WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 -- Catholic University issued the following news: The Knights of Columbus Supreme Council has awarded The Catholic University of America's Council 9542 chapter first place for Outstanding College Council for 2022-2023. The award recognizes the college council that best exemplifies the mission and ideals of the order. The honor was announced at the 58th annual College Councils Conference, held Sept. 29-Oct. 1 in New Haven, Connecticut. A video posted on YouTube chronicled t more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 11 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement on Oct. 10, 2023: * * * Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding the terrorist attacks in Israel: "We must do all that we can to support Israel and Israeli families against this brutal and utterly unjustifiable terrorist attack perpetrated by Hamas against innocent civilians. I had the high honor of spending time recently in the Supreme Court of Israel, wi more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 14 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Oct. 13, 2023: Attorney General William Tong today joined a multistate coalition of 24 attorneys general urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear and reverse the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit's ruling reinstating medically unnecessary restrictions on medication abortion. The coalition of attorneys general filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court (https://portal.ct.g more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 13 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is nominating the Honorable Dawne G. Westbrook to serve as a judge of the Connecticut Appellate Court. Since 2009, Judge Westbrook has served on the Connecticut Superior Court and currently is the Chief Administrative Judge for Juvenile Matters in a role that requires her to oversee all policies affecting the court's juvenile division, including solic more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 9 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on Oct. 8, 2023: * * * Governor Ned Lamont released the following statement regarding today's violent attacks in Israel: "I am appalled by the attacks on innocent Israeli civilians. "Connecticut stands in solidarity with the people of Israel and condemns these terrorist attacks by Hamas. "My heart is with the families of the victims in this dark hour." * * * Original text here: https://portal.c more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 14 -- The Connecticut Department of Transportation issued the following news release on Oct. 13, 2023: The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) will conduct a public information meeting concerning the replacement of Bridge No. 00293 carrying I-395 over Bishop Crossing Road in Griswold on Wednesday, October 25, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. at Griswold Town Hall, 28 Main Street, Griswold. The public information meeting is being held to provide the public and local c more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 14 -- The Connecticut Department of Transportation issued the following news release on Oct. 13, 2023: The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) will conduct a public information meeting concerning the removal of Exit 21 on I-84 Eastbound in Waterbury on Wednesday, October 25, 2023, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Maloney Magnet School, 233 South Elm Street, Waterbury. The meeting will also be broadcast live on Waterbury-area Comcast channels 13 (Community Access)  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 13 -- The Connecticut Democratic Party issued the following news release: With Governor Ned Lamont's signature on legislation that moves the Presidential primary up from the last Tuesday in April to the first, the Connecticut Democrats will begin the process of choosing 74 delegates to the 2024 Democratic National Convention next August. The delegate tally increased with the change in primary date, and is calculated based on a 2024 Delegate Selection Plan that was a more PR

MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut, Oct. 12 -- Connecticut Wesleyan University issued the following news: In the wake of the horrific attack on Israel and the subsequent war in the region, members of the Wesleyan University community are gathering to denounce the attacks on civilians and to support those unmoored by these events. As President Roth posted on October 7th: "The kidnapping and slaughter of civilians, and the celebration of vicious murder by armed fighters recalls the worst dimensions of huma more PR

MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut, Oct. 11 -- Connecticut Wesleyan University issued the following news on Oct. 10, 2023: Professor of Government Sonali Chakravarti connected the 1970 Black Panther trials held in New Haven to important jury reforms taking place in Connecticut today. Chakravarti delivered her lecture on the subject, entitled "The Black Panther Trials in New Haven and the Power of the Jury," at the Faculty and Staff Lunch Talk held on October 5. She outlined a brief history of the Black  more PR

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut, Oct. 13 -- Housatonic Community College issued the following news: CT State Community College (CT State) announced it has received a $1M Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) grant award from the National Science Foundation to benefit three of its campuses in southern Connecticut. CT State Housatonic will lead the "STEMConnect Bridge to the Baccalaureate (B2B)" project, designed to support and help increase the number of underrepresented students wh more PR

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 10 (TNSres) -- Gartner, an information technology research and advisory company, issued the following news release: * * * The Work of Martech, from Vendor Selection to Implementation, is Shifting Toward IT * * * Seventy-eight percent of organizations report centralizing customer data management within information technology (IT) teams, according to a survey from Gartner, Inc. The survey of 405 marketing leaders conducted in May and June 2023 found 59% of them ag more PR

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 12 (TNSres) -- Gartner, an information technology research and advisory company, issued the following news release: * * * Analysts to Discuss Generative AI Trends and Technologies at Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2023, October 16-29 in Orlando * * * By 2026, more than 80% of enterprises will have used generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) application programming interfaces (APIs) or models, and/or deployed GenAI-enabled applications in production environments, up  more PR

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 10 (TNSres) -- Gartner, an information technology research and advisory company, issued the following news release: * * * After Eight Consecutive Quarters of Decline, PC Market is Expected to Begin Recovery in Fourth Quarter of 2023 * * * Worldwide PC shipments totaled 64.3 million units in the third quarter of 2023, a 9% decrease from the third quarter of 2022, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. While the third quarter's results mark the eighth con more PR

