HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 29 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Jan. 27, 2021: Attorney General William Tong today announced he is seeking new legislation to strengthen the state's ability to combat price gouging. During civil preparedness and public health emergencies, price gouging is against Connecticut law. Acting in coordination with the Department of Consumer Protection, the Office of the Attorney General may file suit against price gouger more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 29 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Jan. 28, 2021: Attorney General William Tong testified today before the General Law Committee in support of two pieces of legislation sought by the Office of the Attorney General to strengthen the state's price gouging and data breach notification statutes. Data Breaches An Act Concerning Data Privacy Breaches, House Bill 5310, was sought by the Office of the Attorney General to up more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 29 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Jan. 28: Attorney General William Tong today released the third full unredacted complaint filed by a coalition of 51 states and territories resulting from its more than six year antitrust investigation into price-fixing in the generic pharmaceutical industry. The states allege that generic drug manufacturers of topical products conspired to artificially inflate and manipulate prices, more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 29 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Jan. 28, 2021: Attorney General William Tong sent a letter to Alden Global Capital requesting information about the hedge fund's potential acquisition of Tribune Publishing, the company that owns Connecticut's largest news organization, The Hartford Courant. "I am deeply troubled by the reports that Alden Global Capital, a hedge fund with a history of decimating newspapers across th more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 27 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Jan. 26: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that as wind chill factors are expected to dip into the single digits or lower over the coming days, he is directing Connecticut's Severe Cold Weather Protocol to be activated beginning at 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 28, and lasting through 12:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 31, 2021. The protocol sets up a system for state agencies and municipaliti more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 27 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Jan. 26: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he plans to introduce legislation during the 2021 regular session of the Connecticut General Assembly with the goal of making broadband internet more accessible to Connecticut residents, particularly those in underserved households. The governor said that while broadband internet access has become more important in recent years than ever befor more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 27 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Jan. 26: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has signed a declaration extending Connecticut's state of emergency in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic to April 20, 2021. The extension applies to both the civil preparedness emergency and the public health emergency. The governor originally declared the emergencies on March 10, 2020, explaining that they were needed in order to e more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 30 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following joint statement: * * * Governor Ned Lamont of Connecticut, Governor Charlie Baker of Massachusetts, Governor Janet Mills of Maine, Governor Phil Murphy of New Jersey, Governor Gina Raimondo of Rhode Island, Governor Phil Scott of Vermont, and Governor Chris Sununu of New Hampshire today announced an extension of the suspension of interstate youth hockey competitions for public and private schools and youth h more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 27 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Jan. 25: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that Connecticut public health officials have confirmed that the COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7, commonly known as the UK variant, has been detected in four additional individuals in the state who recently tested positive for COVID-19. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of the UK variant in Connecticut to eight. The eight individuals, who liv more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 26 -- The Connecticut Department of Education issued the following news release: Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz, state Department of Education Commissioner and U.S. Secretary of Education-designate Miguel Cardona, and Officeof Higher Education Executive Director Tim Larson today invited Connecticutstudents to "Code for Good" by participating in the 2021 Lt. Governor's Computing Challenge. "High-skill and high-wage careers in the STEM fields are in high-demand, but too more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Jan. 30 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following joint statement: * * * New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, Maine Governor Janet Mills, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu, Vermont Governor Phil Scott, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, and Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker announced an extension of the suspension of interstate youth hockey competitions for public and private schools and youth hockey leagues through at least March 31 more PR

