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Eastern announces 2026-27 mainstage theatre season
Eastern Connecticut State University has announced its 2026-27 Mainstage Season, featuring four productions that span comedy, movement, political drama, and musical theatre. Tickets for all four productions are now on sale. Presented by Eastern's Depa...
Sep 15, 2026, 9:55am EDT
New England's first for D-III women's flag football: Eastern Warriors
Women's flag football is among the fastest-growing collegiate sports in the United States, being named to the NCAA's Emerging Sports for Women program in 2026. This athletic year, more than 100 schools across the country will be fielding varsity teams,...
Sep 14, 2026, 11:42am EDT
25 years later: Eastern remembers victims of 9/11
"For those of us who experienced that day, so much of it remains vivid," said Eastern Connecticut State University President Karim Ismaili on the 25th anniversary of the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Eastern hosted a remembrance ceremony at its hillside ...
Sep 11, 2026, 4:52pm EDT
Willimantic native Maebel Haynes receives prestigious Newman Civic Fellowship
Eastern Connecticut State University student Maebel Haynes, a junior political science major from Willimantic, has been selected to represent Eastern and advocate for the Willimantic community through the Newman Civic Fellowship. The competitive, year-...
Sep 10, 2026, 9:14am EDT
Keynote announed for Eastern's 9/11 anniversary events
Eastern Connecticut State University will mark the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks with two days of events Sept. 10-11, bringing together students, faculty, staff, and members of the surrounding community for remembrance, refl...
Sep 9, 2026, 10:00am EDT
Eastern to mark 25th anniversary of 9/11 with 2 days of remembrance
Eastern Connecticut State University will mark the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks with two days of events Sept. 10-11, bringing together students, faculty, staff, and members of the surrounding community for remembrance, refl...
Sep 4, 2026, 9:43am EDT
Art: Eastern hosts Connecticut Women Artists' 2026 National Juried Exhibition
Eastern Connecticut State University's Art Gallery is the host of a 2026 National Open Juried Exhibition presented by Connecticut Women Artists, Inc. (CWA). The exhibit runs from Aug. 26 to Oct. 16 in the Art Gallery, located on the first floor of the ...
Sep 1, 2026, 11:48am EDT
Media advisory: Corpse flower to bloom this weekend at Eastern
One of the world's most peculiar plants is about to make its triennial resurrection at Eastern Connecticut State University. Corpse flowers (Amorphophallus titanium) are notorious for their noxious odor and massive, short-lived blooms, and one may open...
Aug 27, 2026, 4:54pm EDT
Pierogi and Polish-American identity: Eastern professor emerita's book explores
A new book by Anna D. Jaroszynska-Kirchmann, a retired history professor from Eastern Connecticut State University, explores how pierogi, a hallmark of Polish cuisine, traveled from Poland to the United States and evolved into a symbol of Polish-Americ...
Aug 25, 2026, 9:44am EDT
This weekend: Eastern to welcome record-breaking incoming class
Eastern Connecticut State University is about to get a lot more vibrant this weekend, as more than one thousand students move into residence halls and the campus bustles with return-to-campus activities. Starting with residential-student move-in on Sat...
Aug 19, 2026, 9:23am EDT