
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
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
Archiving UConn’s 2020 Pandemic Experience in Real Time for History
University Archives and Special Collections has launched an initiative to capture UConn Nation's reflections on the COVID-19 pandemic as it happens.
May 7, 2020 | Kenneth Best
UConn Historian: South Vietnam Archives Provide New Insights into War
UConn historian Nu-Anh Tran reexamines the Vietnam War through the lens of elite politics in what was formerly known as South Vietnam.
May 5, 2020 | Kenneth Best
As Families Struggle During Pandemic, Children At High Risk for Neglect
The coronavirus pandemic has created conditions that could put children at severe risk of neglect, researchers say.
April 27, 2020 | Kenneth Best
Adjusting to Pandemic Reality, 2020 MFA Thesis Exhibition at Benton Museum Moves Online
Undaunted by the restrictions caused by the pandemic, UConn's 2020 MFA exhibition is now online.
April 23, 2020 | Kenneth Best
Help For Owners of Small Businesses During Pandemic
The Connecticut Small Business Development Center is helping owners and entrepreneurs throughout Connecticut navigate the pandemic economy.
April 15, 2020 | Kenneth Best
Study of COVID-19 Risk Communication Finds ‘Optimistic Bias’ Slows Preventive Behavior
A study has found that "optimistic bias" can hinder individuals' efforts to take precautions in the face of health threats like the coronavirus pandemic.
April 8, 2020 | Kenneth Best
Humanities Institute Fellow Examines Archive of School Shootings Fiction
Humanities Institute Fellow Hayley Stefan has created an online resource to examine fictional accounts of school shootings.
April 7, 2020 | Kenneth Best