CAMDEN, New Jersey, Oct. 26 -- New Jersey American Water, a subsidiary of American Water, issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2023: The American Water Charitable Foundation (AWCF), 501(c)(3) organization established by American Water, the largest publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company, and New Jersey American Water, announced today ten recipients of the company's inaugural Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Grant Program. A total of $25,000 will be awarded to organizat  more

LYNDHURST, New Jersey, Oct. 26 -- Barnes and Noble, a retailer of content, digital media and educational products, issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2023: Barnes & Noble is thrilled to announce the opening of its new Salem bookstore on Wednesday, November 1st. The new Barnes & Noble is in Willamette Town Center (827 Lancaster Dr NE, Suite 110, Salem OR 97301) near Hobby Lobby. This event marks one of two new Barnes & Noble bookstores to open on the 1st, with another new Barnes & Nob  more

PARAMUS, New Jersey, Oct. 25 -- Bergen Community College issued the following news release: The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) has selected Bergen Community College Assistant Vice President of Financial Aid and Compliance Yessika Garcia-Guzman, Ph.D., as one of 50 fellows for the fifth cohort of its Leadership Academy/La Academia de Liderazgo. The program seeks to increase diverse representation in executive and senior-level positions in higher education. During the on  more

RANDOLPH, New Jersey, Oct. 26 -- County College of Morris issued the following news: CCM held a grand opening ceremony for the Paragano Family Foundation Healthcare Simulation Center, a new, 13,000-square-foot state-of-the-art facility housed on campus, providing real-world, hands-on training for students studying one of the many in-demand areas in healthcare. Through the generosity of Eileen Paragano and the Paragano Family Foundation, the college can bring together nursing, respiratory therap  more

FLORHAM PARK, New Jersey, Oct. 27 -- Conduent, a business process services and solutions company, issued the following news release on Oct. 26, 2023: Conduent Transportation, a global provider of smart mobility technology solutions and business unit of Conduent Incorporated (Nasdaq: CNDT), today announced its selection by Reading Borough Council in the UK to provide on- and off-street parking enforcement services. The contract, initially for a four-year term, begins in November. Conduent will   more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 26 (TNSres) -- Princeton University issued the following news: For the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2023, Princeton's endowment generated a 1.7% investment loss and its value stood at $34.1 billion. The average annual return on the endowment for the past 10 years is 10.8% and is 10.5% for the past 20 years. The endowment is the financial foundation that underpins the University's teaching and research mission and supports Princeton's exceptional financial aid pro  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Oct. 27 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: By Carrie Stetler Rutgers-Newark experts are working to raise awareness of the link between educational disability classifications and incarceration. They call it the "special ed to prison pipeline.'' While many are aware of the school to prison pipeline-where majority youth of color are funneled away from public education and into the juvenile justice system--they don't always recognize that disability and   more

HAVERFORD, Pennsylvania, Oct. 24 (TNSres) -- Haverford College issued the following news: Fishadelphia Founder and Visiting Professor of Environmental Studies Talia Young published a research paper and an industry guide focused on strategies for expanding access for low-income consumers and communities of color. When Talia Young launched Fishadelphia in 2018, the idea for the subscription-based program was to connect seafood harvesters at the New Jersey shore to seafood consumers in the Philad  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 25 (TNSres) -- The High Meadows Environmental Institute issued the following news: Marissa Weichman, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, has been awarded a 2023 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation for her proposal to study atmospheric aerosols and their potential role in climate change. Weichman is one of 20 scientists nationwide to receive the prestigious, early-career fellowship, among the na  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 25 (TNSres) -- The High Meadows Environmental Institute issued the following news: Kevon Rhiney, Associate Professor of Geography, Rutgers University - New Brunswick, has been named the 2023-24 Currie C. and Thomas A. Barron Visiting Professor in the Environment and the Humanities in the High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI). His current research investigates the development and justice implications of global environmental change in the Caribbean, particularly   more

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, Oct. 26 -- Hudson County Community College issued the following news release: Hudson County Community College (HCCC) Board of Trustees Vice Chair Bakari G. Lee, Esq., has become the face of exemplary community college leadership in the United States. For nearly two decades he has invested his time and energy to social advocacy, student success, innovation, diversity, and public service on local and national levels. As a result of his work, the College has bolstered rete  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 24 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Oct. 23, 2023: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, along with 18 attorneys general, filed an amicus brief on Monday urging the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey to support former Jackson Hewitt tax preparers who say they were harmed by no-poach agreements utilized by the nationwide tax preparation chain. The brief (https://ilag-dev.dotcms.cloud/dA/1de6841fef/JACKSON%20HEWITT%20-%  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 27 -- The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release on Oct. 26, 2023: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced over $4.8 million to fund six projects across New Jersey that advance environmental justice as part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda, including $1,000,000 to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. The EPA has selected two community organizations, the state, and three city ag  more

