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.

March 2019

  • March 15, 2019
    Bloomberg News

    Washington Bill to Save Orcas Makes Waves With Chemical Industry

  • March 14, 2019
    New York Times

    Earning Prizes for Fighting an Addiction

  • March 14, 2019
    The Hill

    UConn’s Brennan-Marquez: National Emergency Funding of Border Wall is Unconstitutional

  • March 13, 2019
    National Public Radio

    Computers Behind The Wheel: The Promises And Perils Of Autonomous Vehicles

  • March 13, 2019
    Associated Press

    Thoreau’s great insight for the Anthropocene: Wildness is an attitude, not a place

  • March 13, 2019
    Huffington Post

    A Law Named After A Brutally Murdered Boxer-Pit Bull Becomes A Model For Fighting Animal Abuse

  • March 12, 2019
    Science Codex

    Revamping Science: Social Justice Voices Want a Place at the Evidence Table

  • March 12, 2019
    CBS News

    How “Big Data” Gives Insurers a Giant Edge Over Consumers

  • March 12, 2019
    Phys.org

    Revamping Science: Making Room for More Voices

  • March 12, 2019
    Broadway World

    UConn’s Ballard Institute Presents ‘Go Home Tiny Monster’

  • March 11, 2019
    Science News

    The First Male Bees Spotted Babysitting are Mostly Stepdads

  • March 11, 2019
    Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment

    UConn’s Kashwan: The Swiss Resolution on Geoengineering and its Governance

  • March 11, 2019
    FOX News

    Sigma Announces 2019 Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame Inductees

  • March 11, 2019
    New York Times

    Letter to the Editor: The Role of Diet in Promoting Health

  • March 11, 2019
    Crain's Business

    More Businesses Buy Mass-Shooting Insurance

  • March 11, 2019
    Associated Press

    The US Govt Might Charge for Satellite Data Again – Why That Would be a Big Mistake

  • March 11, 2019
    Education Week

    UConn’s Ann Traynor: Advice on Getting Your First Teaching Job

  • March 11, 2019
    EcoWatch

    Thoreau’s Great Insight for the Anthropocene: Wildness Is an Attitude, Not a Place

  • March 11, 2019
    Parsing Science

    Becoming Deaf – Laura Mauldin

  • March 8, 2019
    Phys.org

    How Species Improve Their Success

  • March 7, 2019
    New Scientist

    How Belief in Punitive Gods May Have Helped Large Societies Cooperate

  • March 7, 2019
    Healio

    Gottlieb Leaves Mixed Legacy on Drug Prices, Opioids, Tobacco Use

  • March 7, 2019
    International Business Times

    States Where Marijuana Is Legal Show Increased Revenue, Weed Munchies Sales

  • March 7, 2019
    San Antonio Express-News

    Connecticut Bioscience Pipeline Launches Initial Call for Applications

  • March 7, 2019
    Deseret News

    Power Broker: Can Conservative Icon Gayle Ruzicka Stay Relevant in Today’s Republican Party?

  • March 7, 2019
    Medicine Newsline

    New Insights Into the Role of Aging in Heart Failure

  • March 6, 2019
    Sloan Review

    UConn’s Robert Bird: Finding the Right Corporate Legal Strategy

  • March 6, 2019
    Phys.org

    Lightweight of Periodic Table Plays Big Role in Life on Earth

  • March 6, 2019
    MSN

    People in States Where Marijuana is Legal are Eating More Cookies and Ice Cream

  • March 6, 2019
    The Takeout

    The Munchies are an Economic Fact

  • March 6, 2019
    Electronic Component Magazine

    Spider Silk Could Be Used as Robotic Muscle

  • March 5, 2019
    Associated Press

    Higher Education: Colleges Add Cannabis to the Curriculum

  • March 5, 2019
    US News

    Social Media ‘Influencers’ Can Get Kids Eating Junk Food

  • March 4, 2019
    New York Times

    Using Arts Education to Help Other Lessons Stick

  • March 4, 2019
    Inside Higher Ed

    Supporting Grad Students Who Have Partners and Families

  • March 4, 2019
    Science Daily

    Junk Food Purchases Increase After Recreational Marijuana Legalization

  • March 4, 2019
    Medicine Newsline

    Munchies: Does Cannabis Really Increase Desire for Junk Food?

  • March 4, 2019
    Hearst news

    Column: Why it’s Time to Seize the Day

  • March 4, 2019
    Tech Times

    Ultrastrong Spider Silk May Be Used As Robotic Muscles

  • March 1, 2019
    Associated Press

    Officials: Greenwich must prepare for rising Long Island Sound

  • March 1, 2019
    Associated Press

    Conceptual Plans Unveiled for Coogan Boulevard in Mystic

  • March 1, 2019
    Medicine Newsline

    Study Finds Link Between Recreational Marijuana Legalization and Increase in Junk Food Purchase

  • March 1, 2019
    National Public Radio

    The Wonder Of Termites (Yep, That’s What I Said)

  • March 1, 2019
    Teen VOGUE

    What to Know About LGBTQ People and Eating Disorders

  • March 1, 2019
    Medicine Newsline

    Unveiling Disease-causing Genetic Changes in Chromosome 17

February 2019

  • February 28, 2019
    Reuters Health

    Yoga Linked to Lowered Blood Pressure with Regular Practice

  • February 28, 2019
    Forbes

    How The ‘Skype A Scientist’ Program Combats Fake News Through Public Education

  • February 28, 2019
    Ed Week

    ‘It’s Barbaric.’ Lawmakers Probe Restraint and Seclusion Ahead of Legislation

  • February 27, 2019
    New York Times

    Finding Echoes of Today’s Headlines in Central America’s Proxy Wars in the 1980s

  • February 27, 2019
    WebMD

    Will Your Flu Shot Weaken as Flu Season Drags On?