A Connecticut-headquartered biopharmaceutical company and a Connecticut hospital are key participants in what is potentially the most comprehensive and promising research effort into finding an effective treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) - known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease - which has stubbornly eluded researchers.
Read MoreThe Governor's Innovation Fellowship (GIF), administered by StamfordNext and supported by CTNext, has announced the first cohort of fellows for the program, scheduled to begin this month. Sixteen companies in Stamford will be providing positions for 18 recent college graduates, urged to “Become the next generation of great leaders in Connecticut.”
Read MoreAs Connecticut prepares to merge its 12 community colleges into one institution with 12 campuses, a new analysis suggests that the current configuration of the community college system is already one of the nation’s best.
Read MoreEven with the pandemic forcing students to stay at home, girls from throughout Connecticut – including Farmington, Hartford, Stamford, and Greenwich – and beyond are becoming CEOs and driving real social change in the process.
Read MoreConnecticut’s tuition and fee free community college program for first-time students is off to a strong start, according to officials of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) system, which includes the state’s 12 community colleges.
Read MorePublic schools in Connecticut are, overall, the second best in the nation according to a new analysis.
Read MoreFor nearly 300 Connecticut youngsters, saving for college just received a boost, thanks to their winning essays and artwork, earning scholarships in the Connecticut Higher Education Trust college savings program.
Read MoreBoldly stating that “the concept of making voting a universal civic duty in the United States would significantly enhance our democracy by broadening civic participation in all communities,” a working group organized by The Brookings Institution and the Ash Center at the Harvard Kennedy School released a comprehensive report, following a year and a half of research and analysis, saying the concept “is worthy of a broad public discussion.”
Read MoreThe objective is to enhance education and training delivered to police officers to assist them in balancing the demands of public safety and the best interests of youth and Black and diverse communities, improving relations between police and youth. The newly forming Connecticut Institute for Youth and Police Relations (CIYPR) is to be launched in Greater Hartford, supported by funding from two well-known philanthropic institutions and led by highly regarded expertise of two academic institutions in the state
Read MoreConnecticut Explored debuted their 3rd grade social studies textbook, Where I Live, in 2017, successfully meeting teachers’ demands for content that adhered to the State’s newly-revised social studies framework. Little did the statewide magazine know that three years later, their text and accompanying online resources would answer another pressing need during a global pandemic, attracting unprecedented usage by teachers and their students.
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