HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 16 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Jan. 15: Governor Ned Lamont and Office of Policy and Management Secretary Melissa McCaw released the following statements in response to the consensus revenue forecast issued today by the Office of Policy and Management and the Office of Fiscal Analysis: Governor Lamont said, "Today's consensus revenue forecast makes it abundantly clear the COVID-19 pandemic and its resulting economic fallou more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 16 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Jan. 15: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the State of Connecticut is awarding $5 million in funding to 10 towns and cities across the state under a competitive grant program administered by the Department of Transportation for projects that support improved mobility and accessibility, as well as pedestrian and bicycle safety. The Community Connectivity Grant Program provides construc more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 16 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Jan. 14: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is appointing eleven members to serve on the Connecticut Police Officer Standards and Training Council (POST). The council, a division of the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, oversees training and certification of police officers, as well as a mandatory police department accreditation program. Last summer, Governor La more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 14 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Jan. 13: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has received notification from the Federal Emergency Management Agency that the request he made to President Donald Trump in September 2020 for a federal major disaster declaration in response to the damage caused by Tropical Storm Isaias has been approved for all eight counties in Connecticut, including the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan T more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 16 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Jan. 14: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that phase 1b of Connecticut's COVID-19 vaccine rollout will begin on Monday, January 18, 2021, and residents in the state over the age of 75 can now schedule appointments to receive the vaccine. In addition, Governor Lamont announced that he is accepting the recommendations of the Allocation Subcommittee of the Governor's COVID-19 Vaccine Advisory more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 14 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Jan. 12: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that at the request of United States National Guard officials, he is authorizing the deployment of more than 100 members of the Connecticut National Guard to Washington, D.C. to aid and facilitate the peaceful transition of presidential power. This includes members of the Connecticut National Guard's Military Police, as well as two patrol explosiv more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 16 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Jan. 15: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that at the request of United States National Guard leadership, he is authorizing the deployment of an additional 200 members of the Connecticut National Guard to Washington, D.C., to aid and facilitate the peaceful transition of presidential power for the upcoming inauguration, bringing Connecticut's contribution to more than 300 Guardsmen. Connect more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 16 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Jan. 15: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection's ongoing efforts to expand online licensing services has allowed more credential holders in the state to safely and security apply, renew, reinstate, and pay for credentials more efficiently. The initiative has significantly reduced wait times for licenses while allowing the state agency's lice more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 16 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Jan. 15: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has scheduled Tuesday, March 2, 2021 as the date to hold a special election to fill a vacancy for state senator in the 27th Senatorial District of the Connecticut General Assembly. The seat, which consists of portions of Darien and Stamford, became vacant on January 5 following the resignation of Carlo Leone. Under state law, the governor  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 16 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Jan. 14: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that an executive order he signed last month expanding eligibility in the federal Lost Wages Assistance (LWA) Program has resulted in 22,837 unemployed Connecticut residents receiving an additional $35 million in federal payments over the last several weeks. The LWA program offered an additional $300 in weekly benefits for six weeks late last summe more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 13 -- The Connecticut Department of Education issued the following news release on Jan. 12: The Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) today launched a new data dashboard providing all district and school-level completion rates for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA(R)) which is an important step in the path to postsecondary education and associated with higher rates of college enrollment. The coronavirus pandemic exacerbated the obstacles  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 14 -- The Connecticut Democratic Party issued the following news release on Jan. 13: Connecticut's Democratic State Central Committee tonight has re-elected Chairman Nancy DiNardo of Trumbull and Vice Chairman Erick Russell of New Haven to lead the state party for two-year terms. Audrey Blondin of Litchfield was re-elected Secretary and Norwalk Town Chair Eloisa Melendez was re-elected as Treasurer. Maria Valle of Bridgeport was elected to her first full term as Ass more PR

MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut, Jan. 13 (TNSRes) -- Connecticut Wesleyan University issued the following news: Ronald Schatz, professor of history, is the author of The Labor Board Crew: Remaking Worker-Employer Relations from Pearl Harbor to the Reagan Era, published by the University of Illinois Press on Jan. 11, 2021. According to the publisher: Schatz tells the story of the team of young economists and lawyers recruited to the National War Labor Board to resolve union-management conflicts during more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 14 -- Yale School of Public Health issued the following news: The Yale School of Public Health's ongoing efforts to promote diversity, equity and inclusion received a substantial boost recently with a generous donation from Dr. Pilar Vargas and her husband Dean Sten H. Vermund. The gift, which creates an endowed fund exclusively dedicated to school DEI efforts, is the latest of several contributions Drs. Vargas and Vermund have made to the school since Vermund beca more PR

