ENFIELD, Connecticut, March 26 (TNSPer) -- Asnuntuck Community College issued the following news on March 25, 2021: The Board of Regents for Higher Education (BOR) today selected five campus chief executive officers who will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of Asnuntuck Community College (ACC), Naugatuck Valley Community College (NVCC), Norwalk Community College (NCC), Quinebaug Valley Community College (QVCC), and Tunxis Community College (TCC). The BOR is undertaking a more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 25 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on March 24, 2021: Attorney General William Tong and Consumer Protection Commissioner Michelle H. Seagull today announced a multistate settlement with Boston Scientific Corporation (Boston) to resolve allegations of deceptive marketing of its surgical mesh products for women. The settlement requires Boston to pay $188.6 million to 47 states and the District of Columbia to resolve alleg more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 24 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on March 24, 2021: Attorney General William Tong today applauded the federal court of appeals in D.C.'s dismissal of an appeal of a decision striking down the Trump Administration's attempt to revoke food assistance for approximately 700,000 Americans. In January 2020, AG Tong joined a multistate coalition led by AG Karl A. Racine of the District of Columbia and AG Letitia James of New more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 25 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on March 24, 2021: Attorney General William Tong today led a coalition of eleven other attorneys general calling on Facebook and Twitter to take stronger measures to stop the spread of anti-vaxxer coronavirus disinformation on their social media platforms. In letters to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, the attorneys general urge both leaders to immediately and  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 23 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on March 22, 2021: Attorney General William Tong joined 18 other state attorneys general in issuing a letter calling on U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to close the loophole in the ATF's interpretation of the federal Gun Control Act that allows criminals, domestic abusers, and other prohibited purchasers of firearms to evade common-sense gun laws and purchase 80 percent receivers more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 24 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement: * * * Attorney General William Tong released the following statement in response to Representative Michael Winkler's comments regarding discrimination against Asian-Americans. "I'd like to say I cannot believe that Representative Winkler would say that Asian-Americans do not count and have not been discriminated against. Except, I can believe it because I was asked myself as a member o more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 27 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on March 26: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that his administration plans to make a historic investment in early childhood programs across Connecticut to assist in their ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its resulting economic impact, including through the release of $210 million from the federal funding the state has received to date to support pandemic recovery efforts. The g more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 26 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Governor Ned Lamont is applauding the Connecticut House of Representatives for unanimously voting today to approve legislation that codifies into state statutes the executive orders he issued during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that relax restrictions on outdoor dining at restaurants and enabling these businesses to provide expanded service to their customers outside. The legislation permits r more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 27 -- The Connecticut Department of Education issued the following news release on March 26, 2021: In honor of national Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Day today, the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) announced it is entering into a partnership with Aperture Education to provide a statewide SEL assessment for K-12 schools. Starting in the fall of 2021 and after a thorough procurement process, CSDE will make Aperture's research-backed social-emotional  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 16 -- The Connecticut State Auditors of Public Accounts issued the following audit report entitled "Connecticut Lottery Corporation Fiscal Years Ended June 30, 2018 and 2019": EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In accordance with the provisions of Section 2-90 of the Connecticut General Statutes, we have audited certain operations of the Connecticut Lottery Corporation (CLC) for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2018 and 2019. Our audit identified internal control deficiencies, insta more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 18 -- The Connecticut State Auditors of Public Accounts issued the following audit report entitled "Department of Veterans Affairs for the Fiscal Years Ended June 30, 2018 and 2019": EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In accordance with the provisions of Section 2-90 of the Connecticut General Statutes, we have audited certain operations of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The objectives of this review were to evaluate the department's internal controls; compliance with policies more PR

MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut, March 23 (TNSJou) -- Connecticut Wesleyan University issued the following news: Martha Gilmore, George I. Seney Professor of Geology and professor of earth and environmental sciences, is the co-author of seven new papers. These include: "Distinct Mineralogy and Age of Individual Lava Flows in Atla Regio, Venus Derived From Magellan Radar Emissivity," published in the March 2021 issue of JGR: Planets. "The Venus Life Equation," published online in the January 2021 issu more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, March 25 -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: Dr. Amanda Ulrich is the newest member of the Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgical Division (MIGS) at UConn Health's Women Center. Dr. Ulrich joins Dr. Anthony Luciano and Dr. Danielle Luciano, all of whom are fellowship-trained in minimally invasive gynecologic surgery. Those who are fellowship-trained in minimally invasive gynecologic surgery are trained with advanced surgical skills. The MIGS Divisi more PR

WATERBURY, Connecticut, March 23 -- Post University issued the following news release: Post University has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Scottsdale Community College in Scottsdale, AZ. The articulation agreement will allow students completing an associate degree to earn their Bachelor of Science in Equine Studies at Post University. A total of up to 67 credits from Scottsdale will be applied to their studies at the University. "I'm excited about welcoming students from Scott more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, March 23 (TNSJou) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: About 30 years ago, the waters of the Long Island Sound were looking bleak. Pollution from the more than nine million people living in the Sound's watershed had reached epic heights. Nitrogen runoff led to chronic seasonal blooms of algae, which led to bacteria consuming so much oxygen that periodically, piles of dead fish turned up on beaches. Swimming was frequently banned in many areas, and th more PR

FARMINGTON, Connecticut, March 26 (TNSPer) -- Tunxis Community College issued the following news release on March 25, 2021: The Board of Regents for Higher Education (BOR) today selected five campus chief executive officers who will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of Asnuntuck Community College (ACC), Naugatuck Valley Community College (NVCC), Norwalk Community College (NCC), Quinebaug Valley Community College (QVCC), and Tunxis Community College (TCC). The BOR is under more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, March 26 (TNSJou) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: Wikipedia has not traditionally been celebrated in the university classroom, but some professors are working to change that. Assistant professor of natural resources and the environment, Jess Brandt, teaches a course in the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources where students bring their new knowledge to the world's largest open-access project. "We don't want Wikipedia to be the on more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, March 24 (TNSRes) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: UConn professor of physiology and neurobiology Daniel Mulkey has received a $2.1 million grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to investigate the cellular and molecular basis for disordered breathing in a rare genetic condition called Rett syndrome. This project is part of a collaboration with Michelle Olsen, associate professor of neurobiology at Virginia Tech, and it has been  more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, March 26 (TNSpar) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: The University of Connecticut is continuing its research partnership with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to engage in vital collaborative research and development with both large and small Connecticut businesses in the aerospace industry and to educate students to work on similar design and manufacturing challenges after they graduate. Project Daedalus collaborates with industry partner more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, March 24 (TNSJou) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: Humans are remarkably adaptable, and our ancestors have survived challenges like the changing climate in the past. Now, research is providing insight into how people who lived over 5,000 years ago managed to adapt. Madelynn von Baeyer Ph.D. '18, now at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, UConn Associate Professor of Anthropology Alexia Smith, and Professor Sharon Steadman f more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, March 23 -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: The COVID-19 pandemic has produced the most unusual year in UConn's history, but this weekend HuskyTHON produced its usual results - raising an incredible amount of money for the Connecticut Children's Medical Center. The dance marathon, which started in 2000, has developed into New England's largest student-run philanthropy effort. It took place this weekend in a hybrid format and was the conclusion of f more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, March 25 (TNSRes) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: Recapping the quarter beginning October 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020, the UConn School of Pharmacy congratulates the following Departments of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacy Practice faculty and their teams for their FY 2021 Q2 research grant awards/* totaling $942,819.00: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Bodhisattwa Chaudhuri, Ph.D. Takeda Pharmaceuticals Applicability and cali more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, March 24 (TNSRes) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news on March 23, 2021: Feeding America, the nation's largest hunger-relief organization, released the Nutrition in Food Banking Toolkit on Tuesday - a resource to support food banks and food pantry programs as they work to address food insecurity and the overlapping challenges posed by structural inequities. The toolkit was developed by Feeding America's Nutritious Food Revisioning Task Force, made up more PR

MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut, March 24 -- Connecticut Wesleyan University issued the following news: Wesleyan's 189th Commencement will take place in person on Wednesday, May 26. "This year's Commencement was previously planned for May 30; however, due to a number of factors, including current pandemic conditions and cancellation of an in-person reunion weekend, we have decided to move up the date," Wesleyan President Michael Roth '78 said in a campus-wide email. The University is hoping that cond more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 25 (TNSJou) -- Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science issued the following news: When cancer invades the brain, normal salt levels are quickly thrown off-kilter, but detecting this change in patients has been difficult. A team of Yale researchers has developed a non-invasive way to observe these changes in close detail at the early stages of cancer growth. This method, developed in the lab of Fahmeed Hyder, professor of biomedical engineering & radiology  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 23 (TNSJou) -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news: The increasing frequency and severity of extreme weather events like droughts and floods have taken a toll on the midwestern U.S. in recent years, putting a major strain on the region's farmers. From 2001 to 2010, the Federal Crop Insurance Program, a government program created to protect farmers from crop loss, covered $4.1 billion in damages; in 2011 alone, the program paid out $10.8 billion. W more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 25 (TNSJou) -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news: Fossil fuel producers in the U.S. are directly benefiting from implicit subsidies on the order of $62 billion a year because of inefficient pricing that doesn't properly account for the costs of damages to the environment, climate, and human health. That's the finding of a newly published study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) by Yale School of the Environment Economi more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 26 (TNSJou) -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news: Efforts to shift from petrochemical plastics to renewable and biodegradable plastics have proven tricky -- the production process can require toxic chemicals and is expensive, and the mechanical strength and water stability is often insufficient. But researchers have made a breakthrough, using wood byproducts, that shows promise for producing more durable and sustainable bioplastics. A study pub more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 23 -- Yale Law School issued the following news release on March 22, 2021: Shannon and Megan met as children and were friends for years before they began dating in college. Now married, the two hope to start a family through assisted reproduction, which they had to lobby Shannon's health insurance to cover. After Shannon gives birth, they will have to undertake the additional step of a second-parent adoption in order to have Megan's parental relationship legally p more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 23 -- Yale Law School issued the following news release: On March 17, 2021, the Foreclosure Track of the Housing Clinic at Yale Law School filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court in the class action lawsuit TransUnion, LLC v. Ramirez in support of the consumer respondent. In its brief, the Clinic argued that mismarking individuals as terrorists or drug dealers on their credit reports is a particularized injury to class members under Article III of the Constit more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 26 (TNSops) -- Yale Law School issued the following news release: Professor Oona A. Hathaway '97 testified during a virtual hearing before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 23, 2021. The hearing, titled "Reclaiming Congressional War Powers," addressed issues concerning the balance of war powers between the executive and legislative branches, with a particular focus on authorizations for the use of military force (AUMFs) and the more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 26 (TNSeve) -- Yale School of Management issued the following Q&A: Economic Development is a broad topic - from ensuring the economic growth of a city or nation to ensuring access to economic opportunities for those in poverty. To help unpack the wide array of possibilities that fall within economic development, the Yale School of Management Economic Development Club hosted a panel in which Professors Kate Cooney, Tony Sheldon, and Mushfiq Mobarak shared what "econ more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 23 (TNSPer) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Cecelia Calhoun, MD, MSPH, MBA, has been appointed Assistant Professor of Medicine (Hematology) and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Hematology/Oncology) at Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital. Calhoun will care for adolescents and young adults with Sickle Cell Disease as part of the Smilow Cancer Hospital Pediatric and Adult Hematology Programs and serve as Director of the Adolescent-You more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 23 (TNSPer) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Marietta Vazquez, MD, professor of pediatrics (general pediatrics and infectious diseases); vice chair of diversity, equity and inclusion in the Department of Pediatrics; and founder and director of the Yale Children's Hispanic Clinic; has been appointed associate dean for medical student diversity, effective May 3, 2021. In her new role, Vazquez will work closely with YSM's Office of Diversity, Equ more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 25 (TNSRes) -- Yale School of Management issued the following news: The Yale Center for Customer Insights (YCCI) is excited to partner with PepsiCo on a new design and innovation competition that explores innovative new ways of motivating consumers to engage in healthier behaviors using a new digital app. Students from business schools across the country are invited to register and submit their ideas to YCCI. The health and wellness trend has contributed to the de more PR