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Robert Johnson was named dean of Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in 2011, becoming the first alumnus to serve in that role.

According to the CDC, alcohol is the leading cause of preventable deaths in the nation with a yearly total of about 95,000.

Pederson writes, "The excessive use of alcohol continues to be the No. 1 health problem in the U.S. The cost of dealing with the harms caused and the lives lost by excessive drinking is enormous."

Richard Lemons, executive director for the Connecticut Center for School Change, gives an update on the effort to create a new strategic operating plan for Norwalk Public Schools, Tuesday at the Board of Education meeting. NORWALK, Conn. — The dates for high school graduations and middle school promotion ceremonies are set, but the exact number of people who will be allowed at each are still up in the air, Norwalk Public Schools Superintendent Alexandra Estrella said at the Board of Education...