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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.

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With anti-Semitism on the rise in CT, ‘we now always lock our doors’

Rabbis, educators and professionals discuss how anti-Semitism has affected their communities and how they hope others can combat hate

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Black Lives Matter: How the movement continues to make change behind the scenes

The Black Lives Matter movement is one of the largest that the United States has ever seen. When George Floyd was killed on May 25 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, when a police officer kneeled on his neck for more than eight minutes. Videos of the incident went viral and the four police officers included in the…

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In the age of COVID, students make their own experience

What happens when work at home and study at home meet

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Increased screen time leaves students anxious and vulnerable for eye damage

With remote learning popularized across the country, students are stuck staring at screens for hours, causing headaches, dry eyes and potentially long-term eye damage.

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Increasing diversity in leadership moving Quinnipiac to becoming the “University of the Future”

Quinnipiac University is trying to shed its image as a predominately white institution but the school still struggles to attract students of color to its Hamden, Connecticut, campus. Progress, however small, is finally detectable, according to Khalilah Brown-Dean, an associate professor of political science and senior director for inclusive excellence at Quinnipiac. “The leadership that…

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COVID-19’s impact on Connecticut’s special education services

Many special-needs students were forced into a world of remote learning due to COVID-19, and as a result new challenges, with some positives, were introduced to the new virtual world.

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Mental health issues emerge as a pandemic within a pandemic

Anna Yusza felt the deepening toll of COVID-19 during the spring, months before she enrolled at Quinnipiac University where strict social distancing guidelines and mask-wearing made college a less than normal experience for most students. Yet Yusza, 18, a first-year accounting major at the Hamden, Connecticut, school, knew what to expect based on her high…

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Apps and The Modern Dating Culture – A Podcast

The following podcast talks about how modern technology affected dating culture for multiple generations. The images in the slideshow below follow the podcast chronologically and should be used to visualize the matching statistics. All interviews were recorded with permission granted before we began. I hope you learn more about our modern and techy dating culture!

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Fentanyl Use Leads to Death in Young Adults Across Connecticut

An Investigative Report By: Jennifer Cuevas