CT Legislation Could Implement ‘Universal Voting’
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Connecticut's General Assembly is poised to take up a bill to study universal voting. This is when voting isn't just a fundamental right, but required by law.
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Connecticut's Girl Scouts Begin Annual Entrepreneurial Business Drive (Selling Cookies)
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A potential sales force of nearly 12,500 Girl Scouts of Connecticut will be sharing their entrepreneurial energy and the traditional delicious array of cookies once again this year, beginning this month.
Read MoreConnecticut Reaches Top 10 Among States for Best Health, Study Shows
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New research has identified the top states for mental and physical well-being, with Hawaii claiming the leading position and Connecticut earning a place in the top 10.
Read MoreUniversity of Saint Joseph, Watkinson School Establish Partnership for Students, Employees
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The University of Saint Joseph (USJ) and Watkinson School, moments from each other’s campus nearly straddling the Hartford-West Hartford line, have announced a collaborative partnership that will include a new USJ scholarship for Watkinson seniors, a USJ tuition discount for Watkinson employees and a reduced tuition rate at Watkinson for the children of USJ employees.
Read MoreConnecticut State Library Launches 3rd Annual All CT Reads for 2024
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All CT Reads is a year-long initiative to promote lifelong reading, learning, and connection that uses a rotating community committee structure to select one main book title and three shortlist book titles, each calendar year for three age groups: kids (ages 8-12), teens (ages 13-18), and adults.
Read MoreInaugural Participants Set to Begin Main Street Accelerator Program to Boost Local Downtowns
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Teams from six Connecticut communities were chosen for the inaugural class of Connecticut Main Street Center’s new Main Street Accelerator program.
Read MoreYale Researcher Leading National Women's Health Research Initiative; Recommendations Due
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On November 13, 2023 the White House announced what was described as the first-ever White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research, with a directive to “deliver concrete recommendations to advance women’s health research within 45 days.”
Read MoreState Policymakers and Academic Researchers to Convene at State Capitol on January 9
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The Connecticut Scholars Strategy Network is partnering with State Representative Jaime Foster (Ellington, East Windsor, and Vernon) and UConn’s Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy (InCHIP) to host the inaugural “Moving Beyond Implications: Research into Policy” on January 9 at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford.
Read MoreHartford International University Documentary Filmmaker Earns Award for Feature on Yale's First Muslim Chaplin
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Hartford International University of Religion and Peace has produced its first documentary, which focuses on the life and career of Islamic Chaplaincy alum Imam Chaplain Omer Bajwa '10. Bajwa was the first Muslim chaplain at Yale University, starting in 2008.
Read MoreCCSU to Establish College of Health and Rehabilitative Sciences
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The Board of Regents (BOR) for the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system has approved what is described as “an ambitious proposal” from Central Connecticut State University to establish a new College of Health and Rehabilitative Science
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