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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

Mites on ant mandible. (Carl Rettenmeyer/UConn Photo)

Extensive Army Ant Collection To Go On Parade

A collection of more than two million specimens will soon be widely accessible, thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation.

BFA and MFA acting students star in Monty Python’s Spamalot onstage at Connecticut Repertory Theatre April 21-May 1, 2016. (Gerry Goodstein for UConn)

Acting Alum Debuts as Director of Musical Comedy

'Monty Python’s Spamalot,' based on the British comedy troupe’s send-up of the King Arthur legend, is onstage at UConn April 21-May1.

Kamar Thomas, The Big Purple One, detail from "Schizophrenic Masculinity," Oil on Canvas, 2016

MFA Exhibition Explores Aspects of Self-Discovery

The themes represented in this year’s Master of Fine Arts exhibition include racial identity and rural upbringing.

Gregg August, right, playing in Havana, Cuba with Arturo O'Farrill's Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra. (David Garten Photo)

UConn Musician Instrumental in Grammy Win

UConn string bass instructor Gregg August played bass on a track that earned a 2016 Grammy Award.

Helen Stec '18 (CLAS) and Charles Smart '18 (CLAS) review a scrapbook from the early 1920s kept by Flora Howe '25 at the University Archives on April 6, 2016. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Campus Radio Tells Story of Storrs

Students at UConn's campus radio station have developed original podcasts about the history of the University.

Jong Oh exhibit at the Contemporary Art Gallery on April 5, 2016. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Intuition, Measuring, Math Underlie Artist’s Work

Minimalist Jong Oh tailors his installations to the exhibition space. His work is on display at the Contemporary Art Galleries.

Cartoon depicting the two main U.S. political parties going head to head. (iStock Image)

$5.75 Million Grant to Focus on Improving Public Discourse

Examining the role of humility in public discourse could promote more constructive discussion about divisive issues in politics, says UConn's Michael P. Lynch.

The Guerrilla Girls exhibition is on display at the Benton Museum of Art. (Amy Jorgensen/UConn Photo)

Protesting Inequalities in the Art World

'There still is a glass ceiling for women and artists of color,' says Frida Kahlo of the advocacy group Guerrilla Girls, whose work is on display at the Benton Museum.

MFA Puppet Arts graduate student Ana Craciun-Lambru performs 'Dust' one of three world premiere shows part of MFA Puppet Arts Festival. (Gerry Goodstein Photo)

Puppet Production Explores 1911 Factory Fire

'Dust' is a reflection on the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, one of the worst industrial disasters in history. The production is part of UConn's puppet festival, March 24-April3.

A new book by a UConn sociologist discusses the need for more direct language to address systemic racism.

Words Matter

A new book by a UConn sociologist discusses the need for more direct language to address systemic racism.