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Connecticut Medals of Technology to be Awarded to Yale Professor, Danbury Technology Business — Connecticut by the Numbers
“Dr. Elimelech’s pioneering research has not only enriched the academic community’s understanding of a highly complex topic, but also led to innovative approaches to addressing critical environmental issues and spawned the growth of an industry,” he said. “ARKA’s unparalleled technology expertise is contributing to the success of our nation in a variety of sectors and creating high-skilled jobs that will attract investment to our state and enhance our economy,” Lamont added.
Elimelech’s research and development is in the application of membrane processes including forward osmosis or FO (for desalination and water reuse), high-pressure reverse osmosis or HPRO (for brine concentration and management), and low-salt-rejection reverse osmosis or LSRRO (for brine management and minimal- and zero-liquid discharge applications).
HPRO and LSRRO are expected to revolutionize low-energy, low-cost brine management. Gradiant, a US company specializing in brine management (minimum- and zero-liquid discharge, MLD/ZLD), is commercializing a variant of the LSRRO and FO technologies, which is called Counter Flow RO (CFRO). The current market of brine management is estimated at $11.5B.
Elimelech’s innovative work on forward osmosis (FO) profoundly impacted the desalination and water industry. He was a co-founder of Oasys Water, a company which commercialized the ammonia-carbon dioxide FO desalination technology. More than 13 new FO start-up companies have been formed following his pioneering FO research.
In a recent breakthrough, Elimelech showed that the solution-diffusion model, which has been used to describe water transport in reverse osmosis (RO) membranes for more than 50 years, is fundamentally flawed and he proposed an alternative mechanism and theory for water transport consistent with experimental observations. This finding has direct implications for the design of high-performance desalination membranes.
In 2021, Elimelech was appointed Sterling Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, the university’s highest academic rank; the first engineering professor at Yale to earn this distinction.
ARKA is a world leader in the design, development, manufacture, integration and test of precision optics, telescopes and electro-optical payload systems for defense, aerospace and scientific applications. ARKA’s mission has grown to include groundbreaking communications, software development, and data processing capabilities, expanding their reach to new areas of innovation.
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Turning sunny today with a spotty shower tomorrow
Have your umbrella for showers early this morning but it will clear out soon! Mainly dry, breezy and cool for later today. Cooler tomorrow with an isolated shower possible, but a more widespread rain is expected for Saturday. The weather improves for Mother’s Day until rain returns during the evening through Monday morning. The pattern looks active next week as well! We do need the rain!
Early this morning: Rain ending with lows in the 40s to around 50.
Today: Partly to mostly sunny, breezy and pleasant. Highs in the low to mid 60s.
Tonight: Dry and chilly for the evening with late clouds and isolated shower. Lows 33-42. Spotty frost possible inland.

Tomorrow: Clouds and sun. A sprinkle or brief shower possible. Highs in the upper 50s to lower 60s.
Saturday: Rain developing for much of the day. Highs only in the 50s.
Sunday (Mother’s Day): Sun to PM clouds with late day & evening showers. Highs in the 60s to lower 70s.
Monday: Morning rain ending then drying out in the afternoon. Highs in the low to mid 60s.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
Wednesday: Rain returns with highs in the mid 60s.
Thursday: More rain possible. Highs in the mid 60s.
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Percy Steinhart, Creator of the $1,000-Velvet-Slipper Brand Stubbs & Wootton, Restored This Connecticut Home
The Federal-style home of late fashion tastemaker Percy Steinhart in Litchfield, Connecticut, has come to market asking $3.9 million.
Steinhart, whose full name was Percival P. Steinhart III, founded the Palm Beach, Florida-based footwear brand Stubbs & Wootton, known for its velvet slippers, which have been worn by kings and pop stars. The boutique’s classic smoking slippers range from $625 to $1200, and come in a range of whimsical embroidered varieties.
