NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 3 (TNSAwa) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: The collaboration that advanced the discovery of ketamine as a treatment for depression was among four Yale award winners at the Association for Clinical and Translational Science (ACTS) annual meeting held in Chicago from April 20 through 22. Gerald Sanacora, MD, PhD, George D. and Esther S. Gross Professor of Psychiatry and director of the Yale Depression Research Program, accepted the ACTS Team Scie more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 4 (TNSAwa) -- Yale University issued the following news: Priyamvada Natarajan, a Yale astrophysicist who explores cosmology, gravitational lensing, and black hole physics, is being honored with a Liberty Science Center (LSC) Genius Award for her extensive body of work mapping the unseen universe. The awards, created in 2011, celebrate innovation, accomplishment, creativity, science, and technology. They are presented at an annual "Genius Gala" that has raised nearly more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 4 (TNStalk) -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement on May 3, 2022: * * * Attorney General William Tong tonight praised passage of state legislation requiring Asian American and Pacific Islander studies to be included in social study curriculum for Connecticut public schools. "Anti-Asian hate and bias is not new. The surge in anti-Asian violence and bigotry right now has its roots in a long history that has been unaddressed and ig more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 3 (TNStalk) -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement: * * * Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement regarding media reports that the U.S. Supreme Court has voted to overturn Roe v. Wade. "It is impossible to overstate just how tragic and destructive this decision would be, and what it would mean for the rights of women and patients nationwide. "This would fundamentally and irrevocably change who we are as a n more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 3 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: Attorney General William Tong filed comments with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority seeking scrutiny of an Eversource proposal to charge ratepayers $620 million for new smart meter technology. The comments do not oppose the transition to smart meter technology, which can aid storm recovery and help monitor and manage energy consumption. Rather, the comments question whether Ever more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 5 -- The Connecticut Democratic Party issued the following statement by Chair Nancy DiNardo on the draft Supreme Court decision that would overturn Roe vs. Wade: * * * "The very real probability that the U.S. Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade is a death sentence for women in Connecticut and across the country. Making abortion illegal doesn't make it go away; it makes it more dangerous, and in many cases, deadly. "For years Democrats have warned that elections more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 4 -- The Connecticut Department of Education issued the following news release: The Connecticut State Department of Education is pleased to announce a one week extension of the application deadline for the 2022 Summer Enrichment Grant program to Tuesday, May 17th at 5:00PM EST. All eligible applicants are welcome to submit an application prior to this deadline. Additional program guidance can be found on our webpage under "Frequently Asked Questions". On April 19,  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 3 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Governor Ned Lamont and Office of Policy and Management Secretary Jeffrey Beckham released the following statements in response to the April 2022 Consensus Revenue Forecast that was issued this morning by the Office of Policy and Management and the Office of Fiscal Analysis: Governor Lamont said, "Thanks to today's exceptional consensus revenue forecast, Connecticut will make a historic contribut more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 3 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on May 2, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced the launch of MyHomeCT - a new State of Connecticut program that is providing mortgage relief to homeowners who have experienced financial hardships due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is being funded by $123 million that the Connecticut Department of Housing received from the federal American Rescue Plan Act, and it is being administered by the Con more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 4 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Governor Ned Lamont is applauding the Connecticut State Senate for voting tonight to give final legislative approval to a bill he proposed (House Bill 5045) that will help alleviate the risks associated with lead poisoning among children and align Connecticut's standards with federal guidance. The bill, which was approved last week in the House of Representatives, will next be transmitted to the g more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 4 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on May 3, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today joined a coalition of 17 governors in calling for the U.S. Congress to take immediate action to protect reproductive rights and access to abortion. In a letter to Congressional leaders, the governors called for Congress to work quickly to pass legislation to codify the rights and protections prescribed in Roe v. Wade. Specifically, the 17 governors called  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 5 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on May 4, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he soon plans to sign into law recently approved legislation (House Bill 5044) that dedicates approximately $300 million toward evidence-based strategies that will work to eradicate the opioid epidemic in Connecticut. The funding comes from Connecticut's share of the $26 billion multistate settlement involving several pharmaceutical companie more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 4 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on May 3, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today reaffirmed his commitment to signing into law a first-in-the-nation bill that was recently approved by both chambers of the Connecticut General Assembly that will protect medical providers and patients seeking abortion care in Connecticut who may be traveling from other states that have outlawed abortion. Additionally, the bill expands abortion access in Co more PR

