CAMDEN, New Jersey, April 27 -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release on April 26, 2023: American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK) announced today that its board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend payment of $0.7075 per share of common stock, an increase of 8.0 percent. "American Water continues to be an industry leader in dividend growth, which is a result of our continued successful execution of key strategic initiatives and the s  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, April 25 -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release on April 24, 2023: American Water (NYSE: AWK), the nation's largest publicly traded water and wastewater utility company, announced today that it has been recognized by several national organizations for its inclusion, diversity and equity (ID&E) leadership, including: * Named in 2023 to Impact Shares NAACP Minority Empowerment ETF (NACP) * Recognized by 50/50 Women on Boards(TM)   more

HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, April 28 (TNSper) -- Centenary University issued the following news release: Centenary University has approved the appointment of Amy D'Olivo, Ph.D., as the University's vice president for academic affairs. Dr. D'Olivo, former VPAA Emeritaat Centenary, will begin her new tenure in the position on July 1. She will succeed Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs David Dauwalder, Ph.D., who assisted in the search for the position. In making the announcement, Centenar  more

PARAMUS, New Jersey, April 28 (TNSgov) -- Bergen Community College issued the following news release: Bergen Community College alumna Kezia Rodriguez ('22) served as an invited guest of the White House this month, providing an introduction for President Joe Biden during a Rose Garden executive order signing. The White House hosted the event to spotlight the president's announcement of new programs that expand care and assistance for children, seniors, people with disabilities and caregivers. A  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following statement on April 25, 2023: * * * DGA Chair New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy released the following statement on President Biden's announcement that he is running for reelection: "President Joe Biden has shown remarkable leadership to get our country back on track and delivered major results for the American people. That includes growing our economy from the bottom up and the middle out, bringing manufacturing jobs   more

LAKEWOOD, New Jersey, April 26 (TNSper) -- Gaming Laboratories International, a provider of quality land-based, lottery and iGaming testing and assessment services, issued the following news release on April 25, 2023: Gaming Laboratories International (GLI(R)) has named Alicia Monahan as the company's newest Client Services Executive. Monahan joins GLI's rapidly expanding Client Services team and will be based in the company's Las Vegas lab. Monahan brings valuable operator, technical, and cha  more

NEW YORK, April 25 (TNSres) -- Marymount Manhattan College issued the following news: Biology students Eliana Fassihi, Juliet Hernandez, and Iris Parke presented their original research at an undergraduate research conference in New Jersey this past Saturday. Eliana and Iris both placed first in their categories. Marymount Manhattan Biology students shone this weekend at the 16th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in Biological and Chemical Sciences(opens in a new tab) at William Paterson  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 25 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on April 24, 2023: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced that he will hold a community listening session in the City of Paterson on May 4th to discuss ways in which law enforcement, service providers, and community members can work together to improve the delivery of public safety services to individuals suffering from mental illness, those with intellectual and develo  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 25 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Police Training Commission (PTC) have proposed new police licensing rules governing the process by which the PTC would grant and renew licenses, while delineating the adverse actions that could be taken against an officer's license, and under what circumstances. The PTC has proposed revising its rules in accordance with the Police Licens  more

EAST WINDSOR, New Jersey, April 27 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri announced that a collaborative, multi-agency investigation by the Mercer County Homicide Task Force in conjunction with the New Jersey Attorney General's Cold Case Network and the New Jersey State Police (NJSP) has resulted in the conclusive identification of Nathaniel Harvey, formerly of East Wi  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 26 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: A state grand jury on Monday, April 24, voted to file criminal charges against three Atlantic County Correctional Officers in connection with the death of Mario Terruso, 41, of Mays Landing, who died after he was lodged in the Atlantic County Justice Facility on September 15, 2019. The grand jury also returned charges against five Hamilton Township Police Officers for their conduct  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 25 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on April 24, 2023: Governor Murphy today signed A4772/S3215, which concerns unemployment insurance (UI) benefits for workers during labor disputes. This bill addresses certain loopholes that currently prevent workers participating in labor disputes, such as strikes, from receiving access to UI benefits. "Unemployment insurance benefits should be a universal right for individuals who have recently  more

