Southern Connecticut State University hosted the inaugural observance of Varian Fry Day on Wednesday, October 15, 2025—what would have been the American journalist’s 118th birthday. The event, held in Engleman Hall, commemorated Fry’s heroic efforts to rescue more than 2,000 refugees—many of them Jewish—from Nazi-occupied France during World War II. Fry’s legacy was honored through […] The post Connecticut Marks First Varian Fry Day at Southern Connecticut State University appea...
