FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, May 18 -- General Electric, a manufacturer of appliances, lighting, power systems and other products, issued the following news release: GE Digital has announced that Austrian Airlines, part of the Lufthansa Group, has signed up for its Fuel Insight software to help increase fuel efficiency and lower costs. Austrian Airlines is already a long-standing customer of GE Digital, having used its Safety Insight for Airlines (eFOQA) software for years. Fuel Insight merges orig more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 18 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on May 17, 2023: Attorney General William Tong announced today that Connecticut, Oregon, and the District of Columbia have obtained a $100,000 settlement with Easy Healthcare Corporation ("Easy Healthcare") over data sharing and privacy practices associated with the company's "Premom" ovulation tracking app. Connecticut will receive $33,333 from the settlement, which was negotiated and f more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 17 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on May 16, 2023: Attorney General William Tong, joining a multistate coalition of 16 attorneys general led by California, filed an amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals supporting the City of Oakland and the City and County of San Francisco's efforts to hold major fossil fuel-producing companies accountable for their misleading actions that have worsened the climate crisis.  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 19 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release and letter on May 18, 2023: Attorney General William Tong today led a bipartisan coalition of 39 attorneys general urging Congressional leadership to pass the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act (H.R.1839/S.993), which would provide critical measures to combat the widespread illicit use and trafficking of xylazine and help prevent xylazine-related deaths. Today's letter comes following a surg more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 16 -- The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection issued the following news release: The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) has announced the official launch of the Residential Energy Preparation Services (REPS) program, which will help income-eligible homes remove health hazards and access energy efficiency upgrades to save money on energy costs. REPS removes health and safety barriers (asbestos, mold, knob-and more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 18 -- The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection issued the following news release: The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is involved in responding to a report of a motor vehicle hitting a moose on northbound Route 15 in the vicinity of Exit 63 in North Haven around 7 a.m. this morning. Connecticut State Police, the Department of Transportation, and DEEP's EnCon Police are all part of the response at this time. The moose more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 19 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on May 18, 2023: Governor Ned Lamont and Treasurer Erick Russell today announced that they have received notification from Kroll Bond Rating Agency that the credit rating agency is upgrading the State of Connecticut's General Obligation bond credit rating from AA (stable) to AA+ (stable), one step below the highest credit rating possible. This credit rating upgrade follows an upgrade by S&P in 20 more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 16 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on May 15, 2023: Governor Ned Lamont and Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Katie Dykes today announced that approximately $9 million in state grants are being released through the Connecticut Recreational Trails Program to plan, build, expand, and improve a total of 50 multi-use trails across Connecticut. The program is administered by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Envir more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 17 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on May 16, 2023: Governor Ned Lamont, Education Commissioner Charlene M. Russell-Tucker, and Labor Commissioner Dante Bartolomeo today announced the launch of several new multi-agency state initiatives designed to address educator shortages in Connecticut. The initiatives will support the creation of a new teacher Registered Apprenticeship Program, provide more investment to create paraeducator fa more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 20 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on May 19, 2023: * * * Governor Ned Lamont released the following statement after being notified by Sandra Slack Glover today that she has decided to withdraw herself from consideration for a seat on the Connecticut Supreme Court: "Attorney Sandra Slack Glover would have been an extraordinary justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court. I stand by that, and I stand by her as a lawyer of experience, ch more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 19 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on May 18, 2023: * * * Governor Ned Lamont released the following statement regarding the announcement made this morning that Dr. Elsa Nunez plans on retiring from her role as president of Eastern Connecticut State University, which she has held for the last 18 years: "Dr. Nunez has made a lasting impact at Eastern Connecticut State University. Her leadership has strengthened the university's conne more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 17 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on May 16, 2023: Governor Ned Lamont, Treasurer Erick Russell, Senate President Pro Tempore Martin Looney, House Speaker Matt Ritter, and State Senator Pat Billie Miller today announced that funding has been identified for CT Baby Bonds, a first-in-the-nation initiative that invests directly in Connecticut children born into poverty, that will allow the program to begin on-time and reduce the over more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 19 (TNSawa) -- Connecticut State Colleges and Universities issued the following news release: The Connecticut Board of Regents (BOR) today named 15 Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) faculty members as recipients of the annual 2022-23 Board of Regents Faculty Awards. The awards recognize faculty for excellence in teaching or research. They are given to faculty members who have distinguished themselves as outstanding teachers or are doing exceptional r more PR

