The Yale School of Public Health has been on a roll during the past few months, even as it was encountering a noisy bump in the road. The good news: Dr. Anthony Fauci, will give the 2021 commencement address. Marcella Nunez-Smith will serve in the incoming Biden Administration, leading a new COVID-19 task force on equity issues. But there’s more swirling about.
Read MoreAn initiative launched in Connecticut is taking direct aim at opening up the way in which critical research is funded, with the most elusive of illnesses – cancer – clearly in its sights. It is innovative crowd-funding, designed to fill the funding gap that has proven to be a hurdle that many biotech cancer research initiatives – despite how promising they may be - just can’t get beyond.
Read MoreEvery high school in Connecticut will be required to offer a course in African American, Black, Latino and Puerto Rican studies beginning in the 2022-23 academic year, after the state Board of Education unanimously approved implementation of the newly developed curriculum this week.
Read MoreWithin 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.
Read MoreFour Connecticut schools were among 367 schools across the country named as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2020. The schools are in Vernon, Danbury, Coventry and Cheshire.
Read MoreJay Williams, president of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, Bryan Garcia, president and CEO of the Connecticut Green Bank, and Yale Law School professor Cristina Rodriquez have been named as members of Agency Review Teams by the Biden-Harris Transition Team.
Read MoreScoreSheet looks at Connecticut stats that reveal the state of Connecticut. In this edition: Connecticut’s digital divide, by the numbers.
Read MoreA 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.
Read MoreAs the transition to a Biden-Harris administration begins in earnest, Connecticut may be well-positioned to benefit from the new leadership in Washington after January 20, 2021, largely due to f two existing political relationships – one long-term and one more recent.
Read MoreAmerica’s No. 1 name for girls born in 2019 ― Olivia ― also dominated on the state level according to data compiled by the Social Security Administration (SSA), taking the top spot in 25 states, including Connecticut.
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