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Brookfield, CT
News
Covid-
19: Johnson & Johnson Releases Trial Results For One-Dose Vaccine
Some relief may be on the way for the millions of people awaiting their turn to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Johnson & Johnson has been developing a single-dose vaccine for COVID-19, which has an efficacy rate of approximately 72 percent, potentially bringing another provider into the mix as vaccines for the virus have become a valuable and scarce commodity. If it is ultimately approved by federal health officials, the Johnson & Johnson vaccine would join Pfizer and Moderna on the market, both of which require two doses administered approximately three weeks apart. However, the ef…
Worcester, MA
Lifestyle
Burning Energy: Video Conferencing's Pollution Problem - And How To Clean It Up
Zoom and other video conference calls may not be as much of an environmentally-friendly alternative to in-person meetings as many people assumed, according to a new study. But there’s a simple trick to make video conferencing even greener - turn off your camera. Despite a record drop in global carbon emissions in 2020, a pandemic-driven shift to remote work and more at-home entertainment still presents a “significant environmental impact” due to how internet data is stored and transferred around the world, according to a study by Purdue University, Yale University, and the Massachusett…
Hartford, CT
Police & Fire
Connecticut AG Blasts 'Offensive' Federal Lawsuit Accusing Yale Of Anti-White, -Asian Policy
The Connecticut AG is calling the U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit against Yale's alleged discrimination against white and Asian-American people “politically motivated,” “offensive” and a “complete overreach.” On Thursday, Oct. 8, the U.S. Attorney’s Office filed a lawsuit against Yale University alleging its admission policies are racist for seeking to racially “balance” the university’s population. Many colleges and universities create diversity recruitment goals in an effort to bolster equity. “The [Trump] Administration has fully embraced its racist mantle as the last gasp of this fai…
New Haven, CT
Police & Fire
Police ID Bicyclist Killed In Fatal Truck Collision
Police have identified the bicyclist who was killed after being hit by a car on Tuesday, Oct. 6. Yale University law student Keon Ho Lim, 25, of Medford, Massachusetts, was struck by a truck while riding a bicycle in the area of South Frontage Road at York Street in New Haven around 4 p.m., according to WFSB. Lim was pronounced dead at the hospital. In addition to being a Yale student, Lim was an intern at the Office of the New York State Attorney General over the summer, according to Lim's LinkedIn profile. The driver is a 35-year-old New Haven man who pulled over and cooperated with…
Torrington, CT
Schools
Northeast Region Well-Represented In New U.S. News & World Report Top 40 College Rankings
The five highest-ranked schools in U.S. News & World Report Top 40 National Universities Rankings are all in the Northeast. The top five schools of the rating consist of: Princeton University, first Harvard University, second; Columbia University, third; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, fourth (tied); Yale University fourth (tied). These rankings, which have been published for the last 36 years, are devised using seventeen different factors, including: graduation rates retention rates after the first year of study social mobility academic reputation, per an ass…
Hartford, CT
News
10 Connecticut Colleges Deal With
Covid-
19 Outbreaks; 1,000 NE Students And Staff Catch Virus
COVID-19 outbreaks on New England college campuses have infected more than 1,000 students and *staff since the pandemic began. Connecticut has had 434 cases at 10 schools while neighboring Massachusetts has had 439 cases at 42 schools. As for the rest of New England: Vermont has had 34 cases at 8 schools, New Hampshire has had 68 cases at 6 schools, Maine has had 44 cases at 10 schools, and Rhode Island has had 62 cases at 8 schools, according to a New York Times database. That makes a total of 1,047 college and university students and staff who have contracted COVID-19. The NYT has kept…
Stamford, CT
Police & Fire
Covid-
19: Alert Issued For Increase In Cases In Stamford
Officials in Stamford are alerting residents about a potential spike in COVID-19 cases. The City of Stamford’s Department of Health said it was notified that a COVID-19 early warning wastewater system detected a potential increase in cases of COVID-19 in Stamford. The detection system is operated through a collaborative effort between Yale University and the State Department of Public Health, “COVID-19 is still a public health emergency," Stamford Mayor David Martin said. "It is everyone’s responsibility to protect themselves and reduce the spread of COVID-19. It’s time for residents …
Torrington, CT
Schools
Region Well-Represented In Newly Released Rankings Of Best Colleges: Breakdown By State
Over half of Niche's Top 10 ranked colleges are situated in the Northeast with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology leading in first place. Following MIT, Harvard is the list's second-ranked university. Yale University is fourth, after Stanford University Duke University is ranked fifth and Princeton University sixth. For a list of best colleges by state, follow these links: New York Connecticut Massachusetts The list was assembled using data from the United States Department of Education and surveys of students and faculty. Academics, including the quality of pr…
White Plains, NY
Schools
Westchester Schools: County's Reopening Report Out, Meet Irvington Player Headed To Yale in '21
Has he fallen behind? Will she be bullied? Parents have more than enough to worry about. Add the fear of contracting COVID-19 at school, and it all seems like too much. Westchester parents, though, now have a seven-page reference report to find answers to most of the hard questions. Questions and answers like these: Will my child have to quarantine when we get back from vacation to one of the governor's travel list states? Yes. Will contact tracers reveal the names of students to potentially infected people. They won't. The COVID-19 FAQ for Schools PreK-12th Grade guideline…
Torrington, CT
Sports
Covid-
19: Ivy League Cancels Football Season, Puts All Sports On Hold Till At Least January
The Ivy League has canceled all fall sports, including football, and will reevaluate whether to allow athletes to compete after Jan. 1, 2021, according to multiple reports. An official announcement is expected Wednesday evening, July 8. With the move, the league becomes the first Division I conference that will not play sports in the fall. The move also places other well-attended sports, including men's and women's basketball, in limbo. Ivy League basketball teams traditionally start practice in October and the regular season in November. The Ivy League was the first Division I confe…
Torrington, CT
Schools
Covid-
19: Yale Says It Will Hold Almost All Courses Online This Fall
Yale University is set to welcome students back to campus in the fall, though there will be extensive, protocols in place and the majority of courses held online due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. When Yale reopens in the fall, it will do so without sophomores living on campus, and when students return for the spring semester, it will be without freshmen living on campus to slow the spread of the virus. In a letter to the community, Yale’s president and provost announced the contingency plan for students and staff, which includes testing and temperature checks as per state an…
Fairfield, CT
News
Fairfield County Accounts For Most Of CT's 13
Covid-
19 Cases; Here's A Breakdown By Town
The number of people who have tested positive for the novel strain of the coronavirus (COVID-19) is on the rise. A total of 13 have now tested positive for COVID-19 in Connecticut, state officials confirmed. Seven of those are from Fairfield County. The others are in Litchfield (three), Hartford (one) and New Haven (one). A member of the Yale community was among those testing positive for COVID-19. Another community member and a household contact are also undergoing diagnostic evaluation, the university said on Saturday, March 14. Prior to the Yale case, as of Friday, March 13, there…
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