DENVER, Colorado, Feb. 2 -- Post University issued the following news release on Feb. 1, 2021: American Sentinel University announced today that it has signed an agreement to be acquired by and merge with Post University subject to the receipt of all required regulatory approvals. Upon the consummation of the transaction, American Sentinel University will become the American Sentinel College of Nursing and Health Sciences of Post University. Post University is a regionally accredited university more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Feb. 2 -- American Sentinel University issued the following news release on Feb. 1, 2021: American Sentinel University announced today that it has signed an agreement to be acquired by and merge with Post University subject to the receipt of all required regulatory approvals. Upon the consummation of the transaction, American Sentinel University will become the American Sentinel College of Nursing and Health Sciences of Post University. Post University is a regionally accredit more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 6 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2021: Eversource's failure to communicate and protect public safety in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Isaias was "imprudent" and the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority should mandate consumer credits and make all findings necessary to levy penalties in an upcoming proceeding, Attorney General William Tong argued today in a brief before PURA. "The evidence in this proceedi more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 3 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2021: Attorney General William Tong today joined a bipartisan coalition of 35 state attorneys general, led by Attorney General Josh Stein of North Carolina and Attorney General Todd Rokita of Indiana, in taking action to ensure state attorneys general can fight robocalls. The coalition filed an amicus brief in Lindenbaum v. Realgy that argues the Telephone Consumer Protection  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 4 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2021: Attorney General William Tong today strongly objected to Comcast's ill-timed plan to implement a new data cap and urged the company to abandon the plan in the midst of the ongoing public health and economic crisis. Comcast has announced a plan to charge an additional $10 for each 50 GB increment of data customers use above the 1.2 TB cap, up to as much as $100 per month more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 2 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Feb. 1, 2021: Attorney General William Tong and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Neil Quatrano, and his business, Behavioral Management, LLC, have entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal and state governments and will pay more than $100,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the federal and state Fal more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 5 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2021: Attorney General William Tong today helped lead a coalition of attorneys general from 47 states, the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories in a $573 million settlement with McKinsey & Company. The settlement resolves investigations into the consulting firm's work advising opioid companies on how to promote and profit from their drugs. Connecticut was part of a 1 more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 6 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2021: Attorney General William Tong and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Cordant Health Solutions entered into a civil settlement with the federal and state governments and have paid $845,108 to resolve allegations that they violated the federal and state False Claims Acts. Cordant Health Solutions, which is based in more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 4 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Governor Ned Lamont and a coalition of eleven other governors representing states from across the country sent the following letter to the leadership of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions supporting the nomination of Dr. Miguel Cardona to serve as U.S. Secretary of Education: * * * To: The Honorable Patty Murray, Chair, Committee on Health, Education, Labor and  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 4 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2021: Governor Ned Lamont today announced the launch of new services at the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) that will enable residents to renew their driver's licenses and non-driver ID cards online without having to visit an office in-person. The announcement is part of Governor Lamont's broader initiative to modernize state government and add more convenience for reside more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 3 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on Feb. 2, 2021: * * * Governor Ned Lamont released the following statement applauding the U.S. Senate's confirmation today of Pete Buttigieg to serve as transportation secretary: "Modernizing our transportation infrastructure is a vital component of building our economy back stronger than ever, and implementing President Biden's bold vision for our transportation system will lead to the creation o more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 3 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2021: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the State of Connecticut is launching a competitive grant program that will provide reimbursements to nonprofit organizations throughout the state for the costs associated with implementing needed security infrastructure improvements at their facilities. Administered by the Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 6 -- The Connecticut Department of Education issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2021: The Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) and the LEGO Group today announced that to date more than 6,500 students across the state have received boxes of LEGO brick to encourage them to continue to learn through play while at home and in the classroom. Part of the LEGO Group's Replay Program, 3,075 first graders in Danbury, Hartford, and New Britain received bo more PR

MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut, Feb. 2 -- Connecticut Wesleyan University issued the following news: Olin Library's newest resident is looking for a good book to sink his tusk into. The skull of a one-toothed walrus, which was installed in the Campbell Reading Room on Jan. 20, is the University's latest exhibit on display from the former Museum of Wesleyan University (1871-1957). The piece was donated to Wesleyan 145 years ago by the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History but has spent about  more PR

ENFIELD, Connecticut, Feb. 3 (TNSGra) -- Asnuntuck Community College issued the following news: The Advanced Manufacturing Technology Program at Asnuntuck Community College (ACC) has received $15,000 in grant funding from the Gene Haas Foundation to use for student scholarships for tuition and books. The scholarship will be managed by the ACC Foundation and awards will be given based on need and merit. "The funding support that the Gene Haas Foundation has provided for our students is very muc more PR

