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Second annual Women and Sports Symposium uplifts former and current athletes

Faculty from the School of Business, School of Communications and College of Arts & Sciences held the second annual Women and Sports Symposium Tuesday, March 31, featuring speakers in the SITE Auditorium full of local high school students.  Held during the common hour, the event welcomed speakers such as Quinnipiac University President Marie Hardin and…

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Students connect with employers at Quinnipiac career fair

Students searching for internships and future careers met with recruiters from a variety of industries at Quinnipiac University’s spring career fair. The event, held Tuesday, March 3, brought together companies and organizations hoping to connect with students about internships and full-time job opportunities. The event brought together companies and organizations hoping to recruit Quinnipiac students…

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The Bobcat boost

What Quinnipiac University means To Hamden’s local business https://infogram.com/1p32xq273rrrl0a0rq0zxmk337bd5pqgwr

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Fear and Division: Muslim and Jewish communities in Connecticut navigate surge in hate crimes after Gaza conflict

Rabbi Reena Judd, the Jewish chaplain at Quinnipiac University, believes that hate crimes have increased in her environment during the recent presidency of Donald Trump, especially after Hamas attacked Israel. She noted that she was called crazy several times and was afraid to express her opinion simply because it differed from the prevailing Jewish faith.…

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The Professionalization of College Athletics: How the State of College Athletics Are Reshaping Competition

College athletics have become the Wild West, with so many new factors and unclear guidelines schools, athletes, and athletic directors are all trying to figure it out day by day. For many athletic directors, the landscape of college sports throughout the last few years has made their jobs and what they have to balance to…

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Every Mask Tells a Story

A documentary on the art and passion of Doug Wager, custom goalie mask painter. Watch the full documentary About the documentary Doug Wager is a custom goalie mask painter from Delaware County, Pennsylvania, who has spent 20 years turning goalie masks into personal artwork. Every Mask Tells a Story follows his path from growing up…

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Navigating the modern couple: Local wedding planners adapt to post-pandemic trends

Four years after the COVID-19 pandemic, its effects on businesses still linger. But there is one impacted business that might just come as a surprise – wedding planning.

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Commuter for a day: Public transit in Connecticut

Will Stuart waited for a bus on the corner of School Street and Whitney Avenue in Hamden on his commute home from work on a Wednesday evening. At the tail end of a stressful workday, he waits for what will be the final part of his trek home. However, he was forced to stand for…

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What is it like to walk into an addiction treatment facility?

Between 2015 and 2022, yearly drug overdose deaths in connecticut increased by over 100 percent. The latest data from the substance abuse and mental health services administration showed that in 2019 a record 1.5 million people checked into treatment facilities across the country. Going to a rehab center for the first time is often the…

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Navigating the unknown: Connecticut healthcare tackles the first wave of COVID-19 

By Marcelle McAdoo  Maya McNulty was at the peak of her entrepreneurial career when she became a two-time best-selling author in 2019 for her book “Fundraising Secrets: The Underground Playbook for Nonprofits To Fundraise Fast, Grow Sponsors, Build a Massive Donor List, Upsurge Donations & Impact the World”. Her book received high praise from members…