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Kenneth Best

Ken Best served as editor of UCONN Magazine for 10 years. He is a co-host of the UConn 360 Podcast. He previously covered news and sports in Connecticut for The New York Times, edited the Weekend section for the Stamford Advocate and Greenwich Time, wrote arts and culture stories syndicated by the Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service and was the media coordinator for Yale-New Haven Hospital. During the summer of 2015 he hosted “Walking a Blues Road,” a weekly program on WHUS in Storrs based on the holdings of the Samuel and Ann Charters Archives of Blues and Vernacular African-American Musical Culture at UConn’s Thomas J. Dodd Research Center. He is the author of Eight Days a Week: An Illustrated Record of Rock ‘n’ Roll (Pomegranate Books).


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Shipwreck from the medieval period. (Courtesy of Kroum Batchvarov)

Black Sea Project Discovers Unseen Medieval Ship

UConn nautical archaeologist Kroum Batchvarov says seeing the medieval shipwreck for the first time was 'a truly thrilling moment.'

A panel of political science and public policy faculty discuss the results of Election 2016. Panelists are: from left, Evelyn Simien, Paul Herrnson, Jennifer Dineen, and Sam Best. The moderator was Thomas Hayes. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Polling Process Produced Flawed Election Predictions, Experts Say

The disappearance of landline phones, which provided information on where voters lived, was one of the factors affecting the accuracy of the polls, UConn experts said.

IDEA Grant recipient Raeanne Nuzzo displays poster designs that incorporate images and language from this year's Presidential election campaign. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Student Project Probes Role of Fear in 2016 Election

IDEA Grant recipient Raeanne Nuzzo ‘17 uses art to examine the influence of fear in the 2016 presidential election. Her posters are currently on display at the Art Building.

Jonathan the Husky sits on a replica of the Iron Throne from the TV show Game of Thrones at the Ratcliffe Hicks Arena. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

HBO’s Escape Room Comes to Campus

UConn students are tackling HBO’s 'Escape the Expected,' featuring themed rooms from popular television shows 'Veep,' 'Silicon Valley,' and 'Game of Thrones.'

Rebekah Berger, BFA Acting ’19 and Pearl Matteson, BFA Acting ’19 in NUEVO CALIFORNIA by Bernardo Solano and Allan Havis, onstage through Nov 6, 2016 in Connecticut Repertory Theatre’s Studio Theatre. (Gerry Goodstein for UConn)

‘Nuevo California’ Explores Immigration, Borders, and Building Walls

The CRT production, which opens Oct. 27, is a futuristic play that is highly relevant to today's political climate.

The UConn Symphony Orchestra performs at von der Mehden Recital Hall led by conductor Harvey Felder on Thursday night. Oct. 20, 2016. (Garrett Spahn/UConn Photo)

New Program to Play Out at Regional Campuses

This month, the Ensemble-in-Residence Program launches a slate of performances by UConn's music ensembles at regional campuses.

smartphones. (Getty Images)

Source is Key to Credibility in Social Media Messaging

A new study shows that health information from a respected public health organization loses credibility when retweeted.

The moment of political choice in the 2016 Presidential Election. (iStock Photo)

Presidential Election: How You Process Information Determines Your Vote

Communication professor Carolyn Lin says differing styles of information processing shape either a more rational or a more emotional decision-making process that affects voters' choice.

'Se Siente El Miedo,' acrylic paint on wood by Michelle Angela Ortiz (2016).

Stamford Race and Revolution Exhibition May Prompt Strong Reactions

UConn Stamford director Terrence Cheng says the exhibit is part of an important discussion about history, race, diversity, culture, and justice.

Christine Goss ’18 (SFA), playing the harpsichord, and soprano Sarah Himmelstein ’17 (SFA) are members of UConn’s Collegium Musicum who will perform 'Shakespeare’s Songbook' music from the plays of William Shakespeare at 8 p.m., on Friday, Sept. 23 at the William Benton Museum of Art. (Photo by Matthew Pugliese.)

Singing Shakespeare Style

“Shakespeare’s Songbook” will be performed by the UConn Collegium Musicum on Sept. 23 at 8 p.m. in the William Benton Museum of Art.