A Fresh Approach to Mental Health Programming at University of Hartford: Fresh Check Day Connecticut, U.S – May 2017 – The rainy day didn’t stop University of Hartford (UHart) students from [...]
$75,000 Challenge Grant Benefiting the Jordan Porco Foundation Connecticut, U.S. – May 17, 2017—The Jordan Porco Foundation received their first dollar for dollar match thanks to Stephen [...]
The Miracle and Mystery of the UConn Swings, By Dr. Elizabeth Cracco, Ph.D. Dr. Elizabeth Cracco is the Director of Counseling and Mental Health Services at the University of Connecticut, Storrs [...]
‘Beyond the Reasons’ by Rachel Papke The Netflix series ’13 Reasons Why’ has sparked a national conversation about suicide. We see this happen a lot when there’s a [...]
News Stories and Headlines: Reporting on Suicide, by Rachel Papke The news of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez’s death by suicide is in today’s headlines across the nation. [...]
Reality TV: Keeping it Real, by Guest Blogger Deborah Bohling Deborah has a B.A. in Economics from the University of Connecticut but has spent most of her adult life as a full-time mother raising [...]
Sophie is 12 years old and lives in Colorado. She is an avid horseback rider, skier, volleyball player, and 4H girl. Sophie’s Uncle died by suicide before she was born. Hope has helped her and [...]
by Vincent Buffa, Guest Blogger As a college student, suicide wasn’t something that I knew a great deal about. However, having spent time as an intern with the Jordan Porco Foundation, things [...]