
    Posted on April 3, 2025
  • The Daily Campus: How federal grant and DEI executive orders affect the Milligan-McClellan Lab
    Over the past few months, Kat Milligan-McClellan, a Native Alaskan assistant professor in molecular and cell biology at the University of Connecticut, has been applying for National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation grants for her research. Her work is mostly focused on the diversity, communities and exclusion in some communities of microbiota, which […]
    Posted on March 6, 2025

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