MANCHESTER, Connecticut, Jan. 14 (TNSPer) -- Manchester Community College issued the following news release: Manchester Community College Counselor Wanda Reyes-Dawes has been named team lead of the Best Practices Subcommittee for the NACADA First-Generation Advising Community. The First-Generation Advising Community is a national body that identifies and addresses issues for first-generation college students to help ensure their success. The community was first formed as interest group in Apri more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Jan. 12 (TNSGra) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: The University of Connecticut has been awarded a $179,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education for a new research project centered on reimagining dual language education. The project's purpose is to improve the ability of dual language programs to promote the equitable bilingualism and biliteracy development of all students through a greater focus on socio more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Jan. 15 -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: UConn School of Business professor David Bergman won $2.5 million this week in a fantasy football competition by using some of the data analytics knowledge and techniques he teaches students. "I'm just shocked by the whole thing, but it's very exciting,'' says Bergman, who has been a faculty member in the operations and information management (OPIM) department for seven years. "I've played fantasy sports s more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Jan. 12 (TNSJou) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: A sugar-binding protein could fuel terrible inflammation and worsen sepsis, a disease that kills more than 270,000 people every year in the US alone, reports a team of researchers led by Vijay Rathinam's laboratory at the UConn Health School of Medicine in the January 4 issue of Nature Immunology. Sepsis is caused mostly by bacterial infections. The immune system runs out of controls and triggers  more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Jan. 13 -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news on Jan. 12: Andy Slater remembers the first time he thought about the capabilities of haptic technology. He was on his motorcycle, wind streaming across his face, when he wondered about the feeling top professional racers must have. "The original thought came six years ago when I was racing my motorcycle and realized I had hit a plateau. I thought that if I could feel the motorcycle and the track better, I  more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Jan. 15 (TNSRes) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: Breno Fragomeni, assistant professor in the Department of Animal Science, conducts genetic research to enhance animal production, breeding and health. "My current research is focused on animal genomics to improve selection and breeding decisions," says Fragomeni. "Our goal is to find the right animals to improve the herd and be able to predict performance while the animals are very young." Some o more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Jan. 12 -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: As the world moves forward in the effort to vaccinate the population against COVID-19, the recommendation to get vaccinated definitively includes people with multiple sclerosis, according to guidance just released by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Dr. Jaime Imitola, director of UConn Health's Division of Multiple Sclerosis and Translational Neuroimmunology, is one of the experts the MS Society in more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Jan. 16 (TNSPer) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: Nathaniel (Nate) Rickles, Pharm.D., Ph.D. has agreed to serve as associate dean for admissions and student affairs for the School of Pharmacy effective today for a five-year term. Phil Hritcko, Dean, officially announced the appointment saying "I am excited to have Nate on the School of Pharmacy's executive team. He is passionate about his work, committed to our students' success, and will provide more PR

MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut, Jan. 16 -- Connecticut Wesleyan University issued the following news: This month, Wesleyan is launching two new MOOCs (massive open online courses) on the Coursera platform. Enrollment for both classes is free of charge. Take Action: From Protest to Policy launches on Jan. 17 and is taught by Mary Alice Haddad, John E. Andrus Professor of Government, and Sarah Ryan, attorney and associate professor of the practice in oral communication. Jeffrey Goetz, associate directo more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 15 (TNSJou) -- Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science issued the following news: With samples taken from an airplane and given an unprecedented level of offline analysis, Yale researchers have produced a highly detailed look at the chemical make-up and transformations of an evolving plume of forest fire smoke - findings that could contribute to a better understanding of air pollution in many parts of the world. A team of researchers in the lab of Drew Gentn more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 16 (TNSPer) -- Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science issued the following news: Leandros Tassiulas, the John C. Malone Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has been named a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world's largest educational and scientific computing society. ACM named 95 new fellows, drawing from an elite group of computer scientists at universities, companies, and research centers around the world. more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 13 -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news on Jan. 12: Anthony Leiserowitz, the founder and director of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication (YPCCC), has been named the recipient of Climate One's Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communicationfor his scientific contributions and effective communication on the issue of climate change. An initiative of the Commonwealth Club of California, the nation's oldest and la more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 11 (TNSPer) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: The Yale Global Mental Health Program (GMHP) begins 2021 with new teaching and trainee leadership. Theddeus Iheanacho, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, and Sirikanya (Sanya) Sellers, MD, a first-year resident, are the new faculty and residency leaders, respectively. Both hope to continue to strengthen the program, which promotes awareness of issues of global mental health and social disparities more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 7 (TNSRes) -- Yale Law School issued the following news release: Professor Dan Esty '86 and coeditor Todd Cort have released a new book titled, Values at Work: Sustainable Investing and ESG Reporting, which compiles the latest trends, tools, and thinking in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) metrics for investors. The book examines how companies face a sustainability imperative and see the need to remake their business models to respond to an array of pres more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 16 -- Yale Law School issued the following news release: Professor Abbe R. Gluck '00 will join the Office of White House Counsel to work on COVID-19 and other health care issues, the Biden-Harris Transition announced on January 15, 2021. Gluck will take a temporary public service leave from the Law School to serve as Special Counsel with the Biden administration's COVID-19 Response team in the White House, as well as to work on other issues, including the Affordabl more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 14 -- Yale Law School issued the following news release: Clinical Associate Professor Miriam Gohara spent 16 years representing death-sentenced clients in post-conviction litigation, first as assistant counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and then as a specially designated federal public defender with the Federal Capital Habeas Project. She teaches and writes about capital and non-capital sentencing, incarceration, and the historical and social forces impli more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 16 -- Yale School of Management issued the following news: Late last year, a group of health equity leaders gathered, virtually, for the first meeting of the National Advisory Council (NAC) of the Pozen-Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Health Equity Leadership. The group of healthcare practitioners and administrators have wide-ranging expertise in the systemic barriers to equitable health outcomes, with experience in the private sector, government, and academia. Th more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 13 (TNSPer) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Please join us in welcoming Diana Lorenzo to the Department of Neurology as the new Associate Director of Academic and Administrative Affairs. Diana will be directly responsible for department human resources, administrative oversight, and operations management. In addition to these functions, she will also have oversight of faculty affairs for both Neurology and Dermatology as part of the new integr more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 14 (TNSAwa) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Ebony Dix, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, was the 2020 recipient of the Outstanding Clinical Preceptor of the Year Award. The Preceptor of the Year Award is given by the graduating class of the Yale School of Medicine Physician's Associate Program to an outstanding clinical preceptor on any rotation in any department. The award is significant, as each PA student completes 14 clinical rotation more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 14 -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news on Jan. 13: The Yale School of Public Health's ongoing efforts to promote diversity, equity and inclusion received a substantial boost recently with a generous donation from Dr. Pilar Vargas and her husband Dean Sten H. Vermund. The gift, which creates an endowed fund exclusively dedicated to school DEI efforts, is the latest of several contributions Drs. Vargas and Vermund have made to the school since Vermun more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 13 (TNSPer) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Dr. Daniel DiCapua, MD, FAAN(Neurology) has been promoted to Clinical Director of Neuromuscular Medicine. He will continue to work with Neuromuscular Medicine Division Chief Dr. Huned Patwa, MD and faculty to maintain the division's clinical excellence and expand access to its clinical expertise. The consummate academic clinician, Dr. DiCapua was the pillar of the Neurology Clerkship for seven years  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 13 (TNSPer) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Daniel Federman, MD, professor of medicine (general medicine) was recently named chief of medicine at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System (VACHS) and vice chair, Veterans Affairs, for the Department of Internal Medicine. "I am simultaneously humbled and excited to be given the responsibility to lead incredible faculty in efforts to care for Veterans, to contribute to our educational mission, and to  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 13 (TNSPer) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Tobias Wasser, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, has been selected to serve as Vice Chair of the Forensic Division of the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD). NASMHPD works with states, federal partners, and stakeholders to promote wellness, recovery, and resiliency for people with mental health conditions or co-occurring mental health and substance-related di more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 13 (TNSRes) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Women's Health Research at Yale announced funding to investigate how the presumably non-intoxicating cannabis ingredient cannabidiol (CBD) affects the brain, and if it affects women and men differently. CBD use is growing in popularity exponentially, yet the safety and effectiveness of this non-regulated category of products are unknown. "Many people -- mostly women -- are using CBD to augment or rep more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 13 (TNSJou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: The opioid epidemic continues in this country in the midst of the current COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. To help halt the ongoing addiction and overdose deaths, Women's Health Research at Yale (WHRY) is now proposing a data-driven way forward to uncover and more effectively negotiate differences among women and men in opioid use. In a newly published paper, WHRY summarizes research demonstr more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 15 -- Yale School of Nursing issued the following news: Students at Yale School of Nursing (YSN) who enter as RNs move directly into a specialty with a curriculum that focuses on clinical competence and nursing scholarship. This year's class of MSN-entry students brings a depth and breadth of experience to the classroom and their classmates. One member of that cohort is adult gerontology student Valerie Williams, BSN, RN, CCRN who got her start in health care volu more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 15 -- Yale School of Nursing issued the following news: As the COVID-19 pandemic stretched into its fifth month in July, Joanne DeSanto Iennaco, '05 MPhil, '09 PhD, APRN, PMHNP-BC knew it was time to update her view of the problem. Drawing on her clinical and faculty experience as a psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner and her second lens as an epidemiologist, Iennaco reframed the problem not as a temporary crisis, but as a new normal. And that change called more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 11 (TNSJou) -- Yale School of Public Health issued the following news: In a study of medical registry records of nearly 400,000 parent-child pairs from Denmark, a Yale School of Public Health study found that parents who were themselves born very prematurely were nearly twice as likely to have children with autism spectrum disorder. The study, recently published in the International Journal of Epidemiology, provides solid evidence that autism spectrum disorder risk more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 13 -- Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science issued the following news: At least a dozen Yale faculty members and researchers have been included in a list of 1,000 inspiring Black scientists in America appearing in Cell Mentor, an online resource for researchers. The list was compiled by The Community of Scholars, a group of Persons Excluded because of their Ethnicity or Race (PEER) composed of postdoctoral fellows, early-stage investigators, instructors, a more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 15 (TNSJou) -- Yale University issued the following news release: The perception that the U.S. government distributes money unfairly across racial lines is a major driver of public opposition to federal spending, argues a new study co-authored by Yale political scientist Kelly Rader. Using original survey data, the authors found that 66% of respondents think current federal spending is unfair -- a perception that was widely expressed among Blacks, Latinos, and whi more PR