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 2022

  • January 4, 2022
    WFSB-TV, Hartford

    Health Experts Recommend Preparing COVID Kits

  • January 4, 2022
    The Conversation

    American Support for Conspiracy Theories and Armed Rebellion Isn’t New – We Just Didn’t Believe It Before the Capitol Insurrection

  • January 4, 2022
    Discover Magazine

    The Science of Forming Healthy Habits

  • January 3, 2022
    Fox 61

    UConn Health Administers Its First COVID-19 Pill to Patient

December 2021

  • December 29, 2021
    WFSB-TV

    COVID-19 Surge Changing New Year’s Eve Plans

  • December 28, 2021
    NBC Connecticut

    ‘Not All Masks Are Made the Same’: Why Doctors Say You Should Upgrade Your Mask

  • December 27, 2021
    Marketwatch

    Depressed About Getting Old?

  • December 27, 2021
    Fox 61

    Connecticut Professor Involved in Research Using NASA’s New Generation Space Telescope

  • December 27, 2021
    Woman's World

    Nine Holiday Traditions That Have Surprising Health Benefits

  • December 22, 2021
    CNN

    More Tinsel and Less tension: How to Get the Best Out of the Holiday Season

  • December 21, 2021
    Fox 61

    Omicron Concerns Ahead of Holiday

  • December 21, 2021
    NBC Connecticut

    Routine Tree Trimming Does Help Reduce Power Outages, Study Finds

  • December 21, 2021
    WFSB-TV, Hartford

    Advances in Knee and Hip Replacement Surgery

  • December 20, 2021
    Scientific American

    Tweaks to U.S. Christmas Trees Could Help Them Survive Climate Change

  • December 20, 2021
    The Chronicle (Willimantic, Conn.)

    A Relaxing ‘Paws’ During UConn Finals

  • December 17, 2021
    The Hartford Courant

    As Roar of Big East Men’s Basketball Crowds return, Former UConn President Susan Herbst Couldn’t Be Happier

  • December 17, 2021
    The Conversation

    Latest Trials Confirm the Benefits of MDMA – the Drug in Ecstasy – for Treating PTSD

  • December 15, 2021
    The Hartford Courant

    COVID-19 Positivity Rate Above 8% Tuesday As Current Surge Likely to Last At Least a Few More Weeks

  • December 14, 2021
    The Hartford Courant

    Highway Enforcement by State Police Plummeted During the Pandemic. COVID-19 Fears and Police Morale May Be Part of the Problem.

  • December 13, 2021
    New England Cable News

    Finding Joy in the Holiday Season

  • December 13, 2021
    The Hartford Courant

    Chris Dodd: Protecting Democracy and Securing Human Rights Starts With Education

  • December 10, 2021
    The Conversation

    How Conspiracy Theories in the US Became More Personal, More Cruel and More Mainstream After the Sandy Hook Shootings

  • December 10, 2021
    The Day (New London, Conn.)

    Worship Dancing at Avery Point

  • December 9, 2021
    New England Public Media

    Why Teacher Shortages are Growing in New England

  • December 9, 2021
    The New York Times

    The Era of the Celebrity Meal

  • December 8, 2021
    WFSB-TV, Hartford

    Early Screening and Early Detection for Lung Cancer

  • December 8, 2021
    The 74

    In Dress Code Case, Federal Appeals Court to Weigh in on Public Status of Charter Schools

  • December 7, 2021
    Healthcare IT Today

    Healthcare Informatics and the Role of CMIO

  • December 7, 2021
    earth.com

    Remote Sensing Can Help Detect Forest Infestations

  • December 7, 2021
    NBC Connecticut

    Health Officials Urge People To Get Shots As State Detects First Case of Omicron Variant

  • December 7, 2021
    Forbes

    White Students Have An Advantage In College Admissions, Says New Survey

  • December 7, 2021
    The Denver Gazette

    Does Religion Make People More Likely to Welcome Refugees? It’s Complicated.

  • December 5, 2021
    NBC Connecticut

    UConn Officials Make Indoor Air Cleaners to Stop Spread of COVID-19 in Classrooms

  • December 3, 2021
    NPR

    A West Virginia Mountain Embodies the Long History of the Coal Industry’s Grip

  • December 3, 2021
    USA Today

    Investigation Reveals a Stunning Shift in the Way Rain Falls in America

  • December 2, 2021
    WFSB-TV, Hartford

    Doctors Weigh In On Vaccine’s Efficacy Against Variant

  • December 2, 2021
    Hearst Connecticut Media

    Why Experts Say a COVID Vaccine Passport Would Be Nothing New in Connecticut

  • December 1, 2021
    WFSB-TV, Hartford

    As Scientists Track Omicron Variant, Health Leaders Urge Vaccinations

  • December 1, 2021
    USA Today

    How a Summer of Extreme Weather Reveals a Stunning Shift in the Way Rain Falls in America

November 2021

  • November 30, 2021
    Fox 61

    Connecticut Closely Monitoring the Omicron Variant

  • November 30, 2021
    Fox 61

    Parkland HS Shooting Victim Posthumously Inducted Into UConn Fraternity

  • November 29, 2021
    District Administrator

    How District Leaders Can Seize an Opportunity Emerging From Volatile School Board Races

  • November 29, 2021
    NBC Connecticut

    Tracking Overdoses in Connecticut

  • November 29, 2021
    Vox

    It’s Time to Stop Demonizing “Invasive” Species

  • November 26, 2021
    Salon

    Stupid Turkeys? Scientists Say That the Unfairly Maligned Bird May Actually Be Stuffed With Smarts

  • November 24, 2021
    NBC Connecticut

    Biden Will Tap Into Strategic Petroleum Reserve

  • November 24, 2021
    Cosmopolitan

    Can You Lose 5 Pounds in a Week or Is That a Lie?

  • November 24, 2021
    ABC News

    Impact of the Ahmaud Arbery Murder Trial on the Black Community

  • November 23, 2021
    Fox 61

    Doctors and Nurses Open Up About Working Through Pandemic

  • November 22, 2021
    Hearst Connecticut Media

    MLK in Connecticut and the Continuing Story of Segregation