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, Oct. 11 -- General Electric, a manufacturer of appliances, lighting, power systems and other products, issued the following news release on Oct. 10, 2023: GE Vernova's Offshore Wind business announced today that its first ever Haliade-X offshore wind turbine installed at sea began producing power as part of the Dogger Bank Wind Farm located 130 km off the UK coast. The turbine was one of the first of the next generation wind turbine generators at 13 MW+ to become operati more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 14 -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP represented BharCap Partners, LLC in connection with its acquisition of ARMStrong Receivable Management, the largest insurance and commercial B2B receivable management firm in North America. Headquartered in Itasca, Illinois, ARMStrong Receivable Management specializes in receivable management solutions for insurance companies, including insurance premium audit and reco more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 13 -- The Hartford Financial Services Group, a property and casualty insurance, group benefits and mutual funds provider, issued the following news release: Middlesboro Main Street has been awarded a $100,000 Small Business Accelerator grant from The Hartford, in partnership with Main Street America, to create a multi-faceted business incubator space. The new offering, which will be located in a refurbished building in the heart of downtown Middlesboro, will allow lo more PR

ALBANY, New York, Oct. 11 -- The New York Department of Public Service issued the text of the following letter on Oct. 10, 2023: * * * To: Andrew M. Klein, Klein Law Group PLLC, 1250 Connecticut Ave. N.W., Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036, AKlein@KleinLawpllc.com Re: Case 20-C-0267 - In the Matter of Frontier Communications Corporation, et al. Notice of Filing of Chapter 11 for Financial Restructuring. Dear Mr. Klein: In accordance with the Commission's Order Approving Joint Petition Subject more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 10 -- The Yale University School of Medicine issued the following news: Three Yale School of Medicine faculty members have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM). The academy chose 90 regular members and 10 international members at its annual meeting, and announced the new members this morning. Election to NAM recognizes "individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service." The new additions bring the nu more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Oct. 13 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following statement on Oct. 12, 2023: * * * It's been more than a week since Connecticut resident David McCormick refused to say how many days he's spent in Pennsylvania since losing the 2022 GOP primary when asked directly on ABC 27's "This Week in Pennsylvania." Since then, evidence keeps mounting that he's lying about living in Pennsylvania. Just days after his refusal, new reporting found that McCormick flew more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Oct. 11 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news: Mounting evidence shows that Connecticut resident David McCormick is lying to Pennsylvanians about where he lives. New reporting shows McCormick flew back home to Connecticut less than 24 hours after launching his campaign and has been delinquent on property taxes on his Pittsburgh property for two years running. Evidence that David McCormick lives in Connecticut continues to mount: * McCormick u more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Oct. 12 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news: David McCormick is facing increased scrutiny after mounting evidence that the mega-millionaire Connecticut resident is lying about living in Pennsylvania. Last week, new reporting found that McCormick flew back home to Connecticut less than 24 hours after launching his campaign for U.S. Senate and has been delinquent on property taxes on his Pittsburgh property for two years running. Here's what  more PR

WATERBURY, Connecticut, Oct. 13 -- Post University issued the following news release on Oct. 12, 2023: Post University was one of four schools in the country to receive the 2023 State Authorization Network's SANsational Award, given to schools for their efforts in developing comprehensive solutions to challenging state issues. Along with The Chicago School (CA), Sinclair Community College (OH), and University of Louisville (KY), Post University was recognized for its innovative approach to regu more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 12 -- Trinity College issued the following news: Hiring initiatives that promoted greater diversity at Trinity College were a factor in the school's latest recognition as a leader in advancing the core values of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Trinity is among 110 higher education institutions nationwide--and the only one from Connecticut--to receive the 2023 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award. "This is a remarkable achievement that underscores more PR

