The West Haven area has received a significant snowfall with 16 inches of snow already on the ground. Due to this and the extensive campus clean-up operations that will need to take place: All in-person day and evening classes scheduled for Tuesday, February 24, 2026 will transition to being held online or remotely..
Campus operations for residential students will be modified based on expected conditions. Separate messages will be sent from various offices and departments regarding changes to normal hours of operation. Current students, faculty, and staff can find the latest information about operations on myCharger (login required).
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.
Residential students should be prepared to move their vehicles, if requested, for snow removal operations. If you are parked on a public street in West Haven, please move your vehicle off-street as a snow parking ban has been issued prohibiting vehicles from parking on all public streets. A list of off-street parking lots can be found on the City of West Haven’s website.
University News
In a University-wide message, President Kaplan cites CDC advisory in requiring all students and faculty to return to the United States
March 1, 2020
Dear Members of the Campus Community,
I am writing to provide you an important update. In response to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. State Department raising travel and health advisory levels in all of Italy to warning level 3 and their recommendation that travelers avoid nonessential travel to Italy, I have made the decision to temporarily suspend all operations at our campus in Tuscany.
Therefore, I am requiring that all students and faculty currently in Tuscany return to the United States. I regret to have to do this, but I believe this is the most prudent choice to make at this time.
As we did for the group that returned on Friday, we are asking individuals coming back from Tuscany not to return to the University’s West Haven or Orange campuses until the conclusion of Spring Break. These individuals are being encouraged to follow the health protocols that we have outlined on the University website.
Should conditions permit, my hope is that we will be able to offer the impacted students the option to return to the Tuscany campus following the conclusion of Spring Break. We are communicating regularly with these students about the continuation of their studies through Spring Break and beyond.
The decision to temporarily suspend operations on our Tuscany campus is one I do not make lightly and was made following consultation with various U.S. and Italian health and governmental agencies.
I believe that our health and governmental institutions are acting in the best interests of people across the globe, and we must be responsive to their actions. With few exceptions, colleges and universities across the U.S. are responding in kind.
Over the eight years that we have had the Prato campus, I have spoken with several hundred of the students who have been there. I also personally created the campus and engaged Tuscany Campus Dean Kevin Murphy to run it. I know what our students there this spring are being forced to leave behind and how difficult this is for them.
I, thus, have struggled with whether to allow our students to stay on in Prato to see if the health threat subsides; but with the CDC increasing the risk level, I see no other option but to temporarily suspend all operations at the Tuscany campus until the situation in Italy has normalized.
My main concern continues to be protecting the wellbeing of everyone in our University community. We will continue to update the University community as necessary. Thank you in advance for helping to ease the impact of those affected by this situation.
With best wishes,
Steven H. Kaplan, Ph.D.
President
The Charger Blog
Entrepreneur David Sussman partnered with the University of New Haven to pilot Uccountability, a program designed to strengthen student success through structured peer accountability. Students from the first cohort shared the far-reaching impact of their experiences.
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The University of New Haven has signed a master research agreement with Capewell Aerial Systems, a Connecticut aerospace manufacturer, to provide hands-on engineering projects and internships focused on aviation safety and advanced manufacturing.
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Kat Swistak '26 reflects on her journey from a small town in New Jersey to the University of New Haven to study forensic science. A marketing minor, she talked about her work with Charger Athletics, including serving as the social media manager for women's rugby and field hockey as well as being part of Chargers Creative, the student-led group that supports social and digital media that generate millions of impressions for the University's Division I athletics teams. This work, as well as her involvement with the Office of Marketing and Communications student content team has broadened her career aspirations to work in content creation. She also talked about her plans for the Women in Sports Club, which she hopes will be her legacy as a Charger. "I'm so glad that I came here. I wouldn't have been able to grow and be who I am without coming here."