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Jan. 30 -- Gov. Christopher T. Sununu, R-New Hampshire, issued the following joint statement: * * * New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, Maine Governor Janet Mills, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu, Vermont Governor Phil Scott, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, and Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker announced an extension of the suspension of interstate youth hockey competitions for public and private schools and youth hockey leagues more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 30 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following joint statement: * * * New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, Maine Governor Janet Mills, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu, Vermont Governor Phil Scott, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, and Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker announced an extension of the suspension of interstate youth hockey competitions for public and private schools and youth hockey leagues through at leas more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 30 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2021: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is extending Connecticut's Severe Cold Weather Protocol, which was activated yesterday afternoon, to continue through 12:00 p.m. on Monday, February 1, 2021. It was originally set to end on the afternoon of Sunday, January 31, however developments in the forecast are now showing that frigid temperatures will continue through Monday mor more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts, Jan. 29 -- Springfield College issued the following news: Springfield College has partnered with the Connecticut Community Nonprofit Alliance in providing employee grants to full and part-time employees of the Connecticut Community Nonprofit Alliance, who are enrolled in either undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, or certificate of advanced graduate study programs at Springfield College. Connecticut Community Nonprofit Alliance employees are eligible to receive schola more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 26 -- Yale School of Management issued the following news: Educators, administrators, superintendents, advocates, and others committed to strengthening public education convened on January 14 in a virtual forum to discuss ways to make America's school systems work better for every student, amidst a time of unprecedented challenge and turmoil. Titled "Leading Forward," the event was the first Broad Center Forum hosted by the Yale School of Management and drew more th more PR

FARMINGTON, Connecticut, Jan. 27 -- Tunxis Community College issued the following news release: Tunxis Community College will offer late-start courses this spring in accelerated 7- and 12-week online sessions which begin Feb. 5 and March 23. Designed to shorten the length of time to finish a degree, accelerated classes include the same amount of course work as a 15-week semester course, condensed into fewer sessions. Some of the open courses at Tunxis include Accounting, African American Lite more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Jan. 26 -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: To measure an institution's commitment to diversity and equity, it's not enough to boast about student enrollment figures, employee hiring statistics, and academic curricula that demonstrate inclusion of underrepresented populations. And while UConn excels in each of those measures, it also has a demonstrated commitment to economic inclusion in contracting for goods and services that has made it a model fo more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Jan. 27 (TNSJou) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: UConn professor of geography Peter Chen has published a study in the January 2021 issue of the International Journal of Geographical Information Science outlining a comprehensive predictive model for COVID-19 in every Connecticut town based on travel behaviors. This model, named the MSEIR model, is a major contribution to the field, as it is the first COVID-19 model to focus on the town, rather th more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Jan. 28 (TNSRes) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: The COVID-19 pandemic uprooted the lives of many college students throughout the country as they were unexpectedly forced to move home when campuses closed. Many struggled with the adjustment to living with their families full time. But in some cases, LGBTQ+ students had additional concerns and challenges associated with the transition. Eva Lefkowitz, professor and head of the department of Human  more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Jan. 28 -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news on Jan. 27: The positive response to a one-credit class on Anti-Black Racism that the University of Connecticut offered in the fall 2020 semester has resulted in the class being offered again in the spring 2021 semester. The free course saw a fall enrollment of 1,450 undergraduate students, 125 graduate students, and 625 staff and faculty. The class, which is offered online, is known as a "pop-up" course - more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Jan. 29 (TNSGra) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: Connecticut Sea Grant, based at UConn Avery Point, will lead a three-year, multi-state initiative to create the economic and business framework needed to spur the fledgling domestic kelp industry into the mainstream. Supported by a $766,650 federal grant announced Wednesday, Jan. 27, the project will involve nine East and West Coast states where nascent seaweed aquaculture businesses are being imp more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Jan. 29 (TNSRes) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: In mid-March 2020, school buildings closed and the total number of school meals served in Connecticut dropped by 32% in the first two weeks. But, thanks to the creative outreach and flexibility exhibited by school food service directors, these numbers rebounded, according to a new study from researchers at the UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity. Prior to the pandemic, one in seven Ameri more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Jan. 29 (TNSRes) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: Mothers with infants in the Connecticut Children's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the UConn John Dempsey Hospital soon will have a new technology-driven tool to get the most out of breast milk and formula feeding. Starting Feb. 17, mothers of Connecticut Children's NICU patients at UConn Health will have access to the Keriton Kare app, which will enable them and their care team to monitor feeding more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Jan. 26 (TNSRes) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: A multidisciplinary, multi-institution effort is bringing together computer modeling, biological, and social science research to inform management policies for Northeast scallop fisheries facing the threat of ocean acidification. The $1,034,822 project sponsored by the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration's Ocean Acidification Program includes researchers from the University of Connecticu more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Jan. 29 (TNSRes) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: As the number of older Americans rapidly increases, states