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Steinhart restored and designed the nearly 4-acre Connecticut estate himself, according to listing agents Heather Croner and Patricia McNamee of William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty, who listed the home Wednesday.
“It needed every bit of attention, which he gave it,” Croner said. “It’s so beautiful now; big spacious rooms, all in lovely proportion and beautifully decorated.”
The main house dates to 1874 and spans 6,641 square feet across two stories, with white siding, charming bay windows, multiple fireplaces, stained glass above the entrance and period embellishments. A welcoming entry hall leads to an elegant living room and corner dining room, the modern kitchen has a large island and breakfast nook, while a library steps down to a garden room surrounded by French doors.
The house bears evidence of Steinhart’s insouciant style, with color-drenched rooms, patterned wallpapers as well as the striking two-tone wooden flooring in the library, which is original to the house. “He was a design maven, altogether,” said Croner. “Everywhere you look, every inch shows his sense of design.”
There is also a matching white pool house with two sets of French doors added by Steinhart, which opens onto a flagstone pool deck, and a converted carriage house with green barn doors. Combined, there are a total of seven bedrooms.
The grounds also include a greenhouse, an outdoor kitchen, a croquet lawn and a terraced garden with multiple levels.
Steinhart purchased the house for $2.6 million in 2022, property records show. He had sold another house on the block the year before for $1.8 million, more than double what he paid for it in 2013. He died in November 2025 at age 76.
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Steinhart was born in Cuba to a prestigious family of bankers and businessmen, and founded Stubbs & Wootton in 1990. Fans of the footwear include Lady Gaga, King Juan Carlos I of Spain and Anne Hathaway, who was photographed wearing them on the set of the recently released “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” according to Steinhart’s obituary in The Wall Street Journal.
His brother, Frank Steinhart, who now runs the company, could not immediately be reached for comment.
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Syracuse is the first P4 offer for Connecticut DB: ‘I’m grateful’
2028 defensive back Ryan Sims is a quick rising prospect from Suffield (CT) Academy.
He’s been hearing from schools like Rutgers, Penn State, Boston College and Massachusetts, and has also started receiving offers.
His first came from Connecticut in January, followed by Rhode Island in April. On April 11, he hit another milestone when the Orange offered for his first Power 4 offer.
“I really enjoyed my visit,” Sims said to The Juice Online. “I’m very grateful for the Syracuse offer.”
Sims was offered during his trip to Central New York
The offer came during his visit to Syracuse for its spring game on April 11.
During his visit, he got to see campus, tour the facilities and meet with the coaching staff. One coach he spent the most time with was Stack Williams, who extended him the offer.
“I really liked coach Stack,” Sims said. “I appreciated how he took time to connect with everyone who was visiting regardless of what point they are in their recruiting process with Syracuse.”
They talked about D.A.R.T. (detailed, accountable, relentless, tough), the mantra that head coach Fran Brown has instilled in the program since he arrived at Syracuse two seasons ago.
Sims likes the culture at Syracuse
Sims also connected with Williams on how Syracuse develops its players to compete in the ACC and also helps them to prepare for the professional ranks after that.
Among the players that Brown has coached since arriving at SU include defensive backs Justin Barrons (Dallas Cowboys), Alijah Clark (Dallas), Clarence Lewis (Dallas) and Isaiah Johnson (Miami Dolphins).
“I love the program overall and what it stands for and the culture around it,” Sims said. “Coach Stack and I got to talk more on a personal level.”
Sims is predicting a breakout 2026 season
Suffield struggled in the 2025 season, going just 1-8. But Sims has vowed a different outcome this fall.
“2025 was an adjustment season,” Sims said. “My true breakout season will be this junior year. I felt I hesitated and could’ve just stopped holding back and made way more plays.”
Sims said he’s the kind of defensive back that can be out on an island and continue to make plays.
“I am a long, patient DB,” Sims said. “I love to play the ball and make quarterbacks not want to throw my way.”
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