Author: Alex Kuzma

HARTFORD – Nearly 1,000 Connecticut residents from across the state braved the cold to mark the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale war on Ukraine at the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford on February 25. U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), who has been a passionate advocate for aid to Ukraine, had just returned from Ukraine a...

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STORRS, Conn. – The University of Connec­ticut and the Dodd Center for Human Rights hosted a human rights summit on October 25-27 that brought together scholars and human rights leaders from around the world to assess the threats to democracy and the struggle for human rights. A primary focus of the summit was the continuing...

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It’s an old cliché: Information is power. So, too, is disinformation. In the face of disinformation, silence and cowardice can be deadly. There is a genocide unfolding in Ukraine. For this genocide to stop, we will need to win the war of truths over falsehoods. An informational war has been going on for decades, as...

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STAMFORD, Conn. – On Sunday, September 10, the Stamford Eparchy of the Ukrainian Catholic Church and St. Basil’s Seminary hosted their annual Ukrainian Day Festival. Despite torrential downpours in the late morning hours that drove many of the exhibitors indoors, the festival resumed in the afternoon, drawing thousands of visitors from across Connecticut, Massachusetts, New...

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BROOKLINE, Mass. – The Boston Friends of the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) hosted a cocktail reception and lecture featuring the dean of the school’s award-winning applied science program. Prof. Yaroslav Prytula offered a bold and inspiring vision with a PowerPoint presentation titled “How the IT Sector is Defending Democracy in Ukraine.” The event was held...

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SAN FRANCISCO – Metropolitan Archbishop Borys Gudziak was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of San Francisco during the university’s spring commencement ceremony on May 19. Archbishop Gudziak was invited to deliver the commencement address at the venerable institution, which, since 1855, has dedicated itself to offering a dynamic liberal arts education in the...

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What a spectacular concert we witnessed at Carnegie Hall on December 4. It celebrated the centennial of the first U.S. performance of our beloved carol “Shchedryk.” This concert, envisioned by the singular Marta Kolomayets before her untimely death in 2020, came to spectacular fruition thanks to the diligence of her partners at the Fulbright Program,...

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NEW YORK CITY – On a beautiful fall day in Manhattan, nearly 240 guests gathered to attend the 19th annual benefit luncheon in support of the Ukrainian Catholic University at The Yale Club on November 6. The event raised more than $350,000 to benefit the university, with special attention this year focused on funding scholarships...

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Visits to technology center chart course for Ukraine’s reconstruction SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The city of San Antonio, Texas, rolled out the red carpet for a delegation of 40 business leaders and philanthropists from western Ukraine who visited the United States on a goodwill tour on October 11-13 to promote their country’s struggle for freedom...

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HARTFORD, Conn. – In a forceful show of solidarity with the people of Ukraine, five members of the U.S. Congressional delegation from Connecticut held a joint press conference on October 25 at the Ukrainian National Home (UNH) in Hartford, Conn., where they pledged their continued support for Ukraine and denounced any efforts to weaken U.S....

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STAMFORD, Conn. – Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont and U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal attended the annual Ukrainian Day Festival hosted by St. Basil’s Ukrainian Catholic Seminary in Stamford, Conn., on September 12. It was the first in-person festival hosted by the Seminary since the COVID-19 pandemic began, and the event drew hundreds of visitors from across...

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There is a macabre scene in Kevin Costner’s epic film “Dances with Wolves” where Lt. John J. Dunbar and his crude muleskinner partner known only as Timmons come across the decomposing body of a white settler, his rib cage riddled with arrows.  Timmons breaks the silence with his dark humor: “I bet I know what...

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