From the phones in our pockets to the tablets and computers in our backpacks, growing up in the “age of technology” is a double-edged sword. Using the Internet is a daily activity for students, but most don’t stop to think about what happens to the information that’s gathered about them when they go online.
Welty Gala Returns to Campus
Cromwell students, faculty temporarily scattered across campus
Fall Semester Stress
Students, faculty and staff have been through a lot since Spring 2020. There were hopes that this semester would be back to normal — and there are a lot more face-to-face classes and social activities this Fall — but safety precautions are continuing because of the spread of the Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus.
Radio station suffers power outage due to winter storm
Small businesses innovate during Pandemic
Music by Women Festival goes virtual, lasts all month
In the midst of this pandemic, the fifth annual festival is being held virtually. Every night this month at 7:30 p.m., new concerts are being posted to the Music by Women website and YouTube channel. The concerts are completely free to the public, and they will continue to stay up for viewing following the festival.
Valentine's Day not the same for couples during COVID-19
Pandemic sees streaming services premiering movies on small screen, theatre at same time
For about a year, COVID-19 has impacted our day-to-day lives in so many different ways. From having to wear a mask, socially distancing from one another, and even the way we have to view new movie releases, everything seems different. Although streaming services have been around for quite some time, they have become a new alternative to going to the cinema.
Students have hopes, concerns about vaccines
COVID-19 has now been around since late 2019 and came to the United States in early 2020. The virus has changed the course of many people’s lives. As of late February, 500,000 people in the U.S. had died.
Scientists have been working hard to develop a vaccine since the cases started. As the numbers increased so too did their efforts. Vaccines usually take years to develop. However, vaccines developed by Moderna and Pfizer have recently been approved for use after less than a year from the initial impact of the coronavirus.