are reevaluating how they care for older adults living with health-related limitations. A major goal of these efforts is to develop home and community-based services (HCBS) through Medicaid and other public funding sources to help keep older adults living independently in their own homes rather than in facilities like nursing homes. HCBS p more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Jan. 27 (TNSJou) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: The scientific process is an iterative and collaborative journey. Research is published, others can weigh in on results, and hypotheses can be corroborated, refuted, or further refined and tested. Though it may seem like second guessing or even become contentious in some cases, this often overlooked aspect of the scientific method makes science better by continuing to challenge scientific assertion more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Jan. 30 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following joint statement: * * * New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, Maine Governor Janet Mills, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu, Vermont Governor Phil Scott, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, and Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker announced an extension of the suspension of interstate youth hockey competitions for public and private schools and youth hockey leagues through at least Ma more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 26 (TNSRes) -- Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science issued the following news: Tasked with advancing the robustness of neural systems, Priyadarshini Panda, assistant professor of electrical engineering, has joined a DARPA-funded consortium that is taking on challenges in microelectronic technologies. Panda began her two-year term Jan. 1, 2021 with the Center for Brain-inspired Computing Enabling Autonomous Intelligence (C-BRIC), a multi-university center  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 27 -- Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science issued the following news: Two-dimensional, layered materials hold great promise for a number of applications, such as alternative platforms for the next-generation of logic and memory devices and flexible energy storage devices. There's still much, however, that remains unknown about them. Two studies from the lab of Judy Cha, the Carol and Douglas Melamed Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Material more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 26 (TNSJou) -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news: While much has been written about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on urban centers and suburbs across the United States, less discussed is its impact on rural America, specifically the rural West. The Rural West Covid Project, led by Justin Farrell, associate professor of sociology at the Yale School of the Environment, aims to close that data gap and provide policymakers and others with new in more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 28 (TNSJou) -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound effect on higher education -- shifting classes online, canceling events, and putting financial strain on institutions. One area of academia that has actually shown positive increases, however, is the submission of research papers. A study conducted by Michelle Bell, Mary E. Pinchot Professor of Environmental Health at the Yale School of the Environment (YSE more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 27 (TNSRes) -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news: The health benefits of nature are as myriad as they are well established. Study after study has demonstrated a dizzying array of benefits to being in parks, green spaces, forests, and the great outdoors: better mental health, improved brain development in children and brain function in adults, lowered risk of chronic diseases like diabetes, and a general reduction in mortality. A much-cited 1984 st more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 28 -- Yale Law School issued the following news release on Jan. 27: On Saturday, January 16, hundreds of academics, policymakers, lawyers, farmers, journalists, advocates, and students participated in the Big-Ag & Antitrust Conference, a daylong virtual event dedicated to addressing how competition law and policy can combat corporate concentration in America's food system. The conference was cohosted by the Law, Ethics & Animals Program (LEAP) at Yale Law School and more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 26 -- Yale Law School issued the following news release on Jan. 25: This spring, Yale Law School will host the Workplace Theory and Policy Workshop, Reimagining Work After 2020, chaired by Ford Foundation Professor of Law and Social Science Vicki Schultz. This timely seminar will bring in prominent scholars, policymakers, and activists from a variety of disciplines to analyze and discuss recent transformations in society -- most notably, the COVID-19 pandemic and t more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 27 -- Yale Law School issued the following news release: In 2018, not long after Amanda Alexander '13 founded the Detroit Justice Center, an organization that seeks to transform the justice system, create economic opportunities, and promote equitable cities, she brought together young people from around Detroit and asked them to imagine what they would do with half a billion dollars -- the amount of money their county had set aside to build new adult and juvenile co more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 29 (TNSJou) -- Yale University issued the following news release: Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists have tried to understand and track SARS-CoV-2 without a proper parts list. Much of the research emphasis has been on proteins -- such as the "spike" proteins that cover the COVID-19 virus and attach themselves to human cells. Scientists continue to study how these proteins function and interact. But Yale biochemist Anna Marie Pyle says there is also much  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 28 -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: This Yale-NUS College webinar panel discussion will focus on the opportunities and challenges to assure global health now and in the future. The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed our lives and may define a generation. Its reverberations continue to impact health, social and economic conditions worldwide. We have witnessed accelerated change in vaccine development and distribution, telemedicine, technology, rem more PR