Women’s basketball titan and President of the Connecticut Sun, Jen Rizzott stopped by Quinnipiac on her most recent speaking tour on March 31. She talked about the trials and tribulations she’s encountered over her career, and how she overcame them. To say Rizzotti is a basketball legend might be an understatement. Rizzotti was part of…
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The United States’ military involvement in Iran is one of the most widely discussed issues in the country right now. Quinnipiac University had the opportunity to discuss the conflict with students and faculty on March 31 in the Carl Hansen Student Center piazza. Sponsored and hosted by the Political Science Program, Honors Program and and…
When Marie Hardin was announced as the next president of Quinnipiac University, she and her team began what was called Strategic Visioning, a three-step program meant to integrate new vision and mission statements for the next three years. The third event, Strategic Visioning Part III, took place on Tuesday, March 25, in the Communications, Computing…
Quinnipiac’s Prison Education and Community Engagement Initiative (PECEI) held a screening for “As We Emerge: Monologues of the Formerly Incarcerated” in the School of Business auditorium March 24. Before the film was made in 2024, the PECEI had been chugging along for nearly a decade. According to Quinnipiac Professor of Social Work Amber Kelly, the…
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QTHON, Lighting the Way
Students at Quinnipiac University gathered at QTHON’s Light the Way event, one of the school’s largest of the year. The organization raises money all year in support of children and families at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, and the grand total is revealed at the end of the event. The daylong event brought together students, families…
Quinnipiac’s Muslim Student Association decided to end the season of Ramadan with lots of friends, food and fun. The president of MSA, senior political science and criminal justice major Riaz Ras has organized all sorts of events for his club, with the Iftar night being a favorite. Muslim and non-Muslim students partake in the feast,…
As the weather gets warmer and clocks jump forward an hour, it only means one thing: it’s March Madness season. The Quinnipiac Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life, the Student Government Association, the Interfraternity Council and the Office of Student Engagement are looking to get in on the age-old tradition of brackets with “Bracket Madness.”…
Quinnipiac University students are encouraging sustainable fashion habits through a student-led clothing swap, aiming to reduce clothing waste on campus. Mentees from The Grove, freshman radiologic sciences major Emma Tran and sophomore nursing major Katelyn Smyth, are helping lead the initiative as part of their living-learning environment’s required annual project. “Our group in the grove…
Kicking off Women’s History Month, three Quinnipiac University student organizations hosted “That’s on Period” Thursday night, packing bags filled with menstrual and hygiene products to donate to a local shelter. The event, first introduced by a former president of the Organization of Latin American Students (OLAS), has become an annual effort following a successful first…
As the Quinnipiac men’s and women’s basketball teams prepare to compete in the 2026 Air Force Reserve MAAC Championships, they won’t be the only “team” heading to Atlantic City, New Jersey. The Quinnipiac Pep Band, a group of students who perform at games to energize crowds and boost school spirit, will also travel to New…