NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 5 (TNSawa) -- Yale University issued the following news on April 4, 2023: Yale University announced on April 4 the eight recipients of the 2023 Windham-Campbell Prizes. Through their work, the prize recipients explore the personal as well as complex issues of history, sexuality, politics, and culture. The recipients are, in fiction, Percival Everett (United States) and Ling Ma (United States); in nonfiction, Susan Williams (United Kingdom) and Darran Anderson (Ire more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 7 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: Attorney General William Tong announced today that approximately 3,000 packages of foreign contraband cigarettes were detected, seized, and destroyed in the first quarter of 2023 due to reforms enacted through a settlement between Connecticut, California, Illinois, Pennsylvania, the City of New York and the U.S. Postal Service. Of those seized packages, 44 were destined for addresses i more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 4 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release and letter: Attorney General William Tong today joined a 22-state coalition in support of the Biden Administration's new proposed policy that would make it easier for the LGBTQ population to donate blood and plasma. The current policy recommends barring gay and bisexual men from donating blood within three months of their most recent sexual contact, regardless of whether they engaged i more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 7 (TNSrpt) -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Governor Ned Lamont and Education Commissioner Charlene M. Russell-Tucker today announced that the Connecticut Department of Education is dedicating $5.5 million of its federal COVID-19 relief funds to expand dual credit offerings in Connecticut high schools. The funds include $3.5 million from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and $2 million from the Elementary and Secondary School E more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 5 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on April 4, 2023: Governor Ned Lamont and Housing Commissioner Seila Mosquera-Bruno today announced that the Connecticut Department of Housing is launching a pre-development pilot program that will provide $3.2 million to five Connecticut nonprofit housing agencies to support their operating and pre-development expenses. The nonprofits include: * The Mutual Housing Association of Greater Hartfo more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 6 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that his administration is awarding $56 million in grants for public schools throughout Connecticut to make upgrades to heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems. The grants are being awarded through the HVAC Indoor Air Quality Grants Program for Public Schools, a newly established state program that is administered by the Connecticut Departme more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 8 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on April 7, 2023: * * * Governor Ned Lamont released the following statement regarding a federal court ruling issued this evening that seeks to restrict nationwide access to mifepristone: "This ruling is yet another devastating attack on reproductive rights. Pills such as mifepristone allow you to decide when you want to start a family, not the government. "This case is not about safety. This is  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 8 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on April 7, 2023: * * * Governor Ned Lamont released the following statement on the Government Accountability Office's report recommending that the federal government uphold the Army's decision to reject Sikorsky's bid on the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA): "This decision is disappointing, but Connecticut's Congressional delegation and I are committed to keeping Sikorsky and their worl more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 7 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Governor Ned Lamont, Senate President Pro Tempore Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven), and Speaker of the House Matt Ritter (D-Hartford) today announced that the State Bond Commission has approved the release of $99 million in state funding to support the second round of grants under the Community Investment Fund 2030, a grant program established in 2022 to support economic development in historicall more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 7 -- The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection issued the following news release: The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is conducting a Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) process to evaluate outdoor recreation resources and issues. Demand for outdoor recreation has increased dramatically since the pandemic - annual visitation to Connecticut State Parks & Forests increased to an estimate more PR

WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, April 6 (TNSjou) -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news: A biology professor at Eastern Connecticut State University and three students who worked in his laboratory have published a research article in a peer-reviewed journal, "Plant Methods," describing a protocol for growing plants aeroponically to study root growth and plant-microbe interactions. The aeroponic system described in the paper, called a "caisson," was invented by an engineer  more PR

WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, April 5 (TNSres) -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news: Psychology majors Gianna DeSante and Cailey Fay recently presented research at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting. The event occurred March 23-25 in Salt Lake City, UT. T. Caitlin Vasquez-O'Brien, assistant professor of psychological science, traveled with the students and also presented at the meeting. DeSante, a senior, presented the research she conducted more PR

WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, April 5 (TNSres) -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news: Four Eastern Connecticut State University students and three faculty members from the Environmental Earth Science Department recently attended the Geological Society of America (GSA) Conference in Reston, VA. Professors of Environmental Earth Science Brian Oakley, James (Drew) Hyatt and Peter Drzewiecki accompanied students Jonathan Lepire, Cameron Soulagnet, Emma Bean and Olivia Genti more PR

