WARWICK, Rhode Island, July 14 (TNSAwa) -- The Community College of Rhode Island issued the following news on July 12, 2021: Community College of Rhode Island Business and Professional Studies professor Cecile Roberti of North Kingstown won this year's Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) International Teaching Excellence Award at the annual ACBSP Conference in Miami. Roberti, a licensed CPA and former department chair, earned top honors in the Northeastern Council  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 15 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on July 14, 2021: Attorney General William Tong today praised a final decision by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority imposing a $29 million civil penalty against Eversource for its failure to meet its obligations to ratepayers in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Isaias. "Eversource failed its customers and put Connecticut families at risk. Their response to Tropical Storm Isaias  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 16 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on July 15, 2021: Attorney General William Tong today praised a final decision by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority imposing a $29 million civil penalty against Eversource for its failure to meet its obligations to ratepayers in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Isaias. "Eversource failed its customers and put Connecticut families at risk. Their response to Tropical Storm Isaias  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 13 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on July 12, 2021: Attorney General William Tong responded today to a draft decision by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority rejecting Connecticut Water's $20 million rate hike request. The requested rate hike would have increased water rates by 20 percent for over 360,000 customers across 60 towns. Instead, PURA's draft decision orders a rate increase of 0.74 percent. "Connecticu more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 15 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on July 14, 2021: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the newly enacted state budget he signed into law last month reduces taxes on beer by 16.7%. The governor said that the tax decrease was included in the budget as part of his ongoing efforts to support the continued growth of Connecticut's craft brewery industry and the associated jobs it generates. A report released in May that was cond more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 15 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on July 14, 2021: Governor Ned Lamont today is praising the multi-state, multi-agency rail infrastructure plan CONNECT NEC 2035 (C35) that was released by the Northeast Corridor (NEC) Commission. The governor said that C35 is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to replace aging bridges and tunnels, add rail capacity, improve performance, and enhance customer experience on the Northeast Corridor.  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 16 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on July 15, 2021: Governor Ned Lamont today held a bill signing ceremony at the UConn Tech Park in Storrs to commemorate the adoption of legislation that incentivizes businesses to adopt and adhere to cybersecurity standards Supported by the state's business community, the legislation protects businesses from punitive damages if personal or restricted information is improperly accessed, maintain more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 15 -- The Connecticut Department of Education issued the following joint statement on the importance of a culturally responsive education: The Connecticut State Department of Education, Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents, Connecticut Association of Boards of Education, Connecticut Association of Schools, American Federation of Teachers Connecticut, and Connecticut Education Association are committed to the Connecticut State Board of Education's  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 17 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: Attorney General William Tong today reacted to sanctions threat launched by the Raymond Sackler family seeking to intimidate Connecticut into dropping its objections to the inadequate Purdue bankruptcy plan. "This was a direct attack on Connecticut and a huge mistake by the Sacklers. If the Sacklers have any doubt about the strength of our allegations, they should produce each and eve more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 15 (TNSRes) -- Trinity College issued the following news on July 14, 2021: For more than 20 years, Trinity College Professor of Anthropology Shafqat Hussain has dedicated his work to protecting the snow leopard species in Northern Pakistan. In 1999, Hussain created an insurance plan that provides economic incentives to regional farmers; the insurance safeguards snow leopards, one of the world's most endangered species, from being killed in response to an attack on a  more PR

OXFORD, Mississippi, July 14 (TNSPer) -- The University of Mississippi issued the following news release: The School of Applied Sciences at the University of Mississippi has hired Victoria Zigmont as the first epidemiologist in its public health and health sciences programs. Zigmont joins the UM Department of Health, Exercise Science and Recreation Management from the Department of Public Health at Southern Connecticut State University, where she focused her research on chronic disease prevent more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 15 (TNSAwa) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Joseph W. Kim, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology) at Yale Cancer Center, has received a 2021 Cancer Clinical Investigator Team Leadership Award (CCITLA) from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The award recognizes and supports outstanding mid-career clinical investigators at NCI-designated cancer centers who are working to improve the lives of people with cancer through NCI-funde more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 17 (TNSJou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Despite major progress in the global fight to end malaria, the parasite responsible for the disease has evolved resistance to every antimalarial drug deployed to date. Experts have long worried about the emergence of drug resistance to the current frontline treatment in Africa, a region that accounts for the overwhelming majority of malaria cases and deaths. The top-line drugs, artemisinin-based comb more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 15 (TNSJou) -- Yale University issued the following news release on July 14, 2021: One of Earth's greatest mysteries is how it transformed itself, ever so gradually, from a barren ball of rock into a launching pad for life. Earth scientists have spent decades piecing together the relevant clues -- identifying and studying the planet's complex interplay of geological processes, atmospheric dynamics, and chemical cycles. In particular, scientists have studied the rol more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 5 (TNSJou) -- Yale University issued the following news release: Flies have discriminating taste. Like a gourmet perusing a menu, they spend much of their time seeking sweet nutritious calories and avoiding bitter, potentially toxic food. But what happens in their brains when they make these food choices? Yale researchers discovered an interesting way to find out. They tricked them. In a study that could also help illuminate how people make food choices, the resea more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 5 (TNSJou) -- Yale University issued the following news release: The psychedelic drug psilocybin, a naturally occurring compound found in some mushrooms, has been studied as a potential treatment for depression for years. But exactly how it works in the brain and how long beneficial results might last is still unclear. In a new study, Yale researchers show that a single dose of psilocybin given to mice prompted an immediate and long-lasting increase in connections more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 6 (TNSJou) -- Yale University issued the following news release: Researchers studying COVID-19 patients have found a metabolic pathway that is highly correlated with immune responses only in male patients, a group known to be more likely to suffer severe cases and die of the disease, representing a potential target for therapeutic intervention. In a study published today in the journal Science Signaling, the authors report that male COVID-19 patients were more like more PR