HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Sept. 18 (TNSPer) -- Stevens Institute of Technology issued the following news release: Jason Corso, an academic thought-leader and entrepreneur in A.I., will join Stevens Institute of Technology on Jan. 1, 2021 as the new director of the Stevens Institute for Artificial Intelligence (SIAI). Corso's recruitment underscores the university's deep commitment to A.I. and its vision that scholars and everyday citizens alike will look to Stevens as a leader in A.I. research and e  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Sept. 18 (TNSMon) -- Princeton University issued the following news release: Largest gift to the University by Black and Latino donors expands ability of University to attract and support talented students from all backgrounds and highlights the promise of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging for the larger community. Kwanza Jones and Jose E. Feliciano have made a major gift to Princeton University, a $20 million contribution that is the largest gift to date by Bla  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following statement by Chair New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy: * * * DGA Chair New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy issued the following statement on Governor John Carney's securing the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in Delaware: "Congratulations to Gov. Carney on securing the Democratic nomination for governor in Delaware. "In his first term, Gov. Carney built the largest infrastructure program in Delaware history, fought fo  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: Under the leadership of New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, the Democratic Governors Association's investment in a robust digital program is paying off big time - in August, the DGA raised $5.4 million from its digital program alone, more than it raised in all of 2016 and 2018. Even in the face of unexpected challenges, Gov. Murphy's efforts have put the DGA in a great position to win gubernatorial races across th  more

RUTHERFORD, New Jersey, Sept. 15 (TNSPer) -- Felician University issued the following news release: Chris Swenson, chair of the university's Board of Trustees is proud to announce the appointment of James W. Crawford III to the position of Interim University President. The Interim President will officially take office on September 29. Crawford is a retired Admiral and the 43rd Judge Advocate General (JAG) of the United States Navy. He was selected by unanimous vote of the Board of Trustees. A  more

RUTHERFORD, New Jersey, Sept. 18 (TNSPer) -- Felician University issued the following news release: Sr. Suzanne Kush, CSSF has a passion for higher education, and translates that passion into action to support Felician University. "I'm willing to give my time and energy in any way that I can to contribute to the growth of Felician University, and work for the good of the students and the institution." It's something Sr. Kush, one of Felician University's newest Board of Trustee members, has al  more

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, Sept. 17 -- Forbes Media, a global media, branding and technology company with a focus on news and information about business, investing, technology, entrepreneurship, leadership and affluent lifestyles, issued the following news release: Forbes today announced a new interactive hub to track how America's billionaires are using their wealth to influence this year's U.S. Presidential election. Forbes has been tracking wealth is America for almost 40 years now and is able  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news on Sept. 16: Today, a coalition of 12 Democratic governors led by DGA Chair New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy sent a letter to President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell calling on them to end their attacks on the United States Postal Service. The governors also urge Congress to deliver an additional $25 billion in funding to the Post Office in order to ensure a safe, secure election this fal  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Sept. 17 -- John Wiley and Sons issued the following news release: John Wiley and Sons Inc. (NYSE:JWa) (NYSE:JWb) and the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles (ISEV) are pleased to announce their open access publishing partnership for the Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. The journal will transition to the Wiley Online Library platform in the fall of 2020. Founded by ISEV in 2012 as an open access publication, the Journal of Extracellular Vesicles has establis  more

HELENA, Montana, Sept. 18 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: Once again, Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney is shattering fundraising records - more than doubling the amount Gov. Steve Bullock raised during a similar period in 2016 - in what's being described as a "dominant showing of support from Montanans." Fueled by grassroots support, Lt. Gov. Cooney is entering the fall statistically tied with New Jersey multimillionaire Greg Gianforte, despite Gianforte spending million  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 17 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Sept. 16: Governor Phil Murphy and Department of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Marlene Caride today announced $3.5 million in grant funding for community organizations to serve as state Navigators to provide free outreach, education, and enrollment assistance to residents shopping for health insurance during the Affordable Care Act Open Enrollment Period. Despite drastic federal cuts to th  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 17 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Sept. 16: Governor Murphy today announced that Chief Counsel Matt Platkin will depart the Murphy Administration next month to pursue an opportunity in the private sector. Platkin has served as Chief Counsel to the Governor since the beginning of the Administration in January 2018. "For the past five years, Matt has been by my side counseling me on every single consequential decision I've made,  more

