NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 8 (TNSawa) -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news: * * * As a woman, a scientist, and in countless other roles in her life and career, Sharon Friedman '77 MFS defied expectations and challenged norms. In recognition of her accomplishments and dedication to the School, she will receive the Distinguished Alumni Award from YSE at Reunion Weekend 2022. * * * As a freshman at Yale College in the 1970s, Sharon Friedman '77 MFS enrolled in a course call more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 6 (TNSbook) (TNSres) -- Yale University issued the following news: The sometimes counterintuitive ways that our brains work can raise big questions. Why is it that we procrastinate, dragging our feet when we know we will regret it later? Why are misunderstandings and miscommunications so common? And why do people often turn a blind eye to evidence that contradicts their beliefs? For Yale's Woo-kyoung Ahn, the John Hay Whitney Professor of Psychology, a better under more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 7 (TNSconf) -- Brown Rudnick, a law firm, issued the following news release: Brown Rudnick is partnering with Connecticut Innovations (CI) to present VentureClash Climate Edition, a networking and pitch event addressing climate-related issues. The inaugural VentureClash Climate Edition will be held on Thursday, Oct. 27 at District New Haven, and will bring together thought leaders, visionaries, early-stage companies, investors, and Connecticut state agency partners. more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 6 (TNSres) -- The City University of New York's Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy issued the following news release: Over the past two decades, drug overdose deaths in the U.S. have increased manifold, with over 70% of 2019 drug deaths attributable to opioids. Connecticut in particular is among the top 10 states with the highest rate of opioid-related overdose deaths in the country, with that number increasing by 285% from 2012 to 2020. The National Institutes o more PR

NEW BRITAIN, Connecticut, Oct. 4 (TNSawa) -- Central Connecticut State University issued the following news release: CCSU Chemistry and Biochemistry Department Chair Dr. Sarah Maurer is one of 19 national winners of a Scialog Collaborative Innovation Award. The awards are presented by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement, the Heising-Simons Foundation, the Kavli Foundation, and NASA. This year's awards total $1,045,000 and will be allocated to eight multidisciplinary teams of resear more PR

WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, Oct. 5 (TNSbook) -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news: Eastern Connecticut State University Professor of Education Theresa Bouley recently hit Library Journal's best-seller list for academic/education-centric books with her latest release, "Implicit Bias: An Educator's Guide to the Language of Microaggressions." Published by Rowman & Littlefield in 2021 and co-authored by Anni K. Reinking, the book brings attention to racial biases and micr more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 7 (TNSper) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: The Yale School of Medicine Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) has a new executive director who brings nearly nine years of experience with the organization to his new post. John Encandela, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry, began work as TLC's executive director October 1. He has worked with TLC since February 2014 and most recently was associate director for curriculum and education assessment. more PR

GROTON, Connecticut, Oct. 7 -- General Dynamics Electric Boat, a subsidiary of General Dynamics, issued the following news release: General Dynamics Electric Boat, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), announced today it was awarded a U.S. Navy contract modification for lead-yard support, development studies and design efforts related to Virginia-class attack submarines. The contract modification has a value of $532.9 million. Work will be performed in Groton, Connecticut, and Newpor more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 7 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Oct. 6, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont and the Connecticut Airport Authority today announced that Aer Lingus will resume its popular nonstop flight from Bradley International Airport to Dublin, Ireland beginning March 26, 2023, bringing transatlantic service back to Connecticut's largest airport. The service will operate daily through October and offer connectivity to 28 key UK and European airport more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 7 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Oct. 6, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that his administration is releasing $70 million in state funding that will be used to provide bonus payments to the staff of child care providers in Connecticut who provide safe and nurturing care to the state's youngest infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. Individual bonuses will amount to $1,000 for full-time workers and $400 for part-time wo more PR

BRISTOL, Connecticut, Oct. 7 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Oct. 6, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Education Commissioner Charlene M. Russell-Tucker today announced that Carolyn Kielma, a science teacher at Bristol Eastern High School in Bristol, has been selected as Connecticut's 2023 Teacher of the Year, the state's highest recognition honoring extraordinary teachers. Governor Lamont and Commissioner Russell-Tucker this morning delivered th more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 5 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Oct. 4, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved his request to expand the natural disaster declaration that it recently approved for certain parts of Connecticut due to the drought that impacted the state this summer. As a result, agricultural producers in all eight of the state's counties are now eligible to be considered for assistance fr more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 8 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that more than 1,108 Connecticut residents have enrolled in CareerConneCT since the state's newest and largest job training initiative, which is administered by the Connecticut Office of Workforce Strategy, began accepting applications in August. "We are building CareerConneCT to become one of the largest workforce development initiatives ever  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 4 (TNSper) -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has appointed Leander A. Dolphin of Hartford to serve as a member of the Connecticut Judicial Selection Commission. The commission is the state body responsible for seeking and recommending to the governor qualified candidates for nomination as judges for the Superior Court, Appellate Court, and Supreme Court. It also evaluates more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 7 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Oct. 6, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that due to recent rainfall that has brought some relief to lower than normal conditions in the state, he is reducing the drought advisory that he declared in August for New London and Windham counties from a Stage 3 drought level to Stage 2. This change brings all eight of Connecticut's counties to a Stage 2 drought level. The governor made th more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 7 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on Oct. 6, 2022: * * * Governor Ned Lamont released the following statement regarding the announcement made today by President Joe Biden that he is granting pardons to all Americans who have been convicted under federal law of the offense of simple possession of marijuana. "For decades, the criminalization of cannabis has caused injustices and created disparities throughout our country while doing  more PR

