NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 7 -- Yale School of Public Health issued the following news: Nathan Earl '24, a student in the Yale School of Public Health's Executive MPH Program and an anti-human trafficking advocate, was a collaborator on a recent joint $1.2 million grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice. The three-year grant comes through the DOJ's Anti-Trafficking Housing Assistance Program. It was given to Call to Freedom (CTF), a South Dakota-based organization that supplies care   more

ENFIELD, Connecticut, Dec. 8 -- Asnuntuck Community College issued the following news: CT State Community College (CT State) campuses statewide will host FAFSA sessions in December to support individuals in filing their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Prospective and current students, along with their parents, are invited to attend sessions at CT State campuses Asnuntuck (Enfield), Capital (Hartford), Gateway (New Haven), Housatonic (Bridgeport), Manchester, Middlesex (Middle  more

PASADENA, California, Dec. 8 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: Everyone's journey into science is unique. For Arian Jadbabaie (PhD '23), it was all over the map: He was born in Iran, grew up in Connecticut, earned his bachelor's degree at Washington University in St. Louis, interned at Brookhaven National Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory during a gap year, and landed in Pasadena to pursue his doctorate. Jadbabaie did his PhD work in the la  more

NEW BRITAIN, Connecticut, Dec. 5 -- Central Connecticut State University issued the following news: Central Connecticut State University students Abigail Denison and Tiffany Lubanski earned Future Built Scholarships from Presidio, a digital services provider based in New York. Presidio awarded each student $10,000 for the Fall 2023 semester. The scholarship is awarded annually to undergraduates in underrepresented groups who are pursuing STEM studies. Members of the Presidio leadership team, i  more

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 8 -- Coalition Greenwich, a division of CRISIL, issued the following news release: Despite the corporate bond market's big move towards electronic trading over the past decade, 90% of the market's biggest trades are still executed via phone or chat. This represents a huge opportunity for trading platforms that offer new tools to facilitate the trading of block orders on the screen. A majority of the buy-side corporate bond traders participating in a new study by Coa  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 7 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2023: In a unanimous vote this week by fellow attorneys general, Attorney General William Tong was elected Vice President of the National Association of Attorneys General. Attorney General Tong will serve as part of a bipartisan four-person leadership team. Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, a Democrat, will become President on January 1. New Hampshire Attorney General J  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 5 -- The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2023: The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) Deputy Commissioner Mason Trumble joined local and state elected officials and the Connecticut Institute For Communities (CIFC) leaders at the Danbury Community Center (DCC) today to announce $128,000 to fund free swimming lessons to qualifying children. The partnership with   more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 7 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2023: Governor Ned Lamont and University of Connecticut President Radenka Maric today announced that the state is working to engage the services of a healthcare investment consulting firm to assist in the development of a strategic vision for the future of UConn Health's clinical operations. Over the coming months, the consulting firm will work collaboratively with all parties to assess  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 5 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2023: Governor Ned Lamont, Connecticut Department of Labor (CTDOL) Commissioner Dante Bartolomeo, Connecticut Office of Early Childhood (OEC) Commissioner Beth Bye, and CSEA SEIU Local 2001 President Travis Woodward today held a news conference in Hartford to announce the formation of a new Registered Apprenticeship Program to encourage jobseekers to enter careers in home-based child ca  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 7 -- The Connecticut Department of Transportation issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2023: The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) is alerting Shore Line East (SLE) customers that the temporary construction schedule needed for the Amtrak Fitter Interlocking Project will end and the new SLE schedule will take effect on Monday, December 18, 2023. To review the schedule, click here (https://shorelineeast.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/SLE_Sched_De  more

MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut, Dec. 6 (TNSres) -- Connecticut Wesleyan University issued the following news: By Steve Scarpa Artificial intelligence is a disrupter the likes of which humanity has never seen before. It can magnify existing societal evils, but also offers students unique educational opportunities. It can both replace human knowledge and offer unprecedented opportunities to capture and harness it. It's seemingly inevitable; it must be regulated. What was clear from the conversation at  more

MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut, Dec. 6 -- Connecticut Wesleyan University issued the following news: By Steve Scarpa Hoping to expand the diverse ways the Wesleyan community engages in public discourse, Associate Professor of Sociology Robyn Autry has been named director of the Center for the Study of Public Life, based at the Allbritton Center. "Provost Nicole Stanton has trusted me to do something new with the CSPL (Center for the Study of Public Life). I am still figuring out what I want to do, b  more

MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut, Dec. 5 (TNSres) -- Connecticut Wesleyan University issued the following news: By Mike Mavredakis Newly published research on cognitive remediation's impact on those with mood disorders calls for public health officials to consider assessing and treating cognitive deficits. Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience and Behavior Matthew Kurtz said offering those people with mood disorders and cognitive deficits some type of behavioral treatment may help mitigate their dif  more

MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut, Dec. 2 -- Connecticut Wesleyan University issued the following news: Richard ("Dick") Van Wyck Buel Jr, Professor of History, Emeritus, passed away on November 22 at the age of 90. Dick received his AB from Amherst College and his AM and PhD from Harvard University. He arrived at Wesleyan in 1962, where he taught American history until his retirement in 2002. During those years he published six books, including In Irons (Yale University Press, 1998), a macroeconomic hi  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 6 -- The Connecticut Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) is designing Wrong Way Detection Systems to be installed at 27 limited access highway off-ramps that are considered high-risk locations for wrong way drivers. A full location can be found below. This project will install new equipment to the latest standards, such as pedestals, thermal and CCTV cameras, solar panels, cellular mode  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 6 -- The Connecticut Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) has initiated projects to replace post-mounted sheet aluminum signs on every non-limited access road paved under the Vendor-In-Place (VIP) paving program that occurred between 2018 and 2021, covering approximately 672 miles of non-limited access roads throughout Connecticut. All the existing signs will be evaluated to ensure their   more

WOONSOCKET, Rhode Island, Dec. 6 -- CVS Health issued the following news release: The CVS Health(R) (NYSE: CVS) Foundation today announced it awarded $2 million in grants as part of its 2023 Hometown Fund to support its neighbors and communities. These investments will strengthen organizations in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island working to increase access to equitable health care and address health-related social needs that are a result of underlying social determinants of health.   more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 8 -- Yale School of Management issued the following news: The partnership between the two top business schools will give candidates the opportunity to earn two master's degrees in two years--an MBA at HEC Paris, followed by a Master of Advanced Management degree at the Yale School of Management. The Yale School of Management is expanding its longtime partnership with HEC Paris, one of Europe's leading business schools, to deliver a unique opportunity that will allo  more

HAYS, Kansas, Dec. 8 -- Fort Hays State University issued the following news: A team of students from Fort Hays State narrowly edged out a University of Connecticut team in the inaugural Werth Entrepreneurship Challenge on Nov. 29. The event, sponsored by Peter Werth in collaboration with FHSU's Department of Applied Technology, challenged participants from FHSU and UCONN with developing start-up business plans focused on sustainable energy, particularly in inventing, designing, and manufacturi  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 6 -- The Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science issued the following news: Yale Engineering has become a founding member of the AI Alliance, an international community of leading researchers, technology developers and organizational leaders aiming to advance open, safe, responsible AI that benefits society. Launched this morning in a joint announcement by IBM and Meta, the AI Alliance consists of a broad range of organizations that are working across all as  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 8 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, with Connecticut Attorney General William Tong and District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb, co-led a coalition of 22 state attorneys general in calling for an end to Mississippi's regime of large-scale, permanent felon voter disenfranchisement. Raoul and the attorneys general filed an amicus brief (https://ilag-dev.dotcms.cloud/dA/db5c75df-800f-480d-b4  more

MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut, Dec. 5 -- Middlesex Community College issued the following news on Dec. 4, 2023: The team who edits ESPN's SportsCenter earned an Emmy(R) Award for Outstanding Daily Studio Sports Show at the 44th Annual Sports Emmy(R) Awards earlier this year. Alumni from Connecticut State Community College Middlesex (formerly Middlesex Community College) worked as video editors for the show and credit their achievement to their learning experiences at the college and its Center for Ne  more

HAMDEN, Connecticut, Dec. 7 (TNSres) -- Quinnipiac University Poll has issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2023: * * * Most Voters Worry Budget Cuts Will Affect Their Daily Lives * * * As New York City Mayor Eric Adams nears the end of his second year in office, voters give the mayor a negative 28 - 58 percent job approval rating with 14 percent not offering an opinion, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack) University poll of registered voters in New York City released today.   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Dec. 5 (TNSres) -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news on Dec. 4, 2023: This weekend, Connecticut hedge fund executive David McCormick came to the defense of corporations that are jacking up prices on working families, according to a new report (https://www.penncapital-star.com/campaigns-elections/in-remarks-from-pa-society-gathering-casey-and-mccormick-disagree-on-greedflation/). Mega-millionaire McCormick defended the corporate greed and price  more

