NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 3 (TNSper) -- Yale University issued the following news: Fred Krupp '75, a lawyer and environmentalist who has led the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) for 37 years, has been elected to serve as an alumni fellow of Yale's board of trustees, known formally as the Yale Corporation, in worldwide balloting of university graduates. He begins a six-year term on July 1. Krupp's approach to advocacy -- focused on ambitious, practical solutions to the world's toughest envir more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 3 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on June 2, 2022: Attorney General William Tong today praised a decision by the U.S. Department of Education to discharge all remaining federal student loan debt incurred to attend Corinthian Colleges--$5.8 billion for 560,000 people. The action will provide at least $14.5 million in relief for 1,210 Connecticut student borrowers. Eligible student borrowers will automatically have their  more PR

RIVER FOREST, Illinois, June 2 (TNSper) -- Dominican University issued the following news release: Dominican University is pleased to announce the selection of Dr. Laura Niesen de Abruna as the university's next provost and vice president for academic affairs. She will begin her new position on July 25. Niesen de Abruna is currently the founding provost and vice president of academic affairs at York College of Pennsylvania, where she is also a professor of English. She previously served in th more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 1 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on May 31, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont, Connecticut State Department of Education Commissioner Charlene Russell-Tucker, and State Librarian Deborah Schander today announced the launch of the 2022 Governor's Summer Reading Challenge - an annual, statewide program encouraging students to read books during the summer months. This year's theme is "Read Beyond the Beaten Path!" "There is a considerable  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 4 -- The Connecticut Department of Education issued the following news release on June 2, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Education Commissioner Charlene Russell-Tucker today announced new investments to defray certification-related testing costs for aspiring educators in Connecticut. A total of $2 million dollars of federal, state-level reserve American Rescue Plan Act, Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ARP-ESSER) funding is being dedicate more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 3 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: What if scientists could study human psychiatric illness in plants? Yale researchers think it's possible and they've taken an important first step. In a study published June 2 in Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, they investigated a gene very similar in both plants and mammals and looked at how it affects behavior in each. Tamas Horvath, the Jean and David W. Wallace Professor of Comparative Medicine and  more PR

WEST HAVEN, Connecticut, June 4 (TNSres) -- The University of New Haven issued the following news: * * * Four faculty members and one student recently received funding from the NASA Connecticut Space Grant Consortium that will support their cutting-edge research and create exciting opportunities for students to gain immersive hands-on experience. * * * By Renee Chmiel Omar Faruk Emon, Ph.D., is working to develop a 3D printing solution for fabricating polymer-based flexible sensors. The goa more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 2 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news on May 31, 2022: By Isabella Backman Before coming down with COVID-19, Marjorie Roberts was known by friends and family as someone who always smiled. On the morning of March 26, 2020, she was walking to her mailbox when she suddenly lost her balance and stumbled. At the moment, she didn't think much of it, but later that day, she describes feeling as though "someone had [taken] a vacuum cleaner and su more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 1 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: Women of color appointed to the federal judiciary typically have a greater depth of professional experiences and are more likely to have previously served as a judge than their white male counterparts, according to a new study coauthored by Yale political scientist Allison Harris. The study, published in the Journal of Women, Politics & Policy, also revealed that nonwhite women are generally nominated to the  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 1 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: An experimental drug restored brain synapses in two mouse models of Alzheimer's disease, raising hopes that it could help revive cognitive function in human dementia patients, Yale University researchers report June 1 in the journal Science Translational Medicine. While much research in Alzheimer's has centered on reducing levels of beta-amyloid plaque in the brain that is a hallmark of the disease, recent st more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 31 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news on May 30, 2022: A new study by Yale ichthyologists provides a clearer picture of species diversity among black basses -- one of the most cherished and economically important lineages of freshwater gamefish. Their findings can help guide the conservation and management of bass species that are both prized by anglers across the globe and ranked among the world's most invasive organisms. For the study, published more PR