HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 12 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: Attorney General William Tong joined a multistate coalition of 20 attorneys general calling on the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention to investigate recent reports that a federally funded contractor has produced military-grade ammunition for sale to civilians, including to perpetrators of horrific recent mass shootings. The coalition sent a letter asking the Office to invest  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 12 (TNSres) -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Jan. 11, 2024: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation is awarding the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection with a $14.6 million grant through its Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Grant Program to expand Connecticut's network of electric vehicle charging stations. The program is funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure   more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 13 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2024: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is establishing a panel of agency heads within his administration that will be known as the Connecticut Interagency Council on Homelessness and will be responsible for collaborating on a multi-agency approach that strengthen the state's homelessness prevention and response efforts. The council will consist of leaders of state agencies  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 12 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Jan. 11, 2024: Governor Ned Lamont today announced the establishment of the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection's (DEEP) Office of Outdoor Industry and Experiences, which seeks to grow Connecticut's outdoor recreation economy by creating partnerships with the private sector. Coinciding with establishing this new office, DEEP is launching a request for information (RFI  more

WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, Jan. 12 (TNSres) -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news on Jan. 10, 2024: * * * Book recounts 400 years of Polish immigrant history * * * Professor Emerita Anna Jaroszynska-Kirchmann's new book, "Polish American Voices: A Documentary History, 1608-2020" compiles 145 documents of Polish American immigrants and their descendants, telling of their journeys, struggles and triumphs. Kirchmann's focus as a history professor was on immigration,   more

WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, Jan. 10 (TNSres) -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news: Wolfmen, witches, vampires and zombies loom in tales told by humans for more than 6,000 years. That history is chronicled in a new book by a professor at Eastern Connecticut State University titled "Historical Dictionary of Horror Literature." "I've always been interested in horror," said Mark Fabrizi, professor of education, who first wrote about horror literature in a paper he presen  more

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 11 (TNSres) -- Gartner, an information technology research and advisory company, issued the following news release: * * * PC Market Shows Signs of Recovery After Eight Straight Quarters of Decline * * * Worldwide PC shipments totaled 63.3 million units in the fourth quarter of 2023, a 0.3% increase from the fourth quarter of 2022, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. This marks the first time that quarterly shipments have increased after eight straigh  more

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 11 (TNSres) -- Gartner, an information technology research and advisory company, issued the following news release: * * * Survey Shows 5.8% of Average Supply Chain Budget to be Allocated to the Technology in 2024 * * * Half of supply chain leaders plan to implement generative AI (GenAI) in the next 12 months, with an additional 14% already in the implementation stage, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc. The survey data also showed that chief supply chain office  more

WEST HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 13 -- Legrand, a provider of lighting controls, electrical components and data center solutions, issued the following news release: Legrand, a global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures, including data center solutions, has announced its acquisition is complete of ZPE Systems, Inc., a Fremont, California-based company that offers critical solutions and services to deliver resilience and security for customers' business critical infrastr  more

WEST HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 10 -- Legrand, a provider of lighting controls, electrical components and data center solutions, issued the following news release: Legrand, a global specialist and leading single-source supplier of electrical wiring solutions, today at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, NV, announces the latest offering in smart lighting from the radiant(R) Collection with new Matter-enabled Wi-Fi smart devices, to be released in 2024. This new generation of the Smart   more

