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Quinnipiac hosts event for Latinx heritage month & LGBTQ+ History month

Quinnipiac hosted Luz Burgos-Lopez and Sergio Gonzalez on Oct. 14, to talk about Latinx and LGBTQ identity, homophobia, transphobia and ally-ship. The event was hosted in the SC133 Plaza in the Carl Hansen Student Center at Quinnipiac University. Lopez came to the meeting in person, while Gonzalez was over zoom controlling their slide presentation. One…

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Quinnipiac University sees increase in hate crimes and burglary

The university released its Clery Report this past week, where they saw an uptick in some areas.

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QU Car Club’s fourth-annual Car Smash Fundraiser is a ‘smashing hit’

Quinnipiac Car Club’s car smash event enables students to relieve suppressed stress and anxiety during midterm week. Local company Wheelers Towing brought “the same plan as usual,” supplying a totaled car for students to smash in the Hill Village Circle on campus from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. To participate in the event, students are…

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Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Hamden-Quinnipiac ongoing reckoning

Indigenous Peoples’ Week is a considerable opportunity for Quinnipiac University and the Hamden communities to acknowledge the stolen land they inhabit.

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‘A pollinator of justice:’ Making Quinnipiac a more equitable community

Professors Marcos Scauso and J.T. Torres have noticed that some students don’t feel a part of the Quinnipiac community. So they did something to help fix that.

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New Quinnipiac community garden is all the buzz

A multi-year effort to build a community garden began at the Albert Schweitzer Institute on Oct. 8

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Quinnipiac’s on-campus flu clinics come to an end

As fall began, and the weather started to change, cold and flu season arrived. Quinnipiac University Senior Medical Advisor Dr. David Hill assured students and faculty through email that COVID-19 cases on campus have remained low and manageable, with 94.2% of students vaccinated and 97% of full-time faculty and staff vaccinated.  While COVID-19 remains a…

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Hamden to introduce new way to reduce waste

Hamden is joining Connecticut’s pay as you throw (PAYT) program to encourage recycling and waste reduction, affecting all residents, including Quinnipiac students

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Quinnipiac University professor always puts her students first, even outside of work

As a member of the Connecticut Association of Health Executives, Professor Angela Mattie puts her students first any chance she gets.

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Quinnipiac University updates on COVID-19 protocols, effectiveness

Quinnipiac University students, faculty, and staff have made it into week five of on-campus learning. The university put an emphasis on mask compliance, social distancing protocol, and vaccination efficiency.