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News Release

October 1, 2013

Rocky Hill, CT — The Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering conducted a Health Impact Assessments (HIA) study on behalf of the Connecticut General Assembly’s Public Health Committee.

An HIA is a relatively new process in the US that is designed to ensure that often overlooked or unanticipated health impacts are considered in proposed policies, programs, projects or plans, particularly in non-health sectors such as transportation, education, energy, housing, and labor.

The CASE Study Committee found that health considerations are often unintentionally overlooked in the development and implementation of policies in these non-health sectors. Taking health into consideration in the decision making process for policies, programs, projects and plans, the Study Committee reports, will make Connecticut a healthier place to live, promote a healthy workforce for its businesses, and potentially avert unnecessary healthcare costs in the future and contribute to disease prevention.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, Connecticut has the fourth highest per capita healthcare spending rate in the country, with chronic conditions accounting for an estimated 75% of that spending. The CASE Study Report shows that the state’s current approach is designed to react after decisions have been made rather than to proactively seek strategies to maximize health benefits and mitigate negative health effects.

As the study shows, HIAs use a flexible, yet systematic, analytical process and provide the basis for making changes to ensure health is appropriately considered during the development of policies, program, projects, and plans, when applicable. The Study Committee recommends that DPH lead the expanded use of HIAs by raising awareness, creating demand for the appropriate use of HIAs, and promoting the need for capacity development within the state to effectively conduct and participate in HIAs. The end goal is not just to conduct HIAs, but to use HIAs as a catalyst for integrating public health into the decision making process throughout all sectors and levels of government.

Visit the CASE website, www.ctcase.org, for further detail in the key points, executive summary or full report.

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The Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering was chartered by the General Assembly in 1976 to provide expert guidance on science and technology to the people and to the state of Connecticut, and to promote the application of science and technology to human welfare and economic well being. For more information about the Academy, please see www.ctcase.org.

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Rocky Hill, CT – The Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (CASE) will present two special CASE Awards at its 38th Annual Meeting and Dinner at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, CT, May 22. The CASE Governing Council created the Distinguished Service Award in 2009 to honor members who have provided outstanding service to the Academy. In addition, CASE created the category of Honorary Membership to recognize an individual not otherwise eligible for membership. The Academy’s Council nominates, and selects by vote, the recipients of these honors.

Dr. Anthony J. (Tony) DeMaria, retired Chief Scientist of Coherent DEOS, will be honored with the Distinguished Service Award at this year’s Annual Meeting. DeMaria became a Charter Member of the Academy in 1976. He is known for his groundbreaking laser research for which he was awarded the 2004 recipient of the CT Medal of Technology. DeMaria was elected to the Academy’s governing council in 1992, served as the Academy’s fourth president from 1994 to 2000 and as past-president from 2000 to 2004. As president, DeMaria chaired the Strategic Planning Committee which developed the Academy’s first long range plan. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences.

Elliot Ginsberg, President and CEO of the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT), was elected to Honorary Membership in recognition of his accomplishments at CCAT, where he identifies and directs the formulation, implementation and execution of innovative economic development tools and programs promoting the region’s technological capabilities. Ginsberg joined CCAT in 2007 after a decade serving as chief of staff to U.S. Rep. John B. Larson. He is on the board of directors for several organizations and serves on the advisory boards for the NASA Space Grant Consortium, the CT Regional Institute for the 21st Century and the Defense Technology Initiative, to name a few. He holds a J.D. from UConn. For the last five years, CCAT has partnered with CASE to support the Academy’s H. Joseph Gerber Medals of Excellence.

Both DeMaria and Ginsberg will receive their honors at the 38th Annual Meeting and Dinner of the Academy this Wednesday, May 22 at Quinnipiac University

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The Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering was chartered by the General Assembly in 1976 to provide expert guidance on science and technology to the people and to the state of Connecticut, and to promote the application of science and technology to human welfare and economic well being. For more information about the Academy, please see www.ctcase.org.

