Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)
Chris DeFrancesco has been writing for UConn Health since 2007. He is a proud graduate of UConn’s journalism program. As an undergraduate in Storrs he was one of the play-by-play voices of UConn men’s and women’s basketball on WHUS-FM, a writer for the Daily Campus, and a campus shuttle bus driver. He’s been a freelance writer, editor of two weekly newspapers (Bloomfield Journal and Windsor Locks Journal), and most notably a reporter and anchor on WTIC NewsTalk 1080. He is a four-time winner of the Connecticut Associated Press Broadcasters Association Walt Dibble Award for Personal Excellence in Radio. Chris also is an elected officer in his union (UHP Local 3837) and serves on the board of the Newington Children’s Theatre Company, Connecticut’s longest-running youth theatre program. He lives in Newington with his wife, Caroline, daughter, Audrey, and their dogs, Spot and Alex.
Author Archive
‘I Still Have Something to Offer This World’
UConn Health celebrates its volunteers
April 25, 2024 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)
Keeping Women Healthy and Active
Introducing the Women’s Center for Motion and Performance at UConn Health
April 23, 2024 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)
Medical Students’ Activism Honored
UConn Med Students for Choice recognized for reproductive rights advocacy
April 22, 2024 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)
UConn Health Continues Commitment to Sustainability
Earth Day 2024: Institutional-wide efforts on campus and beyond
April 22, 2024 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)
UConn Health’s Dr. Rebecca Andrews Takes on New National Role
Starts 1-year term as chair-elect of American College of Physicians board of regents
April 22, 2024 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)
Podcast: Bilingual Tool to Spot Signs of MS Earlier
UConn Health Multiple Sclerosis Center director: Overcoming cultural barriers can greatly improve patients' trajectory
March 27, 2024 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)
National Honor for UConn Health’s Dr. Mario Fahed
American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 2024 Educator of the Year
March 25, 2024 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)
UConn Health’s Chief Neurosurgeon Helps Rewrite Stroke Care Guidelines
Dr. Ketan Bulsara says more stroke patients qualify for life-saving thrombectomy
March 11, 2024 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)
Making Early Signs of Multiple Sclerosis ‘VISIBL’
UConn Health’s MS director works with medical students to create 1st bilingual tool to help overcome cultural barriers
March 7, 2024 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)
STEM Symposium for CT High School Students at UConn Health
The top five honorees from the 2024 Connecticut Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (CT-JSHS) will represent the state at the national symposium in New Mexico in May.
March 4, 2024 | Ellen Ravens-Seger