HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 17 -- Trinity College issued the following news release on March 16, 2021: Faculty members at Trinity College are responding to the global climate crisis by offering new courses that address climate change through various academic disciplines. "It's a problem that affects every single person on this planet--not just environmental science majors," said Professor of Physics and Environmental Science Christoph Geiss. "To solve this climate crisis, the economists have  more PR

ENFIELD, Connecticut, March 20 -- Asnuntuck Community College issued the following news: Asnuntuck Community College is joining other community colleges in the state in offering potential students a virtual way to learn about summer and fall offerings at the college. Asnuntuck is offering multiple one-hour virtual information sessions to potential students and their parents. These small group sessions include information regarding enrollment, registration process and financial aid. Learn more  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 17 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement on March 16, 2021: * * * Attorney General William Tong today expressed disappointment when reacting to the plan Purdue Pharma filed in bankruptcy court. Along with 22 other states, Attorney General Tong released the below statement: "We are disappointed in this plan. While it contains improvements over the proposal that Purdue announced and we rejected in September 2019, it falls short  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 20 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: Attorney General William Tong has moved for permanent state custody of 65 injured and neglected goats seized from Redding resident Nancy Burton earlier this month. The Connecticut Department of Agriculture, with the assistance of the Town of Redding and the Redding Police Department, executed a search and seizure warrant on March 10 for the goats located at 147 Cross Highway in Reddi more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 19 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on March 18, 2021: Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 17 attorneys general led by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul in urging Congress to pass the Keeping All Students Safe Act (KASSA), which prohibits any school receiving federal funds from placing children in seclusion or using dangerous restraint practices. In today's letter (https://portal.ct.gov/-/media more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 16 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on March 15, 2021: Governor Ned Lamont, members of Connecticut's Congressional delegation, and Connecticut Housing Commissioner Seila Mosquera-Bruno today announced the launch of UniteCT, a new state program to provide rental and utility assistance to qualified Connecticut households financially impacted by COVID-19. As further detailed in the program guidelines, UniteCT may provide up to $10,0 more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 16 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on March 15, 2021: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is accelerating Connecticut's age-based rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine to proceed on a quicker schedule than was originally anticipated when it was announced last month. The revised schedule, which tentatively plans for the vaccine to expand to all adults over the age of 16 by April 5, comes as the state was informed by the Biden ad more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 15 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on March 14, 2021: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has signed an executive order modifying certain state laws in order to allow expanded access to telehealth services to continue in Connecticut during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Telehealth services are those that enable healthcare providers to interact with patients, including those with Medicaid coverage, without needing to meet more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 19 -- The Connecticut Department of Education issued the following news release on March 18, 2021: The Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) today announced the launch of the AccelerateCT Education Task Force to assist in the development of a statewide education recovery and acceleration framework and programming for students across the state beginning with enhanced learning and enrichment opportunities for this spring and summer. The Task Force is compr more PR

MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut, March 20 (TNSJou) -- Connecticut Wesleyan University issued the following news: Johan "Joop" Varekamp, Harold T. Stearns Professor in Earth Science, professor of earth and environmental studies, is the co-author of an article published in Geology, March 2021. The study, titled "Volcanic Carbon Cycling in East Lake, Newberry Volcano, Oregon," focuses on the bubbling East Lake, the site of the Newberry Volcano, and the geological implications of the carbon reactions happ more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: After failing to win her party's nomination for lieutenant governor in 2018, Erin Stewart is once again abandoning a run for Connecticut's highest office. Stewart announced earlier this week she will not run for governor next year, in yet another huge fail for the Republican Governors Association as they lose candidate after candidate for 2022. The Connecticut GOP is clearly scared to take on Democratic Gov more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 20 (TNSPer) -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news: Luke Sanford, whose research examines environmental stewardship from a political science perspective, has been named assistant professor of environmental policy and governance at the Yale School of the Environment beginning July 1. Sanford, a PhD candidate in the political science department and the School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California San Diego, has created method more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 20 (TNSPer) -- Yale School of Public Health issued the following news: The Yale School of Public Health will welcome two new faculty members with expertise in racism and health in the coming academic year. The announcement is the latest in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences' broad push to develop interdisciplinary solutions to racism and to promote health equity. The department launched its search for new faculty members to deepen its existing focus  more PR

