EWING, New Jersey, Oct. 21 (TNSPer) -- The College of New Jersey issued the following news on Oct. 20: The Center for Future Educators at TCNJ announced today that Jeanne DelColle has been appointed as its director. DelColle is an award-winning social studies teacher who has collected numerous accolades during her 25-year career including NJ Council for the Humanities Teacher of the Year, NJ History Teacher of the Year, and 2012 NJ State Teacher of the Year. "Working with the Center for Futur  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Oct. 22 -- John Wiley and Sons issued the following news release: Among women with breast cancer, colorectal cancer, or melanoma, those who were taking cholesterol-lowering medications, were less likely to die from cancer, according to an analysis published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. The analysis included 20,046,11,719 and 6,430 women in Australia who were diagnosed with breast cancer, colorectal cancer, and melanoma, respectively, from 2003 to 2013.   more

EWING, New Jersey, Oct. 24 (TNSCon) -- The College of New Jersey issued the following news: TCNJ School of the Arts and Communication is launching a new digital platform this fall. ArtsComm DIGITAL features student-generated content, virtual performances and alumni stories in an easily accessible online format. The digital platform, which lives right on the TCNJ website, includes embedded YouTube videos, links to web stories for viewers to read more about a particular subject, and access to v  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Oct. 22 -- John Wiley and Sons issued the following news release: Results from a new study published in Alzheimer's & Dementia support emerging evidence suggesting that noise may influence individuals' risk of developing dementia later in life. Researchers studied 5,227 participants of the Chicago Health and Aging Project who were aged 65 years or older, of whom 30% had mild cognitive impairment and 11% had Alzheimer's disease. They found that persons living with 10 decibe  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: New Jersey multi-millionaire Greg Gianforte just got caught red-handed trying to buy the election for Montana governor. Yesterday, the Commissioner of Political Practices ruled Gianforte violated campaign finance laws, and referred the case to the local county prosecutor. Since the primary, Gianforte has raised money into his primary election account to pay back the millions he loaned himself early in the ra  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: Good Jobs MT, an independent organization backed by the Democratic Governors Association, released a new TV ad in Montana, "Reasons." There are a lot of reasons Montanans don't like New Jersey multi-millionaire Greg Gianforte. As Montana's sole Congressman, Gianforte voted in favor of putting Social Security at risk while receiving millions in tax breaks for himself. He doesn't believe in Social Security, s  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Oct. 22 -- John Wiley and Sons issued the following news release: A new analysis of nine years of nationwide data examines the impacts of the Black Lives Matter movement on fatal interactions with police, and on crime and arrests. The analysis, which is published in Contemporary Economic Policy, found that that one additional protest was associated with a drop of 0.22 fatal encounters per 10 million Black population in the subsequent month or a 3.34% drop in the average nu  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Oct. 22 -- John Wiley and Sons issued the following news release: What impact does a classroom's indoor environment have on teaching, learning, and students' academic achievement in colleges and universities? This is the question researchers set out to answer in their analysis of all relevant published studies. In the analysis published in Indoor Air (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/16000668), the team looked at indoor air, thermal, acoustic, and lighting condition  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 21 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following joint statement: * * * "Our states have worked together successfully in combating this pandemic since the beginning and we'll continue to do so. "The travel advisory was designed to keep our respective states safe, with the understanding that we are a connected region, dependent on each other when it comes to commerce, education, and health care. "We're urging all of our residents to avoid unnecessary or n  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Oct. 22 -- John Wiley and Sons issued the following news release: Savvy leaders know that the one voice that matters most is the voice of the customer. But are we really listening? In these uncertain times, businesses are trying to survive and thrive. People want to know: what will the future look like? In her new book, Listen Up!, Author and Vice President of Customer and Market Insights at Salesforce, Karen Mangia reminds us of the words of Eleanor Roosevelt: "The future   more

HELENA, Montana, Oct. 24 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: Months into a pandemic that has claimed more than 220,000 American lives, New Jersey megamillionaire Greg Gianforte continues downplaying the worst public health crisis in a century. In a recent interview with Montana Public Radio, Gianforte compared the number of Montanans who have died from COVID-19 to the number that have died in car crashes, revealing once again his fundamental inability to take thi  more

