External Media Mentions

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.

February 2018

  • February 21, 2018
    History News Network

    What You Don’t Know About Abolitionism

  • February 20, 2018
    The Content Standard

    UConn’s Kaufman, Beghetto on Creativity in Marketing

  • February 20, 2018
    National Public Radio

    Toddler Milks: Filling A Nutritional Need Or A Marketing Niche?

  • February 20, 2018
    Newsweek

    Here’s How the Flu Attacks Your Body and Why it’s so Painful

  • February 20, 2018
    Daily Mail

    Scientists Reverse Alzheimer’s in Mice

  • February 20, 2018
    Toronto Star

    Phylicia George making transition from hurdles to bobsled

  • February 20, 2018
    Yahoo Sports

    UConn’s Phylicia George makes history in women’s bobsled

  • February 20, 2018
    NBC Olympics

    Phylicia George 1st black woman from Canada to compete in Summer and Winter Games

  • February 19, 2018
    USA Today

    McDonald’s cheeseburgers in Happy Meals: Now by request only

  • February 19, 2018
    PBS, NOVA

    The Upper Boundary of Human Potential

  • February 19, 2018
    MSN

    If Gaming Addiction Is Now a Mental Health Disorder, How Can We Fight It?

  • February 19, 2018
    Tampa Bay Times

    Legislators say they want to change gun laws. Here are two things they can do.

  • February 19, 2018
    Washington Post

    How the flu hijacks your body to make you feel so wretched

  • February 19, 2018
    Science Daily

    Hunting is changing forests, but not as expected

  • February 19, 2018
    Phys.org

    Hunting is changing forests, but not as expected

  • February 14, 2018
    Public Radio

    Episode #1- Kenneth Fuchs

  • February 14, 2018
    The Dr. Oz Show

    Should Kratom be Banned?

  • February 13, 2018
    MSN

    Exxon sues the suers in fierce bid to defeat climate lawsuits

  • February 13, 2018
    Bloomberg

    Exxon Sues Its Antagonists in a Fierce Climate-Change Lawsuit

  • February 13, 2018
    Good Morning America

    Valentine’s Day tips: Weight loss can be contagious between partners

  • February 12, 2018
    Business Insider

    Here’s what the flu does to your body, and why it makes you feel so awful

  • February 12, 2018
    New York Times

    Kim Jong-un’s Sister Turns On the Charm, Taking Pence’s Spotlight

  • February 12, 2018
    Associated Press

    Ivy League glee club ends decades old gender restrictions

  • February 12, 2018
    San Francisco Chronicle

    What the flu does to your body, and why it makes you feel so awful

  • February 12, 2018
    National Public Radio

    Smartphone Detox: How To Power Down In A Wired World

  • February 12, 2018
    ABC News

    Labels on ‘toddler drinks’ may be misleading customers, study says

  • February 12, 2018
    Vox

    8 legal experts on what due process is in law, culture, and the context of #MeToo

  • February 9, 2018
    Broadway World

    UConn’s Ballard to Host ‘American Puppet Modernism’ Forum

  • February 9, 2018
    Men's Health magazine

    10 Top Cancer Experts on What They Do to Prevent the Deadly Disease

  • February 9, 2018
    BuzzFeed

    8 Reasons We Heart UConn Health

  • February 8, 2018
    Brookings Institution

    ACT/SAT for all: A cheap, effective way to narrow income gaps in college

  • February 8, 2018
    San Francisco Chronicle

    DC graduation scandal shows how chronic absenteeism threatens America’s schools

  • February 6, 2018
    PBS' Rewire

    Does Sexual Harassment Training Work?

  • February 6, 2018
    Science Daily

    Toddler formulas and milks mislead with health claims

  • February 5, 2018
    Bioscience Technology

    Ovaries Give Clues to Bone Enzymes

  • February 5, 2018
    MSN

    Study: Want To Lose Weight? Have Your Partner Lose Weight First

  • February 5, 2018
    Health magazine

    Trying to Lose Weight? Your Partner May Reap the Benefits, Too

  • February 5, 2018
    Broadway World

    UConn’s Ballard Institute Presents Performance of PLASTIC

  • February 5, 2018
    Business Insider

    The ‘ripple effect’ could have a huge impact on your weight loss goals

  • February 5, 2018
    Newsday

    More colleges create support, opportunity for students with autism

  • February 5, 2018
    National Geographic

    Watch Pigcasso, the Famous Painting Pig, at Work

  • February 5, 2018
    BuzzFeed

    14 Fierce College Mascots Who Are Actually Good Boys

  • February 2, 2018
    People magazine

    Trying to Lose Weight? Your Partner May Reap the Benefits, Too

  • February 1, 2018
    U.S. News & World Report

    Dieter’s Weight Loss May Have ‘Ripple Effect’ on Partner

  • February 1, 2018
    Daily Mail, UK

    Why a partner’s diet can help you lose weight too

  • February 1, 2018
    The Telegraph

    ‘The ripple effect’: having a partner on a diet boosts weightloss chances

  • February 1, 2018
    PLOS

    CRISPR Gene Editing of Neurons in Prader-Willi Syndrome

  • February 1, 2018
    MedPage Today

    Chubby Hubby May Still Drop Weight When Partner Diets

  • February 1, 2018
    Sci News

    Aerobic Exercise May Improve Cognitive Symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease

January 2018

  • January 31, 2018
    Science News

    India discovery signals surprisingly early toolmaking advances