WATERBURY, Connecticut, Dec. 5 -- Post University issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2023: Post University has launched a national ad campaign that takes a lighthearted look at eccentric jobs as a backdrop to promoting the University and its degree and certificate programs. The campaign, which premieres Dec. 4 across national prime broadcast channels, is the first of its kind for this top-ranked, Connecticut-based online school. The series of commercials showcase captivating narrativ  more

ROCHESTER, New York, Dec. 2 -- Rochester Institute of Technology issued the following news release: * * * Students and alumni in New York City spot advertising campaign in Grand Central * * * That familiar RIT orange covered the walls, poles, turnstiles, stairs, and digital boards of Grand Central in New York City throughout spring 2023. And so did many RIT faces. An advertising campaign showcasing RIT's creativity and innovation as a leading university took over Grand Central Terminal and   more

GREENWICH, Connecticut, Dec. 8 -- RSR Partners, a provider of professional services, issued the following news: 'Tis the season for public companies to approach prospective director candidates about joining their boards at next year's annual meetings. Over the past several years, companies have done a good job at identifying what board member capabilities they need to address the challenges they foresee ahead. The constructive tension and pressure from stakeholder capitalism has made sure board  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- Southern Connecticut State University issued the following Q&A on Dec. 8, 2023, with Professor of Biology Sarah Crawford: The recent rise in RSV cases in Connecticut has led to a noticeable increase in moderate infections across the population. RSV, short for Respiratory Syncytial Virus, is a significant respiratory virus that targets the lungs and breathing passages. As per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), this virus is now a gro  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 5 -- Southern Connecticut State University issued the following news: On campus, Buley Library is at the heart of new and innovative resources available to support students' success, and in recent months, librarians' efforts at grant writing to enhance the library's offerings have succeeded, resulting in two new grants. Kari Swanson, acquisitions and collection development coordinator, and Patrick Crowley, head of Special Collections, each led the way on securing g  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 7 -- Southern Connecticut State University issued the following news: Southern students, faculty and staff are once again headed to the COP [Conference of Parties] global climate change conference, serving as official observers of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Thu, Nov. 30, 2023 - Tue, Dec. 12, 2023 in Dubai. The annual meeting invites world leaders to negotiate global goals for tackling climate change, present their individual countrie  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 8 -- Trinity College issued the following news: Trinity President Joanne Berger-Sweeney has invited the Trinity community to an online community dialogue with faculty from Dartmouth College's Jewish Studies and Middle Eastern Studies Programs about understanding this complex time in history. Trinity alumna Susannah Heschel '73, H'10, chair of Dartmouth's Jewish Studies Program, and Tarek El-Ariss, chair of Dartmouth's Middle Eastern Studies Program, will participate  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Nov. 30 -- Trinity College issued the following news: By Vy Duong A group of Trinity College students recently attended a Connecticut Forum discussion with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns. Vy Duong '26 was part of the group that enjoyed a night out in downtown Hartford on Saturday, November 18, that included dinner and a visit to the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts. Duong, from Thanh Hoa, Vietnam, is double-majoring in political science and film studies and work  more

WEST HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 9 -- The University of Hartford issued the following news: One of The Hartt School's most recognizable names--and one of the most celebrated vocalists of all time--has received another honor. This past summer, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced the 46th honorees for lifetime artistic achievements, one of whom was Dionne Warwick. Other honorees included actor and comedian Billy Crystal; celebrated soprano Renee Fleming; singer-songwriter  more

WEST HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 7 -- The University of New Haven issued the following news: By Sam Kaplan '24, Megan Sullivan '24, and Nicholas O'Brien '24 The National Sports Forum Case Cup Competition was an exciting opportunity for a team of Chargers to build their confidence and apply what they've learned in the classroom. Under the mentorship of Ceyda Mumcu, Ph.D., chair of the University's Sport Management Department, students collaborated and built valuable skills such as public speaking   more

WEST HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 7 -- The University of New Haven issued the following news: By Renee Chmiel, Office of Marketing and Communications * * * A leading artificial intelligence researcher and expert, Vahid Behzadan, Ph.D., was appointed to the new Connecticut Artificial Intelligence Working Group earlier this year. He's bringing his own expertise, as well as what he's discovering in the laboratory at the University, as he endeavors to promote statewide cyber safety. * * * Vahid Beh  more

