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.

January 2019

  • January 8, 2019
    Newsweek

    UConn Pharm: Beware of Natural Supplements for Losing Weight, Improving Sex

  • January 8, 2019
    Hearst news

    National Search for DCF Commissioner Ends Close to Home

  • January 8, 2019
    Science blog

    Climate Change: It (Doesn’t Have To Be) What’s For Dinner

  • January 8, 2019
    Hearing Review

    UConn Researchers Find Protein Connected with Hearing Loss

  • January 8, 2019
    Phys.org

    A Little Squid Sheds Light on Evolution with Bacteria

  • January 7, 2019
    New York Times

    Connecticut Has Among the Lowest Growth in the Nation. Can Links to Silicon Valley Help?

  • January 7, 2019
    Vox

    Intellectual Humility: The Importance of Knowing you Might be Wrong

  • January 7, 2019
    Hearst news

    UConn’s Barreca: I Really Shouldn’t Be Telling You This, but …

  • January 4, 2019
    National Public Radio

    Kraken The Code… Of Squid

  • January 4, 2019
    Phys.org

    Video: Climate change—it (doesn’t have to be) what’s for dinner

  • January 3, 2019
    Health Day

    The Skinny on Schools’ Efforts to Promote Healthy Eating

  • January 3, 2019
    Wall St. Journal

    UConn’s Thorson: ‘Timefulness’ Review – Thinking in Eons

  • January 3, 2019
    Phys.org

    Want to Thwart Climate Change? Here are 8 Steps You Can Take

  • January 2, 2019
    USA Today

    UConn’s Pagoto: Ladies, Get that Commitment to Gender Equality in Writing

  • January 2, 2019
    Charlotte Observer

    Headed to the Beach in NC? Consider Taking Your Rotting Christmas Tree

  • January 2, 2019
    National Public Radio

    A Space Experiment That Could One Day Cure Blindness

  • January 2, 2019
    National Public Radio

    How Much Plastic Is In Your Body? Scientists Turn To Oysters, Mussels For Clues

  • January 2, 2019
    Hearst news

    UConn Prof Honored for Work on How Economic Policies Affect People’s Lives

  • January 2, 2019
    Associated Press

    What The Flu Does To Your Lungs And Muscles To Make You Feel So Bad

  • January 2, 2019
    Science News

    Poop Provides a Link in Determining Penguin Diet From Space

December 2018

  • December 28, 2018
    United Press International

    Children Prefer Fruit Juice Over More Nutritious Whole Fruit, Milk at School

  • December 27, 2018
    U.S. News

    Is Juice on School Menus a Problem?

  • December 27, 2018
    Hearst news

    How Much Plastic is in Your Body?

  • December 26, 2018
    Hearst news

    The Burdens and Blessings of Nostalgia

  • December 26, 2018
    Huffington Global

    We Finally Started Taking Screen Time Seriously in 2018

  • December 26, 2018
    Runner's World

    Here’s When You Should You Actually Have a Sports Drink on Your Run

  • December 21, 2018
    San Francisco Chronicle

    CRISPR Also Works for Plants and Bugs: 5 Essential Reads

  • December 21, 2018
    Voice of America

    Russia Probe May be Headed for Climax in 2019

  • December 21, 2018
    Nation's Restaurant News

    From CBD to Carrot Dogs (@UConn!): The Year in Food Trends

  • December 20, 2018
    CNN

    Most Popular Op-eds of 2018: A Year of Drama and Disaster

  • December 20, 2018
    National Public Radio

    UConn’s Lahav on Lawsuits that May Encourage Drug Firms To Help Solve Opioid Epidemic

  • December 20, 2018
    Inc.

    5 Proven Ways to Learn Faster

  • December 20, 2018
    Hearst news

    Op-ed: Adaptation to Retirement

  • December 20, 2018
    MSN

    US Freshwater is Getting Saltier, Creating Dangerous ‘Chemical Cocktails’

  • December 20, 2018
    WTNH

    UConn Students Throw Holiday Party for Foster Care Kids

  • December 19, 2018
    Brookings

    How Would International Agreements on Genetically Engineered Organisms Apply to Humans?

  • December 18, 2018
    Consumer Affairs

    Nutrition Programs in Schools Found to Reduce Obesity

  • December 18, 2018
    Harvard Business Review

    Why Some Platforms Thrive and Others Don’t

  • December 18, 2018
    Chronicle of Higher Education

    A ‘Hidden Curriculum’ for Latino Students

  • December 18, 2018
    Science Daily

    School-Based Nutritional Programs Reduce Student Obesity

  • December 18, 2018
    Mother Jones

    Scientists Are Using Penguin Poop to Understand How Climate Change Is Affecting the Arctic

  • December 17, 2018
    Hearst news

    Myths and Reality about Millionaire Migration Examined

  • December 17, 2018
    Medicine Newsline

    In-School Nutrition Programs Limit Student Increases in BMI, Finds Study

  • December 14, 2018
    CNBC

    Splunk CEO Talks Data Analytics Company’s Capabilities in Voice, AR

  • December 14, 2018
    Earth & Space Science News

    A Deeper Investment for Deep Time Science

  • December 14, 2018
    Business Wire

    2018 Fellows of The National Academy of Inventors

  • December 14, 2018
    Smithsonian magazine

    Adelie Penguins Poop So Much, Their Feces Can Be Seen From Space

  • December 14, 2018
    WTNH

    Is the Legalization of Medical Marijuana Linked to Rising Birth Rates?

  • December 13, 2018
    Live Science

    How This Supercolony of 1.5 Million Penguins Stayed Hidden for Nearly 3,000 Years

  • December 12, 2018
    NBC News

    Univ. of Connecticut to Offer Course on Marijuana Industry for a Budding Career Path