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.
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As a member of the University’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Nicole Stanaback ’23 has been taking images of fingerprints and developing a way to enhance them. Her work has already prepared her for her Honors thesis, and, she believes, her career.
August 10, 2022
Nicole Stanaback ’23 has spent part of her summer taking images of fingerprints as part of an exciting hands-on research project. Her work has given her the opportunity to gain immersive experience while learning to use the technology that she will work with when she begins her career.
A forensic science major, Stanaback is a member of the University’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program. As part of her project, she’s been taking 3D images of fingerprints and working to create an optimization protocol for Photoshop. Enhancements were applied to the images, which were then put in the FBI’s Universal Latent Workstation (ULW), yielding quality scores.
“It is important that a fingerprint receives an automated quality score by ULW as well as a manual quality score given by the analyst,” explains Stanaback. “These two quality scores are used to determine if the fingerprint is viable for identification.”
A member of the University’s Honors program, Stanaback says her SURF experience will help her expand upon her Honors thesis, which she plans to work on this fall. Her work is also already helping at least one graduate student collect data for her master’s thesis. Stanaback says the experience has been invaluable.
“SURF allowed me to gain additional experience in research, as research and development have been areas I have been particularly interested in,” she said. “The experience has also helped improve my ability to problem solve and communicate my ideas in a clear manner, as I have done this project remotely and could not show my mentor the issues that occurred in person.”
Stanaback worked under the mentorship of Josep De Alcaraz-Fossoul, Ph.D., an assistant professor. She says she’s grateful for the opportunity to learn from his expertise and experience in casework – specifically, with latent prints. She plans to submit her research to the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, and she hopes to present her work at the organization’s conference this winter.
“Dr. Fossoul has motivated and pushed me to move past what I thought were my limits,” she said. “What I thought were limits at the time ended up being just a little bump in the road to reaching my full potential. Because of this project, I learned how to use the ULW, which is important as many latent print examiners use this software in everyday casework. It has helped prepare me for my future career.”
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.
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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.