University of New Haven associate professor of forensic science Angie Ambers served as the lead forensic DNA consultant on the case of Lydell Grant, a Texas man who was sentenced to life in prison nearly a decade ago for a crime which he did not commit. He was recently formally exonerated.
Read MoreThe New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE), is slated to begin scaling the New England Transfer Guarantee to Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont this month, building on a successful launch in Connecticut and Massachusetts last year.
Read MoreThe impact of the pandemic on Connecticut’s small and very small businesses is plainly evident, a review of data compiled at the start of the year by the Connecticut Small Business Development Center (CT SBDC) illustrates.
Read MoreIn the United States, Latino children are more than two times as likely to be without health insurance as non-Latino children. In Connecticut, while the disparity is not as great, it has also grown wider in recent years. The uninsured rate for Latino children in Connecticut is 4.8%, compared with 3.1% for non-Latino children, a difference of more than 1.5 times.
Read MoreAt the start of state legislative sessions in 2021, approximately 2,259 women were serving in the 50 state legislatures across the country, making up 30.6% of all state legislators nationwide - an all-time high. Connecticut’s percentage was higher, and also an all-time high.
Read MoreThe number of children ready for kindergarten in Norwalk, Connecticut has increased by 7% in two school years, according to data in a recent case study conducted on Norwalk’s Prenatal to Three Initiative.
Read MoreThe Connecticut Health Foundation, the state’s largest independent health philanthropy dedicated to improving health outcomes for people of color, has awarded five organizations, in Bridgeport, Hartford and Middletown, 15-month grants ranging from $62,500 to $82,000, to support their advocacy work to expand access to health care coverage. Additional grants support the ongoing work of other organizations across the state.
Read MoreWhile New England's undergraduate population is becoming increasingly diversified, there is still a demographic "mismatch" between the percentage of students of color relative to faculty of color in Connecticut. A new higher education report assesses where Connecticut stands, and what needs to be done.
Read MoreConnecticut’s population grew by nine-tenths of one percent during the decade between April 2010 and April 2020, according to data released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Connecticut had 3,605,944 residents on April 1, 2020, compared with 3,574,097 on April 1, 2010, the date of the previous decennial census. That’s an increase of 31,847 residents.
Read MoreConnecticut Congressman Jim Himes’s past, it turns out, is prologue for a new, high-profile, assignment. Himes was selected by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to serve as Chairman of a newly created Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth, leading the Congressional effort to respond to a growing disparity that has been exacerbated - and more blatantly exposed - by the pandemic.
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