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

Student actors perform onstage in the play, "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time."

Solving the Mystery of the Curious Incident of the Dog at CRT

A new play at UConn will offer a performance specifically for audience members with sensory-input disorders.

A group of students in front of the Student Union during an antiwar protest on October 15, 1969.

UConn Through the Viewfinder: Howard Goldbaum’s Campus News Photos

A new exhibit at the Benton Museum of Art captures the turbulence of the late 1960s on campus through the eyes of a student photographer.

A drawing by R. Crumb entitled "Keep On Truckin'"

Keep on Truckin’ with the Art of R. Crumb at Contemporary Art Galleries

A new exhibit at UConn features a vast collection of art and memorabilia related to famed underground 'comix' artist R. Crumb.

UConn Archives Collections Tell “A Hobo’s Tale”

A new exhibit at the Dodd Center examines the iconic American figure known as the hobo.

An archival photo from a May Day parade in New York City in the 1930s, with men marching under a banner that says "We Will Fight Fascism to the Death."

Q&A: The History of Antifascism in the US

Prof. Christopher Vials discusses the new anthology he co-edited, which examines the history of fascism and its opponents throughout U.S. history.

Q&A: AI and the Future of Your Mind

Philosopher Susan Schneider discusses some of the complexities surrounding the development of artificial intelligence.

UConn men's ice hockey Coach Mike Cavanaugh on the bench during a game.

Men’s Ice Hockey Faces Off in Debut of Connecticut Ice Festival

UConn men's ice hockey Coach Mike Cavanaugh talks about the team's participation in the first-ever Connecticut Ice Festival.

Chinese shadow puppets

BIMP Exhibit Asks: Can You Preserve a Shadow?

The current exhibition at the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry, “Immaterial Remains: Can You Preserve a Shadow?,” aims to not only showcase the art form, but also focus on the question of how to preserve shadow puppetry in China, where it first appeared during the Han Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago. Chinese Shadow […]

Chefs workign in a culinary competition

20th Culinary Olympics Showcases Skills of Dining Services Chefs

UConn’s Department of Dining Services will hold its 20th Culinary Olympics on Tuesday, Jan. 14 at the Rome Ballroom in Storrs.

Kenneth Fuchs teaches a music composition class at UConn.

UConn Magazine: A Grammy for Professor Fuchs

For UConn's Kenneth Fuchs, the road to winning music's most cherished prize began in a humble church choir.