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Rocky Hill, CT — Connecticut’s most talented young scientists and engineers will be honored by the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering at its 38th Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner on May 22, 2013 at Quinnipiac University’s Recreation Center in Hamden. Winners of this year’s Connecticut Science and Engineering Fair, Connecticut Science Challenge, Connecticut Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, and Connecticut Invention Convention will be recognized during the evening ceremonies.

The H. Joseph Gerber Medal of Excellence, established by the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering and presented in partnership with the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, will be awarded to the two first place winners of the Connecticut Science Fair and the first place winner of the Connecticut Science Challenge. The medal was created to recognize and honor H. Joseph Gerber’s (1924-1996) technical leadership in inventing, developing and commercializing manufacturing automation systems for a wide variety of industries, making those industries more efficient and cost-effective in a worldwide competitive environment.

Academy members Laura Grabel, Wesleyan; Marc Lalande, UConn Health Center and Haifan Lin, Yale University, will deliver this year’s keynote address to highlight the accomplishments of the Connecticut Stem Cell Research Program.

Student winners to be honored are:

The H. Joseph Gerber Medal of Excellence:
Kaitavjeet Chowdhary, Glastonbury High School, Glastonbury, CT
2013 Connecticut Science Fair – 1st Place, Life Sciences-Senior Division
Project: Morphogenesis of and Chromosome Segregation in Escherichia coli Branching Mutants

Maxmillian Minichetti, Greenwich High School, Greenwich, CT
2013 Connecticut Science Fair – 1st Place, Physical Sciences-Senior Division
Project: Optimization of a Dye Co-Sensitized Solar Cell to Assist Photo-Electrochemical Water-Splitting with a Nanostructured C-PC Enhanced Fe2O3 Photo-Anode

Annie Zhang, Greenwich High School, Greenwich, CT
2013 Connecticut Science Challenge – 1st Place
Project: Graphene Oxide as a Novel Biosensor in Targeted Delivery of Chemotherapy Drugs

2013 Connecticut Science Challenge
1st Place – See H. Joseph Gerber Medal of Excellence award winner

2nd Place: Yifan Zhang, Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT
Project: Prestin is Targeted to the Basolateral Membrane Using a Tyrosine Motif

Honorable Mention: Alexandru Buhimschi, Hamden Hall Country Day School, Hamden, CT
Project: Improved and Novel Methods for Activation of Psoralens as In-situ Anti-Cancer Agents

2013 Connecticut Junior Science and Humanities Symposium
1st Place: Kaitavjeet Chowdhary, Glastonbury High School, Glastonbury, CT
Morphogenesis of and Chromosome Segregation in Escherichia Coli Branching Mutants

2nd Place: Alexandru Buhimschi, Hamden Hall Country Day School, Hamden, CT
UVB-Induced Psoralen Photoadducts and Their Rapid Detection by Surface Enhanced
Laser Desorption Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (SELDI-TOF MS) Technology

3rd Place: Mallory Madfes, Greenwich High School, Greenwich, CT
Mycoremediation of PCB Soil Contaminants with Pleurotus ostreatus

4th Place: Reed Morgan, Darien High School, Darien, CT
Ethnogenesis and State Formation in the Mycenaean Hither State of Pylos: A-pu2/Iklaina as a Diagnostic

5th Place: Janine Kerr, Danbury High School, Danbury, CT
Biological Control of the Emerald Ash Borer Using Entomopathogenic Fungi and Nematodes

2013 Connecticut Invention Convention
Bristol, CT – St. Anthony School: Courtney Clough
East Hartford, CT — Two Rivers Magnet Middle School: Gina DePasquale, Aditya Kumar, Jennifer Lee, Ryan McKiernan
Fairfield, CT – Our Lady of the Assumption School: Juliet Rose Parker
Farmington, CT — Irving A. Robbins Middle School: Rita Monahan
Hartford, CT – Greater Hartford YMCA: Zaire Edwards
Lakeville, CT — Indian Mountain School: Lilianna Zyszkowski
N. Franklin, CT — Franklin Elementary School: Alyssa Friedrich
Torrington, CT — Torrington Middle School: Morgan Audia, Gabrielle Cilfone, Cassie Fedor, Adam Karpeichik, Nicole Rogers

Thirty-three newly elected members of the Academy will also be recognized during the evening.

