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Inside Connecticut, many Ukrainians are relying on each other and community support in the midst of the Russian invasion thousands of miles away. Restless nights and eyes constantly glued to the news are some of the accounts from students studying inside the United States. At the Hartford Ukrainian National Home, you could tell there were a lot of anxious and…

Connecticut’s Appellate Court ruled Friday that Wesleyan University cannot be held responsible for the alleged abuse of boys in its basketball facilities and the dorm room of a basketball player during the early 1980s. The decision, which upholds the ruling of a lower court, found the two men who brought a lawsuit against the school in 2017 failed to show…

The movie based on Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “In the Heights” premieres this week and the award-winning performer, composer and playwright, started working on the show when he was a student in Connecticut, attending Wesleyan University in Middletown. The film is set in Washington Heights, in New York and Miranda does have a part in it. HBO Max’s description of the...

The Cardinals returned to the field for the first time in 398 days last weekend in a victory over Hamilton. Wesleyan is excited to be back, playing a shortened 4-game schedule this season. With so much uncertainty heading into the season, the roster includes some Wesleyan football and hockey players, who played lacrosse in high school, to account for players who...

The Cardinals returned to the field for the first time in 398 days last weekend in a victory over Hamilton. Wesleyan is excited to be back, playing a shortened 4-game schedule this season.

Students returning to Wesleyan University in the fall will be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the school.

Wesleyan University will require all students to receive a COVID-19 vaccine before returning to campus for the fall semester. They said every student, with the exception of those who have approved medical or religious exemptions, will need to verify with the university that they are fully vaccinated against coronavirus before they arrive on the campus. The state of Connecticut has…

It’s better to get any vaccine than none, but now people are saying “Pfizer’s for hot people”? Vaccine rivalries are playing out on TikTok, as young people get their shots and find community with others who got the same brand’s dose. Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News Youth and Internet Culture reporter, explains the trend.

Long before Lin-Manuel Miranda was an award-winning performer, composer and playwright, he was a student here in Connecticut at Wesleyan University in Middletown. He made a big impression on his fellow students and even the professors there. Professor Emeritus John Carr was the Wesleyan Theatre Department Chair when Miranda was a student there in the early 2000s. He said...

It’s been 50 years since José Feliciano released his iconic Christmas song “Feliz Navidad,” and to celebrate he’s releasing a new version with Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jason Mraz, Shaggy and more. The Puerto Rican musician shared with LX News the key to making his bilingual tune a hit: simplicity.

The New England Small College Athletic Conference, which includes Connecticut College, Trinity College and Wesleyan University. has canceled winter sports competition. The presidents of the 11 colleges and universities in the conference released a statement Thursday afternoon that says the NESCAC presidents unanimously decided to cancel NESCAC conference competition, including conference championships, for the winter season. The NESCAC is made…

With cases once again on the rise, health experts are warning Americans not to become lax in protecting themselves and others from the coronavirus.

Wesleyan University students are back on campus for the fall semester for in-person & online classes.

The man who gunned down a Wesleyan University student eleven years ago will remain in Connecticut’s maximum-security psychiatric hospital. A panel ruled Stephen Morgan is not ready to move to a less restrictive setting, as he serves out his 60-year sentence. Morgan, now 40, was found not guilty by reason of insanity in 2011 in connection with the 2009 fatal…

The man accused of gunning down a Wesleyan student 11 years ago will remain in a psychiatric hospital.

Wesleyan University announced its plans Wednesday to have students and staff return to campus at the end of August. The plan is to begin the fall semester on the Middletown campus on Aug.31, a full week earlier than originally scheduled. Students who are not able to return to the campus for the fall semester will be able to take advantage…

The college athletic conference that includes three Connecticut schools has canceled all spring sports over coronavirus concerns. Trinity College in Hartford, Wesleyan University in Middletown, and Connecticut College in New London all belong to the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). “In light of the decision of many NESCAC schools to have students return home and complete the semester…

The hunt is on for the hit-and-run driver who killed a woman in Middletown. Now people in that city are grieving after the death of the longtime cafeteria worker at Wesleyan University.  “It’s just an awful, awful tragedy,” said Mayor Ben Florsheim, D – Middletown. Many are mourning a woman who died after a hit-and-run at the intersection of...

Brooke Rich, 41, of Middletown, was crossing Washington Street at the intersection with High Street when she was hit around 9 p.m., according to police.

Police have identified the woman who was killed in a hit-and-run near Wesleyan in Middletown on Wednesday night.