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How COVID-19 is Affecting Quinnipiac’s International Student Population

This week on QNN, we will hear form an untold minority at Quinnipiac University and how they have been affected by COVID-19. Some of these international students will talk about having to stay on campus all summer and others about travel restrictions in the US and abroad. We will also be hearing from a Quinnipiac…

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New Haven Jazz: its history and future

Think New Orleans, New York, Chicago, and even Washington, D.C, and jazz comes to mind. New Haven? Not so much. Yet the Connecticut city known more for Yale and pizza has a deep jazz culture that is tragically silent as of late, and COVID-19 is making matters worse. The History “I know several people that…

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Private academies help local athletes gain a recruiting advantage

The crack of the bat sends a sharp one-hop ground ball to the shortstop, who backhands the ball and fires to the first baseman. Across the gym, two scouts from Springfield College are watching intently. The first scout is aiming a radar gun at the shortstop, tracking and calling out the velocity on his throws.…

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COVID-19 Special Projects

“Zoom University” impact on college education and mental health

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected everything in its path, but perhaps one of its biggest impacts has been on education.