NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 22 (TNSPer) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Yale Cardiovascular Medicine and the Heart and Vascular Center are pleased to announce that Dr. Jeptha P. Curtis has accepted the role of Medical Director of the Yale New Haven Hospital Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories and Director, Coronary Interventions for the Yale New Haven Health System. Jeptha is an associate professor of medicine who joined the Yale faculty in 2004. In addition to his clin more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 25 (TNSAwa) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) has presented two awards to further diversity, equity, and inclusion in cancer research to the Escobar-Hoyos Lab, under the direction of Luisa Escobar-Hoyos, MSc, PhD. Dr. Escobar-Hoyos is the 2022 recipient of an AACR Career Development Award. The AACR Career Development Award is intended to further diversity, equity, and inclusion in Cancer Resea more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 23 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on March 22, 2022: Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general led by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul in filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a lower court's decision requiring the federal government to continue the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), also known as the "Remain in Mexico" immigration policy. The MPP ge more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 26 (TNSRep) -- The Connecticut Department of Education issued the following news release: The Connecticut State Department of Education, under the Leadership of Commissioner Charlene Russell-Tucker is pleased to release the 2020-2021 Condition of Education Report. This report is CSDE's yearly status report on public education in the state of Connecticut. School year 2020-21 presented a unique set of challenges due to the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. So more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 24 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on March 23, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the Connecticut State Bond Commission is anticipated to approve an allocation of $1.3 million in state funding to support the Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut in its creation of the Thames River Innovation Center, which will be located at 92 Eugene O'Neill Drive in New London and will provide businesses and workers in the regi more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 25 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on March 24, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont announced today that Connecticut is joining New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts to develop a proposal to become one of at least four regional clean hydrogen hubs designated through the federal Clean Hydrogen Hubs program included in the 2021 federal bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). The IIJA includes historic levels of funding f more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 25 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on March 24, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today is applauding a federal court ruling bringing an end to the Juan F. Consent Decree and federal court oversight of the Connecticut Department of Children and Families (DCF). Earlier today, a hearing was held in Bridgeport at which the Honorable Judge Stefan R. Underhill of the United State District Court for the District of Connecticut ruled that DCF  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 25 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on March 24, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has signed emergency bipartisan legislation (House Bill 5501) suspending Connecticut's excise tax on gasoline from April 1, 2022, to June 30, 2022. In addition, the legislation suspends fares on public buses statewide during that same period, and it creates a one-week sales tax holiday on clothing and footwear under $100 from April 1 more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 26 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on March 25, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has signed emergency bipartisan legislation (House Bill 5501) suspending Connecticut's excise tax on gasoline from April 1, 2022, to June 30, 2022. In addition, the legislation suspends fares on public buses statewide during that same period, and it creates a one-week sales tax holiday on clothing and footwear under $100 from April 1 more PR

WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, March 22 (TNSRes) -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news: A recent report from researchers at the market research company One Poll indicates that nearly three out of four Americans felt that 2020 was the most stressful year of their lives. While 38 percent of respondents mentioned a lack of savings, top stressors also included the November 2021 election and the COVID-19 pandemic. Like universities and colleges across the nation, Eastern Conn more PR

WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, March 23 (TNSRes) -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news: Eastern Connecticut State University psychology majors Paulina Hernandez Galindo, Jordyn Powell and Meganlyn Delaney, along with professor T. Caitlin Vasquez-O'Brien, presented research projects at the annual Eastern Psychological Associations (EPA) meeting in New York City on March 5. The research topics included depression among parents and children, parent-child relationships, sibli more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 25 (TNSfund) -- Trinity College issued the following news: Trinity College has received a $4 million gift from Everett "Ev" Elting Jr. '58, P'85, P'87 to support Trinity's Human Rights Program--the first of its kind at an American liberal arts college--greatly enhancing opportunities for the college's students to study, and ultimately shape, the cause of human rights around the world. Elting's gift comes more than two decades after he donated $500,000 to create the more PR

