November 17, 2021

ESPN, Doc Wayne and The Village Team Up to Expand Mental Health Services for Youth

November 17, 2021/ Bernard Kavaler

Doc Wayne Youth Services — a Boston nonprofit whose sport-infused therapies improve mental health — along with Bristol, CT-based global sports brand ESPN, and The Village — a Hartford nonprofit dedicated to building a community of strong, healthy families who protect and nurture children — are collaborating to advance mental health initiatives for young people by leveraging the power of sport.

November 16, 2021

Yale School of Medicine’s Lisa Lattanza Earns Diversity Award from American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

November 16, 2021/ Bernard Kavaler

Lisa Lattanza, MD, chair of the Department of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation at the Yale School of Medicine, has been presented with the 2021 annual Diversity Award from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS).

November 15, 2021

Connecticut Book Awards Presented to Local Authors

November 15, 2021/ Bernard Kavaler

The Connecticut Center for the Book has announced the 2021 Connecticut Book Awards Winners, recognizing the best books of 2020 which are either about Connecticut or by authors and illustrators from Connecticut in multiple categories.

November 15, 2021

Report Finds CT's Special Education System Insufficient, Ineffective, Inequitable

November 15, 2021/ Bernard Kavaler

Connecticut’s methods of funding and delivering special education services are insufficient, ineffective, and inequitable, according to a new report and analysis by Connecticut Voices for Children. And the pandemic has made it worse.

November 10, 2021

Connecticut School-Based Diversion Initiative Continues to Add Participating Schools

November 10, 2021/ Bernard Kavaler

Connecticut's School-Based Diversion Initiative (SBDI) will be implemented in 15 schools across six districts during the 2021-22 school year, bringing the total number of schools served by SBDI in Connecticut to 65.

November 07, 2021

Mobile Crisis Services: An Effective Approach for Reducing Emergency Department Utilization

November 07, 2021/ Bernard Kavaler

A recent study indicates that utilization of Connecticut’s Mobile Crisis is associated with reduced rates of subsequent ED visits among youth.

November 04, 2021

Marketing Hartford's Pratt Street Accentuates Many Positives

November 04, 2021/ Bernard Kavaler

The marketing of Pratt Street in downtown Hartford, a joint project of LAZ Investments, Lexington Partners LLC, and Shelbourne, the city’s largest downtown property owner, has seen a series of data points highlighted that even longtime city residents may not have recognized.

November 04, 2021

Humanities Seek Public Input in Effort to Expand Access Throughout State

November 04, 2021/ Bernard Kavaler

As Connecticut's only statewide organization “focused broadly on supporting access to and providing funding for public humanities,” Connecticut Humanities, in its 2020-2023 Strategic Plan, laid out a multi-pronged aspiration “to strengthen our communities and society in the long term.” Following through, amidst a pandemic, has seen unanticipated challenges and opportunities.

November 02, 2021

New Severe Warning Graphics on Cigarette Packages Will Save More Than Half Million Lives, Researchers Predict

November 02, 2021/ Bernard Kavaler

Graphic photos showing an array of severe consequences of smoking, which will be printed on all cigarette packages in the U.S. beginning in October 2022, will save an estimated 539,000 lives over the remainder of this century, according to new research by the Yale School of Public Health and a group of public health researchers at institutions in the U.S. and Canada.

November 01, 2021

Report: 38% of Connecticut’s Wagering Activity Is Along I-95 Corridor

November 01, 2021/ Bernard Kavaler

Dramatic changes in Connecticut’s gaming laws – the most comprehensive in decades - are not going unnoticed just across the border, as New Yorkers drive north on I-95, according to recent published reports, and stop to place bets.