
Writer
Kenneth Best
Ken Best served as editor of UCONN Magazine for 10 years. He is a co-host of the UConn 360 Podcast. He previously covered news and sports in Connecticut for The New York Times, edited the Weekend section for the Stamford Advocate and Greenwich Time, wrote arts and culture stories syndicated by the Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service and was the media coordinator for Yale-New Haven Hospital. During the summer of 2015 he hosted “Walking a Blues Road,” a weekly program on WHUS in Storrs based on the holdings of the Samuel and Ann Charters Archives of Blues and Vernacular African-American Musical Culture at UConn’s Thomas J. Dodd Research Center. He is the author of Eight Days a Week: An Illustrated Record of Rock ‘n’ Roll (Pomegranate Books).
Author Archive
Presidential Election: How You Process Information Determines Your Vote
Communication professor Carolyn Lin says differing styles of information processing shape either a more rational or a more emotional decision-making process that affects voters' choice.
October 11, 2016 | Carolyn Lin, Department of Communication
Stamford Race and Revolution Exhibition May Prompt Strong Reactions
UConn Stamford director Terrence Cheng says the exhibit is part of an important discussion about history, race, diversity, culture, and justice.
October 11, 2016 | Kenneth Best
Singing Shakespeare Style
“Shakespeare’s Songbook” will be performed by the UConn Collegium Musicum on Sept. 23 at 8 p.m. in the William Benton Museum of Art.
September 21, 2016 | Kenneth Best
UConn Leader Recognized for Contributions to the Hispanic Community
"I’m rewarded by seeing our students being successful,” says Fany Hannon, director of UConn's Puerto Rican/Latin American Cultural Center, who is celebrated for her work.
September 16, 2016 | Kenneth Best
Water Works: Exhibit and Film on the Danube River
The documentary has been shown in Oryahovo, Bulgaria, and Vienna, Austria
September 16, 2016 | Kenneth Best
Exhibit Recalls 35 Years of HIV/AIDS
Three exhibitions at UConn trace the progression of HIV/AIDS from diagnosis to death sentence to manageable disease.
September 8, 2016 | Kenneth Best
First Folio Exhibit Opens at UConn
UConn is also presenting a variety of related academic and cultural programs to complement the exhibition.
September 2, 2016 | Kenneth Best
Sociologist Charts Public Opinion Shifts on Racial Profiling
A UConn Ph.D. student is examining how public opinion on counter-terrorism may affect an individual’s civil rights.
August 22, 2016 | Kenneth Best
Being the Family Breadwinner is Unhealthy for Men
As men take on more financial responsibility, their psychological well-being and health declines, says a new UConn study.
August 19, 2016 | Kenneth Best
Moving the Conversation Forward
Twenty schoolteachers are on campus this week to learn how to help their students discuss complex issues in productive ways.
August 3, 2016 | Kenneth Best