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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Connecticut Newsletter for Sunday December 29, 2019 ( 7 items )  

ACLU of Connecticut Issues Statement on Hartford Judicial District State Attorney Hardy Reports
HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 23 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut issued the following statement by Executive Director David McGuire after Hartford Judicial District State's Attorney Gail Hardy released the reports in four unresolved cases of killings by police: "Four families have had to wait years for prosecutors to announce whether they would hold police accountable for killing their loved ones. It remains unconscionable that the Chief State's Attorney and State's Attorney  more

Journal of Symbolic Logic Issues Research Articles in December 2019 Edition
STORRS, Connecticut, Dec. 28 -- The Journal of Symbolic Logic, a journal that says it features mathematical logic and its applications from the Association for Symbolic Logic, published research articles, including the following topics, in its December 2019 edition: * Automatic and Polynomial-Time Algebraic Structures * Blowing Up the Power of a Singular Cardinal of Uncountable Cofinality * Computability Theory, Nonstandard Analysis, and Their Connections * Constructive Reflectivity Principl  more

Journal of Vibration & Control Issues Research Articles in January 2020 Edition
BETHEL, Connecticut, Dec. 25 -- 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 January 2020 edition: * Experimental characterization and performance improvement evaluation of an electromagnetic transducer utilizing a tuned inerter * Exponential stabilization of flexural sway vibration  more

Neighborhood Announces Appointment of Chief Information Officer and Promotion Within Finance Division
SMITHFIELD, Rhode Island, Dec. 28 -- Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island issued the following news: * * * - Ronald Pearsall is appointed chief information officer and Joanne Roux is.promoted to vice president of finance * * * Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island (Neighborhood) made two leadership announcements. Seasoned information technology professional Ronald Pearsall has been appointed chief information officer and Joanne Roux, whose finance career spans more than 30 years, has   more

Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation: Nonprofits Receive $104,950 in Late Fall Grants
TORRINGTON, Connecticut, Dec. 25 -- The Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation issued the following news: The Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation has awarded grants to 28 area nonprofit organizations, totaling $104,950 during its third grant cycle of 2019. The Community Foundation awards discretionary grants to Northwest Connecticut charities three times a year: early spring, late June and late fall. Noteworthy among the recent awards include: * $1,500 to Livingston Ripley Waterfow  more

Save the Children Issues Statement Regarding U.N. Veto on Syria
WESTPORT, Connecticut, Dec. 20 -- Save the Children issued the following statement regarding U.N. veto on Syria: "The UN Security Council must not fail the millions of Syria's children whose lives are at risk and dependent on humanitarian aid" After weeks of negotiations, Russia and China today vetoed a draft UN Security Council resolution renewing Resolution 2449 (2018) to reauthorize the UN and partners to deliver aid to Syria using border crossings not in control by the government of Syria  more

Society for Laboratory Automation, Screening Discovery Kicks Off 2020 With Featured Article
OAK BROOK, Illinois, Dec. 27 -- The Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening issued the following news release: January's edition of SLAS Discovery features an analysis of two plated sets of synthetic compounds available from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), and the author's positive and negative results of using this type of collection in his lab's research. Adam Zweifach, Ph.D., (The University of Connecticut) points out that NCI's compound collections are a valuable resource for   more