Director of News and Editorial Communications

Tom Breen

Tom Breen has been at UConn since 2012, serving as a news writer, deputy spokesperson, manager for special projects, UConn Today editor, and, as of January 2021, director of news and editorial communications. Prior to UConn, he worked as a reporter for The Associated Press, covering health care, religion, and state government in West Virginia and North Carolina, and before the AP, he worked at newspapers in Connecticut and Massachusetts. He is the author of two books about Christianity and contemporary culture, and has published short fiction in many periodicals and anthologies. A second-generation Husky, he earned a bachelor’s degree in political science in 2000. He is the co-founder of the award-winning UConn 360 podcast and has given presentations on UConn history to community groups throughout Connecticut. He lives in Manchester, is active in volunteer organizations, and recommends that you try the coconut flavor at the Dairy Bar.

Author Archive

Connecticut Magazine

What’s Next for the Real Estate Market?

March 2, 2022 | Tom Breen

TBS TV (South Korea)

Cultural Heritage Dispute Fuels Seoul-Tokyo History War

March 1, 2022 | Tom Breen

Misleading packaging is convincing parents that sugary drinks are healthy choices, according to a new study (Shutterstock).

Study: Front-of-Package Claims and Images Persuade Parents that Sugar-Sweetened Drinks are Healthy Choices for Children

'Marketing tactics commonly used to promote fruit-flavored drinks and toddler milks appear to mislead, mask and misrepresent true ingredients'

February 24, 2022 | Kristin Messina, UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy & Health

Evacuees from Afghanistan wait for boarding into a passenger plane bound for the U.S. at the U.S. military's Ramstein air base on October 09, 2021 in Ramstein, Germany. (Photo by Lukas Schulze/Getty Images)

Tens of Thousands of Afghan Evacuees Made it to the US: Here’s How the Resettlement Process Works

While many Americans think of the arriving Afghans as 'refugees,' most have a more tenuous legal status

February 23, 2022 | Kathryn Libal, Director of the Human Rights Institute and Associate Professor of Social Work and Human Rights and Scott Harding, Associate Professor of Social Work

BBC Science Focus Magazine

Anti-Aging Pills Are Real, and Some of Us Are Taking Them Without Knowing It

February 22, 2022 | Tom Breen

NBC Connecticut

Endometriosis Working Group Pushes for Legislation to Help Women

February 22, 2022 | Tom Breen

The Conversation

Tens of Thousands of Afghan Evacuees Made it to the US

February 18, 2022 | Tom Breen

WILI

Deployment of the James West Space Telescope

February 18, 2022 | Tom Breen

The New York Times

The Last Pandemic Aid Anyone Wants to Need

February 11, 2022 | Tom Breen

A school classroom with empty desks, and illustrations of the coronavirus.

Pandemic-Related School Closings Likely to Have Far-Reaching Effects on Child Well-Being

From falling graduation rates to more students going without healthy food, a range of potential impacts are being examined

February 11, 2022 | Sandra M. Chafouleas, Professor of Educational Psychology