HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 12 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on March 11, 2021: Attorney General William Tong today announced that Connecticut, as part of a coalition of 41 attorneys general, has settled with Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau d/b/a American Medical Collection Agency ("AMCA") resolving a multistate investigation into the 2019 data breach that exposed the personal information of over 7 million individuals, including 100,266 Conne more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 9 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on March 8, 2021: Attorney General William Tong joined a bipartisan coalition of 19 attorneys general led by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul filing an amicus brief in support of a Washington state initiative regulating the sale of semiautomatic assault rifles. The coalition filed the brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in support of Washington in Mitchell v. At more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 11 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: Attorney General William Tong -- as part of a coalition that included the attorneys general of New York, Connecticut, and Vermont, as well as the corporation counsel for New York City -- today helped to restore an injunction against the continued implementation of the Public Charge Rule that had been issued by the Trump Administration. The Public Charge Rule denied green cards and vis more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 12 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Governor Ned Lamont and executives of WellSpark Health today held a news conference at the company's headquarters in Farmington, where they announced plans for the company to rapidly grow its operations at the location, including the creation of 287 new jobs over the next seven years. Established in 2013, WellSpark Health (formerly Care Management Solutions, Inc.) is a leading wellbeing, disea more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 12 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Office of Healthcare Strategy Executive Director Victoria Veltri today announced that the State of Connecticut has been accepted into the Peterson-Milbank Program for Sustainable Health Care Costs. Launched earlier this year by the Milbank Memorial Fund, the nationwide program was created to advance state efforts on addressing the growth of healthcare costs.  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 12 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on March 10, 2021: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that his administration is forming a working group with the goal of increasing diversity, racial equity, and inclusion within Connecticut's agriculture industry. Administered by the Connecticut Department of Agriculture, the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Connecticut Agriculture Working Group will focus on engaging and supporting curren more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 12 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement: * * * Governor Ned Lamont released the following statement applauding the vote in the U.S. House of Representatives this afternoon giving final Congressional approval of the American Rescue Plan: "Final passage of the American Rescue Plan is a game changer for Connecticut and the entire nation. "President Biden pledged to all Americans that his administration would meet the challenge of this p more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 13 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on March 12, 2021: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he received his second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine this morning at Saint Francis Hospital in Hartford. "I view receiving the COVID-19 vaccine as part of my obligation to protect myself, members of my administration, and my family," Governor Lamont said. "As we continue our vaccine rollout, I continue to urge all of o more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 13 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on March 12, 2021: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has scheduled Tuesday, April 27, 2021 as the date to hold a special election to fill a vacancy for state representative in the 145th Assembly District of the Connecticut House of Representatives. The seat, which consists of portions of Stamford, became vacant on March 8 following the resignation of Patricia Billie Miller, who was re more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 12 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on March 10, 2021: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has signed legislation enacting a law in Connecticut that expands civil rights protections by prohibiting discrimination, including in the workplace and other public accommodations, based on hairstyles that are commonly associated with people of color, such as afros, afro puffs, Bantu knots, braids, cornrows, locs, twists, headwraps, more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 12 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement: * * * Governor Ned Lamont released the following statement on tonight's address to the nation by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. regarding COVID-19: "Achieving universal access to vaccines for all adults by May is a bold, aggressive goal coming from President Biden, and this is the kind of leadership that is necessary to get our state and our country back to normal. "On behalf of the people of C more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 12 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on March 10, 2021: Governor Ned Lamont and Attorney General William Tong today announced that the State of Connecticut has reached an agreement with United Illuminating (UI) to offer a $46.5 million COVID relief bill credit to decrease and stabilize electric rates into 2023. Additionally, UI has committed to not change base distribution rates until at least May 2023 to provide further certainty  more PR

MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut, March 10 -- Connecticut Wesleyan University issued the following news: On March 5, the Connecticut Supreme Court reversed the 2017 trial court's judgement in Kent Literary Club v Wesleyan. This judgment had imposed damages on the university, requiring Wesleyan to contract with the owners of the Delta Kappa Epsilon (DKE) residence to house students. Wesleyan officials said they are pleased by the Connecticut Supreme Court's decision and hoped that it would put an end to more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, March 9 (TNSJou) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: Citizens of Connecticut's 169 municipalities probably don't spend a lot of time considering the zoning laws that determine what can be built and where. A statewide team including University of Connecticut researchers hopes to change that. An interdisciplinary team of researchers developed the nation's first interactive map that shows what kind of housing is allowed in each town to encourage equity more PR

