BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut, Feb. 19 -- Housatonic Community College issued the following news on Feb. 18, 2021: Congressman Jim Himes visited Housatonic Community College (HCC) on Tuesday to gain firsthand knowledge of the college's Advanced Manufacturing training program. The nine-month certificate program provides students with the cutting-edge manufacturing skills needed to enter Connecticut's in-demand jobs in the industry. Himes received a tour of the college's Advanced Manufacturing Technol more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 20 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Feb. 19, 2021: Attorney General William Tong today joined a multistate coalition urging the adoption of U.S. House and Senate resolutions that call for the cancellation of up to $50,000 in federal student debt owed by each and every federal student loan borrower nationwide. In their letter to Congress, the attorneys general stress the immediate relief needed for borrowers struggling more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 18 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Feb. 17, 2021: Attorney General William Tong congratulated Assistant Attorneys General Kimberly Massicotte, Carletha Texidor, and Jessica Torres Shlatz on their nominations today to the Connecticut Superior Court bench. "Kim Massicotte, Carletha Texidor, and Jessica Torres Shlatz are highly skilled, dedicated attorneys who will no doubt make excellent, fair and compassionate judges. more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 19 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement: * * * Attorney General William Tong issued a statement welcoming Comcast's announcement today that they will postpone their ill-timed data cap until 2022. Attorney General Tong had strongly objected to implementing the rate hike in the midst of the ongoing public health and economic crisis. "Delaying this ill-timed data cap until at least 2022 is the right call. I have heard from famili more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 19 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Feb. 18, 2021: Attorney General William Tong and Agriculture Commissioner Bryan P. Hurlburt today announced the state has secured custody of eight formerly malnourished and severely neglected horses seized from Laurel Ledge Farm in Oakdale. After extensive medical care and rehabilitation at the state's Second Chance Large Animal Rehabilitation Program in Niantic, Attorney General Ton more PR

MIAMI, Florida, Feb. 20 -- Florida International University, a component of the public university system in Florida, issued the following news: Wendy Wheeler will not accept the title of "hero," even when a stranger tries to pin it on her. A critical care nurse in Connecticut who accompanies sick children by ambulance to specialty facilities in the Northeast, Wheeler also serves two-week stints around the country as a member of one of the federal government's Disaster Medical Assistance Teams. more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 18 -- Yale School of Nursing issued the following news: More than 30 people attended the "They'll Be Looking to You To Lead--Positive Practices to Reduce Harm While Working in FQHC" virtual session held on February 2. The event featured retired Capt. Constance J. Evans, BSN, MA, and Caprice Brown, RN, BSN, M. Div. and is the first in a series of Black History Month programming sponsored by the YSN Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. FQHCs are Federally Qual more PR

MANCHESTER, Connecticut, Feb. 18 -- Manchester Community College issued the following news release: Manchester Community College, home of the Connecticut Poetry Circuit, is joining with the circuit to sponsor author and poet Ross Gay on Tuesday, March 2, from 7 to 8 p.m. Gay will read from his work live via WebEx. To attend the WebEx event, visit https://ctedu.webex.com/meet/TBotomcc.commnet.edu. Gay is author of four books of poetry: Against Which, Bringing the Shovel Down, Be Holding, and  more PR

ALBANY, New York, Feb. 16 -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D-New York, issued the following news release on Feb. 15, 2021: Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today updated New Yorkers on the state's progress during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. As part of that update, the Governor notified New Yorkers that a Connecticut resident who is a patient in a New York City hospital has tested positive for the South African variant. There is no evidence of any spread in New York State to date. "New Yorkers haven't only got more PR

