<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2021/ccic-economic-impact.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>06/15/2021</pubDate><title>University of New Haven’s Annual Economic Impact Nears $1 Billion</title><description>A recent Connecticut Conference of Independent Colleges report detailed the far-reaching impact that the University has on the local economy and the important opportunities – including thousands of jobs – it creates for the region.</description><hide-description/><author>Renee Chmiel, Office of Marketing and Communications</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>June 15, 2021</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/news/non-college-specific/blog/2021/ccic-maxcy.jpg" alt="Campus aerial shot"/></image><image-caption>An aerial view of Maxcy Hall at the University of New Haven.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>year-2021</tag></tags></item>