Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)

Chris DeFrancesco has been writing for UConn Health since 2007. He is a proud graduate of UConn’s journalism program. As an undergraduate in Storrs he was one of the play-by-play voices of UConn men’s and women’s basketball on WHUS-FM, a writer for the Daily Campus, and a campus shuttle bus driver. He’s been a freelance writer, editor of two weekly newspapers (Bloomfield Journal and Windsor Locks Journal), and most notably a reporter and anchor on WTIC NewsTalk 1080. He is a four-time winner of the Connecticut Associated Press Broadcasters Association Walt Dibble Award for Personal Excellence in Radio. Chris also is an elected officer in his union (UHP Local 3837) and serves on the board of the Newington Children’s Theatre Company, Connecticut’s longest-running youth theatre program. He lives in Newington with his wife, Caroline, daughter, Audrey, and their dogs, Spot and Alex.


Author Archive

Refusing cigarettes (Shutterstock)

New Year Resolution – Be Smoke-free in 2012

The American Lung Association's Freedom From Smoking Program begins Jan. 18 at the Health Center.

Connections coordinator Jennifer Vendetti (left) reads with toddlers at a recent Nurturing Families Network group program. (Photo provided by Jennifer Vendetti)

Health Center Program a Resource for First-time Parents

Nurturing Families Network “Connections” offers resources for the transition into new parenthood.

Heart attack survivor John Klimczak (right) credits Dr. Mike Azrin (left) and other UConn Health Center caregivers with saving his life. (Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health Center Photo)

Self-proclaimed ‘Walking Miracle’ Celebrates His Caregivers

Two months after a heart attack that nearly killed him, a 48-year-old father of two held a luncheon at the UConn Health Center to thank all those involved in his care.

Route 4 Reopens

Route 4 in Farmington has reopened, roughly 24 hours after the discovery of a sinkhole by construction crews working on a sewer line between Interstate 84 and South Road.

January 2012

UConn Health Center January Programs, Events

Here’s what’s happening in January and early February

A crowd of mostly students makes its way into the newly renovated UConn Co-op Health Center Bookstore on December 15, 2011. (Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health Center Photo)

Grand Re-opening for Health Center Co-op

The bookstore celebrates its relocation to larger, newly renovated space.

Preschoolers Provide Holiday Cheer

Watch and listen to the Creative Child Center’s annual seasonal serenade.

White Coats with UConn Health Center emblem

Health Center Expanding Clinical Faculty Roster

The promise of Bioscience Connecticut has helped attract more than 40 physicians, including two to key chairmanships.

UConn Health Center nurse Marlene Divinere administers a flu shot.

Still Time for Flu Shot

Dec. 4-10 is National Influenza Vaccination Week.

Dr. Bruce Gould Recognized for Serving Underserved

His commitment to enabling access to care has earned him the Connecticut Oral Health Initiative’s Howard I. Mark Advocate for Oral Health Award.