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 23, 2018
    National Public Radio

    Could Free, In-School SAT Option Level the Playing Field?

  • February 23, 2018
    National Science Foundation

    Hunting is changing forests, but not as expected

  • February 23, 2018
    NPR

    How School Shootings Have Changed the Teaching Profession

  • February 22, 2018
    Phys.org

    Invasion of the body-snatching fungus

  • February 22, 2018
    Washington Post

    Did the U.S. ‘hack back’ at Russia? Here’s why this matters in cyberwarfare.

  • February 22, 2018
    Public Radio

    How Skype Is Helping Kentucky High Schoolers Connect With STEM Careers

  • February 22, 2018
    Los Angeles Times

    Instead of nagging your spouse to lose weight, try going on a diet yourself

  • February 22, 2018
    Spectrum

    Autism genes abound in DNA regions involved in learning

  • February 21, 2018
    TIME magazine

    9 Books to Read for Black History Month, According to Scholars

  • 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