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.

June 2021

  • June 9, 2021
    EdTech

    How a University Helped Connecticut Create a Data-Driven Pandemic Response

  • June 8, 2021
    Parents

    It’s About Time We Made Sex Ed And Pediatric Health Care LGBTQ+ Friendly

  • June 8, 2021
    Rockies Magazine

    To: Julia — From: Scott Oberg

  • June 8, 2021
    CNN

    The Pandemic Changed the Way We Ate and Shopped – Not Always For the Better

  • June 8, 2021
    The Day (New London, Conn.)

    Open Air at Avery Point

  • June 8, 2021
    Hearst Connecticut Media

    11 Local Ice Cream Places Worth an Afternoon Drive in Connecticut

  • June 8, 2021
    Associated Press

    Caron Butler Works to End Solitary Confinement in Prisons

  • June 8, 2021
    The Chronicle of Higher Education

    Race on Campus: Bipoc, Minority, or People of Color?

  • June 8, 2021
    The Every Mom

    Why You’re Feeling Baby Kicks Even After You’ve Given Birth

  • June 8, 2021
    Beckers's Hospital Review

    Becker’s Podcast: Dr. Andrew Agwunobi

  • June 8, 2021
    Education Week

    How the Pandemic Is Already Changing Principal-Prep Programs

  • June 4, 2021
    Connecticut magazine

    The Secret Lives of Doctors — Dr. Marja Hurley, the mentor

  • June 4, 2021
    Connecticut magazine

    The Secret Lives of Doctors — Dr. Alexandre West, the dancer

  • June 3, 2021
    Connecticut magazine

    The Secret Lives of Doctors — Dr. Julian Nieves, the Farm Hand

  • June 3, 2021
    NBC Connecticut

    Giving Back on Global Running Day

  • June 3, 2021
    The Conversation

    Weight Stigma Is a Burden Around the World – and Has Negative Consequences Everywhere

  • June 2, 2021
    Connecticut magazine

    The Secret Lives of Doctors — Dr. Janice Oliveri

  • June 2, 2021
    WFSB-TV

    Doctors Overwhelmingly Say Majority of COVID Patients Hospitalized Are Unvaccinated, Partially Vaccinated

  • June 1, 2021
    The Hartford Courant

    For Some 100,000 Connecticut Residents With Weakened Immune Systems, the Threat of COVID-19 Isn’t Going Away

  • June 1, 2021
    Hartford Business Journal

    Aging Business Owners Increasingly Turn to Private Equity Buyers

  • June 1, 2021
    The New York Times

    Plan Your Summer (June 13)

May 2021

  • May 31, 2021
    Times Colonist (Victoria, B.C.)

    For Gifted Kids, Effort is Key to Success in Life

  • May 31, 2021
    The New York Times

    14 Excerpts from Commencement Speeches Without the Word C*vid

  • May 31, 2021
    NBC 7 San Diego

    When American-Born Wong Kim Ark Was Turned Back From US After Visiting China, He Sued and Won

  • May 31, 2021
    The Day (New London, Conn.)

    NFA Senior Marie Toussaint Went From English Learner to Honors Scholar

  • May 31, 2021
    Meriden (Conn.) Record-Journal

    Wilcox Valedictorian Motivated by Scholarship Opportunity

  • May 31, 2021
    Hearst Connecticut Media

    Connecticut Has Spent $10M on COVID messaging. Is It Working?

  • May 31, 2021
    Associated Press

    How Tulsa Massacre Spent Most of Last Century Unremembered

  • May 28, 2021
    News 8 WTNH-TV

    Mineral or Chemical? UConn Dermatology ChairWweighs In On Sunscreen Choices

  • May 28, 2021
    USA Today

    LGBTQ Definitions Every Good Ally Should Know

  • May 27, 2021
    Associated Press

    Basketball-Centric UConn Proving It’s Also a Baseball School

  • May 27, 2021
    The New York Times

    Can Removing Highways Fix America’s Cities?

  • May 27, 2021
    Bloomberg

    Big Business Loses a Political Home Amid Its Feud With the GOP

  • May 26, 2021
    WFSB-TV, Hartford

    Businesses, Restaurants Have to Adjust to Rising Food Costs

  • May 26, 2021
    CNBC

    How Racial Trauma Affects Your Mental Health, and Tips For Coping As We Return to ‘Normal’

  • May 25, 2021
    BBC

    The Reason Wild Forests Beat Plantations

  • May 24, 2021
    NBC Connecticut

    Joint Replacements at UConn Health

  • May 24, 2021
    Hearst Connecticut Media

    Here’s Why COVID Vaccine Passports Are Not Likely in Connecticut

  • May 24, 2021
    The Academic Times

    Digital COVID-19 Test Designed to Alleviate Pandemic’s Burden on Developing Countries

  • May 21, 2021
    NBC Connecticut

    Local Farmers Are Adapting Amid Climate Change

  • May 20, 2021
    WFSB-TV, Hartford

    Panel of Health Experts Weigh In On What They Are Comfortable Doing As the State Reopens

  • May 20, 2021
    The Washington Post

    A Cicada’s Life

  • May 20, 2021
    The New York Times

    An Invitation to the Cicada Party

  • May 20, 2021
    The New York Times

    The Case of the Disappearing Cicadas

  • May 19, 2021
    WFSB-TV, Hartford

    Know the Symptoms of a Stroke

  • May 19, 2021
    The Hartford Courant

    Hartford Companies Say They Will Reopen Offices In the Fall, but Not Everyone Will Be Back Full Time

  • May 18, 2021
    WNPR

    The Untreated Syphilis Study, And One Black Family’s Work To Rebuild Trust In Medicine

  • May 18, 2021
    Fox 61

    Eligible 12-15 Year Olds Get Vaccinated at UConn Health’s Vaccination Clinic

  • May 18, 2021
    NBC Connecticut

    Trees Damaged in Tropical Storm Isaias Used For School Project

  • May 18, 2021
    NBC Connecticut

    Sea Level Rise: How Well Is Connecticut Preparing?