Yaccarino Cosponsors Veteran Heroes Act
As a co-sponsor of the bill, Rep. Yaccarino played a key role in advancing one of its most impactful provisions: expanded access to dental care for Connecticut veterans.
NHHS Girls Soccer Players Hospitalized for Possible Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
[box]MADISON, Conn. (WTNH)[/box] Madison firefighters treated at least a dozen students for possible carbon monoxide poison during a soccer game on Wednesday afternoon. The victims were members of a North Haven girls soccer team in …
Quinnipiac University Physician Assistant Students Teaching Health Literacy and Physical Fitness Techniques to North Haven Students
[box]Heather Dimock, a physician assistant student at Quinnipiac University, leads a yoga class at ACES Mill Road School in North Haven as part of the Quinnipiac physician assistant students’ program to teach students about the …
Nobel Award Winning Neuropsychiatrist To Lecture at Quinnipiac University’s North Haven Campus
Dr. Eric R. Kandel, the neuropsychiatrist who received the 2000 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, will deliver the lecture, “The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind and Brain from Vienna 1900 …
North Haven-Based Business Honored with Family Business Award
Last night, Hartford Business Journal celebrated the outstanding achievements of the region’s most successful family-owned and operated firms, during its first annual Family Business Awards. The publication recognized these successful family-owned businesses during an evening of celebration …
Members of the Quinnipiac University Community Wear Pink Hair Extensions in Support of Breast Cancer Awareness
[box]Nicole Perley, a senior in the School of Nursing at Quinnipiac University, was among those who got pink hair extensions in support of breast cancer awareness. Photo by Anna Brundage.[/box] Students, faculty and staff at Quinnipiac …
Quinnipiac University to Host Oct. 28 Panel Discussion “Drowning in Health Care Costs: All Hands on Deck”
Steven Brill, author of the Time Magazine special report, “The Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us,” will be among the speakers taking part in the panel discussion, “Drowning in Health Care Costs: All Hands on Deck,” …
Quinnipiac University’s School of Medicine and Griffin Hospital Sign Five-Year Clinical Affiliation Agreement
[box](l) Dr. Bruce Koeppen, founding dean of the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University. (r) President and CEO of Griffin Hospital Patrick Charmel[/box] The Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine …
Sinead McCoole, Curator of the Jackie Clarke Collection, To Lecture at Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum
Sinead McCoole, curator of the Jackie Clarke Collection in County Mayo, Ireland, will discuss the private collection of Irish history material, when she lectures at Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum at Quinnipiac University, 3011 Whitney Ave., from 5:30-7 p.m. on …
Plaintiff in Supreme Court Case on Students’ Free Speech Rights to Lecture Nov. 12 at Quinnipiac University School of Law Center
[box]Mary Beth Tinker, a plaintiff in the landmark 1969 U.S. Supreme Court case that set the legal standard for students’ First Amendment rights to free expression, will lecture at the Quinnipiac University School of Law on Tuesday, Nov. …
Quinnipiac University School of Health Sciences Students Teach Children Proper Tooth Brushing Techniques
[box]Matt Bolton, of Hamden, an occupational therapy student at Quinnipiac University, teaches effective tooth brushing techniques to a child from the M.L. Keefe Community Center as part of an oral health education day with occupational …
QU Presidential Public Service Fellows Honored for Their Work in North Haven
Quinnipiac University senior Steven Pflug spent nine weeks during a summer program working with the Hamden Police Department to help develop a predictive crime mapping project. “It’s basically tactical intelligence,” explained Pflug, a criminal justice and political science major. “It …
North Haven Residents, Legislators Talk Issues Over Coffee
On October 4th State Rep. Dave Yaccarino (R-87) and State Sen. Len Fasano (R-34) met with North Haven residents at their monthly “Coffee with Your Legislators” event at McDonald’s on Washington Avenue. The legislators offered residents an update on …