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut, Feb. 5 -- Housatonic Community College issued the following news: Housatonic Community College (HCC) is pleased to announce a new collaboration with The Child & Family Guidance Center (CFGC). With social distancing and a virtual audience, an agreement was signed yesterday at the college formalizing the partnership that will facilitate educational opportunities for at-risk youth and their families. The collaboration is part of a priority by the college to initiate, deve more PR

ALBANY, New York, Feb. 2 -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D-New York, issued the following news release on Feb. 1, 2021: Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that as the ongoing winter storm continues to intensify in the Mid-Hudson Region, a ban on all commercial vehicles on New York's entire I-84 corridor between the Pennsylvania and Connecticut state lines is being implemented immediately. Governor Cuomo's announcement complements commercial vehicle bans already in place in these neighboring states, more PR

FARMINGTON, Connecticut, Feb. 3 (TNSGra) -- Tunxis Community College issued the following news release: Tunxis Community College has received a $10,000 grant from the Gene Haas Foundation aimed at scholarships for students in the college's advanced manufacturing machine technology program, which can cover tuition, books and other supplies. "We appreciate the support the Gene Haas Foundation has given to our growing program and students, and the additional opportunities it creates in our commun more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Feb. 4 (TNSRes) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: A lawyer and a chemist get on a plane. This isn't the start of a corny joke, but of a successful startup. University of Connecticut chemistry professor Greg Sotzing met attorney Peter Belsito on an airplane coming back to Connecticut from Atlanta. They soon realized they had a common interest: cannabis. During their flight, they discussed Sotzing's innovative research related to cannabis and its bu more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Feb. 6 -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news on Feb. 5, 2021: The Biden Administration's Jan. 27 announcement of a sweeping $2 trillion environmental plan is the most recent public example of trying to affect what some geoscientists call the Anthropocene -- the current geological epoch of planetary history -- in which our planet's surface is changing, not by the natural agencies of the Earth itself, but by the activities of its human population. Even a more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Feb. 3 (TNSJou) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: New research has found that men who have the Western world's most common genetic disorder are more likely to develop dementia, compared to those without the faulty genes. Researchers at the University of Exeter in the UK and UConn School of Medicine have previously found that men with two faulty genes that cause the iron overload condition haemochromatosis are more likely to develop liver cancer, a more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Feb. 5 -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: Nathan Fiala, associate professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, conducts research toward the goal of reducing poverty and food insecurity, both in the United States and abroad. One of his latest projects, funded through the United States Department of Agriculture, assessed the disproportional effects of COVID-19 on minority and low-income frontline workers. "There were a good nu more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Feb. 2 (TNSRes) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: The numbers speak for themselves: one-third of the people diagnosed with COVID-19 in the U.S. are Hispanic, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and nearly half of all pregnant women who have contracted the virus are Hispanic. Yet Hispanics only make up 18% of the country's population. School of Nursing researchers Xiaomei Cong and Kelley Newlin Lew say that earlier testing more PR

FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts, Feb. 3 -- Ameresco, a provider of energy efficiency solutions, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2021: Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE: AMRC), and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) today announced a collaboration to develop and install approximately 30 megawatts (MW) of new, onsite solar generation assets at corporate and retail locations in seven states. The nearly 100 solar photovoltaic (PV) arrays are a combination of rooftop and ground mount systems at Wells Fargo retail an more PR

