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Meriden Resident Meets Former 'ABC World News' Anchor Charles Gibson at Quinnipiac University

Michael Barrett, a faculty member at Quinnipiac University, was among the 800 people to attend Gibson's recent visit in Hamden.

Hamden, Conn. – Michael Barrett of Meriden, right, director of development for the School of Communications at the College of Arts and Sciences at Quinnipiac University, was among the more than 800 people who attended a lecture by former “ABC World News” Anchor and “Good Morning America” Host Charles Gibson on Sept. 20 at Quinnipiac.

Gibson’s lecture, "The (Im)Balance of Power in Washington: How Things Went Off the Rails and How They Can Be Fixed," was one of the many events offered at the university to celebrate Constitution Week. Watch the lecture.

Quinnipiac is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian institution located 90 minutes north of New York City and two hours from Boston.

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The university enrolls 6,200 full-time undergraduate and 2,300 graduate students in 58 undergraduate and more than 20 graduate programs of study in its School of Business and Engineering, School of Communications, School of Education, School of Health Sciences, School of Law, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, School of Nursing and College of Arts and Sciences.


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