Following a nationwide search, in 2025 Western Connecticut State University selected its 10th president in the university’s 123-year history. Jesse M. Bernal, Ph.D. now will be celebrated with two days of events on Thursday and Friday, March 26 and 27 as he is inaugurated as university President.
Read MoreThe Connecticut Office of Manufacturing (OOM), part of the Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD), has announced a two-year $4.8 million investment from the Manufacturing Innovation Fund, in an initiative with nonprofit ReadyCT to benefit Connecticut students.
Read MoreAlthough 2025 brought challenges to the nation’s innovation landscape, UConn startup companies and entrepreneurs managed to set records and notch milestones.
Read MoreThe Connecticut Medal of Technology - Connecticut's highest honor for technological achievement in fields crucial to our state's economic competitiveness - will be awarded in 2026.
Read MoreIn its 2026 Best Colleges report, Research.com placed Southern Connecticut State University just behind Yale and the University of Connecticut as the leading research institutions in the state.
Read MoreQuinnipiac University’s continuing commitment to uplift neighboring communities through civic engagement, partnership and scholarship has earned a prestigious 2026 Carnegie Community Engagement Classification. Among Connecticut colleges, they are not alone.
Read More“Not reporting on food insecurity doesn’t mean the problem will somehow magically disappear,” UConn’s Rudd Center points out, criticizing the USDA’s decision to discontinue an annual report that provided national data on household food insecurity across the United States.
Read MoreThe Connecticut Democracy Center (CTDC) has announced the recipients of their third annual Connecticut Democracy Center Awards. The awards program was established to recognize those committed to strengthening democracy through acts of citizenship, service, and community engagement.
Read MoreConnecticut Attorney General William Tong has joined a coalition of 12 attorneys general who are urging the U.S. Senate to reject the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, warning that the legislation would unlawfully nationalize election administration and impose sweeping new barriers to voter registration.
Read MoreHigh school students from across Connecticut travelled to Hartford recently to participate in Connecticut's We The People: The Citizen and the Constitution State Finals. Winning school teams will head to national competition in the spring.
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