BERLIN, Connecticut, March 25 -- Eversource Energy, a provider of electricity and natural gas, issued the following news: Following the successful completion of an energy efficiency project involving more than 30 buildings across campus, Eversource and the United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA) have announced another partnership - developing the Maritime Center of Excellence (MCOE). As part of this project, the Academy is investing $1.83 million for Eversource to extend and install existing  more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 25 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 24, 2022: Governor Phil Murphy, Governor Hochul of New York, Governor Baker of Massachusetts, and Governor Lamont of Connecticut today announced a multi-state partnership to propose a regional clean hydrogen hub. The states will join with an initial group of 40 hydrogen ecosystem partners to develop a proposal to become one of at least four regional clean hydrogen hubs designated through  more PR

ALBANY, New York, March 25 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release on March 24, 2022: Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that New York has signed a multi-state agreement, including with an initial group of 40 hydrogen ecosystem partners, to develop a proposal to become one of at least four regional clean energy hydrogen hubs designated through the federal Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs program included in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The Ne more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 17 (TNSPro) -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news: Under increasing pressures from climate change, sugar producers in New England are getting help from a new Maple Education and Extension Program led by The Forest School at the Yale School of the Environment. Director of Forest and Agriculture Operations Joseph Orefice '09 MF is heading a new training initiative at Yale-Myers Forest in Connecticut that is promoting sustainable maple syrup product more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 26 (TNSPar) -- Southern Connecticut State University issued the following news on March 24, 2022: Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) and Housatonic Community College (HCC) are pleased to announce a new partnership that will allow HCC students to earn a SCSU Bachelor of Science degree in Healthcare Studies without leaving the HCC campus. A memorandum of understanding signing took place with leaders of both colleges on March 23, 2022, at HCC in Bridgeport,  more PR

ALBANY, New York, March 24 (TNSPar) -- The State University of New York's University at Albany issued the following news: The University at Albany hosted energy industry executives from more than 20 companies at ETEC this week for a two-day planning meeting that offered an overview of Weather Innovation, Smart Energy and Resilience (WISER), a newly proposed Industry-University Cooperative Research Center (IUCRC). WISER, a partnership between UAlbany and the University of Connecticut (UConn), a more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 24 (TNSPro) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: In medicine, one size does not fit all. This is especially true for orthopaedic surgery, where medical devices and surgical approaches designed specifically for a patient's anatomy are linked to lower costs and better quality of life. Now, Yale School of Medicine and Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science have launched a master's program that melds personalized patient care with engineering. T more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 25 (TNSRes) -- Yale University issued the following news on March 24, 2022: As Yale seeks to expand the diversity and excellence of its faculty, the Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry (MB&B) has developed a novel way of identifying promising candidates. Last year, MB&B Chair Enrique M. De La Cruz and colleagues created a "blind" search process intended to help diversify the department's faculty and strengthen its reputation for scientific excellen more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 25 -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news: A line up of speakers from industry, government, NGOs, and the media, among other sectors, will share their expertise in environmental justice, institutional diversity, and other environmental topics at the annual New Horizons in Conservation Conference. The conference, which is taking place virtually Tuesday, March 29 through Thursday, March 31, attracts emerging environmental leaders who are historically more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 26 (TNSJou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Researchers at the Yale Cardiovascular Data Science (CarDS) Lab have developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-based model for clinical diagnosis that can use electrocardiogram (ECG) images, regardless of format or layout, to diagnose multiple heart rhythm and conduction disorders. The team led by Rohan Khera MD, MS, assistant professor in cardiovascular medicine, developed a novel multilabel automa more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 23 (TNSJou) -- Yale University issued the following news: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is highly effective at controlling HIV infections, but the virus never completely goes away. Instead, it hides in roughly one in every 1 million immune cells. Specifically, HIV hides within specialized cells known as cytotoxic CD4+ T cells, which are the immune system's best fighters, a new study by Yale School of Medicine researchers found. These HIV-infected immune cells are a more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 24 (TNSJou) -- Yale University issued the following news: Many countries around the world are experiencing shortages of tocilizumab, an immunosuppressive drug that has become the standard of care for treating severe cases of COVID-19. A new study co-led by researchers at Yale and the University of British Columbia, however, finds that using a lower dose of tocilizumab than has been standard is also effective in treating severe cases, and allows up to twice as many  more PR