Every fall semester at Quinnipiac University, hundreds of students line up in the student center for their free seasonal flu shot. But this year, flu season will intertwine with COVID-19, which may raise the difficulty of getting a flu shot, and the anxiety for anyone with flu-like symptoms. Whether students and faculty are breathing down…
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Election Day is going to look different in the state of Connecticut this year. Hamden recently received over $40,000 in grants for the upcoming election. Hamden is expecting a large number of voters through absentee ballots, leading this election down a path we have never seen. The state of Connecticut has automatically sent absentee ballots…
Quinnipiac University has confirmed its first COVID-19 infection after almost 10,000 student tests, according to an email sent Friday to students, faculty and staff from a senior administrator.
Hamden parks, playgrounds and fields reopened on Sept. 4, as a part of the town’s gradual reopening process amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “Hamden has been very — almost extra — cautious,” said David DeMartino, Hamden’s recreation supervisor. “Basically, we’re just trying to follow the state guidelines as best we can and making sure we’re comfortable…
In an email sent out to students, it was revealed that Quinnipiac conducted over 7,000 tests without a single positive case of COVID-19.
After months of uncertainty, Quinnipiac sports teams are beginning to resume practice.
When Quinnipiac University reopened last week, campus life looked unfamiliar to returning students and incoming freshmen. It was nothing like what they had ever seen before. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, colleges have had to take extreme measures to ensure that students remain safe and limit the transmission of COVID-19 to the best of their…
It is a good time to be a tattoo artist in the Hamden area. This Tuesday, Sept. 8 the Hamden town council passed a vote so tattoo parlors are no longer considered adult businesses. Prior to this, it had been really difficult to get a tattoo shop in the area because the town grouped it…
Despite requiring students to take COVID-19 tests, Quinnipiac University isn’t holding faculty and staff to the same standard. Because faculty and staff are typically older than students, they are more susceptible to contracting the virus, according to the CDC. Still, Dr. David Hill, professor of medical sciences and director of the global health program, said…
A historic presidential election will cap off a truly historic year, and one of the most active and accurate polls in the nation is all over it. “We’ve been polling on the presidential election for over a year now, nationally and in key swing states,” said April Kleinman, associate director of the Quinnipiac University Poll.…