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 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?

  • May 18, 2021
    The Hartford Courant

    Sen. Chris Murphy Makes Bipartisan Plea For a Ceasefire in the Middle East

  • May 17, 2021
    Forbes

    For Happiness, Less Really Is More: Six Creative Ways To Actually Subtract

  • May 17, 2021
    The Washington Post

    For Black Workers, Age Discrimination Strikes Twice

  • May 14, 2021
    The Conversation

    Why is the FDA Funded in Part By the Companies It Regulates?

  • May 14, 2021
    Forbes

    The Tyranny Of Structure

  • May 13, 2021
    MSN Money

    15 Expert Secrets on How to Grow Your Small Business

  • May 13, 2021
    National Geographic

    After 17 Years, the Cicada Choruses Are Back

  • May 13, 2021
    Westside Gazette (Broward County, Fla.)

    Alumna Doing Her Part to Bring Diversity to Field of Veterinary Medicine

  • May 13, 2021
    The Washington Post

    What is Brood X? When Do Cicadas Come Out In 2021? Answering Your Buggiest Questions.

  • May 12, 2021
    WFSB-TV, Hartford

    Doctor Explains How She Talks to Parents About COVID Vaccine

  • May 12, 2021
    NBC Connecticut

    UConn Doctor Has Advice for Parents About COVID Vaccine for Kids 12-15

  • May 12, 2021
    The Chronicle (Willimantic, Conn.)

    Our View: UConn Gets High Marks in Pandemic

  • May 12, 2021
    Knoxville (Tenn.) News Sentinel

    Brood X Cicadas Come Every 17 Years and That’s Not Even the Weirdest Thing About Them

  • May 11, 2021
    Fox 61

    Connecticut Preparing to Administer Pfizer Vaccine to Children 12 and Up By the Weekend

  • May 10, 2021
    Hearst Connecticut Media

    Health on a Budget? A New Study Suggests Going Outside Offers Health Benefits

  • May 10, 2021
    Hearst Connecticut Media

    Latinos Face Gap in Autism Diagnosis and Treatment and a Connecticut Researcher Explains Why

  • May 10, 2021
    Hearst Connecticut Media

    How the New CSCU President’s Time as UConn Stamford Campus Director Prepped Him

  • May 10, 2021
    The Hartford Courant

    Opinion : Why Connecticut’s Proposed Digital Advertising Tax is Defective