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, Oct. 26 -- Coyne PR issued the following news: Kura Sushi U.S.A., a restaurant that serves food via a conveyor belt, has brought on Coyne PR as its public relations AOR. There was no RFP process. Lauren Murakami, Kura Sushi U.S.A.'s PR and communications manager, said she "organically" came upon Coyne in her research, and the firm seemed like a perfect fit. Murakami interviewed other firms, selected Coyne in August and the two began working together last month. "As we   more

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 25 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in an amicus brief urging the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey to rule that the "no-poach" provisions used by the tax preparation chain Jackson Hewitt in its franchise agreements are presumptively unlawful. No-poach agreements between companies restrict the rights of workers to move from one   more

MONTCLAIR, New Jersey, Oct. 25 -- Montclair State University issued the following news release: A new academic agreement between Montclair State University and Bergen Community College (Bergen) will allow students who earn their associate degrees to plan their total baccalaureate experience at the beginning of their college career and seamlessly transfer into corresponding bachelor's degree programs at Montclair. The agreement, which is effective for the fall 2023 semester, is in compliance wi  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 28 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following statement on Oct. 27, 2023: * * * Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Sundeep Iyer, Director of the Division on Civil Rights, have issued the statement below in response to the recent rise in antisemitism and Islamophobia in K-12 schools and on college and university campuses: In the wake of the terrorist attacks on Israel on October 7 and Israel's military response in Gaza, there has been   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 25 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on Oct. 24, 2023: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced today that they, along with 41 other attorneys general throughout the country, sued Meta in federal and state courts alleging that the company knowingly designed and deployed harmful features on Instagram and Facebook to purposefully addict children and teens. At the same time, Meta f  more

PISCATAWAY, New Jersey, Oct. 27 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on Oct. 26, 2023: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin joined law enforcement, mental health professionals, and community leaders from across Middlesex County today at a roundtable to highlight the continued expansion of the Alternative Response to Reduce Instances of Violence and Escalation (ARRIVE) Together program in Middlesex County. ARRIVE began as a co-response program with   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 24 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin led a coalition of Attorneys General from eighteen states and the District of Columbia in filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey to rule that the "no-poach" provisions used by the tax preparation chain Jackson Hewitt in its franchise agreements are presumptively unlawful. No-poach agreements between co  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Oct. 26 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: The Board of Applied Behavior Analyst Examiners has proposed new rules which will allow for the licensure and regulation of applied behavior analysts and assistant applied behavior analysts. P.L. 2019, c. 337, created the Board of Applied Behavior Analyst Examiners, required applied behavior analysts and assistant applied behavior analysts to become licensed, and authorized the Boar  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 27 -- The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release on Oct. 26, 2023: As climate change continues to adversely affect wetlands across the globe, New Jersey must continue to advance efforts at restoring and enhancing these critical ecosystems, Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette said today to mark the 20th anniversary of the New Jersey Corporate Wetlands Restoration Partnership (NJCWRP). For two decades, t  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 26 -- The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2023: Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette today joined with state and local officials to mark the beginning of construction of landmark Rebuild by Design projects that will increase climate resilience for Hudson River communities and the Meadowlands, two highly populated areas of the state that were devastated by Superstorm Sandy. Commemorati  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 26 -- The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2023: The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection today honored businesses, organizations and individual recycling leaders during an annual symposium hosted by the Association of New Jersey Recyclers (ANJR). Award winners include a Bergen County health facility that is reducing food waste, a Union County business that has been recycling foam materials sin  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Oct. 27 -- New Jersey American Water, a subsidiary of American Water, issued the following news release: New Jersey American Water employees organized 12 community service events for various nonprofits and other community organizations across the state last month through the company's AmerICANs in Action annual month of service. "Each year, I am humbled but not surprised by the extraordinary work of our employees and the passion they pour into our communities, especially d  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 27 -- The New Jersey Assembly Democrats issued the following statement on Oct. 26, 2023: * * * Senate President Nick Scutari and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin issued the following joint statement praising Governor Murphy for blocking the proposed toll hike for the New Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway by vetoing the sections of the minutes from the Turnpike Authority's recent meeting needed to prevent the increase: "We want to thank Governor Murphy for h  more

