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

Broadway World

UConn’s Ballard Institute Presents ‘Holy Puppets: Performing Objects in the Middle Ages’

NBC New York

Fact Check: Trump’s Wind Power Claims

Associated Press

UConn Professor Emerita Named Connecticut Poet Laureate

Yahoo News

Candidates Edge Toward Discussing Slavery Reparations

Hearst news

UConn’s Barreca: You’re as Good as Your Words

LA Times

Boys Trapped in Thai Cave Were Drugged for Risky Rescue Dives

National Geographic

Our Nights are Getting Brighter, and Earth is Paying the Price

Science Daily

Food for thought: Why did we ever start farming?

Project Oceanology class retrieves a bottom trawl at the mouth of the Thames River. (Anna Sawin/UConn Photo)

Citizen Science Shows Climate Change is Rapidly Reshaping Long Island Sound

At 0.45 degrees Celsius per decade, the Long Island Sound is warming four times faster than the global ocean, according to a UConn study based on four decades of data.

The Nation

UConn’s Micki McElya: ‘Loyal Slave’ Monuments Tell a Racist Lie