WILLIAMSTOWN, Massachusetts, Feb. 3 -- Williams College issued the following news release: Williams College, Brown University's Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (CSSJ), and Connecticut's Mystic Seaport Museum (MSM) are partnering on a three-year project that will use maritime history as a basis for studying historical injustices and generating new insights into the relationship between European colonization in North America, the dispossession of Native American land and racial slaver more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 2 (TNSRes) -- Yale School of Public Health issued the following news: A new interactive map can provide an important tool for policymakers and the public to analyze differences between COVID-19 vaccine distribution strategies. The publicly available map, which displays each county of each state, highlights issues surrounding equity and vulnerability of at-risk groups. The map was created by the Yale Global Health Justice Partnership (GHJP) of the Yale Law School an more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 3 (TNSRes) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: A new interactive map can provide an important tool for policymakers and the public to analyze differences between COVID-19 vaccine distribution strategies. The publicly available map, which displays each county of each state, highlights issues surrounding equity and vulnerability of at-risk groups. The map was created by the Yale Global Health Justice Partnership (GHJP) of the Yale Law School and Yal more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 3 (TNSJou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news on Feb. 1, 2021: In a new study led by Yale Cancer Center, researchers have discovered a novel metabolic gatekeeper mechanism for leukemia. This mechanism depends on a molecule called PON2, which could lead to a new treatment for the disease. The findings were published online today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). B cells are effector cells of the adaptive immune system a more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 4 (TNSJou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: According to a new study led by Yale Cancer Center, researchers discovered aspirin and intermediate dose anticoagulation can improve mortality rates for patients hospitalized with COVID-19. The study was published in in the American Journal of Hematology. Thrombotic complications occur at high rates in hospitalized patients with COVID-19, yet the impact of intensive antithrombotic therapy on mortality more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 6 (TNSJou) -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news: Face masks mandates have led people to spend less time at home, but whether this has exposed Americans to more risk is still a question, according to a new study published Thursday in Scientific Reports. Using anonymized location data from smart devices, the study, conducted by Yale School of the Environment Professor Eli Fenichel, Youpei Yan, YSE postdoctoral associate, Colorado State University A more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 5 -- Yale Law School issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2021: The Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic joined several partner organizations in suing the Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) on February 4, 2021, alleging continued physical and psychological abuse of people with mental illness incarcerated at Northern Correctional Institution ("Northern"), the state's only supermax prison. The lawsuit, filed in federal court on behalf of Disab more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 3 -- Yale Law School issued the following news release: In her new book, Credit Nation: Property Laws and Institutions in Early America (Princeton University Press), Professor Claire Priest '00 reveals how the drive to expand credit propelled the creation of new property laws and legal institutions in the colonial and founding eras of the United States. By treating land and slaves as mere commodities, and by creating streamlined institutions protecting creditors, th more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 2 (TNSRes) -- Yale School of Management issued the following news: For Daniela Chona '20 and Pete Edmunds '20, a summer spent as research assistants for one of their Yale SOM professors led to an unexpected role: as co-authors of a report tracking greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and efforts to curb them, among the biggest companies in the United States. The report, written with Professor Lesley Meng and published recently by the Yale Center for Business and the Env more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 4 (TNSPer) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: After more than five decades, Clarence T. Sasaki, MD, Charles W. Ohse Professor of Surgery (Otolaryngolgy) at the Yale School of Medicine, has retired from his clinical practice as of November 20, 2020. Dr. Sasaki's prominent career is distinguished by his passion for the academic mission, and as a champion of surgical leadership at Yale. He was the longest serving Chief of Otolaryngology, serving more more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 3 (TNSRes) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Wilson Disease (or Wilson's disease, hepatolenticular degeneration) is an inherited metabolic disease of the liver, the body's largest solid internal organ. The liver plays a critical role as part of the digestive system, helping to remove toxins from the body, among many other functions. Michael Schilsky, MD, professor of medicine (digestive diseases) is an expert in Wilson Disease, and has co-authore more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 25 -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Srinivas Muvvala, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, has been selected as a recipient of the 2020-2021 Irma Bland, MD Certificate of Excellence in Teaching Residents. The award recognizes Muvvala's outstanding and sustaining contributions made as a member of the faculty to the Yale Psychiatry Residency Program. Sponsored by the American Psychiatric Association, the award was established in honor of B more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 3 -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: The Yale School of Public Health's new online executive master's degree in public health program (Executive MPH) has received a significant boost with a $600,000 gift. Robert Rosenkranz '62, philanthropist and chairman of Delphi Financial, donated to the school to augment the online program, which officially gets underway this summer. The gift will be used to support the development of the program's online cou more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 2 -- Yale School of Public Health issued the following news: The Yale School of Public Health's new online executive master's degree in public health program (Executive MPH) has received a significant boost with a $600,000 gift. Robert Rosenkranz '62, philanthropist and chairman of Delphi Financial, donated to the school to augment the online program, which officially gets underway this summer. The gift will be used to support the development of the program's onlin more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 2 (TNSJou) -- Yale University issued the following news release: Yale researchers are developing a skin cancer treatment that involves injecting nanoparticles into the tumor, killing cancer cells with a two-pronged approach, as a potential alternative to surgery. The results are published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "For a lot of patients, treating skin cancer is much more involved than it would be if there was a way to effectively trea more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 3 (TNSJou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Yale Cancer Center researchers are developing a skin cancer treatment that involves injecting nanoparticles into the tumor, killing cancer cells with a two-pronged approach, as a potential alternative to surgery. The results are published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "For a lot of patients, treating skin cancer is much more involved than it would be if there was a way to ef more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 25 -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) will present this year's ISSCR Momentum Award to Valentina Greco, PhD, Carolyn Walch Slayman Professor of Genetics and member of the Yale Stem Cell Center. The prize recognizes the exceptional achievements of an investigator whose innovative research has established a major area of stem cell-related research with a strong trajectory for future success. G more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 25 -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Amid a global effort to bring vaccines to the public, Yale School of Public Health researchers and their colleagues around the university are hard at work to speed up the process. In fact, from investigating vaccine skepticism to modeling potential paths to herd immunity, their efforts have gained national recognition -- and may help to guide government policy. Their work was featured in a three-hour Dean's  more PR