Contamination of the Quinnipiac River in Connecticut was once so great that it prompted the first pollution control measure in the state and the eventual creation of the first sewage treatment plant in the Connecticut, according to the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven. Now, a new study is revealing more dangers.
Read MoreThe Board of Regents (BOR) for the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system has approved what is described as “an ambitious proposal” from Central Connecticut State University to establish a new College of Health and Rehabilitative Science
Read MoreThe number of fatalities in senior driver crashes nationwide reached its highest point since at least 2000, according to a new analysis of federal crash data from AAA Northeast. Connecticut data reflects similar increases.
Read MoreThe Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF) and the UConn Foundation have entered into a new partnership to support The Cato T. Laurencin Institute for Regenerative Engineering at the University of Connecticut.
Read MoreConnecticut is among the states with the most senior workers in the United States, according to a newly released survey. Connecticut has the fourth largest share of older workers, with 45% of the workforce aged 55 and above.
Read MoreThe Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) has announced its first series of grant awards to seven organizations throughout the state, with the distribution of funds distributed with guidance from the Commission of Community Gun Violence Intervention and Prevention.
Read MoreAdding front-of-package ingredient disclosures significantly increases caregivers' ability to identify the presence and absence of common ingredients in sweetened fruit drinks and flavored waters and unsweetened 100% juice, according to UConn researchers.
Read MoreThe University of Connecticut’s Nursing and Engineering Innovation Center, one of the first of its kind in the nation, will advance health care, workforce, and economic development through interdisciplinary collaborations.
Read MoreLast year, Connecticut saw 367 road traffic victims, 90 of them pedestrians and cyclists. This year, the pace of fatalities continues. Connecticut will hold its first statewide event in Bushnell Park in Hartford on November 19.
Read MoreThe Jordan Porco Foundation’s “Fresh Check Day was established a decade ago in Connecticut with a basic premise: to provide the mental health messaging needed to spark conversation and education, and reduce the stigma associated with this topic with peer centered activities,
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