SOUTH AMBOY, New Jersey, Sept. 16 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Sept. 15: Governor Phil Murphy, Department of Transportation Commissioner Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti, NJ TRANSIT President & CEO Kevin Corbett, Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, and local elected officials today celebrated a groundbreaking ceremony for construction on the Raritan River Bridge Replacement Project, which will replace the existing swing-span bridge that carries NJ TRANSIT's Nort  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 19 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Sept. 18: Fulfilling a commitment to enact sweeping protections for environmental justice communities, Governor Phil Murphy today, alongside U.S. Senator Cory Booker, Mayor Ras Baraka, Senator Troy Singleton, Assemblyman John McKeon, and environmental advocates, signed legislation (S232), which requires the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to evaluate the environmental and publ  more

CAPE MAY, New Jersey, Sept. 18 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Sept. 17: Governor Phil Murphy today signed legislation (A3201), which designates the Howell House on Lafayette Street in Cape May, New Jersey as the official New Jersey Harriet Tubman Museum. The Governor participated in the ribbon-cutting ceremony today for the museum. The Howell House is owned by the Macedonia Baptist Church. In 2018, the church gave Robert, Zach, and Cynthia Mullock permis  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 17 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Sept. 16: Acting on a commitment to reform and build a more resilient long-term care industry, Governor Phil Murphy today signed a legislative package to address systemic challenges, mitigate the impact of COVID-19, and strengthen preparedness for future outbreaks. The legislative package enacts several recommendations made in Manatt Health's rapid review of the state's long-term care facilitie  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 15 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Sept. 14: Today, Governor Phil Murphy signed the following bills and resolutions into law: S-349/A-1993 (Smith, Greenstein/Pinkin, Benson, Kennedy) - Requires developers to offer electric vehicle charging stations as option in certain new home construction S-806/A-895 (Cunningham, Pou/Giblin, Timberlake, Jasey) - Provides that New Jersey Better Educational Savings Trust (NJBEST) Program schol  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 18 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Sept. 17: Governor Phil Murphy, Lieutenant Governor Sheila Oliver, Senate President Steve Sweeney, Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, Senate Budget Chair Paul Sarlo, and Assembly Budget Chair Eliana Pintor Marin today announced that that the revised Fiscal Year 2021 (FY2021) budget will raise the state's gross income tax rate on income between $1 million and $5 million per year. The rate will inc  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 16 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Sept. 15: Governor Phil Murphy today advised individuals traveling to New Jersey from states or territories with significant community spread of COVID-19 to quarantine for a 14-day period from the time of last contact within the identified state or territory. The updated advisory includes one additional territory, Puerto Rico-- with California, Hawaii, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, and Ohio remo  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Sept. 16 -- Newark Board of Education issued the following news release: Superintendent Roger Leon and the Newark Board of Education are proud to announce the launch of the district's first Parent University on September 15th and 16th, 2020. "The Parent University signifies a renewed partnership between our schools, the district, and families and home," Superintendent Leon said. "We know that parents are their child's first teachers, and this collaboration will help parents  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Sept. 18 (TNSRes) -- Princeton University issued the following news release on Sept. 17: "Do not erase." "Recycle me." "Free to a good home." Humans post these signs to indicate whether something has value or not, whether it should be disposed of or not. Inside our cells, a sophisticated recycling system uses its own enzymatic signs to flag certain cells for destruction -- and a different set of enzymes can remove those flags. Changing the balance between those two group  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Sept. 17 (TNSRes) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School will be a clinical test site for a study assessing the long term risk of chronic kidney disease in patients who recover from COVID-19. The "Multi-Center Assessment of Survivors for Kidney Disease after COVID-19 (MASKeD-COVID) study - conducted by the Division of Nephrology at Mount Sinai - will assess risk in up to 4,000 patients who have recovered from COVID-19 using  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Sept. 17 (TNSGra) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: The Institute of Jazz Studies (IJS) at Rutgers University-Newark recently received a $443,500 "Save America's Treasures" grant from the National Park Service, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Over a three-year period, IJS will use the grant and matching funds it currently is raising to stabilize, c  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Sept. 15 (TNSJou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Students who Google their homework answers may get a short-term boost but at the cost of longer-term harm, according to a new study by Rutgers-New Brunswick psychology professor Arnold Glass in the School of Arts and Sciences. Unless we change