WEST HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 2 -- The University of Hartford issued the following news: He's been a student, a Board of Visitors member, a Regent, an adjunct professor, and a dean. Now Stephen Mulready M'77 completes that list as UHart's new acting president. At 23 years old, Stephen Mulready M'77 wanted to continue exploring the insurance field and much more. An MBA from the University of Hartford, he believed, would give him perspectives and skills for a variety of career paths. That ch more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 2 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2023: Attorney General William Tong this week joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general filing an amicus brief in a lawsuit challenging Idaho's restrictive law making it a crime for adults to help minors travel out-of-state for abortion care. The challenge to Idaho's so-called abortion "travel ban" was filed in U.S. District Court in Idaho earlier this month by an attorney w more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 1 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release and letter: Attorney General William Tong has joined a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general nationwide calling on Congress to support legislation which would extend benefits to Black World War II veterans their families. The Sgt. Isaac Woodard, Jr. and Sgt. Joseph H. Maddox GI Bill Restoration Act of 2023 would extend eligibility for housing loans and educational assistance adminis more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 2 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2023: Attorney General William Tong today announced joining a coalition of 14 attorneys general in urging the Biden administration to adopt a more comprehensive strategy to combat the plastic pollution crisis. Plastic does not fully degrade, instead breaking down into smaller pieces called microplastics, which have been found in drinking water, food, air, and even human blood  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 3 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: Attorney General William Tong joined a multistate coalition opposing a decision from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana prohibiting dozens of federal officials and agencies from communicating with social media companies about harmful online content, including financial scams, misinformation meant to undermine elections, and harassment. The coalition of 21 atto more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 5 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement on Aug. 4, 2023: * * * Attorney General William Tong released the following statement about a decision today from the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upholding Connecticut Public Act No. 21-6, which eliminated the religious exemption to school vaccine requirements. "This decision is a full and resounding affirmation of the constitutionality and legality of Connecticut more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 5 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement on Aug. 4, 2023: * * * Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding a federal judge's decision today allowing the multistate Google search antitrust suit to proceed to trial: "Google abused its dominance to inflate its own profits at the expense of American businesses and in violation of antitrust laws. Today's decision allows our multistate challenge to procee more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 4 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement on Aug. 3, 2023: * * * Attorney General William Tong released a statement following a decision today by U.S. District Court Judge Janet Bond Arterton denying a motion for preliminary injunction sought by the National Association for Gun Rights challenging Connecticut's assault weapon and large capacity magazine ban. Today's decision means Connecticut's laws remain in effect. "Connecticut' more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 5 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2023: Governor Ned Lamont and Education Commissioner Charlene Russell-Tucker today announced the release of $15 million in funding for 72 school districts across Connecticut to support the hiring and retention of school mental health specialists for the 2024, 2025, and 2026 school years. Awarded under the Connecticut State Department of Education's School Mental Health Specialists Gran more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 4 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Governor Ned Lamont, Connecticut Department of Administrative Services Commissioner Michelle Gilman, and Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Alexandra Daum are recognizing Black-Owned Business Month, which is celebrated nationally each August. The commemoration provides an opportunity to acknowledge the resilience, innovation, and economic impact of Black-own more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 4 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2023: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has signed into law legislation implementing procedures into state statutes that protect seniors from suspected cases of financial fraud, scams, and exploitation by a person who is taking care of an older adult. Specifically, this law authorizes financial institutions to temporarily suspend or hold transactions involving an account of a more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 1 -- The Connecticut Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The Environmental Assessment/Draft 4(f) Evaluation and Environmental Impact Evaluation (EA/EIE) for the Route 7 and Route 15 Interchange Improvement project in Norwalk was published on July 18, 2023, starting a 45-day comment period that will include a public hearing on August 16, 2023 "This project will allow motorists to move directly between Routes 7 and 15 in new ways, avoiding  more PR

MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut, Aug. 2 -- Connecticut Wesleyan University issued the following news: Each year, Wesleyan alumni have the opportunity to participate in the Alumni-Elected Trustee process and vote for three of their peers to serve on the Board of Trustees. Screenwriter William H. Boulware '71, investment manager Dana A. Levy '12, and economist Monica G. Noether '74 were elected this year to serve a three-year term. Boulware, Levy, and Noether join 33 other trustees who are responsible f more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Dentons, a law firm, issued the following news release: A Dentons team represented Biomerics, Inc., in the acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding equity securities of Precision Concepts (Harrisonburg) LLC, Precision Concepts Group LLC, Precision Concepts Costa Rica, S.A., and IntraPac (Dominican Republic), Ltd., and substantially all of the assets of Precision Concepts (Mebane) LLC (collectively, the "Precision Concepts group"). Simultaneously, the firm also repr more PR

WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, Aug. 3 -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news: Three new water wells on the Eastern Connecticut State University campus will be used by environmental earth science (EES) students to learn about techniques used in environmental consulting. The wells range from 14.5 to 20 feet deep. Two are located behind the Cervantes Parking Garage and a third is across the street, behind the Arboretum sign. They will be use by students in a hydrology course more PR