HELENA, Montana, Oct. 24 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: Greg Gianforte's infamous anti-public lands record is attracting national headlines. This week, the megamillionaire from New Jersey was named to the League of Conservation Voters "Dirty Dozen," a list of the twelve worst candidates for conservation running for office across the country. As noted by LCV, Gianforte sued public land owners to block stream access to a popular fishing access site on the East  more

EWING, New Jersey, Oct. 21 -- The College of New Jersey issued the following news: James Felton has dedicated his career to diversity work in higher education. Influenced by his grandmother, who bought him his first book, a friend with a disability, and his experience as one of the few people of color at a predominantly white college, he's poised to lead the The College of New Jersey as Vice President of Inclusive Excellence. Felton sat down with us to talk about his plans for making TCNJ a pla  more

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Oct. 21 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Oct. 20: Governor Phil Murphy today announced his nomination of Dr. Angelica Allen-McMillan, Ed.D., as the next Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Education. "From day one, I pledged to select a Commissioner of Education with experience in public education. We fulfilled that promise through the nomination of Dr. Repollet, and maintain that promise today," said Governor Murphy. "A  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 20 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Oct. 19: Governor Phil Murphy today signed legislation (S2519) which requires public health emergency credits to be awarded to certain inmates and parolees during a public health emergency. The legislation includes certain exclusions and prohibits inmates or parolees to contact their victims upon their release. "Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, our administration has worked tireles  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 24 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Oct. 23: Governor Phil Murphy today signed two bills (S2712 and S2785) ordering reforms to the long-term care industry. The bills implement recommendations from the Manatt Health Report, released on June 3, 2020. S2712 requires minimum direct care staff-to-resident ratios in New Jersey long-term care facilities. Additionally, the legislation will establish the Special Task Force on Direct Care  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 20 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Oct. 19: Governor Phil Murphy today signed three bills (A2370, A4371, and A4373) which together establish a compassionate release program for certain inmates, require a cost savings study of compassionate release programs and elimination of mandatory minimum terms, establish a "Corrections Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention Fund," and add a defendant's youth to the list of permissible mitigatin  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 20 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Oct. 19: Today, Governor Phil Murphy signed the following bills and resolutions into law S-2584/A-3622 (Cunningham, Pou/Quijano, Vainieri Huttle, Murphy) - Makes changes to membership and responsibilities of Campus Sexual Assault Commission A-1263/S-1914 (Schaer, Johnson/Pou, Cardinale) - Prohibits act, practice or arrangement constituting stranger-originated life insurance A-2394/S-401 (Wimb  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 22 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Oct. 21: Today, Governor Phil Murphy and Congressman Donald Norcross announced $14 million in additional Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding to develop workforce development programs. The programs are designed to help businesses impacted by COVID-19 replenish their workforce and help jobless residents learn new skills that lead to successful reemployment. "As this p  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 21 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Oct. 20: Today, Governor Phil Murphy 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 the addition of Arizona and Maryland, bringing the total to 39 states and territories. The travel advisory a  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Oct. 21 -- The Oklahoma State Senate issued the following news release: Sen. Chuck Hall, R-Perry, and Sen. Mary Boren, D-Norman, held a bipartisan study Tuesday to examine Oklahoma's use of pre-paid benefit cards. The state contracts with New Jersey-based Conduent for a majority of state benefit cards including tax refunds, government assistance and unemployment benefits. "The legislature's job is to ensure Oklahomans' tax dollars are used as efficiently as possible fo  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 22 (TNSRes) -- Princeton University issued the following news release: Are obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular illnesses and more the result of a "mismatch" between the meals we eat and the foods our bodies are prepared for? The "mismatch hypothesis" argues that each of our bodies has evolved and adapted to digest the foods that our ancestors ate, and that human bodies will struggle and largely fail to metabolize a radically new set of foods. "Humans evolved in a ver  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 22 (TNSRes) -- Princeton University issued the following news release: Two Princeton researchers, architect