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\u201cThis team has filled Connecticut and their loyal fans with immense pride, further cementing Connecticut as the Basketball Capital of the World. Go Bants!\u201d
\n\u2014Richard Blumenthal<\/strong>, U.S. senator for Connecticut, on the Trinity men\u2019s basketball team winning the 2025 Division III national championship; Patch, May 19, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI constantly see people will talk for us, but we really don\u2019t have an equal voice at the table.\u201d
\n\u2014Marisol Garcia IDP\u201922<\/strong>, on formerly incarcerated individuals; CT Mirror, May 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen preventive systems disappear, we spend more on crisis care that could have been avoided.\u201d
\n\u2014William J. Bannon IV \u201928<\/strong>, on the potential \u201csilent unraveling\u201d of Connecticut\u2019s public health care infrastructure; CT Mirror, April 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cOver time I have become aware of the decline in bird populations, and I have decided to do something about it.\u201d
\n\u2014Clare Rossini<\/strong>, artist-in-residence, emerita, on why she plans to do programs on birds as the poet laureate of West Hartford, Connecticut; West Hartford Life<\/em>, June 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cIndividuals take the lessons learned from the experience in the football program\u2014such as hard work, discipline, resolve, teamwork, collaboration, bouncing back after setbacks\u2014and apply them throughout the rest of their lives. This is still the same experience at Trinity as it was 100 years ago. I take great pride in that.\u201d
\n\u2014Joe Shield \u201985<\/strong>, on his time as a student-athlete and his path to the NFL; Bennington Banner<\/em>, April 25, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cCalling it an attack makes it sound unprovoked. Dogs that are off leash and get between a bear and their escape route, their food, or their cubs will cause this reaction\u2014this was not an unprovoked attack, and hunting bears would not have prevented it.\u201d
\n\u2014Susan A. Masino<\/strong>, Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of Applied Science, on a recent negative bear interaction and the debate on bear hunting; The Hartford Courant<\/em>, June 30, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWe welcome the perspective and experience that Alden brings to the board; he will help to sustain and accelerate our momentum as we develop an array of public programs, special events, and new exhibitions attracting new people into our midst, electrifying the entire museum.\u201d
\n\u2014Jeffrey N. Brown<\/strong>, president and CEO of Hartford\u2019s Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, on the election of Alden R. Gordon \u201969, Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of Fine Arts, Emeritus, to Wadsworth\u2019s board; Patch, May 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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