The Center for Children’s Advocacy has released a report that examines the educational trajectories of 10 youth and young adults with disabilities incarcerated in Connecticut’s adult correctional system before the age of 18.  It highlights how missed opportunities throughout these young people’s lives, frequently from a very early age, restricted their access to appropriate educational, vocational, and life skills training. 

The University of New Haven has announced that it has received a landmark $4 million philanthropic contribution from Janet Jensen ’17 Hon, a former member of its Board of Governors and the founder of The Jensen Project, a nonprofit organization fueling the fight against sexual violence.

December 14: Newtown, now Providence. The fact that these college students were elementary school students in 2012 underscores the sobering truth: an entire generation of youth in America has grown up with threats of being shot in a classroom.

Law firm Hinckley Allen, with offices in eight states including Connecticut,  hosted a book launch celebration recently for the release of the third edition of Not So Fast: Parenting Your Teen Through the Dangers of Driving, an acclaimed, research-based guide for parents, co-authored by Connecticut resident and firm partner Timothy Hollister.