August 20, 2018 EditionEdition

🔒LEGO supports all-girls summer program

Thanks to LEGO’s partnership, the all-girl Horizons at The Ethel Walker School summer program in Simsbury expanded its program to pre-K, increasing enrollment to 85 students. The program enables young […]

🔒How to differentiate stars vs. job-doers

“The Power of People Skills — How to Eliminate 90% of Your HR Problems and Dramatically Increase...

🔒Farmington Bank employees volunteer at E. Hartford elementary school

Dozens of Farmington Bank employees recently taught the fundamentals of work readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy to...

🔒Efficiency contractor: CT funding raid taking its toll

The legislature's decision late last year to raid $165 million in energy-efficiency funds to help solve the state's budget deficit is playing out about as badly as expected for efficiency contractors.
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🔒CT must reverse course to prevent outmigration

It's hard to imagine that there were so many gubernatorial candidates in Connecticut given the daunting task of trying to reconcile the perilous state of the state's finances.

🔒UHart, UConn set to launch insurtech curriculum

Q&A talks with UConn Business School professor Timothy Folta and University of Hartford Barney School of Business clinical instructor Ken Goldstein about the schools' joint insurtech program.

🔒How one contractor helped design and build the state’s $769M Hartford rail line

Learn how one contractor helped design and build the state's $769 million Hartford rail line.

🔒Greenfield aims to lift Harriet Beecher Stowe Center’s national profile

As Briann Greenfield takes the helm at the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, she plans to promote the center as a bridge between social justice issues of the past and present.
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🔒Newton reflects on tenure leading UConn Foundation

As the first member of his family to graduate college, which was made possible by a scholarship, outgoing UConn Foundation CEO Joshua R. Newton sees his work in university philanthropy as “paying it forward.”

🔒Will general election moderate unrealistic policy ideas?

The field of candidates vying for governor has finally been whittled down. Now that the primaries are over, the remaining contenders should also truncate their list of unrealistic policy ideas.

🔒In year two, UConn Hartford has growth plans, aims for tighter community connections

In year two, UConn Hartford has growth plans as campus administrators seek tighter community connections.

🔒ConnectiCare employees assist local nonprofits

Volunteers from ConnectiCare's Good Deeds program recently gathered at the ConnectiCare Center in Manchester to discuss their shared experience of participating in the new initiative led by the Farmington-based health insurer. In partnership with Leadership Greater Hartford, the Good Deeds program allows ConnectiCare members and employees to donate their time to help local nonprofits.
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🔒CT cybersecurity czar continues to sound the alarm

It can be unsettling to hear what Connecticut cybersecurity czar Arthur House has to say, and he probably wants it that way.

🔒An emerging venture capital ecosystem in a surprising place

When you think about the ideal location to launch a technology startup, Connecticut may not immediately make your short list, but it's a comer.

🔒CT manufacturers scramble to blunt metals tariffs

Connecticut manufacturers are scrambling to blunt the impact of Trump administration tariffs.
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