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September 30, 2026

Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications

Mike Enright serves as the deputy spokesperson and as an editorial associate in University Communications. He previously worked in athletic communications positions at UConn, Notre Dame and Boston College. Enright, a 1988 UConn graduate, is the curator of the J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum and the editor of UConn at Work, an e-newsletter for UConn employees.

Email: mike.enright@uconn.edu

Twitter: mikeenr

Author Archive

Students, faculty, and staff together at a conference.

UConn Holds Mobile Summer Institute on Scientific Teaching and Transformation

The week-long experience empowered educators to explore sustainable change for student success

July 16, 2024 | University Communications

The Hill

Iran’s Illusion of Reform Masks the Crumbling of Khamenei’s Regime

July 15, 2024 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications

NBC Connecticut

It’s a Banner Year For Hydrangeas Across Connecticut

July 14, 2024 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications

WILI-AM Radio (Willimantic, Conn.)

Math Professor Alvaro Lozano-Robledo on Wayne Norman Show

July 12, 2024 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications

Stowe (Vt.) Today

Waterthrushes: Winged Kings of the Bog, Stream

July 12, 2024 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications

CT News Junkie

New Law Makes Rapid Genetic Testing Available To Families On Medicaid

July 12, 2024 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications

Los Angeles Times

How Death Valley National Park Tries to Keep Visitors Alive Amid Record Heat

July 11, 2024 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications

WFSB-TV

UConn Health: Dermatology

July 10, 2024 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications

The cupola above the Wilbur Cross building.

Fulbright Recipients to Teach English Abroad

One student has also been named a recipient of a Scoville Peace Fellowship, the first in UConn history

July 10, 2024 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications

Alumni UConn Voices University News

The Hartford Courant

Connecticut Comic Tries to Publish Letters to the Editor in All States. Here’s How He Did.

July 8, 2024 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications

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