HAMDEN, Connecticut, Sept. 14 (TNSres) -- Quinnipiac University Poll has issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2023: * * * Voters Support Age Limits On Candidates For President & Congress * * * In the race for the 2024 Republican Party nomination, support for former President Donald Trump now stands at 62 percent among Republican and Republican leaning voters, slightly up from 57 percent support in August, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack) University national poll released more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 12 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2023: Attorney General William Tong announced today a settlement with Tempoe, LLC, resolving a multistate investigation into Tempoe's advertising and leasing to consumers through retailers across the nation. The multistate investigation--which included 41 states and the District of Columbia--revealed that Tempoe's marketing and sales practices often misled consumers to bel more PR

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 16 -- The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2023: Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) Commissioner Katie Dykes and Stamford Mayor Caroline Simmons held a press conference today to highlight three separate climate resilience planning projects in Stamford that were part of the inaugural round of $8.8M in DEEP Climate Resilience Fund grants announced by Governor  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 14 -- The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection issued the following news release: The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is pleased to announce the Urban and Community Forestry Planning Grant Program with support from the U.S. Forest Service. This grant program is available to municipalities and non-profit organizations in Connecticut to pursue planning projects such as tree inventories, management plans, or more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 15 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2023: Governor Ned Lamont and Comptroller Sean Scanlon today announced that a prescription drug discount card program will launch in Connecticut on October 2, 2023, enabling all residents of the state to receive savings on certain prescription drugs. The program was established by a provision of Governor Lamont's health care affordability bill (Public Act 23-171), which was approve more PR

MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut, Sept. 12 (TNSres) -- Connecticut Wesleyan University issued the following Q&A on Sept. 11, 2023, with President Michael S. Roth: * * * As a historian, author, and lifelong teacher, Michael S. Roth '78, President of Wesleyan University, has dedicated much of his career to understanding how people make sense of the past, so when he was approached by his editor at Yale University Press to consider what it meant to be a student, he decided to start at the beginning--the ve more PR

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 13 -- Gartner, an information technology research and advisory company, issued the following news release: CFOs are facing a "deadweight" economy that challenges an organization's ability to meeting corporate performance expectations, according to Gartner, Inc. Confronted with these difficult economic conditions, CFOs must address five emerging challenges to drive profitable growth in this environment. CFOs now contend with tepid demand growth, stubbornly higher co more PR

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 13 (TNSres) -- Gartner, an information technology research and advisory company, issued the following news release: Only 9% of consumers reported that they plan to spend more this holiday season according to a survey by Gartner, Inc. A survey of 302 consumers conducted in June 2023 revealed that 28% of respondents plan to spend less this holiday season than in 2022, while 63% of consumers plan to spend the same amount this year as last year. "This is concerning giv more PR

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 15 -- Gartner, an information technology research and advisory company, issued the following news release: Legal and compliance department investment in governance, risk, and compliance tools will increase 50% by 2026, according to Gartner, Inc. Assurance leaders are seeking out technology solutions to help them address increasing regulatory attention on executive risk oversight and monitoring. "Recent actions ranging from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissio more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 16 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell's Office has joined the Maine Public Advocate, the Connecticut Office of the Consumer Counsel, the New Hampshire Office of the Consumer Advocate and the Rhode Island Division of Public Utilities and Carriers, collectively known as the Consumer Advocates of New England (CANE), in sending a letter to ISO New England (ISO-NE) ex more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Sept. 15 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news: The Pennsylvania Democratic Party has released a new digital ad highlighting the fact that David McCormick is lying about living in Pittsburgh, despite his claims. Watch the new digital ad, "Where's Dave?" here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5dkREb5dHQ). Read more: Associated Press: David McCormick is gearing up for a Senate run in Pennsylvania. But he lives in Connecticut (https://apnews.com more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 16 -- Southern Connecticut State University issued the following news: Starting at a chilly 10 a.m. on September 15, about 400 guests from on and off campus celebrated the official unveiling of Southern's new School of Business with a speaking program and reception and a keynote address and performance headlined by Jeffrey "Skunk" Baxter, Grammy Award winner and an expert on innovative thinking. Located on the corner of Wintergreen and Farnham Avenues, the four-st more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 12 -- Southern Connecticut State University issued the following news: In May 2023, the Connecticut Board of Regents (BOR) named 15 Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) faculty members as recipients of the annual 2022-23 Board of Regents Faculty Awards, which 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 research, scholarly, more PR

MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut, Sept. 13 -- Connecticut Wesleyan University issued the following news: President Michael S. Roth '78 and Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Nicole Stanton recently announced the faculty members who, in recognition of their career accomplishments, have been appointed to endowed professorships, effective July 1, 2023: Merve Gul Emre, former distinguished writer-in-residence, received the Shapiro-Silverberg University Professorship of Creative Writing  more PR

MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut, Sept. 13 (TNSres) -- Connecticut Wesleyan University issued the following news: Wesleyan University has been selected to host a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence from India to teach new courses and to help incorporate more international perspectives into the chemistry curriculum during the 2023-2024 academic year. Prof. Pawan K. Sharma, an expert in organic synthesis and medicinal chemistry at Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh and earlier Dean of Research and Dev more PR

MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut, Sept. 15 (TNSres) -- Connecticut Wesleyan University issued the following news: Wesleyan University will be participating in a research project to explore the potential--and pitfalls-of generative artificial intelligence as a teaching and research tool. Wesleyan joins 19 other universities, including Carnegie Mellon University, Princeton University, University of Chicago, University of Connecticut, Stony Brook University, Temple University, Bryant University, Duke Univ more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 16 -- Yale School of Public Health issued the following news: Yale University President Peter Salovey joined members of the Yale community in welcoming Dr. Megan L. Ranney, MD, MPH, as the new dean of the Yale School of Public Health during a reception at the Schwarzman Center on Wednesday, September 13, 2023. The event drew students, staff, and faculty from YSPH and University leaders who braved a late afternoon rainstorm to officially welcome Ranney to Yale. "I more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 14 -- Yale Law School issued the following news release: Getulio Gonzalez-Mulattieri may have taken a nontraditional path toward fulfilling his dream of going to law school, but he is closer than ever to realizing his goal. Growing up, Gonzalez-Mulattieri encountered obstacles that delayed but didn't derail his pursuit of higher education. He dropped out of high school at 16 to work after his family lost all their possessions in an apartment fire. He later enliste more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 15 -- Yale School of Management issued the following news: In Yale SOM's Women on Boards program, Ashley C. Allen taps into a network of fellow trailblazers who extend guidance and inspiration as she navigates her career journey. Ashley C. Allen understands the power of a story--its potential to inspire and empower. Motivated to amplify women's voices, she recently established a platform for women leaders to share their stories. Her aspiration for the "Her Story M more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 13 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Public Health issued the following news: The Yale Open Data Access (YODA) Project, a pioneering initiative to promote open science and facilitate sharing of clinical trial research data, has reached the milestone of supporting more than 100 publications. These research studies, which stretch across many medical fields, were only possible because of data shared through the YODA Project platform. Over the past decade, many research fund more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 15 -- Yale School of Public Health issued the following news: Jeannette Ickovics, the inaugural Samuel and Liselotte Herman Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Yale School of Public Health, will receive the 2023 Martha May Eliot Award from the American Public Health Association (APHA). She will be presented with the award on Nov. 13 at the APHA's Annual Meeting and Expo in Atlanta. Dr. Martha May Eliot, MD (1891-1978) was a pioneer in the study of m more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 14 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Public Health issued the following news: Everyday items like personal care products, cosmetics, certain foods, and medications can contain a family of chemicals called parabens, which disrupt endocrine activity in the human body and have been associated with fertility changes in women. In a new study, researchers at the Yale School of Public Health used pooled urine samples and untargeted metabolomic analysis to identify four diet-rel more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 16 -- Yale School of Nursing issued the following news: Yale School of Nursing (YSN) embarks on its centennial year (Sept. 2023-May 2024) this month with a new dean as the school begins its next century of service. Azita Emami, PhD, MSN, BSN, RNT, RN, FAAN began her term August 1 and will steer YSN through a slate of programming that reflects on 100 years of history while shaping the future of the nation's most trusted profession. "We--all of us, every person at Y more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 12 (TNSres) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * A new Yale study documents the experiences of Asian American medical students, who report targeted racism and feelings of invisibility. * * * Experiences of anti-Asian racism and feelings of invisibility are common among Asian American medical students, according to a Yale-led study based on interviews with students at more than a dozen schools in the U.S. The experiences, say the researchers, highl more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 14 (TNSres) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Eric Slessarev, who studies the carbon storage dynamics of soil organic matter, explains why understanding this phenomenon is key to addressing climate change. * * * Every day beneath our feet, microbial decomposers tussle with soil minerals over a vast reservoir of carbon stored in the ground -- and scientists know almost nothing about how this jostling plays out at the global scale. Yet that know more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 13 (TNSres) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Researchers have proven the viability of a new method to measure neutrino mass. Yale physicists Karsten Heeger and Talia Weiss discuss the discovery. * * * Humble neutrinos -- electrically neutral particles that glide through the universe, unaffected by the forces of nature -- have helped to shape the cosmos. They play a role in nuclear fusion, radioactive decay, and the dispersal of heavy elements  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 15 -- Yale University issued the following news: William Jorgensen, Sterling Professor of Chemistry in Yale's Faculty of Arts and Sciences, has been named the recipient of the American Chemical Society's 2024 Arthur C. Cope Award for his ongoing achievements in organic chemistry. The Cope Award, established in 1972, is one of the most highly regarded honors in organic chemistry worldwide. In announcing the award, the ACS lauded Jorgensen for his "pioneering comput more PR