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 1, 2017
    Phys.org

    Free admissions tests help more poor students go to college

July 2017

  • July 31, 2017
    Forbes

    If You’re Feeling Unproductive, Blame The Summer Heat

  • July 31, 2017
    Boston Globe

    UConn pitchers see summertime action

  • July 28, 2017
    Sports Pro

    UConn ticks off mega Nike renewal

  • July 27, 2017
    TIME

    You Asked: What’s the Best Way to Rehydrate—Besides Drinking Water?

  • July 27, 2017
    The Hill

    Why Donald Trump flipped a Dem county in blue Connecticut

  • July 27, 2017
    ESPN

    The humanity and hubris of ‘Cyborg’ Justino

  • July 26, 2017
    Houston Chronicle

    Helping your students with disabilities prepare for the future

  • July 26, 2017
    New Republic

    Betsy DeVos Is Making “School Choice” Toxic for Democrats

  • July 25, 2017
    Los Angeles Times

    Fake news about statins is discouraging the use of these life-saving drugs, expert warns

  • July 25, 2017
    Reader's Digest

    If You Were Born In Summer, This Is What We Know About You

  • July 25, 2017
    Washington Post

    More people in the U.S. protested in June than in any month since the January Women’s Marches.

  • July 25, 2017
    Consumer Reports

    How to Stay Safe in the Heat

  • July 24, 2017
    TIME

    Why Americans Need to Understand Chinese Ways of Thinking

  • July 24, 2017
    Education Week

    Free ACT and SAT Exams Drive Up College Enrollment for Poor Students

  • July 24, 2017
    Business Insider

    There’s one major thing everyone gets wrong about Amazon and the retail apocalypse

  • July 24, 2017
    Public Radio International

    What does a scientist look like? The ‘Skype a Scientist’ program helps schoolkids find out.

  • July 24, 2017
    U.S. News & World Report

    UConn Alums Chosen as Veterinarians for School Mascot

  • July 21, 2017
    New York Times

    UConn’s Korey Stringer Institute on Heatstroke Risk in Young Athletes

  • July 20, 2017
    New Scientist

    Plastics made fireproof thanks to mother-of-pearl mimic

  • July 20, 2017
    The Conversation

    Why the US doesn’t understand Chinese thought – and must

  • July 20, 2017
    Washington Post

    President Trump, do you remember that time Margaret Thatcher fired all the economists?

  • July 19, 2017
    The Atlantic

    How Churches Could Run Charter Schools

  • July 18, 2017
    Washington Post

    Too much surveillance makes us less free. It also makes us less safe.

  • July 18, 2017
    Chemistry World

    Sun shines for iron catalyst to convert carbon dioxide to methane

  • July 18, 2017
    Los Angeles Times

    In Tupac’s life, the struggles and triumphs of a generation

  • July 18, 2017
    New York Post

    Thousands Agreed to Clean For Free Wi-Fi

  • July 18, 2017
    Men's Fitness

    5 ways technology threatens your health

  • July 18, 2017
    Science Newsline

    Reduced Oxygen Nanocrystalline Materials Show Improved Performance

  • July 17, 2017
    The Weather Channel

    Connecticut: A Ticking Time Bomb

  • July 17, 2017
    New York Times

    How Universal College Admission Tests Help Low-Income Students

  • July 17, 2017
    Runner's World

    Does Vitamin D Affect Your Blood Pressure During Exercise?

  • July 14, 2017
    Washington Post

    The inescapable politics of ‘Game of Thrones’

  • July 14, 2017
    Washington Post

    ‘We’re losing more people to the sweets than to the streets’

  • July 14, 2017
    Variety

    The Overachievers: Which Stars Got Multiple Emmy Nominations?

  • July 13, 2017
    New York Times

    Hall of Fame Coach Assists Cast in Play About Recruiting

  • July 13, 2017
    Slate

    The Shame of Rikers

  • July 13, 2017
    Science Daily

    Seaside sparrows caught between predators, rising seas

  • July 13, 2017
    NY Daily News

    It’s insulting that ESPN hasn’t found ‘the right woman’ to host ESPYs — here are some who can

  • July 12, 2017
    Wine Spectator

    The $110 Million Question: Is Alcohol Good for You?

  • July 11, 2017
    NPR

    Don’t Phone A Friend. Skype A Scientist!

  • July 11, 2017
    Associated Press

    Chocolate milk off the menu at San Francisco schools

  • July 11, 2017
    San Francisco Chronicle

    Chocolate milk booted off the menu at SF school cafeterias

  • July 11, 2017
    San Diego Union-Tribune

    San Francisco schools ban chocolate milk: It’s ‘a bummer, but whatever’

  • July 11, 2017
    Chalkbeat

    When states pay for the SAT or ACT, more poor students go to college

  • July 11, 2017
    Daily Mail

    The secret lives of hummingbirds: Incredible slo-mo footage

  • July 10, 2017
    Men's Fitness

    How to add 5 pounds of muscle in a month

  • July 10, 2017
    Associated Press

    Trump’s friendly meeting with Putin further blurs US-Russia relations

  • July 10, 2017
    International Business Times

    Understanding Kim Jong Un And What Makes North Korea’s Leader Tick

  • July 10, 2017
    Associated Press

    Rising tides could spell extinction for East Coast’s saltmarsh sparrow