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The Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering was chartered by the General Assembly in 1976 to provide expert guidance on science and technology to the people and to the state of Connecticut, and to promote the application of science and technology to human welfare and economic well being. For more information about the Academy, please see www.ctcase.org.

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Rocky Hill, CT – Three Academy members will deliver this year’s keynote address at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (CASE), Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at Quinnipiac University in Hamden.

Laura Grabel of Wesleyan University, Marc Lalande of the UConn Health Center and Haifan Lin of Yale University will highlight the accomplishments of the eight-year-old Connecticut Stem Cell Research Program, which began in 2005. Approximately $69 million in grants have been awarded to date to Connecticut stem cell researchers at Yale, UConn and Wesleyan.

Dr. Grabel is Wesleyan’s Lauren B. Dachs Chair of Science and Society. As Co-PI of the UConn Health Center’s Stem Cell Core grant, Dr. Grabel runs the outreach component of the program. Her work examines many aspects of embryonic stem cell differentiation, most recently the production of neural stem cells and neurons from mouse and human embryonic stem cells.

Marc Lalande is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology and Senior Associate Dean for Research Planning and Coordination in the School of Medicine at UConn. He is also Director of the UConn Stem Cell Institute and its Institute for Systems Genomics. His area of research expertise is molecular genetics and stem cell models of human neurodevelopmental disorders.

Haifan Lin established and directs the Yale Stem Cell Center and is also Professor of Cell Biology and of Genetics at Yale. His work is focused on the self-renewing mechanism of stem cells and his key contributions include the discovery of a novel class of non-coding small RNAs called PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs), which was hailed by the Science Magazine as one of the Ten Scientific Breakthroughs of 2006.

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Rocky Hill, CT — Three outstanding young Connecticut scientists will be awarded the H. Joseph Gerber Medal of Excellence at the 38th Annual Meeting and Dinner of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (CASE) on May 22, 2013, at Quinnipiac University’s Recreation Center in Hamden.

The award, created by the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering and presented in partnership with Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT), is in recognition of H. Joseph Gerber’s (1924-1996) technical leadership in inventing, developing and commercializing manufacturing automation systems for a wide variety of industries, making those industries more efficient and cost-effective in a worldwide competitive environment.

“The Academy is grateful for CCAT’s continued support in recognizing Connecticut’s top student scientists and engineers with this award,” said CASE President Lou Manzione. “The Gerber Awards celebrate ten years of excellence in scientific achievement among high school students. These awards honor the memory of the inventor, entrepreneur and CASE Member for whom they are named.”

As an inventor and as founder, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board and President for South Windsor-based Gerber Scientific, Inc., Mr. Gerber was a leader for nearly half a century in inventing and producing factory automation equipment designed to solve global manufacturing problems. An elected member of the National Academy of Engineering and the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering, Mr. Gerber received the National Medal of Technology in 1994 followed by the Connecticut Medal of
Technology in 1995.

The recipients of this year’s H. Joseph Gerber Medal of Excellence are 2013 Connecticut Science Fair winners Kaitavjeet Chowdhary (1st Place, Life Sciences – Senior Division) of Glastonbury High School and Maxmillian Minichetti (1st Place, Physical Sciences – Senior Division) of Greenwich High School; and 2013 Connecticut Science Challenge 1st place winner Annie Zhang, also of Greenwich High School.

