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The University of Connecticut has released its list of 2012 graduates. Locally, graduating students include Frank Celeste and Nicholas Woolsey, both of Hudson; Evan Childs, Joelle LaBossiere, and Victoria Vissat, all of Marlborough; David Armanini and Bernard Cabral, both of Northborough; Maggie Collins and Caroline Theodoss, both of Shrewsbury; ... (more)

College students spend less time studying now than they did about a decade ago, according to a new report released earlier this month.

The Ashford man charged in connection with an attempted abduction of a woman near Horse Barn Hill and Gurleyville Roads on the University of Connecticut campus earlier this month has been found competent to stand trial, according to a report by The Hartford Courant .

By the time the state's plodding economic recovery finally takes off in 2014, it could be too late to compensate for an aging workforce closing in on its retirement, says a report released today by the University of Connecticut.

Congratulations to these students from Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow who have recently crossed stages at colleges and universities to receive undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Millbury Savings Bank has elected three new corporators. Each will serve a 10-year term.

It's the day theA E.O. Smith Regional High School senior class has been waiting for - the senior prom is tonight at the University of Connecticut's Rome Ballroom and we can't wait to see your photos!A We know there will be plenty of cameras capturing every moment so take a minute to upload them to Mansfield-Storrs Patch so all of the Patch readers ... (more)

The University of Connecticut's hockey team is one of the first collegiate teams to speak out against bullying and homophobia.

Tonight is the graduation of The High School at Moorpark College . The event will take place at the Performing Arts Center on campus, starting at 6 p.m. The keynote speaker will be Andi Mallen, the high school's first principal.

The United Nations estimates that as many as 110 million active land mines are buried in the ground in 68 countries around the globe.

Although Deirdre Osypuk will be new to the area when she starts as director of special education and student services for Darien Public Schools July 1, she is not new to the field.

The University of Connecticut is currently working to address a power outage affecting the Storrs campus.

The Connecticut Economic Outlook, published by economists at the University of Connecticut, said Thursday that employment growth will be weak, creating only about 35,000 jobs in the next two years.

I am writing in response to the May 15 letter, " Not taxpayer job to pay others' tuition ," because I am shocked by how drastically out of touch the writer is with the reality of the costs of higher education.

The Lyme-Old Lyme Board of Education has selected Ian Neviaser, pictured left, to be the new superintendent of schools.

"If you love flowers, landscaping and gardening, Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens ' spring tour will give you great ideas for what to do with yours," Dianne Farley said while standing in the garden she built outside her Stamford home.

State Rep. Bill Wadsworth, R-Farmington, has announced that he will seek re-election to the State House of Representatives.

The Fairfield County Sports Hall of Fame on Tuesday announced its next class of honorees to be recognized in the Hall of Fame's University of Connecticut wing, which pays tribute to athletes from the county that went on to stellar careers at the state university.

A The University of Connecticut has hired a former biotech researcher and business woman to lead to its Tech-Knowledge Portal program, an initiative that is designed to help foster new businesses, according to a story in UConn Today.

Graduates from more than 20 countries have received their degrees from the University of Connecticut's School of Law , where civil rights leader and U.S. Congressman John Lewis from Georgia's 5th district urged them to use law to lift society to a higher plane.