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 5 -- Greenwich Associates, a provider of global market intelligence and advisory services, issued the following news release: In a year of accelerating inflation, mounting concerns about market volatility and continued, pandemic-related disruptions to due diligence and other core business practices, asset owners in Asia are gravitating to established investment managers in traditional asset classes who can deliver stability, along with top-notch client service and ad more PR

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 5 -- Greenwich Associates, a provider of global market intelligence and advisory services, issued the following news release: About 1 in 4 business owners and executives say they would likely switch banks if their current provider announced a merger or acquisition. Small businesses and midsize companies are increasingly leery of bank mergers, which they see as frequently leading to turnover in coverage staff and triggering relationship friction. Among companies whos more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee issued the following news: Politico has moved CT-05 from "Lean Democratic" to "Toss Up," noting Republicans have the best shot in more than a decade to win in Connecticut thanks to George Logan's "stiff challenge" to Jahana Hayes. Hayes is floundering as the untested incumbent doubles down on her claim that "Democrats single-handedly saved the economy" and is set to appear with Kamala Harris as a reminder that she's a rubber more PR

WEST HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 5 (TNSres) -- The University of New Haven issued the following news: * * * The son of a longtime emergency dispatcher, Paul Bourgeois, Ph.D., CRC, NCC, is focusing his own career on fostering the mental health and well-being of dispatchers - critical emergency responders who haven't always received the support and services they've needed. * * * Ever since he was a kid growing up in eastern Massachusetts, Paul Bourgeois, Ph.D., CRC, NCC, was inspired by his paren more PR

WEST HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 8 (TNSawa) -- The University of New Haven issued the following news: Later this month, the University's TCoE will recognize two alumni who have excelled in their fields while serving as mentors to tomorrow's engineers. The Tagliatela family, longtime supporters of the College, will also be honored for their ongoing support. When Jordy Eduardo Padilla-Solis '15 was interning for a local construction company that was helping build the Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge in more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 8 -- The Wisconsin Democratic Party issued the following news on Oct. 7, 2022: Republican candidate for governor Tim Michels has spent months pandering to the extreme right-wing of the Republican Party, staking out the most radical positions on abortion and reproductive health care, sowing doubt in the outcomes of Wisconsin elections, and supporting legislation that would jeopardize the safety of kids in schools. It's not surprising that a Connecticut-based politician i more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 5 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: On Wednesday, September 28, 2022, fifty members of the Yale Child Study Center (YCSC) community joined together on Zoom for a special 90-minute training on inclusive practices in hiring. The goal of the session was to explore foundational diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) concepts and apply them to data-informed best practices to enhance understanding of inclusive excellence related to serving on  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 7 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news on Oct. 6, 2022: * * * Aimed at accelerating the transition to clean energy and effective tropical forest landscape conservation and restoration, two YSE online certificate programs are having an immediate impact on the environment and the careers of environmental professionals. The Cox's Bazar region in Bangladesh is home to Cox's Bazar Beach -- the longest natural sea beach in the world and the c more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 8 (TNSawa) -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news: * * * California will achieve carbon neutrality by 2045 at the latest, and the playbook Shereen D'Souza '12 MESc and her colleagues created will serve as a model for the rest of the U.S. and the world. * * * Shereen D'Souza's '12 MESc path to becoming an environmental leader began when she joined the Peace Corps straight out of college, assigned to help hillside subsistence farmers in Honduras. A more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 7 (TNSper) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Natalia Buza, MD, Professor of Pathology and Associate Director of Gynecologic Pathology, has been appointed the first Director of the new Yale Pathology Center of Excellence for Women's Health. Dr. Buza will oversee Gynecologic and Breast Pathology clinical diagnostic services across all hospitals in the Yale New Haven Health System. "In her new role, Dr. Buza will foster collaborative relationships  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 6 (TNSjou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: An interdisciplinary team of Yale researchers has developed a novel gene editing platform that has the potential to correct cystic fibrosis (CF), a potentially debilitating and deadly disease. Cystic fibrosis is caused by a mutation in a gene called the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR). It is often thought of as a lung disease because some of the most severe implications occu more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 5 (TNSres) -- Yale University issued the following news: Yale's endowment earned a 0.8% investment return, net of fees, for the year ending June 30, 2022, earning $266 million in investment gains. After $1.6 billion of spending distributions to the operating budget, the endowment value decreased from $42.3 billion on June 30, 2021 to $41.4 billion on June 30, 2022. "In such a volatile year for the world's financial markets, we are pleased to have protected Yale's c more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 7 (TNSbook) -- Yale University issued the following news: "Objects are messy," says Yale art historian Edward S. Cooke Jr. Specifically, unlike objects typically called "fine art," the stories of functional objects, such as furniture, textiles, and ceramics, are often neither chronological nor limited by a specific geography or culture. Yet, to have a fuller understanding of art history, he argues, we would do well to consider the stories of these pieces. In his ne more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 30 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: An extinct reptile's oddly shaped chompers, fingers, and ear bones may tell us quite a bit about the resilience of life on Earth, according to a new study. In fact, paleontologists at Yale, Sam Houston State University, and the University of the Witwatersrand say the 250-million-year-old reptile, known as Palacrodon, fills in an important gap in our understanding of reptile evolution. It's also a signal that more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 8 (TNSawa) -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news: * * * The environmental law career of Brandi Colander '07 MEM, a 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award winner, has spanned the public and private sector with a particular focus on building consensus and promoting inclusion of underrepresented communities. * * * Brandi Colander '07 MEM was sitting at a table discussing climate change with Tom Fanning, the CEO of Southern Company, the second largest util more PR