Public Safety is tracking a significant snowfall that will be arriving in our area late Sunday morning (Jan. 25). It will snow heavily throughout the day and evening eventually tapering off Monday (Jan. 26) with 10-14 inches expected statewide. A sleet and freezing rain mix is also possible along the shore. Temperatures will be in the teens and twenties.
Due to this significant winter storm and the extensive campus clean-up operations that will need to take place, all in-person day and evening classes scheduled for Monday, January 26, 2026 have been cancelled. All scheduled in-person classes will transition to being held online or remotely. Additional information on the virtual format for each class will be provided by your instructor.
Faculty have been asked to prepare for Online or Remote sessions in the event of in-person meeting cancellations. These options will be determined by the Faculty member and all questions should be directed to the Faculty teaching each course section. Faculty also have been asked to be very understanding and accommodating of the individual situations of their students who may have difficulty managing these alternative online or remote class meetings on short notice.
Please note that only essential employees, as previously determined by their respective department leaders, should report to campus. All other employees should fulfill the requirements of their role remotely.
Campus operations for residential students, unless otherwise noted, will operate as scheduled, though hours may be modified or changed based on the conditions. Separate messages will be sent from the Peterson Library, the Beckerman Recreation Center, and Dining Services regarding any changes to their normal hours of operation. The Bergami Center for Science, Technology, and Innovation will remain open for residential students to use for study space and to participate in online classes.
Off-campus students that live in the City of West Haven should abide by the city’s parking ban during inclement weather to avoid having their vehicle tagged and towed. Please check the City of West Haven’s website for further information on their snow parking ban.
The Charger Blog
Inspired by a criminology course she took, Isabelle Hajek ’22 conducted a project as part of her Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship that, she hopes, will eventually make a meaningful difference in reducing harmful adolescent behaviors.
September 15, 2020
When Isabelle Hajek ’22 took a criminology course at the University of New Haven, she became fascinated by the relationship between parent and peer relationships and the impact of adolescent deviance. What she learned sparked even more questions – some of which had not yet been answered by research.
A psychology major, Hajek took the opportunity to find some of the answers herself through the University’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program.
As part of her project, she explored the relationship between the quality of parent and peer relationships on the likelihood of deviance. Her research focused on the emotional and communication aspects of relationships and how they impact adolescent behavior.
“Because the behaviors we focused on are harmful – not only to society but to the individuals externalizing them – I hope this research can provide the some of the missing pieces needed to reduce their occurrence,” she said. “Behaviors such as drug and alcohol use and abuse are difficult to remedy after they occur and, as such, understanding why they begin in the first place can aid in creating prevention programs and initiatives.”
Working closely with Kendell Coker, Ph.D., Hajek began by conducting background research into adolescent deviance and its connection to parent and peer relationships. She gained a deeper understanding of the current research in the field and decided how to structure her examination. She conducted a preliminary analysis to explore which strategies would be most appropriate for the data, then ran the analysis and explored the results.
“Starting this project was a little intimidating because I had never done anything like this before,” said Hajek, who is also a resident assistant at the University. “Dr. Coker has been a great help and teacher throughout the process. When it comes to making decisions about analytics and variable selection, he always listens to what I have to say and makes me feel more like a colleague than a mentee.”
Hajak completed her project virtually due to the global coronavirus pandemic, and she says she had access to all the resources she needed to seamlessly complete her work. She is still finalizing her findings, and she plans to conduct more analysis on some of the emerging relationships.
“I have learned a lot about the process of research from working on this project,” she said. “I have never edited my own writing or rerun analytics more than while working on this project, and I have developed a great amount of patience with myself and my learning process. I have also gained greater statistical literacy in working on this research.”
University News
New University-wide council will advance strategic partnerships, immersive student opportunities, and innovative research, supporting the University’s strategic plan the development of its pioneering Center for Innovation and Applied Technology.
The Charger Blog
Entrepreneur David Sussman, Pompea College of Business Advisory Board Member and chief visionary officer of The Family Security Plan®, is collaborating with University of New Haven students, faculty, and staff to create a program and app that helps Chargers support each other to achieve academic, personal, and professional goals. It’s called Uccountability.
University News
Vice President for Innovation and Applied Technology Paul Lavoie will serve on the Board of Directors and as America’s Chief Manufacturing Officer for the newly launched American Manufacturing Futures Institute.