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Quinnipiac University counselors promote mental health during Suicide Prevention Month

Statistics around mental illness and suicide have been rising steadily for several years. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) reported in 2019 that suicide was the 10th leading cause of death in the U.S.

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Quinnipiac remembers: Community comes together on the 20th anniversary of 9/11

It is apparent that there is one common message that these community members have for the younger generation as they take their own time to reflect on the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks: the humanity and unconditional love that people treasured.

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Hamden mayoral candidates interviewed by high school students

On Sept. 9, students were able to participate in the Human Rights Zoom meeting held by the Global Youth Activities (GYA) where they were able to speak with Hamden Mayor candidate’s Mayor Curt Leng, Lauren Garrett and Peter Cyr. 

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After 18 months, Quinnipiac students return to LA and D.C.

The QU in LA and QU in DC programs ended prematurely in spring 2020. Now, they are formally accepting students for the next semester.

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Quinnipiac University Involvement Fair celebrates a maskless outdoors

The Involvement Fair marks the first major on-campus mask-less event since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Hamden Town Council Committee unanimously advances bill banning facial recognition technology

Both Republican and Democrat legislators agreed that the use of facial recognition was a threat to residents civil rights and civil liberties.

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Quinnipiac SGA to hold elections in two weeks

Students will vote for two senior class senators, two junior class senators, two multicultural and identity senators, a liberal arts senator, a veteran senator and the whole first-year cabinet.

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When businesses shut down, clothes shopping didn’t. How did small clothing businesses keep people shopping at their stores?

These three small businesses in the Greater New Haven Area learned how to make it out on the other side of COVID-19 lockdown with businesses heading back to normal.

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“Solution Driven”: New Haven can save impoverished communities from the impending climate change threat

What are the problems and what to expect: How New Haven plans to change the narrative of climate change threatening impoverished communities

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Meet Hamden’s Democratic mayoral hopefuls

With complaints on the rise because of taxes and budgeting, three Democrat hopefuls seek to take over as mayor of Hamden. After interviewing each candidate, HQNN has offered some background information on what each seeks to tackle as mayor. Brad Macdowall Brad Macdowall ran for Hamden Town Council in 2017 and has been a sitting…