Chowdhary’s winning Science Fair entry was entitled, “Morphogenesis of and Chromosome Segregation in Escherichia coli Branching Mutants,” and Minichetti’s award was for his project, “Optimization of a Dye CoSensitized Solar Cell to Assist Photo-Electrochemical Water-Splitting with a Nanostructured C-PC Enhanced Fe2O3 Photo-Anode.” Zhang, the winner of the Connecticut Science Challenge, won for her project, “Graphene Oxide as a Novel Biosensor in Targeted Delivery of Chemotherapy Drugs.”

The Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT) sponsors the award as part of its goal to strengthen the quality of high school STEM education.

“It takes an extraordinary student to become a Gerber Medal of Excellence recipient and CCAT is proud to be a partner in recognizing the scientific achievements and leadership of these students, “ said Elliot Ginsberg, President and Chief Executive Officer, CCAT. “Their innovative projects demonstrate how an education grounded in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics impacts our lives and the continued economic growth of our state every day.”

About CCAT: The Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, Inc. (CCAT) is a nonprofit corporation that serves as a unique economic development center of excellence for the region, state and nation. www.ccat.us

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The Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering was chartered by the General Assembly in 1976 to provide expert guidance on science and technology to the people and to the state of Connecticut, and to promote the application of science and technology to human welfare and economic well being. For more information about the Academy, please see www.ctcase.org.

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Hartford, April 17, 2013 — Nobel Prize-winner Thomas A. Steitz of Yale University will receive the 2013 Connecticut Medal of Science for his ground-breaking work on the structure and function of the ribosome, the protein making factory key to the function of all life. Dr. Steitz is Yale’s Sterling Professor Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry and Professor of Chemistry, as well as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator.

The award will be presented at the annual meeting of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering on May 22, 2013 at Quinnipiac University.

Steitz shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry with Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Ada Yonath, for the use of X-ray crystallography to map the position for each and every one of the hundreds of thousands of atoms that make up the ribosome. Steitz’ research has focused on the molecular mechanisms by which the proteins and nucleic acids involved in the central dogma of molecular biology carry out gene expression from replication and recombination of the DNA genome, to its transcription into mRNA, followed by the various components associated with the translation of mRNA into protein. Not only are these processes fundamental to all life forms, but many of the macromolecules involved in these processes are known or potential targets for therapeutic drugs.

In 2001, Steitz, along with Susan Froshauer, Yale colleagues Peter Moore and Bill Jorgensen and others, founded New Haven-based Rib-X Pharmaceuticals to apply the research in the creation of new classes of antibiotics to treat multi-drug resistant infections like tuberculosis and E-coli. The company has attracted millions of dollars of investment and sustained a team of 45 full-time employees to date.

Dr. Steitz is also known for his astute mentoring of students and post-doctoral fellows many who have become leaders in their institutions. He has been a member of Yale’s faculty since 1970 and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator since 1986. A graduate of Lawrence College in Appleton, Wisconsin, Steitz earned his PhD in molecular biology and biochemistry from Harvard. His other awards include the Pfizer prize from the American Chemical Society, the Rosenstiel Award for distinguished work in basic biomedical sciences, the AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize, the Keio Medical Science Prize, and the Gairdner International Award. He has been a member of the National Academy of Sciences since 1990 and the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering since 1991.

The Connecticut Medal of Science is the state’s highest honor for technological achievement in fields crucial to Connecticut’s economic competiveness. Modeled after the National Medal of Science, this award is made by the Connecticut Office of Higher Education, with the assistance of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering, in alternate years with the Connecticut Medal of Technology.

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Rocky Hill, CT —The Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering announces the election of thirty-three of Connecticut’s leading experts in science, engineering and technology to membership in the Academy. The newly elected members will be introduced at the Academy’s 38th Annual Meeting and Dinner on May 22, 2013, at Quinnipiac University in Hamden.

