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CT artists and scholars win prestigious Guggenheim awards

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April 13, 2024

CT artists and scholars win prestigious Guggenheim awards

Of the 188 people chosen to be Guggenheim Fellows in 2024, quite a few have ties to Connecticut. The awards have been given annually since 1925 and are considered among the most prestigious honors given to leading figures in arts, sciences and humanities.

Most of the Connecticut-related names on this year’s list are affiliated with Yale University. Yale is second only to Harvard in the number of faculty members that have received Guggenheim fellowships over the years.

The Yale-based 2024 fellows are: Elizabeth Hinton, a professor of History, African American Studies, and Law at both Yale University and Yale Law School; Douglas Rogers, professor and chair of the Yale Department of Anthropology; Marta Figlerowicz, associate professor of Comparative Literature and of English; Ned Blackhawk, professor of History and American Studies; Tavia Nyong’o, chair and professor of Theater & Performance Studies, as well as professor of American Studies and professor of African-American Studies; Travis Zadeh, professor of Religious Studies and the program in Medieval Studies who is also on the Council of Middle East Studies and the director of the Yale Program in Iranian Studies; and Ben Hagari, a lecturer at the Yale School of Art.

Other Connecticut Guggenheim fellows include:

Playwright Martyna Majok, a 2012 graduate of the Yale School of Drama (now the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale). Majok’s play “Sanctuary City” is currently playing at TheaterWorks Hartford on Pearl Street through April 25.
legendary jazz guitarist and composer Rodney Jones, a New Haven native and longtime Connecticut resident.
Julia Wolfe, who co-founded the eminent neoclassical music ensemble Bang on a Can with two Yale School of Music graduates and who has been in Connecticut many times as a member of the group (including for performances at the International Festival of Arts & Ideas).
Multi-faceted dancer and scholar Hari Krishnan, a Wesleyan University professor who has taught in the dance department as well as in Global South Asian Studies and Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies programs. Krishnan is currently developing a new dance piece that will premiere at Wesleyan in December.

Among the many other 2024 Guggenheim awardees are Pulitzer-winning poet (and former U.S. poet laureate) Tracy K. Smith, political journalist Jonathan Alter, photographer Sara Bennett (known for her studies of incarcerated women), social activist Jessica Blinkhorn, indigenous artist Nicholas Galanin and octogenarian multi-disciplinary Boston artist Lorraine O’Grady.

The prestigious awards awards include monetary stipends. The exact amounts given to the awardees these year have not been disclosed, but are said to average between $40,000 and $50,000. Over the 99 years it has existed the Guggenheim Foundation has bestowed over $400,000,000 on thousands of artists, scholars, historians, writers and scientists. Major 20th century figures who received Guggenheim fellowships include environmentalist Rachel Carson, Black literary icon James Baldwin, modern dance innovator Martha Graham, poet e.e. cummings and chemist/activist Linus Pauling.

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Missing Dartmouth Student's Body Recovered In Connecticut River

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July 8, 2024

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Missing Dartmouth Student's Body Recovered In Connecticut River

HANOVER, NH — New Hampshire Fish and Game was notified of a missing Dartmouth College Student Sunday.

The student, Won Jang, 20, of Middletown, DE, was last seen by friends at approximately 9:30 p.m. on Saturday night, according to conservation officers.

Jang was seen during a casual gathering near the Dartmouth boathouse on the Connecticut River. Concern arose when Jang failed to appear for a planned engagement the next day. Hanover police and fire departments from Hanover, Lebanon, and Hartford, Vermont, initiated a search in the vicinity, including underwater searches near the docks.

Items recovered near the dock suggested that Jang had remained in the river area. NH Conservation Officers, New Hampshire Marine Patrol, and the NH Fish and Game ROV/Sonar Team commenced a comprehensive search by boat and underwater camera. The Upper Valley Wilderness Response Team also employed drone technology to aid in the search effort.

Jang’s body was located in the Connecticut River by the underwater camera at about 7:25 p.m. in the area where he was last seen.

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29 Connecticut Companies Named to Newsweek’s Greatest Workplaces 2024 List — Connecticut by the Numbers

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July 8, 2024

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29 Connecticut Companies Named to Newsweek’s Greatest Workplaces 2024 List — Connecticut by the Numbers

Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group released the latest list noting that the companies featured “show that, even in the face of waning enthusiasm among much of the workforce, it is still possible to create a great environment that facilitates engagement.”

