NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 19 (TNSPer) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Valentina Greco, PhD, Carolyn Walch Slayman Professor of Genetics, was elected vice president of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR). Her two-year term as vice president, which begins in June, puts Greco in line for a one-year term as president beginning in 2024. For 20 years, the ISSCR has been bringing scientists together from across the world to understand, study, and transla more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 19 (TNSPer) -- Trinity College issued the following news: The Trinity College Board of Trustees voted in February and April 2022 to approve promotions of faculty members and to award emeritus status to retiring faculty members. "The impact of any college is defined in large measure by the quality of its faculty," said Dean of the Faculty and Vice President for Academic Affairs Sonia Cardenas. "Trinity faculty inspire students, create knowledge, and build community. more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 19 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: Attorney General William Tong is seeking state custody of 70 animals seized from an overcrowded and unsanitary Hebron animal rescue. Attorney General Tong is seeking state custody of 33 dogs, 28 cats, five ducks, three goats, and a pony seized from CT Pregnant Dog and Cat Rescue on March 25. "No animal should ever suffer like this. The dogs, cats, ducks, goat, parakeet and pony seiz more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 23 -- The Connecticut Department of Education issued the following joint news release: Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) Commissioner Charlene Russell-Tucker are pleased to announce the implementation of an enhanced northeastern reciprocity recognition for educator certification. Beginning today, educators from Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 20 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on April 19, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Education Commissioner Charlene Russell-Tucker today announced that the Connecticut State Department of Education is dedicating $8 million of federal American Rescue Plan funding to continue the state's highly successful Summer Enrichment Program in 2022. Launched last year in response to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the grant prog more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 20 (TNSRes) -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on April 19, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced the release of the 2022 GreenerGov CT Progress Report, detailing progress in making government operations more environmentally sustainable, and celebrated stand-out champions and projects at state agencies and entities at the GreenerGov Awards Ceremony. The governor's Executive Order No. 1, signed in 2019, called on agencies to rec more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 21 -- The Connecticut Department of Education issued the following joint news release on April 20, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Education Commissioner Charlene M. Russell-Tucker today announced the release of phase one of Connecticut's new model curricula for educators statewide. The first phase includes math curriculum for grades 6 to 8, and financial literacy curriculum for grades 6 to 12. These resources will be available to all Connecticut educators more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 21 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on April 20, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Education Commissioner Charlene M. Russell-Tucker today announced the release of phase one of Connecticut's new model curricula for educators statewide. The first phase includes math curriculum for grades 6 to 8, and financial literacy curriculum for grades 6 to 12. These resources will be available to all Connecticut educators at no cost th more PR

MANCHESTER, Connecticut, April 22 (TNStalk) -- Manchester Community College issued the following news release: The speaker at Manchester Community College's 58th Commencement Ceremony will be State Senator Saud Anwar, deputy president pro tempore. The ceremony will be Thursday, May 26, at 5:30 p.m. at the Bicentennial Band Shell, on the campus lawn. Anwar was first elected to public office in 2011 as a member of South Windsor's town council. He has served two terms as South Windsor mayor, once more PR

WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, April 20 -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news on April 18, 2022: The first time Edgar Escutia '24 walked into a college information fair in his home state of Georgia, he was terrified. Because he was legally "under-documented" -- a term he prefers to calling himself undocumented -- Escutia was "really nervous and scared to disclose my status; (I was) worried what they would tell me and how they would look at me. I felt so powerless not bein more PR

