Poet Vivian Shipley at HCC Nov. 26
From a press release: BRIDGEPORT Noted poet Vivian Shipley will read her poetry and offer tips to aspiring writers when she appears at Housatonic Community College Tuesday, 11/26. Shipley has published...
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Study: Don’t heap on the praise
We received this interesting news from Ohio State University: Heaping praise on kids, especially those with poor self-esteem, is counterproductive, a study at Ohio State University has found. Photo:...
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Study: Nature vs. nuture? The brain needs both to develop
We received this note from the Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center: Hamilton Avenue School kindergarten teacher Lisa Cutler compares the number of pieces in her tower to her student’s during a...
View ArticleStudy: Marriage not seen as a solution to poverty
We received this note from Ohio State University: COLUMBUS, Ohio – As the United States marks the 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty this month, a new report suggests one recent weapon in the...
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Hubble Space Telescope hopes to untangle the Tarantula Nebula
This new Hubble image is the best-ever view of a cosmic creepy-crawly known as the Tarantula Nebula, a region full of star clusters, glowing gas, and dark dust. Astronomers are exploring and mapping...
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6th Annual Darwin Day event set for Feb. 8th in Norwalk
Charles Darwin The Sixth Annual Darwin Day Dinner in Fairfield County, Connecticut, will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 8, 2014, at the Continental Manor, 112 Main St. in Norwalk. The event...
View ArticleState’s Ukrainian-Americans schedule 2 rallies
The state’s Ukrainian-American leaders are scheduling two pro-Ukraine rallies including one during President Obama’s visit Wednesday at Central Connecticut State University. Demonstrators will meet at...
View ArticlePoems, Songs and Art Commemorate Taras Shevchenko
Poems, music and art will commemorate the 100th birthday of Taras Shevchenko, a Ukrainian poet and artist during a student-production at Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford. The event will begin at 6...
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SCSU to Discuss Ukrainian Crisis
NEW HAVEN-Southern Connecticut State University will host a panel discussion involving the crisis in Ukraine which will attempt to analyze Russian President Vladimir Putin’s next move. The discussion...
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SCSU Reschedules discussion on Ukraine
NEW HAVEN-Southern Connecticut State University has rescheduled the panel discussion involving the crisis in Ukraine which they were forced to postpone because of weather conditions last week. The...
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Walking, talking mastodon to visit the Peabody Museum
From a press release: Jess, the walking, talking mastodon, will hold court in the Mammal Hall of the Yale Peabody Museum with an even more humongous beast: “The Otisville Mastodon,” an 11,000-year-old...
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Yale’s gargoyles subject of Stratford Library talk Oct. 19
From a press release: A Gothic-style gargoyle found on Yale University campus. Author Mathew M. Duman will be the special guest at the Stratford Library on October 19, to discuss these scary, yet...
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12th Annual Fiesta Latina at the Peabody coming Sat. Oct. 11
A scene from last year’s Fiesta Latina. From a press release: NEW HAVEN — The Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History celebrates the diverse cultural traditions of the Latin American peoples on...
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Mike Fitzpatrick to get top Defense Lawyer award
Michael Fitzpatrick BRIDGEPORT-Over the past 27 years Michael Fitzpatrick built a career as one of the area’s top criminal defense lawyers and an expert in death penalty cases. Tonight the Connecticut...
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Connecticut Federal Court to Celebrate its 225th anniversary
Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall NEW HAVEN-The state’s 21 federal judges will commemorate the district’s 225th anniversary during a special session Thursday at 4 p.m. in the federal courthouse...
View ArticleShelton, Seymour Students to attend Berlin Wall forum
NEW HAVEN-Several advanced history students at Shelton and Seymour high schools are expected to attend the Nov. 10 forum at Southern Connecticut State University discussing the fall of the Berlin Wall....
View ArticleBridgeport drug counselor admits dealing
BRIDGEPORT-A state substance abuse counselor who worked at the Mental Health and Substance abuse center here pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to participating in a conspiracy to sell large...
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Yale: Changes in birds’ ranges may greatly affect ecosystems
In this April 29, 2015 picture, birds take flight from the Salton Sea near Niland, Calif. Located on what is called the “Pacific flyway,” heavy migrations of waterfowl, marsh and seabirds take...
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