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Parent U Draws 200

by | Apr 28, 2014 3:59 pm | Comments (0)

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Cara McDonough of the United Way of Greater New Haven sent in this report on Saturday’s Parent University session at Gateway Community College.

Attending Parent University on Saturday, a daylong session of workshops and speeches focusing on issues faced by many New Haven-area parents, meant setting the alarm clock for a weekend morning and braving relentless rain.

That didn’t keep the motivated participants away, however.

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Professor “Honest Tea” Takes On A New Crusade

by | Dec 2, 2013 4:14 pm | Comments (11)

Yale giving to United Way, by school.

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Yale staff and faculty took a total of $1.1 million from their paychecks and gave it to the United Way in 2012. That’s an impressive number, but it came from only a small fraction of the entire Yale workforce, according to a professor pushing to increase the percentage.

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Mr. Gray, Meet Ms. Walker

by | Oct 29, 2013 8:14 am | Comments (1)

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“I am the co-chair of the Appropriations Committee,” Walker (left) told Gray (right).

The new chief of Connecticut’s troubled public-college system brought a rescue pitch to New Haven — and left newly informed about some of the help and the information he may need to pull off his plans.

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Kendrick Imparts The “Daffodil Principle”

by | Oct 11, 2013 7:59 am | Comments (2)

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Kendrick with state Sen. Martin Looney, who introduced her, the chamber’s Tony Rescigno, and TD Bank’s Steve Angeletti.

With tears in her eyes and a story about goals and perseverance, Gateway Community College President Dorsey Kendrick turned the Omni ballroom into a vast classroom where she instructed hundreds of movers and shakers on the daffodil principle.”

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“Elm-Ivies” Go To Top Dogs—& The Women Behind The Scenes

by | Apr 24, 2013 4:19 pm | Comments (1)

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Winners from left: Dr.Ayana Jordan, Molly Gibbons, Regina Starolis, Mayor DeStefano, Daisy Abreu, President Levin, Phyllis Seton, Rick Fontana, Jane Levin, Leif Mitchell, Rosemarie Lemley and Maria Bouffard.

Town and gown congratulated their top execs as they prepare to leave office for 20 years — along with the women who kept their offices running smoothly.

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Yale Puts Controversial Military Project On Hold

by | Feb 21, 2013 5:34 pm | Comments (13)

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Lugo: “We’re not lab rats.”

(Updated 7:28 p.m.) After an outcry from campus groups and New Haven immigration activists, Yale announced Thursday night that it will put on temporary hold plans to launch a Department of Defense-backed research center that would rely on local immigrants as military test subjects.

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