Yale Professor to Lead Session at Sports Statistics Symposium at Harvard Later This Month

Yale Professor to Lead Session at Sports Statistics Symposium at Harvard Later This Month

With the demand for data, analytical tools, and a competitive edge on the rise in professional and collegiate sports, the 2023 New England Symposium on Statistics in Sports to be held later this month will feature new findings, applications, and insight into player performance and team success. A Yale professor will lead a key panel session.

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Women's Equality: CT Ranks 23rd in the U.S., Analysis Indicates

Women's Equality:  CT Ranks 23rd in the U.S., Analysis Indicates

With Women’s Equality Day – commemorating when women gained the right to vote in the United States – celebrated this past weekend, the personal-finance website WalletHub has released its report on 2023’s Best & Worst States for Women's Equality.  Connecticut landed in the middle-of-the-pack, ranking 23rd among the states.

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Jordan Porco Foundation Earns Best Practice Status in Teen Suicide Prevention

Jordan Porco Foundation Earns Best Practice Status in Teen Suicide Prevention

The Jordan Porco Foundation’s Fresh Check Day has been designated as a best practice for suicide prevention for colleges and universities by the Suicide Prevention Resource Center.  The Suicide Prevention Resource Center is funded by SAMHSA, a division of the Department of Health and Human Services.

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Anesthesia Can Cause Disturbing Hallucinations, Lasting Trauma, UConn Researchers Find

Anesthesia Can Cause Disturbing Hallucinations, Lasting Trauma, UConn Researchers Find

Having witnesses or recording devices during procedures requiring anesthesia could help prevent opportunities for sexual assault and hallucinations about assaults that did not occur, UConn researchers findings suggest. Data published in UConn Today report on their findings and recommendations.

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Yale's Akiko Iwasaki Selected as 2023 Recipient of Connecticut Medal of Science

Yale's Akiko Iwasaki Selected as 2023 Recipient of Connecticut Medal of Science

Akiko Iwasaki, Sterling Professor of Immunobiology and Professor of Dermatology and of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) at the Yale School of Medicine, and an Investigator for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, has been selected as the 2023 recipient of the Connecticut Medal of Science.

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A Day at the Beach, Solid Preparation and Serendipity Are Foundation for Student’s Opportunity

A Day at the Beach, Solid Preparation and Serendipity Are Foundation for Student’s Opportunity

Timing - and preparation - is everything, Jenna Greenhill, a junior volleyball player and Meteorology major attending Western Connecticut State University found out recently. She now has a prime summer internship lined up, thanks to the skills she’s developed creating weathercasts at the state university in Danbury.

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