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Eastern students teach of the Amistad's journey to freedom
Eight students from Eastern Connecticut State University are working with Discovering Amistad this September and October, teaching Hartford-area middle and high school students about the famed revolt of the Amistad. For the "Amistad Journey to Freedom"...
Sep 21, 2021, 3:25pm EDT
Enfield's Katherine Platt explains why Eastern is a top college for veternans
Eastern Connecticut State University was recognized as one of the best colleges for veterans in the U.S. News & World Report's 2022 rankings, released Sept. 13. While Eastern is the 36th ranked institution overall in the North's "Regional Universities"...
Sep 17, 2021, 11:55am EDT
Eastern ranks high in 'Best Colleges for Veterans'
Eastern Connecticut State University was recognized as one of the best colleges for veterans in the U.S. News & World Report's 2022 rankings, released Sept. 13. While Eastern is the 36th ranked institution overall in the North's "Regional Universities"...
Sep 17, 2021, 10:15am EDT
U.S. News & World Report ranks Eastern as top public regional university in New England for the third year in a row
For the third year in a row, Eastern Connecticut State University was ranked as the top public regional university in New England by U.S. News & World Report in its annual report of the best universities in America. Within the North Region spanning fro...
Sep 13, 2021, 2:42pm EDT
Eastern remembers Sept. 11, 2001, on 20-year anniversary
More than 100 members of the Eastern Connecticut State University community gathered on Friday, Sept. 10, in remembrance of the terrorist attacks that occurred 20 years ago on Sept. 11, 2001. Students, faculty and staff congregated at the University's ...
Sep 10, 2021, 4:12pm EDT
New research: Storms, not sea level, drive shoreline change
New research by coastal geologist Bryan Oakley, a professor in the Environmental Earth Science Department at Eastern Connecticut State University, reveals that storminess is a greater driver of shoreline change than sea-level rise. His findings publish...
Sep 7, 2021, 12:02pm EDT
New research: Storms, not sea level, drive shoreline change
New research by coastal geologist Bryan Oakley, a professor in the Environmental Earth Science Department at Eastern Connecticut State University, reveals that storminess is a greater driver of shoreline change than sea-level rise. His findings publish...
Sep 7, 2021, 10:36am EDT
Academic program aims to increase health care outcomes of Spanish-speaking residents
The percentage of the U.S. population who are of Hispanic heritage has grown over the past 50 years, and is now almost 19 percent according to the U.S. Census. At the same time, many Hispanic residents do not speak English - more than half of the 800,0...
Sep 3, 2021, 10:57am EDT
Art opening Sept. 9: 'Our Tears Are Sweet, Our Laughter Venomous'
The Art Gallery at Eastern Connecticut State University will present "Our Tears Are Sweet, Our Laughter Venomous" from Aug. 23-Oct. 8. The first exhibition of the fall 2021 semester features 14 Iranian-American artists whose mixed works explore the dia...
Sep 2, 2021, 11:09am EDT
Eastern named to The Princeton Review's list of 'Best Colleges' in Northeast
Eastern Connecticut State University is one of the 223 best colleges in the Northeast according to The Princeton Review. The education services company listed Eastern in the Best in the Northeast section of its "2022 Best Colleges: Region by Region" we...
Sep 1, 2021, 12:35pm EDT