Category: Special Projects

Olin Corp. stopped polluting southern Hamden nearly 60 years ago. But the manufacturing giant has done very little since to right its wrongs.

This podcast episode addresses the Supreme Courts decision to ban affirmative action in higher education through the perspectives of racial politics experts, administration within Equity and Inclusion departments in the university setting, higher education students, and an individual who was the driving force for the Students For Fair Admissions. Reiven Douglas · Talking Affirmative Action

In 2015, North Haven Schools Board of Education voted unanimously to retire the “Indians” caricature it used as a logo and mascot.  In 2021, the district abandoned the name “Indians” all together, becoming the “Nighthawks.”  The move was part of a larger trend in high school, college and professional sports.  In recent years, pro sports…

Late in the fall season, senior running back Nathan Florio of Branford high school laced up his cleats and ran out to the football field every week. Sometimes the ground beneath him is real grass, but other times it’s artificial turf. Florio nearly ended his season multiple times when trying to make a cut, which…

Fifty-nine-year-old Rick DelValle of New Britain, Connecticut says he used “every drug there is under the sun.” He had difficulties with heroin and keeping himself out of trouble which included a trip to jail. He relapsed after seven years then at the age of 43 DelValle officially became sober 15 years ago. Since getting off…

Click here to listen on Spotify. In the NCAA, Connecticut contributes just over one percent of its baseball players. But why is that? In Seth’s Sandlot, Seth Fromowitz discusses the various factors that contribute to the small number of Connecticut born players, along with what new ways baseball talent is evaluated and how that can…

By Brian Norman