Stefana Parascho and engineer Sigrid Adriaenssens, dreamed of using robots to simplify construction, even when building complex forms. "We want to use robots to build beautiful architecture more sustainably," said Adriaenssens, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and the director of the Form Finding Lab. So the professors partnered w  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 21 -- University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism issued the following news: On Aug. 8, USC Annenberg alumna Rachel Scott reached a career milestone that only a select few journalists ever attain: For the first time as an official White House correspondent, she asked a direct question of the president of the United States. At an impromptu press conference at President Donald Trump's National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Je  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Oct. 22 -- John Wiley and Sons issued the following news release: Numerous studies have examined interventions aimed at preventing violence against children. A recent analysis reveals various gaps not adequately addressed by these studies. The analysis, published in Campbell Systematic Reviews, points to the need for more quantitative and qualitative research to assess the effectiveness of interventions to combat violence against children, with attention to expand studies   more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Oct. 20 (TNSJou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Rutgers researchers have discovered human gene markers that work together to cause metastatic prostate cancer - cancer that spreads beyond the prostate. The study, published in the journal Nature Cancer, explored prostate cancer cells from people and mice and found a wide collaboration among 16 genes that leads to metastasis, which often leads to treatment challenges. The gene markers identified can p  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Oct. 22 (TNSRes) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: A recent health survey reveals that only two-thirds of parents say they'll vaccinate their children against the flu this year, raising concerns among pediatricians as the flu season begins, some schools re-open for in-person learning and COVID-19 cases spike. Two Rutgers New Jersey Medical School pediatricians, Joseph Schwab, an associate professor of pediatrics, and Hanan A. Tanuos, director of primar  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Oct. 22 (TNSRes) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: It has been more than seven months since the pandemic initially shut schools, raising concerns about the mental health of adolescents, says Ann Murphy, an associate professor in the Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions at Rutgers School of Health Professions. As director of the Northeast and Caribbean Mental Health Technology Transfer Center, Murphy has been providing tra  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Oct. 20 (TNSRep) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: The average test times for coronavirus results have fallen from four days in April to 2.7 days in September, but results are still too slow for effective contact tracing, according to a new nationwide survey led by researchers from Rutgers University-New Brunswick and Northeastern, Harvard and Northwestern universities. The survey was published by The COVID-19 Consortium for Understanding the Public's  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Oct. 22 (TNSRep) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: New Jersey gained back half of the jobs lost due to the coronavirus pandemic but a wide disparity remains between higher-income professionals working at home and lower-wage support workers still bearing the brunt of the economic downturn that has gripped the nation, according to a new Rutgers report. This "two-lane recovery described as the Zoom and gloom" effect has made the pre-existing have/have-not  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Oct. 22 (TNSJou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: The COVID-19 pandemic has left many people with chronic health conditions relying on telemedicine rather than seeing their doctor in person when necessary or putting off important visits entirely because they fear being infected. Ann M. Nguyen, an assistant research professor at Rutgers Center for State Health Policy at the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, who recently publi  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Oct. 22 (TNSJou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Policy changes can help to fight stigmas of multiracial Americans, one of the fasting growing minority groups in the United States according to a Rutgers University-led study. Published in the journal Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, the study finds that such stigmas may be combated by legitimizing multiracial identities. Despite the increasing prominence of multiracial celebriti  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Oct. 22 (TNSRes) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: White Americans support strict immigration policies while at the same time favor the DREAM Act that would grant legal status to some immigrants who were brought to the United States as children, a contradiction linked to racial resentment and the belief that equality already exists, according to a Rutgers-led study. "White Americans' support for punitive immigration policies hurt the very same group fo  more

