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.

April 2019

• April 3, 2019 - National Geographic
  Our Nights are Getting Brighter, and Earth is Paying the Price
• April 3, 2019 - Science Daily
  Food for thought: Why did we ever start farming?
• April 3, 2019 - The Nation
  UConn’s Micki McElya: ‘Loyal Slave’ Monuments Tell a Racist Lie
• April 3, 2019 - San Francisco Chronicle
  Citizen Science Indicates Climate Change is Rapidly Reshaping Long Island Sound
• April 1, 2019 - Associated Press
  UConn Hosts Day-long Forum on Self-driving Cars

March 2019

• March 29, 2019 - FOX News
  UConn Women’s ‘Tiniest Husky’ Inspiring Players On and Off Court in Battle with Blood Disorder
• March 29, 2019 - Science Daily
  TB: Promising New Drugs for Old Pathogen Mtb
• March 29, 2019 - Infection Control Today
  Promising New Drugs to Fight TB
• March 28, 2019 - History News Network
  How the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings Turned Baseball Into a National Sensation
• March 27, 2019 - North Jersey Media Group
  UConn’s Preston Green on the Tax Dollars Spent on NJ’s Flawed Charter School Experiment
• March 27, 2019 - Popular Science
  Taxing Soda Would Help Make Kids Healthier
• March 27, 2019 - Hearst news
  CT Food Pantries Pushed to Offer More Nutritional Items
• March 27, 2019 - Washington Post
  Trump’s Golan Heights Tweet Disregards Decades of U.S. Commitment to U.N. resolutions
• March 27, 2019 - Medpage Today
  Neural Stem Cells in MS Patients Look Prematurely Old
• March 26, 2019 - Science Codex
  Brain Stem Cells Age Faster in Multiple Sclerosis Patients
• March 26, 2019 - Phys.org
  Crisis Management: When Your Celebrity Advertising Endorser Generates Negative Publicity
• March 26, 2019 - Huffington Post
  10 Everyday Ways To Foster A Healthy Body Image In Your Child
• March 26, 2019 - MSN
  The Autism Diagnosis That Isn’t Always Permanent
• March 26, 2019 - Dentistry Today
  Researchers to Investigate Role of Lipids in Periodontitis
• March 26, 2019 - Reuters
  OxyContin Maker Purdue Reaches $270 Million Settlement in Oklahoma Opioid Case
• March 25, 2019 - Associated Press
  Does Monsanto’s Roundup Cause Cancer? The Law Says Yes, the Science Says Maybe
• March 25, 2019 - Salon
  From “Wild Horses” to “Wild Things,” a Window Into Maurice Sendak’s Creative Process
• March 25, 2019 - Ebony magazine
  Former WNBA Player Talks Life After Basketball & Money Management
• March 25, 2019 - Runner's World
  Should You Drink Coffee Before a Long Run?
• March 25, 2019 - American Military News
  UConn Students Develop Device to Help Keep Navy Sailors From Getting Injured
• March 25, 2019 - Hearst News
  Is Connecticut’s Slowing Job Growth a Sign of Something Worse?
• March 22, 2019 - Insurance Journal
  Analysis: Jury Upends Bayer’s Roundup Defense Strategy
• March 22, 2019 - Bloomberg News
  Science Can’t Solve the Roundup Cancer Cases. Only a Jury Can.
• March 22, 2019 - The Intelligencer
  Counties Likely To Be Bugged by Cicadas Again This Summer
• March 22, 2019 - Hearst News
  Op-ed: The World Needs More Funny (and Disruptive) Women
• March 22, 2019 - Broadway World
  UConn’s Ballard Institute Presents ‘Paper Cut’ By Yael Rasooly
• March 22, 2019 - Good Housekeeping
  How Spring Cleaning Can Help Manage Stress
• March 21, 2019 - Legal Newsline
  Multidistrict Litigation Swamps Courts as Rules Struggle to Catch Up
• March 21, 2019 - Associated Press
  Officials Unveil Draft ‘Blue Plan’ for Protecting Long Island Sound
• March 21, 2019 - US News
  Tighter Blood Pressure Control May Prevent Brain Lesions
• March 21, 2019 - Reuters
  Jury Finding Upends Bayer’s Roundup Defense Strategy: Experts
• March 21, 2019 - Chicago Tribune
  Locals Help Put African American Puppetry on National Stage
• March 21, 2019 - Phys.org
  Complex Societies Gave Birth to Big Gods, Not the Other Way Around: Study
• March 20, 2019 - Newswise
  Health Insurance Associated with Lower Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Among Aging Immigrants
• March 20, 2019 - Medicine Newsline
  Food Pantry Clients More Likely to Make Healthy Choices When Meal Kits, Recipe Tastings Available
• March 20, 2019 - Food Management
  UConn Dining Goes “Buggy” With Insect-based Pop-up Meal
• March 19, 2019 - National Public Radio
  As More Americans Face Alzheimer’s, What’s The Value Of An Early Diagnosis?
• March 19, 2019 - UPI
  Lower Blood Pressure Boosts Brain Function in Elderly, Study Says
• March 19, 2019 - American Journal of Managed Care
  Study Links Blood Pressure to Brain Scan Differences in Seniors
• March 19, 2019 - Medicine Newsline
  Lowering Blood Pressure Prevents Worsening Brain Damage in Elderly
• March 19, 2019 - New York Times
  UConn’s Sinha Cited in The Black Gun Owner Next Door
• March 19, 2019 - Pharmacy Times
  Pneumonia Prevention Is Possible
• March 18, 2019 - Associated Press
  From ‘Wild Horses’ to ‘Wild Things,’ a Window into Maurice Sendak’s Creative Process
• March 18, 2019 - New York Times
  A Wall Divides a Connecticut Town
• March 18, 2019 - Associated Press
  UConn Students Develop Device to Help Keep Navy Sailors From Getting Injured