January 28, 2020

Building a Constructive Curriculum on a Bipartisan Foundation

January 28, 2020/ Bernard Kavaler

Puerto Rican and Latino students at public high schools throughout Connecticut will have the opportunity to learn more about their ethnic history and culture as soon as 2021 thanks to legislation passed in 2019 with strong bipartisan support.

January 22, 2020

Bachelor’s Degree in American Sign Language Ready to Launch at UConn, Connecticut’s First

January 22, 2020/ Bernard Kavaler

The University of Connecticut is breaking new ground in Connecticut as the first college or university in the state to offer a four-year bachelor’s degree in American Sign Language. Students can begin declaring the ASL major on May 1.

January 21, 2020

Most Educated State in the Nation? CT Ranks #5

January 21, 2020/ Bernard Kavaler

Connecticut is the 5th most educated state in the nation, according to a new analysis of nationwide data.

January 20, 2020

Want to Live Longer? Visit an Art Gallery, Frequent a Museum, Go to the Theater and Attend a Concert

January 20, 2020/ Bernard Kavaler

Researchers followed thousands of people 50 and older over a 14-year period discovered that those who went to a museum or attended a concert just once or twice a year were 14 percent less likely to die during that period than those who didn’t.

January 20, 2020

CT is Nation’s 4th Healthiest State, Analysis Shows

January 20, 2020/ Bernard Kavaler

Connecticut ranks as the fourth healthiest state in the nation, according to the latest United Health Foundation’s 30th edition of its annual America's Health Rankings Annual Report. It is the longest-running state-by-state analysis of the nation's health.

January 16, 2020

UConn Puts 7 On List Of World’s Most Highly-Cited Researchers; 51 at Yale University Earn Place

January 16, 2020/ Bernard Kavaler

Seven University of Connecticut professors have been named to a list of the world’s most highly-cited researchers. The 2019 Highly Cited Researchers list, released recently by the Web of Science Group, identifies scientists and social scientists who produced multiple papers ranking in the top one percent.

January 08, 2020

New England Independent Colleges, Community Colleges to Launch Transfer Guarantee

January 08, 2020/ Bernard Kavaler

Students pursuing a liberal arts curriculum at a community college in Connecticut, aiming to continue their studies at an independent college or university in the region, are receiving some good news to start the year.

January 05, 2020

New CT Exhibit Looks Back at Women Earning Right to Vote, 100 Years Ago

January 05, 2020/ Bernard Kavaler

In honor of the 100th anniversary year of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which not only gave women the right to vote, but ensured their access to the political process and opened doors for them to achieve their educational, economic, and civic goals, the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame (CWHF) and the Connecticut Historical Society (CHS) have collaborated, with the support of CT Humanities, to develop a new banner exhibit, entitled "Rise Up, Sisters!"

January 02, 2020

As UConn Football Seeks Way Forward, Big Time College Football Comes and Goes

January 02, 2020/ Bernard Kavaler

The reference to University of Connecticut football was succinct and unflattering. “They can’t draw anybody to games, they have no natural rivalries and they’re not very good,” said Peter Roby, former Athletic Director at Northeastern University. “Is that what people want?”

January 01, 2020

Centennial Year Begins for Growing University of New Haven

January 01, 2020/ Bernard Kavaler

he University of New Haven has more alumni from the nation of India (749) than the state of Texas (709). That’s just one of many facts and figures featured on a new website launched at the start of the new year to coincide with the year-long celebration of the University’s Centennial Year.