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Brian Slattery |
Aug 21, 2017 6:54 pm
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As the sun’s light turned from a bright yellow to a wan, extraterrestrial orange, thousands gathered Monday afternoon on the lawn of Leitner Observatory on Prospect Street. They had come with tinted glasses, telescopes modern and replica, sunspotters, and homemade pinpoint projectors to observe a partial solar eclipse.
They had brought their science-themed T‑shirts (“Spin Galactic”; “Stand Back — I’m Going to Try Science”). They made a party in the middle of the day where the small talk was peppered with discussions of the mechanics of the various viewing devices they had brought, and the astronomical trajectories that had aligned to make the event happen.
I wandered over to a recent “cooking with cannabis” course hosted by Westville’s Women Grow CT to learn how to make some summer-themed edibles: lemonades, barbecue sauce, and the classic medley of baked goods. What I got was a glimpse into a budding industry.
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Lucy Gellman |
May 11, 2017 8:03 am
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O’Connor and D’Aquila go to town.
Yale New Haven Hospital (YNHH) announced it is following up on a promise to provide better outpatient care in New Haven — this time with same-day joint procedures, and a therapy regimen most people can do from home.
King/Robinson Inter-District Magnet School fourth-grader Jayden Spell was handing out key rings, which he helped to research, design and fabricate, so that any time you “open or lock your house you think of women’s rights.”
Chris Cole and Fran McMullen in Cole’s APNH office.
As the rents in New Haven rose, so did HIV diagnoses among gay men, especially in communities of color.
That rise isn’t happening just in New Haven, learned AIDS Project New Haven (APNH) Director Chris Cole. It’s a national problem, and it’s not showing signs of going away.
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Crystal R. Emery |
Apr 27, 2017 7:13 am
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Crystal R. Emery of STEM submitted the following article:
In 2015, President Barack Obama said, “[Science] is more than a school subject, or the periodic table, or the properties of waves. It is an approach to the world, a critical way to understand and explore and engage with the world, and then have the capacity to change that world.”
Beyonce Jones, Tranese Streater and Tayrene Rodriguez at LEAP’s (Yo)unity Bot .
Tayrene Rodriguez jumped into programming headfirst when she learned that she would be building, attaching wires to, and writing code for a robot from scratch. Emiya Pearse didn’t, but found that her four teammates helped her get through it.
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Allan Appel |
Apr 24, 2017 3:45 pm
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Otterbach, on the right, among student listeners adjacent to the Sound.
In her 23 years as a teacher, advisor, and captain who takes her students out on the water, Kristi Otterbach said, she hasn’t sensed a moment so scary for the well being of Long Island Sound.
Godley, with Solar Youth leader Katie Jones behind him.
Twelve-year-old Solar Youth cyclist Jeremiah Godley didn’t think the fates were working in his favor Saturday morning. The sky had clouded over; it was raining intermittently. But when his Rock to Rock team leader announced it was time to go, he pedaled with all his might — and made a pact to himself that he wouldn’t stop until he reached the finish line, eight miles away.
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Lucy Gellman |
Feb 25, 2017 3:14 pm
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Wilder.
New Havener Bethany Wider knows what it’s like to rely on the Affordable Care Act (ACA). So when she heard rumblings of a grassroots rally to support the ACA in New Haven, she perked up, got her sign-making materials in order, and headed to the New Haven Green.
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Lucy Gellman |
Nov 2, 2016 8:07 am
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The most recent programs on WNHH radio explore FBI Director James Comey’s statement on Hillary Clinton’s email server, one woman’s devastating battle with scleroderma, and school-based health clinics.
Missionary Ruth Chester oversees a chemistry class at Ginling College, Nanjing, 1918.
If highly accomplished Bryn Mawr and Wellesley graduates couldn’t get jobs in the male-dominated sciences in early 20th-century America and Britain, they found another alternative: Board a steamer, then take a wagon, then mount a donkey, and eventually be welcomed with wide open arms at universities in China.
There these pioneers taught biology, mathematics, and pre-med. In the process, they helped to inspire and advance opportunities for Asian women.
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Allan Appel |
Jun 23, 2016 7:02 am
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Young dinosaur lover James with his dad Michael Conte.
Displaying complete animal dominance over his triceratops, 2‑year-old James Conte represented the fourth generation of his family to be dazzled by the various fierce ceretopsians and other holdings of our hometown treasure, the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History.
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Aliyya Swaby |
Jun 2, 2016 7:40 am
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Mercer at Thursday’s event.
Nyasia Mercer said now that Common Ground has a new building able to accommodate a major expansion in students and activities, the school will no longer be a secret to those outside of its grounds.
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Lucy Gellman |
Mar 3, 2016 8:42 am
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Member Elise DeVito with her stained glass candle holder.
MakeHaven, the techie maker space on State Street, is trying something new this Friday and Saturday: its first inaugural Make-A-Thon, intended to familiarize more local tinkerers with the organization, its staff, and its tools.
What I learned on the first morning of this year’s citywide Science Fair as judges visited 235 exhibits mounted by public-school students from pre‑K through 12 grade:
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Aliyya Swaby |
May 4, 2015 5:08 pm
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Katherine Perez knew since she took her first advanced physics class that she wanted to be a scientist. Now a rising junior at Southern Connecticut State University, she will get a step closer this summer through a fellowship in nanotechnology and medicine.
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Lucy Gellman |
Dec 5, 2014 1:29 pm
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Will we ever be able to make beer in space? Do stars leaving their homes pack up quietly, or explode into big, weepy balls of gas? What are today’s coolest space missions, and why isn’t America consistently on top of them?
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Allan Appel |
Sep 18, 2014 12:03 pm
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Seventh-grader Korey Kornegay and his friends were building cars with a rubber band as the only power source.
The instructions said to use putty to attach the wheels, but the kids and teachers found that the parts slipped. Instead they substituted foam and, yes, good old duct tape.