ALBANY, New York, April 29 -- The New York Department of Public Service issued the text of the following letter on April 28, 2023: * * * To: John Bedard, Trinity Heating & Air, Inc, 2211 Allenwood Road, New Jersey, NJ, 07719, John.Bedard@Trinity-Solar.com RE: Trinity Heating & Air, Inc. - 2022 DER Annual Compliance Dear John Bedard: Thank you for your recent submittal pursuant to Section 3F of the New York State DPS's Uniform Business Practices for Distributed Energy Resource Suppliers (UBP  more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, April 28 (TNSpp) -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: After a half-century of tuning and repairing pianos of all kinds and conditions day-in and day-out, Vince Mrykalo admits it's tougher than it used to be. His hands are more worn, and standing over piano after piano has begun to take a toll on his back. But his love of the instrument and pitch-perfect attention to detail remain sustained. Mrykalo still looks forward to every day. Growing up in New Je  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, April 25 (TNSres) -- Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs issued the following news: Public policy student and researcher at the Andlinger Center for Energy & Environment in Princeton, Alex Giannattasio, analyzes, along with academics from the Center for Energy Transition (CENTRA) of the UAI, the main weaknesses and strengths of the "National Energy Strategy Green Hydrogen.", published by the Ministry of Energy of our country. The objective of  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, April 28 (TNSper) -- Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs issued the following news: * * * Promotions for Two Others * * * Two members of the faculty of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs were named to endowed professorships, effective April 1, and two faculty members were promoted to associate professor, effective July 1. * * * Christopher F. Chyba was named the Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor in International Affair  more

LAWRENCEVILLE, New Jersey, April 27 (TNSawa) -- Rider University issued the following news release: * * * Dr. Elizabeth Hawthorne received this year's Advocacy Award from Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) * * * Dr. Elizabeth Hawthorne, the director of Rider University's graduate program in cybersecurity, received this year's Advocacy Award from Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS), a nonprofit dedicated to increasing the number of women in the cybersecurity field. The award was given to her in March   more

LAWRENCEVILLE, New Jersey, April 28 (TNSper) -- Rider University issued the following news release: * * * Rahman brings nearly two decades of information technology experience * * * Rider University is pleased to welcome Moe Rahman as its new chief information officer to lead the University's Office of Information Technologies (OIT). In this role, he will work to strategically align the University's technology needs with academic and administrative priorities, and create a strategic vision f  more

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, April 26 (TNSres) -- Rowan University issued the following news: Ashleigh Jankowski always knew she wanted to help people. Although a career as a doctor didn't speak to her, she "liked the idea of being able to make the tools for doctors," Jankowski said. "That's what biomedical engineers do." During her four years as a biomedical engineering major at Rowan University, Jankowski put words into action, researching new ways of delivering drugs to patients without harmful s  more

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, April 27 (TNSres) -- Rowan University issued the following news: Multiple myeloma is a cancer of the plasma cells in a person's blood that manifests first in bone marrow. Diagnosed in patients aged 50 and older, the disease causes abnormal growth in these white blood cells, commonly leading to bone loss, bone pain, anemia, high levels of antibodies in the blood and kidney problems. Dr. Manoj Kumar Pandey, an associate professor of biomedical sciences at Cooper Medical Sc  more