NEW YORK, March 9 -- Hearst issued the following Q&A: During Women's History Month, we're speaking with inspiring female colleagues to hear their stories of career, personal and professional achievements, work/life balance, mentorship and more. Today, meet Hearst Connecticut Media Group's (HCMG) Wendy Metcalfe. Wendy joined Hearst in 2019 as vice president of content and editor-in-chief of HCMG. Throughout her journalism career, Wendy has held roles across national, regional and local newspape more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 11 -- Yale School of Public Health issued the following news: It has been generations since a world event enveloped us all in a shared trauma that motivates so many people to volunteer their time, shift career priorities and do their part. The COVID-19 pandemic's lack of respect for borders and boundaries has also led to innovative and collaborative new partnerships for public health and the Yale community. One example is the animated motion graphic public service more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 9 (TNSPer) -- Yale School of Management issued the following news on March 8, 2021: When, in 1974, Susan Rose-Ackerman and Sharon Oster were among the first five women appointed to Yale's economics faculty, some in the Department of Economics raised their eyebrows. Were women capable of teaching economics to Yale students? In the decades that followed, Rose-Ackerman and Oster -- who both retired in 2018 -- not only taught, but broke glass ceilings to take on impor more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 12 -- Yale School of Nursing issued the following news: The latest issue of Journal of Nursing Administration (JONA) includes two articles by Yale School of Nursing (YSN) affiliates. Crucial Role of Critical Care Dean Ann Kurth, '90 MSN, PhD, CNM, MPH, FAAN and coauthors examined "Critical Care Nursing: A Key Constraint to COVID-19 Response and Healthcare Now and in the Future." The article discusses how COVID-19 highlighted the crucial role and concerning dea more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 9 (TNSPer) -- Yale School of Public Health issued the following news: An acclaimed researcher and health economist with wide-ranging research expertise is joining the Yale School of Public Health and will chair its Department of Health Policy and Management. Professor Jason Hockenberry, Ph.D., who has spent the past nine years at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University in Atlanta said he looks forward to working with a "stellar cadre" of faculty in more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, March 10 (TNSJou) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: When something bad happens to a child, the public and policy response is swift and forceful. How could this have happened? What went wrong? What do we do to make sure it never happens again? When a family becomes erroneously or unnecessarily enmeshed in the child welfare system, that burden is largely invisible - a burden borne mostly by the family itself. In both situations, the fault for th more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, March 11 -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: As neighbors located across from each other on East Main Street, UConn Waterbury and the Palace Theater have found ways to collaborate through programs and activities, including internships for students and classes on the performing arts offered by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Over the past four years, another collaborative effort was with Stuart Brown, the campus director of student services, w more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, March 10 (TNSJou) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: A simple, low-cost method of detecting infectious diseases developed by researchers at UConn has reached a licensing deal with Vault Medical Services. In March 2020, researchers in the Department of Biomedical Engineering-- a shared department in the schools of Dental Medicine, Medicine, and Engineering--began to develop a new, low-cost, CRISPR-based diagnostic platform to detect infectious disea more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, March 10 (TNSJou) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: UConn researchers and collaborators at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology developed a theoretical model that will expediate the development of affordable fuel cells. Radenka Maric, UConn's vice president for research, innovation and entrepreneurship; Dario Dekel from Technion's Chemical Engineering Department; S. Pamir Alpay, UConn's associate dean for research and industrial partnerships; more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, March 12 (TNSJou) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news on March 11, 2021: A recent special issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences exploring the current state of knowledge of the world's insect populations - with an introduction penned by authors including Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology David Wagner - has caught the imagination of the public in a way that's rare for scientific research. In the weeks since publicatio more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, March 11 -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news on March 10, 2021: When Regina Leonard was struggling to conceive she took the recommendation of two co-workers to see Dr. Claudio Benadiva, director at the Center for Reproductive Services (CARS) affiliated with the UConn School of Medicine. Leonard went through two rounds of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), a procedure where mature eggs are retrieved and exposed to sperm to create embryos that are then tran more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, March 9 (TNSRes) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: Our environments have a much greater impact on our health than we may think. Where we live, from the state to neighborhood-level, income, race, and many other factors impact diet, which is a crucial determinant for overall health. Caitlin Caspi, an associate professor of allied health sciences in the College of Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources, and director of food security initiatives a more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, March 10 (TNSJou) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news on March 9, 2021: Research and news headlines have made it clear that the pandemic is hitting mothers disproportionately, forcing many to leave the workforce entirely. A team of mothers in academia have collaborated to come up with solutions to address on-going and new challenges they face as researchers, amplified by the pandemic, to try to help others rebuild their careers. In the paper publishe more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, March 12 (TNSRes) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: As innovations in the treatment of psoriasis continue to evolve, UConn Health now has a dedicated psoriasis center within its dermatology practice. Psoriasis is a relatively common condition in which an abnormality in the immune system leads to scaly, itchy, and sometimes painful skin plaques. "Living with psoriasis, I think you're always looking for someone who can help you and try to make it b more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 10 (TNSJou) -- Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science issued the following news: Metallic glasses - materials with the strength of metal, but moldable like plastic - are being developed for a broad range of applications. Controlling the formation of metallic glasses and their resulting properties in bulk form, however, remains