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
“You Figure It Out”: Geno’s Huskies Ready for Season, Despite COVID Challenges
Expectations are high for the UConn women's basketball team, which on Saturday will begin its first season as a Big East team since 2012-2013.
December 11, 2020 | Kenneth Best - UConn Communications
Hurley: We’re on a Mission to Play in March
Despite the challenges presented by COVID-19, men's basketball coach Dan Hurley says his team is focused on success.
December 9, 2020 | Kenneth Best - UConn Communications
Tony Winner Kelli O’Hara Returns to Jorgensen for Digital Stage Concert
The Jorgensen Digital Stage season continues with a Dec. 5 visit from the singer and actress Kelli O'Hara.
December 3, 2020 | Kenneth Best - UConn Communications
UConn Magazine: Just Folk
Lara Herscovitch ’95 MSW spent nearly two decades leading a dual life. Weekdays, she was a social worker. At night or on weekends she would head to a recording studio, an open mic night, or a scheduled performance.
November 27, 2020 | Kenneth Best - UConn Communications
Pandemic Doesn’t Deflate Iconic ‘Upside Down Puppets’ of Thanksgiving Parade
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade may be different in many ways this year, but the world-famous character balloons will still be part of the show.
November 26, 2020 | Kenneth Best - UConn Communications
Hurley: Big East is Returning to National Stage, No Nights Off
The UConn men's basketball team is back in the Big East, beginning the 2020-2021 season on Wednesday against Central Connecticut State University.
November 24, 2020 | Kenneth Best - UConn Communications
CRT First: ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ as Old Time Radio Play
In its first-ever audio production, the Connecticut Repertory Theatre is presenting a Golden Age of Radio-style adaptation of the holiday classic "It's a Wonderful Life."
November 12, 2020 | Kenneth Best - UConn Communications
Law Professor: Congress Has Ruled on Health Care Act Case Before Supreme Court
UConn Law's John Aloysius Cogan Jr. offers insight into a case before the Supreme Court that could determine the fate of the Affordable Care Act.
November 10, 2020 | Kenneth Best - UConn Communications
New Human Rights Research Consortium Draws International Audience for Initial Conference
More than 150 human rights researchers from four continents will gather virtually today for the inaugural conference of the Connecticut/Baden-Württemberg Human Rights Research Consortium (HRRC).
November 9, 2020 | Kenneth Best - UConn Communications
Jorgensen Digital Stage Sets Livestreaming Fall Performance Schedule
Building on a successful summertime experiment with livestreaming, the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts is going digital for its Fall 2020 season.
October 29, 2020 | Kenneth Best - UConn Communications