HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 23 (TNStalk) -- Trinity College issued the following news: "You are our future," painter and poet Raja Changez Sultan '72 said to the graduates of the Trinity College Class of 2022 during his Commencement address on Sunday, May 22. "You are the new faces of our visionaries and dreamers; our scientists and scholars; our conservationists and planners; our poets, painters, musicians, and dancers; our educators, engineers, and doctors; you are the future brand of our poli more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 25 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on May 24, 2022: Attorney General William Tong today announced a $19.2 million multistate settlement with Ford Motor Company regarding claims that Ford falsely advertised the real-world fuel economy of model year 2013-2014 C-Max hybrids and the payload capacity of model year 2011-2014 Super Duty pickup trucks. Connecticut will receive $253,229.65 from the settlement. Ford has separately  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 24 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on May 23, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has received notification that the credit rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) is raising Connecticut's general obligation bond outlook from stable to positive. Governor Lamont said, "Building on last year's credit rating increase, this improved outlook further demonstrates Connecticut is on solid financial footing. This progress is th more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 24 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on May 23, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has signed into law Public Act 22-4, which ratifies an agreement that his administration recently reached with Lockheed Martin - the parent company of Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation - that will strengthen the aircraft manufacturing company's presence in Connecticut through at least 2042 and support an estimated 30,000 direct and indirect  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 28 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has signed into law Public Act 22-128, which establishes a new legal state holiday on June 19 known as Juneteenth Independence Day. Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, is the oldest known celebration commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. While the Emancipation Proclamation became effective on January 1, 1863, the more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 25 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on May 24, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has signed into law Public Act 22-9, which enhances investigations into hate crimes by the Connecticut State Police. Specifically, the legislation codifies into law the requirement that the State Police operate a Hate Crime Investigative Unit. This dedicated unit was established in October 2021 under the executive authority of Departmen more PR

WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, May 25 (TNSawa) -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news on May 24, 2022: The Board of Regents (BOR) of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities System (CSCU) has named Nicholas Simon, assistant professor of sociology at Eastern Connecticut State University, the recipient of its 2022 Excellence in Teaching Award. Simon came to Eastern as an adjunct instructor in 2006, and while teaching at Eastern, earned his Ph.D. at the University of  more PR

HAMDEN, Connecticut, May 27 (TNSres) -- Quinnipiac University Poll has issued the following news release on May 26, 2022: Democratic incumbent Governor Ned Lamont leads Republican challenger Bob Stefanowski 51 - 43 percent in Connecticut's gubernatorial race, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack) University poll of registered voters in Connecticut released today. This poll was conducted from May 19th - 23rd. Democrats support Lamont 92 - 6 percent, while Republicans back Stefanowski 89 - more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 27 -- The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release: The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) has assessed a penalty of $38,000 to Black and Boucher LLC of Watertown, Connecticut, to settle the company's alleged violations of the Massachusetts Oil Spill Cleanup regulations that occurred at a property in the City of Taunton. MassDEP determined that the company failed to timely notify the agency foll more PR

ALBANY, New York, May 26 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release on May 25, 2022: Governor Kathy Hochul today announced $28.5 million in improvements along two key highways in the Hudson Valley that will ease travel, enhance safety and improve accessibility for motorists and pedestrians. The work includes a $17.5 million project now underway to resurface an 11.5-mile section of Interstate 84, from the Bowen Road overpass in the Town of Kent to the Connecticut State l more PR

SALEM, Oregon, May 25 -- The Oregon State Legislature issued the following news release: As the United States Supreme Court moves closer to overturning 50 years of precedent set by Roe v. Wade and states across the country look to fully ban abortion, Oregon House Majority Leader Julie Fahey (D-West Eugene/Junction City) and Representative Andrea Valderrama (D-Outer East Portland) met with White House officials and state legislators from California, Washington, Illinois, Maryland, New York and C more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 26 (TNSper) -- Yale University issued the following news on May 25, 2022: Pericles Lewis, the Douglas Tracy Smith Professor of Comparative Literature, professor of English, vice president for global strategy, and vice provost for academic initiatives, has been appointed the next dean of Yale College, Yale President Peter Salovey announced today. He will begin a five-year term on July 1. Lewis, an internationally recognized expert on the qualities and purposes of a  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 27 (TNSper) -- Trinity College issued the following news: Trinity College faculty and staff members who retired in 2020, 2021, and 2022 were honored recently at a luncheon on the Jacobs Life Sciences Center Quad. The May 25 reception included words of appreciation from President Joanne Berger-Sweeney and remarks from colleagues about the honorees. The honorees who attended the celebration were: 2020: Michal Ayalon, Senior Lecturer in Language and Culture Studies, E more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 26 (TNSpol) -- Trinity College issued the following news: Trinity College recently hosted a delegation of government and university officials from Germany as part of a celebration recognizing 30 years of the Baden-Wurttemberg-Connecticut Partnership. The relationship between the state of Connecticut and the German state of Baden-Wurttemberg has grown to include a faculty mobility program and the Human Rights Research Consortium, in addition to a student exchange progr more PR

WEST HAVEN, Connecticut, May 24 (TNStalk) -- The University of New Haven issued the following news: By Renee Chmiel As part of its second annual Lavender Ceremony, members of the University community celebrated the accomplishments of graduating members of the LGBTQ+ community and allies, recognizing those who have gone above and beyond to serve as a source of support for their fellow Chargers. During her time as a Charger, Rebecca Chan-Chao '22 has been dedicated to serving as a beacon of enc more PR

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, May 26 (TNSper) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: By Lee Ferguson Wesley G. Byerly, PharmD, has been hired as the senior associate vice chancellor for Research and Administration for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). Selected by Steve Goodman, PhD, vice chancellor for Research, after a national search, Dr. Byerly's appointment was effective May 1, 2022. Most recently associate vice president for Researc more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 26 (TNSbook) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Yale Child Study Center's Riva Ariella Ritvo Professor Andres Martin, MD, MPH was recently featured via a special report, "Prescriber, Prescribe Thyself." A lead story in Psychiatric News, the official news service of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), this report follows a book published earlier this year, "Thinking About Prescribing." The book was edited by Martin with Shashank Joshi, M more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 25 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: Women who received mRNA vaccines against the COVID-19 virus did not produce more of an antibody that had been theorized to reduce fertility, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in a new study. In addition, the research team found pregnant mice injected with mRNA vaccines suffered no side effects and produced normal offspring, according to the research, published May 24 in the journal PLOS Biology. "Th more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 26 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: A Yale-led research team has turned up the heat on dinosaur metabolism -- establishing that the earliest dinosaurs and pterosaurs had exceptionally high metabolic rates and were warm-blooded animals. The findings, published May 25 in the journal Nature, also show that dinosaurs' metabolism did not decide their fate after an asteroid strike wiped out most animal species on the planet 65 million years ago. "Wh more PR