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Share Four Yale alumni are among 76 graduate students who have been named 2021 Knight-Hennessy Scholars at Stanford University. They are Mez Belo-Osagie ’16, a Ph.D. candidate in political science in Stanford’s School of Humanities and Sciences; Charlotte Finegold ’17, who is pursuing a J.D. at Stanford Law School; Tony Liu ’20, a Ph.D. student in bioengineering in the School of Engineering; and Elliot Setzer ’20, also pursuing a J.D. at Stanford Law School. The Knight-Hennessy Schola...

Hiram Alejandro Durán/THE CITY The transit workers who kept the city moving through some of its darkest days took a sizable hit during the pandemic, with more than 160 MTA employees dying from COVID-19. Agency data shows that 41% of the more than 70,000 MTA employees have received at least one vaccine dose — about the same rate as city and state residents. But officials concede it won’t be easy to sway vaccine holdouts, even with the MTA offering workers four hours pay to get the shots. �...

By Susan Gonzalez May 7, 2021 Share this with FacebookShare this with TwitterShare this with LinkedInShare this with EmailPrint this Top row: Mez Belo-Osagie, Charlotte Finegold; Bottom-row: Tony Liu, Elliot Setzer Four Yale alumni are among 76 graduate students who have been named 2021 Knight-Hennessy Scholars at Stanford University. They are Mez Belo-Osagie ’16, a Ph.D. candidate in political science in Stanford’s School of Humanities and Sciences; Charlotte Finegold ’17, who is pursuin...

Cleveland City Council taps Central neighborhood activist to fill Ward 5 council seat (Source: 19 News) By Stephanie Czekalinski | May 3, 2021 at 6:03 PM EDT - Updated May 3 at 6:23 PM CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A neighborhood activist in Cleveland’s Central neighborhood was appointed to fill the Ward 5 council seat left vacant by Phyllis Cleveland’s resignation announced last week. Delores Gray will fill the seat, which represents the Central and Kinsman neighborhoods as well as...

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Cloe Poisson :: CTMirror.org A health care worker fills a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Connecticut’s largest drive-through vaccination clinic administered by Community Health Center, Inc., a 10-lane clinic which opened January 18 at Pratt & Whitney Runway in East Hartford to vaccinate eligible individuals. As a home health care worker, Norwalk resident Amelia McClinton lived in fear of infecting her clients with COVID-19. She was looking for vaccination appointments online when...

NBC SVG The recently refurbished Sion Hill Village Hard Court was officially opened yesterday afternoon, as a mark of International Sports Day under the theme; “for the development and peace”. Addressing the gathering, former Government Senator and founder of a Community Based Charity Organization, the International Movement for Progressive Action “IMPACT” Luke Browne outlined the various disciplines… Continue Reading →

NBC SVG The recently refurbished Sion Hill Village Hard Court was officially opened yesterday afternoon, as a mark of International Sports Day under the theme; “for the development and peace”. Addressing the gathering, former Government Senator and founder of a Community Based Charity Organization, the International Movement for Progressive Action “IMPACT” Luke Browne outlined the various disciplines Luke Browne, former Government Senator and founder of a Community Based Charity Organiz...

March 31, 2021 by Abigail Roth Yale School of Medicine (YSM) students, in collaboration with a diverse set of other students and community members, are playing a significant role in the vaccination campaign in New Haven, in Connecticut, and nationally. Their impact ranges from designing the New Haven Health Department (NHHD) vaccine registration postcards mailed to all city residents, to influencing President Biden’s decision to order an amendment to the Public Readiness and Emergency Prepare...

Embattled Agribusiness Corporation Has Powerful Friends - Honolulu Civil Beat Lawmakers plan to vote next week on a measure to dissolve the Agribusiness Development Corp. Reading time: 4 minutes. With the future of a state agency in charge of transforming Hawaii’s old plantation lands into working farms in the balance, battle lines formed Friday between Gov. David Ige’s administration and big agricultural organizations on one side and lawmakers who say the agency has failed in its mission ...