SOMERSET, New Jersey, April 14 -- Catalent Inc., a pharma, biotech and consumer health company, issued the following news on April 13, 2023: Catalent, the leader in enabling the development and supply of better treatments for patients worldwide, today announced that two of its clinical supply experts are to co-host workshop sessions at the upcoming Global Clinical Supplies Group (GCSG) Conference, to be held at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress Hotel, Orlando, Florida, on April 23 - 26, 2023.p>   more

HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, April 12 (TNSres) -- Centenary University issued the following news release: * * * Event showcases in-depth research and professional experiences conducted by students, alongside faculty researchers who are experts in their fields * * * Centenary University showcased outstanding research and professional experiences by 19 students at its annual Academic Symposium on Thursday, April 6. At Centenary, student researchers and interns are mentored by faculty who are expe  more

HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, April 13 (TNSpro) -- Centenary University issued the following news release: Centenary University has been awarded a $6,350 grant from the Hackettstown Medical Center Community Advisory Board to launch a community-wide substance abuse prevention and recovery support program. The goals of the new program are two-fold. One goal is to equip Centenary students in addiction recovery with information, skills, and peer support to manage their own recovery. Another goal is to   more

WASHINGTON, April 14 (TNSfund) -- George Washington University issued the following news: The Washington Commanders has an agreement in place for Josh Harris - the owner of the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils - to buy the franchise from Dan Snyder for $6 billion. The deal will set a record in the NFL for most expensive sale in league history. If you would like more context on this matter, please consider Lisa Delpy Neirotti, the director of the MS in Sport Management Program and an as  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, April 12 -- Illinois American Water, a subsidiary of American Water, issued the following news release: Illinois American Water, a subsidiary of American Water, has announced an agreement to purchase the assets of the wastewater treatment plant of the City of Granite City. The City Council approved the Asset Purchase Agreement on Wednesday evening, April 5, at its council meeting. The sale would bring approximately 26,000 new wastewater treatment customer connections to Il  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 14 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on April 13, 2023: New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro today visited the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) District Council 21 training facility in Philadelphia to tour the innovative center and announce their intention to form an interstate task force to address wage theft and worker misclassification in the two states. The inters  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 11 -- The New Jersey Democratic State Committee issued the following statement on April 10, 2023: * * * New Jersey Democratic State Chairman LeRoy Jones is releasing the following statement in response to a Trump-appointed federal judge's ruling restricting access to Mifepristone, the pill used for over half of abortions in the United States: "Clearly, the war on women's rights and bodily autonomy continues as Republicans across the country refuse to listen to scien  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 12 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: Governor Josh Shapiro continues to lead the way on opening the doors of opportunity to more people and eliminating unnecessary college degree requirements to fill jobs. Yesterday, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed an executive order prioritizing work experience in state job applications, after Governor Shapiro announced a similar policy on his first full day in office. Gov. Murphy thank  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, April 14 -- New Jersey American Water, a subsidiary of American Water, issued the following news release on April 13, 2023: New Jersey American Water will replace over two miles of aging water main in North Plainfield starting this week. The company will upgrade the aging 6-inch water lines that were installed in the 1930s with new 8- and 12-inch ductile iron main along the following streets: * Mountain Avenue from Norwood Avenue to Somerset Street * Belmont Avenue from Mo  more

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, April 11 (TNSres) -- Rowan University issued the following news: When crops suffer from blight, wilt and soft rot, bacterial infections are usually to blame. "Just like humans, plants get sick," said Jason Heindl, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Rowan University's College of Science & Mathematics. Heindl recently secured a $520,000, five-year National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) A  more

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, April 11 (TNSres) -- Rowan University issued the following news: In humans, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) live in bone marrow and body fat. Their "identity" can be defined by their ability to divide into more stem cells, adapt to new environments and differentiate into specialized cells that produce tissues like bone, ligament, cartilage and fat. When studied in the lab, these unique properties decline over time. The inability to produce large quantities of MSCs with the  more

