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.
University News
Professor Matthew Schmidt, a University of New Haven associate professor of national security and political science who is an expert on U.S. military issues, spoke to TIME magazine about President Trump’s State of the Union declaration about North Korea.
February 6, 2019
In an interview with TIME magazine shortly after the State of the Union, Matthew Schmidt, a University of New Haven associate professor of national security and political science, called categorically false President Trump’s assertion that if he was not elected president, the United States would be in a war with North Korea.
"It’s extreme myopia to think that your own administration can claim that kind of credit," he told TIME. "Most importantly, is that Trump simply writes South Korea out of this story. The work of the government in Seoul in averting war, and in setting up Trump’s meeting with Kim, is the real driver of peace in the peninsula."
A former instructor of strategic and operational planning at the U.S. Army’s School of Advanced Military Studies, he was part of the core team on the Project on National Security Reform, an initiative sponsored by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates that recommended major reforms to the U.S. intelligence and national security community after 9/11.
"The work of the government in Seoul in averting war, and in setting up Trump’s meeting with Kim, is the real driver of peace in the peninsula."Matthew Schmidt, Ph.D.
The author of four books, Schmidt is expert on U.S. foreign policy in North Korea and the coordinator of the University’s bachelor’s degree in international development and diplomacy.
He spoke previously to TIME – following President Trump’s declaration that North Korea no longer poses a nuclear threat – about the system in which intelligence officials determine global threats. He said North Korea, despite agreeing to close some testing sites, still maintains a strong weapons capability.
"As every credible analyst will tell you, the reason is because the Kim regime has no power in the international realm," Schmidt told TIME. "Kim himself has no respect in the international realm without the nuclear program. There’s almost no chance that the North Korean regime is going to give up its weapons program, that it’s going to give up the one thing that gives it leverage on the Korean peninsula, or in the world."
"Dr. Schmidt meets with me and other graduate and undergraduate students all day, every day. There is probably no one else at the University who shares as much of his personal time with his students."David Berghel ’19 M.S.
In December, Schmidt received the University’s Bucknall Excellence in Teaching Award, one of its most esteemed honors.
"He is one of the most caring and compassionate educators around," said David Berghel ’19 M.S., one of Schmidt’s students. "Dr. Schmidt meets with me and other graduate and undergraduate students all day, every day. There is probably no one else at the University who shares as much of his personal time with his students."
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.