HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 4 -- Trinity College issued the following news: Trinity College alumnus Daniel Meyer '80, P'20 will be the 2024 Commencement speaker on Sunday, May 19, at 11:00 a.m., on the Main Quad. He will receive an honorary degree along with a pair of local leaders who have shaped Hartford, Luke and Sara Bronin. A political science major, Meyer gained his first restaurant experience in New York City following graduation. He then went to Europe to study cooking in Italy and Fr  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 5 -- The Connecticut Department of Education issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: Education Commissioner Charlene M. Russell-Tucker is pleased to announce that Dr. Melissa Jenkins was appointed to the role of Chief Turnaround Officer by the State Board of Education at its April 3, 2024, meeting. Dr. Jenkins will spearhead efforts to identify, develop, and implement a range of intervention, transformation, support, and accountability strategies for sch  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 4 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Governor Ned Lamont today is reminding Connecticut residents that thousands of low-to-moderate income individuals and families in the state are eligible to receive a significant boost in tax credits when they file their personal income tax returns this year due to a newly enacted rate change in the Connecticut Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), which has increased from the most re  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 5 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: Governor Ned Lamont and the members of Connecticut's Congressional delegation are applauding an announcement made today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that $5 billion from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, which was created under President Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, is being awarded to the Coalition for Green Capital, a consortium of organizations f  more

IRVINE, California, April 4 (TNSres) -- CoreLogic, a property, mortgage and consumer information provider, issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: * * * * U.S. single-family home prices rose by 5.5% year over year in February and are expected to taper to 3.1% growth by February 2025. * Four of the top five states with the highest annual home price growth are in the Northeast: New Jersey, Rhode Island, Maine and Connecticut * The five states where home prices remain furthest from  more

WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, April 2 -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news: By Lucinda Weiss Recycling cardboard, paper and plastic has become a weekly routine for many households, but Eastern Connecticut State University is taking sustainability a step further by recycling a building as part of its demolition. Eastern Hall, built around the year 2000 as a temporary classroom/office building next to Eastern's library, will have its bits and pieces recovered, re-used   more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 6 -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news: On Friday, March 29, Elsa Nunez, president of Eastern Connecticut State University, was one of 11 recipients of the first SUCCESS Awards, hosted in Houston, TX, by TheDream.US, the Presidents' Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration, and Immigrants Rising. The SUCCESS Awards recognize committed institutions, student advocates and higher education leaders who are supporting undocumented students' acce  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, April 6 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release: Closing out one of the most expansive seasons on record, ESPN will post up from the Phoenix area with live coverage of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship in Glendale, Ariz., featuring live programming throughout the weekend. The College GameDay crew - host Rece Davis, analysts Jay Bilas, Seth Greenberg, Jay Williams, and reporters Christine Williamson and Kris Budden will provide ins  more

STRATFORD, Connecticut, April 6 -- Lockheed Martin issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: The Government of Greece signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) today making official its intent to procure 35 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters built by Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company (NYSE: LMT), via U.S. government Foreign Military Sale. "The latest generation UH-60M Black Hawk will support the Hellenic Ministry of Defense's ongoing modernization and will serve as a dependable heli  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 5 -- Trinity College issued the following news: In celebration of Women's Herstory Month, Trinity College recently welcomed three-time Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas to speak to the community. During a Q&A-style conversation in the Washington Room on March 28 called "Women's Leadership in Motion: An Evening with Olympic Athlete Gabby Douglas," moderated by Trinity students Dansowaa Adu '24 and Mary Hazelton '24, Douglas shared her personal journey as an Olympi  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 2 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following statement on April 1, 2024: * * * Today in Connecticut, hedge fund CEO and mega-millionaire resident David McCormick launched his campaign for the U.S. Senate in his home state. McCormick talked to his fellow Nutmeggers and billionaire backers about his work to continue outsourcing American jobs, investing with U.S. adversaries, and prioritizing wealthy corporations over working families. * * * David   more

WATERBURY, Connecticut, April 3 -- Post University issued the following news release: Over 1,000 members of the Waterbury Regional Chamber and its employees, including families living in the household, will be able to receive a tuition reduction as a result of a new partnership established with Post University. This partnership also extends to the three affiliate Chambers in Naugatuck, Southbury, and Watertown Oakville. "Any chamber member interested in taking a course or pursuing a degree thr  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, April 3 (TNSres) -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: ESPN golf analysts Andy North and Curtis Strange and host Scott Van Pelt participated in a media conference call today to discuss next week's Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club. For the 17th year, ESPN will have live telecasts of the first two rounds at 3 p.m. ET on Thursday and Friday, April 11-12, along with the lead-in program Welcome to the Masters at 1 p  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 2 (TNSres) -- Trinity College issued the following news: A team of Trinity College engineering majors has received a Student Project Grant from the NASA Connecticut Space Grant Consortium (CTSGC). The award supports the group's development of a device that efficiently transforms wave energy into usable electricity. The recipient of the grant is Olivia McMichael '24, who is working with fellow engineering majors Alexandra Barrett '24, Tyler Gillette '24, and Zoe Tif  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 4 -- Trinity College issued the following news: Trinity College's campus will experience a dusk-like darkness on the afternoon of Monday, April 8, when the moon blocks out most of the sun's light during a partial solar eclipse. While Hartford will not see a total eclipse, more than 90 percent of the sun will appear covered. "It will still be quite impressive," said Assistant Professor of Physics Kelly M. Patton. The path of totality--where the moon completely block  more

WEST HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 3 -- The University of Hartford issued the following news: Mary Ziegler, a nationally renowned authority on reproductive and constitutional rights, will present "An Examination and Implications of the Dobbs Decision" on Tuesday, April 9, at 5:30 p.m. in Wilde Auditorium. The event, which is open to the public, is the latest in the University of Hartford's Rogow Distinguished Visiting Lecturer Program, presented in collaboration with the Office for Diversity, E  more

NORWALK, Connecticut, April 3 -- Xerox issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: Xerox Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: XRX) today announced plans to continue the transformation of its operating model. Specifically, in Peru and Ecuador, the operations in these countries will transition to Productive Business Solutions Limited (PBS), the company's long-standing partner throughout Central America, the Caribbean and South America. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter o  more

NORWALK, Connecticut, April 5 -- Xerox issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: Xerox Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: XRX) today announced it has expanded access for channel partners to its portfolio of printers and multifunction printers (MFPs) for the hybrid workplace and production printing presses through Distribution Management Inc., a wholesale distributor of technology serving the print and imaging reseller channel. "As Xerox continues its Reinvention, we are redesigning how  more