ALBANY, New York, Feb. 16 -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D-New York, issued the following transcript on Feb. 15, 2021: * * * Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today updated New Yorkers on the state's progress during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. As part of that update, the Governor notified New Yorkers that a Connecticut resident who is a patient in a New York City hospital has tested positive for the South African variant. There is no evidence of any spread in New York State to date. Happy Presidents' Day. H more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Feb. 17 (TNSRes) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: This winter UConn Health and its faculty have been applauded on the national stage for their accomplishments. The most recent accolades include: Cato T. Laurencin, MD, PhD, was named the 2021 Kappa Delta Ann Doner Vaughn Award recipient by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons for his 30 years of scientific research in musculoskeletal regenerative engineering, the field which he founded and more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Feb. 18 -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: UConn is considering a plan to cut in half the previously approved tuition adjustment for the 2021-22 academic year in recognition of the pandemic-related financial constraints facing many of the University's students and their families. The proposal also keeps most fees flat with modest increases in only a few categories, including helping the University significantly expand access to mental health servic more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Feb. 16 (TNSRes) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: UConn astrophysicist Chiara Mingarelli is part of a team of researchers who recently published data on a hint of a signal that sent ripples of excitement through the physics community. These monumental findings are the culmination of twelve and a half years of data gathered from NANOGrav -- a network of pulsars across the galaxy -- all in the hopes of detecting gravitational waves. Gravitational w more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Feb. 17 -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news on Feb. 16, 2021: The University of Connecticut announced today the opening of a data science technology incubator in Stamford, the state's fastest growing city. The 5,685 square-foot facility at 9 West Broad Street adds to UConn's existing Technology Incubation Program (TIP) locations on the main campus in Storrs and at UConn Health in Farmington. UConn TIP is the largest and most active incubator in the s more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Feb. 20 (TNSJou) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news on Feb. 19, 2021: No one needs to be told these days about how big a role viruses can play in our lives. But long before the COVID-19 pandemic - before humans or other multi-cellular organisms even existed - viruses were likely shaping the trajectory of life on Earth. A team of researchers, including UConn's Pieter Visscher, have published a paper in the March issue of Trends in Microbiology where  more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Feb. 19 (TNSJou) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: Having trouble coping with COVID? Go take a hike. Literally. Researchers have long been aware of the positive impact of a connection with nature on psychological health and, according to a new study published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences, the pandemic hasn't decreased the power of nature to improve mental well-being. "Thinking about the natural world in an interconnected more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Feb. 19 (TNSJou) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: Too many people take aspirin to prevent heart disease, and not enough people take statins, UConn Health researchers report in the February 17 issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. The results are especially significant for people aged 75 and older. Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death globally, according to the World Health Organization. Often simply called he more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Feb. 17 (TNSRes) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has announced the first two recipients of the Makuch Faculty Fund award in Mathematical and Data Sciences. The award provides $9,000 each for faculty in the College in the departments of mathematics or statistics to use for their research. The award honors faculty who demonstrate significant contributions to the fields of math or data science, and whose wor more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 19 -- Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science issued the following news: Stretchable electronic circuits are critical for soft robotics, wearable technologies, and biomedical applications. The current ways of making them, though, have limited their potential. A team of researchers in the Yale lab of Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio, the John J. Lee Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, has developed a material and fabrication process tha more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 16 -- Yale Law School issued the following news release: Cecile Richards, a national leader for women's rights and social and economic justice, will deliver the 2021 Gruber Distinguished Lecture in Women's Rights. The lecture, titled, "Women and the Workforce -- How A Pandemic Demands Systemic Change," is open to the Yale Community and will take place on Monday, March 8, 2021, from 4:30-6:00 p.m. via Zoom. Online registration is required. There will also be a panel more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 20 -- Yale School of Management issued the following news: Building on a class assignment, a team of students in the MBA for Executives program created an initiative last fall that explored ways to encourage retirement planning in African-American and Latino populations. "What we found was really remarkable," said Fatimah Loren Dreier (Muhammad) '22, a health executive for a national company. "There is a huge gap in African-American and Latino retirement savings, a more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 18 -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: A multi-institution symposium led by Yale School of Medicine treated more than 1,900 online participants from across the country to a showcase of research from a diverse group of talented postdoctoral researchers, with the goal of propelling their promising careers in scientific discovery. The Intersections Science Fellows Symposium was held through Zoom sessions and webinars from January 6 through 8, and was  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 16 (TNSJou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Blood clots, through venous thromboembolism and arterial thromboses, have been shown to be one of the causes of death in individuals with COVID-19. Medications that prevent blood clots, or anticoagulants, may be effective in treating patients with the disease. New research published in The BMJ shows that patients put on preventative doses of anticoagulants within the first 24 hours of being hospitaliz more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 17 -- Yale School of Public Health issued the following news: A Yale School of Public Health survey of thousands of health workers suggests worrying rates of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder amid a worsening pandemic. And in their new paper, the researchers now have the numbers to prove it. Their quantitative analysis of the survey data, which was recently published in the journal PLOS ONE, shows that nearly one quarter of all health care workers showe more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 16 -- Yale School of Public Health issued the following news: Entertainment venues are shut, travel is curtailed and offices are depopulated, but getting to herd immunity could bring a return to a so-called "new normal" and a hefty dose of celebration. However, according to public health leaders, that goal could remain elusive without a concerted effort to vaccinate in developing nations and combat vaccine hesitancy everywhere, among other challenges. During a rece more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 20 -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Celeste Lipkes, MD, MFA, a fourth-year resident in the Yale Department of Psychiatry, continues to earn recognition for Radium Girl, her manuscript of poems. Lipkes was recently named a finalist in the 2020-21 Jake Adam York Prize for a first or second poetry collection. The book prize drew 870 manuscripts this year, and 18 were judged finalists. The prize is sponsored by Copper Nickel, a national literary j more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 17 (TNSRes) -- Yale School of Management issued the following news on Feb. 16, 2021: Soaring health care costs in the United States burden families with expensive premiums and account for nearly a third of the federal budget. A new project based at Yale University is providing policymakers with evidence-based proposals to eliminate inefficiencies in the health system and reduce costs by hundreds of billions of dollars annually. The recently launched 1% Steps for He more PR