HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 14 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: Attorney General William Tong has joined a national coalition of attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in support of the federal government in two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court concerning the Biden Administration's targeted cancellation of student loan debt to address the continuing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The amicus brief, filed Wednesday in the cases Biden v. N more PR

NEW BRITAIN, Connecticut, Jan. 13 (TNSper) -- Central Connecticut State University issued the following news release: CCSU announced Adam Lechtenberg as the university's 15th head football coach on Jan. 12. Lechtenberg served as the Blue Devils co-offensive coordinator for the 2010 and 2011 campaigns, contributing to Blue Devils' 2010 Northeast Conference championship. "We extend an enthusiastic, warm 'welcome back' to Mr. Lechtenberg and his family as they return to Central Connecticut State  more PR

WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, Jan. 11 (TNSres) -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news: Preschool teacher Karla Alamo recently presented with researchers from three universities at the National Association for the Education of Young Children in Washington, D.C. Alamo is a bilingual teacher associate at Eastern's Child and Family Development Resource Center (CFDRC) who was invited by Eastern researchers Julia DeLapp and Jeffrey Trawick-Smith to contribute to a presentation  more PR

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 12 (TNSres) -- Gartner, an information technology research and advisory company, issued the following news release: * * * PC Demand Collapses Due to Economic Uncertainty * * * Worldwide PC shipments totaled 65.3 million units in the fourth quarter of 2022, a 28.5% decrease from the fourth quarter of 2021, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. This marks the largest quarterly shipment decline since Gartner began tracking the PC market in the mid-1990s.  more PR

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 10 (TNSres) -- Gartner, an information technology research and advisory company, issued the following news release: Improving the customer experience and operational excellence, not growth, is the driving force of a majority of insurance digitalization initiatives in 2023, according to a new Gartner, Inc. survey of insurance CIOs and technology executives. The 2023 Gartner CIO and Technology Executive Survey gathered data from 2,203 CIO respondents, including 91 fro more PR

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 11 (TNSres) -- Gartner, an information technology research and advisory company, issued the following news release: * * * The Highest Priorities for CFOs in 2023 Center Around Rethinking the Finance Function * * * Evaluating finance function strategy, scope and design is the top priority for CFOs in 2023, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc. A survey of 157 CFOs in November 2022 ranked the top 10 priorities for CFOs for this year, and 90% of respondents selected more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 10 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Jan. 9, 2023: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that Global Atlantic Financial Group, a leading insurance company meeting the retirement and life insurance needs of individuals and institutions, is growing its operations in Hartford in an expansion plan that includes leasing an additional 11,500 square feet of office space to support approximately 100 new employees. With this addition, Glob more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 12 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Jan. 11, 2023: Governor Ned Lamont today announced a comprehensive statewide strategy funded by federal and state dollars to provide energy assistance to Connecticut residents in the short-term and improve affordability and reliability in the long-term. Short-Term Late last month, Governor Lamont announced the Connecticut Energy Assistance Program (CEAP) will allow all participating househol more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 14 -- The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs issued the following news release on Jan. 13, 2023: Through the month of December 2022, the majority of the state experienced drought improvements, and as a result, Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Secretary Rebecca Tepper today announced the following drought declarations: the Islands Region will remain at a Level 2-Significant Drought, the Northeast and Cape Cod Regions have been upg more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 14 (TNSjou) -- Trinity College issued the following news: In Connecticut high schools, students with disabilities are significantly more likely to be bullied and cyberbullied than students without disabilities, says a new study by Trinity College, University of Connecticut (UConn) Health Center, and Johnson & Wales University. The odds of being bullied were 87 percent greater--and cyberbullied, 55 percent greater-- among those with Individual Education Programs (IEP more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 11 (TNSres) -- Trinity College issued the following news: Community college students will earn degrees faster and earn higher wages if given assistance on college-level courses instead of being routed into remedial courses, according to a new study led by Daniel J. Douglas, Trinity's director of social science research and lecturer in sociology. Students assigned to corequisite mathematics courses - college-level courses with academic support - instead of prerequisi more PR

