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

EcoWatch

While Mexico Plays Politics With Water, Some Cities Flood and Others Go Dry

Mexico News Daily

Many water problems caused by corruption

The Atlantic

Captive Orangutans Are Curious (But Wild Ones Are Not)

National Public Radio

A New Guide to Walden Pond

Associated Press

UConn still top team in AP women’s basketball poll

Broadway World

UConn’s Ballard Institute Presents “Spy Butterfly”

Los Angeles Times

Salmonella outbreak linked to kratom hits San Diego area

United Press International

Study: Pediatric asthma care can improve with personalized assessment

Science Daily

Improving pediatric asthma care is possible

Gospel choir. (Getty Images)

African Rhythms, Ideas of Sin, and the Hammond Organ: Gospel Music’s Evolution

The melding of African rhythmic ideas with Western musical ideas laid the foundation for a genre of African-American music, in particular spirituals and, later, gospel songs, writes UConn's Robert Stephens.