CT Legislation Could Implement ‘Universal Voting’
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Connecticut's General Assembly is poised to take up a bill to study universal voting. This is when voting isn't just a fundamental right, but required by law.
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Connecticut's Girl Scouts Begin Annual Entrepreneurial Business Drive (Selling Cookies)
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A potential sales force of nearly 12,500 Girl Scouts of Connecticut will be sharing their entrepreneurial energy and the traditional delicious array of cookies once again this year, beginning this month.
Read MorePublic to Have Greater Role with State's Financial Support for Connecticut Public
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Plans by Connecticut Public - which consists of CPTV, WNPR radio, and ctpublic.org - to emphasize the “public” in Connecticut Public more visibly received a significant boost from the State of Connecticut last month.
Read MoreUniversity of Saint Joseph, Watkinson School Establish Partnership for Students, Employees
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The University of Saint Joseph (USJ) and Watkinson School, moments from each other’s campus nearly straddling the Hartford-West Hartford line, have announced a collaborative partnership that will include a new USJ scholarship for Watkinson seniors, a USJ tuition discount for Watkinson employees and a reduced tuition rate at Watkinson for the children of USJ employees.
Read MoreConnecticut State Library Launches 3rd Annual All CT Reads for 2024
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All CT Reads is a year-long initiative to promote lifelong reading, learning, and connection that uses a rotating community committee structure to select one main book title and three shortlist book titles, each calendar year for three age groups: kids (ages 8-12), teens (ages 13-18), and adults.
Read MoreUConn Earns International Top-10 Ranking for Sustainability
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The University of Connecticut has been ranked as the 9th most sustainable university in the world by UI GreenMetric, an international sustainability scoring system that reviews over a thousand educational institutions, UConn Today reported recently.
Read MoreState Policymakers and Academic Researchers to Convene at State Capitol on January 9
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The Connecticut Scholars Strategy Network is partnering with State Representative Jaime Foster (Ellington, East Windsor, and Vernon) and UConn’s Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy (InCHIP) to host the inaugural “Moving Beyond Implications: Research into Policy” on January 9 at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford.
Read MoreHartford International University Documentary Filmmaker Earns Award for Feature on Yale's First Muslim Chaplin
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Hartford International University of Religion and Peace has produced its first documentary, which focuses on the life and career of Islamic Chaplaincy alum Imam Chaplain Omer Bajwa '10. Bajwa was the first Muslim chaplain at Yale University, starting in 2008.
Read MorePublic Comment Sought on Draft of Connecticut's Digital Equity Plan
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Connecticut Department of Administrative Services’ Commission for Educational Technology has released “Connecticut: Everyone Connected,” the state’s draft digital equity plan, now available for public comment.
Read MoreQuinnipiac River Fund Supports Exploration of Impact of Salt from Roadways
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Contamination of the Quinnipiac River in Connecticut was once so great that it prompted the first pollution control measure in the state and the eventual creation of the first sewage treatment plant in the Connecticut, according to the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven. Now, a new study is revealing more dangers.
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