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This new image of a portion of the Helix Nebula from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope highlights comet-like knots shaped by fierce stellar winds and layers of gas and dust shed off by a dying star interacting with its surrounding environment. Webb’s image also shows the stark transition between the hottest gas to the coolest gas as the shell expands out from the central white dwarf. Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI)
May 15, 2026
Free planetarium show: James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope continues to reveal new discoveries. Join us as we explore these cosmic wonders at this free planetarium show. Doors to the planetarium will open 30 minutes before show
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May 16, 2026
Commencement
For full ceremony details, go to https://www.ccsu.edu/commencement
A pile of black and white photographs
June 3, 2026
Scholars for Life: Organizing Photos the Tell Your Family Story
Scholars for Life is Central's popular speaker series featuring dinner and a rotating lineup of speakers and topics. Dinner will be served at 5 p.m. and the talk will begin at 6 p.m. The talk and
4 ⁄ 10 More details 43rd ID soldiers landing on Rendova Island in the Solomon Islands on June 30, 1943.
June 17, 2026
Scholars for Life: The 43rd Infantry Division in WW II
Scholars for Life is Central's popular speaker series featuring dinner and a rotating lineup of speakers and topics. Dinner will be served at 5 p.m. and the talk will begin at 6 p.m. The talk and
A group of rowdy ghouls appears, including, at far right, a demon in a red robe with a hand scroll. Featured on PDR in the collection Kawanable Kyōsai’s Night Parade of One Hundred Demons (1890)
June 23, 2026
'Yokai Parade' exhibition opening
All are welcome to attend an opening reception for the Japan Foundation special traveling exhibit " Yokai Parade: Supernatural Monsters from Japan" to be held on the second floor of the Elihu Burritt
Logo of America 250 celebration
July 7, 2026
Scholars for Life: America's 250th and Connecticut's Role, Then and Now
Scholars for Life is Central's popular speaker series featuring dinner and a rotating lineup of speakers and topics. Dinner will be served at 5 p.m. and the talk will begin at 6 p.m. The talk and