FARMINGTON, Connecticut, March 18 -- Tunxis Community College issued the following news release on March 3, 2021: Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) interim President Dr. Jane Gates today announced that a consortium of five Connecticut community colleges, led by Norwalk Community College, has received a $3.4 million Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grant (SSTG) from the United State Department of Labor (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA). The grant, award more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, March 18 (TNSRes) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: In a year marked by painful losses, movie fans have another reason to grieve: Chadwick Boseman, the star of the popular film "Black Panther," died Aug. 28 at age 43, following a four-year battle with colon cancer. Boseman was among a growing number of young adults to be diagnosed with colon cancer, a condition once regarded as an older person's disease. This year, the American Cancer Society est more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, March 17 (TNSJou) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news on March 16, 2021: A Harvard law professor recently sparked an international controversy by describing the documented history of state-sponsored sexual slavery during World War II by the imperial Japanese military as "pure fiction" in an op-ed in the Japan Forward newspaper and in the academic journal International Review of Law and Economics. The writings of J. Mark Ramseyer, Mitsubishi Professor more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, March 19 (TNSJou) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic changed the higher education experience for students across the United States, with more than 90 percent of institutions reporting a shift in education delivery with the arrival of COVID-19. The rapid transition to remote study came with its own learning curve for students and faculty alike. But for many students with disabilities, the shift offered new educational m more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, March 16 -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news on March 15, 2021: On a hot summer day in Connecticut, it's common to go to a beach-side restaurant, eat some fresh oysters and mussels, and enjoy the crashing of the waves against the sand. For a group of University of Connecticut faculty and a Florida Atlantic University professor, their plan is to skip the beach and the restaurant and use relatives of those delicious animals for another reason--filtering more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, March 17 (TNSRes) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: The UConn Law Class of 2021 has chosen Professor Julia Simon-Kerr to receive the Perry Zirkel '76 Distinguished Teaching Award. Simon-Kerr teaches Evidence, Civil Procedure and Law and Lying. She is a leading evidence scholar whose research focuses on credibility in the law, and her recent work includes research into the perceived credibility of witnesses who wear masks in the courtroom. "Teachi more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, March 19 (TNSJou) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: If you live in a flood prone area, would you -- or could you -- take measures to mitigate flood risks? What about others in your community? These questions are becoming more urgent, according to The World Resources Institute, because global flood risk is increasing, and loss projections for rivers alone put the cost over 500 billion dollars by midcentury. Research published this week in Proceedin more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, March 18 (TNSRes) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: Inflammation is part of the body's natural response to injury or infection. It helps eliminate the cause of cell injury, clear away dead cells, and initiate tissue repair. While inflammation is generally beneficial, if left unchecked, it can damage key systems, including the cardiovascular system. When the inflammatory response goes awry, it can contribute to vascular lesions. These lesions play  more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, March 18 (TNSRes) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: As we've all gotten very familiar with living our lives virtually, a new course lets students learn more about the epidemiology of infectious diseases like COVID-19 without ever stepping foot in a lab. Dong-Hun Lee, assistant professor of pathobiology and veterinary science in the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources, has created a course on bioinformatics in molecular epidemiolog more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 17 -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news: Karen Seto, Yale School of the Environment (YSE) Frederick C. Hixon Professor of Geography Urbanization, has been named one of 15 leading women in machine learning for Earth observation by Radiant Earth Foundation for her research of global importance. The list spotlights women who are pioneering research into the planet's ecosystem and breaking barriers in the field. A member of the U.S. National Academ more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 18 -- Yale Law School issued the following news release: Members of the 117th Congress nominate students of different racial and ethnic backgrounds to the military service academies at dramatically different rates and, collectively, at rates that are significantly skewed as compared to the overall population of their states and districts, according to a new report released on March 17, 2021, by the Connecticut Veterans Legal Center (CVLC). The CVLC's report, Gatek more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 17 -- Yale Law School issued the following news release: Thousands of eligible voters in Connecticut jails and prisons face "serious and often insurmountable" barriers to voting. But the legislature can lift those barriers with a few changes to the law, a student from the Liman Center for Public Interest Law at Yale Law School told state lawmakers. Clarissa Kimmey '22 testified on March 