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Hamden appears on list of police departments that have tried or used facial recognition technology

A BuzzFeed article from April 6 reported that local police departments have used a facial recognition tool to look through millions of American’s faces, and Hamden Police Department is on the list for having used or tried this technology.  HQNN spoke with Captain Ronald Smith at the Hamden Police Department to clarify, who said on…

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Meet Quinnipiac’s SGA executive board for the 2021-2022 academic year

Quinnipiac’s Student Government Association held its elections for the 2021-2022 Executive Board yesterday, April 13. Eleven QU students ran for five positions on the board. The winners were announced last night.  Alongside the Executive Board, SGA also elected its Judicial and Ethics Board, Specialized Representation Cabinet, and Class Cabinets for the classes of 2022, 2023…

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St. Baldricks: COVID-19 couldn’t stop the hair from falling at this SPB event.

Have you ever thought about shaving your head? “It’s a good cause and you only live once!” says Emma Morales. Morales, 20, is a student and e-board member of the Student Programming Board (SPB) at Quinnipiac University. April 11, was her second year in a row shaving her head for St. Baldrick’s. Morales did this…

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Hamden’s budget is a problem, and the school system may be the only thing keeping you here

Budgeting is a concern in Hamden, but there are still positive opinions on the highest paid category from the budget: The Board of Education

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Quinnipiac goes from green alert level to yellow; preventative measures in place

After weeks of low positivity rates and case numbers, Quinnipiac University will enter a yellow alert level following a spike in cases last week. David Hill, senior medical adviser of Quinnipiac University’s COVID-19 task force, addressed the change from green to yellow alert level in his weekly press briefing on April 9. Green alert level…

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Published poets share pain and healing through poetry with Quinnipiac community

Three renowned poets, including a Quinnipiac University alumni, read their work to a group of over 60 Quinnipiac students, faculty and staff members as a way to share sentiments about racism, culture and feeling like a stranger in one’s home country.  The Asian Student Alliance and The South Asian Society at Quinnipiac collaborated with English…

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Quinnipiac students and faculty come together for the second community healing session

Members of the Quinnipiac University community came together on April 7 for the school’s second community healing session. The session was hosted by Don Sawyer, Quinnipiac’s vice president for equity and inclusion, and led by Enroue Baba Onigbonna’ Halfkenny — an activist, priest and clinical social worker from New Haven.  “We wanted to have these…

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Connecticut college students are now eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine, but not everyone is considering getting it.

On April 1, college students in Connecticut became eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Since eligibility opened up, some Quinnipiac University students have been getting the vaccine, some have tried to schedule appointments to get their first dose in the near future and others are not as interested in getting it.  Emma Atkinson, 20, senior…

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Passing the Time: How hobbies are getting people through a pandemic

People of Hamden talk about their hobbies and passions during COVID-19.

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One year later: how COVID-19 has changed Hamden’s small businesses

As the one year mark of the COVID-19 lockdown has passed, regular operation for small businesses has been nearly impossible. From laying off employees to cutting back on expenses, small businesses have had to deal with it all.