For the first time, seniors at a local high school came together to try and financially support other classmates who can’t afford to go on the end of year senior trip. We hear from Kaden and Nate of Jonathan Law in Milford about the First Annual Car Show and what you can expect from the show March 2, 2024.
According to national statistics, an estimated 9% of the U.S. population will have an eating disorder in their lifetime. This week (Feb. 26-Mar 3) is Eating Disorder Awareness Week and there are a lot of misconceptions around the topic. We tackle the truth about the issue and how to get help with Quinnipiac associate professor, Clotilde Dudley-Smith.
Dudley-Smith has presented at the National Teaching Professors Conference on Education and Prevention of Eating Disorders in College Students. She has written for peer-reviewed journals on the topic of anorexia nervosa and risk of exercise. She received grant funding for Interdisciplinary research on eating disorders. The grant enabled research on the education and prevention of eating disorders in college students. She has also been a member and co-leader of the education division of the International Association of Eating Disorders’ Connecticut chapter.
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This week (Feb 26-Mar 3) is Eating Disorder Awareness Week and about nine percent of the US population struggles with an eating disorder in their lifetime. But what is the long term effect of an eating disorder on your body? Are there treatments that can help break the habits? Can your body ever revert back to the way it was before the disorder took over? We tackled all of those questions with Dr. Fred Browne of Griffin Health.
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Age discrimination in the workplace continues to be a national discussion, especially ahead of this upcoming presidential election involving President Biden and former President Trump. But this month, the controversy emerged again here in Connecticut, specifically surrounding a local hospital. According to court documents, a former Waterbury Hospital executive filed a lawsuit against her ex-employer alleging she was fired for her age. We talked about the case and gave listeners insight on how to handle age discrimination in the workplace from Attorney Gary Phelan. He is an employment attorney at Mitchell and Sheahan and law professor at Quinnipiac University.
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In an effort to help homeless veterans and their families find permanent housing, The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) awarded $14 million in HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing vouchers to 66 Public Housing Agencies across the country. In Connecticut, three agencies were awarded $500,213 for a total of 44 vouchers. We had the distinct honor of talking about the program to Richard Minnocchio, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of The US Department of Housing and Urban Development Public and Indian Housing.
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Wednesday’s “Connecticut Today” featured audio highlights of Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim’s fourth win over challenger John Gomes (00:30) and a chat with the mayor about his win (10:07). Only in Bridgeport” blogger Lennie Grimaldi broke down the Bridgeport mayoral election (16:36), while Hearst Connecticut Media columnist and editor Dan Haar dropped by with his weekly update (29:14)
The Ponus Ridge Middle School Samsung Solve for Tomorrow STEM team joins Lisa Wexler to discuss their street lamp project for the national competition. After becoming 1 of 10 National Finalists, winning $12,000, they could win $100,000 and hope Norwalk puts their award-winning street lamps, that will harness both solar energy and storm runoff water for power, into practical use around their city.
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Find out about The Housatonic Museum of Art and a new exhibit opening in March that will excite anyone who loves sports and photography! We spoke with Jennifer Kay-Reynolds, Director of the museum.
This week, Stratford is hosting its annual Restaurant Week with an offer no other CT municipality offers. We asked BRBC President, Dan Onofrio, about the free childcare option added to Stratford’s event and if more places could adopt this. Also, we talked about a bill being debated in Hartford looking at wages for restaurant workers and a pilot program one fast food chain is rolling out next year that’s raising eyebrows.
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This month, a horrific wrong-way crash on I-95, claimed four young lives in an instant. It also puts our deadly wrong way crash data ahead of where we were in 2023, which is not where we want to be. How is Connecticut attacking this problem? We spoke with Josh Morgan of the CT Department of Transportation to hear how new pilot programs are going, what new technologies are in effect and what new plans are being researched right now.
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