WEST HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 14 -- The University of New Haven issued the following news: * * * An exciting opportunity for more than a dozen educators from across Connecticut, the workshop enabled participants to learn from faculty and staff at the University of New Haven as well as professionals from the local Fox affiliate. * * * Fox61 has created a teachers' workshop as part of the educational component of its student news program, which empowers Connecticut middle and high school stude more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 10 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * Elizabeth "Betsy" Bradley, PhD '96, presented the Yale School of Public Health's Dean's Lecture on October 2. * * * As Elizabeth "Betsy" Bradley, PhD '96, presented the Yale School of Public Health's Dean's Lecture on October 2, she looked out at an audience of familiar faces in a room where she had taken her first classes as a graduate student. She titled her talk "Getting on the Balco more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 14 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Public Health issued the following news: The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) Scientific Advisory Board and its Board of Directors recently announced its $60.2 million commitment to fund breast cancer research in 2023-2024, supporting more than 250 scientists at leading academic and medical institutions, including eight grants at Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital. Currently receiving funding through the BCRF are Kim  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 12 -- Yale Divinity School issued the following news: In the new episode of the YDS "Quadcast," the Rev. Gabby Cudjoe Wilkes '18 M.Div. and her husband, the Rev. Andrew Wilkes, discuss their leadership of a church and ministry committed to Black lives. Co-pastors of the Double Love Experience Church in New York City, the pair delve into the theological roots of their commitment to justice, their efforts to engage young people in their church, and their book Psalms f more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 11 (TNSres) -- Yale Divinity School issued the following news: Julie Faith Parker '02 S.T.M., '09 Ph.D., has published a new book, Eve Isn't Evil: Feminist Readings of the Bible to Upend Our Assumptions. Learn more (http://bakerpublishinggroup.com/books/eve-isn-t-evil/411161). * * * Gabby Cudjoe Wilkes '18 M.Div. has been appointed the inaugural Director of The Technology Innovation & Digital Engagement Lab Fellowship program at Union Theological Seminary. Lear more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 12 -- The Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science issued the following news: The National Science Foundation will support a new grant at Yale to develop novel applications and architectures of quantum random access memory (QRAM). The three-year, $900,000 grant will fund a new interdisciplinary collaboration from Yongshan Ding, assistant professor of computer science, and Jakub Szefer, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science and Lian more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 12 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news: Indonesia is among the world's top 10 greenhouse gas emitters, with most of those emissions stemming from land use, mainly deforestation and the clearance of carbon-rich peatlands for agriculture, often for palm oil plantations. However, 76% of Indonesians surveyed by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication (YPCCC) say they know "a little" about global warming (55%) while 20% "have never h more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 11 -- Yale School of Management issued the following Q&A on Oct. 9, 2023, with April R. Randall, senior legislative advisor for the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Operations and Infrastructure in Washington, D.C.: * * * Striving to advance her career, April Randall joins Yale's Women's Leadership Program and unearths powerful insights into herself and how to lead successfully. In the realm of leadership, women continue to shatter glass ceilings, break barriers, an more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 11 (TNSres) -- Yale University issued the following Q&A on Oct. 10, 2023, with Jodi Sherman, associate professor of anesthesiology at the Yale School of Medicine and of epidemiology in environmental health sciences at Yale School of Public Health: * * * Yale's Jodi Sherman says the health care industry must balance public health and planetary health when considering the use of disposable plastic items. * * * To Jodi Sherman's way of thinking, the Hippocratic Oath more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 10 -- The Yale University School of Medicine issued the following Q&A on Oct. 9, 2023, with Mandy Cohen, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: * * * By Christina Frank Mandy Cohen, MD '05, MPH, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), joined Yale School of Public Health Dean Megan L. Ranney, MD, for a 'fireside chat' about health care leadership and the future of public health on Oct. 5 in Harkness Auditoriu more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 10 -- The Yale University School of Medicine issued the following news: Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine's (YJBM) September 2023 issue on Big Data has been published on PubMed Central. This focus issue features articles on the accumulation of data and how scientists can use this information to make connections and discoveries. Highlights of the issue include an original research paper by Mohammed et al. (MIT, Cambridge, MA) about Racial Disparities in Invasive  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 11 -- The Yale University School of Medicine issued the following news: Sarah Riley, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry, has been named medical director of the Specialized Treatment Early in Psychosis (STEP) Clinic at the Connecticut Mental Health Center. Riley completed residency training in the Yale Psychiatry Residency Program and was an attending physician at Yale New Haven Hospital before being recruited to STEP in 2022. She will join Shannon Imetovski, RN more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 10 (TNSres) -- The Yale University School of Medicine issued the following news: Research has shown that one of the key elements of our acute stress response (a hormone called cortisol) can impair the part of the brain (the hippocampus) that is involved in encoding memories. Now, a new study shows that stress' effect on memory is not quite that simple. We actually create stronger memories when we are under stress, with cortisol helping to enhance the brain structure more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 14 (TNSres) -- The Yale University School of Medicine issued the following news: A first-of-its-kind study by Yale School of Medicine researchers revealed high numbers of intimate partner violence (IPV) among adult patients seeking mental health services at veterans' health care facilities in the United States. The research, published in JAMA Network Open, found that 49 percent of patients screened reported having experienced IPV sometime in the past year and 46 pe more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 10 (TNSres) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Scott Miller was honored for contributions to the discovery of chemical transformations that lead to the rapid synthesis of stereochemically complex structures. * * * The Maryland Section of the American Chemical Society has presented Yale chemist Scott Miller with its 2022 Ira Remsen Award, which recognizes scholars and scientists meeting the highest standards in teaching and research in chemistry.  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 3 (TNSres) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * In a new book, Yale sociologist Alka Menon examines the role of cosmetic surgeons as creators -- and gatekeepers -- of race-specific beauty standards. * * * In 2011, Yale sociologist Alka Menon came across an article in The New York Times on the racial and ethnic differences in cosmetic surgery. A plastic surgeon quoted in the piece explained that when he and his colleagues encountered patients of a  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 10 (TNSres) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * New research offers a theory on how gold, platinum, and other precious metals found their way to shallow pockets within Earth's mantle. * * * Scientists at Yale and the Southwest Research Institute (SRI) say they've hit the jackpot with some valuable new information about the story of gold. It's a story that begins with violent collisions of large objects in space, continues in a half-melted region  more PR