With 141,000 Laptops Distributed, CT First in Nation to Close the Digital Divide Among Students

Within in next two weeks, Connecticut expects to have delivered a laptop or internet connection to every Connecticut student who didn’t have one when the pandemic – and distance learning – began across the state’s school districts. Every Connecticut student.

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Yale’s Marcella Nunez-Smith to Co-Chair Biden’s Coronavirus Task Force

Yale’s Marcella Nunez-Smith to Co-Chair Biden’s Coronavirus Task Force

A professor with the Yale School of Medicine will serve as a co-chair of President-elect Joe Biden’s task force on the coronavirus. Marcella Nunez-Smith is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Yale School of Medicine, of Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale School of Public Health, and of Management at Yale School of Management.

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Connecticut Receives $3.5 Million To Enhance Suicide Prevention Activities; Statewide Plan Released

Connecticut Receives $3.5 Million To Enhance Suicide Prevention Activities; Statewide Plan Released

Connecticut has been awarded a five-year grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to enhance a range of suicide prevention activities coordinated among several state agencies. The grant, awarded to the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH), will run through August 31, 2025. The state has also released its Suicide Prevention Plan.

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