Ryan Gannon Earns Research Grant

Ryan Gannon

Ryan Gannon, son of Stanley and Tricia Nolan, Colchester, is awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health for a study of, Do Elevated Transcription Levels and the Deletion of the UNG1 Gene Influence Mutation Rate in S. cerevisiae.

Ryan, a junior biology major, graduated from Bacon Academy, Colchester, before [...]

450 Walkers Brave Rain to March for Babies

Walkers get ready to March for Babies at Bluff Point State Park on Sunday, April 23.

The rain didn’t dampen anyone’s spirits on Sunday when 450 walkers joined together in support of the smallest members of Connecticut’s communities – babies – by participating in March for Babies to benefit the March of Dimes.  At [...]

Sikorsky-Lockheed Martin Bid for VXX Presidential Helicopter

Governor M. Jodi Rell issued the following statement concerning the announcement that Connecticut-based helicopter maker Sikorsky and aerospace manufacturer Lockheed Martin are teaming together to bid on the U.S. Navy’s VXX presidential helicopter program:

“The news that Sikorsky – the provider of the Marine One fleet for every president since Dwight D. Eisenhower [...]

CT Salutes Lance Corporal Tyler Owen Griffin

Lance Corporal Tyler Owen Griffin

Governor M. Jodi Rell ordered U.S. and state flags to be flown at half-staff in memory of Marine Lance Corporal Tyler Owen Griffin of Voluntown. Tyler, 19, a 2008 graduate of Griswold High School, had served for 30 days in Afghanistan when he was killed by improvised [...]