BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 21 -- The Berkshire Bank issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2023: Berkshire Bank, a leading community bank with financial centers in New England and New York, hosted Xtraordinary Day (X-Day) during the afternoon of Sept. 12. Xtraordinary Day is Berkshire's day of service which allows employees to roll up their sleeves, give back to the community, and work with a variety of nonprofit organizations needing assistance. For seven years, Berkshire Bank has  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 22 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: Attorney General William Tong has joined two separate multistate coalitions in submitting comments to the United States Department of Justice ("DOJ") and the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") concerning their proposed revisions to the Merger Guidelines. The Merger Guidelines describe the standards that DOJ and FTC use when determining whether mergers and acquisitions violate the antitr more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 19 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general backing the Biden administration's challenge to Idaho's near-total ban on abortion. In an amicus brief filed in United States of America v. Idaho, the multistate coalition supported the U.S. government's argument that the ban conflicts with the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), a federal law tha more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 23 -- The Connecticut Department of Administrative Services issued the following commentary on Sept. 22, 2023: * * * DAS Attends NASCA Conference By Alice Pritchard, Director of Workforce Development and Strategic Initiatives I recently had the opportunity to represent DAS at the National Association of State Chief Administrators (NASCA) Institute on Leadership and Management in Indianapolis, IN. NASCA is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) association representing chief admi more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 21 (TNSres) -- The Connecticut Department of Education issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2023: Over the past year, the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) has released numerous interactive and visual dashboards on its public data portal, EdSight -- https://edsight.ct.gov/. These dashboards provide clear and transparent data to educators, policymakers, and community members about the state as a whole, as well as every public school district. more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 20 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2023: Governor Ned Lamont and Education Commissioner Charlene Russell-Tucker today are congratulating four public schools in Connecticut for being named by the U.S. Department of Education as 2023 National Blue Ribbon Schools. This prestigious award is given annually to select schools across the nation for demonstrating overall high achievement or success in closing achievement gaps more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 19 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2023: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that beginning on January 1, 2024, Connecticut's minimum wage will increase from the current rate of $15.00 per hour to $15.69 per hour as a result of the state's first-ever economic indicator adjustment. This newly enacted adjustment is required under a state law Governor Lamont signed in 2019 (Public Act 19-4), which implemented five incr more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 21 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2023: Governor Ned Lamont today announced the launch of CTParks.com, the new official website for Connecticut State Parks. The website offers visitors with an innovative online platform showcasing Connecticut State Parks in a more exciting, user-friendly way to help them engage with, learn about, and access state parks and the areas around them. Connecticut has enjoyed a remarkable more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 23 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Sept. 22, 2023: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has issued a proclamation calling the Connecticut General Assembly to meet in special session next week to consider the approval of several pieces of legislation, including changing the date set by state statute for Connecticut to hold its presidential preference primary, and also authorizing the Secretary of the State to retain an e more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 23 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Sept. 22, 2023: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that as the summer season nears its end and autumn approaches, the tourism industry in Connecticut has been experiencing a surge in visitation. Through June, independent research data from Tourism Economics shows that visitation to the state has risen by 3% year over year. Through July, national benchmarking STR data shows that the Connecti more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 22 -- Connecticut State Colleges and Universities issued the following news release: Governor Ned Lamont has appointed Martin Guay and Ted Yang to serve as members of the Connecticut Board of Regents for Higher Education (BOR), the governing body for the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) system. CSCU consists of four state universities, Connecticut State Community College, and Charter Oak State College. Guay is Vice President, Business Development, more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 19 -- The Connecticut Department of Transportation issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2023: The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) today announced a series of four public hearings to gather input on the proposed rail and bus service changes, as well as proposed rail fare increases. The biennial state budget adopted earlier this year included a funding increase for CTtransit bus service in Connecticut and a funding reduction for Metro-North  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 23 -- The Connecticut Department of Transportation issued the following news release on Sept. 22, 2023: The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) will conduct a hybrid public information meeting concerning the proposed Railroad Station in Enfield on Wednesday, October 4, at 6:00 p.m. at Enfield Town Hall at 820 Enfield St. in Enfield and virtually on Zoom and YouTube. Registration is required to attend the meeting on Zoom. Please use this link to registe more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 23 -- The Connecticut Department of Transportation issued the following news release on Sept. 22, 2023: The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) will conduct a virtual public information meeting concerning the replacement of the bridge carrying Cannon Road over Norwalk River in Wilton on Thursday, October 5, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. The virtual public information meeting is being held to provide the public and local community the opportunity to offer comments more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 23 -- The Connecticut Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) will conduct a virtual public information meeting concerning the Replacement of the Route 16 Bridge over the Salmon River on October 5, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. The virtual public information meeting is being held to provide the public and local community the opportunity to offer comments or ask questions regarding the proposed projec more PR

MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut, Sept. 21 -- Connecticut Wesleyan University issued the following news: As Wesleyan University comes up on the final moments of its most recent round of campus improvements, eyes are already turning towards the future. Staff and faculty members are working alongside members of the Board of Trustees to chart the future course of the University's infrastructure. "Every other month we are meeting to talk about the progress of our campus planning ... we are in the very ear more PR

MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut, Sept. 21 (TNSres) -- Connecticut Wesleyan University issued the following news: Robyn Autry, Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life; Hari Krishnan, Professor of Dance; and Francis Starr, Foss Professor of Physics, Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and Professor of Integrative Sciences, have received the 2023 award for excellence in research. The awards--going to those who demonstrate excellence  more PR

BERLIN, Connecticut, Sept. 20 -- Eversource Energy, a provider of electricity and natural gas, issued the following news: A new Low-Income Discount Rate will be available for Eversource financial hardship customers in Connecticut beginning in December 2023. Depending on their household income, eligible customers will receive 10% or 50% off their electric bills per month. For example, if a customer has a $100 monthly bill, it would be $10 less if they receive a 10% discount or $50 less if they r more PR

BERLIN, Connecticut, Sept. 19 -- Eversource Energy, a provider of electricity and natural gas, issued the following news: As part of its ongoing efforts to reduce tree-related power outages across the state, Eversource is addressing trees that threaten electric reliability in 131 communities this year. In Meriden, the energy company is trimming or removing trees along 40 miles of town roads. "Trees continue to be the primary cause of power outages, especially during a storm, so identifying wea more PR

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 22 -- Gartner, an information technology research and advisory company, issued the following news release: By 2028, 60% of B2B seller work will be executed through conversational user interfaces via generative AI sales technologies, up from less than 5% in 2023, according to Gartner, Inc. "Sales operations leaders and their technology teams must prepare for the convergence of new forms of artificial intelligence, dynamic process automation and reinvented deal-plann more PR

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 19 (TNSres) -- Gartner, an information technology research and advisory company, issued the following news release: Thirty-four percent of organizations are either already using or implementing artificial intelligence (AI) application security tools to mitigate the accompanying risks of generative AI (GenAI), according to a new survey from Gartner, Inc. Over half (56%) of respondents said they are also exploring such solutions. The Gartner Peer Community survey was more PR

