Mary Isbell, Ph.D., assistant professor of English and director of First-Year Writing and the Writing Center, has always loved woodworking. With a small set of tools at home, she was limited to what ...

A first attempt to fire a rocket went awry. “Relaunch!” people shouted. Next to a computer-controlled beer brewing system and whirring 3-D printers, Mayor John DeStefano deployed a glitter-streaming ...

Pablo Cruz, 8, Vinny LaRocca and Lucas Nichols, 13, navigating the Axis touchscreen remote interface. Credit: Melanie Espinal photo Vinny LaRoca pressed buttons on a remote, and to the delight of ...

NEW HAVEN — This wasn’t an ordinary ribbon-cutting. Instead, there was a block of wood, an electric saw and two participants wearing goggles behind yellow caution tape. MakeHaven, a space for ...

NEW HAVEN >> Imagine a place — a two-storied space downtown, actually — where you can create anything you can conjure up, from personal jewelry to public map and beyond. MakeHaven, located at 266 ...

The new and improved MakeHaven, the Elm City’s workshop for “makers, creators, tinkerers and dreamers” is officially up and running. Leaders of the nonprofit, membership-based organization joined city ...

NEW HAVEN >> Bruce O’Donnell of Cheshire, recently retired from PricewaterhouseCoopers, received a Christmas gift from his wife that is giving him the opportunity to help children around the world.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — People around Connecticut continue to amaze us with their kindness and their willingness to help others during this pandemic. Now, a group of do-it-yourselfers (DIY) is ...

Regina Bohn shows some of the hundreds of masks she has sewn at home. Regina Bohn of Hamden with some of the face masks she has sewn for donation. Volunteers for MakeHaven, a New Haven maker space, ...