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, April 11 (TNSres) -- Rowan University issued the following news: The nucleus of a cell is the command center, and within that command center is a material called chromatin, made of DNA and protein. Found within the cells of humans and other complex organisms, chromatin regulates essential processes including DNA replication, repairing damaged DNA, and gene transcription. Studying the dynamics of chromatin can help researchers better understand basic biology, disease and t  more

NEW YORK, April 15 -- Pillsbury, a law firm, issued the following news release: Pillsbury client Brian Wong, an Uber driver from Secaucus, New Jersey, has avoided a prison sentence in the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's probe of insider trading. Wong, who is represented by Pillsbury Corporate Investigations & White Collar Defense partner David Oliwenstein and associate John Van Son in New York, was instead sentenced by U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos to three years of probation. The judge also fi  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, April 7 (TNSres) -- Princeton University issued the following news: Three Princeton faculty members have received 2023 Guggenheim Fellowships. They are Bridget Alsdorf, professor of art and archaeology; Yuri Leving, professor of Slavic languages and literatures; and Tali Mendelberg, the John Work Garrett Professor in Politics, director of the Program on Inequality at the Mamdouha S. Bobst Center for Peace and Justice and co-director of the Center for the Study of Democrat  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, April 13 (TNSres) -- Princeton University issued the following news: * * * Princeton University marked the highest level of research activity in its history as measured by spending on research in areas ranging from cancer to climate change to pioneering quantum sciences. The University conducted research activities with associated expenditures of more than $404.4 million in fiscal year 2021, according to the most recent National Science Foundation Higher Education Resear  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, April 14 (TNSper) -- Princeton University issued the following news: * * * Michael Hotchkiss, who as director of media relations has been Princeton's primary point of contact for international, national, local and student press, has been named the University's assistant vice president in the Office of Communications. * * * In his new role, Hotchkiss will oversee the general management and strategic direction of the Office of Communications. He will report to the Univer  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, April 12 (TNSbook) -- Princeton University issued the following news on April 11, 2023: * * * In the prologue to his latest book, Matthew Desmond bluntly assesses who we are in the United States, "the richest country on earth, with more poverty than any other advanced democracy." * * * Desmond, the Maurice P. During Professor of Sociology at Princeton, notes in "Poverty, by America" that books about poverty tend to focus on the poor, starting with Jacob Riis writing in  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, April 12 (TNSres) -- Princeton University issued the following news on April 11, 2023: * * * For millennia, humans have been fascinated by the mysteries of the cosmos. * * * Unlike ancient philosophers imagining the universe's origins, modern cosmologists use quantitative tools to gain insights into its evolution and structure. Modern cosmology dates back to the early 20th century, with the development of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity. Now, researcher  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, April 15 (TNSper) -- Princeton University issued the following news: Andrew K. Golden, president of the Princeton University Investment Company (PRINCO), will step down from his position on June 30, 2024, after nearly three decades during which the University's endowment has grown into a key long-term source of financial support for Princeton's research and teaching mission. Since Golden joined PRINCO in January 1995, the endowment has grown tenfold and contributed almos  more

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, April 11 (TNSres) -- Rowan University issued the following news: Fluorescent nanoparticles called quantum dots are already used in LED lights, solar panels and medical imaging. With a five-year, $432,717 National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, Rowan University assistant professor Nicholas Whiting will study carbon-based quantum dots in brand-new ways, using hyperpolarized magnetic resonance. The grant is the most prestigious awar  more

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, April 13 (TNSres) -- Rowan University issued the following news: A communication researcher, Associate Professor Garrett Broad comes across his share of controversy and the ways people relate to it, from general conversations to podcasts to news and marketing. Long focused on controversy in the realm of food and animal science, Broad published widely in the past year about cellular agriculture - the evolving science of creating dairy and meat products from cell cultures   more