HAMDEN, Connecticut, Jan. 11 (TNSres) -- Quinnipiac University Poll has issued the following news release: * * * Casey Opens Up Double-Digit Lead In Senate Race * * * In the key swing state of Pennsylvania, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump remain in a too-close-to-call hypothetical 2024 general election matchup with 49 percent of registered voters supporting Biden and 46 percent supporting Trump, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack) University poll of registered v  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 11 (TNSres) -- The Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science issued the following news: Metal-to-insulator transition - a process that turns materials from a conductor to an insulator - has been a crucial process behind microelectronic switches, nonvolatile memory, and neuromorphic computing materials. In many cases, this transition is accompanied by drastic changes in the electronic or structural symmetry of the material, which can bring about other unintended  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 13 (TNSres) -- The Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science issued the following news: In recognition of his extensive contributions to the field of artificial intelligence, Brian Scassellati has been named a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). Scassellati is the A. Bartlett Giamatti Professor of Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science at Yale Engineering, with an additional appointment in t  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 10 -- The Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science issued the following news: The Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science has launched a new, forward-looking course, Smart City Engineering with IoT (ENAS 800), in response to the burgeoning urbanization trends in the United States and around the globe. With the urban population in the U.S. projected to reach 89% by 2050 and urban areas contributing significantly to the national GDP, the course aims to prov  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 10 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Management issued the following news: * * * Large Language Models: Theory and Application debuted this fall at Yale SOM. The course teaches business students the fundamentals of LLMs and gives them the chance to build their own models. * * * By Karen Guzman As artificial intelligence reshapes business and the marketplace, a new course at the Yale School of Management is preparing students to lead organizations incorporating these   more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 10 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Public Health issued the following news: By Bob Kronemyer An intensive training program led by Yale School of Public Health epidemiologists is helping to strengthen disease surveillance in Chad where there has been a recent surge in malaria and dengue. The program's focus on laboratory-capacity building and advanced training in serological, molecular, and genomic techniques recently allowed scientists in Chad to process a pathogen fro  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 9 -- Yale School of Public Health issued the following news: By Colin Poitras Joan K. Monin, associate professor of public health (social and behavioral sciences), has been elected as a Fellow to the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research. ABMR is the premier honorary scientific organization for scientists working at the interface of behavior and medicine. Election to the society is reserved for those with a proven record of national and international behavioral   more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 10 (TNSres) -- Yale University issued the following Q&A on Jan. 9, 2024, with ornithologist Richard Prum: * * * In his latest book, Yale ornithologist Richard Prum blends queer theory and molecular biology to argue against a sex-gender binary. * * * In his latest book, Yale ornithologist Richard Prum blends queer theory and molecular biology to argue against a sex-gender binary. * * * Yale ornithologist Richard Prum firmly believes that science and the humaniti  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 13 -- The Yale University School of Medicine issued the following news: Sanja Dacic, MD, PhD, Professor of Pathology and Vice Chair of Anatomic Pathology, is the new Medical Director of the Tumor Profiling Lab (TPL), succeeding Zenta Walther, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology, who has successfully directed the lab for the past 12 years. Chen Liu, MD, PhD, Anthony N. Brady Professor of Pathology and Chair of Pathology, and Brian R. Smith, MD, Professor of La  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 11 (TNSres) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Medical students with disabilities are at higher risk of burnout than their peers, a new study finds. That risk increases if they're from marginalized groups. * * * Medical students with co-occurring disabilities are more likely than their peers to experience burnout, a new Yale study finds. That risk increases if the student identifies as Asian or in a racial or ethnic group typically underrepresent  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 9 -- Yale University issued the following news: Raul Guzman, a surgeon-scientist with an interest in the underlying mechanisms and clinical implications of arterial calcification, was recently appointed the Donald Guthrie Professor of Vascular Surgery, effective immediately, for a term of 10 years, renewable by the dean of the Yale School of Medicine. Guzman is Chief of the Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy at Yale New Haven Hospital and Surgeon  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 9 (TNSres) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Based on years of research, Yale's George Dragoi argues that our brains develop a cellular template soon after birth that defines how we perceive the world. * * * For centuries, a prevailing theory in philosophy has asserted that at birth the human mind is a blank slate. More recently the same notion has also held sway in the field of neurobiology, where it is commonly held that neural connections are  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 9 -- Yale School of Public Health issued the following news: By Jane E. Dee Binh Phung, MPH '23, used his time in the YSPH Executive MPH program to gain the expertise needed to establish a free clinic for Afghan refugees. Dr. Binh Phung, DO, became a member of the Yale School of Public Health's inaugural Executive MPH class in 2021, determined to expand his knowledge of global health. Phung matriculated into YSPH's new EMPH program with several goals: to improve   more