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Building on Success and Innovation for the Future
Under new leadership, change leads to mounting growth, numbers Christopher Lebeau, ’21, always intended to pursue an MBA. He graduated from Southern Connecticut State University with a bachelor’s in...
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Planting Roots
Emblazoned in large block letters across the side of Old Bishop Farm’s country store is a single word: “BELIEVE.” Indeed, for John Torello, ’91, M.S. ’97, and his wife Carolyn, it took a leap of faith...
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COVID Anxiety is Very Real
By Jean M. Breny, PhD, MPH, Professor and Chair, SCSU Department of Public Health There is no doubt that at some point during the 18-months of the COVID-19 pandemic, you or someone you know has felt...
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Information and Trust Aid in Overcoming Vaccine Hesitancy
New research conducted in New Haven by shows how it takes accurate information and trust built over time to overcome Black and Hispanic residents’ hesitancy to getting vaccinated for COVID-19, the New...
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All in the (Harris) Family
When New York Times bestselling author Zakiya Dalila Harris appears at Southern’s Lyman Center on November 12 to give a reading and Q&A, she will be returning to familiar territory. Harris, whose...
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Mayoral Archive Exhibit Highlights Legacy of Urban Renewal
The New Haven Mayoral Archive, housed at Southern near the Special Collections section in Buley Library and accessible online, includes material from former New Haven mayors Biagio DiLieto...
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The Good Fight
Fresh out of Pepperdine University’s Law School in 1984, Mike Arias, ‘81, landed a plum position as a defense attorney with a prestigious New York firm. But his work on an aviation disaster case...
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The Road to Oxford
It’s a sky-blue spring day — May 26, to be exact — and Asma Rahimyar, ’21, is at a crossroads. A week earlier, she spoke at the College of Arts and Sciences commencement ceremony, one of the first...
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Center for Teaching and Learning to Address Today’s Challenges in Education
Kari Sassu, professor of counseling and school psychology, has been named director of Southern’s new Center for Teaching and Learning – a “hub” to address pressing state and local education challenges...
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Southern Taps Global Commitment to Climate Change
A team of Southern faculty members is headed to the United Nations International Conference on Climate Change (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, to observe the deliberations that will seek to avert a...
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New Collaborative to Advance Partnerships for Change
Under the mantle of social justice, Southern Connecticut State University has long been committed to addressing systemic barriers to equity. A new campus initiative has been established to further...
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Sleep Apnea Diagnosis Simplified
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a chronic disease involving the repeated collapse of the upper airway during sleep, causing a shortage of oxygen to the brain, can lead to serious health problems such...
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Teachers of the Year Inspire by Example
When Associate Professor of English Brandon Hutchinson spoke at an on-campus rally promoting racial justice during the fall of 2020, she told supporters that if they appreciate the work of people of...
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Michaelson Named Among Top 100 Swimmers Of Last Century
The College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association’s (CSCAA) named former Owls’ All-American Ben Michaelson as one of its 100 Greatest Men’s Swimmers & Divers of the past century as part of the...
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SCSU Awarded Federal Education Grant to Support Student-Parents
Southern Connecticut State University will soon be able to better meet the needs of student-parents, thanks to a recently awarded $637,625 grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The grant is...
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Making Care a Family Affair
It is no surprise that triplets Zach, Andrew, and Luke Horobin, ’22, share a resemblance and that they finish each other’s sentences, often speaking in “We’s” instead of “I’s,” but what’s not so...
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Alumnus. Scientist. Organ Donor.
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative — the philanthropic organization established in 2015 by the Facebook founder and his wife to solve some of society’s most pressing problems — is a fitting work base for...
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Students Engage with Community to Address Youth Gun Violence
What can our university do to end youth gun violence in New Haven? A group of Southern students are working with Elm City community groups to address this critical problem. At “Owls Preventing Gun...
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Addressing Health Disparities in New Haven
CARE outreach team works to promote healthy living and vaccine acceptance. As outreach workers from the Community Alliance for Research and Engagement (CARE) spread out through the neighborhoods in...
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Exploring the Tension Between Symmetry and Abstraction
Art Department alumnus Andrzej Dutkanicz’s paintings are currently on exhibition at Never Ending Books on State Street, New Haven, as a show titled “Works.” Dutkanicz graduated in 2011 with a major in...
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