the way students complete their assignments, reliance on the internet may turn homework into an ineffective ritual, he said. How is the internet affecting stud  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Sept. 15 (TNSRes) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: COVID-19 has left many victims of domestic violence facing difficulties feeding their children and accessing services for safe housing, transportation and childcare once they leave shelters, according to a Rutgers study published in the journal Violence Against Women. "Many survivors exiting domestic violence shelters are reporting difficulties in accessing resources within the community. Survivors in  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Sept. 9 (TNSJou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: A tick species associated with bats has been reported for the first time in New Jersey and could pose health risks to people, pets and livestock, according to a Rutgers-led study in the Journal of Medical Entomology. This species (Carios kelleyi) is a "soft" tick. Deer ticks, which carry Lyme disease, are an example of "hard" ticks. "All ticks feed on blood and may transmit pathogens (disease-causing   more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Sept. 17 (TNSJou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Children who take oral steroids to treat asthma or autoimmune diseases have an increased risk of diabetes, high blood pressure, and blood clots, according to Rutgers researchers. The study, which was published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, examined the records of more than 933,000 US children from ages 1 to 18 with or without autoimmune diseases, such as inflammatory bowel disease, juvenile  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Sept. 16 (TNSJou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Faulty glass in tables can cause life-threatening injuries, according to a Rutgers study, which provides evidence that stricter federal regulations are needed to protect consumers. The study, published in The American Journal of Surgery, reviewed 3,241 cases in the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System database and 24 cases from a level 1 trauma center. They found most of the injuries occurre  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Sept. 9 (TNSRep) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Land development in New Jersey has slowed dramatically since the 2008 Great Recession, but it's unclear how the COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to fight societal and housing inequality will affect future trends, according to a Rutgers co-authored report. Between 2012 and 2015, 10,392 acres in the Garden State became urban land. That's 3,464 acres a year - far lower than the 16,852 acres per year in the l  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Sept. 16 (TNSPer) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Donna Gustafson has been appointed interim director of the Zimmerli Art Museum, one of the nation's largest and most respected university-based museums. Gustafson also continues to serve as the museum's curator of American art and Mellon Director for academic programs. Her most recent exhibition, Angela Davis--Seize the Time, co-curated with Gerry Beegan, associate professor of design at Rutgers-New B  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Sept. 17 (TNSJou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: A Rutgers-led team has created a smart drug delivery system that reduces inflammation in damaged nervous tissues and may help treat spinal cord injuries and other neurological disorders. The system, which uses extremely thin biomaterials implanted in the body, also protects nerve fibers (axons) that connect nerve cells in injured neural tissues, according to a study in the journal Advanced Materials.   more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Sept. 16 (TNSJou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Scientists have long believed that ocean viruses always quickly kill algae, but Rutgers-led research shows they live in harmony with algae and viruses provide a "coup de grace" only when blooms of algae are already stressed and dying. The study, published in the journal Nature Communications, will likely change how scientists view viral infections of algae, also known as phytoplankton - especially the  more

GALLOWAY, New Jersey, Sept. 12 (TNSRes) -- Stockton University issued the following news on Sept. 11: Senior Chemistry and Biochemistry major Kathleen Ngo discovered a bright idea for a new type of light source after using an unexpected chemical during her research with Wooseok Ki, assistant professor of Chemistry. Ki's research looks for alternatives to rare earth elements that can be used to synthesize the phosphors that illuminate organic LEDs, which are used to light digital displays and   more

SARATOGA SPRINGS, New York, Sept. 16 (TNSCXX) -- The State University of New York's Empire State College issued the following news release on Sept. 15: SUNY Empire State College and the Independent Drivers Guild today announced a new partnership to help more than 200,000 for-hire drivers in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut advance their education by reducing the cost and time required for degree completion through SUNY Empire's personalized, flexible model. Through SUNY Empire's Corporat  more

WAYNE, New Jersey, Sept. 16 (TNSGra) -- William Paterson University issued the following news: William Paterson University has been awarded a five-year $1 million Scholarships-in-STEM grant from the National Science Foundation, which will support WP students majoring in mathematics and computer science through scholarships and mentoring. "The overall goal of this project is to increase STEM degree completion of low-income, high achieving undergraduates with demonstrated financial need," says V  more