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Eastern Celebrates Hartford, New Haven Promise Scholars
Eastern Connecticut State University's Office of Continuing Studies and Enhanced Learning (CSEL) held a reception for Promise Scholar recipients on Nov. 13 in the Fine Arts Instructional Center. With a welcoming address from President Elsa Núñez, the r...
Nov 18, 2019, 10:57am EST
'Community Match Fund' Available to Support Sustainability Projects in Connecticut
Connecticut residents are poised to lead the way toward a climate-resilient future through projects making change at the local level. Sustainable CT, an initiative run by the Institute for Sustainable Energy at Eastern Connecticut State University, rec...
Nov 18, 2019, 9:51am EST
Eastern Theatre to Present 'Our Town'
Eastern Connecticut State University's Theatre Program will present "Our Town" on Nov. 19-24 in the Proscenium Theatre of the Fine Arts Instructional Center. The Pulitzer Prize-winning drama depicts the truths and trials of a rural American town. Wr...
Nov 11, 2019, 11:29am EST
Sustainable CT Wins Green Building Council's Trail Blazer Award
Sustainable CT, a program run by the Institute for Sustainable Energy (ISE) at Eastern Connecticut State University, was recently awarded the CT Green Building Council's Trailblazer Award. The award recognizes Sustainable CT's efforts to transform and ...
Nov 8, 2019, 9:44am EST
Eastern Professor Publishes on Right-to-Carry Laws and Workplace Homicides
Mitchell Doucette, health sciences professor at Eastern Connecticut State University, recently authored a research paper in the American Journal of Public Health on the relationship between Right-to-Carry (RTC) laws and workplace firearm homicides. ...
Nov 6, 2019, 12:01pm EST
Princeton Review Names Eastern a 'Green College' 10 Years Running
Eastern Connecticut State University has recently been recognized by The Princeton Review as one of the top "Green Campuses" in the United States. Based on a review of nearly 700 colleges, the Princeton Review selected 413 schools for their sustainabil...
Oct 29, 2019, 11:17am EDT
32 Communities Achieve 2019 'Sustainable CT' Certification
Sustainable CT, a statewide initiative that inspires and supports communities in becoming more efficient, resilient and inclusive, announced its 2019 certified communities this week. Thirty-two municipalities met high standards in a broad range of sust...
Oct 28, 2019, 4:18pm EDT
3 Distinguished Alumni Inducted into Eastern Fellows Program
Eastern Connecticut State University inducted its 12th class of distinguished alumni into the Eastern Fellows Program on Oct. 23. Cody Guarnieri '09 (Milford native; South Windsor resident) is a lawyer and partner with the law firm Brown, Paindiris & S...
Oct 25, 2019, 10:12am EDT
Eastern Hosts Live Podcast on Immigration, Latino Invisibility
Award-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa (of NPR's "Latino USA") and her co-host Julio Ricardo Varela visited Eastern Connecticut State University on Oct. 22 to record a live show for their critically acclaimed podcast "In the Thick." The podcast addres...
Oct 25, 2019, 10:01am EDT
Eastern Art Gallery Presents 'Happiness Curriculum'
The Art Gallery at Eastern Connecticut State University is showing its second exhibition of the year, "The Happiness Curriculum: Art from the South Asian Diaspora," from Oct. 17-Dec. 14. The gallery opened with a talk and reception on Oct. 17 with feat...
Oct 23, 2019, 10:28am EDT