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Colleges and universities in Connecticut are preparing to welcome students back. After an extended winter break, some students across the state will begin returning to campuses as early as this weekend. The return to campus comes at a difficult time in the pandemic, both in Connecticut and across the country. Connecticut’s COVID-19 test positivity rate came in at 6.23% Wednesday,…

The spring semester is just around the corner for several colleges and universities here in our state, as COVID-19 remains a concern.

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The state, in cooperation with regional partners, are highlighting restrictions around college students returning home for the holidays.

So far, there’s been about 30 cases of COVID-19 among college students and staff living on campus at the four universities in the state college system. “Unlike what we’re seeing around the country, where there’s hundreds of cases at some of these universities we’ve been very fortunate at our four universities so far and I hope to continue that...

Tens of thousands of University of Connecticut students returned to classes Monday wearing masks and taking other safety precautions, kicking off the fall semester in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. “We just have to get adjusted. This is how it is going to be in this age,” said Mason Holland, a sophomore student from New Jersey. “It is going…

With colleges and universities in the state preparing to welcome students back to school, those institutions are having to make some changes for what on-campus housing will look like.

This is the last week of classes at the University of New Haven and most students are finishing up online. Officials said they’ve had success with distance learning, and online registration for summer courses is already higher than normal. But overall student enrollment numbers have changed a bit. “If we’re looking at returning students and registration, those numbers are...

Colleges in Connecticut and across the country are providing online learning while trying to plan for an uncertain fall semester