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Some think the path to college for students of color changed after affirmative action was repealed by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2023. Preliminary data from the University of Connecticut, MIT, Yale, ...

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The National Science Foundation has awarded a grant to Sacred Heart University’s Bee Health and Ecology Objective, or ...

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When the Nov. 5 election arrives, Connecticut residents who haven’t voted here in the past or have moved still have an opportunity to cast a ballot through same-day voter registration.

A Watertown couple say they’ve been targeted twice in the past week because of Democratic and pro-LGBTQ signs in their yard.

Classical music is a hit in Arkansas, where the symphony orchestra will have a new $12 million home. The Stella Boyle Smith Music Center is the symphony’s first permanent home in its 58-year history.

Johannes Brahms wrote a trio with a special personal connection to each instrument, and it shows in the music.