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 2 (TNSres) -- Gartner, an information technology research and advisory company, issued the following news release: Worldwide contact center (CC) and CC conversational AI and virtual assistant end-user spending is projected to total $18.6 billion in 2023, an increase of 16.2% from 2022, according to Gartner, Inc. "Near-term investment growth rates for CC and CC conversational AI and virtual assistants are expected to dip as business volatility creates a lengthening o more PR

GREENWICH, Connecticut, Aug. 3 -- Interactive Brokers Group, an automated global electronic broker, issued the following news release: Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: IBKR) an automated global electronic broker, today reported its Electronic Brokerage monthly performance metrics for July. Brokerage highlights for the month included: * 1.991 million Daily Average Revenue Trades (DARTs)/1, 9% higher than prior year and 2% higher than prior month. * Ending client equity of $386.2 billio more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Aug. 4 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news: In a recent opinion piece, Judi Reiss, an advocate whose son died during the 9/11 attacks, called out Connecticut hedge fund executive and mega-millionaire David McCormick for his deep financial ties to the Saudi government. McCormick's Saudi ties are proving to be a "political liability" as criticism continues to mount. Read key points below: PennLive: Why I can't forgive David McCormick's Saudi more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 4 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science issued the following news on Aug. 3, 2023: Researchers from NOAA, NASA, Yale Engineering and 20 other universities from three countries are deploying state-of-the-art instruments in multiple, coordinated research campaigns this month to investigate how air pollution sources have shifted over recent decades. Yale's Drew Gentner, associate professor of chemical and environmental engineering and the environ more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 2 -- Yale School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * A new study finds M.D.-Ph.D. program attrition is highest among Black students, which has impacts on the diversity and innovation of biomedicine. * * * Black M.D.-Ph.D. students are 83% more likely than white students to leave medical school and 50% more likely to graduate with only an M.D., according to a new Yale-led study. The findings, researchers say, have implications for the diversity and i more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 1 (TNSres) -- Yale University issued the following Q&A on July 31, 2023, with undergrad Andy Nilipour: * * * In a new study, Yale undergrad Andy Nilipour used supernovae to narrow the search for alien civilizations. * * * When you're searching the skies for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence, it's not a bad idea to be aware of cosmic flares. In a sense, that is the approach Andy Nilipour, a Yale undergraduate who finished his junior year this spring, took in more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 2 -- The Yale University School of Medicine issued the following news: * * * Yale study finds more of a relationship than previously acknowledged * * * Endometriosis is not just a condition that affects the pelvis, but a systemic disease that involves the entire body. Now, the largest epidemiological study to date on the psychiatric factors that can accompany endometriosis has demonstrated that depression, anxiety, and eating disorders are not only a result of th more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 1 -- The Yale University School of Medicine issued the following news on July 31, 2023: Three scholars join the Cardiology Fellowship Educational Team. Their new roles are designed to elevate the training environment in the Section of Cardiovascular Medicine. Nikhil Sikand, MD, Cesia Gallegos Kattan, MD, MHS, and Antonio Giaimo, MD, assistant professors of medicine, have been appointed assistant program directors of the Yale Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship Progr more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 4 -- Yale University issued the following news: Yale chemist Seth Herzon, whose research into the emergent properties of bioactive natural products has led to novel therapies for fighting brain cancer, mechanistic understanding of microbiome-driven cancers, and a deeper understanding of small molecule-nucleic acid interactions, is the inaugural winner of the A.V. Rama Rao Award, given by the Council of the Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI). The award, which more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 4 (TNSres) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * New Yale research reveals associations between genetics, brain structure, and eating disorder risk can be observed in children as young as 9 years old. * * * Genetic and neurobiological factors shape the development of eating disorders much earlier than previously thought, with evidence emerging in children as young as 9 years old, Yale-led research reveals. The findings, researchers say, highlight th more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 2 -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * A new Yale study proposes a way that collisions between asteroids might lead to the formation of metal asteroids able to generate and record magnetism. * * * Yale researchers may have solved a longstanding puzzle as to why certain metallic meteorites show traces of a magnetic field -- a finding that may shed light on the formation of magnetic dynamos at the core of planets. Planetary magnetism is key to under more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 4 (TNSres) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * A new technique will enable researchers to study individual differences in cancer progression and treatment response. * * * How a person's immune system interacts with tumor cells influences how cancer progresses and can explain why treatment causes tumors to shrink for some patients but not others. Yale researchers have developed a new method to better understand these complex interactions, recreatin more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 2 -- Yale School of Nursing issued the following news: Yale School of Nursing (YSN) is delighted to welcome internationally recognized nursing leader Azita Emami, PhD, MSN, BSN, RNT, RN, FAAN as the 11th dean of the Yale School of Nursing on August 1. Dean Emami will lead the school as it embarks on its second century and will feature prominently in the Centennial launch events in September. Dean Emami's plans for her first 100 days at YSN include a school-wide lis more PR