The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven (CFGNH) has launched a $8.7 million grant program and website, e3connector.com, for local entrepreneurs and small businesses.
Read MoreStudents at Central Connecticut State University were learning about the impact of poverty on the community, and, particularly, young people, before completing a service project to give back to the greater New Britain community. What they learned open eyes, and hearts.
Read MoreThe University of Connecticut is one of 20 award recipients nationwide of a 5-year cooperative agreement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for a project to protect and improve the health and well-being of school-age children and adolescents.
Read MoreAs Connecticut addresses health equity, additional work needs to be done, experts warn. From 2016 to 2022, one third of the state's residents did not visit a primary care physician, according to data from the Connecticut Health Policy Project.
Read MoreIt is – as intended – nearly impossible to miss when headed into or driving alongside downtown Hartford. The Greater Hartford Arts Council (GHAC) officially unveiled New England’s tallest mural this past week. Reawakening Wonder reaches 170 feet, 18 stories high, and is described as “a true beacon of hope and wonder.”
Read MoreBlack student enrollment in college is declining, according to a recent report. The Lumina Foundation's Level Up report found more than 300,000 Black students have disappeared from community colleges over the last two decades.
Read MoreDuring Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month, experts are seeking better access to Alzheimer's treatment drugs. In Connecticut, 80,000 people age 65 and older live with this illness.
Read MoreConnecticut will be providing more than $7 million in state grants to nonprofit organizations across the state for facility and infrastructure upgrades at 34 cultural and historic sites.
Read MoreThe CT State Library has announced a partnership with Libraries Without Borders US (LWB), the American branch of the global NGO Bibliothèques Sans Frontières that delivers knowledge and information to communities in crisis.
Read MoreConnecticut has emerged as a strong finisher in the 2023 U.S. News & World Report State Rankings, released this month. In the highly anticipated overall best states ranking, Connecticut ranked #16 overall,
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