The thirty-three newly elected members are:

  • Eric Altman, Professor, Department of Chemical & Environmental Engineering, Yale University
  • Thomas J. Barber, Professor in Residence, Mechanical Engineering, University of Connecticut
  • David Beveridge, University Professor of Natural Science and Mathematics, Wesleyan University
  • Allan J. Brockett, Vice President, Engineering-Module Centers, Pratt & Whitney
  • Edgar M. Brown, Technical Manager Reactor Protection Systems, Nuclear Automation, Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC
  • John Carlson, Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University
  • Wilson K.S. Chiu, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Connecticut
  • Robin Côté, Professor of Physics, University of Connecticut
  • Alan H. Epstein, Vice President, Technology and Environment, Pratt & Whitney
  • Joan Feigenbaum, Grace Murray Hopper Professor of Computer Science, Yale University
  • David U. Furrer, Senior Fellow Discipline Lead, Materials and Processes Engineering, Pratt & Whitney
  • Jorge Galán, Lucille P. Markey Professor of Microbiology and Chairman, Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale School of Medicine
  • Evangelos Hadjimichael, Professor and Former Dean, School of Engineering, Fairfield University
  • Arianna Kalian, Vice President, Engineering and Operations, ClearEdge Power
  • Richard W. Korsmeyer, Senior Research Fellow and Head of External Technology & Collaborations, Pfizer, Inc.
  • George Lister, Jean McLean Wallace Professor of Pediatrics and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, and Chair, Pediatrics, Yale
  • Edison T. Liu, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Jackson Laboratory, at UCHC, Farmington
  • J. Patrick Loria, Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Yale University
  • Joseph Mantese, Research Fellow, United Technologies Research Center
  • Tom A. Martin, President and Board Chairman, Phonon
  • David Mazurek, Professor, Civil Engineering, U.S. Coast Guard Academy
  • C. Thomas Philbrick, Connecticut State University Distinguished Professor, Western Connecticut State University
  • Marina Picciotto, Charles B. G. Murphy Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Neurobiology and of Pharmacology; Assistant Chair for Basic Science Research, Yale School of Medicine
  • Leon Pintsov, Chief Scientist and Vice President, International Standards and Advanced Technology, Pitney Bowes, Inc.
  • Nalini Ravishanker, Professor, Statistics, University of Connecticut
  • Chittaranjan Sahay, Vernon D. Roosa Distinguished Professor of Manufacturing Engineering, University of Hartford
  • Bryce Samson, Vice President of Business Development, Nufern
  • Ripi Singh, Director, R&D, Renewable Power/Solar, Alstom Power
  • Hong Tang, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Physics and Applied Physics, Yale University
  • Frank M. Torti, Executive Vice President for Health Affairs & Dean, School of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center
  • Suzy V. Torti, Professor, Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center
  • J. Evan Ward, Professor, Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut
  • Mei Wei, Professor, Chemical, Materials, and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Connecticut

Election to the Academy is on the basis of scientific and engineering distinction achieved through significant contributions in theory or applications, as demonstrated by original published books and papers, patents, the pioneering of new and developing fields and innovative products, outstanding leadership of nationally recognized technical teams, and external professional awards in recognition of scientific and engineering excellence.

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The Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering was chartered by the General Assembly in 1976 to provide expert guidance on science and technology to the people and to the state of Connecticut, and to promote the application of science and technology to human welfare and economic well being. For more information about the Academy, please see www.ctcase.org.

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Rocky Hill, CT – Paul R. Adams, Senior Vice President of Operations and Engineering at Pratt & Whitney, will deliver this year’s keynote address at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (CASE), Thursday, May 31, 2012, at the University of Connecticut’s Rome Ballroom in Storrs. Adams is among the Academy’s 39 newly elected members for 2012. He will discuss P&W’s PurePower® Geared Turbofan™ (GTF) engine, a game changing technology that has altered the normal course of commercial jet engine development.

Adams has more than 29 years of leadership in program management and engineering with extensive, global experience in the aircraft engine industry. He joined Pratt & Whitney from Williams International in 1999 and was appointed to his current position in October 2011. His responsibilities include new product development, technology strategy, manufacturing operations, and supply chain management. The results of his efforts and leadership have contributed significantly to the company’s improved productivity and overall product competitiveness. Previously, he served as P&W’s Senior Vice President of Engineering and Vice President of Engineering Module Centers, where he has been instrumental in the development of both the Joint Strike Fighter and Geared Turbofan™ products.