DANBURY, Connecticut, Dec. 7 -- Western Connecticut State University issued the following news: What can you do with your card at WCSU? The answer is: Almost anything! On October 31, 2023, Western Connecticut State University was awarded the One CBORD Award in recognition of its outstanding delivery of system applications and service to its community. Nominations were submitted by colleagues, peers and CBORD team members, and the winners were chosen by committee. The award was accepted by Deann  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 7 (TNSres) -- Yale Divinity School issued the following news: In the new episode of the YDS "Quadcast," the Rev. Vicki Flippin '08 M.Div., YDS Associate Dean for Student Affairs, discusses the new Good Life Center at YDS and the role it plays pushing back against a "toxic culture of productivity" across society. Flippin also delves into her previous work as a pastor whose church provided sanctuary for people at risk of deportation, and how Malcolm X inspired her to   more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 8 (TNSres) -- The Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science issued the following news: * * * A Yale co-led study offers insights into the interactions between tumors and their cellular surroundings, findings that might help inform treatment. * * * By Bill Hathaway The advance of any cancer is determined not only by the molecular characteristics of the tumor itself but also by its interaction with the cells that surround it. Yet understanding how exactly the  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 6 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Public Health issued the following news: The fifth annual International Yale Symposium on Olive Oil and Health is taking place from December 10-13 at Oliveira do Hospital, Portugal. Researchers leading the charge in studying the potential health benefits of olive oil will be discussing a variety of topics including olive oil quality, sustainability, and current policies surrounding olive oil labeling and use. Co-hosted by the Yale Schoo  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 8 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Public Health issued the following news: More than a decade ago, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs launched a national initiative, termed Whole Health, that takes a holistic approach to health care, emphasizing personalized care plans that address the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of veterans. Earlier this year, the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) published a consensus report titled Ac  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 7 (TNSres) -- The Yale University School of Medicine issued the following news: By Osman Moneer Recent research from the Gupta Lab, led by Serrena Singh and supervised by Vikas Gupta, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine (digestive diseases), provides groundbreaking insights into the extrahepatic bile ducts. These bile ducts outside of the liver are a critical but poorly understood component of the human digestive system. This study, which was published in the   more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 7 (TNSres) -- The Yale University School of Medicine issued the following news: By Michael Masciadrelli Patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) often face a reduced quality of life and a lower life expectancy. Allotransplantation, the first treatment for SCD with curative potential, comes with risks, including transplant-related mortality. Gene therapy, once approved for SCD, could also offer a lifelong cure without the risk associated with allotransplantation. A   more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 5 (TNSres) -- The Yale University School of Medicine issued the following news: By Michael Masciadrelli For people living with certain blood cancers, including lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (LR-MDS), there are limited effective treatment options. This is especially true for MDS patients who are red blood cell transfusion-dependent (RBC-TD) and who do not respond to, or are not eligible for, the treatment typically used to stimulate bone-marrow to make red bl  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 1 -- The Yale University School of Medicine issued the following news: By Serena Crawford Robert Schoen, MD, MBA, clinical professor of medicine and nursing at Yale School of Medicine, was recognized as a Master of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR). The honor is given to ACR members, age 65 or older, who have made outstanding contributions to rheumatology and the ACR through scholarly achievement or service to their patients, students, and profession. Sch  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 1 -- Yale School of Public Health issued the following news: The Yale School of Public Health had a strong showing at the American Public Health Association's (APHA) annual meeting and expo this year. The conference Nov. 12-15 provided an opportunity for members of the YSPH community to showcase their outstanding work, learn about the latest advances in public health, and connect with old friends and new. Hundreds of current and future YSPH students and YSPH alumni  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 7 -- Yale University issued the following news: Ruth Blake, a leading marine and environmental biogeochemist and geomicrobiologist, was recently appointed the Edward P. Bass (BS '67, ARTA '72) Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences and professor of chemical engineering and environment. The appointment was effective July 1, 2023. She is a member of Yale's Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), in the Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, and also has appointment  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 8 (TNSres) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * A Yale co-led study offers insights into the interactions between tumors and their cellular surroundings, findings that might help inform treatment. * * * The advance of any cancer is determined not only by the molecular characteristics of the tumor itself but also by its interaction with the cells that surround it. Yet understanding how exactly these interactions in the tumor microenvironment influen  more