BERLIN, Connecticut, April 4 -- Eversource Energy, a provider of electricity and natural gas, issued the following news: Following major energy efficiency upgrades at 21 Big Y grocery stores across Connecticut and Massachusetts, the chain is now reaping the benefits and savings. Big Y partnered with Eversource's energy efficiency experts to take advantage of incentive programs to make several upgrades in multiple stores. The grocery store chain is now saving some 9.3 million kilowatt-hours of e more PR

STAMFORD, Connecticut, April 8 (TNSres) -- Gartner, an information technology research and advisory company, issued the following news release: Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $4.6 trillion in 2023, an increase of 5.5% from 2022, according to the latest forecast by Gartner, Inc. Despite continued global economic turbulence, all regions worldwide are projected to have positive IT spending growth in 2023. "Macroeconomic headwinds are not slowing digital transformation," said John-Dav more PR

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, April 7 -- General Electric, a manufacturer of appliances, lighting, power systems and other products, issued the following news release: GE Power Conversion has been awarded an order from Network Rail for the upgrade of the phase balancer control and cooling system at its Rail Innovation and Development Centre (RIDC) in Melton Mowbray, near Leicester, UK. The RIDC site is a specific track system that provides a safe environment for testing new trains before they operat more PR

GREENWICH, Connecticut, April 4 (TNSres) -- Interactive Brokers Group, an automated global electronic broker, issued the following news release on April 3, 2023: Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: IBKR) an automated global electronic broker, today reported its Electronic Brokerage monthly performance metrics for March. Brokerage highlights for the month included: * 2.055 million Daily Average Revenue Trades (DARTs)1 , 16% lower than prior year and 3% lower than prior month * Ending cli more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 5 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on April 4, 2023: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that senior members of his administration - including Chief of Staff Jonathan Dach, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Katie Dykes, and Office of Early Childhood Commissioner Beth Bye - and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro met yesterday with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen at Yale University's Tobin Center for Econo more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 1 (TNSper) -- Connecticut State Colleges and Universities issued the following news release on March 31, 2023: Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) President Terrence Cheng today announced that he is appointing Dr. Dwayne Smith, who has served as CEO of Housatonic Community College since 2020, as interim president of Southern Connecticut State University. Smith, who previously served as interim president Harris-Stowe State University in St. Louis, Miss more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 6 (TNSjou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine's March 2023 issue on fluids has been published on PubMed Central. This focus issue features articles on many types of fluids from blood to Slurpee(TM) mix. Highlights of the issue include an original contribution by researchers from Yale School of Public Health and Yale School of Medicine. Habet et al. analyzed serial tracheobronchial samples from children under  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 5 (TNSjou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Last year, amid a nationwide formula shortage that left parents scrambling to feed their babies, mothers who didn't breastfeed faced heavy blame and criticism. But a new study quantifies just how expensive the decision to breastfeed can be. Inspired by the rhetoric around the formula shortage, a team of Yale researchers wanted to examine how the barrier of cost may impact a mother's decision to breas more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 4 (TNSjou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Often an incidental finding on brain scans looking for trauma or other neurological conditions, arachnoid cysts (ACs) are small, fluid-filled sacs within the arachnoid membrane, one of three layers protecting the brain and spinal cord. They often don't cause noticeable symptoms; however, when they do, patients most commonly report headaches, seizures, developmental delays, and other, often vague neuro more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 4 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Millions of people worldwide are suffering from often debilitating symptoms of long COVID that can persist weeks, months, or even years following an acute infection. But researchers are still in the dark on the mechanisms underlying and how to treat the mysterious post-viral syndrome. A new clinical trial using the oral antiviral Paxlovid will provide urgently needed insights for COVID long-haulers an more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 7 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Astronomers say they may have found evidence of a "runaway" black hole, a discovery that would prove a theory that originated five decades ago. * * * Yale astronomers are on the lookout for a "runaway" black hole -- a supermassive black hole that was catapulted away from the center of its host galaxy by the gravitational force of multiple black holes interacting at once. A trail of a potential rogue more PR