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

Coping with Tragedy

Violent acts such as the movie theatre shooting in Colorado demonstrate the need to address the mental and emotional wounds in addition to the physical ones.

Coast to Coast 2012

Coast-to-Coast Riders Roughly Halfway Home

This year’s cross-country-cycling students have made it over the Rockies into Kansas.

Staff Bring FEMA Training Experience to the Job

A group of UConn Health Center employees recently attended a week of disaster training at the Center for Domestic Preparedness in Anniston, Ala.

Auxiliary Facilitator Irene Engel (right) and dental professor Art Hand present a scholarship to periodontology resident Michele Furtado Araujo (left) at the Auxiliary's 2012 annual meeting on June 21, 2012. (Chris DeFrancesco/UConn Health Center Photo)

Auxiliary Hopes Good Deeds Will Reach More Students, Patients

At its annual meeting, the UConn Health Center Auxiliary awarded scholarships and announced some new initiatives.

UConn Health Center July Programs, Events

Here’s what’s happening in July and early August.

2012 Child Care Center Talent Show

Creative Child Center’s Got Talent

Children from 2 to 5 years old entertained at the Health Center child care center’s 14th annual talent show.

Robotic Precision with a Human Touch

The UConn Health Center is celebrating its 100th robotic surgery.

AMA: Health Implications of Light at Night ‘Serious’

UConn Health Center cancer epidemiologist Richard Stevens contributed to a report acknowledging artificial light's adverse health effects and recommending further study.

Graduate student (Storrs) Nate Windon (center) and rising first-year medical students Melina Benson and Sean Burn make up the Coast to Coast for a Cure 2012 team on May 25, 2012. (David Burn for UConn Health Center)

Students Hope 4,000-mile Bike Path Leads to Leukemia Cure

Two UConn medical students and a graduate student are preparing to embark on a cross-country bicycle trek to raise money for leukemia research.

Dr. Peter Schulman, member of the Calhoun Cardiology Center riding team, rides with Jim Calhoun. (Brad Horrigan/Hartford Courant, used with permission)

Calhoun Draws Hundreds to Raise Money to Fight Cancer

An estimated 1,000 riders, walkers, and supporters joined the UConn men’s basketball coach for his annual Cancer Challenge Ride and Walk.