NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 21 -- Yale Law School issued the following news release: The 2021 Yale Cyber Leadership Forum will take place as a series of virtual discussions, bringing together an impressive array of attorneys, technologists, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and academics to tackle the most pressing cyberspace challenges. A collaboration between Yale's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs and Yale Law School's Center for Global Legal Challenges, the Forum is directed by Oona A. Hat more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 21 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Jan. 19: With nearly 1.4 million individuals included in Phase 1b of Connecticut's COVID-19 vaccine rollout and the state anticipating to receive about 45,000 doses of vaccine per week from the federal government, Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is directing the Connecticut Department of Public Health to proceed through the remaining groups in the phase with a tiered approach based more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 21 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Jan. 20: Governor Ned Lamont is applauding the actions taken this evening by President Joe Biden to recommit the United States as a leader in environmental protection, including rejoining the United States as a member of the Paris Agreement on climate change and signing an executive order that takes critical first steps to address the climate crisis. The actions are among the first President B more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 21 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Jan. 20: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has been appointed co-chair of the National Governors Association's (NGA) Pandemic and Disaster Response Task Force. It is one of three task forces that are being created by the organization to coordinate and lead bipartisan state and territorial efforts to respond to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and to lead economic recovery and community  more PR

MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut, Jan. 21 (TNSAwa) -- Connecticut Wesleyan University issued the following news: A poetry collection authored by John Murillo, assistant professor of English, is longlisted for both the 2021 Pen/Voelcker Award for Poetry Collection and the Believer Book Awards. Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry (Four Way Books, 2020) explores the legacy of institutional, accepted violence against Blacks and Latinos and the personal and societal wreckage wrought by long histories of subjugatio more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 23 (TNSPer) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Rachel Adams Greenup, MD, MPH, FACS, has been appointed as Associate Professor of Surgery (Oncology) and Section Chief of Breast Surgery for the Department of Surgery at Yale School of Medicine. In her new role, Dr. Greenup will provide breast surgical oncology leadership across the Smilow Cancer Hospital Network and Care Centers. "Dr. Greenup is the rare triple threat in surgery bringing compassiona more PR

MANCHESTER, Connecticut, Jan. 22 -- Manchester Community College issued the following news release: MCC Foundation starts the year off by acknowledging the collective gifts of more than 80 first-time donors. Their gifts contributed a total of $45,000 in additional funds available to support Manchester Community College students with scholarships and emergency assistance. Among the new donors are 55 MCC alumni. "We are very grateful for the generous support of our entire community of donors," s more PR

ENFIELD, Connecticut, Jan. 23 -- Asnuntuck Community College issued the following news: An exciting opportunity is available at Asnuntuck Community College for qualifying participants who are looking to start a new career. Apprenticeship Connecticut Initiative will be offered for the first time at Asnuntuck this spring. The college and Connecticut Workforce Partners (CWP) have entered into an important agreement which will help qualified candidates receive tuition support for training in health more PR

MANCHESTER, Connecticut, Jan. 20 (TNSGra) -- Manchester Community College issued the following news release: Manchester Community College has received $15,000 in grant funding from the Gene Haas Foundation. The scholarships, managed by MCC Foundation, are based on merit and will be awarded to precision manufacturing students to cover tuition, books and supplies that students are required to provide, such as personal tooling. Learn more at www.manchestercc.edu/manufacturing, or call 860-512-263 more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Jan. 22 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: In recognition of his advocacy on behalf of those affected by multiple sclerosis, Dr. Jaime Imitola, director of UConn Health's Division of Multiple Sclerosis and Translational Neuroimmunology, is a winner of the National MS Society's 2020 Inspiration Award. The National MS Society named 11 honorees among nearly 200 volunteer nominees from its state and territory chapters. Imitola is the only awar more PR

WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, Jan. 23 (TNSGra) -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news: Eastern Connecticut State University has been awarded a $649,957 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to implement a scholarship program for lower-income students in pursuit of science-related careers. Titled "Beyond the Curriculum: A Learning Community for Success," students accepted into the program, who are designated "Success Scholars," will receive an annual scholarship more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Jan. 19 -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: Six University of Connecticut professors have been named to a list of the world's most highly-cited researchers. The 2020 Highly Cited Researchers list, released recently by Clarivate and the Web of Science index, identifies scientists and social scientists who produced multiple papers ranking in the top one percent by citations for their field and year of publication, demonstrating significant research in more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Jan. 23 (TNSRes) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news on Jan. 22: The 2020 election was touted as the most important in years for many reasons, but climate change arguably topped that list, since the victor would be able to set us on the right path or push us closer to environmental catastrophe. Now that President Joe Biden has taken office with a commitment to prioritize the climate, there has been a collective sigh of relief. However, the lack of pr more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Jan. 21 (TNSJou) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: Older adults are managing the stress of the coronavirus pandemic better than younger adults, reporting less depression and anxiety despite also experiencing greater general concern about COVID-19, according to a study recently published by researchers at the UConn School of Nursing. Their somewhat paradoxical findings, published last month in the journal Aging and Mental Health, suggest that altho more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Jan. 23 -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: "By Our Love," an animated short video produced by UConn's Greenhouse Studios, will facilitate the Encounters Series program titled "Paradox in Political Tribalism," to be held via Zoom on Friday, Feb. 4 at 7:30 p.m. The video was initially conceived by two faculty members in the School of Fine Arts, Cora Lynn Deibler, professor of illustration and area coordinator for Illustration/Animation in the Departm more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Jan. 20 (TNSJou) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: Not long after the sun goes down, pairs of burying beetles, or Nicrophorus orbicollis, begin looking for corpses. For these beetles, this is not some macabre activity; it's house-hunting, and they are in search of the perfect corpse to start a family in. They can sense a good find from miles away, because carrion serves as a food source for countless members of nature's clean-up crew. But because  more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Jan. 21 -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: Liisa Kuhn, Ph.D, associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering--a shared department between the School of Dental Medicine, School of Medicine, and School of Engineering-- recently received the honorary status of Fellow, Biomaterials Science and Engineering (FBSE), from the International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering (IUSBSE). This status--one of the highest  more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Jan. 22 -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: Jeff Hoch felt a strong pull to his career - quite literally. As a professor of molecular biology and biophysics in UConn's School of Medicine, Hoch uses nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to study protein structure and dynamics. These magnets are massive. NMR spectrometers weigh several tons and stand 10 feet tall or more. This technology works in the same way as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), but on a  more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Jan. 21 -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: One in four Americans age 65 and older falls each year making falls the leading cause of fatal injury and the most common cause of nonfatal trauma-related hospital admissions among older adults. Falls result in more than 2.8 million injuries treated in emergency departments (ED) annually, including over 800,000 hospitalizations and more than 27,000 deaths. One out of five falls causes a serious injury suc more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Jan. 23 (TNSRes) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: Substance use disorders (SUDs) represent a broad category of mental health disorders that encompasses dependence on any substance from alcohol to nicotine to opioids. In 2018, 20.3 million people in the United States had an SUD according to the National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics. One of the challenges for researchers studying SUDs is that there might be different underlying mechanisms or pa more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Jan. 21 -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: As one president's term ends and another begins, there is a ceremony. Its importance is one of symbolism rather than substance. The Constitution is clear: On Jan. 20, there will be a transfer of power. There is no mention of an inauguration. By definition, ritual acts have no direct effect on the world. A ceremonial event is one that symbolically affirms something that happens by other, more direct means.  