SSILL News
What Happened, What's New, What's Upcoming?Registration for Fall 2026 begins Wednesday, August 19th, and continues through the semester!
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SEA TURTLES OF LONG ISLAND SOUND
Presenter: MaryEllen Mateleska, Mystic Aquarium. There are four different species who have been found in Long Island Sound (Green sea turtles, Loggerhead sea turtles, Leatherback sea turtles and the Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles).
SANCTUARY KITCHEN
Sanctuary kitchen offers catering, culinary training, sells their food at local Farmer’s markets to provide wonderful opportunities for work, and friendship for refugees in the United States to start a better life.
How Digital Technology has Revolutionized Diabetes Care
Digital Medical devices can monitor and help manage children’s Diabetes.
THE LIVING VILLAGE – Yale Divinity School
For the Living Village, everything from the architecture, building materials, solar energy, water supply and management, landscaping and lighting is being planned with the concept of leaving a positive footprint on the environment.
The Holocaust as it unfolded in Italy.
The Italian Jewish Community was distinct, its origin traceable over 2000 years. The Holocaust had a monumental impact in Italy as well as the Roman Catholic Church.
Trip: Bus Tour of Historic Wethersfield, CT.
A tour of the historic homes in Wethersfield, Connecticut, including the Hurlburt-Dunham Museum, the Cove Warehouse, the Comstock Ferry Seed Company and lunch at the Heirloom Cafe.
Know us before you need us: Hospice and Palliative Care 101
This Talk was about Palliative Care and Hospice Care offered by Middlesex Health. Details of the many types of wholistic support they offer to both caregivers and their ill loved ones
Justice Denied: A Personal Perspective
The story of the Japanese incarceration during WorldWar II as seen through the eyes of her Japanese American family.
United States Coast Guard Band Clarinet Quartet
The United States Coast Guard Band Clarinet Quartet thrilled our audience with works from Mendelssohn, Shostakovich and others with virtuoso performances.
Swamp Forests, Great Apes, and Conservation Realities
Katherine Meyer spoke of her research into Primates and Conservation Realities in Indonesia and the Republic of Congo.
Manet, Renoir & the revolution of Impressionist Art
Bob Potter spoke of the artwork created by some of the most famous impressionists of the 19th Century. Manet, Renoir and other fellow artists.
Shorebirds of Connecticut
A delightful and informative talk about the Connecticut Shorebirds given by Joe Attwater from the Connecticut Audubon Society. Oystercatchers, Plovers, Sandpipers and more.