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- District of Columbia Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb issued the following news release on May 17, 2023: Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that Easy Healthcare Corporation ("Easy Healthcare") will make significant changes to its ovulation tracking app "Premom" to ensure that users' sensitive data is not shared with third parties without notice or consent. The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) negotiated and finalized the settlement in coordination with  more PR

WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, May 18 (TNStalk) -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news on May 17, 2023: Optimism and jubilation filled the XL Center in Hartford on May 16 as 890 Eastern Connecticut State University students received their degrees during the University's annual graduation ceremony. With thousands of supporters cheering in the stands, the event was a momentous occasion for the newest graduates of Connecticut's only public liberal arts university. Of the 890 more PR

WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, May 19 (TNSper) -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news on May 18, 2023: Elsa M. Nunez, the sixth president of Eastern Connecticut State University, announced her retirement today. Nunez began her presidency in 2006 and will support the University as it transitions to a new president. In a letter to the University community, Nunez wrote: "Eighteen years ago, I visited Eastern for the first time and I fell in love! I encountered a beautiful ca more PR

STAMFORD, Connecticut, May 19 -- Gartner, an information technology research and advisory company, issued the following news release: * * * Legal and Compliance Leaders Should Assess Their Organizations' Exposure to These Risks and Build Appropriate Measures to Steer Responsible Use of ChatGPT * * * Legal and compliance leaders should address their organization's exposure to six specific ChatGPT risks, and what guardrails to establish to ensure responsible enterprise use of generative AI too more PR

STAMFORD, Connecticut, May 17 (TNSres) -- Gartner, an information technology research and advisory company, issued the following news release: * Growth is the Top Strategic Business Priority for Half of CEOs * Majority of CEOs Believe an Economic Downturn or Recession Will be Shallow and Short * Inflation and Price Sensitivity Creating the Biggest Shifts in Customer Behavior A recent survey of CEOs and senior executives by Gartner, Inc. revealed that artificial intelligence (AI) was the top  more PR

STAMFORD, Connecticut, May 18 (TNSres) -- Gartner, an information technology research and advisory company, issued the following news release: * * * Customer Service and Support Leaders Value Tech That Supports Customers' Shift to Self-Service and Improve Rep Retention * * * The technologies with the most current value to service and support organizations are those that support assisted service, according to Gartner, Inc. "Today, the most impactful technologies in service are ones that supp more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 16 (TNSres) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * In the university cleanroom, researchers build small, sensitive devices. The technical and scientific experts who run the facility help them along the way. * * * Inside the Becton Engineering and Applied Science Center on Prospect Street, in a fifth-floor space known as the university cleanroom, researchers from across Yale build small devices like qubits and microchips, circuits to manipulate or dete more PR

WATERBURY, Connecticut, May 17 (TNSpro) -- Post University issued the following news release on May 15, 2023: In recognition of National Nurses Month, Post University is reinforcing its commitment to practicing nurses by offering three new courses through its School of Continuing Education. Designed for advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), the Cardiac Medications, Prescribing Essentials for the APRN and Respiratory Medications courses may satisfy continuing education requirements in app more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 18 (TNStalk) -- Yale University issued the following Q&A on May 17, 2023, by geophysicist Jun Korenaga: * * * Over the next five years, Yale geophysicist Jun Korenaga will be part of a scientific project funded by NASA to study the origin and early development of the Earth's moon. The ambitious project, known as the Center for Lunar Origin and Evolution (CLOE), will conduct basic research in support of future human and robotic exploration of the far side of the moo more PR

BERLIN, Connecticut, May 18 -- Eversource Energy, a provider of electricity and natural gas, issued the following news on May 17, 2023: As the price of energy continues to trend downward, Eversource today filed a new Standard Service rate with Connecticut's Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) which would go into effect from July 1 to Dec.31, 2023. This comes after energy prices hit historic highs in New England last year due to natural gas supply constraints related to the continued wa more PR

WEST HAVEN, Connecticut, May 15 (TNStalk) -- The University of New Haven issued the following news release: The longtime leader of the University of New Haven, Dr. Kaplan was named president in 2004, leading the University through the most prosperous period in its rich history. After serving as president for 18 years, he was named the University's first chancellor last year, and he will transition to president emeritus at the conclusion of the fiscal year in June. Below is the full text of the more PR