BERLIN, Connecticut, April 23 (TNSRes) -- Eversource Energy, a provider of electricity and natural gas, issued the following news: With its firm commitment to environmental stewardship, Eversource is partnering with wildlife researchers to study black bears and bobcats living on company land. Eversource protects and maintains tens-of-thousands of acres of forested wildlife habitat throughout Connecticut, land that is home to the animals at the center of the two wildlife research projects being  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 22 (TNSRes) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Yale School of Medicine is launching a Center for Infection & Immunity under the leadership of Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, Sterling Professor of Immunobiology and of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, professor of epidemiology and of dermatology, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator. It has become clear during the COVID-19 pandemic, and from other disease outbreaks throughout history,  more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 20 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news: Despite a recent claim on the Dom Giordano Program that he would have "no economic tie" to China as a Senator, Connecticut hedge fund executive David McCormick's financial disclosure shows he maintains $50 million in Bridgewater stock, giving him a significant stake in his former firm which is also "the largest global hedge fund player" in China. It's no secret that attacks on his ties to China h more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 21 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news: It's been another tough news cycle for Connecticut hedge fund executive David McCormick and his struggling campaign. In an interview with KDKA's Jon Delano, McCormick was asked about losing the Trump endorsement sweepstakes to New Jersey daytime TV host Mehmet Oz, how his wealth prevents him from understanding real Pennsylvanians, and the impact of nasty attack ads in this messy GOP primary. The more PR

WATERBURY, Connecticut, April 19 (TNStalk) -- Post University issued the following news release: Post University will welcome noted race reconciliator, author and musician Daryl Davis as its keynote speaker for the 2022 spring commencement at the historic Palace Theater on Sunday, May 15. After a chance encounter with members of the Ku Klux Klan in 1983, Davis embarked on a mission to identify the source of hate and change the way Americans handled racial discourse. His critically acclaimed me more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 22 (TNStalk) -- Trinity College issued the following news: Trinity College alumnus Raja Changez Sultan, an internationally renowned painter and poet from Pakistan, will be the featured speaker at Trinity's 196th Commencement on Sunday, May 22. Sultan graduated from Trinity in 1972 with a bachelor's degree in psychology. He then earned two master's degrees from Columbia University before becoming one of Pakistan's most prolific creatives, with a career in the arts s more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 20 (TNSfund) -- Trinity College issued the following news: Henry Mallari-D'Auria '83, a member of Trinity College's Board of Trustees and a longtime donor to the college, has made a $5 million gift that will expand Trinity's ability to recruit the best students of every background and will establish the Henry Mallari-D'Auria '83 Scholarship. "Henry's contributions to Trinity have long had an impact on the success of students and the institution," said Trinity Colle more PR

WEST HAVEN, Connecticut, April 22 (TNSRes) -- The University of New Haven issued the following news: * * * Since launching the southern California-based Nutrition Innovation nearly 20 years ago, Alan Roberts '02 M.S. has worked with a variety of companies in the food, beverage, and dietary supplement industries and has helped develop myriad new products and ingredients. * * * For Alan Roberts '02 M.S., it was important to him that his career bring together his interest in nutrition and his u more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 23 (TNSRes) -- Yale University issued the following news: This week Boeing announced its support of Yale University's ambitious research efforts in the field of natural carbon sequestration. The $10 million contribution from the aerospace leader will support the Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture, accelerating research into methods of carbon sequestration at scale. The goal of the Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture is to develop natural solutions to mitiga more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 21 (TNSRes) -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news: * * * As Earth Day renews the public's focus on climate change and other environmental challenges, Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter Chris Mooney teaches students at the Yale School of the Environment how to effectively translate environmental data for public consumption. * * * More than 2.5 million scientific articles are published each year, but just a small percentage of the in more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 20 (TNSJou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: * * * Medical services often don't go where they are most needed * * * The COVID-19 pandemic has spiked the overdose death rate from opioid use. For people who rely on medications (buprenorphine, methadone, and extended-release naltrexone) to treat opioid use disorders, the pandemic and such natural disasters as tornados, hurricanes, and wildfires can disrupt access to medications. And new Yale-le more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 22 (TNSPar) -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news: The Yale School of the Environment has announced a new scholarship program for incoming students who formerly worked with AmeriCorps, a federal program that fosters civic engagement through service and volunteering to address poverty, the environment, education, and other unmet human needs. The program will award $5,000 each to the top five qualified AmeriCorps alumni in each incoming class, reco more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 21 (TNSJou) -- Yale University issued the following news: In the United States, COVID-19 has disproportionately affected Black and Hispanic populations, with those groups experiencing higher COVID-19-related death rates than non-Hispanic white Americans. But a new Yale-led analysis of these disparities in Connecticut found that they have decreased over the course of the pandemic, with mortality rate disparities narrowing substantially by the end of 2021. The findi more PR