February 25, 2020

CT Academy for Science & Engineering Elects 36 New Members from Academia, Industry; Nominations for Prestigious 2020 Medal of Technology Due March 12

February 25, 2020/ Bernard Kavaler

In 2020, the Connecticut Medal of Technology, Connecticut's highest honor for technological achievement in fields crucial to Connecticut's economic competitiveness, will be awarded by the Connecticut Academy for Science & Engineering (CASE). Nominations are being accepted through March 12. CASE has also elected 36 new members, from academia and industry, including a former astronaut and a university president.

February 11, 2020

Major League Lacrosse Lands Team in Fairfield; Stags Welcome Hammerheads

February 11, 2020/ Bernard Kavaler

The Stags of Fairfield University will have some professional company this year. Major League Lacrosse has announced that the league’s newest franchise, the Connecticut Hammerheads, will host their games on Conway Field at Rafferty Stadium, which was built in 2015 on the Fairfield University Campus. Play for the 2020 season begins in late May.

February 10, 2020

CT Humanities Issues Grants to Support Initiatives Across State

February 10, 2020/ Bernard Kavaler

CT Humanities recently awarded $199,174 to nine Connecticut organizations to support capacity building, program implementation, planning, and partnerships. The locations of the organizations receiving grants included Bridgeport, Hartford, Litchfield, Middletown, New Canaan, New Haven, Norwalk and West Hartford.

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 23, 2020

Americares Turns to Christine Squires to Lead Organization

January 23, 2020/ Bernard Kavaler

Connecticut-based Americares has announced that Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer Christine Squires will be the relief and development organization’s next president and chief executive officer.

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 07, 2020

Stadiums and Snow – The Challenges of a New England Winter

January 07, 2020/ Bernard Kavaler

At the junction of winter’s snow and the increasing intensity of the football season during the crucial run to the playoffs, have you ever attended or watched a football game and wondered how the stadium gleams so clear and pristine amid the surrounding piles and crusts of brown-tinged, half-melted snow and ice?

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 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.

December 25, 2019

At Capital Community College, Some Classes Aren't in Classrooms

December 25, 2019/ Bernard Kavaler

College classes will be in session at historic venues throughout the city in the coming months as part of Capital Community College’s Hartford Heritage Project. The Bushnell, Old State House, and various sites that exemplify history and the arts will host place-based courses.