Yearly Archives: 2020

Baby Brings “Hope” to Southern Couple During Pandemic

Having a baby in the midst of a global pandemic isn't usually among new parents' plans, but for a Fairfield couple who met as...

Efforts Garner Support One Mile — and Neighbor — at a Time

Have the latest headlines about COVID-19 made you want to run away? How about just run? How about at 2 a.m.? Probably not. Yet there...

Educating in a Time of Crisis

Melanie Savelli, assistant professor of communication, published an op-ed in the April 8, 2020, edition of the New Haven Register about what educators can...

Alumni Lens: Life in Spain During the Pandemic

Spain — one of the nations most affected by the coronavirus pandemic — began a government-ordered nationwide lockdown on March 14, 2020. Southern graduate...

Probing the Nature of COVID-19

Sarah Crawford, professor of biology and a virologist, was interviewed recently on WICC radio (600 AM) about the makeup and behavior of COVID-19 (coronavirus)....

Can “Safe Store” Protocols Slow the Spread of Virus?

New “Safe Store” rules took effect in Connecticut recently in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus in grocery stores and others...

Owls Smash School Records in Prestigious Math Competition

Southern reached an historical apex recently in the prestigious William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition – commonly known as the Putnam Exam – where its...

Helping those Fighting Covid-19

David Denino, '75, M.S. ’76, trained as a Red Cross crisis responder following the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001....

Answering the Call for Help

Members of the Southern community step up to donate masks, gloves, food, supplies and more Suzanne Huminski hadn’t looked at her sewing machine in 17...

Coping Strategies for Elders who Feel Socially Isolated

Jack Gesino, an associate professor of social work at Southern who specializes in elder care, said that social isolation and loneliness can alter a...

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