WEST HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 13 (TNSconf) -- The University of Hartford issued the following news on Jan. 12, 2023: The University of Hartford will honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy in a ceremony with members of UHart and area schools, highlighting the importance of all generations continuing King's work together. The program, "Let's Go: Building Community Through Social Change," is set for Feb. 1, at 12:45 p.m. on UHart's campus at Lincoln Theater. It will also be broadcast virtua more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 13 (TNSjou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Tourette syndrome (TS) is a common disorder characterized by uncontrollable motor or vocal tics that manifests in childhood and can interfere with school performance, relationships, and quality of life. Using stem cells from patients to build 3D models that mirror portions of their brain development in a culture dish, a Yale team has illuminated mechanisms behind why this condition occurs. Previous r more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 12 (TNSjou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Yale researchers have identified a potential target for the development of antihypertensive drugs. Arya Mani, MD, Robert W. Berliner Professor of Internal Medicine (Cardiology), professor of Genetics and director of the Yale Cardiovascular Genetics Program, and the study's senior author, identified a genetic defect that can cause high blood pressure or hypertension in vivo. The findings were publish more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 12 (TNSawa) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Daniel C. DiMaio, MD, PhD, was presented with the Yale Cancer Center Lifetime Achievement Award by Dr. Eric Winer. Dr. DiMaio, the Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Genetics and Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and of Therapeutic Radiology, was recruited to Yale in 1983 by Dr. Sherman Weissman and Leon Rosenberg. He has served on the faculty and in leadership roles at Yale School of more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 12 (TNSawa) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Joseph Craft, MD, Paul B. Beeson Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) and professor of immunobiology has been awarded the 2022 Distinguished Innovator Award by The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA). Craft studies T lymphocytes in cancer and upon vaccination and infection, and in autoimmune diseases, including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE or lupus). Lupus is an autoimmune disease that primarily affe more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 14 (TNSper) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Patrick A. Kenney, MD, associate professor of Urology at Yale School of Medicine, has been appointed as the Cancer Service Line medical director for Greenwich Hospital and regional physician leader for Oncology Services for Lower Fairfield and Westchester Counties at Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven. "Dr. Kenney's clinical leadership at the Yale New Haven Health System (YNHHS) and dedication  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 12 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Imagine slipping in and out of consciousness hundreds of times per day, staying awake the whole time but having no sense of awareness during these lapses. In children with absence epilepsy, these highly disruptive episodes are known as absence seizures. Children experience brief staring spells, during which they temporarily lose consciousness. Absence seizures can be captured by abnormal rhythms on E more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 6 (TNSper) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Robert Rohrbaugh, MD, professor of psychiatry and deputy dean for professionalism and leadership at Yale School of Medicine, will step down from his longtime role as deputy chair for education in the Yale Department of Psychiatry. The following letter about Rohrbaugh's transition was written January 6 by John H. Krystal, MD, Robert L. McNeil, Jr. Professor of Translational Research and Professor of Ps more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 11 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Technology shows great promise in helping clinicians link mental health disorders to abnormal brain activity, but work remains for illnesses such as PTSD. * * * Neuroimaging technology has been shown to hold great promise in helping clinicians link specific symptoms of mental health disorders to abnormal patterns of brain activity. But a new Yale-led study shows there are still kinks to be ironed out more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 10 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * A team of astronomers including Yale's Meg Urry has discovered two supermassive black holes growing simultaneously near the center of a recently merged galaxy. * * * Astronomers have discovered a galactic table for two -- a pair of unusually close black holes that are feeding together after their respective galaxies collided. The finding could have a profound impact on our understanding of later-sta more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 3 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * A new Yale-led study finds that testing for a single immune system molecule on nasal swabs can help detect stealthy viruses not identified in standard tests. * * * As the COVID-19 pandemic showed, potentially dangerous new viruses can begin to spread in the population well before the global public health surveillance system can detect them. However, Yale researchers have found that testing for the pr more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 11 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Medicine posted the following news: The January 2023 special edition of YCSC Connections is dedicated to 2022: A Year In Review. Learn more about the work -- and people -- at the center across clinical, research, and training missions. Plus, review snapshots -- literal and figurative -- of some of the community members' key accomplishments, media mentions, and events. YCSC Connections is a monthly e-newsletter from the Yale Child St more PR