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.

August 2017

  • August 24, 2017
    Men's Health

    10 Top Cancer Experts Reveal What They Do to Avoid the Deadly Disease

  • August 24, 2017
    Health Medicine Network

    Why You Should Skip Adderall as a Study Drug

  • August 23, 2017
    Associated Press

    UConn Opens Downtown Satellite Campus in Hartford

  • August 23, 2017
    New York Times

    Fat Bias Starts Early and Takes a Serious Toll

  • August 23, 2017
    MIT Technology Review

    Sickle-Cell Patients See Hope in CRISPR

  • August 22, 2017
    Associated Press

    New study strengthens link between breast cancer risk, nighttime light exposure

  • August 22, 2017
    CNN

    Neighborhoods with more light have higher breast cancer risk, study says

  • August 22, 2017
    Phys.org

    Dyes detect disease through heartbeat signals

  • August 21, 2017
    Journal of Blacks in Higher Education

    Mandatory Free College Entrance Examinations Can Boost Enrollments of Low-Income Students

  • August 21, 2017
    Chalkbeat

    Study on new approach to help struggling schools finds little success in R.I.

  • August 21, 2017
    Business Insider

    9 tricks to instantly appear more competent

  • August 21, 2017
    Insurance Business Magazine, UK

    FCA warns consumers over comparison sites

  • August 21, 2017
    Washington Post

    Here’s who rallied in July and why

  • August 18, 2017
    Consumer Affairs

    How raising the minimum wage by $1 could reduce cases of child neglect

  • August 18, 2017
    Psychology Today

    The Civil War Continues in Charlottesville

  • August 17, 2017
    Health Medicine Network

    Raising the Minimum Wage Would Reduce Child Neglect Cases

  • August 17, 2017
    Washington Post

    Heather Heyer is part of a long tradition of white anti-racism activists

  • August 17, 2017
    The Hill

    Adequate healthcare starts in our communities

  • August 17, 2017
    American Theatre

    Looking In: Teen Theatre That Keeps It Real

  • August 16, 2017
    TIME magazine

    Is Protein Powder Good For You?

  • August 16, 2017
    Phys.org

    Raising the minimum wage would reduce child neglect cases

  • August 15, 2017
    Christian Science Monitor

    Why are there still Nazis? These eight questions can help explain.

  • August 14, 2017
    Associated Press

    UConn women’s basketball team heads to Italy for exhibitions

  • August 11, 2017
    CBS Sports

    High School Football Player Killed by Log in ‘Horrific Accident’

  • August 11, 2017
    Sports Illustrated

    High School Football Player Dies During Drill

  • August 10, 2017
    USA Today

    Fast-food restaurants pledged to offer healthier options to kids. How have they done?

  • August 10, 2017
    Sports Illustrated

    High School Athletes Not Being Fully Protected

  • August 10, 2017
    New York Times

    Sports Study: High School Athletes Not Being Fully Protected

  • August 10, 2017
    Bloomberg

    UConn Law Expert on Student Loan Giant’s Loss in Court

  • August 9, 2017
    Associated Press

    Sports Study: H.S. Athletes Not Being Fully Protected

  • August 8, 2017
    New York Times

    Biases Against Atheists Emerge in Study

  • August 8, 2017
    Phys.org

    Some land conservation measures unpopular among property owners

  • August 8, 2017
    ESPN

    UConn’s Chris Dailey to be Honored with Margo Dydek Award

  • August 7, 2017
    Houston Chronicle

    Hunger Rears its Head on College Campuses

  • August 7, 2017
    NBC News

    Op-ed: College Students Going Hungry – What We Can Do

  • August 7, 2017
    Houston Chronicle

    Who’s Most Vulnerable to Extreme Temperatures?

  • August 7, 2017
    Salon

    Facing the threat from North Korea: 5 essential reads

  • August 7, 2017
    Sports Illustrated

    How the Astros’ (and UConn’s) George Springer Learned To Embrace The Game

  • August 7, 2017
    Seattle Post-Intelligencer

    Heat waves threaten city dwellers, especially minorities and the poor

  • August 4, 2017
    The Guardian

    UConn study finds human influence in the Amazon’s third drought since 2005

  • August 4, 2017
    Health News Digest

    Helping Your Student with Disabilities Prepare for the Future

  • August 4, 2017
    Sports Illustrated

    The Sports Dish: What Breanna Stewart, More Athletes Love to Eat

  • August 3, 2017
    Washington Post

    Was Abraham Lincoln an incorrigible racist?

  • August 3, 2017
    Los Angeles Times

    Facing the threat from North Korea: 5 essential reads

  • August 2, 2017
    SB Nation

    What’s the best sports game you’ve ever seen in person?

  • August 2, 2017
    TIME magazine

    You Asked: Is Social Media Making Me Miserable?

  • August 2, 2017
    Associated Press

    Local Navy teams up with URI, UConn to launch engineering program

  • August 2, 2017
    NBC Sports

    The Baseball Reminiscence Program helps aging adults with dementia

  • August 2, 2017
    NBC

    Helping your student with disabilities prepare for the future

  • August 2, 2017
    Houston Chronicle

    Facing the threat from North Korea: 5 essential reads