UConn's Laurencin Receives NAACP's Highest Honor, Recognizing Lifetime of Singular Achievement

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UConn's Laurencin Receives NAACP's Highest Honor, Recognizing Lifetime of Singular Achievement

Described as the foremost engineer-physician-scientist in the world, Professor Cato T. Laurencin of the University of Connecticut is the 2021 recipient of the prestigious Spingarn Medal, the highest honor of the NAACP. He is one of just 25 individuals and the only surgeon to be elected to all three National Academies, considered one of the greatest professional honors in science, engineering, or medicine and health.

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Record-Setting Grants Set Stage for Breakthrough Research at UConn, Hartford Seminary

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Record-Setting Grants Set Stage for Breakthrough Research at UConn, Hartford Seminary

Two Connecticut higher education institutions have earned record-breaking grants in recent weeks to undertake groundbreaking research. The University of Connecticut and the Hartford Seminary – occupying very different locations on the education spectrum – have each gained notice for their expertise, to good result.

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UNH Forensic Science Professor Helps Exonerate Man Wrongly Convicted of Murder

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UNH Forensic Science Professor Helps Exonerate Man Wrongly Convicted of Murder

University of New Haven associate professor of forensic science Angie Ambers served as the lead forensic DNA consultant on the case of Lydell Grant, a Texas man who was sentenced to life in prison nearly a decade ago for a crime which he did not commit. He was recently formally exonerated.

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Yale Epidemiology Researcher Selected to Receive Connecticut Medal of Science

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Yale Epidemiology Researcher Selected to Receive Connecticut Medal of Science

Nancy H. Ruddle, Professor Emeritus of and Senior Research Scientist in Epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health and Yale School of Medicine, has been selected as the 2021 recipient of the Connecticut Medal of Science, the state’s highest honor for scientific achievement in fields crucial to Connecticut’s economic competitiveness and social well-being.

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Connecticut Invention Convention Names New Leader; Prep Underway for 2021 Event

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Connecticut Invention Convention Names New Leader; Prep Underway for 2021 Event

STEM educator Christine Lawlor-King has been named the new executive director of the Connecticut Invention Convention (CIC), the nation’s oldest and largest continuously operating invention education program for student inventors. For 2021, student invention applications are now being judged over a period of several weeks via a virtual portal system. A virtual "award ceremony" will take place on May 23 at 6pm, via YouTube and Facebook.

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Women In Bio Launches 14th Chapter, WIB-Connecticut, Connecting Women in the Life Sciences

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Women In Bio Launches 14th Chapter, WIB-Connecticut, Connecting Women in the Life Sciences

Women In Bio (WIB), a national organization of professionals committed to promoting the careers, leadership and entrepreneurship of all women in the life sciences, chose Connecticut as home to its 14th and newest chapter in North America. The new chapter will have its kick-off event virtually on April 20, bringing the perspectives of panelists from pharma, academia, and the BioCT organization.

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Connecticut Medical Society Steps Up Opposition, Warnings on Marijuana Legalization

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Connecticut Medical Society Steps Up Opposition, Warnings on Marijuana Legalization

As Connecticut appears increasingly likely to permit legal use of recreational marijuana, the Connecticut State Medical Society is again raising strident concerns about the public health dangers of doing so. The state legislature is actively considering legislation that could make marijuana use legal within the next year, and many observers have predicted approval is more likely than not.

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