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
UConn Expert Sees Tensions Rising on 70th Anniversary of Korean War
On the 70th anniversary of the start of the Korean War, UConn's Alexis Dudden says prospects for a genuine peace on the peninsula are deeply uncertain.
June 25, 2020 | Kenneth Best
Unearthing Evidence of More Sophisticated Manufacturing in the Bronze Age
A UConn Humanities Institute Fellow's work took him to a region of the Middle East where he found evidence of complex manufacturing and trade from the Bronze Age.
June 24, 2020 | Kenneth Best
Race, Far-Right Politics Had Large Role in Shaping U.S. Cold War Policies
A UConn scholar says domestic politics played a larger than recognized role in shaping US foreign policy during the Cold War.
June 22, 2020 | Kenneth Best
UConn Stamford Student Leader Is Phi Beta Kappa Public Service Scholar
The president of the Student Government Association at UConn Stamford is one of just 20 students in the country to win a prestigious public service scholarship.
June 16, 2020 | Kenneth Best
UConn Professor Tells How Sons of Slaves Overcame Obstacles to Pursue Education
UConn's Anna Mae Duane discusses two African American men whose antebellum lives ask a still-relevant question: What does it mean to be American?
June 3, 2020 | Kenneth Best
UConn Historian Considers the Legacy of Little Richard, Architect of Rock ‘n’ Roll
UConn historian Jeffrey Ogbar discusses the career and legacy of pioneering rock 'n' roll artist Little Richard.
May 28, 2020 | Kenneth Best
Looking at the Social Side of COVID-19 Through HIV Research
UConn researchers say the HIV/AIDS epidemic offers important lessons for confronting the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 18, 2020 | Kenneth Best
WHUS Airs New Programming as Staff Records Shows at Home
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced WHUS from their on-campus studio, but original programming continues.
May 14, 2020 | Kenneth Best
UConn Choirs Go Virtual with ‘Old Connecticut’ Alma Mater
Unable to perform in their normal venues because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the UConn Choirs have taken to the Internet.
May 13, 2020 | Kenneth Best
UConn Students Reflect: Writing About Pandemic Validates Feelings
UConn students reflect on the experience of writing about their lives during the COVID-19 pandemic for a class.
May 7, 2020 | Kenneth Best