Danbury’s Western Connecticut State University will host planetarium shows and public sky viewings beginning in February and continuing into May at the planetarium and observatory on the university’s Westside campus, located at 47 Lake Ave. Extension. The events are free and the public is… Read more »
Dr. George Kain traveled a long road to become a leader in the successful campaign to abolish the death penalty in Connecticut which finally came to fruition in 2012. This past November, he journeyed to Rome to join justice ministers and opponents of capital… Read more »
Western Connecticut State University has created a music scholarship to honor the memory of 6-year-old Ana Grace Márquez-Greene, one of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. The Ana Grace Márquez-Greene Music Scholarship Fund was established to pay tribute to Márquez-Greene’s… Read more »
UTC Power unit designed to maximize efficiency of electricity and heat usage Danbury’s Western Connecticut State University (WestConn) stands to reap significant energy cost savings and enhanced electricity and heating efficiencies thanks to a project currently under way to install a fuel cell power unit for… Read more »
Danbury’s Western Connecticut State University is in the process of notifying students, their families, and other constituents that their personal information may have been exposed to unauthorized access by a computer system vulnerability that has since been corrected. WestConn has found no evidence that… Read more »
Legendary jazz pianist Mulgrew Miller will perform in concert with five Western Connecticut State University student ensembles at 8pm. on Friday, November 30, in Ives Concert Hall in White Hall on the university’s Midtown campus, 181 White Street in Danbury, Connecticut. General admission… Read more »
Forestry and horticulture expert Dr. Jeffrey S. Ward will visit Danbury’s Western Connecticut State University to discuss the history of the Connecticut forest and explain its evolution on Wednesday, November 28 at 4pm. Ward’s talk, “A Short History of the Connecticut Forest” will be… Read more »
Television viewers across western Connecticut will receive real-time coverage of local and statewide results in the November 6 elections provided by a crew of more than 40 Western Connecticut State University (WestConn) students and faculty members who will present a four-hour live election-night broadcast… Read more »
Anticipation is building for the mid-October visit by the 14th Dalai Lama to Western Connecticut State University in Danbury. While the October 18 “The Art of Compassion” and October 19 “Advice for Daily Life” talks are sold out, the university plans to offer several options… Read more »
Danbury’s Western Connecticut State University will hold its second annual carnival to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project from 11am to 5pm on Saturday, September 29 on the lawn of the Science Building on the university’s Midtown campus. Admission will be $10 for adults and $3… Read more »
Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, Connecticut will be hosting two big name acts in the coming weeks: Big Sean on September 28, a rapper from Detroit who has collaborated with this likes of Nicki Minaj, Kayne West, and Justin Beiber, and Phillip Glass… Read more »
Western Connecticut State University (WestConn), in cooperation with Redding, Connecticut’s Do Ngak Kunphen Ling (DNKL) Buddhist Center, will present “Reflection: Indra’s Net”, an exhibit of sculpture, sound and music, to mark the beginning of a series of arts and music events that will culminate with… Read more »
His Holiness the Dalai Lama will come to Western Connecticut State University (WestConn) in October 2012 for two public talks, “The Art of Compassion” on Thursday, Oct. 18, and “Advice for Daily Life” on Friday, Oct. 19. The talks will take place in the… Read more »
Western Connecticut State University will celebrate student research and present a lecture by WCSU Associate Professor of Nursing and author Dr. Mary Ellen Doherty at the eighth annual WestConn Research Day (WRD) on Friday, May 4. WCSU President James W. Schmotter will offer introductory… Read more »
MASTER GUITARISTS Jim Hall and Julian Lage and legendary saxophonist George Garzone will be among the featured performers during Western Connecticut State University’s 17th annual Jazz Fest from Thursday, April 26, through Saturday, April 28. Lage will appear as guest artist with the… Read more »
The Western Connecticut State University Masters of Fine Arts thesis exhibition opens at 4:30pm on Thursday, March 29 in the Higgins Gallery, room 101 in Higgins Hall, at the University’s Midtown campus, located at 181 White Street in Danbury. This year’s thesis class includes seven… Read more »