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, April 29 (TNSfund) -- Rowan University issued the following news on April 28, 2023: In what was a landmark day for veterinary medicine nationally--and for New Jersey--Gov. Phil Murphy and other state officials and veterinary medicine leaders joined the Rowan community on April 28 to celebrate a $30 million gift for the state's first veterinary school. The gift from South Jersey businessman and staunch animal welfare advocate Gerald B. Shreiber was announced during a grou  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, April 25 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Based on research from professor Edward Selby, Storm/breaker aims to help users better cope with stressful situations * * * To help people regulate their emotions in healthy ways, a Rutgers researcher pioneered the Storm/breaker Emotion and Behavior Management app as a standalone smartphone mental health intervention. Based on his research on emotion dysregulation and emotional cascades and   more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, April 27 (TNSper) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Rutgers University-New Brunswick Chancellor-Provost Francine Conway has announced new deans to lead the School of Arts and Sciences, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, School of Engineering and Douglass Residential College. * * * Juli Wade, Executive Dean, School of Arts and Sciences (SAS) Wade currently works at the University of Connecticut as dean for the College of Liberal  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, April 27 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * "Journey to Wellness" is a new 20-page prescription for well-being created in part by a Rutgers wellness expert * * * Wellness is big business, and every year millions of people commit to living happier, healthier lives. But for people with substance use and mental health disorders, the concept of wellness isn't a typical part of recovery. Margaret Swarbrick, professor and associate director   more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, April 27 (TNStalk)(TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following Q&A on April 26, 2023, with professor Steven Schutzer and rheumatology fellow Swati Govil of the New Jersey Medical School: * * * Rheumatologists can play a major role in diagnosing and treating neurologic Lyme disease, according to a paper published in the journal Pathogens by an immunologist and rheumatologists at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month. The Center  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, April 27 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Rutgers study finds that searches in Spanish were more stress-inducing than English equivalents * * * Dr. Google is always in, but for Spanish speakers searching for health information online, the advice Google gives isn't always helpful. Sometimes, it's downright terrifying. Research by Rutgers public health and information science experts found that during the height of the COVID-19 pandemi  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, April 27 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Out-of-state mental health providers aided thousands of people primarily through telehealth * * * At least 3,700 out-of-state mental health providers utilized New Jersey's COVID-19 Temporary Emergency Reciprocity Licensure program to provide mental health services to more than 30,000 New Jersey patients during the first year of the pandemic, according to a Rutgers study. The study, published   more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, April 26 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Amid rising evidence that additives designed to improve plastics also disrupt sex hormones, a Rutgers laboratory trial shows that plastic itself can do likewise when inhaled at moderate levels. Previous studies focused on chemicals such as bisphenol-A (BPA) that make plastics stiffer or more flexible. These findings spurred ongoing efforts to find safer plastic additives. The Rutgers study showed tha  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, April 26 (TNSrpt) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Rutgers-led report details 2022 climate trends for state and local leaders * * * New Jersey's summer of 2022, with the warmest August on record and the lowest rainfall levels seen in more than 50 years, offers a glimpse into how climate change may affect future summers in the Garden State, according to a new report being released by researchers from Rutgers and the Office of the New Jersey Sta  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, April 27 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Rutgers study finds link between childhood trauma, risky sexual behaviors and substance misuse * * * Sexual and substance use education that incorporates knowledge about trauma could improve developmental outcomes among justice-involved Black youth, according to a Rutgers study published in the journal Children and Youth Services Review. "For black adolescents in the justice system, childhood  more

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, April 28 (TNSres) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: * * * International Collaboration to Harness Sun for Next Generation Renewable Energy Solutions * * * The U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board are pleased to announce that Mehmet Alper Sahiner, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Physics, has been awarded a 2023-2024 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award by the United States-Turkey Fulbright Commission. As a Fulb  more

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, April 27 (TNSres) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: On April 18, 2023, the Center for Community Research and Engagement's PolicyLab hosted a panel discussion on reimagining public safety, introducing students to the complexities associated with this controversial topic. The law enforcement profession and the criminal justice system have come under increased scrutiny over the last decade, with the criticism reaching an inflection point in 2013 followin  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, April 25 (TNSres) -- Princeton University issued the following news: Princeton faculty members Linda Colley, Rafaela Dancygier, Judith Hamera, Ilya Kaminsky, Fintan O'Toole and Laurence Ralph have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Also elected are two alumni: Amy Gladfelter, a member of the Class of 1996, and Michael Lewis, a 1982 graduate. They are among the nearly 270 leaders in academia, the arts, business, government and public affairs elect  more

GALLOWAY, New Jersey, April 27 (TNSres) -- Stockton University issued the following news: About one-third of New Jersey adults have used marijuana or other cannabis products since recreational weed was legalized in the state a year ago, with most users happy to patronize a legal-weed dispensary, according to a Stockton University Poll released today. The poll of 660 adult New Jersey residents also found nearly the same percentage (29%) visited a brewery in the past year and that there is stron  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 25 (TNSfund) -- Thomas Edison State University issued the following news release: Thomas Edison State University (TESU) has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Spotlight on Humanities Development Grant for the university's project, Incorporating DEI Concepts and Content Into Humanities General Education Courses. The $60,000 NEH grant, the first of its kind for the university, will be dispersed over two years to support the university's integrat  more

WAYNE, New Jersey, April 27 (TNSres) -- William Paterson University issued the following news release: Carol Frierson-Campbell, a professor of music at William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey has been awarded a 2023-24 Fulbright U.S. Scholar award to continue her research on music making in Palestine. The Fulbright Program is sponsored by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Each year, the program provides approximately 800 grants in more   more