GROTON, Connecticut, Sept. 20 -- General Dynamics issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2023: GD Electric Boat, a business unit of General Dynamics, announced today it was awarded a $517.2 million delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement for procurement and delivery of initial Virginia-class attack submarine spare parts to support maintenance availabilities. Work will be performed in Groton and Pawcatuck, Connecticut. "The shipbuilders of Electric Boat are p more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 21 -- The Connecticut Department of Education issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2023: Governor Ned Lamont and Education Commissioner Charlene Russell-Tucker today are congratulating four public schools in Connecticut for being named by the U.S. Department of Education as 2023 National Blue Ribbon Schools. This prestigious award is given annually to select schools across the nation for demonstrating overall high achievement or success in closing achievem more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Sept. 23 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news: Mega-millionaire hedge fund executive David McCormick refused to take questions from the press at his campaign launch event, according to reports. McCormick dodging the press comes as reports pile up exposing his lies about where he lives and his dangerous record on abortion. Pennsylvania Democratic Party spokesperson Maddy McDaniel issued the following statement: "David McCormick can talk all h more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Sept. 22 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news on Sept. 21, 2023: Today, Pennsylvania labor leaders and advocates were joined by Lt. Governor Austin Davis and State Senator Jay Costa to speak out against David McCormick's upcoming campaign launch. McCormick is a mega-millionaire Connecticut hedge fund executive who has spent his life looking out for himself and his rich friends at the expense of working families. The leaders exposed McCormick' more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Sept. 22 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news: New reporting from Vanity Fair reveals mega-millionaire David McCormick has been chartering private planes to fly to Pennsylvania from his multi-million dollar mansion in his home state of Connecticut in a failed attempt to trick voters into thinking he lives in Pennsylvania. The news follows reporting from the Associated Press that showed McCormick has been lying to voters about living in Pennsy more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Sept. 23 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news: David McCormick can't stop lying about where he lives and his record on abortion. In the days before launching his Senate campaign, David McCormick tried to scrub his extreme abortion record from old campaign sites and even chartered a private plane to fly to Pennsylvania for public appearances to cover up the fact that he lives in Connecticut. Here's what voters are seeing and reading about Con more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Sept. 21 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news: As David McCormick prepares to announce a bid for the U.S. Senate, here's what to know about his record of lying to Pennsylvanians and serving himself and his Wall Street friends. Here's what to know about David McCormick: * AP: David McCormick is lying about living in Pennsylvania."'I live in Pennsylvania,' McCormick said" [...] "In reality, he's living in a $16 million mansion in Westport on C more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 20 -- Yale School of Public Health issued the following news: By Colin Poitras Public health innovator and global entrepreneur Kaakpema "KP" Yelpaala has joined the Yale School of Public Health as a senior fellow and lecturer in the Department of Health Policy and Management. Yelpaala, a YSPH alum who received his MPH in global health in 2006, brings a deep understanding of global digital health and health care innovation to his new post along with 20 years of ex more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 22 -- Southern Connecticut State University issued the following news: Connecticut Lieutenant Governor Susan Bysiewicz; Colleen Bielitz; and outgoing State Leader Carolyn Alessi, Trinity Health of New England Colleen Bielitz, associate vice president for strategic initiatives and outreach at Southern Connecticut State University, has been appointed as the new state leader for Million Women Mentors CT Chapter. Bielitz received the prestigious Million Women Mentors' more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 23 -- Southern Connecticut State University issued the following news: Associate Professor of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies Dr. Gladys Barbosa Labas is celebrating a major milestone -- 50 years in both higher and early education. Labas has played a crucial role in providing young children with opportunities in classrooms across Connecticut. She attended the University of Puerto Rico, where she studied English and Spanish and later became a teacher on th more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 20 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2023: Attorney General William Tong today supported a motion filed by the Tennessee Attorney General in Tennessee state court to compel TikTok to comply with the terms of an April 17, 2023 Agreed Order requiring TikTok to produce witnesses and documents in response to an investigative Request for Information. This effort is part of a broad bi-partisan multistate investigat more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 19 -- Trinity College issued the following news on Sept. 18, 2023: Standing in the art gallery he created to accompany his new book, Associate Professor of English David Sterling Brown '06 is a thin blue alien with one giant purple eye. At least, that's the digital avatar he is using today as he shows me around the virtual space. When he speaks to me, he sees me as a gray rabbit with a pink nose. Our incongruous avatars in this simulated world lighten the mood as  more PR

