Francesco “Franco” Cardelli

Francesco “Franco” Cardelli, 70 a resident of Settefrati, Italy, passed away on June 6, 2023 in Italy.

Franco was born on December 28, 1952 in Settefrati, Italy. Franco was proudly employed by Procter and Gamble “la Procto” for 31 years. He was a proud veteran serving in the Italian Navy from August 29, 1969 to December 31, 1975.

Franco is survived by the love of his life Luigia Tamburro, whom he married on February 1, 1976. Also survived by his daughters, Antonia Cardelli (Tonino

Ronald Sturtevant, a longtime resident of Norwalk, passed away on June 18th, surrounded by his family. He was 81 years old. Ronald was the son of Donald Sturtevant and Elaine Sturtevant (Pollard). At the age of 19, he met the love of his life, Carole Sturtevant ( Jansen). They were married the following year.

As a plumbing and heating contractor, he ran a successful business for almost 50 years before retirement. His love for the outdoors started at an early age as a boy scout. Ron enjoyed camping, hunting, and fishing, as well as playing tennis with his wife and summer vacations at the family lake house in Maine. Ron was a devoted Christian and member of Bethany Church in Stamford for over 40 years. He volunteered with the Royal Rangers and offered to pick up anyone who wanted

Tatti) and Maria Elisa Cardelli (Paolo Silvagni) and grandchildren Aurora and Davide Silvagni, who called him “Nonno”.

Franco’s passing has left a great sadness and will be forever missed by his family and friends in Italy and the United States.

A memorial mass will be on July 17th, 2023, 10:00 A.M. at Sacred Heart Church, 37 Schuyler Avenue, Stamford CT. to go to church.

Ron is survived by his wife Carole, daughter Doris Tucciarone, son-in-law Luigi Tucciarone and their children Megan and Michael Tucciarone, as well as his sisters Patricia Pearcy and Nancy Hine, along with many nieces, and nephews. He was predeceased by his son David Sturtevant. Family and friends are invited to calling hours on Thursday, June 22nd from 4-7pm at Leo P. Gallagher & Son Funeral Home at 2900 Summer Street, Stamford, CT. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, June 24th at 11am at Bethany Church at 2 Scofieldtown Road, Stamford, CT. Burial to immediately follow at Long Ridge Union Cemetery.

The parcel at 101 College St. was reclaimed as part of the Downtown Crossing Project, a partnership between city, state, and private actors to reconnect downtown New Haven to the Yale Medical School campus using a biotech industry cluster. Downtown Crossing used to be the Route 34 expressway, a highway spur that divided this area in half.

As Route 34 came down, replaced by frontage roads, shining laboratory towers went up. 100 College St. is hom e to a 14 story tower divided between Alexion and Yale. It will house local companies Arvinas, Alexion Pharmaceuticals and 58,000 square feet of incubator space.

“Boston is amazing but it’s super expensive,” said Ranjit Bindra, a professor of radiation oncology at Yale and serial biotech entrepreneur. He rattled off the transit options, the music and restaurant scene and the travelling theater companies that come through. “You want a place with a good cost of living and good access to Boston and New York … schools living by the shoreline. Mix that all together and you can see why this makes sense.”

Meanwhile at New Haven Innovation Labs, researchers working out of the medical campus can rush across the road to check on their startups.

“There’s been a big push in the city of New Haven and state of Connecticut to have people stay here and do science here instead of rolling out of Yale and leaving,” said Chris Vandola, operations director for the lab space. “We wanted to get involved

But the growth of biotech in the city was not a foregone conclusion. It is a product of material conditions and cultivation by public and private actors. To understand why New Haven became a biotech hub we need to go back to the 90s.

In the early to mid-90s Yale didn’t have a formal technology licensing apparatus or staff dedicated to technology transfer. That would change by 2000 with a dedicated process to help researchers spin technologies off into the private sector.

This coincided with major technological changes. The Human Genome Project was wrapping up. Biology was just starting to experience a rapid boom in new techniques to accelerate and intensify research. The stage was getting set.

“There was a company called Curagen, the granddaddy of all the life sciences companies,” said Robert H. Motley senior director of Cushman and Wakefield, a commercial real estate company. “They struck a billion dollar licensing deal … that was the wake up call that life sciences was going to be a big deal in Connecticut.”

At around sam e ti me, Yale got in touch with developer Carter Winstanley, who had been working in the Cambridge area developing lab space.

“They expressed an interest in having a partner in town who could create private sector life science space in close proximity to the university,” said Winstanley. “These companies are formed off science coming out of the university, so there’s a