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4.7% of citizens unemployed in Middlesex County in 2021

By SC Connecticut News | May 17, 2024

The unemployment rate in Middlesex County hit 4.7% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021.

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Yale-led studies promise hybrid approach to solar fuels

By SC Connecticut News | May 17, 2024

Yale researchers are at the forefront of developing a new generation of liquid fuels that are activated by sunlight. Over the past decade, research aimed at creating sustainable, solar-powered liquid fuel has reached a critical point. New semiconductor materials can effectively capture sunlight and catalyze the conversion of carbon dioxide into valuable products, such as liquid fuels. However, forming a single product is often challenging. Molecular catalysts can form a single product from carbon dioxide (CO2) but lack stability. As a result, many scientists believe neither...

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Wright Lab hosts Pint of Science Festival in New Haven

By SC Connecticut News | May 17, 2024

Wright Lab postdoctoral associates Fernando Flor, Pranav Sanghavi, and Jorge Torres coordinated the 2024 Pint of Science Festival in New Haven from May 13-15, 2024. The Pint of Science Festival is an annual global event that began in 2013 and takes place worldwide. In the United States, the event was held in Los Angeles, Houston, Philadelphia, Boston, and New Haven.

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Asian Americans explore intersectionality in STEM at Yale

By SC Connecticut News | May 17, 2024

The interdisciplinary conference Asian Americans and STEM 2024 was held at Yale’s Greenberg Conference Center on May 10. The meeting brought together over 60 people from 18 institutions. The attendees were scholars from the humanities and STEM fields who are actively engaged in exploring the history of race and racialization in their respective fields, with a particular focus on the shaping and impact of lived experiences and scholarship of Asian and Asian American scientists. The conference also examined how the work of these scientists has been remembered, obfuscated, or...

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Where could drivers find the cheapest gas in cities within Middlesex County in week ending May 11?

By SC Connecticut News | May 16, 2024

The only price of premium gas in cities throughout Middlesex County was found at a single gas station in the week ending May 11, according to GasBuddy.com.

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Indigenous activists urge academia for actionable support on Amazon conservation

By SC Connecticut News | May 16, 2024

In June 2022, Dom Phillips, a British journalist working for The Guardian, and Bruno Pereira, a Brazilian indigenist and employee of Brazil’s National Foundation of Indigenous Peoples (FUNAI), were assassinated in the forests of the Javari Valley in northwestern Brazil. Phillips was documenting crimes in the region while traveling with Pereira, who was mobilizing indigenous communities to protect their land from illegal activities such as logging, fishing, and hunting. Despite confessions and charges against several individuals involved in the murders, no trial date has been...

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Yale senior Nyché T. Andrew receives prestigious Udall scholarship

By SC Connecticut News | May 16, 2024

Nyché T. Andrew, a rising senior at Yale College, has been awarded the 2024 Udall Undergraduate Scholarship from the Udall Foundation. Known traditionally as Skavaq Sivulliuqti, Andrew is pursuing a joint master’s and bachelor’s degree in political science along with a certificate in education studies.

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Senegalese student's journey from healthcare worker to Yale graduate

By SC Connecticut News | May 16, 2024

Awa Cisse's life has been guided by the word téranga, a term from her native Senegal that embodies values of selflessness and generosity. This principle has steered her journey from Senegal to the United States, leading her to a life dedicated to healthcare.

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Yale scientists create artificial cells to study energy flow in living systems

By SC Connecticut News | May 16, 2024

Living systems are characterized by a continuous flow of energy, crucial for physical development, wound healing, and our immune response to diseases such as cancer. However, the measurement of energy flow in a specific process like force generation is complicated due to the interaction of over 10,000 different types of molecular proteins inside each of our cells.

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Mother and son share parallel journeys at Yale School of Nursing

By SC Connecticut News | May 16, 2024

Twenty-three years ago, Vanessa Landegger made the challenging decision to leave medical school. She had a dream of becoming an obstetrician/gynecologist, but also yearned for a family life. With her first child, eight-month-old Dylan at home, she felt torn between two demanding commitments.

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Laura Guerra-Lopez: A Journey of Service from Miami to Yale

By SC Connecticut News | May 16, 2024

Laura Guerra-Lopez, who was raised in Miami, recalls asking her parents numerous questions about their homeland, Venezuela. As an only child with a naturally inquisitive mind, her parents encouraged her curiosity about the political and economic turmoil engulfing the once-democratic nation they had left shortly before her birth.

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First U.S. trial shows varenicline may aid in quitting e-cigarettes

By SC Connecticut News | May 16, 2024

The first U.S. trial of varenicline for e-cigarette cessation shows promising results and warrants larger-scale trials, researchers say.

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Angel Galindez, former Wilbur Cross High School baseball player will compete with his collegiate team for the NCAA D3 Baseball Championship

By SC Connecticut News | May 16, 2024

First game takes place on Friday, May 17.

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Nicholas Bracale, former Notre Dame High School baseball player will compete with his collegiate team for the NCAA D3 Baseball Championship

By SC Connecticut News | May 16, 2024

They open the tournament against Babson Beavers.

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Tyler Powell, former Middletown High School baseball player will compete with his collegiate team for the NCAA D3 Baseball Championship

By SC Connecticut News | May 16, 2024

His team enters the tournament as a number three seed.

The NCAA D3 Baseball Championship Tournament is ready to begin with the collegiate team of former Coginchaug Regional High School Connor Willett participating

By SC Connecticut News | May 16, 2024

His team enters the tournament as a number two seed.

Former North Haven High School standout Mason Balmer’s collegiate team to play for NCAA D3 Baseball Championship starting Friday, May 17

By SC Connecticut News | May 16, 2024

First game takes place on Friday, May 17.

Former Portland High School standout Bryan Dinnis’ collegiate team to play for NCAA D3 Baseball Championship starting Friday, May 17

By SC Connecticut News | May 16, 2024

They open the tournament against New Paltz Hawks.

Former Joseph A. Foran High School standout Matthew Wootton’s collegiate team to play for NCAA D3 Baseball Championship starting Friday, May 17

By SC Connecticut News | May 16, 2024

His team enters the tournament as a number two seed.

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1 gas station in cities throughout Middlesex County had the cheapest midgrade gas in week ending May 11

By SC Connecticut News | May 15, 2024

The only price of midgrade gas in cities throughout Middlesex County was found at a single gas station in the week ending May 11, according to GasBuddy.com.