HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 15 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2022: Attorney General William Tong and Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner Michelle H. Seagull today announced an investigation into and enforcement against unfair and deceptive sales practices of Auburn, Massachusetts-based solar company Solar Wolf Energy, Inc. over failures to complete, or even begin, promised residential work. Multiple Connecticut consumers more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 17 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2022: Attorney General William Tong today joined a multi-state coalition urging Congress to allow attorneys general to enforce state and federal consumer protections for airline travelers. This request comes after attorneys general received thousands of complaints from outraged passengers, claiming airlines have failed in their service responsibilities, causing significant more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 9 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2022: Attorney General William Tong released the following statement in response to a federal lawsuit filed by the National Association for Gun Rights challenging Connecticut's assault weapons ban. "This challenge to our post-Sandy Hook assault weapons ban is exactly the kind of public safety threat that we anticipated when the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Brue more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 15 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release and letter: Attorney General William Tong issued a letter to M&T Bank expressing concern and seeking information regarding numerous complaints from consumers and employees following the conversion from People's United Bank. In his letter, Attorney General Tong seeks information regarding commitments made by M&T Bank to its Connecticut workforce, as well as identification of a high-lev more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 15 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that his administration is releasing $150 million toward a newly established state grant program dedicated to supporting upgrades for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems in Connecticut public schools. The grants will supplement more than $165 million that schools have already committed for air filtration improvements si more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 13 (TNSrpt) -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today is applauding the release of a report from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ranking Connecticut among the top four states nationally and the best in New England for Medicaid application and eligibility processing speed. The report analyzes the length of time it took state Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (C more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 16 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Governor Ned Lamont today is applauding the announcement from the White House that the plan Connecticut submitted to the U.S. Department of Transportation under the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program has been approved. NEVI was established and funded by President Joe Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and is giving states an opportunity to receive federal fundin more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 15 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today joined state and local officials to officially break ground on a new train station and a roadway safety and track improvement project in Windsor Locks. Located in downtown area of the town next to the historic old station, the new station will complement the ongoing economic development initiatives in the town's transit-oriented development area. The more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 13 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has submitted a request to the U.S. Department of Agriculture for primary natural disaster declarations to be approved in Litchfield and New Haven counties due to damages sustained by agricultural producers in those areas from the ongoing drought impacting Connecticut. Last month, the federal agency approved primary disaster declara more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 17 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont and Education Commissioner Charlene Russell-Tucker today celebrated schools and districts around Connecticut for successfully improving Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) completion rates through the Connecticut State Department of Education's second annual FAFSA Challenge. They also announced the continuation of the FAFSA Challenge during the more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 17 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Education Commissioner Charlene Russell-Tucker are congratulating four public schools in Connecticut on being named by the U.S. Department of Education as 2022 National Blue Ribbon Schools. This award is given annually to select schools across the nation for demonstrating overall high achievement of success in closing achievement gaps. The  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 14 -- The Connecticut Democratic Party issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2022: Sen. Lindsey Graham joined anti-abortion leaders today to unveil a new attack on national abortion restrictions, a proposed federal bill that will overrule states that allow abortion, and severely limit abortion access in every state across the country. In Connecticut, Governor Lamont, Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz and the Democratic ticket have promised to protect and defend our more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 17 -- Connecticut State Colleges and Universities issued the following news release: CSCU has begun a system-wide online subscription to The Chronicle of Higher Education, a leading publication about topics and trends shaping the future of higher education in the United States. Through the subscription, the CSCU community has unlimited access to articles, essays, daily news, and data back to 1989. To access The Chronicle, you can either visit your library's websit more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 15 -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: In an effort to harness and grow the full professional potential of YSM faculty, the Offices of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ODEI) and Academic and Professional Development (OAPD) within the YSM Dean's Office have successfully spearheaded several leadership development initiatives tailored to individuals at all stages of career development. Now in its fifth semester, the Women's Leadership Development P more PR

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Sept. 15 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release and letter: Attorney General Ashley Moody and Connecticut Attorney General William Tong are leading a multistate, bipartisan effort of 18 attorneys general urging President Biden to classify illicit fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction. The drug is claiming a record number of lives across the country and continues to flow freely through the southwest border. In July alone, U.S. Customs  more PR

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 13 -- Gartner, a information technology research and advisory company, issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2022: Supply chain resilience has reached the Peak of Inflated Expectations and will arrive at the Plateau of Productivity in five to 10 years, according to the Gartner, Inc. Hype Cycle for Supply Chain Strategy, 2022. The Peak of Inflated Expectations highlights capabilities where early publicity produces success stories, but expectations rise abov more PR

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, Sept. 14 (TNSres) -- General Electric, a manufacturer of appliances, lighting, power systems and other products, issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2022: GE Healthcare and Lantheus Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: LNTH) have announced that the recent Phase III clinical trial of their investigational radiotracer, [18F]flurpiridaz, has met its co-primary endpoints of exceeding a 60 percent threshold for both sensitivity and specificity for detecting Coronary Artery Diseas more PR

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, Sept. 15 -- General Electric, a manufacturer of appliances, lighting, power systems and other products, issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2022: Seven healthtech start-ups have officially been named as the second cohort of the Edison Accelerator in EMEA Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Edison Accelerator is a healthcare start-up and scale-up acceleration & healthcare provider collaboration program designed by GE Healthcare, in partnership with the innovati more PR

