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.

September 2020

  • September 1, 2020
    Mongabay

    Ex-Wall Street ‘Quant’ Wields Data to Replant Charred Madagascar Rainforests

  • September 1, 2020
    Reader's Digest

    Ten Institutions You Didn’t Know Had Ties to Slavery

  • September 1, 2020
    Hearst Connecticut Media

    Middletown Schools First in State to Pilot Mask Exoskeletons Developed by UConn

August 2020

  • August 31, 2020
    Fox 61

    UConn Coach Kimani Young at the Forefront for Change in College Sports

  • August 31, 2020
    Hudson Valley (N.Y.) Parent

    Pandemic Heightens Kid’s Separation Anxiety

  • August 31, 2020
    The New York Times

    Pass on an Interstate

  • August 31, 2020
    The New York Times

    Dermatology Has a Problem With Skin Color

  • August 31, 2020
    The Hartford Courant

    A New Divide is Brewing, and Many Students Will Be Left Behind the ‘Velvet Rope’

  • August 31, 2020
    WBUR Radio (Boston)

    Massachusetts Senate Primary Pits Long-Serving Progressive Against A Kennedy

  • August 31, 2020
    Behavioral Scientist

    The Invisible Hand of Daylight

  • August 28, 2020
    Disability Scoop

    Pandemic Hitting Families Of Those With Disabilities Harder

  • August 27, 2020
    Healthcare IT Today

    EHR Data is Like 500 People Sharing a Closet

  • August 27, 2020
    USA Today

    Medical Experts Warn That Mental Health of College Athletes, and Especially Black Athletes, is Being Overlooked

  • August 27, 2020
    Vanity Fair

    More National Guard Troops Could Be On Their Way to Kenosha

  • August 26, 2020
    Woman's World

    Six Natural Insomnia Cures That Nix Summer Sleep Sappers

  • August 26, 2020
    NBC News

    Puerto Ricans Push Back on Kimberly Guilfoyle’s ‘First-Generation American’ Remarks

  • August 26, 2020
    ACEP Now

    Loss of a Miss Navajo: Personal Experience from Kayenta

  • August 26, 2020
    Dentistry Today

    $3 Million Grant to Continue Research into Oral Thrush

  • August 26, 2020
    iGrow

    Peaches Recalled Nationwide After 101 Sickened, 17 Hospitalized

  • August 25, 2020
    Fox 61

    UConn Freshman Offers Inside Look at COVID College Experience

  • August 25, 2020
    Vice

    The Broken Algorithm That Poisoned American Transportation

  • August 25, 2020
    Healio

    Trump’s Recent Health Initiatives Draw Mixed Reactions

  • August 25, 2020
    Experience Life

    Pumping Irony: Risky Business

  • August 25, 2020
    NBC Connecticut

    Parents Turn to Learning Pods as an Alternative to In-Person Instruction

  • August 24, 2020
    The Hartford Courant

    ‘Learning Pods’ Gaining Popularity in the Coronavirus Pandemic, but Experts Warn They Could Widen Connecticut’s Achievement Gap

  • August 24, 2020
    Fox 61

    Dr. David Banach of UConn Health Answers Questions About Sending Your Kids Back to School

  • August 24, 2020
    Connectictut magazine

    The Nose Knows: How Breathing Through Your Nose Improves Your Health

  • August 24, 2020
    Spectrum News One (Los Angeles)

    How to Apply for College During a Pandemic

  • August 24, 2020
    Popular Science

    Mummified 23-Million-Year-Old Leaves Show Ancient “Global Greening” Spurred by High Atmospheric Carbon

  • August 24, 2020
    New York Indian

    People Who Disgust Bugs Adopt Better COVID-19 Hygiene

  • August 23, 2020
    Fox 61

    First and Finest: UConn PD COVID Enforcement (Starts at 4:00)

  • August 22, 2020
    Fox 61

    In Farmington Celebrating the White Coats; The Face of the Future Front Line Workers

  • August 21, 2020
    The New York Times

    How to Handle Separation Anxiety Meltdowns in Kids

  • August 21, 2020
    Physician's Weekly

    Telemedicine Consults Highly Accurate in Dx/Management of Peritonsillar Abscess

  • August 20, 2020
    Psychology Today

    Four Questions to Ask Now in Preparing Your Child for School

  • August 20, 2020
    News 8 WTNH-TV

    New Documentary Captures the Pain of the Pandemic in a Stamford Family’s Struggle

  • August 20, 2020
    CBS News

    The Racial Origins of Fat Stigma

  • August 20, 2020
    National Geographic

    Coronavirus Gets Dangerously Close to Isolated ‘Arrow People’ in Amazon

  • August 20, 2020
    Hearst Connecticut Media

    States’ Claims Against Purdue Pharma Total More Than $2 Trillion

  • August 19, 2020
    NBC Connecticut

    Fewer Than 50 COVID-19 Cases Found at Child Care Centers

  • August 18, 2020
    The Hartford Courant

    Here’s What to Know About How Coronavirus Affects Young Children — and Their Risk of Infecting Others

  • August 18, 2020
    The New York Times

    Will Coronavirus Join the Rush at Fraternities and Sororities?

  • August 18, 2020
    Hearst Connecticut Media

    Meet Connecticut’s Delegates to the Democratic National Convention

  • August 18, 2020
    Inside Higher Ed

    Higher Ed’s Moment of Truth

  • August 17, 2020
    RTE

    Where’s Me Jumper? A Cultural History of Taylor Swift’s Aran Jumper

  • August 17, 2020
    NBC Connecticut

    COVID-19 Concerns for New School Year (Dr. Sandra Chafoulas at 9:00)

  • August 17, 2020
    Science

    Senior U.S. Lawmaker Wants National Academies to Scrutinize Racism in Science

  • August 17, 2020
    CNN

    Professor Thomas Craemer on United Shades of America

  • August 17, 2020
    CNN

    Six Questions About Slavery Reparations, Answered

  • August 17, 2020
    The Hartford Courant

    Reopening Schools is the Equivalent of Running Human Experiments Without Consent