A new documentary about the Cabbage Patch Kids from NBCUniversal Syndication Studios and Believe Entertainment Group is narrated by Neil Patrick Harris and tells the story of Connecticut-based Coleco, at the center of an unparalleled toy craze nearly 40 years ago.
Read MoreThe 840-acre land just off the coast of Connecticut in Suffolk County, NY is home to hundreds of different birds and other animals. With the risk posed by development by a private investor, many animals have been and still are in danger of losing their natural habitats on Plum Island.
Read MoreThe continued disproportionate, negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Black, Indigenous, and all People of Color in the United States highlights how public policies and corporate practices that push high-calorie options and limit access to affordable, culturally acceptable, healthy food are significant barriers to improved public health and health equity, points out a new analysis and report by the University of Connecticut’s Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health.
Read MoreEnrollment declines continued to worsen this spring at colleges across the nation and in Connecticut, according to the latest numbers reported by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.
Read MoreTraffic fatalities in Connecticut jumped more than 10 percent between 2020 and 2021, slightly higher than the national increase, according to official federal government estimates.
Read MoreThe tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14, 2012 spurred the establishment of numerous organizations dedicated to urging legislative action at the state and federal level, many honoring the memory of students killed on that day, in the months that followed. It also led to new gun safety laws in Connecticut - a state that has not been part of the increases in such incidents in states across the country.
Read MoreWith firearm deaths in Connecticut and across the country on the rise, a new initiative in Hartford aims to interrupt gun violence through a partnership between community organizations and hospitals.
Read MoreThe U.S. Small Business Administration’s Connecticut District Office has announced 10 Small Business Week 2022 Award Winners – including the Small Business Person of the Year – Viron Rondos of Viron Rondo Osteria, a popular Cheshire restaurant, highlighting the challenges faced by small businesses throughout the past two years.
Read MoreCraig M. Crews, the John C. Malone Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and Professor of Chemistry, Pharmacology, and Management at Yale University, and the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT) have been selected as the 2022 recipients of the Connecticut Medal of Technology.
Read MoreConnecticut’s Board of Regents for Higher Education (BOR) has appointed Dr. John Maduko to serve as president of Connecticut State Community College (CT State), which will be the institution that results from the planned merger of 12 community colleges next year.
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