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.

July 2022

  • July 26, 2022
    USA Today

    Extra Weight Increases Health Risk in the Long Run. Fat Shaming Hurts Now.

  • July 26, 2022
    USA Today

    How Will the Obesity Epidemic End? With Kids.

  • July 26, 2022
    USA Today

    The NRA Helped Make It Hard to Study Gun Violence For Decades. Now the Floodgates Are Open.

  • July 26, 2022
    The New Yorker

    Undersea Internet Cables Can Detect Earthquakes—and May Soon Warn of Tsunamis

  • July 25, 2022
    Hearst Connecticut Media

    Lamont is Ready to ‘Challenge the System’ with New Gun Safety Measures in CT

  • July 25, 2022
    News 8 WTNH-TV

    This Week in Connecticut: Flashback to when John F. Kennedy endorsed Thomas Dodd

  • July 25, 2022
    Connecticut Public Radio

    A Group of Connecticut Cicadas Disappeared Nearly 70 Years Ago. Scientists Still Search For Answers.

  • July 25, 2022
    Newsweek

    Good Guys With Guns May Be Heroes — But They’re Not Our Solution

  • July 25, 2022
    Hearst Connecticut Media

    Heat Wave in Connecticut: 7 Facts and Predictions About Climate Change in Connecticut

  • July 25, 2022
    Courthouse News Service

    Amid So Many Shootings, a Movement to Make Tourniquet Training As Common As CPR

  • July 25, 2022
    The Hartford Courant

    The Heat Is On: 7 Things to Know About Greater Hartford’s Summer Home Sale Market

  • July 25, 2022
    McKnight's Long-Term Care News

    Psychological Resilience Boosts Walking Abilities After Hip Fracture: Study

  • July 25, 2022
    Hearst Connecticut Media

    What Would Happen to Connecticut Home Prices If a Recession Hit?

  • July 22, 2022
    Newsweek

    Good Guys With Guns May Be Heroes—But They’re Not Our Solution

  • July 22, 2022
    Fox 61

    Connecticut Farmers Work to Keep Animals and Crops Safe in Heat

  • July 22, 2022
    Connecticut Public Radio

    For U.S. Attorney Vanessa Roberts Avery, Community Engagement Is Critical

  • July 21, 2022
    Connecticut magainze

    What’s the Big Idea? UConn Students Are Shooting for the Moon With Their Rover design

  • July 21, 2022
    CNBC

    The Danger of Skipping Your Covid Booster Is Rising—and More Than 100 Million Americans Are at Risk

  • July 21, 2022
    AARP

    How to Avoid Dehydration and Heatstroke

  • July 20, 2022
    Connecticut Public Radio

    Expanding Telehealth Services in Response to Strong Patient Demand

  • July 20, 2022
    Connecticut Public Radio

    Hotter Days Don’t Affect Connecticut Residents Equally. These Maps Show How.

  • July 20, 2022
    Health Day

    U.S. Hospitals Are Getting Safer for Patients, Study Finds

  • July 19, 2022
    Connecticut Public Radio

    Understanding How Our Physical and Mental Health Are Linked

  • July 19, 2022
    The Philadelphia Tribune

    Known For Heavy Roles, Tony Todd Just Wants to Spread Positivity

  • July 19, 2022
    Hearst Connecticut Media

    GE Appliances Starts Production At New Stamford ‘Microfactory’

  • July 19, 2022
    Associated Press

    Excavation of Graves Begins at Site of Colonial Black Church

  • July 18, 2022
    Fox 61

    Monkeypox in Connecticut

  • July 18, 2022
    Hearst Connecticut Media

    Connecticut Farmers Fear What’s Ahead as State’s Drought Worsens

  • July 18, 2022
    Popular Science

    Stay-At-Home Science Project: Make Ice Cream in a Bag

  • July 18, 2022
    Hartford Business Journal

    In Strategy Shift, SLAM Collaborative Taps East Coast, West Coast Leadership Team

  • July 18, 2022
    The Nation

    The Fight Over Berlin’s Comfort Woman Statue

  • July 17, 2022
    The Cheshire (Conn.) Herald

    Shan Extends Family Tradition At UConn

  • July 15, 2022
    The Hill

    To Restore Trust in Science, Make It Accessible; Here’s How

  • July 15, 2022
    NBC Connecticut

    Students Develop Plan to Light Up Dark Tunnel on Bolton’s River Hop Trail

  • July 15, 2022
    earth.com

    Hummingbirds Will Not Be Able to Retreat to High Altitudes

  • July 15, 2022
    Connecticut Health I-Team

    Should Gun Safety Be On Your Doctor’s Check List? Researchers Want To Know Why It Isn’t

  • July 14, 2022
    Hearst Connecticut Media

    How Proximity to Connecticut Highways Affects Home Values and Divides Communities

  • July 13, 2022
    The 74

    Study: When School Board Members Are Elected, Their Property Values Go Up

  • July 13, 2022
    Connecticut Public Radio

    Life With Rare, Incurable Disease Is All About Quality

  • July 13, 2022
    Hearst Connecticut Media

    Opinion: Does ‘Settled Law’ Really Exist?

  • July 12, 2022
    Wired

    Permanent Birth Control Is in Demand in the US — But Hard to Get

  • July 12, 2022
    Men's Health

    How to Tweak Your Workouts as the World

  • July 12, 2022
    The New York Times

    Making Sense of Shinzo Abe

  • July 12, 2022
    The New Yorker

    How Shinzo Abe Sought to Rewrite Japanese History

  • July 11, 2022
    CNBC

    U.S. Health Laws Don’t Always Protect Abortion Information, But New Bills Could Fill the Gaps

  • July 11, 2022
    The Hartford Courant

    Are the Outdoors Quieter? A Host of Threats Are Impacting Connecticut’s Insect Population

  • July 9, 2022
    Wired

    Permanent Birth Control is in Demand in the US – but Hard to Get

  • July 8, 2022
    WTNH-TV News 8

    UConn Health Researcher Weighs In On Why Some Hosts Are Tastier to Mosquitoes

  • July 8, 2022
    Hearst Connecticut Media

    ‘Significant Rise in White Supremacist Propaganda’ in Connecticut, Experts Say

  • July 7, 2022
    The CT Mirror

    Close to 3,000 Young Children in Connecticut Vaccinated Against COVID So Far