HAMDEN, Connecticut, May 5 (TNSRes) -- Quinnipiac University Poll has issued the following news release: Crime tops the list as the most urgent issue facing New York City say voters of all political parties, races, genders, age groups, and boroughs, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack) University poll of registered voters in New York City released today. Overall, 49 percent of voters say crime is the most urgent issue, followed by affordable housing (15 percent) and homelessness (12 perc more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: This week, as the Supreme Court appears poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, Gov. Lamont signed legislation ensuring abortion patients and providers are protected in Connecticut. The first-in-the-nation law protects patients seeking abortion care in Connecticut who may be traveling from other states that have outlawed abortion. The law comes at a critical time, as Republican-led states pass extreme, draconian measu more PR

WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, May 6 (TNStalk) -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news: The English Department hosted two authors this semester as part of its Visiting Writers Series. Anna Qu visited on April 18 for a Q&A and reading of her debut memoir, "Made in China: A Memoir of Love and Labor." Mary Romney-Schaab visited on April 27 for a presentation on her book "An Afro-Caribbean in the Nazi Era: From Papiamentu to German." Qu's memoir published in 2021 and tells the more PR

MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut, May 4 -- Middlesex Community College issued the following news: The Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) International Honor Society chapter at Middlesex Community College inducted 75 new members during a campus ceremony on Thursday, April 28, 2022. The college also announced several national, regional and statewide awards earned by the chapter and individual members during the induction ceremony. Most notably, the Middlesex chapter, Beta Gamma Xi, was named one of PTK's top 100 chap more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 7 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news on May 6, 2022: Tonight Donald Trump is coming to Pennsylvania to hold a rally with his endorsed Senate candidate, daytime TV show host Mehmet Oz. Trump's meddling in this race immediately escalated what was already the country's nastiest primary, and his appearance tonight is sure to only make things worse. He's already attacked Connecticut hedge fund executive David McCormick, calling him "very pr more PR

WEST HAVEN, Connecticut, May 2 (TNSRes) -- The University of New Haven issued the following news: Nine computer science students recently presented their capstone projects as part of the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges' Northeastern Region conference, with one team capturing first place in the event's poster contest. The University's Computer Programing Club also earned high praise in the event's programming contest. Benjamin Placzek '22 and his classmates recently designed an in more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, May 3 (TNSPar) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: When the National Institute for Undersea Vehicle Technology (NIUVT) was formed in 2017 as a partnership of the University of Rhode Island, the University of Connecticut and General Dynamics Electric Boat, it created collaborative opportunities in applied research, technology transition and workforce development. "The institute educates individuals for the shipbuilding industry, transitioning not more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 28 (TNSAwa) -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news: Andis Arietta's doctoral research, which reassessed a 2001 study by YSE Professor David Skelly, found that frogs have evolved in response to climate change in recent years, but that continued warming would likely outpace the species' ability to adapt to extreme environmental change. As the story often goes, students who attend the Yale School of the Environment arrive with deep connections to the more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 4 (TNSJou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: When a woman becomes pregnant, her levels of estriol, one of the three common estrogens that are nearly undetectable before conception, skyrocket. However, scientists never knew what this hormone does or why levels of it build as they do. Many researchers previously believed that this so-called "weak estrogen" was only a waste product or non-functional hormone. Now, Yale researchers have discovered tha more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 4 (TNSRes) -- Yale University issued the following news: A major new report by legal and medical experts from Yale Law School, the Yale School of Medicine's Child Study Center and Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, and the University of Texas Southwestern analyzes in depth the misleading scientific claims that informed recent actions by Texas and Alabama to criminalize medical treatment for transgender youth. The report, "Biased Science: The Texas and Alabama more PR