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, April 11 (TNSres) -- Rowan University issued the following news: Like many effects related to climate change - from rising air, land and water temperatures to loss of plant and animal species to dramatic and often dangerous changes in weather patterns - sea level rise may be an existential threat to life on Earth. But the way sea level rise is predicted, and how governments use those predictions, can vary widely, and those variances can make planning for sea level rise,   more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, April 15 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * The university is participating in the effort to determine the efficacy of what could be the first vaccine to prevent Lyme disease in children ages 5 to 17 * * * Rutgers has been selected as a clinical trial site for the national research study by drug company Pfizer Inc. and French vaccine maker Valneva SE to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a vaccine for the prevention of Lyme disease in   more

NEWARK, New Jersey, April 15 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: As the number of refugees continues to grow worldwide, surpassing 103 million, Rutgers-Newark leaders and faculty have joined with advocates to tell their stories and explore how colleges can provide housing and other support. Rutgers-Newark's Newest Americans collective, which creates multi-media narratives about migrants and immigrants, held a screening last month, showcasing three short documentaries on r  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, April 13 (TNSfund) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: A five-year federal grant awarded to Rutgers University-Newark will soon begin examining whether something as simple as rigorous exercise can help stave off Alzheimer's disease in African Americans. The funding, from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is expected to total $4.7 million. "We know that exercise is good for us in many ways, but to actually b  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, April 13 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * An international collaboration involving Rutgers researchers unravels the mystery of the fish's unique shape * * * Rutgers geneticists, working with an international team of scientists, have conducted the most comprehensive sequencing yet of the complete DNA sequence of the little skate - which, like its better-known cousin, the stingray, has long been viewed as enigmatic because of its shape.  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, April 11 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Rutgers researchers analyze how different communities view, manage and respond to risk * * * People who avoid COVID-19 precautions to prevent illness are more likely to purchase firearms - a pattern of behavior most common among moderate and conservative individuals, according to a Rutgers study. The researchers surveyed a sample of 6,404 adults from three states: Minnesota, Mississippi and N  more

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, April 15 (TNSfund) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: The Office of Grants and Research Services is excited to announce that the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) has approved its grant application for the Wind Institute Fellowship Program. This Fellowship Program is designed to support the further development of offshore wind research in New Jersey at private research universities and will run through the academic year 2024-2025. It w  more

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, April 13 (TNSawa) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: Inside the Core this week, we are happy to report that one of the English professors also teaching in the Core, Prof. Mildred Antenor, was honored by the McCallen Society, consisting of alums, benefactors, and friends of St. John's University. The luncheon, held on March 26, honored "the Women of St. John's" who had particular achievements to be celebrated as a part of Women's History Month. Prof. An  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, April 14 (TNSres) -- Stevens Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Five things to know about these modern revisions to the school's biology, chemical biology and chemistry degree requirements * * * Stevens Institute of Technology recently approved its new curriculum study plans for undergraduates majoring in biology, chemical biology and chemistry for implementation in the 2023/2024 Academic Catalog. "Reflecting the department's mission, the goal was   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 11 -- The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance issued the following news on April 10, 2023: The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance's Securities Division ("TDCI") announced today that it has joined a multi-state settlement with Robinhood Financial LLC, which will pay up to $10.2 million in penalties for operational and technical failures that harmed main street investors. The settlement stems from an investigation spearheaded by state securities r  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, April 12 -- John Wiley and Sons issued the following news release on April 11, 2023: The University of California, which generates nearly 10 percent of U.S. research output, and Wiley, one of the world's largest publishers, announced today an expansion of their open access agreement. Researchers at all 10 UC campuses and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) will now receive funding support to publish open access, making significantly more UC research freely avai  more

BASKING RIDGE, New Jersey, April 14 -- Verizon, a communications and technology solutions company, issued the following news release: Following a successful tour across six cities in 2022, Verizon Business is bringing back the 5G Innovation Sessions, a series of events that showcase the power of 5G through dynamic, immersive demonstrations of forward-looking use cases. Partnering with Ericsson for this first event, Verizon Business is kicking off the 2023 tour, planned for six cities, with a se  more