HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 7 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Sept. 6, 2022: Attorney General William Tong today led 34 states and territories in announcing a $438.5 million agreement in principle with JUUL Labs, resolving a two-year bipartisan investigation into the e-cigarette manufacturer's marketing and sales practices. In addition to the financial terms, the settlement would force JUUL to comply with a series of strict injunctive terms sev more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 9 (TNSrpt) -- The Connecticut Department of Education issued the following news release on Sept. 8, 2022: In a newly released report, the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) today announced that--for the second year in a row--the Connecticut FAFSA Challenge improved FAFSA completion rates among participating schools. In its second year, the FAFSA Challenge again helped students complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and access c more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 10 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on Sept. 9, 2022: * * * Governor Ned Lamont today released the following statement in response to a federal lawsuit filed by the National Foundation for Gun Rights challenging Connecticut's ban on assault weapons and large-capacity magazines: "Connecticut's law banning assault weapons and large-capacity magazines was adopted as part of a bipartisan effort to prevent needless tragedy and is overwh more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 9 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on Sept. 8, 2022: * * * Governor Ned Lamont and Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz released the following statements regarding the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Governor Lamont said, "Queen Elizabeth II set a standard throughout her lifetime for stability and stoicism. She was a fine leader, guiding her nation through a time of immense change and turmoil. Today, we honor her life and memory. "As governo more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 7 (TNSper) -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news: * * * Dr. Sparkle Malone, whose research focuses on disturbance regimes and how they alter the structure and functions of ecosystems, has joined the YSE faculty as an assistant professor. This semester, she will teach a course on methane dynamics, an area of growing concern as atmospheric methane levels increase. * * * From a human perspective, disturbances in nature, such as major weather event more PR

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 29 (TNSres) -- Gartner, a information technology research and advisory company, issued the following news release: * * * Candidates More Motivated to Seek New Employment Due to Negative Aspects of Their Current Job, Not Necessarily Perceptions of Available Opportunities * * * Nearly 60% of candidates who recently accepted a job offer report that they would make the same choice, according to Gartner, Inc. A Gartner survey of more than 1,800 candidates conducted in more PR

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 7 (TNSres) -- Gartner, a information technology research and advisory company, issued the following news release: There are four primary options available to legal and compliance leaders to cope with unprecedented levels of regulatory change, according to Gartner, Inc. These regulatory changes are being driven by increasing regulatory oversight, renewed geopolitical tensions and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. "The blistering pace of regulatory change right now is t more PR

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 31 (TNSres) -- Gartner, a information technology research and advisory company, issued the following news release: * * * Gartner Forecasts Conversational AI End-User Spending to Reach Nearly $2 Billion in 2022 * * * By 2026, conversational artificial intelligence (AI) deployments within contact centers will reduce agent labor costs by $80 billion, according to Gartner, Inc. Worldwide end-user spending on conversational AI solutions within contact centers is foreca more PR

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 30 (TNSres) -- Gartner, a information technology research and advisory company, issued the following news release: * * * Sellers Experiencing "Drag" Over "Drive" Have Higher Intent to Leave and Lower Quota Attainment * * * Eighty-nine percent of sellers report feeling burned out from work, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc. Over half (54%) of respondents report actively looking for a new job as a result. Gartner surveyed 908 B2B sellers in December 2021 and J more PR

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 30 (TNSres) -- Gartner, a information technology research and advisory company, issued the following news release: * * * Back-Office Automation is Top Priority as CFOs Protect Digital Investments from Cuts * * * CFOs plan to protect their digital investments as they cut costs elsewhere in the business, according to recent surveys by Gartner, Inc. Among technology priorities, CFOs have particularly prioritized back-office automation as a key to driving down costs i more PR

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 9 -- Gartner, a information technology research and advisory company, issued the following news release: Macroeconomic uncertainty and ongoing disruptions are continuing to drive financial planning and analysis (FP&A) leaders to accelerate technology adoption, according to Gartner, Inc. "The rate of finance technology investment continues to gather pace," said Pritika Bhattacharjee, vice president, research in the Gartner Finance practice. "CFOs are telling their  more PR

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 7 (TNSres) -- Gartner, a information technology research and advisory company, issued the following news release: Marketing data and analytics (D&A) and marketing technology (martech) are among the top three capability gap areas cited by CMOs, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc. In a Gartner survey of 405 CMOs and other marketing leaders, conducted between February through March 2022, 61% of CMOs reported that they lack the in-house capabilities to deliver their more PR

