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In just a few weeks, students from all over the world will return to five colleges and universities around New Haven. City officials say they’ve been planning for the influx as the COVID-19 pandemic wears on. It starts with the three institutions in the city, each with a COVID-19 planning team and a point of contact that is in...

A task force of staff members at Quinnipiac University is preparing for students to return this fall.

From social distancing to social unrest, this 4th of July is fizzling out for some people. Now, racial tensions have put a microscope on America’s history and have led activists to say they plan to opt-out of celebrating Independence Day. “It’s pretty generally felt that July 4th is not for us,” said Michael Oretade, the head of Black Lives...

The Travelers Championship is giving some of the money raised by last week’s golf tournament in Connecticut to help create a program to train police in how to deal with teens and young adults, especially in Black and racially diverse communities. The tournament and the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving announced Tuesday they are teaming to provide $300,000 over two…

And it’s really about everyone doing their part to help slow the spread of the virus. “It’s important to make sure the covering is tight over your nose and covering your mouth as completely as possible,” said Dr. Summer Johnson McGee, the University of New Haven School of Health Sciences dean. McGee explains the main benefit of wearing a...

Two Connecticut cities are requiring the wearing of face coverings in public.

It’s not the spring semester Connecticut colleges imagined, with lonely greens and abandoned dorms, but the University of New Haven says they are ready to host local first responders as they continue to fight coronavirus in Connecticut. “One of the strengths of the University of New Haven is that we prepare students for public service and a lot of...

Several colleges and universities are providing lodging in dormitories for first responders amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The University of New Haven announced Sunday that they are suspending their study abroad program in Tuscany, Italy amid new coronavirus warnings. The decision comes after the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. State Department raised the travel and health advisory levels in all of Italy to level 3, according to UNH President Steven Kaplan. “I regret…

Connecticut’s universities are taking precautionary action to protect students against Coronavirus exposure. In an e-mail to all students, the University of New Haven said it is recommending that students, faculty, and staff currently at the university’s Tuscany campus in Prato, Italy, return to the United States. Italy has now reported at least 222 cases of coronavirus and six deaths...

We frequently hear of cyberattacks around the world and here in Connecticut, whether it’s a school system or a major company. Those cyberattacks are always a threat and the University of New Haven is taking the lead in fighting them with its growing cybersecurity program, recently awarded by the National Security Agency. “Since 2013 we’ve been ramping up cybersecurity...

The University of New Haven celebrated the opening of its new cybersecurity center on Tuesday.

Community members gathered outside Live Oaks School in Milford on Wednesday morning to pay tribute to those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001.

The University of New Haven has hired Sheahon Zenger as the school’s new athletic director. Zenger was previously the Athletic Director at Kansas from 2011 to 2018. Prior to that, he was the athletic director at Illinois State where he succeeded former UConn AD Lew Perkins.

Students are settling into their new homes away from home, as some schools celebrate the opening of new buildings. Sunday was move-in day for freshmen at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain.

Famed forensic scientist Dr. Henry Lee was on the defensive Monday, firing back against claims that testimony he gave some 30 years ago wrongfully sent two men to jail for a brutal 1985 murder.

Police returned to the MIRA trash-to-energy facility in Hartford for the 11th day in a row on Thursday. Authorities say they’ve received 550 tips from around the world and 80 videos on the disappearance of Jennifer Dulos. The New Canaan mother was last seen on May 24.

Connecticut is home to one of the world’s most renowned forensic investigators and he’s weighing in on the case of a missing mother from New Canaan.

Three new additions to the New London Police Department promised to serve and protect the community Thursday.

Many are concerned about the possible effects of the Jussie Smollett case.