Kimberly Phillips
Kimberly Phillips embarked on a career in journalism at 16 when a high school friend interested in starting a student newspaper recruited her help. She went on to intern and later work at the weekly paper in her Connecticut hometown, and after graduation from Central Connecticut State University joined the staff at the Register Citizen in Torrington. In early 2002, she moved to the Journal Inquirer in Manchester, rising through the ranks from reporter to town editor, state editor, and eventually news editor. After nearly 20 years at the JI, the last four as the newsroom’s top local editor, she shifted her professional path, wanting to get back to personally telling people’s stories. Phillips came to UConn in December 2021 to write for UConn Today and promote the University community’s achievements. She lives in Manchester with husband Jay and son Ethan.
Author Archive
Professor’s Latest Project Considers Irish Influence on America’s Racial Divide
Professor Mary Burke examines an Irish presence in the United States that's far more diverse than is commonly assumed
March 17, 2023 | Kimberly Phillips
Teenage Composer, Producer of Feel Your Best Self Theme Song: ‘It All Will Be OK’
The Mansfield 17-year-old's composition captures the dynamic of a multidisciplinary collaboration between the School of Fine Arts and the Neag School of Education
March 15, 2023 | Kimberly Phillips
Voices Rising: UConn’s Gospel Choir Finds Celebration in Sound
Born from the Civil Rights Movement, the Voices of Freedom choir has been raising spirits at UConn and beyond for over five decades
February 27, 2023 | Kimberly Phillips
A Year After Russia Invaded Ukraine, What Would America’s Leading Cold War Strategist Say?
'If diplomacy is not pursued and if unconditional surrender is unattainable, the only other alternative is catastrophe'
February 24, 2023 | Kimberly Phillips
IMRP Heads to Norway for Look Inside Prison System Seeking to ‘Create Good Neighbors’
'In Norway, the punishment is the taking away of freedom'
February 23, 2023 | Kimberly Phillips
MFA Students Draw Inspiration from the Past to Create in the Present
'Raid the Archive' exhibition explores the life of naturalist Edwin Way Teale to inspire new works of art
February 20, 2023 | Kimberly Phillips
Question Everything: Latest Benton Exhibition Asks ‘How Do We Know Things?’
New exhibition is part of the Humanities Institute's 'Future of Truth' project
February 14, 2023 | Kimberly Phillips
Gaining Familiarity and Finding Fun in Financial Literacy
Two students are hoping to make Huskies savvier when it comes to dollars and cents
February 9, 2023 | Kimberly Phillips
Theater’s Ping Chong Enjoys Three-Day Residency, Shares the Way He Sees Performance
The much-lauded artist has been defying expectations for more than five decades
January 27, 2023 | Kimberly Phillips
Laying a New Foundation Before Building Up
UConn’s first integrative studies student bridges passion for art, engineering in research and life
January 23, 2023 | Kimberly Phillips