Four Connecticut Cities Among Top 100 Best Places to Live: Norwalk, Hartford, Danbury, New Haven

Four Connecticut Cities Among Top 100 Best Places to Live:  Norwalk, Hartford, Danbury, New Haven

Since March 2020, more than 42% of the U.S. population has either moved or considered moving, according to recent data. The annual Top 100 Best Places to Live In America analysis by the website Livibility includes four Connecticut communities – Norwalk, Hartford, Danbury and New Haven.

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Coordinated Gun Buyback Program Has Successful Launch, Organizers Hope to Repeat and Expand in 2022

Coordinated Gun Buyback Program Has Successful Launch, Organizers Hope to Repeat and Expand in 2022

More than 500 guns were purchased and 350 gun safes were distributed on a Saturday in October in Connecticut, in what was billed as the first Statewide Gun Buyback. Participating communities, under the umbrella of the #KeepKids Safe initiative, included Bridgeport, Guilford, Hartford, Newtown, Norwalk, Stamford and Waterbury.

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All Tech Is Human Earns $650,000 in Grant Funding to Better Align Tech, Public Interest

All Tech Is Human Earns $650,000 in Grant Funding to Better Align Tech, Public Interest

All Tech Is Human – a nonprofit organization launched just a few years ago in Greater Hartford - has announced that it has secured over $650,000 in funding to support projects related to building the responsible tech pipeline and better aligning tech with the public interest.

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Two Connecticut Universities Among Founders of Regional Initiative to Assist Early-Career Faculty of Color

Two Connecticut Universities Among Founders of Regional Initiative to Assist Early-Career Faculty of Color

Eastern Connecticut State University and University of Bridgeport are among 13 New England colleges and universities that have signed on to a multi-institutional collaborative to boost Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) early-career faculty at higher education institutions in the region.

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40 High Schools Will Participate in FAFSA Challenge to Boost College Opportunities for Graduating Students

40 High Schools Will Participate in FAFSA Challenge to Boost College Opportunities for Graduating Students

In an initiative designed to increase Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) completion rates, improve postsecondary access, and close opportunity gaps among high school students, 40 Connecticut high schools from 19 districts across the state will be participating in the 2021-22 Connecticut FAFSA Challenge.

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ESPN, Doc Wayne and The Village Team Up to Expand Mental Health Services for Youth

ESPN, Doc Wayne and The Village Team Up to Expand Mental Health Services for Youth

Doc Wayne Youth Services — a Boston nonprofit whose sport-infused therapies improve mental health — along with Bristol, CT-based global sports brand ESPN, and The Village — a Hartford nonprofit dedicated to building a community of strong, healthy families who protect and nurture children — are collaborating to advance mental health initiatives for young people by leveraging the power of sport.

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