HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 12 (TNSper) -- Trinity College issued the following news: President Joanne Berger-Sweeney announced the appointment of five new trustees to the Trinity College Board of Trustees. They began their terms on July 1, 2022. Four of the new trustees are alumni, and one is the parent of a current student. They are: Olusegun "Shay" Ajayi '16, Lisa Alvarez-Calderon '88, Malcolm Fraser MacLean IV '92, Stephanie Ritz '90, and Leslie Torres Rodriguez P'24. Olusegun "Shay" Ajay more PR

CEDARVILLE, Ohio, July 12 (TNSres) -- Cedarville University issued the following news: A team of students from Cedarville University's School of Pharmacy placed third in the 2022 American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Clinical Research Challenge (CRC). In total, 82 universities competed in the clinical research competition. Oregon State University won the competition, followed by the University of Connecticut and Cedarville. The University of Michigan placed fourth. The annual competit more PR

NEW BRITAIN, Connecticut, July 13 (TNSper) -- Central Connecticut State University issued the following news release: Dr. Beth Merenstein, professor of Sociology, has accepted a new, dual role as the Interim Associate Vice President for Community Engagement and Experiential Learning and the Executive Director of the Center for Public Policy and Social Research (CPPSR). In her new position, which began July 1, Dr. Merenstein reports directly to President Zulma R. Toro. She is leading the develo more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 13 -- The Connecticut Department of Education issued the following news release on July 12, 2022: The Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority (CHESLA) and the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) are excited to announce the launch of the CHESLA Alliance District Teacher Loan Subsidy Program signed into law by Governor Ned Lamont on August 19, 2021. This program is subject to available funding and offers a 3% interest rate subsidy on All more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 12 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on July 11, 2022: Attorney General William Tong today joined 20 attorneys general in an amicus brief defending federal ghost gun regulations against a challenge from a distributor of ghost gun components. Ghost guns are unserialized weapons that are often made at home from weapon parts kits or partially complete frames and receivers and can be purchased without background checks. The B more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 12 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on July 11, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont announced that six new express trains on the New Haven Line and seven new weekday trains on the Waterbury Branch Line have begun service starting today. On the New Haven Line, three weekday morning rush-hour express trains will depart from New Haven with stops in Bridgeport, Stamford, and Grand Central Terminal. These express trains depart New Haven at 5:09  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 12 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on July 11, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that Evolution, a live casino operator for digital platforms, has begun operating in Connecticut. The company, which has already hired 140 employees to work at its newly built studio in Fairfield, is expected to hire up to 400 total workers in Connecticut, offering technical, production, administrative and information technology positions, as  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 15 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on July 15, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced the creation of seven new technology education programs at Connecticut's public and private colleges and universities. The New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) and the Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF), in partnership with the Connecticut Office of Workforce Strategy and the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Develo more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 13 (TNSper) -- Littler Mendelson, a law firm, issued the following news release: Littler, the world's largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has added Paula N. Anthony as a shareholder in its New Haven office. She was previously a partner with Berchem Moses PC and is admitted to practice in both Connecticut and New York. An advisor to clients in the private and public sectors, Anthony defends employers in litigation matters, mediations a more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 14 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: By Elisabeth Reitman Albert J. Sinusas, MD, a professor of medicine, radiology, and biomedical engineering and director of Yale Translational Research Imaging Center (Y-TRIC), has received a 1.6 M High-End Shared Instrumentation (S10) grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to purchase a state-of-the-art whole body imaging system for translational research. Benefits of the Hybrid SPECT/CT more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 15 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey issued the following news release on July 14, 2022: A national diagnostic laboratory company has agreed to pay $10 million to the federal government and the states of Massachusetts and Connecticut to resolve self-referral and false claims allegations raised by a whistleblower, Attorney General Maura Healey and United States Attorney Rachael Rollins announced today. Massachusetts will receive a total of $141,000 for Ma more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 14 -- The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs issued the following news release on July 13, 2022: With 90 percent of Massachusetts experiencing drought conditions, Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Secretary Beth Card today declared a Level 2-Signficant Drought in the Northeast, Southeast, Connecticut River Valley, and Central Regions of the state. Additionally, the Islands Region will remain at Level 1-Mild Drought along with the  more PR

