UConn Today

Media coverage of the people and programs at UConn. As a vibrant, progressive leader among public research universities, UConn fosters a diverse and dynamic culture that meets the challenges of a changing global society.

October 2020

• October 23, 2020 - Pharmacy Times
  100 Years Later, Pharmacy Retains Its Past
• October 23, 2020 - Fox 61
  What Remdesivir Treatment Will Look Like
• October 23, 2020 - Down to Earth
  Inter-Ministerial Panel for FRA: A Giant Step Backwards, Say Experts
• October 23, 2020 - Science News
  Homo Erectus, Not Humans, May Have Invented the Barbed Bone Point
• October 22, 2020 - The Conversation
  Why the FDA is Warning Pregnant Women Not to Use Over-the-Counter Pain Relievers
• October 22, 2020 - Hearst Connecticut Media
  Tong, Blumenthal Blast Purdue Pharma’s Settlement Deal with Feds
• October 22, 2020 - News 8 WTNH-TV
  UConn Using Creative Methods for COVID-19 Testing to Try to Stay Ahead of the Virus on Campus
• October 22, 2020 - Scientific American
  Can a Moon Base be Safe for Astronauts?
• October 21, 2020 - Fox 61
  UConn Health’s Dr. David Banach Discusses the Rise in Connecticut’s Positivity Rate
• October 21, 2020 - Journal Inquirer (Manchester, Conn.)
  State Forests Are Under Attack; Insects, Storms, Drought Threaten Area’s trees
• October 21, 2020 - Mashed
  The Real Reason Raspberries Spoil So Quickly
• October 21, 2020 - Chalkbeat
  Education Professor David K. Cohen Died Last Month. His Work Changed Me — and Our Field.
• October 20, 2020 - Hearst Connecticut Media
  10 Percent of Connecticut May Have Been Infected With COVID, Researcher Says
• October 20, 2020 - Connecticut magazine
  Once Called ‘Crazy,’ a Connecticut Doctor is Now Leading the Way in Treating Tech-Addicted Patients
• October 20, 2020 - Connecticut magazine
  A UConn Biologist is Using Technology to Bring Scientists Into the Classroom
• October 20, 2020 - Cosmopolitan
  FYI, Here’s What You Need to Know About Losing 5 Pounds in a Week
• October 20, 2020 - KSL Radio (Salt Lake City)
  Cyber-Bullying Leaves a Permanent Footprint
• October 19, 2020 - The Hartford Courant
  Eight Things COVID-19 Teaches Us About Climate Change
• October 19, 2020 - NBC Connecticut
  Low Dose Mammograms at UConn Health
• October 19, 2020 - Phys.org
  Lipid-Based Boundary-Lubricated Hydrogels Found to Be Slipperier Than Those Based on Water
• October 18, 2020 - Hearst Connecticut Media
  College Health Centers Adapt as COVID Cases Rise on Campuses
• October 18, 2020 - Hearst Connecticut Media
  Connecticut Filmmaker Traces the Journeys of Asylum Seekers Crossing the U.S. Border
• October 16, 2020 - Connecticut Public Radio
  Connecticut: Why Do You Vote?
• October 16, 2020 - ADA News
  ADA, AADR Honor Evidence-Based Dentistry Faculty
• October 16, 2020 - NBC Connecticut
  UConn Health Stresses Importance Of Breast Cancer Screening
• October 16, 2020 - NBC Connecticut
  New Testing Begins to Help Identify Mineral Causing Crumbling Foundations
• October 16, 2020 - Elemental
  Post-Traumatic Growth Might Be the Silver Lining of Trauma — Here’s How to Harness It
• October 16, 2020 - News 8 WTNH-TV
  UConn Researchers Advancing Fight Against Crumbling Foundations in Connecticut
• October 16, 2020 - The New York Times
  Generation Agoraphobia
• October 16, 2020 - The Washington Post
  This Summer’s Black Lives Matter Protesters Were Overwhelming Peaceful, Our Research Finds.
• October 15, 2020 - WFSB-TV, Hartford
  Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• October 15, 2020 - Newsweek
  As QAnon Conspiracy Theories Draw New Believers, Scientists Take Aim at Misinformation Pandemic
• October 15, 2020 - The New York Times
  Restoring Farmland Could Drastically Slow Extinctions, Fight Climate Change
• October 15, 2020 - NBC News
  Gifted Programs Worsen Inequality. Here’s What Happens When Schools Try to Get Rid of Them.
• October 14, 2020 - Quartz
  The Blueprint the US Can Follow to Finally Pay Reparations
• October 14, 2020 - Aspen Public Radio
  COVID-19’s Ongoing Reach Into Colorado’s Latino Community Stretches Far And Deep
• October 14, 2020 - USA Today
  Rhetoric Some Call Racist Has Marked Trump’s Entire Presidency
• October 14, 2020 - Metro Hartford Alliance
  Aquiline Drones Sees a Bright Future in Hartford
• October 14, 2020 - USA Today
  The Kids Aren’t Alright: COVID-Fueled Stress Eating, Inequities, Lack of Fitness Expected to Boost Obesity
• October 14, 2020 - Microsoft Windows Resource Center
  Strengthen Your Resilience in Uncertain Times
• October 13, 2020 - The New York Times
  Colleges Are Cutting Varsity Sports. That Could Be a Good Thing.
• October 13, 2020 - Journal Inquirer (Manchester, Conn.)
  Virus Takes Subtle Toll on Students, As Loss of Normality Can Affect Mental Health
• October 13, 2020 - NBC Connecticut
  UConn Students Create Platform to Support Mental Wellness and Connection During Pandemic
• October 13, 2020 - News 8 WTNH-TV
  UConn Students Create Online Platform to Help Peers’ Mental Health During Pandemic
• October 12, 2020 - TBR News Media
  Port Jeff Harbor Health Scores Well Among 50 Bordering Long Island Sound
• October 12, 2020 - Woman's World
  11 Easy Ways to Feel Healthy and Great (Not Just Good!)
• October 12, 2020 - The Hartford Courant
  Pitney Bowes, Turning 100, Shifts to Ecommerce As Its Trusted Postage Meter Recedes Into the Past
• October 10, 2020 - NBC Connecticut
  Researchers Use Wastewater to Help Monitor Communities for COVID-19
• October 9, 2020 - Hearst Connecticut Media
  ‘Testing is Going to Have to Play a Role’: Coronavirus Screening Launches at Bradley Airport
• October 9, 2020 - NBC Connecticut
  Coordinator of White House Coronavirus Task Force, Urges CT Residents to Keep Wearing Masks