<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/releases/2025/tagliatela-family-high-impact-scholarship.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>University News</category><pubDate>06/02/2025</pubDate><title>Longstanding University of New Haven Benefactor Pledges $1 Million to Establish Engineering Scholarship for New Haven County Students</title><description>Board of Governors member Stephen Tagliatela ’13 Hon., together with his siblings Patricia and Louis, has committed a $1 million gift that will expand access for top engineering talent in New Haven County and help strengthen Connecticut’s tech future.</description><hide-description/><author/><author-details/><hide-author/><date>June 2, 2025</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/engineering/news/2025/tagliatela-family-high-impact-scholarship.jpg" alt="Students working on a robotoic arm."/></image><image-caption>The Tagliatela Family High-Impact Scholarship for Engineering Students will support deserving students from New Haven County.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>college-engineering</tag><tag>initiative-women-in-engineering</tag><tag>name-stephen-tagliatela</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-releases</tag><tag>section-give</tag><tag>year-2025</tag></tags></item>