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.

July 2018

  • July 2, 2018
    Science Trends

    Intriguing Flexible Devices Based On Mechanoluminescence

  • July 2, 2018
    Associated Press

    Should girls who play soccer be required to wear headgear?

  • July 2, 2018
    Associated Press

    UConn Hires First Woman to Serve as Dean of Dental School

  • July 2, 2018
    Science Daily

    As asylum requests rise, doctors have important role

  • July 2, 2018
    Scientific American

    Invasive Giant Hogweed’s Solar-Activated Sap Causes Blistering Skin Burns

June 2018

  • June 29, 2018
    Reader's Digest

    Everyone Praises the Healing Power of This Drug—but Many Don’t Realize the Damaging Effect It Has on Teens

  • June 29, 2018
    Mic

    This look inside the world’s largest train station will make Americans painfully jealous

  • June 29, 2018
    Huff Post

    Powell of UConnHealth: Black Men Have Shorter Lives Than White Men. How We Can Change That.

  • June 28, 2018
    Reuters

    ACLU family separation case highlights alternate path for Trump challengers

  • June 28, 2018
    Reuters Health

    Work stress may be deadly for men with heart disease and diabetes

  • June 27, 2018
    Bloomberg BNA

    Copy South Dakota’s Online Sales Tax, Avoid Lawsuits

  • June 27, 2018
    National Public Radio

    Throughout New England, More Elderly Appear To Be Dying From Falls

  • June 27, 2018
    NBC News

    Mosquitoes in New Canaan Test Positive for West Nile Virus

  • June 27, 2018
    NBC News

    Experts Warn of Invasive Plant That Can Damage Human Skin

  • June 26, 2018
    Chalkbeat

    The Gates Foundation bet big on teacher evaluation. The report it commissioned explains how those efforts fell short.

  • June 25, 2018
    Forbes

    Creativity Is For Everyone

  • June 25, 2018
    Psychology Today

    Why Stress Is Good

  • June 25, 2018
    ESPN

    Breanna Stewart on growing up and embracing herself

  • June 22, 2018
    New York Times

    Family Separation: It’s a Problem for U.S. Citizens, Too

  • June 22, 2018
    Salon

    Don’t worry, be cynical: Why the fear of a nation of critical skeptics is overblown

  • June 22, 2018
    San Francisco Chronicle

    Mobile Sense Technologies Wins U.S. Patent, $225K from NSF

  • June 22, 2018
    New York Magazine

    National Enquirer Allegedly Ran Stories by Trump Camp Before Publishing

  • June 21, 2018
    U.S. News

    What You Need to Know About Heat Stroke

  • June 21, 2018
    NNPA Newswire

    Patients, Health Professionals Observe World Sickle Cell Day

  • June 21, 2018
    MarketWatch

    How your ‘poker face’ can make you money at business as well as cards

  • June 20, 2018
    WIRED

    WHO Calls Gaming Disorder an Illness. Experts Say Not So Fast

  • June 20, 2018
    Hearst newspapers

    Depression affects women at twice the rate as men

  • June 20, 2018
    New England Cable News

    UConn Gene Editing Research Could Benefit Citrus Industry

  • June 19, 2018
    Becker's Hospital Review

    Gaming disorder now a WHO-recognized disease, but US healthcare system not prepared

  • June 19, 2018
    Consumer Reports

    The Benefits of Running vs. Walking

  • June 19, 2018
    Psychology Today

    Have You Become a Sofalizer?

  • June 18, 2018
    Reach MD

    Poker Has a ‘Tell’ About Strategic Thinkers

  • June 18, 2018
    Ars Technia, Condé Nast Digital

    What happened last time it was as warm as it’s going to get later this century?

  • June 18, 2018
    New York Times

    Video Game Addiction Tries to Move From Basement to Doctor’s Office

  • June 18, 2018
    Shape magazine

    Cold Workout Classes Are a New Fitness Trend—and Science Says They’re Legit

  • June 15, 2018
    BioPharm International

    Research Shows Promise for Syphilis Vaccine

  • June 15, 2018
    Thrillist

    How to Take Your Small Business to the Next Level

  • June 15, 2018
    Broadway World

    Ballard Presents The 2018 Summertime Saturday Puppet Show Series

  • June 15, 2018
    Los Angeles Times

    50,000% markup for a shot makes the case for a single-payer healthcare system

  • June 14, 2018
    USA Today Network

    Passidomo, lawmakers jump in after FHSAA won’t mandate ice tubs for heat stroke

  • June 14, 2018
    Bloomberg

    Are High Court Tax Precedents Set in Stone After 25 Years?

  • June 13, 2018
    American School & University

    UConn celebrates opening of Engineering & Science Building

  • June 13, 2018
    The Atlantic

    How to Tame a Zombie Fungus

  • June 13, 2018
    Newsweek

    Are Rabbits the Key to Developing a Syphilis Vaccine? Scientists Hope So

  • June 13, 2018
    Infosurhoy

    The Centuries of Not Having a Vaccine For Syphilis Could Finally Come to an End

  • June 13, 2018
    Science Daily

    Finally, hope for a syphilis vaccine

  • June 13, 2018
    Infection Control Today

    Syphilis Researchers Have Identified Exterior Proteins on the Bacteria That Could Serve as Vaccine Targets

  • June 13, 2018
    Bloomberg

    Disasters Are Getting Costlier, So the U.S. Government Is Buying Reinsurance

  • June 13, 2018
    ABC-TV

    Ditching plastic straws to be environmentally friendly

  • June 13, 2018
    Raw Story

    Summit with Kim is boosting Trump’s confidence – that might not be a good thing