BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut, April 7 (TNSMon) -- Housatonic Community College issued the following news: The law firm Berkowitz and Hanna has donated $2,000 to the Housatonic Community College Foundation's Student Emergency Fund to help students persist and meet their needs during the pandemic. Housatonic Community College (HCC) is a critical resource for low-income people striving to improve their prospects in the labor market. Most students are first generation college students, have children an more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 6 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on April 5, 2021: Attorney General William Tong today urged the U.S. Department of Education to cancel federal student loan debt of those who attended ITT Technical Institute. The now defunct for-profit school defrauded thousands of individuals by encouraging them to enroll and borrow loans based on false and misleading information about the value of an ITT degree and empty promises of more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 6 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on April 5, 2021: Attorney General William Tong today called on Twitter, eBay, and Shopify to act immediately to prevent people from selling fraudulent CDC vaccination cards on their platforms. A bipartisan coalition of 44 attorneys general, led by North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein and Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery, raised concerns about the public health risks of  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 7 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: Attorney General William Tong and Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut Leonard C. Boyle today announced that Today's Youth LLC and its owners, Maurice Stuckey and Joyce Anderson, have entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal and state governments in which they will pay $273,000 to resolve allegations that they caused overpayments to be paid by the Conn more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 10 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on April 9, 2021: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that $2 million in state funding is anticipated to be approved next week by the State Bond Commission, which will be used to fund statewide repairs and maintenance works at Connecticut state parks, forests, and wildlife management areas. The announcement was made concurrent with the release of the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environm more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 10 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on April 9, 2021: Governor Ned Lamont and Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) Commissioner Katie Dykes today announced that Connecticut's State Parks system and boat launches are planning to return to providing full services to visitors during the 2021 season, with some state campgrounds opening to campers with reservations today. DEEP's operation plan for this season was d more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 10 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Governor Ned Lamont is applauding the announcement today that the Biden administration has selected Nick Simmons to serve as Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Education for School Reopening and Recovery in a position that will have him coordinating efforts on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education to safely reopen schools across the country and help school communities recover from the detr more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 9 -- The Connecticut Department of Education issued the following news release: The Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) and Connecticut State Department of Public Health (CT DPH) have partnered to issue guidance identifying continued priorities for the 2020-21 academic year and into the summer to assist school administrators, teachers, school staff, students and families with finishing the final portion of the school year strong. The "Finish Strong" g more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 31 -- The Connecticut State Auditors of Public Accounts issued the following audit report entitled "Department of Economic and Community Development Fiscal Years Ended June 30, 2017, 2018 and 2019": * * * Here are excerpts: 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 Economic and Community Development (DECD) for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2017 more PR

MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut, April 9 (TNSAwa) -- Connecticut Wesleyan University issued the following news: On April 7, poet John Murillo, assistant professor of English, was named the 2021 winner of the Kingsley Tufts Award for his recent collection Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry (Four Way Books, 2020). Murillo's collection offers "a reflective look at the legacy of institutional, accepted violence against Blacks and Latinos and the personal and societal wreckage wrought by long histories of subjug more PR

MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut, April 7 (TNSGra) -- Connecticut Wesleyan University issued the following news: Wesleyan's organic farm, an eco-friendly clothing store, and a clean water supplier in New Jersey are the recipients of the 2021 Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship Seed Grants. These student-led social ventures will each receive $5,000 in unrestricted funds as well as training, advising, mentoring, incubator workspace, and other resources from the Patricelli Center. On April 2, a  more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, April 9 (TNSPer) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: Gerald Lewis Jr., chief of police and associate vice president of public safety at The University of Texas at San Antonio, has been selected as the next chief of police at the UConn Police Department, President Thomas C. Katsouleas announced Wednesday. Lewis has three decades' worth of deep roots in public safety, including 26 years in the New Jersey State Police and two years as chief of the East more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 2 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Governor Phil Murphy led a coalition of Governors representing states targeted by the Trump Administration's cap on State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction, in sending a letter to President Biden calling for the elimination of the cap. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, California Governor Gavin Newsom, Oregon Governor Kate Brown, and Haw more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts, April 5 (TNSAwa) -- Springfield College issued the following news: Springfield College graduate student Corinna Kraemer has been named both the New England College Personnel Association (NECPA) Graduate Student of the Year for 2020, and she also was named the National Association for Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA-CT) Graduate Student of the Year Award Winner. Kraemer is a recent alumnae of the Springfield College Student Affairs Administra more PR

