SHELTON, Connecticut, Dec. 7 -- BPA Worldwide, an assurance provider, issued the following news release: Global assurance provider BPA Worldwide today announced the Cooler Screens in-store digital media and merchandising platform for retail has achieved independent certification to the IAB guidelines for Display Impression Measurement, Digital Video Advertising, as well as BPA standards for network qualification. BPA's certification engagement, performed in accordance with IAB auditing guideli more PR

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, Dec. 9 -- General Electric, a manufacturer of appliances, lighting, power systems and other products, issued the following news release: GE Hydro Solutions was selected by Anhui Jinzhai Pumped Storage Power Co., LTD, one of the divisions of State Grid XinYuan, to supply four new 300 MW pumped storage turbines, generator-motors as well as the balance of plant equipment for the Anhui Jinzhai pumped storage power plant located in the Jinzhai County, Anhui Province, China. T more PR

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, Dec. 7 -- General Electric, a manufacturer of appliances, lighting, power systems and other products, issued the following news release: By responding to emergency needs tied to natural disasters and more needs for power to mitigate expected soaring electricity demand during the winter and summer seasons, or possible power restrictions due to the security of power supply issues, providing energy "in a pinch" is becoming increasingly important in the transition towards a  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 9 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Dec. 8, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont and the Connecticut State Police Union NP1 today announced that they have tentatively agreed to the terms of a new successor labor agreement. The agreement covers troopers, sergeants, and master sergeants effective from July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2026, covering wages, benefits, and working conditions. "Members of the Connecticut State Police are second to  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 10 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Dec. 9, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the Connecticut Department of Public Health has been awarded a $32,253,484 grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that will be used to support the state agency's newly launched Office of Public Heath Workforce Development. The initiative was created by Public Health Commissioner Manisha Juthani, MD, in August more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 6 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Commissioner Sibongile "Bongi" Magubane is planning to retire at the conclusion of the governor's first term in office at the beginning of next year. A business executive who has served within Fortune 100 companies, Commissioner Magubane had previously retired after serving as an information t more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 7 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is planning to appoint Adam Joseph as communications director for the Office of the Governor when he begins his second term in office early next year. Joseph will succeed Anthony Anthony, who intends to transition into a different role within the office as special advisor to the governor. "Anthony has been an invaluable member of our te more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 8 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Dec. 7, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is planning to appoint Andrea Barton Reeves as commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Social Services (DSS) and Dr. Deidre Gifford as executive director of the Connecticut Office of Health Strategy (OHS) when he begins his second term in office early next year. Gifford is currently the commissioner of DSS and Barton Reeves is CEO more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 7 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that thousands of Connecticut residents convicted of cannabis possession are set to have these records cleared in January using an automated erasure method. Records in approximately 44,000 cases will be fully or partially erased. The policy is an integral part of the 2021 legislation Governor Lamont signed into law to safely regulate the adult u more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 9 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Dec. 8, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont is applauding the U.S. House of Representatives for voting today to give final Congressional approval for the Respect for Marriage Act. The legislation, which was approved in the U.S. Senate last week, codifies into federal law rights for same-sex and interracial couples to marry and receive the related federal protections that come with marriage. It is necess more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 10 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Dec. 9, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today is highlighting the prominent role that 44 businesses in Connecticut are playing in NASA's world-renowned Artemis I mission, which sent an unmanned spacecraft on an unprecedented trip around the moon and is now on the final stretch of its historic journey. The spacecraft is set to splash down in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday, December 11, 2022, after 25 da more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 9 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Dec. 8, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today provided an update on the work the Connecticut Interagency PFAS Task Force has accomplished to date to mark the third anniversary of the state's PFAS Action Plan. PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a group of more than 12,000 manmade chemicals that have been widely used in household, commercial, and industrial products and processes since  more PR

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 7 -- Greenwich Associates, a provider of global market intelligence and advisory services, issued the following news release: Challenges with ESG data is hampering the integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics in fixed-income investing. Almost 85% of the fixed-income professionals participating in a new study from Coalition Greenwich say their firms are working to expand ESG capabilities. There is one major obstacle slowing their progress: d more PR

KEENE, New Hampshire, Dec. 7 (TNSacc) -- Keene State College issued the following news: The Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) announced that Keene State College is one of 55 providers from 28 states and the United Arab Emirates to receive accreditation for their educator preparation programs. The Fall 2022 review brings to 507 the number of providers approved under the CAEP Accreditation Standards. The rigorous, nationally recognized standards ensure excellence in ed more PR

MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut, Dec. 2 (TNSper) -- Middlesex Community College Foundation issued the following news: The Middlesex Community College Foundation board of directors is pleased to announce the recipients of their donor recognition awards, presented during the group's annual meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. In addition to the awards presentation, the MxCC Foundation elected new board members. Kristen Roberts, vice president of communications for Comcast's Western New England Region, r more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 8 (TNStalk) -- Trinity College issued the following news: Trinity College students, staff, and faculty members recently attended the Connecticut Forum's discussion with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. The conversation on November 15, 2022, was moderated by author and journalist Soledad O'Brien, who appeared on stage at the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford, while Sotomayor joined the live event remotely. Trinity is an education partner  more PR

WEST HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 2 (TNSres) -- The University of New Haven issued the following news: * * * Hao Sun, Ph.D., recently became the first University of New Haven professor to receive the highly competitive Undergraduate New Investigator Grant from the American Chemical Society's Petroleum Research Fund. He looks forward to the hands-on opportunities the award will create for him to work with his students as they explore solutions to the problem of plastic pollution. * * * Hao Sun, P more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 7 (TNSjou) -- Yale School of Medicine posted the following news: In a new study, Yale Cancer Center researchers found molecular explanations for why some lung tumors respond better to certain drugs than others. The research should help improve drug selection for lung cancer patients with different mutations in the EGF receptor, using a precision medicine approach to treatment. The findings were recently published in Nature Communications. Many lung cancers are dri more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 2 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Weathered by a lifetime of racial discrimination, Black women age earlier and faster. Researchers theorize this accelerated health deterioration is caused by cumulative exposure to race-based stressors in a race-conscious society. High levels of stress hormones can be toxic for Black women's bodies, especially if the women are repeatedly pushed into a fight-or-flight state by prejudice, marginalizatio more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 2 (TNSawa) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Paul Stockhammer, MD, PhD received the Distinguished Young Investigator Research Award at this year's EGFR Resisters Research Summit in Chicago, IL, for his work entitled "Co-occurring Alterations in Multiple Tumor Suppressor Genes Associate with Outcomes in Patients with EGFR-mutant Lung Cancer." The award recognizes outstanding young investigators presenting their unpublished research. The annual E more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 9 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: A Yale study describes how our brains are capable of sorting through an avalanche of external stimuli to shape a sense of our surroundings. Since he was a kid Hal Blumenfeld has wondered about the nature of human consciousness. "It's what makes us human and makes life worthwhile," said Blumenfeld, now the Mark Loughridge and Michele Williams Professor of Neurology at Yale. "And it's still a mystery of modern more PR