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.

April 2017

  • April 24, 2017
    The Week magazine

    No one understands health insurance. That’s a problem.

  • April 24, 2017
    Quartz

    Rhetoric scholars pinpoint why Trump’s inarticulate speaking style is so persuasive

  • April 24, 2017
    Alternative Daily

    Grow Your Own Medicinal Herb Garden

  • April 24, 2017
    ESPN

    Meet Obi Melifonwu, the NFL draft’s biggest workout freak

  • April 21, 2017
    CNN

    How to cut the price of prescription drugs

  • April 21, 2017
    Money Magazine

    The 25 Best Public Colleges for Big Paychecks

  • April 21, 2017
    Inside Higher Ed

    Community College Survey: Transfers to UConn Improved

  • April 21, 2017
    PR Web

    UConn Innovation Fund Provides First Round Funding to Three Biotech Startups

  • April 21, 2017
    Broadway World

    Shrek the Musical Opens at Connecticut Repertory Theatre

  • April 20, 2017
    USA Today Network

    UConn Expert Testifies in Iowa discrimination trial

  • April 20, 2017
    American Medical Association Wire

    Electronic records’ platform brings 11,000 true-life cases to med ed

  • April 20, 2017
    Health Data Management

    Med students to get electronic health record experience

  • April 20, 2017
    ESPN

    UConn women’s basketball team honored at the Ct State Capitol

  • April 19, 2017
    Washington Post

    Yankees vs. Red Sox: Learning how to become a two-team family

  • April 19, 2017
    IEEE Spectrum

    Startup Profile: Enviro Power is Bringing Microcogeneration to the U.S.

  • April 18, 2017
    Reader's Digest

    9 Foods That Calm Anxiety

  • April 18, 2017
    NIH Research Matters

    Repairing torn rotator cuffs

  • April 18, 2017
    Associated Press

    Connecticut doctor making rounds to older patients’ homes

  • April 18, 2017
    MD Magazine

    New Stem Cell Study Suggests Need for Individualized PPMS Therapies

  • April 17, 2017
    Quartz

    Learning a second language isn’t just good for your brain—it’s good for democracy, too

  • April 17, 2017
    Harvard Magazine

    A Language Out of Nothing

  • April 17, 2017
    Washington Post

    Distance — and a $1.5 billion lawsuit — couldn’t keep this couple apart

  • April 17, 2017
    Healthline

    Stem Cell Research Advancing Rapidly

  • April 17, 2017
    Latest Technology

    Scientists Develop New Antibody for Bowel Disease

  • April 17, 2017
    Education News

    New Research Shows Greediest Charter School Operators Looting Taxpayers

  • April 17, 2017
    Hearst Media

    Malloy has battles ahead in last term

  • April 17, 2017
    Associated Press

    UConn submits perfect APR score for men’s basketball

  • April 13, 2017
    Money Magazine

    Social Security Is Mailing Statements. Here’s Why That’s a Problem

  • April 13, 2017
    Healthcare Connect

    Study: Flu Vaccine Usage in Older Adults

  • April 12, 2017
    Associated Press

    UConn Husky Jonathan assists with wedding proposal

  • April 12, 2017
    NPR

    Forcing People At Vending Machines To Wait Nudges Them To Buy Healthier Snacks

  • April 12, 2017
    NCAA

    Ryan Radue impressing in the UConn bullpen after cancer recovery

  • April 11, 2017
    Discover Magazine

    Designing a Moral Machine

  • April 11, 2017
    Boston Globe

    New biotech targets hearing loss

  • April 11, 2017
    Associated Press

    Bid to ban food stamps for soda, candy

  • April 10, 2017
    Dow Jones Newswires

    Class-action lawsuit may offer hope for student loan borrowers in bankruptcy

  • April 10, 2017
    Irish Examiner

    Do smartphones and tablets harm a child’s development?

  • April 10, 2017
    CBS News, New York

    Teenager Saves Grandmother After Health Scare

  • April 9, 2017
    NCAA

    Women’s basketball: Kelsey Plum caps historic season with Wooden Award

  • April 7, 2017
    Associated Press

    To conserve tropical forests and wildlife, protect the rights of people

  • April 7, 2017
    Science Magazine

    Stem cell innovation regrows rotator cuffs

  • April 7, 2017
    Science Newsline

    Study Shows Health Insurance Plans Too Complicated to Understand

  • April 7, 2017
    Glamour

    Kia Nurse one of Glamour’s 2017 College Women of the Year

  • April 6, 2017
    Shape Magazine

    This Woman’s Fitness Tracker Helped Her Realize She Had a Life-Threatening Condition

  • April 6, 2017
    NBC Today Show

    This woman’s Fitbit didn’t simply encourage her to walk — it saved her life

  • April 6, 2017
    Women's Health Magazine

    This Woman’s Fitness Tracker Helped Save Her Life

  • April 6, 2017
    CBS News NYC

    Fitbit Helps Save Connecticut Woman’s Life

  • April 6, 2017
    Boston Globe

    UConn Law on state’s bid to extend online sales tax

  • April 5, 2017
    Washington Post

    Who’s protesting and why? Here’s our February report.

  • April 5, 2017
    Slate

    Self-Care: From its radical roots to its election-inspired resurgence