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Macricostas School of Arts & Sciences

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Poet, lawyer, former convict to present annual WCSU lecture

September 12, 2019December 1, 2021 hills

DANBURY, Conn. — A convicted carjacker who is now an acclaimed poet and a lawyer with a Yale degree will deliver a lecture as the […]

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What’s old is new again, as refurbished Higgins Hall returns to service

August 29, 2019March 5, 2024 hills

No doubt about it, Higgins Hall, which opened in 1951, had become dreary and grim. Classes continued to be held there until last year, but […]

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Master’s program prepares students to take local actions to address global crisis; graduate fellows sought: WCSU/SCSU initiative trains new generation of biodiversity defenders

July 31, 2019March 5, 2024 hills

DANBURY, CONN. — The sobering warning from a United Nations-backed panel that up to one million plant and animal species face imminent extinction because of […]

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WCSU student, alumnus to attend International Diplomacy Forum in Thailand

June 21, 2019March 5, 2024 hills

DANBURY, CONN. — When the International Diplomacy Forum convenes at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok, Thailand, in July 2019, emerging young professionals from […]

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Aquarion award cites professor for outreach to educate public about climate change: WCSU biologist Mitch Wagener honored as Environmental Champion

June 19, 2019March 5, 2024 hills

DANBURY, CONN. — Western Connecticut State University Professor of Biological and Environmental Sciences Dr. Mitch Wagener has received the 2019 Aquarion Environmental Champion Award for […]

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Master’s program prepares students to take local actions to address global crisis: WCSU/SCSU initiative trains new generation of biodiversity defenders

May 29, 2019March 5, 2024 hills

DANBURY, CONN. — The sobering warning from a United Nations-backed panel that up to one million plant and animal species face imminent extinction because of […]

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WCSU hosts Fifth Annual Media Arts Film Festival

April 30, 2019March 5, 2024 hills

DANBURY, CONN. — Western Connecticut State University will host its Fifth Annual Media Arts film Festival on Wednesday, May 1, 2019. Sponsored by the Broadcast […]

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Dr. Michelle Brown to begin new position on July 16: WCSU appoints dean of Macricostas School of Arts & Sciences

July 16, 2018March 5, 2024 hills

DANBURY, CONN. —   Dr. Michelle Brown has been appointed dean of the Macricostas School of Arts and Sciences at Western Connecticut State University. Brown begins […]

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