UConn Today

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.

November 2018

• November 14, 2018 - Broadway World
  UConn’s Ballard Institute Presents ‘The Gingerbread Man’
• November 13, 2018 - Morning Consult
  Addressing Disparities in the Care of People with Sickle Cell Disease
• November 13, 2018 - Atlanta Journal Constitution
  Study Reports How Race Matters in the Classroom
• November 13, 2018 - Broadway World
  CRT Presents ‘A Civil War Christmas’ at UConn
• November 12, 2018 - Washington Post
  3 Ways to Look at August’s Protests
• November 9, 2018 - Self magazine
  Does Work/Life Balance Exist in the Gig Economy?
• November 8, 2018 - Seeker
  How Do You Test the World’s Fastest Jet Engines?
• November 7, 2018 - Public Source
  Were Reforms on Solitary Confinement in PA Enough to Protect Vulnerable Inmates?
• November 7, 2018 - Medicine Newsline
  Alcohol Industry Social Responsibility Schemes Fail to Reduce Harmful Alcohol Use
• November 6, 2018 - CNN
  Your Grandma May Be Old, But That Doesn’t Mean You Will Be, Researchers Say
• November 6, 2018 - ESPN
  Former UConn Volleyball Player on Breaking into Breaking News at CNN
• November 6, 2018 - Electronic Component News
  Researchers Apply Human Ethics to Autonomous Machines
• November 6, 2018 - Parade magazine
  Teen Launches Annual ‘Shredfest’ Concert for Kids Battling Cancer
• November 6, 2018 - Science Daily
  Alcohol industry health campaigns miss the mark by a longshot, study finds
• November 6, 2018 - Hearst news
  Crashes Increase 45 Percent After Daylight Savings Time Ends
• November 6, 2018 - USA Today network
  Nick Ahmed’s Journey From Lightly Recruited Shortstop to Gold Glove finalist
• November 5, 2018 - New England Cable News
  Battle Over Taxes and Deficits: Connecticut Governor Race Remains Tight
• November 5, 2018 - Hearst news
  Opinion: Hate Speech Flourishes When We Allow It
• November 2, 2018 - Scientific American
  As Insect Populations Decline, Scientists Are Trying to Understand Why
• November 2, 2018 - Phys.org
  ‘Cryptic’ Interactions Drive Biodiversity Decline Near Forest Fragments
• November 2, 2018 - Hearst news
  Connecticut Program to Assess Growth Potential for Shellfish Industry
• November 2, 2018 - BuzzFeed
  No, A Study Did Not Find That Cellphones Can Give You Cancer
• November 2, 2018 - Washington Post
  Dish gardens bring gardening inside for the winter
• November 2, 2018 - Associated Press
  UConn Board Approves $45 Million Plan for Hockey Rink
• November 1, 2018 - Bloomberg News
  WhatsApp Groups and Misinformation Are a Threat to Fragile Democracies
• November 1, 2018 - Washington Post
  How Do You Make a Hit Political TV Drama? Don’t Talk Too Much About Politics.
• November 1, 2018 - Bloomberg News
  NYC Council Bills Would Set Workarounds for Federal Deduction Cap

October 2018

• October 31, 2018 - Council on Foreign Relations
  U.S. Cyber Command Targeted Russian Operatives to Deter Election Meddling. Here’s Why.
• October 31, 2018 - National Public Radio
  Hate Speech, Hate Crimes
• October 31, 2018 - Daily Northwestern
  Researchers Discover How Spiders’ Webs May Be Used to Produce Equally Strong Materials
• October 31, 2018 - National Geographic
  UConn’s Scott Wallace on Promise by Brazil’s New Leader to Exploit the Amazon
• October 31, 2018 - Shape magazine
  Natural Sore Throat Remedies That Aren’t Drops
• October 31, 2018 - Hearst news
  Trump’s Plan to End Birthright Citizenship Draws Ire
• October 30, 2018 - Washington Post
  Birthright citizenship: A Trump-inspired history lesson on the 14th Amendment
• October 30, 2018 - The Atlantic
  Animals Are Riding an Escalator to Extinction
• October 30, 2018 - Associated Press
  Mountain Birds on ‘Escalator to Extinction’ as Planet Warms
• October 30, 2018 - Washington Post
  Why the ‘Reading Wars’ are a Waste of Time
• October 30, 2018 - National Public Radio
  Pulling Back The Curtain On Political Polls
• October 29, 2018 - Bloomberg News
  Charities Could Be Out $5.3M if SCOTUS Rejects Google Deal
• October 29, 2018 - Bloomberg News
  New York’s Federal Tax Deduction Workaround Pays Off, May Not Last
• October 29, 2018 - Washington Post
  No Court Would Convict Trump of Incitement. His Liability is Moral, not Legal.
• October 29, 2018 - New York Times
  In Connecticut, What’s Worse: Trump, Gov. Malloy or the Economy?
• October 29, 2018 - The Washington Times
  Republicans Seek Governorships in New England
• October 29, 2018 - Hearst news
  Elections Could Decide Future of Connecticut’s Cities
• October 29, 2018 - Associated Press
  US Election Integrity Depends on Security-Challenged Firms
• October 29, 2018 - The Washington Times
  Security-Challenged Firms are Gatekeepers of US Elections
• October 29, 2018 - Live Science
  Why Do Some People Feel More Pain Than Others?
• October 26, 2018 - Daily Mail
  Why Do Some People Feel Less Pain? They May Be Genetically More Resilient
• October 26, 2018 - ReachMD
  Old Drug, New Hope for Pediatric Brain Cancer
• October 26, 2018 - MSN
  This Is Why Yawns Are Contagious