Center of Excellence on Autism Spectrum Disorders Expands Outreach Virtually
Self-quarantining and social distancing measures this spring because of COVID-19 led to widespread disruptions in people’s schedules. Adjusting to those changes took a toll on everyone — young and old...
View ArticleTim Parrish: What White People Need to Learn About Racism
English Professor Tim Parrish, coordinator of the creative writing program and author of the memoir Fear and What Follows: The Violent Education of a Christian Racist, recently published an op-ed in...
View ArticleSouthernStrong Awardees Provide Support and Inspire Change
The SCSU President’s Recognition Committee proudly presents our eleventh group of SouthernStrong awardees. These awards shine a light on faculty, staff, and students who are lending a helping hand,...
View ArticlePanel Discussion: “Owls Stand Together Against Racism”
Southern’s Director of Athletics Jay Moran has announced that the Department of Athletics will host an anti-racism virtual panel discussion on Thursday, July 9, 2020 at 6 p.m. “Owls Stand Together...
View ArticleJonathan Wharton on “The Sudden Interest In Race”
Jonathan Wharton, associate professor of political science and urban affairs, recently published an op-ed on CT News Junkie: “The Sudden Interest In Race In America…And Our Backyards” (July 3, 2020)....
View ArticleSea Change
It’s a chilly February day in New England, and Sean Grace can’t wait to get back in the water. A dive is scheduled for later in the week in Rhode Island, and despite the frigid temperatures, the...
View ArticlePolitical Science Prof Offers Insight into Supreme Court Ruling on ‘Faithless...
The Supreme Court recently ruled that states may require members of the Electoral College to vote for the presidential candidate for whom their state elected in the popular vote. The 9-0 decision gives...
View ArticleOn Documenting the Collective Lives of Black Women
Associate Professor of History Siobhan Carter-David recently published her essay, “Essence as Archive on the Occasion of its Golden Anniversary,” in Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the...
View ArticleAlumna Named One of Boston Globe’s “5 Outstanding Art-School Grads for 2020”
To hear Marla McLeod, ‘14, describe her passion for her former major, geographic information science (GIS), one can’t help but imagine her happily surveying the earth’s surface, gathering information...
View ArticleCatching Rays
Long Island Sound is a little greener, a little cleaner, and a little quieter, thanks to Michael Pascucilla, ’92, who oversaw the development of the world’s first full-size solar- and electric-powered...
View ArticleRegistrar’s Office Staff is SouthernStrong
The SCSU President’s Recognition Committee proudly presents our twelfth group of SouthernStrong awardees. These awards shine a light on faculty, staff, and students who are lending a helping hand,...
View ArticleAlumna “Captures the Beauty of the African American Woman”
Alumna Ebony McKelvey, ’10, was featured recently on the Daily Nutmeg website for her photography business, Ebony B. Photography. The article, “Big Pictures” (by Kathy Leonard Czepiel, July 8, 2020),...
View ArticleSouthernStrong Awardees Give of Themselves
The SCSU President’s Recognition Committee proudly presents our thirteenth group of SouthernStrong awardees. These awards shine a light on faculty, staff, and students who are lending a helping hand,...
View ArticleSouthernStrong Awardees “Work Tirelessly” to Help Others
The SCSU President’s Commission on Social Justice Recognition Committee proudly presents our fourteenth group of SouthernStrong awardees. These awards shine a light on faculty, staff, and students who...
View ArticlePresident Joe on Reopening: “It’s Going to be Okay”
Ahead of a Town Hall special, “Educating in a Pandemic,” on WTNH on July 30, 2020, News 8’s Ann Nyberg sat down for a one-on-one interview with President Joe Bertolino, to discuss the reopening of the...
View ArticleThe IT Staff is SouthernStrong
The SCSU President’s Commission on Social Justice Recognition Committee proudly presents our fifteenth and final group of SouthernStrong awardees. During the months that the university has been...
View ArticleUnique Library Science Program Earns Accreditation
Southern’s state-of-the-art Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) degree program earned full accreditation this spring by the American Library Association (ALA), earning it notoriety as the...
View ArticleSuper FANs
Joe Ginnetti and Larry Ciotti go way back — to the summer of ’65 when Ginnetti was a recent high school graduate from Wilbur Cross attending preseason practice with Southern’s football team, and Ciotti...
View ArticleOutstanding Teachers, Advisor Awarded
Elliott Horch, (right), an astrophysicist who was recently named as a CSUS Professor, and Carolyn Thompson, (center), who teaches geography as an adjunct faculty member, have been selected for the...
View ArticleHHS Building on Target for Late 2021 Completion
The future home for Southern’s College of Health and Human Services is progressing on schedule and construction should be completed by the end of 2021. That is the word from Eric Lessne, associate vice...
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