Director

Kristen Cole

For nearly two decades, I have led media relations on behalf of a diverse mix of higher education institutions. Here, faculty, staff and students pursue answers to critical questions in labs, lecture halls and communities. Our communication about that work through social media, film, photography and editorial content, serves the vital role of informing the public about the challenges of a changing global society.

Author Archive

National Review

A More Accessible ACT and SAT

March 28, 2018 | Kristen Cole

Business Fortnight

L’affaire Facebook should force users to be more aware

March 28, 2018 | Kristen Cole

Pharmacy Times

UConn’s Jeannette Wick: Tool Kit for Adherence to Antidepressants

March 28, 2018 | Kristen Cole

Icon of Facebook, WhatsApp, and Messenger (Facebook's proprietary messaging app) alongside other social media apps on a Samsung Galaxy smartphone's touchscreen. (Erik Tham/Getty Images)

How Privacy Concerns Drive Website Business Models

Limiting online privacy intrusion may be best accomplished through the invisible hand of the market itself, says business professor Ram Gopal.

March 28, 2018 | Ram Gopal, GE Capital Endowed Professor of Business, Department of Operations and Information Management

Research & Discovery
Kailey Townsend '18 (CLAS)

Hey UConn, What Are You Listening To?

Watch as Kailey Townsend '18 (CLAS) asks students around campus, 'What's currently playing in your headphones?'

March 28, 2018 | Ryan Glista

The last recorded Carolina parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis) died nearly 100 years ago. (Wikimedia Commons)

The Tragic Story of America’s Only Native Parrot

In a world that faces extinction on a scale not seen in the past 65 million years, some may wonder: Aren’t there more important things to study? Read what UConn postdoc Kevin Burgio says about why the Carolina parakeet matters.

March 28, 2018 | Kevin Burgio '10 (CLAS), Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Alumni Research & Discovery
The Scientist

Antibiotics Increase Mouse Susceptibility to Dengue, West Nile, and Zika

March 27, 2018 | Kristen Cole

San Francisco Chronicle

Babe Ruth in a kimono: How baseball diplomacy has fortified Japan-US relations

March 27, 2018 | Kristen Cole

Contemporary Pediatrics

How a detailed asthma assessment can reduce future exacerbations

March 27, 2018 | Kristen Cole

Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Hideo Nomo, presents flowers to former Dodgers President Peter O'Malley (R) after he received The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon from Harry H. Horinouchi, consul general of Japan in Los Angeles, as part of Japan Night celebration at Dodger Stadium prior to the start of a baseball game between the Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies July 8, 2015 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

Babe Ruth in a Kimono: How Baseball Diplomacy has Fortified Japan-US Relations

The sport has been a unifier, bringing together the people of two nations with vastly divergent histories and cultures. Opening Day is Thursday – play ball!

March 27, 2018 | Steven Wisensale, Department of Public Policy

Research & Discovery