HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 8 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut issued the following news release: The parties in McPherson v Lamont reached an agreement, pending approval from a federal judge, to resolve a lawsuit filed by the ACLU of Connecticut and the law firm Dechert LLP on behalf of people incarcerated in Connecticut Department of Correction prisons and jails seeking changes to protect people who are incarcerated from COVID-19. The agreement requires the Department of C  more

NORTHAMPTON, Massachusetts, June 12 -- The Center for Public Representation issued the following news: The Connecticut Legal Rights Project, Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law and Center for Public Representation this week filed a motion for a preliminary injunction in a class action case challenging Connecticut's failure to take adequate steps to protect residents of two state psychiatric hospitals from contracting and dying from COVID-19. Both hospitals, Connecticut Valley Ho  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 12 -- The Connecticut Business and Industry Association issued the following news release: Connecticut business leader Chris DiPentima will be the next president and CEO of CBIA, the state's largest business organization focused on making Connecticut a top state for business, jobs, and economic growth. DiPentima, who is currently division president of Leggett & Platt Aerospace, which includes Pegasus Manufacturing in Middletown, was elected to lead CBIA by the organ  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 6 -- Educators for Excellence issued the following news release: On Friday, June 5, Educators for Excellence-Connecticut reacted to the news that the Hartford Teachers Together slate had secured all leadership positions in the Hartford Federation of Teachers Union election. The Hartford Teachers Together platform prioritized being proactive about seeking teacher perspectives and retaining talented educators; crafting more equitable policies to better serve students;  more

BETHEL, Connecticut, June 9 -- Experimental Mechanics, a journal from the Society for Experimental Mechanics says that it addresses research in design and implementation of novel or enhanced experiments to characterize materials, structures and systems, published research articles on the following topics in its June 2020 edition: * Acoustic Emission Source Localization with Generalized Regression Neural Network Based on Time Difference Mapping Method * Compact Calibration Data for Hole-Drillin  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law issued the following news release: The Connecticut Legal Rights Project, Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law and Center for Public Representation this week filed a motion for a preliminary injunction in a class action case challenging Connecticut's failure to take adequate steps to protect residents of two state psychiatric hospitals from contracting and dying from COVID-19. Both hospitals, Connecticut Valley Hospit  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The National Disability Rights Network issued the following news release: In a significant victory for people with disabilities to ensure equal access to medical care and proper treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic, a formal discrimination complaint filed by Disability Rights Connecticut and a coalition of state and national advocacy organizations, has resulted in the State of Connecticut agreeing to end discriminatory practices that jeopardized equal care and treatment  more

NORTHAMPTON, Massachusetts, June 10 -- The Center for Public Representation issued the following news: In response to the first federal complaint challenging discriminatory hospital "no-visitor" policies, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services announced a resolution (https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/06/09/ocr-resolves-complaints-after-state-connecticut-private-hospital-safeguard-rights-persons.html) making clear that federal law requires hospitals  more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, June 10 -- Save the Children issued the following news release: This week marks three months since the coronavirus pandemic was announced. Billions of children's lives have been turned upside down and never before have so many children been forced out of school. To capture their experiences, Save the Children invited 15 children from 15 countries to write a poem about life under lockdown, sharing their hopes, fears, and how the pandemic has changed their lives. From th  more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, June 12 -- Save the Children issued the following news release: COVID-19 is exacting a heavy toll on already struggling families across Afghanistan. An estimated 8.12 million children--or four in 10--will need some form of emergency assistance in 2020. Earlier this year, Save the Children warned (https://www.savethechildren.org/us/about-us/media-and-news/2020-press-releases/millions-of-children-need-help-in-afghanistan) that an estimated 5.26 million children in Afghani  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 12 -- The Society for Neuroscience issued the following news release: The 2020 Gruber Neuroscience Prize is being awarded to Friedrich Bonhoeffer, of the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Corey Goodman, of venBio, and Marc Tessier-Lavigne, of Stanford University, for their groundbreaking work in elucidating the molecular mechanisms that guide developing axons to their targets, a key step in the formation of neural circuits. The prize, which includes a  more

NEW LONDON, Connecticut, June 9 -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following news release: Over 200 health care workers, family members and supporters rallied across from Lawrence Memorial Hospital May 30, "for safety, protection and respect in the workplace and raising awareness of health care professionals' concerns that without proper personal protective equipment (PPE), communities are at risk." The rally, addressed by Teachers' President Randi Weingarten, was organiz  more