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 21 (TNSJou) -- Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science issued the following news: Macrophages - immune cells that both fight infections and fix the damage they cause - are often placed into two categories: those that increase inflammation (known as "M1") to attack, and those that decrease inflammation to begin the healing process ("M2"). Researchers in the lab of Kathryn Miller-Jensen, associate professor of biomedical engineering and molecular, cellular & d more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 21 (TNSAwa) -- Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science issued the following news: The Biomedical Engineering Society's Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering Special Interest Group has recognized Michael Murrell as a Rising Star, an award that recognizes a select group of exceptional junior principal investigators that have demonstrated research excellence. Murrell joined the Department of Biomedical Engineering in July 2015 and focuses his research on unders more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 20 -- Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science issued the following news: The Yale chapter of Tau Beta Pi recently received an award from the national engineering honor society. Also, MingDe Lin, one of its advisors, was elected to the national organization's board of directors. "Chapter Excellence" award was given to the Yale chapter "for outstanding member engagement, headquarters reporting, and chapter operations." Also, at the organization's annual "Unve more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 20 (TNSPer) -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news on Jan. 19: Yale School of the Environment alumna Maggie Thomas '15 MEM, who served on the climate teams of presidential candidates Jay Inslee and Elizabeth Warren, has been named Chief of Staff of the newly created Office of Domestic Climate Policy by President-Elect Joe Biden. President-Elect Joe Biden has made climate policy a major priority of his incoming administration, filling his cabinet wi more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 23 (TNSPer) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Mark Lemmon, PhD, FRS, David A. Sackler Professor of Pharmacology, Associate Cancer Center Director for Basic Science at Yale Cancer Center, and Co-director of the Cancer Biology Institute, has recently been named Chair of the Editorial Board for the Biochemical Journal. The Biochemical Journal is a leading bioscience journal publishing high-impact scientific research papers and reviews on the latest more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 21 -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: The Yale Medical Oncology-Hematology Fellowship Program provides promising young physicians a wealth of clinical and research opportunities to advance their careers. Among the sea of white lab coats at Smilow Cancer Hospital, you'll find the medical oncology and hematology fellows. The eight promising young physicians selected each year for the prestigious Yale Medical Oncology-Hematology Fellowship Program ar more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 23 (TNSAwa) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Jose M. Flores, MD, PhD, an Addiction Psychiatry Fellow at Yale School of Medicine, has been selected as a recipient of a 2021 Society of Biological Psychiatry Chair's Choice Travel Fellowship Award for the 2021 annual meeting of the Society of Biological Psychiatry (SOBP). Selection criteria include past excellence in scholarly work, potential for scholarly growth in biological psychiatry and clinic more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 21 (TNSRes) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: When cancer kills, it's usually because the tumor has spread, or metastasized. Understanding how metastasis works could o er new ways to get malignancies under control. But the process is fantastically complex--more than any one discipline of science can encompass. To tackle the problem of metastasis, Andre Levchenko, PhD, the John C. Malone Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Director of the Yal more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 23 (TNSPer) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Allison Ponce, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine, has been named Chair of the American Psychological Association's (APA) Policy and Planning Board. Ponce was elected to the group in 2019 to represent the area of education in psychology and was selected by its members to serve as Chair as of Jan. 1, 2021. The Policy and Planning Board is charged with considering APA's c more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 20 (TNSJou) -- Yale School of Public Health issued the following news: More pollution in the air could be linked to higher rates of mental health service utilization, researchers at the Yale School of Public Health found in a new study. The findings, which were recently published in the journal Environmental Research, stem from nearly six years of outpatient visits data collected at two major hospitals in Nanjing, China -- a heavily polluted major city in China. Af more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 19 (TNSJou) -- Yale University issued the following news release: Electronic alert systems created to provide an early warning of acute kidney injury (AKI) in hospitalized patients have no effect on a patient's risk of death and may even lead to worse patient outcomes, according to a new study by Yale researchers. The study, led by Dr. F. Perry Wilson, appears in the Jan. 16 edition of the British Medical Journal. "The prevailing wisdom was that these alerts coul more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 23 (TNSAwa) -- Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science issued the following news: The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has presented the 2021 Michael and Sheila Held Prize to Daniel Spielman, Sterling Professor of Computer Science and professor of statistics and data science, for helping to solve a theoretical problem that had vexed mathematicians for decades. The Held Prize honors outstanding, innovative, creative, and influential research in combinatoria more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 20 (TNSJou) -- Yale University issued the following news release: The abnormal immune system response that causes multiple sclerosis (MS) by attacking and damaging the central nervous system can be triggered by the lack of a specific fatty acid in fat tissue, according to a new Yale study. The finding suggests that dietary change might help treat some people with the autoimmune disease. The study was published Jan. 19 in The Journal of Clinical Investigation. Fat  more PR