Month: January 2013
January 31st Storm Update
[box]by Scott Cimini / ctweathergeeks.com[/box] The last day of January proved to be a very stormy day here in Connecticut! Around 2AM, the winds really picked up and a weather station just a mile from …
By Chris on January 31, 2013
North Haven Business News: G&H Equipment / John Deere
On this episode of North Haven Business News, we travel to a long time North Haven business and one of the biggest dealers in the area for John Deere, G&H Equipment at 314 Old Maple …
By Chris on January 31, 2013
North Haven Students Make Dean’s List at Quinnipiac Universtiy
The following area students made the dean’s list for the Fall 2012 semester at Quinnipiac University: Alyssa Andreucci Stefania Ciarleglio Alyssa Cretella Alicia Criscuolo Matthew Dagle Riley Dinneen Lauren Dufour Richard Funaro Anne Guandalini Giovanni …
By Chris on January 31, 2013
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus to Lecture March 6 at Quinnipiac University
Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, who founded the practice of microcredit as a means to combat global poverty, will speak at Quinnipiac University at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 6, at Burt Kahn Court on Quinnipiac’s Mount …
By Chris on January 25, 2013
Dr. Abayomi Akanji Appointed to the Founding Faculty of the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine
Dr. Abayomi Akanji, of North Haven, has been appointed to the founding faculty of the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University. As a professor of medical sciences, Akanji will be responsible for teaching clinical …
By Chris on January 23, 2013
State Senator Len Fasano Receives COST Town Crier Award
State Senator Len Fasano (R-East Haven, North Haven, Durham and Wallingford) received a Town Crier Award from the Connecticut Council of Small Towns (COST) for his leadership on issues affecting Connecticut’s smaller communities. COST’s Town …
By Chris on January 17, 2013
Quinnipiac University’s New Anesthesiologist Assistant Program Receives State Approval
[box]William Paulsen, director of the anesthesiologist assistant program and professor of biomedical sciences in the School of Health Sciences at Quinnipiac.[/box] Quinnipiac University has launched an anesthesiologist assistant program, which will begin this summer. The new master of health science program was …
By Chris on January 16, 2013
Author John Kelly To Discuss His Book, ‘The Graves are Walking,’ at Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum
Author John Kelly will discuss his latest book, “The Graves are Walking: The Great Famine and the Saga of the Irish People,” at Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum at Quinnipiac University, 3011 Whitney Avenue, from 5:30-6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 7. Kelly …
By Chris on January 15, 2013
North Haven QU Student Headed to D.C. To Attend 10-Day Presidential Inauguration Seminar
Five Connecticut residents will be among 21 Quinnipiac University students who will travel to Washington, D.C., on Jan. 12 to participate in a 10-day presidential inauguration seminar, where they will get to witness history, explore …
By Chris on January 8, 2013
President of Institute for Humane Education Zoe Weil to Speak at QU
Zoe Weil, co-founder and president of the Institute for Humane Education, will present the lecture, “The Interconnectedness of All Life: Animal Welfare, Environmental Preservation and Human Rights,” at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 5, in …
By Chris on January 4, 2013