From the Publisher: Applaud Our Grads!

The Resident celebrates our graduates.  Hats off to the U.S.  Coast Guard Academy, New London, on its 128th Commencement Ceremony graduating 225 cadets.  The Honorable Janet Napolitano, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, gave the commencement address, stating, “…You will face a dynamic, ever-changing threat environment and there has never been a greater demand [...]

UConn Professor Wins Medal

Robert R. Birge, The Harold S. Schwenk, Sr., Distinguished Chair in Chemistry, UConn, won the 2009 CT Medal of Science, the State’s highest award for scientists. Frank W. Ridley, chairman, Board of Governors for Higher Education, presented the award at the annual meeting of the CT Academy of Science and Engineering in Windsor [...]