Hartford-based Aquiline Drones Corporation (AD), Connecticut's only drone manufacturing and technology company, has signed a multi-year agreement to offer its entire online drone pilot certification curriculum through the 17 institutions comprising Connecticut's State College and University system (CSCU).
Read MoreIt has become known as the Great Resignation – the disruption in the job market induced by the two plus years of the pandemic. The latest data, however, indicates that a state-by-state comparison show that Connecticut is among the most stable, showing the fifth lowest resignation rate.
Read MoreInstead of our three-page document detailing the threat climate change poses and specific actionable steps, the town council passed a one-page resolution. We felt immensely let down. If my team was older, the town might have been more honest about the trajectory of our resolution. The town shut their ears to what young people are saying: climate change IS an emergency.
Read MoreAs of July 1st, the Connecticut minimum wage was raised to $14/hour as part of a 5-year plan to raise the minimum wage to $15/hour by 2023. The increase was not without controversy, when the plan began, or now.
Read MoreYale University is one of only two institutions in New England that offers an academic nurse-midwifery specialty. The program, in the Yale School of Nursing, “prepares students as competent midwives who provide family-centered primary health care,” the university’s website explains, noting that “more now than ever, the need and demand for midwives is at an all-time high.”
Read MoreA classroom of Hamden sixth graders and members of a Farmington High School Political Action Club are this year’s recipients of the inaugural Governor M. Jodi Rell Center for Public Service Civility Awards.
Read MoreBuilding transit-oriented development (TOD) along Connecticut’s new and existing transit infrastructure provides an opportunity to structure economic growth around “resilient corridors.” Looking ahead, particularly along the shorelines, is a critical aspect of the process.
Read MoreCommunity Health Center, Inc. (CHC) has been awarded $1,499,820 over 3 years from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) The funds are to reduce uninsured rates and connect more children, parents, and families to health care coverage. CHC is the only recipient in the six New England states.
Read MoreThe New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) and the Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF) have announced plans, in collaboration with the State of Connecticut, to award grants to seven business-higher education partnerships in Connecticut as part of an initiative to rapidly increase the competitiveness of the state’s postsecondary institutions and meet growing business demand for tech skills.
Read MoreThe Connecticut Convention Center will be transformed into “The World’s Aerospace Alley” for a November 2 trade show that will feature exhibitors that are members of Aerospace Components Manufacturers.
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