HAMDEN, Connecticut, June 23 (TNSres) -- Quinnipiac University Poll has issued the following news release: With the House select committee examining the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, Americans, 64 - 30 percent, say that the attack was planned rather than spontaneous, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack) University national poll of adults released today. Democrats say 84 - 13 percent and independents say 61 - 30 percent that the attack was planned. Republicans are divide more PR

NEW BRITAIN, Connecticut, June 25 (TNStalk) -- Central Connecticut State University issued the following statement by President Zulma R. Toro on June 23, 2022: * * * President Zulma R. Toro issued the following statement to mark the 50th anniversary of the Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Fifty years ago today, the passage of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 changed the landscape of education and athletics in the United States. With just 37 words, women and girls inhe more PR

NEW BRITAIN, Connecticut, June 17 -- Central Connecticut State University issued the following news release: Professor Tatiana Melendez-Rhodes is one of 36 educators in the country to be selected for the American Association of State Colleges and Universities Emerging Leaders Program. Dr. Melendez-Rhodes, a Simsbury resident, is an associate professor and clinical coordinator of the Marriage and Family Therapy program at CCSU. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, a Clinical Fellow  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 18 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on June 17, 2022: Attorney General William Tong today announced a $230 million multistate settlement with Mallinckrodt regarding allegations the company knowingly underpaid Medicaid rebates for its drug H.P. Acthar Gel. Connecticut is joined in the settlement by 49 other states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the federal government. The settlement will be paid over a period of seve more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 23 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on June 22, 2022: Attorney General William Tong today announced that Connecticut, along with 45 other attorneys general, has obtained a $1.25 million multistate settlement with Florida-based Carnival Cruise Line stemming from a 2019 data breach that involved the personal information of approximately 180,000 Carnival employees and customers nationwide. Connecticut will receive $67,505.8 more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 24 (TNStalk) -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement on June 23, 2022: * * * Attorney General William Tong today released the following statement applauding a U.S. Food and Drug Administration order removing JUUL products from the U.S. market. "JUUL created a generation of nicotine addicts with its kid-friendly flavors and targeted marketing. "I have repeatedly urged the FDA to adopt strong restrictions on e-cigarettes. This or more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 24 (TNStalk) -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement on June 23, 2022: * * * Attorney General William Tong issued a statement today responding to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol v. Bruen. The decision, overturning a New York handgun licensing law, substantially rewrites major gun safety precedent. While Connecticut's handgun licensing laws differ from New York's and are not immediately impacted, th more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 22 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on June 21, 2022: Attorney General William Tong and Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner Michelle Seagull today advised homeowners interested in residential solar panels to do careful research and be wary of misleading marketing and high-pressure sales tactics by solar companies. The Office of the Attorney General has received a number of complaints from consumers and has act more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 23 -- The Connecticut Department of Education issued the following news release on June 22, 2022: The Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) is pleased to announce more than $8.7 million in American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER) funds will be awarded to 45 after-school programs across Connecticut. Expansion grants will open new after-school program locations with free or affordable after-school program more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 22 -- The Connecticut Department of Education issued the following news release on June 21, 2022: Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) Commissioner Charlene Russell-Tucker is pleased to announce the rollout of a new Science of Reading (SOR) Masterclass that will provide professional learning for educators at participating districts. The first masterclass cohort will begin on June 29, 2022, and will include 11 participating districts. This masterclass is more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 18 -- Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection issued the following news release: The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is pleased to announce appointments to the Connecticut Equity and Environmental Justice Advisory Council (CEEJAC), a new advisory council formed to advise DEEP on current and historic environmental injustice, pollution reduction, energy equity, climate change mitigation and resiliency, health d more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 23 -- Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection issued the following news release on June 22, 2022: The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) today announced the recipients of the second round of grant funding through the Aquatic Invasive Species Grant Program, with a total of $370,000 going to 15 projects to reduce impacts of aquatic invasive species on inland waters in Connecticut. The Aquatic Invasive Species Gr more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 24 -- Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) today announced the selection of a Program Operator for the Statewide Weatherization Barrier Remediation Program, partnering with the nationally recognized non-profit International Center for Appropriate and Sustainable Technology (ICAST). ICAST has a long history of establish more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 24 -- Connecticut State Colleges and Universities issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: The Board of Regents for Higher Education (BOR) today passed a resolution that will provide additional supports to refugees and asylum seekers seeking education at the 17 Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) institutions. Under the policy, CSCU will form a working group with representatives from each college and university, with a goal of establishing f more PR

WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, June 23 (TNSconf) -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news: Eastern Connecticut State University will host the first New England Cannabis Research and Education Conference (NECREC) on October 21-22. Connecticut's first academic conference on cannabis studies follows the launch of Eastern's minor in Cannabis Cultivation and Chemistry, the first such program in the state following the legalization of recreational cannabis in July 2021. NECREC ai more PR

MANCHESTER, Connecticut, June 24 (TNSawa) -- Manchester Community College issued the following news release: Manchester Community College has again been recognized with the Distinguished Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) Credentialing Success Award from the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC). The award recognizes MCC's superb pass rate on the RRT credentialing exam, which has averaged 97 percent over the last three years. The college's program has been recognized by  more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 24 (TNSper) -- PBS issued the following news release: PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger announced that Mark G. Contreras, President and CEO of Connecticut Public, has been elected to the PBS Board of Directors as a Professional Director. Contreras fills a seat vacated by Susi Elkins, former director of broadcasting and general manager of WKAR Public Media at Michigan State University. His term will end in the fall of 2023, at which time he will be eligible for re-elec more PR

WEST HAVEN, Connecticut, June 23 (TNSres) -- The University of New Haven issued the following news: * * * For Stephanie Bedoya '22, reimagining products and ads as part of her Honors thesis enabled her to explore the importance of diversity, equity, inclusion, access, and belonging in graphic design and helped her discover her own areas of interest in the field. * * * By Renee Chmiel When Stephanie Bedoya '22 was considering what she wanted the focus of her Honors thesis to be, she wondered more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 22 (TNSper) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Chen Liu, MD, PhD, Chair of Yale Pathology, announced He (Peter) Wang, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology, as Director of the newly established Cardiovascular Pathology section in the Department of Pathology at Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Liu explained it is a good opportunity to establish a unique Cardiovascular Pathology section as it will create new momentum related to translational resear more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 24 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Shelli Farhadian, MD, PhD, assistant professor (infectious diseases and neurology), is interested in how systemic infections affect the brain and mind. Her research of neuroinfectious diseases focuses on several areas: HIV effects on the aging brain; neurological symptoms in acute and post-acute COVID-19; and central nervous system effects of other infections, including syphilis. Farhadian came to Ya more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 24 (TNSjou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Medical research did not always include women as participants or investigate the influence of sex and gender on health. This has now changed, and research is beginning to uncover ways in which sex as a biological variable (SABV) affects health. The social environment's effect on our biology also is increasingly being acknowledged, along with data indicating that these effects vary by gender. Thus, bot more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 22 (TNSjou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: In the United States, death rates from COVID-19 are higher than in any other high-income country--and our fragmented and inefficient health system may be largely to blame, Yale researchers say in a new study. If the U.S. had had a single-payer universal health care system in 2020, nearly 212,000 American lives would have been saved that year, according to a new study. In addition, the country would h more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 21 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: Global climate change has already exacerbated the risk of fire and is likely to fuel even more change as accelerating feedback loops create disastrous consequences for both biodiversity and human populations. Yet accurately predicting the risks and impact of bush and wildfire globally is still a work in progress. In a new study, a team of Yale scientists and colleagues from South Africa, Gabon, and the Unite more PR