WATERBURY, Connecticut, March 15 (TNSPer) -- Post University issued the following news release: Post University has named Amanda Nardozzi as director of the Police Recertification Program for the School of Continuing Education. Nardozzi previously served as the associate program chair of Criminal Justice and brings more than 20 years of law enforcement experience to her new position. Post's Police Recertification Program offers online skills training and recertification resources for local pol more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 17 (TNSPer) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Deepak Cyril D'Souza, MD, professor of psychiatry, has been elected to the board of directors of the Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS). D'Souza's term will begin at the end of the SIRS Business Meeting on April 7 at the 2022 Congress in Florence, Italy. SIRS is a worldwide organization that brings together researchers and clinicians in schizophrenia and related disorders. Its memb more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 19 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on March 18, 2022: Attorney General William Tong and acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut Leonard C. Boyle announced today a $192,699 joint state and federal settlement with the Windham Eye Group and its owners William Kaufold, MD and Dana Woods, MD resolving allegations that the Windham-based ophthalmological practice improperly employed an individual who was  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 18 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on March 17, 2022: Attorney General William Tong today announced a $1 million settlement with Robinson PA, LLC d/b/a PCA Pain Care Center (PCA) and its owner Benjamin Robinson to resolve allegations that they overbilled the Connecticut Medicaid program and violated the Connecticut False Claims Act. PCA is a pain management practice in Wallingford, Connecticut. The Office of the Attorn more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 15 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on March 14, 2022: Attorney General William Tong announced today four separate settlements with over-the-counter hearing aid companies Lively Hearing Corporation, Widex USA, Inc., Hark Wellness, Inc., and Wonder Ear, Inc. who marketed their products as "FDA-approved" despite no such approval. Hearing aids currently do not require, and do not receive approval from the U.S. Food and Dru more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 18 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on March 17, 2022: Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 19 state attorneys general calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen protections against lead poisoning, particularly for children living in low-income communities and communities of color. In comments on the EPA's "Draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communi more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 19 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on March 18, 2022: Attorney General William Tong today testified in support of House Bill 5463 which seeks to strengthen the state's ability to combat price gouging. House Bill 5463 "An Act Concerning the Authority of the Office of the Attorney General to Bring an Action Against a Seller Who Engages in Price Gouging During a Disaster or Emergency" would extend the state's ability to b more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 14 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont and Education Commissioner Charlene Russell-Tucker today announced that 150 proposals submitted by high school students across Connecticut have been deemed eligible by the Connecticut State Department of Education to be voted on as part of the Voice4Change initiative, a first-of-its-kind campaign that is empowering students to decide how $1.5 million in fed more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 15 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on March 14, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that a joint motion has been filed by the Office of the Attorney General and the plaintiffs in the Juan F. Consent Decree to end federal court oversight of the Connecticut Department of Children and Families (DCF). "Over the past 32 years, the Connecticut Department of Children and Families has made organizational and operational changes th more PR

WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, March 17 (TNSBook) -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news: Sarah Baires, associate professor of anthropology at Eastern Connecticut State University, recently authored a new book, "Cahokia and the North American Worlds." Published by Cambridge University Press, the book explores the seemingly forgotten empire of Cahokia and its anthropological implications. The city of Cahokia, located near present day St. Louis, MO, provides insight into th more PR

WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, March 17 (TNSBook) -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news: Xing Liu, professor of education at Eastern Connecticut State University, recently released his second book, "Categorical Data Analysis and Multilevel Modeling Using R." The release follows his first book, "Applied Ordinal Logistic Regression Using Stata," and provides a broader coverage of regression models using R. R is a programming language for statistical computing that is used  more PR

WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, March 17 (TNSPer) -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news: Students interested in traveling abroad and advancing their academic careers will receive additional support from an Eastern staff member with close ties to the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Julia DeLapp, coordinator of the Office of National Scholarships, was selected as a Fulbright Program Adviser. In this role, she will spend the next year working to expand outreach, a more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 17 -- Eversource Energy, a provider of electricity and natural gas, issued the following news: With a shared goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and advancing cleaner transportation across the state, Eversource is collaborating with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) and United Illuminating to roll out a statewide electric vehicle charging station installation program. Connecticut's Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is aiming to h more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 19 (TNSfund) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: More than 700 women die each year from pregnancy-related complications in the United States, even though the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says two out of three of those deaths are preventable. Pregnancy risks are especially high among women in priority populations that have been historically underserved and experience systemic racism. Black women in the U.S., according to the CDC more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 16 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news on March 15, 2022: A new direct to camera video from New Jersey daytime TV host Mehmet Oz features the candidate slamming the Connecticut hedge fund executive David McCormick for being funded by Democrats and never Trump Republicans, referencing new reporting from the Philadelphia Inquirer: 'Did you see today's Philadelphia Inquirer article on my opponent, David McCormick? It tells you everything  more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 17 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news: New reporting from the New York Times sheds light on how Connecticut hedge fund executive David McCormick's life as a hedge fund executive negatively impacted Pennsylvania's teachers. Before he entered Pennsylvania's Senate race, David McCormick oversaw a giant hedge fund that invested billions of dollars for the retirement plans of the state's teachers. But Mr. McCormick's company, Bridgewater  more PR

SILVER CITY, New Mexico, March 17 -- Western New Mexico University issued the following news release: Licensed Clinical Social Worker Edith Lee, who earned her master's from WNMU in 2016, is currently the Vice President of the U.S. Program at Americares, a global nonprofit improving health for people affected by poverty or disaster. In April, she will become the President and CEO of LifeBridge Community Services, which provides behavioral health services, youth development and asset-building re more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 17 (TNSJou) -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news: The interplay between the terrestrial carbon cycle and emissions of carbon dioxide from streams and rivers into the atmosphere is at the center of a new Yale School of the Environment-led study aimed at calculating the amount for the global carbon emissions budget. The study by a team of researchers co-authored by YSE Professor of Ecosystem Ecology Peter Raymond and published in PNAS compiled 5,9 more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 16 (TNSJou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: The brain is composed of billions of neurons--vulnerable cells that require a protective environment to function properly. This delicate environment is protected by 400 miles of specialized vasculature designed to limit which substances come into contact with the brain. This blood-brain barrier is essential for protecting the organ from toxins and pathogens. But in the context of neurological disease more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 18 (TNSJou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Scientists at Yale Cancer Center have discovered new consequences of specific gene mutations that play a role in the development of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Approximately half the patients diagnosed with MDS and 10% of patients with AML are found to have splicing factor mutations leading to ineffective blood cell production and malignancy. The new research rev more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 16 (TNSJou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: A Yale Cancer Center research team has identified novel oncogenic gene fusions in lung and pancreatic cancer, as well as sarcoma. The fusions involve RASGRF1 (an activator of RAS signaling) and promote cellular changes leading to tumor development. The research is described online ahead of print in Clinical Cancer Research. The research team studied 103 lung adenocarcinomas in the Yale Lung Cancer B more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 19 (TNSJou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has released an expert consensus decision pathway aimed to guide the care of patients with cardiovascular manifestations related to COVID-19 infection. As researchers learn more about cardiovascular conditions--such as myocarditis and post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC, or long COVID)--there is a need for guidance on how best to identify and tre more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 18 (TNSJou) -- Yale University issued the following news: A new, Yale-led study unlocks the science behind a key ingredient -- namely oxygen -- in some of the world's most violent volcanoes. The research offers a new model for understanding the oxidation state of arc magmas, the lavas that form some volcanoes, such as the one that erupted dramatically in Tonga earlier this year. The plume from Tonga's underwater volcanic eruption on Jan. 15 rose 36 miles into the more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 18 (TNSJou) -- Yale University issued the following news: Scientists at Yale and the University of Ottawa have shown how the tiniest biochemical variation in one protein is crucial for the replication and repair of DNA in all plants and animals, they report March 17 in the journal Science. The findings provide new insight into histones, a highly basic protein that plays a critical role in packaging DNA into chromosomes. For decades, biologists have wondered why on more PR