WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Akin Gump, a law firm, issued the following news release: For its article "Connecticut Privacy Law Adds Stitch to Confusing Legal Patchwork," Bloomberg Law quoted Akin Gump cybersecurity, privacy and data protection practice heads Natasha Kohne and Michelle Reed. The article discusses a newly enacted Connecticut consumer privacy law due to take effect on July 1, 2023, and notes that it joins comprehensive consumer privacy legislation in California, Virginia, Colorado and  more PR

NEW BRITAIN, Connecticut, May 19 (TNStalk) -- Central Connecticut State University issued the following news release: Another commencement is in the books, and more than 2,600 students in the Class of 2022 joined the Central Connecticut State University alumni community on May 14. Building off the success of last year's outdoor commencement exercises, the university hosted two outdoor commencement ceremonies at Arute Field. The first ceremony at 9 a.m. honored graduates of the Carol A. Ammon  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 17 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on May 16, 2022: Attorney General William Tong joined attorneys general from Rhode Island and Illinois today filing an amicus brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit seeking to protect mental health and substance abuse disorder care in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Illinois. The filing was announced at a press conference earlier today featuring former Rhode Isl more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 20 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on May 19, 2022: Attorney General William Tong today joined a multistate coalition in filing a motion to intervene in defense of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision to restore California's waiver under the Clean Air Act for its greenhouse gas (GHG) and zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) standards. California's standards, which have been adopted by 17 states, result in emissions more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 18 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on May 17, 2022: Arguing that a business owner's religious beliefs do not give her a right to discriminate against customers, Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit defending the constitutionality of New York's anti-discrimination law. The brief was filed in the case o more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 17 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on May 16, 2022: Attorney General William Tong today led a bipartisan, nationwide coalition of attorneys general in two amicus briefs defending affordable drug prices before the United States Courts of Appeals for the Third Circuit and District of Columbia. The brief defends the actions of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in cases filed by Sanofi SA, Novartis Pharmaceuti more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 18 (TNSres) -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on May 17, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is approving the recommendations of the Municipality Accountability Review Board (MARB) to designate the City of West Haven as a Tier IV municipality, providing the greatest level of state oversight into a municipality's finances as allowed under state law. The board's recommendation to change city's designation was detailed in more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 18 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on May 17, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has signed into law Public Act 22-43, which enacts several new requirements to how motor vehicle recyclers, scrap metal processors, junk dealers, junk yard owners and operators, and motor vehicle repair shops receive and sell catalytic converters. The measure was approved as part of an effort to crack down on the sale of stolen catalyti more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 20 (TNSawa) -- Connecticut State Colleges and Universities issued the following news release on May 19, 2022: The Board of Regents for Higher Education (BOR) -- which governs the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) system -- today named 17 CSCU faculty members as recipients of the annual 2021-22 Board of Regents Faculty Awards. The awards-- both campus-based and system-wide -- recognize faculty for excellence in teaching or research and are given to ad more PR

WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, May 19 (TNSpar) -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news on May 17, 2022: By Dwight Bachman On May 16, Eastern Connecticut State University signed a historic partnership agreement with the Hispanic Alliance of Southeastern Connecticut to offer scholarships to students from Latino communities in southeast Connecticut. Eastern is the first Connecticut state university to partner with the alliance. Provost William Salka opened the signing ceremo more PR

WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, May 19 (TNSres) -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news: Three Eastern Connecticut State University students have co-authored an article with professor emeritus Jeffrey Trawick-Smith and Julia DeLapp, director of the Center for Early Childhood Education, that was recently published online in a peer-reviewed journal. The article "The Influence of Teachers, Peers and Play Materials on Dual Language Learners' Play Interactions in Preschool" appea more PR

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee issued the following news: Is Joe Courtney the most vulnerable Democrat in Connecticut? WTNH's Capitol Report suggests he might be. Radio host Lee Elci noted this weekend that Courtney - seeking his 9th term in office - "has been there for a long time" with a "unique ability to fly completely under the radar." And this cycle, he's facing a strong GOP opponent in "the reddest part of the state." NRCC Comment: "Democrats hav more PR

HAMDEN, Connecticut, May 19 (TNSres) -- Quinnipiac University Poll has issued the following news release: With all eyes on the Supreme Court following the leak of a draft opinion regarding abortion, Americans support 69 - 27 percent limiting the number of years a Supreme Court Justice can serve on the Supreme Court, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack) University national poll of adults released today. There is majority support among all party groups. Democrats (77 - 18 percent), indepen more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 17 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news: On the last day before the GOP Senate primary, the Pennsylvania Democratic Party is recapping our "Damaged Goods" series. The primary was the nastiest and most expensive in the country, with more than $55.5 million spent in total, as these candidates and outside groups savagely attacked each other. Below you can find multiple different examples of how the GOP Senate candidates have damaged each oth more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 16 (TNStalk) -- Yale University issued the following Q&A with Jeffrey Brock, dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science: * * * Technologies created in the labs of the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science (SEAS) are used to treat cancer, deliver clean water to communities where it is desperately needed, and provide industry-leading blockchain security. The newly created Roberts Innovation Fund will improve the chances that world-changing advances  more PR

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, May 19 (TNSjou) -- The University of Tennessee's Institute of Agriculture issued the following news release: University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture professor Andrew Muhammad and then graduate student Emily Greear have won the 2021 Best Article Award by the Agricultural and Resource Economics Review. They will be recognized at the 2022 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association's annual meeting June 12-15 in Mystic, Connecticut. Muhammad and Gre more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 17 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: When it comes to unlocking the secrets of DNA repair, Ranjit Bindra, MD, PhD, doesn't think in terms of just resources. The Harvey and Kate Cushing Professor of Therapeutic Radiology and professor of pathology favors a far mightier word: armamentarium. Based on the Latin word for "armory," it describes the collection of medicines, equipment, and techniques utilized by a medical practitioner for a field more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 17 (TNSjou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: * * * Elevated biomarkers can reveal whether a patient with COVID-19 is likely to develop severe disease and need care in the ICU, Yale researchers have found. * * * When patients with COVID-19 arrive in emergency rooms, there are relatively few ways for doctors to predict which ones are more likely to become critically ill and require intensive care and which ones are more likely to enjoy a quick r more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 17 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: The partnership of Daniel Petrylak, MD, and Craig Crews, PhD, didn't quite form by accident, but it was spurred by a bit of luck. Crews is the John C. Malone Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and a professor of chemistry, of pharmacology and of management, plus the executive director of the Yale Center for Molecular Discovery. Petrylak is a professor of medicine (medical onco more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 14 (TNStalk) -- Yale University issued the following Q&A with Mislav Balokovic, postdoctoral fellow at the Yale Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics and the Department of Physics: * * * The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration, an international collaboration aimed at gathering direct images of black holes, has now set its sights close to home. In a May 12 announcement, EHT researchers presented the first image of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 20 () -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news: Food waste. Pollution from crop burning. Animal cruelty. These issues were all percolating in the mind of Yale School of the Environment student Jinali Mody '23 MEM as she made plans to pursue one of her goals -- starting a business offering a sustainable product line. The idea blossomed into Aatma Leather, which will manufacture plant-based leather products -- including belts, shoes, and bags -- from fo more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 20 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: Scientists have found a new, nanoscale link between superconductivity -- the flow of electric current without a loss of energy -- and a phenomenon known as charge density waves. The discovery, which is described in the journal Science, is a tantalizing step in the decades-long search for room-temperature superconductors that could unleash a new generation of electronics and computers. The vast majority of su more PR