NORTH BRANCH, New Jersey, Oct. 21 (TNSAcc) -- Raritan Valley Community College issued the following news release: Raritan Valley Community College's Nursing program has received continuing accreditation through 2028 from the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN). "The continuing accreditation of RVCC's Nursing program is a testament to our dedicated, knowledgeable and resourceful Nursing faculty members, who have advanced training in the field and years of valuable experienc  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 21 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following joint statement: * * * Governor Ned Lamont of Connecticut, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo of New York, and Governor Phil Murphy of New Jersey today released the following joint statement regarding the regional travel advisory that was issued by their states in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic: "Our states have worked together successfully in combating this pandemic since the beginning and we'll continue   more

GALLOWAY, New Jersey, Oct. 22 (TNSRes) -- Stockton University issued the following news: Majorities of New Jersey adults see racism as a major problem and believe police treat people of color more harshly than white people, but opinions vary widely across political, racial, and socioeconomic lines, according to a Stockton University Poll. The poll of 721 adult New Jersey residents found that 65% see racism and racial inequality as a major problem and 24% said it is a minor problem. Seven perce  more

GALLOWAY, New Jersey, Oct. 21 (TNSRes) -- Stockton University issued the following news on Oct. 20: Most New Jersey adults see COVID-19 as a major threat. But beyond that, their feelings about the coronavirus pandemic and government's response to it are strongly colored by partisan political feelings, according to Stockton University Poll results released today. Eighty percent of respondents said the COVID-19 pandemic represents a major problem, while 16% said it is minor and only 2% said it i  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Oct. 22 -- John Wiley and Sons issued the following news release: Among U.S. patients diagnosed with breast, prostate, lung, or colorectal cancer from 2004 to 2016, those who were uninsured or had Medicare or Medicaid were less likely than privately insured patients to receive surgical care at high-volume hospitals. The findings are published in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society (ACS). The study also showed that for uninsured and Medicaid patie  more

PLATTSBURGH, New York, Oct. 22 -- The State University of New York's Plattsburgh Campus issued the following news: The SUNY Plattsburgh Community Living Office and College Theatre Association will present an adaptation of H.G. Wells' "War of the World" Thursday, Oct 29 at 7 p.m. According to James Sherman, assistant director, community living, the live reenactment will feature students performing the classic 1938 Orson Welles' version, which tells the story of a world thrown unexpectedly into   more

EWING, New Jersey, Oct. 20 -- The College of New Jersey issued the following news: In this most unconventional of presidential election years, unfolding with so few of the traditional trappings of the campaign trail, the elections editor at The Wall Street Journal is an 18-year newspaper veteran who cut her journalistic teeth two decades ago while a reporter and editor at The Signal. Josee Rose '02 coordinates the creation of election-oriented storytelling formats and news products that are di  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Oct. 22 -- John Wiley and Sons issued the following news release: Results from a study published in the Journal of Biogeography indicate that wildfires may play a role in accelerating climate-driven species changes in mountain forests by compounding regional warming trends. The study examined temperatures within forests in a region of Colorado that has experienced wildfires and spruce beetle outbreaks within the last 10 to 15 years. Researchers used a network of sensors to  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 21 -- Gov. Ralph S. Northam, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on Oct. 20: Governor Ralph Northam today announced that Silk City Printing, LLC will relocate its corporate headquarters from Paterson, New Jersey, investing $5.7 million to establish a new silkscreened apparel production operation in the former Thomasville facility in Fluvanna County that has been vacant since 2007. Virginia successfully competed with New Jersey for the project, which will creat  more

WAYNE, New Jersey, Oct. 24 (TNSPer) -- William Paterson University issued the following news: Wartyna L. Davis, PhD, has been appointed dean of the of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at William Paterson University in Wayne. Davis served as associate dean of the College from 2011 to 2019, when she was named interim dean. She joined the William Paterson community in 1998 as assistant professor of political science, and rose to earn the rank of full professor. During her tenure, she  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Oct. 21 -- John Wiley and Sons issued the following news release: John Wiley and Sons Inc. (NYSE:JWa) (NYSE:JWb), a leader in research and education, today introduced its Open Science Ambassador Program. The program acknowledges and supports Chinese thought leaders around the world who embrace open science principles and encourage a free exchange of ideas and collaboration within their communities. The research landscape is quickly evolving to embrace increased openness, r  more