a work-in-progress in the field. Researchers in the lab of Jan Schroers, professor of mechanical engineering & materials science,  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 12 (TNSPer) -- Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science issued the following news: Nisheeth K. Vishnoi, the newly appointed A. Bartlett Giamatti Professor of Computer Science, studies the foundations of computer science and machine learning. His appointment was effective Jan. 1. Vishnoi is a member of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering & Applied Science. His research spans several areas of theoretical computer science, optimizatio more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 12 -- Yale School of Environment issued the following Q&A: At a virtual event on March 3, Yale President Peter Salovey announced that a $100 million gift from FedEx would help support a new center at Yale focused on developing natural solutions for reducing atmospheric carbon. The Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture will accelerate research across academic disciplines, helping to develop a range of solutions to address climate change. YSE Dean Indy Burke spoke a more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 10 (TNSRes) -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news: The Yale Initiative on Sustainable Finance (YISF), a joint program between the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP) and the Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY), has announced a new partnership with investment bank BNY Mellon to expand research on various aspects of sustainable investing, including forces shaping sustainable finance, best practices in environmental,  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 8 -- Yale Law School issued the following news release: Yale Law School has announced two gifts from the Middle Road Foundation honoring the life and legacy of Michael A. Varet '65: The Michael A. Varet '65 YLS Safety Net Support Fund and The Michael A. Varet '65 Summer Public Interest Fellowship Fund. Made possible by Varet's wife, Elizabeth Rosenwald Varet, and his children, Joseph Rosenwald Varet, Sarah Rosenwald Varet '04, and David Rosenwald Varet, both funds more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 12 -- Yale Law School issued the following news release: On March 10, 2020, criminal justice reform advocates, formerly incarcerated people, and family members urged members of Connecticut's Judiciary Committee to support S.B. 978, a bill that would give incarcerated people serving long sentences for crimes committed before the age of 25 the chance to seek parole. The Challenging Mass Incarceration Clinic (CMIC) at the Yale Law School Jerome N. Frank Legal Service more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 13 (TNSRep) -- Yale Law School issued the following news release: Connecticut Voices for Children (CT Voices) and the Criminal Justice Advocacy Clinic of the Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization at Yale Law School (CJAC) released a report on March 12, 2021 that examines the collateral consequences of the Adoption and Safe Families Act on children with incarcerated parents. The report, "Incarcerated Parents and Termination of Parental Rights in Connecticut:  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 5 -- Yale Law School issued the following news release: The national security website Just Security announced the results this week of the successful efforts of the Peter Gruber Rule of Law Clinic (ROLC) and the Media Freedom and Information Access (MFIA) Clinic at Yale Law School to compel the Department of Defense (DoD) to release info to the public on U.S. troop strength levels in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria since 2017. Quarterly information on the number of t more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 11 -- Yale Law School issued the following news release: In February, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont announced the closure of the state's only supermax prison, Northern Correctional Institution. The decision represents a hard-fought success for local activists, who have spent years organizing against the highly restrictive prison and against the state's use of solitary confinement more broadly. For the past decade, the Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 9 (TNSRes) -- Yale Law School issued the following news release: On March 8, 2021, the Wikimedia/Yale Law School Initiative on Intermediaries and Information (WIII) announced the launch of a new white paper series which explores novel regulatory responses to misinformation. The series was created in response to a growing global trend of governments passing repressive content restrictions targeting false information, measures which are often subverted to target jou more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 11 -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: The Humanities, Arts, and Public Health Practice at Yale (HAPPY) Initiative and the Yale School of Public Health in conjunction with the Yale Schwarzman Center invite you to a free film screening of Welcome to Chechnya. In collaboration with award-winning executive producer Neal Baer, Welcome to Chechnya is a powerful David France documentary about the anti-gay purges in the late 2010s as LGBT refugees, wear more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 11 -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Planetary health and human wellbeing are closely linked. Environmental hazards influence a vast majority of communicable and non-communicable diseases worldwide. Climate change has resulted in concerning changes in disease patterns and the spread of pathogens to new geographic regions. Degradation of air, water, and land has led to a significant loss in biodiversity and placed unprecedented pressures on some more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 12 (TNSGra) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: The Yale Physician-Scientist Development Awards program (YPSDA) will provide grants to junior physician scientists (MD or MD/PhD) to conduct mentored research that will facilitate development of independent research programs. Up to four awards will be offered in 2021. Individuals who are strongly committed to a career in basic, translational, or clinical research are encouraged to apply. These award more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 10 (TNSJou) -- Yale School of Public Health issued the following news: Yale School of Public Health scientists have helped to design a proof-of-concept vaccine that could protect against a family of bacteria known to cause deadly blood infections in humans and animals. If successful in future trials, the vaccine candidate would be considered a "holy grail" public health intervention and could prevent thousands of deaths each year from the bacteria, known as Leptos more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 9 (TNSPer) -- Yale School of Public Health issued the following news on March 8, 2021: When Dr. Katherine Ciacco Palatianos, M.D., M.P.H. '86, first joined the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS), she felt as though she was one of just a few women in uniform working in a sea of white men. But over her 27 years of active duty service in the PHS Commissioned Corps, Ciacco Palatianos said she witnessed tremendous change. She watched proudly as Antonia Novello was sworn  more PR