WEST HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 23 -- The University of New Haven issued the following news: The University's Charger Leadership Conference was a fun and hands-on event that enabled students to learn from each other, from staff, and from two alumni who shared how their time as Chargers helped them to grow as leaders. Darby Brown '25 is a leader who is actively involved in the University community. She serves in several prominent leadership positions, including as president of the Undergraduate  more PR

WAYNE, New Jersey, Sept. 20 -- William Paterson University issued the following news release: William Paterson University's student chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (WPSPJ) has been named Regional Campus Chapter of the Year, making it one of six finalists for the national Outstanding Campus Chapter award--a title it won once before, in 2020. Founded in 2017 by WP journalism professor Nicholas Hirshon, this year marks the third WPSPJ has been recognized as the finest chapter f more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 21 -- The Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science issued the following news: The invention of blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) has paved the way for numerous technologies that has made our lives easier in many ways. They've allowed for bright and energy-saving white light sources and full-color flat panel displays. The process of actually inventing them was anything but easy, though, as Hiroshi Amano discussed Tuesday in Davies Auditorium as this year's Ny more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 21 (TNSres) -- The Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science issued the following news: Postdoctoral researcher Robert Baines is among the elite group of eight scientists awarded the Branco Weiss Fellowship this year. Following a rigorous selection process involving 424 candidates, Baines emerged as one of the chosen few to receive this honor, granted by ETH Zurich. Baines's research aims to replace the fixed metal legs of current autonomous quadrupeds with m more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 20 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Public Health issued the following news: By Michael Masciadrelli Patients with liver metastases originating from the right side had poorer survival rates compared to those with metastases that derived from the left side of the colon. Colon cancers that spread to the liver may be substantially different depending on the location of where cancerous cells originate, according to new research. The study led by Yale Cancer Center research more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 23 (TNSres) -- The Yale University School of Medicine issued the following news: Maryellen Flaherty-Hewitt, MD has been named inaugural Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs and Professional Development in the Department of Pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine, effective November 1, 2023. She is also a Professor of Pediatrics (General Medicine), the Interim Section Chief, General Pediatrics, and Medical Director of Pediatric Primary Care. Dr. Flaherty-Hewitt completed h more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 20 -- Yale School of Management issued the following news on Sept. 19, 2023: The new offering is customized for graduates of Yale's engineering program who want to launch careers that combine technology and business. Starting in the fall of 2024, the Yale School of Management will offer a new master's degree program designed specifically to give graduates of Yale's School of Engineering & Applied Science (SEAS) and other technical programs a strong foundation in b more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 20 -- The Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science issued the following news on Sept. 19, 2023: The new offering is customized for graduates of Yale's engineering program who want to launch careers that combine technology and business. Starting in the fall of 2024, the Yale School of Management will offer a new master's degree program designed specifically to give graduates of Yale's School of Engineering & Applied Science (SEAS) and other technical programs more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 19 (TNSres) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Increased tagging of fish, seals, birds, and other animals can help fill key data gaps in understanding the world's changing climate, Yale scientists say. * * * The world's scientists rely on an elaborate network of satellites, ocean buoys, weather stations, balloons, and other technologies to help predict the weather and assess the global effects of climate change on terrestrial landscapes, oceans, more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 23 -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Halac, who joined the Yale faculty in 2019, is an expert in game theory, contract theory, and mechanism design. * * * Marina Halac, an expert in game theory, contract theory, and mechanism design, has been appointed the Stanley Resor (B.A. 1901) Professor of Economics, effective immediately. She is a member of Yale's Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), in the Department of Economics. Halac joined the Yale  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 20 (TNSres) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Yale researchers show that placental examination could help determine the cause of more than 90% of previously unexplained pregnancy losses. * * * Yale researchers have shown that placental examination resulted in the accurate pathologic determination of more than 90% of previously unexplained pregnancy losses, a discovery that they say may inform pregnancy care going forward. The findings were rep more PR