Adams additionally serves on the advisory boards of the University of Michigan Aerospace Engineering Department and the University of Connecticut School Of Engineering. He completed the Stanford Executive Program through the Stanford Graduate Business School
and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan.

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The Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering was chartered by the General Assembly in 1976 to provide expert guidance on science and technology to the people and to the state of Connecticut, and to promote the application of science and technology to human welfare and economic well being. For more information about the Academy, please see www.ctcase.org.

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Evening to Feature Keynote Address from Pratt & Whitney executive Paul Adams, Student Awards and CT Medal of Technology Presentation

What: 37th Annual Meeting of Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering

Where: University of Connecticut, Rome Ballroom, Storrs, CT

When: Thursday, May 31st, 2012, 6:00− 9:30 p.m.

Student Award Presentations: Students will display their projects during the 6:00-7:00 p.m. reception and will receive awards during dinner (includes winners of this year’s Connecticut Science Fair, Connecticut Science Challenge, Connecticut Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, and Connecticut Invention Convention).

Gerber Medals: The H. Joseph Gerber Medal of Excellence, established by the Academy and presented in partnership the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, will be awarded to the three top student winners.

New Academy Members: Thirty-nine newly elected members of the Academy will be introduced.

Special CASE Awards: CASE will award Honorary Membership to Glenn Cassis, Executive Director of the African-American Affairs Commission.

CT Medal of Technology: The 2012 Connecticut Medal of Technology will be presented to Dr. Yaakov Bar-Shalom, Marianne E. Klewin Professor in Engineering and Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor, University of Connecticut. Catherine Smith, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development will present the medal on behalf of Governor Dannel P. Malloy.

Keynote: Academy Member Paul R. Adams, Senior Vice President of Operations and Engineering at Pratt & Whitney will discuss the game changing PurePower® Geared Turbofan™ (GTF) engine.

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The Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering was chartered by the General Assembly in 1976 to provide expert guidance on science and technology to the people and to the state of Connecticut, and to promote the application of science and technology to human welfare and economic well being. For more information about the Academy, please see www.ctcase.org.

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Rocky Hill, CT – The Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (CASE) will present Honorary Membership to Glenn Cassis, Executive Director of the African-American Affairs Commission, at its Annual Meeting and Dinner, May 31, at the University of Connecticut’s Rome Ballroom in Storrs. The CASE Governing Council created the category of Honorary Membership to recognize an individual not otherwise eligible for membership. The Council nominates, and selects by vote, the recipients of this honor.

Cassis is recognized for his more than 20 years of service as the Executive Director of the Connecticut PreEngineering Program (CPEP) and for his support and stewardship of education programs as Executive Director of the African-American Affairs Commission (AAAC). CPEP is a non-profit educational program that encourages underrepresented minority and female middle and high school students to pursue careers in science, technology, mathematics and engineering. Under Cassis’ leadership, CPEP expanded from a single school district serving 43 students to 12 urban school districts serving more than 9,000 students. Through grants and proposals, he was responsible for increasing the annual budget from $20,000 to $1.4 million.

AAAC’s mission is to improve and promote the economic development, education, health, and political well being of the African-American community in Connecticut through advocacy, information sharing, cultural awareness, community networking and influencing legislation. Since becoming Executive Director of AAAC, Cassis has remained active in STEM initiatives including serving on the Board of Directors of the Connecticut Academy for Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology until June 2011, as well as testifying before the General Assembly on STEM education issues. Additionally, he has led and coordinated KnowHowToGo and College Goal Sunday, two statewide college preparation initiatives targeting first generation students.

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The Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering was chartered by the General Assembly in 1976 to provide expert guidance on science and technology to the people and to the state of Connecticut, and to promote the application of science and technology to human welfare and economic well being. For more information about the Academy, please see www.ctcase.org.

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