Fiscal Concerns Accompany Good News at Yale School of Public Health

Fiscal Concerns Accompany Good News at Yale School of Public Health

The Yale School of Public Health has been on a roll during the past few months, even as it was encountering a noisy bump in the road. The good news: Dr. Anthony Fauci, will give the 2021 commencement address. Marcella Nunez-Smith will serve in the incoming Biden Administration, leading a new COVID-19 task force on equity issues. But there’s more swirling about.

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Yale’s Marcella Nunez-Smith to Co-Chair Biden’s Coronavirus Task Force

Yale’s Marcella Nunez-Smith to Co-Chair Biden’s Coronavirus Task Force

A professor with the Yale School of Medicine will serve as a co-chair of President-elect Joe Biden’s task force on the coronavirus. Marcella Nunez-Smith is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Yale School of Medicine, of Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale School of Public Health, and of Management at Yale School of Management.

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Groundbreaking UConn Study Will Examine Social Media As Trigger for Cyberbanging

Groundbreaking UConn Study Will Examine Social Media As Trigger for Cyberbanging

There hasn’t been any federal funded research into gun violence in this century. Until now. And a University of Connecticut researcher is among those to receive a share of the funding, authorized by Congress last year. It is the first federal funding into gun violence since 1996.

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"We Are in a Precarious Position," Fauci Tells Connecticut Interviewers at Community Health Center

"We Are in a Precarious Position," Fauci Tells Connecticut Interviewers at Community Health Center

“We are in a precarious position,” explained Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, who is leading the COVID-19 response at the NIH. Fauci returned as a guest this month on Conversations On Health Care, a radio program/podcast on healthcare issues produced by Community Health Center, Inc., based in Middletown and distributed nationally.

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Simtech's Richard Leite is CT's Small Business Exporter of the Year

Simtech's Richard Leite is CT's Small Business Exporter of the Year

Richard Leite, President & CEO of Simtech, Inc., based in East Granby, has been selected as Exporter of the Year by the U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA) in Connecticut. Established in 1988, Simtech distributes and exports military aircraft spares to the U.S. and foreign governments, companies and depots. The company has customers in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America, and North America.

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Connecticut Institute for Youth and Police Relations to be Launched in Greater Hartford; Hartford Foundation, Travelers Championship, UNH, CCSU Collaborate

Connecticut Institute for Youth and Police Relations to be Launched in Greater Hartford; Hartford Foundation, Travelers Championship, UNH, CCSU Collaborate

The objective is to enhance education and training delivered to police officers to assist them in balancing the demands of public safety and the best interests of youth and Black and diverse communities, improving relations between police and youth. The newly forming Connecticut Institute for Youth and Police Relations (CIYPR) is to be launched in Greater Hartford, supported by funding from two well-known philanthropic institutions and led by highly regarded expertise of two academic institutions in the state

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State Looks to Local Expertise, Nonprofits, Philanthropy to Advance Economic Recovery

State Looks to Local Expertise, Nonprofits, Philanthropy to Advance Economic Recovery

Reopening Connecticut and getting the state back on its economic feed is taking a village of local volunteers. The newest initiative, to include municipal officials, community-based organizations, nonprofit providers, and philanthropic partners – establishes local long-term recovery committees that will help meet urgent needs, accelerate recovery, and expedite coordination with the state’s emergency management structure,

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Multiple CT Connections on New Panel Focused on Restarting Regional Economy

Multiple CT Connections on New Panel Focused on Restarting Regional Economy

Connecticut may have three representatives on the newly appointed 21-member multi-state panel charged by Governors in the region with plotting a course forward to re-start the economy, but the state may receive an extra boost from members representing other states who have more than a cursory awareness of Connecticut.

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