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Connecticut fields roster of more than 100 wrestlers for National championships in Fargo

Connecticut fields roster of more than 100 wrestlers for National championships in Fargo

Fairfield Warde's Jude Grammatico wrestles with Ridgefield's Carter Lanzilli during the 113-pound final at the Class LL wrestling championships In Trumbull on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025Dave Stewart/Hearst Connecticut Media More than 100 Connecticut...

45 recruits begin training at Connecticut Police Academy

45 recruits begin training at Connecticut Police Academy

A new class of recruits is beginning a rigorous journey at the Connecticut Police Academy. Read more about how future officers are preparing for the job's dangers. MERIDEN, Conn. — A new class of police recruits has begun its journey at the...

INTERVIEW: University of Connecticut

INTERVIEW: University of Connecticut

University of Connecticut research writer Elaina Hancock speaks with Marina Astitha, associate professor at UConn’s Environmental Engineering/Atmospheric and Air Quality Research Group, and her team to explore how they are using AI to better...

Rep. Mace reintroduces bill to modernize VA with blockchain technology

Rep. Mace reintroduces bill to modernize VA with blockchain technology

Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., is renewing her push for the Department of Veterans Affairs to embrace blockchain-like technology and improve what she described as the agency’s “outdated” systems. The South Carolina Republican reintroduced the Veterans...

Turbulent Research Landscape Imperils Us Brain Gain − And Ultimately Americ

Turbulent Research Landscape Imperils Us Brain Gain − And Ultimately Americ

Despite representing only 4% of the world's population, the United States accounts for over half of science Nobel Prizes awarded since 2000, hosts seven of The Times Higher Education Top 10 science universities, and incubates firms such as...

Are half of Connecticut households living paycheck to paycheck?

Are half of Connecticut households living paycheck to paycheck?

Support trusted journalism in Connecticut. Join CT Mirror’s members today and make an impact. Many Connecticut residents are financially struggling, but it’s not half. While no recent study has used a “paycheck-to-paycheck” framing, 39% of...

Storrs resident places in Miss Connecticut pageant

Storrs resident places in Miss Connecticut pageant

STORRS — An 18-year-old from Storrs participated in the Miss Connecticut pageant last weekend and made it to the top seven. Samantha Williams is a freshman at the University of Connecticut studying chemical engineering with a minor in chemistry....

Woo! Science: Snakes won't eat your child or your pot roast

Woo! Science: Snakes won't eat your child or your pot roast

There are 14 species of snakes in Massachusetts, only two of which, the copperhead and timber rattler, are venomous. Some snake species, including the copperhead and timber rattler, face threats including habitat loss. Snakes, along with lizards,...

Lone Star AI: How Texas Is Pioneering President Trump’s Tech Agenda

Lone Star AI: How Texas Is Pioneering President Trump’s Tech Agenda

On June 22, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into the law the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (TRAIGA) or (the Act). The Act, which goes into effect January 1, 2026, “seeks to protect public safety, individual...

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution scientists share studies on reef mapping with NUWC Division Newport workforce

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution scientists share studies on reef mapping with NUWC Division Newport workforce

NEWPORT, R.I. – Dr. T. Aran Mooney, Dr. Seth McCammon and Dr. Yogesh Girdhar from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Massachusetts shared their studies on coral reefs, mapping sounds and the use of autonomous underwater vehicles...

Apprenticeship program launched with TRUMPF employees at CCSU

Apprenticeship program launched with TRUMPF employees at CCSU

NEW BRITAIN — Central Connecticut State University launched a new Robotics and Mechatronics Technician Apprenticeship program. The program’s first cohort includes nine newly hired apprentices from TRUMPF Inc., a company based in Farmington that...

A Look Ahead in Life Sciences: What We Are Tracking in the Third Quarter of 2025 and Beyond

A Look Ahead in Life Sciences: What We Are Tracking in the Third Quarter of 2025 and Beyond

As the life sciences, medtech, and diagnostic industries continue to grow increasingly complex, so does the legal, regulatory, and compliance landscape. To help companies and investors navigate the many evolving and emerging laws and regulations...

Pioneering alliance between The Jackson Laboratory and The New York Stem Cell Foundation ushers in new era of predictive biomedical research

Pioneering alliance between The Jackson Laboratory and The New York Stem Cell Foundation ushers in new era of predictive biomedical research

Uniting cutting-edge genomics, stem cell science, and AI-enabled data science to accelerate the discovery of life-changing therapies BAR HARBOR, Maine and NEW YORK, July 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) and The New York Stem...

Connecticut steps up clean energy support with 2 new policies or incentives in 2024

Connecticut steps up clean energy support with 2 new policies or incentives in 2024

Connecticut implemented at least two new clean energy policies or incentives supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency in 2024, according to data from the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE). Since 2010, the...

Scientific research threatened by federal cuts | Opinion Katie Digianantonio 

Scientific research threatened by federal cuts | Opinion Katie Digianantonio 

Science in America is a driver of innovation that leads to cool new stuff, and new jobs. Most of those breakthroughs don’t come about overnight but rather are a result from a bunch of teeny-tiny breakthroughs realized by researchers over many...

Cowgirls Head To Connecticut For NCAA Action

Cowgirls Head To Connecticut For NCAA Action

Stillwater – For the second time in three seasons under the direction of head coach Jacie Hoyt, Oklahoma State's women's basketball team earned a spot in the NCAA Championship field with the announcement of the tournament bracket this week. After...

Windham Tech graduate receives Community Foundation scholarship

Windham Tech graduate receives Community Foundation scholarship

WINDHAM — A Windham Tech High School graduate was the recipient of a scholarship from the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut. For the 2025-2026 academic year, the organization has awarded $1.2 million in scholarships to 278 students....

After 42 years, Georgia Tech’s ‘Moose’ retires

After 42 years, Georgia Tech’s ‘Moose’ retires

Stamus, known to most in the industry as “Moose,” enrolled at Virginia Tech more than 40 years ago looking to follow in the footsteps of his brother Tony Stamus. The elder Stamus, who died in 1996, worked in the Roanoke (Va.) Times sports...

Talking Transportation: Connecticut and Monorails—A One Track Mind

​While taking a summertime break this week, here’s a column I wrote awhile back. What is this fascination that people have with monorails? I can’t tell you how often people suggest them as “the answer” to our state’s clogged roads. “Why don’t we...

This mom needed to have a tough talk with her husband. ChatGPT did it for her

This mom needed to have a tough talk with her husband. ChatGPT did it for her

Ellie Doyle uses ChatGPT every day. Activities for her three young kids. Dinner ideas. Packing tips. She calls it Tully, and often vents about her day, whether it’s the challenge of raising twin toddlers or a disagreement with her family. So when...

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