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, Sept. 7 -- General Electric, a manufacturer of appliances, lighting, power systems and other products, issued the following news release: GE Power Conversion are proud to be partnering with Tersan Shipyard in Turkey to deliver the power and propulsion, dynamic positioning, and vessel control systems for two innovative Construction Service Operation Vessels (CSOV) for Dutch maritime support provider, Acta Marine. The next-generation vessels are planned to be the first in more PR

MANCHESTER, Connecticut, Sept. 9 (TNSper) -- Manchester Community College issued the following news release: Manchester Community College Chief Executive Officer Nicole Esposito, Ed.D. has been appointed to the national board of directors of the American Association of Women in Community Colleges (AAWCC) as a Member-at-Large. AAWCC is the leading national organization that champions women and maximizes their potential at community colleges. The appointment was made by AAWCC President Dr. Moniqu more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 7 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Attorney General Paxton has secured a $438.5 million agreement in principle between JUUL Labs and 34 states and territories, resolving a two-year bipartisan investigation into the e-cigarette manufacturer's marketing and sales practices. The investigation, initially launched in 2020 by Attorney General Paxton, was led by his office, along with the Attorneys General of Connecticut and Oregon. Of the $ more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 9 (TNSres) -- Trinity College issued the following news: Recent Trinity College graduate Shawn Olstein '22 will spend the next year teaching English to students in Taiwan through the Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship program. Olstein learned in August that he had received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. "I knew that I wanted to go abroad after graduating because I never had more PR

WEST HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 8 (TNSres) -- The University of New Haven issued the following news: * * * The University's Open Pedagogy Project offers faculty and students exciting opportunities to collaborate to create meaningful educational experiences. The program and the grant-funded projects that several faculty and staff members are a part of also foster the creation of open educational resources, which provide important learning tools while reducing textbook costs. * * * For Ryan Cra more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 9 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Joao P. De Aquino, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry, has been awarded a pilot grant from the Integrative Management of Chronic Pain and Opioid Use Disorder for Whole Recovery-Yale and Organizations United (IMPOWR-YOU) Research Center to evaluate the relationship between pain sensitivity and brain synaptic density among people with opioid use disorder (OUD). The study will examine the association more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 7 (TNSjou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news on Sept. 6, 2022: As part of our "Meet Yale Internal Medicine" series, today's feature is on Dennis Shung, MD, MHS, PhD, assistant professor of medicine (digestive diseases), and director of Digital Health, Digestive Diseases. Dennis Shung, MD, MHS, PhD, is an assistant professor of medicine interested in applying machine learning to the treatment and prevention of gastrointestinal (GI) diseases. Whil more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 9 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Kim G. Smolderen, PhD, associate professor of medicine and psychiatry, licensed clinical psychologist, and co-director of the Vascular Medicine Outcomes program, has been accepted to the Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) Leadership Institute. The one-year fellowship begins in April 2023 at the SBM Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions. Established in 2016, the SBM Leadership Institute seeks to fos more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 7 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: Massive, repetitive stretches of DNA in the human genome may harbor hints about the onset of a rare, inherited neurodegenerative disorder called ataxia-telangiectasia as well as other related diseases, a new Yale School of Medicine study finds. The findings also point to possible directions for treatment of the disease. The results are published Sept. 6 in the journal Neuron. Almost half the human genome i more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 8 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: The natural world possesses its own intrinsic electrical grid composed of a global web of tiny bacteria-generated nanowires in the soil and oceans that "breathe" by exhaling excess electrons. In a new study, Yale University researchers discovered that light is a surprising ally in fostering this electronic activity within biofilm bacteria. Exposing bacteria-produced nanowires to light, they found, yielded up  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 9 (TNSper) -- Yale University issued the following news: Bonnie Fleming, a professor of physics in Yale's Faculty of Arts and Sciences and faculty member of Yale's Wright Lab, has taken on a prominent new role as chief research officer and deputy director at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. Fleming, whose new position at Fermilab began Sept. 6, will also join the faculty of the University of Chicago as a professor of physics.  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 10 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: To better understand what drives biological diversity on Earth, scientists have historically looked at genetic differences between species. But this only provides part of the picture. The traits of a particular species are not merely the result of its genes but also the proteins those genes code for. Understanding the differences between species' proteomes -- or all of the proteins that can be expressed -- i more PR