10 on behalf of the Liman Center before the Connecticut General Assembly's Com more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 17 (TNSRes) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: The Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library (CWML) has been selected as the recipient of the 2021 Research Advancement in Health Sciences Librarianship Award from the Medical Library Association. This award recognizes organizations who have advanced health information research and evidence-based practice in health sciences libraries and have created and sustained a culture of research that ha more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 19 (TNSRes) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Danielle Kline, M.P.H. '22, learned what it's like to have a loved one struggle with breast cancer watching her mother battle the deadly disease. During her mother's hospital visits and checkups with doctors, Kline saw how dedicated healthcare workers were in helping her mother get better and how generous they were answering all of her questions. As her mother's health gradually improved, those inte more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 18 -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Google the three-letter acronym "CBD," and you will receive 177 million results. For comparison, a search for "FBI" produces 213 million hits, "IBM," 305 million, and "FDR," just 51.3 million. Do you know what CBD is? More important, do you know what it does? CBD is short for cannabidiol, a seemingly non-intoxicating compound of the cannabis plant, as opposed to tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the major psychoac more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 18 (TNSRes) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: The American Stroke Association (ASA) has awarded Neurocritical Care and Emergency Neurology Division Chief Dr. Kevin Sheth, MD with its 2021 Stroke Research Mentoring Award at the virtual, annual International Stroke Conference. Dr. Sheth is one of eleven scientists who will be honored at the March 17-19 Conference for their groundbreaking contributions to stroke research. According to a news rele more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 19 -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: The Max Planck-Yale Center for Biodiversity Movement and Global Change (mpyc.yale.edu) is dedicated to research and training combining new technologies and large-scale analytics to address questions in ecology, animal behavior, and global change. The MPYC is hosting a virtual mini-conference to foster engagement and connect communities across the partner institutions. Participants will be asked to give a bri more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 19 (TNSJou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Zheala Qayyum, MD, Assistant Professor Adjunct of Psychiatry, is first author of two papers intended to help trainees cope with the painful experience of having a patient die by suicide. "'You Really Never Forget It!' Psychiatry Trainee Supervision Needs and Supervisor Experiences Following the Suicide of a Patient" was published in Academic Psychiatry. According to the paper's abstract, "Suicide is more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 19 -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: The Yale Student Business Society is excited to announce the 2021 Life Science Career Fair that will be held virtually on April 28-29. We welcome all graduate students, professional students, post-docs, and undergraduates interested in the life sciences to participate in networking and career exploration opportunities provided at this event. The Life Science Career Fair will feature industry-leading companie more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 18 (TNSRes) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: In many ways, we are our memories. What we remember about who we are, who we love, and what we have done. Loss of memory through Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, which affect women more than men, represent a profound loss of self. But scientists are only beginning to understand how memories form, how they are stored, how they are accessed later, and how these processes break down with age an more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 18 (TNSJou) -- Yale School of Nursing issued the following news: Yale School of Nursing (YSN) is home to a team of nurse scientists conducting cutting-edge research on sleep across the lifespan, and their work goes well beyond National Sleep Awareness Week (March 14-20). Learn more about their current and upcoming projects now, and stay tuned for the Sixth Annual Sleep & Symptom Research Symposium on Friday, April 30. Collaborative Research Across Yale Beatrice R more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 16 (TNSRes) -- Yale School of Public Health issued the following news: A long-term study of Medicare patients finds that Black patients who have an ischemic stroke (blocked blood flow to the brain) die at a higher rate than white patients, even after accounting for preexisting health conditions, a preliminary study by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health finds. The findings are being presented at the American Stroke Association's virtual International S more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 19 (TNSJou) -- Yale School of Public Health issued the following news: Across the United States, more than 65% of breast cancer survivors are classified as overweight or obese. This worrying statistic has broad implications for mortality in post-menopausal women. But in a new study, researchers at the Yale School of Public Health have confirmed a winning strategy: healthy eating and exercise. In their Lifestyle, Exercise and Nutrition (LEAN) randomized trial, the more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 17 (TNSRep) -- Yale School of Public Health issued the following news: By Michael Greenwood In what is believed to be the first published study of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness in long-term care facilities such as nursing homes, a research team co-led by the Yale School of Public Health found a widely used vaccine is highly successful in preventing infections. Residents of such facilities, particularly those in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), have experienced more PR