Eastern Connecticut State University

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the appeal of a former Connecticut nurse convicted of killing and dismembering his college student girlfriend in 2013. Jermain Richards, of Bridgeport, was convicted of murder and sentenced to 60 years in prison for the killing of Alyssiah Marie Wiley, a 20-year-old sophomore at Eastern Connecticut State University. Her partial remains…

Starting this fall, Eastern Connecticut State University will offer hemp cultivation as an academic minor program of study, they announced in a news release Thursday.  Licensed as an official hemp producer with the Department of Agriculture, the university will offer multiple classes surrounding hemp production and biological studies with plans to expand the minor into a major of study...

Many states that are legalizing marijuana have plans to help communities hurt by the war on drugs and create a legal weed industry reflective of those communities. But there needs to be more than “magical thinking” from regulators to get those businesses started, says Smoke Wallin, a board member of the U.S. Hemp Roundtable.

Eastern Connecticut State University will hold in-person commencement exercises for the Class of 2020 after holding a virtual event last year because of the coronavirus pandemic. The ceremony will be at 10 a.m. on Sunday, May 16 on the Windham Technical High School athletic field, adjacent to Eastern’s campus. It will be held rain or shine The 2020 graduation ceremony…

As COVID-19 vaccine trials begin for children, many parents may be understandably wary about signing their own child up as a subject. So we got Peter Pitts, a former FDA associate commissioner and president of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest, to break down how vaccine trials for children work and how researchers ensure they’re safe.

The Eastern Connecticut State University women’s basketball team will forego its 2020-21 season because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. A statement on the ESCU athletics website says the team was scheduled to resume team practice on Jan. 3 for a season-opener Jan. 23 but the team last week voted to cancel the season. The school said Eastern is the fourth…

COVID-19 cases are soaring across the country, and no area is currently harder hit than Los Angeles County in California. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in LA, a public hospital with 131 beds, has stretched its capacity to now treat over 200 patients. Dr. Elaine Batchlor, the hospital’s CEO, explains how her staff is stretching its capacity limits and...

Professor at Eastern Connecticut State University(ECSU) weighs in on what can be expected at the first presidential debate.

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...

The fall semester has officially started for students at Connecticut state colleges and universities.

As some universities begin welcoming students back to campus, there is a push by town leaders to ask for restrictions on gathering limits.

As some universities begin welcoming students back to campus, there is a push by town leaders to ask for restrictions on gathering limits. Ava Corsi is one of the many students returning to the University of Connecticut for the fall semester. Corsi came back early for her on-campus job and believes students should follow both state and college guidelines. “All…

The Little East Conference, which Eastern Connecticut State University and Western Connecticut State University belong to, has suspended all conference regular season competition and championships for the Fall 2020 semester because of the COVID-19 pandemic. A statement from the conference says each school could participate in intercollegiate competition and on-campus training activities if it chooses to in the fall in…

Eastern Connecticut State University has announced that the deadline to pay housing and registration deposits for freshmen entering this coming fall has been moved back two weeks. The $200 tuition deposit and $250 deposit for on-campus housing will now be due on May 12, 2020. “We felt it important to take this step to relieve their upcoming expenses and give…

A faculty member at Eastern Connecticut State University has tested positive for coronavirus, according to the school. The school did not release specifics about the faculty member that tested positive including where he or she lives or any contact he or she may have had with students. If you exhibit symptoms or if you believe you have been exposed to…

Thousands of Connecticut students are affected by school closures as dozens of districts make the decision to close due to growing coronavirus concerns.

Eastern Connecticut State University is offering counseling services after a student was found dead in a parking garage. School officials said Lee Barrett, of Hamden, was found unresponsive in a vehicle in the Shakespeare parking garage at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday.   The medical examiner’s office was notified and will make the determination regarding cause of Barrett’s death. The university’s...

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday to protect Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, commonly known as the DACA act.

Transportation, improved data sharing and renewable energy were some of the issues where the governors of Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island said Tuesday they found common ground in their first private meeting with one another, promising to work together in the future. The two Democrats and one Republican met for about two hours during a private lunch at Eastern Connecticut...

Several people are displaced after a three-alarm fire on Watson Street in Willimantic.