HAMDEN, Connecticut, Sept. 15 (TNSres) -- Quinnipiac University Poll has issued the following news release: The Georgia governor's race is too close to call as 50 percent of likely voters support Republican incumbent Brian Kemp and 48 percent support Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack) University poll of likely voters in Georgia released today. This is Quinnipiac University's first poll of likely voters in Georgia's 2022 election and cannot be compa more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, Sept. 14 (TNSconf) -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) announced it has become the first statewide system of higher education in the country to join the REP4 Alliance, a nationwide collegiate partnership founded by Grand Valley that invites diverse high school learners to expand their college choices and propose more equitable programs and pathways to higher education. "CSCU seeks to advance equity  more PR

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 16 -- Greenwich Associates, a provider of global market intelligence and advisory services, issued the following news release: Coalition Greenwich, the leading global provider of data, analytics and insights to the financial services industry, is pleased to announce the hiring of Jesse Forster as a Senior Analyst on its Market Structure & Technology team. In his new role, Jesse will draw on his 20-plus years overall in equity market structure and technology to lea more PR

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Sept. 15 -- Oklahoma Attorney General John O'Connor issued the following news release and letter: Attorney General John O'Connor is joining a multistate effort urging President Biden to classify fentanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction. The 18-state bipartisan coalition, led by Florida Republican Attorney General Ashley Moody and Connecticut Democrat Attorney General William Tong, demands the president take decisive action in response to the record increase in overdose  more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 16 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release and letter: Attorney General Paxton has signed a multistate letter led by Florida and Connecticut requesting the Biden Administration designate fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction. Cheap but incredibly lethal, fentanyl from countries like China and India has increasingly been transported across our wide-open southern border and sold by Mexican cartels and drug dealers. The change in classificati more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 15 (TNSfund) -- Trinity College issued the following news: Trinity has been selected as one of five colleges by the Schuler Education Foundation for a landmark partnership that promises to raise $60 million to support high achieving, low-income students enrolling at Trinity. In this second year of the Schuler Access Initiative, Trinity joins Barnard College, Centre College, Scripps College, and the College of the Holy Cross as the newest cohort of partner colleges.  more PR

WEST HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 14 (TNSres) -- The University of New Haven issued the following news: * * * For Madison Liguori '23, the University's Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program enabled her to research how skin responds to various stimuli - something that, she believes, will be invaluable as she pursues a career in the cosmetics industry. * * * By Renee Chmiel, Office of Marketing and Communications Madison Liguori '23 has always been interested in chemistry and p more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 14 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Yale School of Medicine has received funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Common Fund's Bridge2AI program to tackle challenging medical problems and accelerate discovery through the use of artificial intelligence (AI). NIH is investing $130 million over four years to bring diverse teams together and bridge the gap between the biomedical and AI research communities. Yale researchers,  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 14 (TNSper) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Dhanpat Jain, MD, Professor of Pathology and of Medicine (Digestive Diseases), has been named by the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) to its editorial board for neuroendocrine tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. The AJCC, founded in 1959, has developed and compiled cancer staging systems that are considered the staging bible for all cancers, and has experts from every field who specialize more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 14 (TNSawa) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Attila Feher, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine, received the Best Basic-Technical Abstract Young Investigator Award from the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) at the 27th Annual Scientific Session and Exhibition. Feher presented the project, "Integration of Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring from CT Attenuation Scans by Machine Learning Improves Prediction of Adverse Cardiovascular  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 16 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Renato Polimanti, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine, has received a 3-year grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to evaluate the association of internalizing disorders with the risk, onset, and vulnerability of COVID-19. The $3.69 million R01 grant aims to address urgent, time-sensitive mental health research questions related to COVID-19, accordin more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 16 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news on Sept. 15, 2022: Tiny glass beads discovered in mountain caves about 25 miles from the shores of Lake Malawi in eastern-central Africa provide evidence that European trade in the continent's hinterland was built on Indigenous trade routes from the coast to the interior that had existed for centuries, according to a study co-authored by Yale anthropologist Jessica Thompson. The beads also are artifacts from more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 13 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: Extra waves may be great for surfers, but they can lead to tumultuous weather when they start showing up in jet streams. That's because jet streams -- blowing ribbons of wind that encircle the earth -- play a critical role in the location and severity of weather events, such as the recent floods that devastated Kentucky. Even a slight change in the "waviness" of the polar or the subtropical jet stream can l more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 14 (TNSper) -- Yale University issued the following news: Yale spokeswoman Karen Peart will serve as interim vice president for communications while the university conducts a national search for a successor to outgoing Vice President Nate Nickerson, President Peter Salovey announced Tuesday. The interim appointment is pending approval by the board of trustees. Salovey recently announced that Nickerson will step down Sept. 23 to serve as communications and public  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 15 (TNSper) -- Yale University issued the following news: Kishwar Rizvi, a leader in the study of art and the built environment in Islamic cultures, has been appointed the Robert Lehman Professor in the History of Art, Islamic Art and Architecture, effective July 1. She is a member of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in the Department of the History of Art and is a faculty member of the Yale School of Architecture. Rizvi has been a member of the Yale faculty since more PR