WEST HAVEN, Connecticut, May 18 (TNSres) -- The University of New Haven issued the following news: * * * As part of the University's morning Commencement ceremony, the Charger community celebrated graduates of the College of Arts and Sciences, Tagliatela College of Engineering, and School of Health Sciences who were among the nearly 3,000 members of the University's Class of 2023. * * * As a Charger, Sani'yah Brinney '23 enjoyed connecting with her fellow members of the University community. more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 17 (TNSjou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news on May 16, 2023: Women's Health Research at Yale (WHRY) today announced research awards aimed at identifying biomarkers for early detection of ovarian cancer, developing a delivery system for antibiotics to combat intra-amniotic infection, and determining how sex and gender affect the diagnosis and management of thoracic aortic disease. "All three projects are focused on areas of pressing need in women more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 17 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news: * * * After 25 years leading the novel initiative they co-founded, the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology's Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim will be retiring from teaching this spring, but the field of study they created continues to grow worldwide. * * * On the precipice of retirement, it would be easy for Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim, who are married, to rest on their laurels. After all, th more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 18 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: * * * Meet the Dermatologist Who Advocated for the First FDA-Approved Treatments for Both * * * In June 2014, the publication of a new paper stirred enormous excitement around the world. Using tofacitinib citrate, an FDA-approved drug for rheumatoid arthritis, Brett King, MD, PhD, associate professor of dermatology, gave Kyle Rhodes, a 25 year old struggling with severe alopecia areata, his hair bac more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 19 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: * * * Vigorous intensity activities are safe for people diagnosed with a common genetic disorder. * * * The American College of Cardiology (ACC) Annual Scientific Session included a late-breaking clinical trial on the safety of vigorous exercise for individuals with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). On Monday, March 6 at 11:00 a.m. CT, Rachel Lampert, MD, Robert W. Berliner Professor of Medicine (C more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 18 (TNSjou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: From wearable devices to artificial intelligence, the health care world has seen a boom in new digital health technologies. But while these new robotic medical assistants are exciting, they are only relevant if their benefits can be backed by scientific evidence. One promising new technology is an electronic alert system that could benefit patients suffering with acute kidney injury [AKI]. In the even more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 17 (TNSjou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: For families facing the end-of-life of a loved one with pediatric cancer, robust quality measures to benchmark what parents value most in their child's medical care do not currently exist. A new study from Yale Cancer Center helps identify what parents prioritize for their children with advanced cancer, including alleviating the child's symptoms and honoring the family's goals and wishes. Researchers s more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 13 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Rare diseases are not so rare. While a single rare disease may only affect a small proportion of the population, as many as 10% of Americans live with rare diseases, and most of those 30 million people have limited or no treatments and lack access to expert care. Now, Yale School of Medicine is joining the NORD Rare Disease Centers of Excellence network with a mission to provide better care for patient more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 17 (TNSper) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Nicole Deziel, associate professor of epidemiology (environmental health sciences), has been named a co-director of the Yale Center for Perinatal, Pediatric, and Environmental Epidemiology (CPPEE), starting July 1. She will share leadership duties with the center's current director, Andrew DeWan, associate professor of epidemiology (chronic diseases). DeWan has been the lone director of CPPEE since Br more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 17 (TNSjou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news on May 16, 2023: A new study reveals a staggering disparity in life expectancy between Black Americans and their white counterparts between 1999 and 2020. In an analysis of U.S. data, a Yale-led team of researchers found 1.63 million excess deaths in the Black population compared with white Americans, representing more than 80 million excess years of potential life lost. The findings drive home the urg more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 10 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * The expanded genetic reference, created by a research team that includes Yale scientists, will inform medical advances that benefit all ancestry groups. * * * When it was launched in April 2003, the Human Genome Project helped revolutionize biomedical research by providing scientists a reference map that allowed them to analyze DNA sequences for genetic clues to the origins of a host of diseases. Twe more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 18 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news: * * * After working in rural Kenya and a Neotropical premontane cloud forest canopy in Panama, Cameron McKenzie found his niche in urban forest stewardship. * * * Throughout his career, Cameron McKenzie '23 MFS has worked on water quality issues in a remote farming village in Kenya, explored the canopy ecology of a Neotropical cloud forest, and studied urban and community forestry in New Jersey.  more PR