FARMINGTON, Connecticut, April 8 (TNSPer) -- Tunxis Community College issued the following news release: Dr. Darryl Reome has been appointed campus CEO of Tunxis Community College in Farmington by the Board of Regents for Higher Education. Reome, who has served as interim campus CEO of Tunxis since 2019, will continue in a permanent role as the lead campus administrator where he oversees day-to-day operations of the college. Reome has over 20 years of experience in higher education, including more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, April 6 (TNSRes) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: When Sarah Swetz and Cambria Andrews entered physiology and neurobiology 3294 as freshmen, they knew little about biological research and genetics. But after four semesters, they and their peers can detail the various parts and functions of a developing hand down to the genes that program patterning, padding, and cell division. Getting involved in research as an undergraduate can be daunting, but  more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, April 7 (TNSPro) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: UConn made waves in 2019 when it announced it would begin offering the nation's first university class on the fundamentals of cannabis horticulture. The state's flagship university is now expanding its educational opportunities for students and the general public with online courses in basic and advanced cannabis growing that are open to all. Classes on the emerging industry have been in high dema more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, April 9 (TNSJou) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: Current labeling regulations and practices fail to give parents and caregivers adequate information, and likely contribute to widespread consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks by young children, according to a new paper from researchers at the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at the University of Connecticut and School of Global Public Health at New York University. The study's findings, publ more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, April 8 (TNSOps) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: It's been a year since the pandemic's start, and since UConn medical students started working the phones to help in the battle against COVID-19. The students have made more than 2,500 phone calls so far to check on COVID-19 positive patients in quarantine as well as high-risk older adults. The calls are part of the COVID-19 Self-Quarantine Surveillance Capacity Expansion Program, one of several st more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, April 9 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: The UConn chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has selected Raman Bahal, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics, to be co-recipient of the AAUP 2020-2021 Excellence in Research and Creativity, Early Career award. "I am obliged to receive this prestigious award," says Dr. Bahal. "I want to thank the AAUP selection committee, my nominator department chair Dr. Jose more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, April 10 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: A UConn undergraduate, three graduate students, and 10 alumni have earned National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships (NSF-GRFP). The oldest graduate fellowship of its kind, the NSF-GRFP recognizes and supports outstanding students in NSF-supported disciplines who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees at accredited institutions in the United States. In addition t more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts, April 6 (TNSAwa) -- Western New England University issued the following news release: The Connecticut Bar Association (CBA) has announced Professor Jennifer Levi as the 2021 Tapping Reeve Legal Educator Award winner. The award is presented to legal educators who have made significant contributions to the cause of legal education over a period of years and have distinguished themselves as a legal educator of the highest quality. Levi serves as a Professor of Law at W more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 8 (TNSPer) -- Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science issued the following news: Menachem Elimelech, who researches physical and chemical processes at the nexus of water and energy, has been appointed the Sterling Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering. His appointment was effective Feb. 20. The Sterling Professorship is awarded to a tenured faculty member considered one of the best in his or her field and is one of the university's highest fac more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 7 (TNSJou) -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news: Atmospheric methane has tripled since pre-industrial times. It traps heat far more effectively than carbon dioxide and accounts for 25% of atmospheric warming to date. And much of that methane is coming from aquatic ecosystems, with human activities contributing to the emissions levels, a new paper published in Nature Geoscience has found. The global contribution and importance of aquatic ecosyst more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 10 (TNSRes) -- Yale Law School issued the following news release: As the Connecticut legislature considers a measure that would substantially curtail solitary confinement in the state, the Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law gave lawmakers an overview of its decade of research on the topic. The Liman Center submitted written testimony on March 22, 2021 in a support of Senate Bill 1059, popularly known as the PROTECT Act (Promoting Responsible Oversight and more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 8 (TNSPol) -- Yale Law School issued the following news release: The parties in Savino v. Souza, the landmark class action lawsuit challenging unsafe conditions at the Bristol County House of Correction (BCHOC) in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, asked the federal judge hearing the case to approve a settlement agreement on April 6, 2021. If approved, the settlement would resolve one of the most successful class actions filed on behalf of detained individuals during  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 10 (TNSPer) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: The Association of American Physicians (AAP) and American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) have each elected three members of the Yale School of Medicine faculty as new members. AAP's goals include the pursuit of medical knowledge and the advancement through experimentation and discovery of basic and clinical science and their application to clinical medicine. The ASCI is dedicated to the ad more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 7 (TNSJou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: More than seven years ago Albert J. Sinusas, MD, a professor of medicine, radiology, and biomedical engineering, was working with a team of engineers for development of an imageable polymer for prevention of adverse remodeling after a heart attack when they inadvertently discovered that when iodine, a contrast agent used for X-ray imaging, is packed in a nanoparticle there is greater absorption of X-r more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 6 (TNSOps) -- Yale School of Public Health issued the following news: A young Russian woman is calling for help. Her uncle has found out that she is lesbian, and unless she has sex with him, he will tell her parents -- who will surely kill her. In remote Chechnya, where persecution of the LGBTQ+ community has long happened but only recently been uncovered, there's a network of volunteers eager to help shuttle these victims to safety in foreign countries. But when  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 8 (TNSJou) -- Yale School of Public Health issued the following news: A new observational study from researchers at the Yale School of Public Health suggests smoke-free worksite laws may yield reductions, not only in conventional cigarette use, but in the use of electronic nicotine delivery systems as well. The researchers also found that adding vaping restrictions to these laws did not lead to further reductions in use of electronic nicotine delivery systems. Ind more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 6 (TNSOps) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news on April 5, 2021: The plaza in front of Sterling Hall of Medicine was filled with a mix of anger, sadness, and deja vu, as approximately 300 people gathered on March 29 to demonstrate against the hate that people of Asian origin endure regularly in the United States. The immediate spark was the shooting spree in Atlanta that took the lives of eight people--six of them Asian--on March 16. But it was cle more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 10 (TNSJou) -- Yale University issued the following news release: Alzheimer's disease is known for its slow attack on neurons crucial to memory and cognition. But why are these particular neurons in aging brains so susceptible to the disease's ravages, while others remain resilient? In a new study published April 8 in the journal Alzheimer's & Dementia, The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, researchers at the Yale School of Medicine found that susceptible ne more PR