For years, Make Music Day on June 21 has brought musicians from all walks of life and musical abilities together in Connecticut and across the globe – and this year is (virtually) no different. From the Capital City to Connecticut’s corners, music will find a way to be heard, even through unprecedented constraints.
Read MoreRecent events and recent days have led to a cascade of messages from organizations and leaders throughout the nation, in communities nearly everywhere. A sampling of four such messages, emanating from Connecticut’s Capital City…
Read MoreHow children are fed may be just as important as what they are fed, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association. The formal statement is the first ever from the Association focused on providing evidence-based strategies for parents and caregivers to create a healthy food environment for young children, and very much in line with ongoing research by the Rudd Center at UConn.
Read MoreVenture Showcase on ZOOM! will feature the top startups from reSET’s Impact Accelerator, a group of talented, impact-minded entrepreneurs, as they pitch their business ideas to the public and compete for up to $10,000 of award money to continue growing their business in Hartford.
Read MoreLebanon’s mile-long town green, said to be the second largest in New England, is on the National Register of Historic Places. With a 300-year history, the green is one of Connecticut’s unrivaled gems. Recently, it found itself at the center of two lawsuits. The legal question is this: who owns the green?
Read MoreUConn is now poised to make a bunch of athletes and coaches from non-revenue sports pay for their manifold mistakes. How will it be explained, and who stands to lose?
Read MoreCollege students of color came together for a podcast conversation two months ago, “to share their experiences attending predominantly white institutions as students of color.” In the context of recent events across the country, the discussion takes on additional meaning - the challenges of racism are closer to home than we might think.
Read MoreHaving a specific gene, which previous genetic studies have found to be linked to dementia, doubles the risk of developing severe COVID-19, according to a newly published large-scale study with data analysis led by a University of Connecticut researcher.
Read MoreAs Connecticut and the nation grapple with unprecedented unemployment numbers, an analysis of town-by-town data shows that on a per-capita basis, some of Connecticut’s smaller communities and those in southeast Connecticut are being hit as hard as the state’s largest cities… 12 of the 20 municipalities with the highest level unemployment claims, per capita, during the peak of the pandemic were in southeast Connecticut.
Read MoreWhen I look back on when I was dealing with depression and anxiety, it feels like I was putting together a puzzle. Slowly at first, because until recently, I didn't understand exactly what I was working on.
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