FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, June 3 -- Save the Children issued the following statement on June 2 by Country Director in Yemen Xavier Joubert: The sharp reduction in funds pledged at today's Virtual Yemen Pledging Conference compared to last year will be catastrophic for Yemeni people as they struggle to contain the coronavirus outbreak, warns Save the Children. This year's pledging conference raised 1.35 billion dollars, just half of the amount pledged at last year's conference, which totalled 2.6  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 1 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut issued the following statement by Executive Director David McGuire on the people are protesting in Bridgeport regarding the death of George Floyd by Minneapolis police: "People are in the streets demanding racial justice and an end to police violence. The protests happening in Bridgeport and elsewhere are a direct response to the violence that police perpetuate in Black communities across the country, including i  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 1 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut issued the following statement by Executive Director David McGuire on the death of George Floyd by Minneapolis police: "People are in the streets across Connecticut right now demanding racial justice, lifting up the value of Black lives, and calling for an end to police violence. Police in Bridgeport and Waterbury have undermined health and safety by responding to peaceful protesters with riot gear and arrests, w  more

HAMDEN, Connecticut, June 4 -- The Quinnipiac University Polling Institute issued the following news release: President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are locked in a very tight race in Texas, with Trump receiving 44 percent of the vote and Biden receiving 43 percent in a general election matchup, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack) University poll released today. Democrats go for Biden 90 - 5 percent, independents do the same 45 - 36 percent, and Republicans go for Tr  more

WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, June 6 -- The Center for Medicare Advocacy issued the following news release: On June 4, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released data on the number of nursing home residents who have died of COVID-19 - almost 32,000 people. We know that many more residents and staff have died, since testing remains so limited and many older people who have COVID do not display the typical respiratory symptoms that are common in younger people. On June 4, CMS also r  more

WEST HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 2 -- The International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators issued the following statement: IACLEA extends its deepest sympathy to the family and friends of George Floyd, who died on May 25 while in the custody of Minneapolis Police Department officers. This incident has caused pain to the Minneapolis community and to millions around the globe who have witnessed it through video. The death of Mr. Floyd and the manner in which he was detained is d  more

WEST HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 2 -- The International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators issued the following news: President John Vinson, PhD, announced the appointment of two members to the IACLEA Board of Directors to fill vacancies that will occur when current Board Members assume new roles on June 25. IACLEA thanks the following two members for their willingness to serve! Lewis A. Eakins, PhD, CPP, chief security officer, Department of Public Safety, and adjunct facult  more

BETHEL, Connecticut, June 4 -- The Journal of Vibration and Control, a peer-reviewed journal of analytical, computational and experimental studies of vibration phenomena and their control from the Society of Experimental Mechanics, published research articles on the following topics in its July 2020 edition: * Optimal passive shunted damping configurations for noise reduction in sandwich panels * Theoretical and experimental investigation of a 1:3 internal resonance in a beam with piezoelectri  more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, June 3 -- Save the Children issued the following news release on June 2: The first-ever ranking of how each county in America protects and provides for its children reveals the most disadvantaged counties are mostly comprised of communities of color, and nearly all are rural, poor, and concentrated in the South, according to a Save the Children report (https://www.savethechildren.org/us/about-us/resource-library/us-childhood-report) released. The bottom-ranked counties a  more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, June 2 -- Save the Children issued the following news release on June 1: Save the Children is launching its second annual summer reading campaign in the United States - Read a Story, Change Their Story. With this spring's unprecedented, nationwide school closures due to coronavirus concerns, summer 2020 will be the longest of children's lives. The 100-day campaign aims to curb summer learning loss while providing support and resources for kids growing up in rural America  more

WESTPORT, Connecticut, June 5 -- Save the Children issued the following news release: A camel library is giving children out of school in some of Ethiopia's most remote villages a unique opportunity to continue reading and learning, despite COVID-19 school closures. Save the Children first began the camel library in 2010. The program includes 21 camels, which are traditionally used by communities in the Somali region of Ethiopia to transport goods across the hot lowland areas. Camels can carry  more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, June 4 -- Save the Children issued the following news release: The cost of life saving items such as personal protective equipment, disposable masks, and oxygen cylinders is skyrocketing in Yemen, leaving millions of people exposed to the Coronavirus with little means to protect themselves or get treated against the rapid spread of the deadly virus in the country. According to Save the Children teams on the ground, the price of disposable facemasks has increased from ar  more

NEW YORK, June 4 -- The World Trade Centers Association issued the following news: The World Trade Centers Association (WTCA), an international non-profit trade association with member "World Trade Centers" around the world, has named Robin van Puyenbroeck as its new Executive Director-Business Development. Mr. van Puyenbroeck has more than 20 years' experience in international business development, corporate strategy, and non-profit leadership. He most recently served as Vice President-Busine  more