Connecticut’s bioscience industry was front and center in New Haven this week, as members of the growing community of scientists and entrepreneurs gathered to present annual awards to stand-outs in the field.
Read MoreMore 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.
Read MoreAfter just six years of the nation’s first statewide mattress recycling program, more than 1 million mattresses and box springs have been recycled in Connecticut. The impact has been tangible - resulting in the diversion of more than 18,000 tons of steel, foam, fibers and wood from landfill and incineration, according to program officials.
Read MoreAll 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.
Read MoreEastern 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.
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreThe Connecticut Center for the Book has announced the 2021 Connecticut Book Awards Winners, recognizing the best books of 2020 which are either about Connecticut or by authors and illustrators from Connecticut in multiple categories.
Read MoreConnecticut’s methods of funding and delivering special education services are insufficient, ineffective, and inequitable, according to a new report and analysis by Connecticut Voices for Children. And the pandemic has made it worse.
Read MoreAs Connecticut's only statewide organization “focused broadly on supporting access to and providing funding for public humanities,” Connecticut Humanities, in its 2020-2023 Strategic Plan, laid out a multi-pronged aspiration “to strengthen our communities and society in the long term.” Following through, amidst a pandemic, has seen unanticipated challenges and opportunities.
Read MoreGraphic photos showing an array of severe consequences of smoking, which will be printed on all cigarette packages in the U.S. beginning in October 2022, will save an estimated 539,000 lives over the remainder of this century, according to new research by the Yale School of Public Health and a group of public health researchers at institutions in the U.S. and Canada.
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