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Fall Sports Kick Off in Hamden as Quinnipiac Funds Middle School Athletics

Hamden Middle School sports begin after a donation from Quinnipiac University saved its programs from the town’s budget cut.

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Presidential Debate Brings Together Communities Across Hamden

Communities gathered across Hamden to watch the presidential debate between Republican candidate, former President Donald Trump, and Democratic candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris, Tuesday night.

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Quinnipiac student arrested following bomb threat

A Quinnipiac University student was apprehended Wednesday following an anonymous bomb threat on the social media platform YikYak. 

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AI will continue to play a more prominent role in society

Artificial intelligence, despite skepticism, is becoming more and more an aspect of everyday life. We will have to learn how to cohabitate with it and have it become a part of society where it can be used as a resource for everyday tasks.

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Quinnipiac welcomes greater Hamden community with annual Boomer’s Boo Bash

On an unseasonably warm fall Saturday, Quinnipiac University opened its Mount Carmel Campus Quad to local families and businesses for its eighth-annual Boomer’s Boo Bash, hosted by the university’s athletics department.  Operating from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Oct. 28, the free event gave families with young children a wealth of activities to explore.…

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Hamden community rallies behind 5-year-old cancer patient at “Skate for Luca” fundraiser

The event saw a high turnout of attendants and an even-more impressive total in money raised — bringing in almost $64,000.

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Quinnipiac student introduces free period products to campus bathrooms

Ahead of National Period Poverty Week starting on May 22, one Quinnipiac University student is making a difference in campus bathrooms. Makeba Walcott, a first-year medical student has begun a free period product trial run in many bathrooms within the Netter School of Medicine. The success of this trial run will determine whether or not…

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Changing the culture around cannabis in Connecticut

A surgical complication in 2010 almost led Duncan Markovich, the owner and co-founder of the CBD store Better Ways in Brandford, CT, to lose his left leg. He began using cannabis therapeutically to relieve pain and treat nerve damage. After the 2018 Farm Bill descheduled some cannabis products from the Controlled Substance Act, Markovich and…

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Attendance disparity in athletics at QU and beyond

When walking into a Quinnipiac Men’s Ice Hockey game at the M&T Bank Arena for the famous “Beat Yale” game an immediate feeling of the competitive atmosphere washes over you. It’s as if you are being transported to a new world the second you feel the heat blasting from above when you walk through the…

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For college students, social media can be cyberstalking threat

A student leaving home to attend college wants to know that they will live in a safe environment to learn, make friends and create memorable experiences. Parents likewise want that for their children. However, as one Quinnipiac alumni know, the crime of cyberstalking presents an ongoing, silent threat against victims.  Geoff Hill, who graduated in…