The survey that established the list covered topics like compensation and benefits, training and career progression, work-life balance and company culture, according to Newsweek. Also, post-survey desk research considered each company’s online mentions, diversity and inclusion ratings, and reviews of senior management.

Newsweek Global Editor in Chief Nancy Cooper observed that “the highly-regarded companies ranked here likely enjoy stronger client relationships and higher retention rates, because better workplaces benefit everyone.”

Six Connecticut companies were among the small-size businesses earning a spot on the Newsweek list; along with 11 mid-size companies and 12 large-size companies. (industry in parentheses; companies listed alphabetically within each category)

Small-size companies (500 – 999 employees)

Acme United Consumer Products Distributors

American Customer Care Business Support Services

Behavioral, Education Assessment and Consultation of CT Specialized Consumer Services

COCC Technology Services

Melissa & Doug Specialty Retail

Rehabilitation Associates Health Care Providers

Mid-size companies (1,000-4,999 employees)

BlueCrest Industrial Machinery

CareCentrix Health Care Services

Companions & Homemakers Health Care Services

Ensign-Bickford Industries Conglomerates

Healthtrax International Leisure Facilities

Hudson RPO Advertising & Marketing

ISG Advertising & Marketing

RBC Bearings Industrial Products

St. Vincent’s Development Professional Services

Tangoe Technology Services

Vineyard Vines Apparel Retail

Large-size companies (5,000+ employees)

Barnes Group Industrial Products

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceuticals

EMCOR Group Commercial & Industrial Engineering

Gartner Software & Internet Services

Henkel (North America) Conglomerates

ITT Aerospace Aerospace & Defense

Mohegan Hotels, Resorts, Casinos & Cruise Lines

Pitney Bowes Commercial Equipment & Supplies Distributors

SS&C Technologies Holdings Software & Internet Services

Synchrony Consumer Finance

The Hartford Insurance Underwriting

United Rentals Industrial Services

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DeWanna Bonner hits career-high seven threes, scores 23 as Connecticut Sun beat Atlanta Dream | TSN

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July 7, 2024

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DeWanna Bonner hits career-high seven threes, scores 23 as Connecticut Sun beat Atlanta Dream | TSN

UNCASVILLE, Conn. — — DeWanna Bonner scored 23 points, hitting a career-high seven 3-pointers, to help the Connecticut Sun beat the Atlanta Dream 80-67 Sunday for their third win in a row.

Tiffany Mitchell added 13 points and Brionna Jones scored 11 points for Connecticut. Alyssa Thomas added seven points, nine assists and seven rebounds.

Mitchell and Bonner each hit a 3-point in a 9-0 run that made it 17-11 with 2:20 left in the first quarter and the Sun led the rest of the way.

Allisha Gray hit a mid-range pull-up jumper that cut Atlanta’s deficit to 24-20 midway through the second quarter but Veronica Burton answered with a 3-pointer and Jones made a layup before Bonner hit again from behind the arc to give Connecticut a 12-point lead. The Sun led 34-24 at the half.

The Dream made 4 of 11 from the field and committed five turnovers while scoring just eight points in the second quarter before Connecticut scored 33 points — one fewer than its first-half total — on 9-of-11 shooting in the third quarter to open an 18-point lead going into the fourth.

Atlanta (7-13), which beat the Sun 78-74 on June 28 to end a three-game skid, has lost four games in a row and seven of its last eight.

Connecticut (17-4) has won four of its last five games and is tied with the New York Liberty for the best record in the WNBA.

New York, which beat the Sun 82-75 on June 8 to end Connecticut’s nine-game win streak to open the season, visits Wednesday.

Gray led Atlanta with 19 points on 7-of-11 shooting. Tina Charles added 13 points and Nia Coffey 11.

Rhyne Howard (ankle) — who is second on the Dream in scoring (15.4 per game) this season and leads the team in assists (3.4), steals (2.2) and blocks (0.8) — Cheyenne Parker-Tyus (foot), Aerial Powers (calf) and Jordin Canada (finger) did not play for Atlanta.

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