CONCORD, New Hampshire, July 15 -- The New Hampshire Democratic Party issued the following news release: Although Governor Chris Sununu is the governor of New Hampshire, he has been traversing New England to campaign for a variety of anti-choice Republicans running for governor. Sununu started in Connecticut to campaign with Bob Stefanowski, who supports abortion restrictions, then yesterday made his way to Maine to support Paul LePage, who defunded Planned Parenthood, has attended many anti-c more PR

ALBANY, New York, July 13 (TNSsre) -- The New York Department of Public Service issued the text of the following letter on July 12, 2022: * * * To: Matthew Brotmann, Esq., Equinor Wind US, LLC, 600 Washington Blvd, Suite 800, Stamford, Connecticut 06901, mbrot@equinor.com Dan Chorost, Esq., Sive, Paget & Riesel P.C., 560 Lexington Ave, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10022, dchorost@sprlaw.com Ekin Senlet, Esq., Barclay Damon, LLP, 80 State Street, Albany, NY 12207, esenlet@barclaydamon.com RE: Ca more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, July 16 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on July 14, 2022: Governor Gavin Newsom's second day in the nation's capital highlighted efforts to keep all Californians safe - from gun violence, wildfires and Republican efforts to roll back reproductive rights. The Governor's second day in DC started on Capitol Hill where he met with Senators on critical issues like gun safety and reproductive rights. * Meeting with Senator Chris Murphy ( more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 13 (TNSres) -- Trinity College issued the following news: Several members of the Trinity College faculty recently were awarded substantial grants to pursue long-term scientific projects alongside their students. Associate Professor of Psychology Michael A. Grubb has received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). In addition, Vernon D. Roosa Professor of Applied Science Susan A. Masino and Research Associate Pro more PR

BELFAST, Maine, July 13 (TNSper) -- The University of Maine System issued the following news release: The University of Maine System (UMS) Board of Trustees approved extending Chancellor Dannel Malloy's contract by one year, from July 1, 2022-June 30, 2023, during its regular meeting July 11 at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. Malloy, a former prosecutor, lawyer, mayor and two-term governor of Connecticut, was appointed to the role of chancellor for a three-year term on J more PR

WEST HAVEN, Connecticut, July 13 (TNSpro) -- The University of New Haven issued the following news: By Renee Chmie During the summer of 2020, Samantha Morales '18 MHA helped launch a program to introduce high school students to possible careers in the healthcare field. Launched virtually during the height of the pandemic, the program was an overwhelming success. She's looking forward to hosting the program again this summer - in person for the second year in a row. One of the University's man more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 12 (TNSper) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Lucila Ohno-Machado, MD, PhD, MBA, has been appointed deputy dean for biomedical informatics and will lead the newly created free-standing Section for Biomedical Informatics and Data Science, effective this fall. As deputy dean for biomedical informatics, Ohno-Machado will oversee the infrastructure related to biomedical informatics research across the academic health system. The Section of Biomedica more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 16 (TNSjou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Since COVID-19 vaccines first became available to protect against infection and severe illness, there has been much uncertainty about how long the protection lasts, and when it might be necessary for individuals to get an additional booster shot. Now, a team of scientists led by faculty at the Yale School of Public Health and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte has an answer: strong protect more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 15 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: Variants of at least 20 different genes have been closely linked to the development of Parkinson's disease, but scientists are still investigating how exactly they cause the severe and incurable motor disorder that afflicts about 1 million people in the U.S. alone. New research by Yale researchers offers important clues. In two new papers, scientists provide insight into the function of a protein called VPS1 more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 14 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: Gut microbes have been linked to both good health and the promotion of diseases such as autoimmune disorders, inflammatory bowel diseases, metabolic syndrome, and even neuropsychiatric disorders. One popular explanation for these bad outcomes has been what is called the "leaky gut" hypothesis -- in which potentially damaging bacteria are said to escape the intestine, triggering a chronic inflammatory respons more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 14 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: At the heart of every resonator -- be it a cello, a gravitational wave detector, or the antenna in your cell phone -- there is a beautiful bit of mathematics that has been heretofore unacknowledged. Yale physicists Jack Harris and Nicholas Read know this because they started finding knots in their data. In a new study in the journal Nature, Harris, Read, and their co-authors describe a previously unknown cha more PR