Connecticut College News

Zipcar business is booming in town, so the city has decided to help make the hourly car rentals available beyond the central Yale campus.

Emily Alice Chesbrough of Lafayette and Frances Anne Johnson of Moraga have been named to the dean's list at Scripps College in Claremont, the women's college of the Claremont Colleges and one of seven separate colleges that make up the Claremont group.

Students from St. John's University work at a campus summer job that involves lifting a trail bridge that was built for a campus lake.

We have lots of good news this week from local college students. William Schumann and Sarah Tabet, both members of the class of 2010 and residents of East Hampton, achieved dean's list honors for the 2009 spring semester at Connecticut College.

Submitted by Michael Harris on 2009-06-30.   The ECCoLoV monthly meeting on Sunday, July 12 will be hosted by local resident Scot MacKinnon and will feature the first DVD of a three-disc set of Chris Martenson's "Crash Course," a concise video seminar on how our economy, energy systems, and environment interact, and how they will impact the ...

Justine Kelly, a member of the class of 2009 at Connecticut College and a resident of Marco Island, has been named to the dean's list for the 2009 spring semester.

It's not exceptional to be a quadruplet. If you're a quadruplet. "It's normal for us,'' said Tyler Fitzgerald of Ridgefield.

Phuong Le [far left] during one of her volunteer trips to Birla Children's Village in Hanoi when she was a high school student A Vietnamese student has had her volunteer project approved by Davis Projects for Peace, a program encouraging students in US colleges to create and implement projects that would help promote peace in their community.

HONORABLES : The Herald-Sun Jun 22, 2009 Catherine Robertson, a 2009 graduate of Connecticut College, was awarded the Senior Julia Wells Bower Prize at the annual Honors and Awards ceremony at Connecticut College on April 29.

Glos of Cazenovia, N.Y. was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree from Connecticut College at the 91st commencement ceremony on May 17, 2009.

The Worcester-based Protector Group Insurance Agency Inc. recently hired ADAM B. HAAS to work with underwriters at insurance carriers and offer technical assistance to sales and service staff.

Submitted by Michael Raciti on 2009-06-19.   Trishan R. de Lanerolle John Berglund, Emergency Services Director, The Salvation Army, speaks at a VOAD disaster exercise in New York City.

'We live in a world far more slavish in its obedience to ancient custom than we like to admit.

Two students, both graduating from the Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical School in Providence, have received Gates Millennium Scholarships that provide each a full ride through college, and even graduate school if they decide to go on.

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Life has treated Jane and Paul Peak well. Wednesday, June 10, 2009 More than 100 family members and friends traveled from California, Washington, Maine, North Carolina, Maryland and beyond to Vinson Hall in McLean to celebrate Jane and Paul Peaka s 65th wedding anniversary on Sunday, June 7. Many of the guests were original wedding attendants from ...

Washington, DC - Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro announced over $2.2 million for medical research projects at universities in Connecticut, including Yale, Fairfield University, Connecticut College, and the University of Connecticut through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for medical research.

To watch Attallah Sheppard talk is to watch someone deeply, madly in love - with language.

Clarke studied at the exclusive Perry-Mansfield School of Theater and Dance in Steamboat Springs , Colorado.

Julia Norton, a graduating senior at Connecticut College and resident of Rockport, has been selected to receive a prestigious U.S. Fulbright Student Program grant to live, teach and conduct research abroad for an academic year.