Mueller in Hartford Business Journal, Pines and Poggio on Local Online News, and More

Ralph Mueller, dean of the University’s College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions (ENHP), was the subject of a question and answer interview with the Hartford Business Journal. (The article was posted on the HBJ website on Aug. 18 and is scheduled to be published in the Aug. 23 print edition.) Mueller talked about the benefits of the new collaboration agreement between Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center and the University of Hartford, saying that it “will include initiatives on clinical training for University students, continuing education for Saint Francis faculty and staff, strategic joint curriculum development and faculty hires, as well as research production and funding. It really is a win-win situation for both institutions because we will utilize, without unnecessary duplication, each other's strengths and resources.” To read the full article, click here.

Local Online News.tv did a feature story about the efforts by University of Hartford faculty and students to bring clean drinking water to the village of Abheypur, India. The story, which featured video taken by University students on their trips to Abheypur, highlighted the multidisciplinary approach to the issue by noting that the project involved students studying engineering, art, philosophy, and the social sciences. Interviewed for the story were David Pines, associate professor in the College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture, and Natacha Poggio, assistant professor in the Hartford Art School. To see the story, click here.

A preview article in the Hartford Courant on the annual New Haven Jazz Festival, which is taking place on Saturday, Aug. 21, highlighted the upcoming performances of Hartt School faculty members Steve Davis and Nat Reeves, as well as Hartt graduate Wayne Escoffery. The article, which is the Aug. 12 “Riffs” column in the Courant’s “Cal” section, noted that “the hard-swinging mainstream grooves of the Steve Davis Quintet” includes “bassist Nat Reeves, the trombonist/educator's longtime colleague both on the bandstand and in the classroom at The Hartt School's prestigious Jackie McLean Institute.” The article also says that “Although born in London, Escoffery grew up in New Haven. Based in New York, he's a graduate of The Hartt School, where he was mentored by the legendary saxophonist Jackie McLean.” To read the article, click here.

Renwick Griswold, associate professor of sociology in Hillyer College and faculty member for a course entitled “Sociology of the Connecticut River Watershed,” had a letter to the editor published in the Saturday, Aug. 14, issue of the Hartford Courant that urged citizens and legislative leaders to take protective measures for the Connecticut River shad. He concluded his pitch by asking readers to “please, enjoy a delicious dish of shad next spring. Mark Twain would, if he could.” To read Griswold's letter to the editor, click here.

Jason Biondo, a young entrepreneur and recent University of Hartford MBA graduate, was featured in The Wall Street Journal’s "Venture Capital Dispatch" blog on Aug. 17. The blog noted that Biondo had "created a rap song called ‘A Message to Entrepreneurs’ and last week posted it on YouTube in an obvious attempt to promote himself. To his credit, the beat is quite catchy and the lyrics could serve as a fist-pumping anthem for entrepreneurs." To read the blog and see the video, go to Venture Capital Dispatch.