ALBANY, New York, Oct. 27 (TNSres) -- The New York State Library issued the following news release: The New York State Library announces its upcoming programming for November, including webinars and events related to history and genealogical services. The following upcoming free programming requires registration and is available in person or offered online, as shown per each listing. Northeast Summit on Climate Adaptation for Library Facilities (Webinar) Wednesday, November 8 9:30 AM - 12  more

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Oct. 24 -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: ORCID is a non-profit organization that provides an open registry of unique identifiers for researchers, and now, thanks to Interim Provost Erik Lillquist, ORCID has come to Seton Hall as a free resource for all students and faculty. "ORCID allows researchers to be easily identified across a wide variety of publications and creations," he said. "Librarians actively promote ORCID IDs to track faculty informati  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Oct. 25 -- Rutgers University issued the following news: By Dory Devlin President Jonathan Holloway outlined the ways he is committing Rutgers to help repair the fabric of our democracy by preparing students for their role as citizens and expanding a culture of public service at the university during his second annual stakeholder address delivered at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center. "Higher education is one of America's most powerful instruments for address  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 26 (TNSres) -- Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs issued the following news: By Anna Mazarakis Illegal hunting and trading of wildlife in China is becoming a significant threat to biodiversity and public health, according to a new paper by a team of researchers that includes two scholars from the School of Public and International Affairs. It is the first comprehensive assessment of this issue for China. The paper, "Assessing the ille  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Oct. 25 (TNSres) -- John Wiley and Sons issued the following news release: * * * Authors are focused on research impact but face funding barriers * * * Open access is quickly becoming the preferred publishing choice among researchers, according to new research from Wiley. 75% of respondents who have published research articles in the past three years have published open access, up from 44% just two years ago. * * * The survey of more than 600 scholars around the globe   more

SEWELL, New Jersey, Oct. 25 (TNSres) -- Rowan College of South Jersey issued the following news release: The Association of American Medical Colleges reports the U.S. is in the early stages of an escalating physician shortage, with shortfalls between 37,800 and 124,000 doctors predicted by 2034. With two of every five active physicians approaching the age of retirement eligibility within that same time frame and the increasing healthcare demands of a growing and aging population, an increase in  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Oct. 27 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University Camden campus issued the following news: Professor Benedetto Piccoli of the Department of Mathematical Sciences and Center for Computational and Integrative Biology has been awarded membership for this academic year at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton. Piccoli, who also serves as Rutgers-Camden's Joseph and Loretta Lopez Chair in Mathematics, is interested in various areas of mathematics with applications in traffic   more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Oct. 25 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: By Andrew Smith Researchers from New Jersey Medical School at Rutgers Health received a multi-million-dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study how previous infections help or hinder the body's subsequent response to unrelated pathogens that cause lung disease. The five-year grant will support the work of immunologists William C. Gause, Amariliz Rivera and Mark Siracusa, who w  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Oct. 26 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University Camden campus issued the following news: By Alina O'Donnell When planning her baby shower, Jamille Nagtalon-Ramos had one request of her guests--to bring a children's book. A lifelong reader, she looked forward to introducing her son to characters and storylines that would allow him to see himself in the world. But when the time came, she quickly realized those books didn't exist. "I wanted to pass on my love for books to my children   more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Oct. 26 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: By Andrew Smith Rutgers researchers have used neuroimaging to demonstrate that cocaine addiction alters the brain's system for evaluating how rewarding various outcomes associated with our decisions will feel. This dampens an error signal that guides learning and adaptive behavior. The observed changes likely propagate a mysterious aspect of some addictive behavior--the tendency to keep doing harmful   more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Oct. 26 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * They Are More Likely to Have Suicidal Thoughts Rutgers researchers focus on firearm ownership and storage among law enforcement officers * * * By Patrice Harley Law enforcement officers in the United States own firearms at high rates and rarely engage in secure firearm storage, which could increase their risk for suicide, according to a Rutgers study. The researchers, whose study appears in   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 26 -- The New Jersey Assembly Democrats issued the following joint statement on Oct. 25, 2023: * * * Senate President Nick Scutari and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin issued the following joint statement on the gun lobby's ongoing challenge to gun safety laws, in advance of arguments at the Third Circuit Court of Appeals: "Parents have the right to know that when they drop their children off at daycare or a high school soccer game, they aren't going to be victims of   more

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Oct. 24 -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: Congratulations to Jiaqi Liu who took first-place honors and won $3,000 in the NJ State Sales Competition hosted by MJH Life Sciences. Liu, who graduated from Seton Hall in 2023 with a B.A. in Public Relations, is now studying for her MBA in Information Technology Management. The NJ State Sales Competition, organized by MJH Life Sciences, presented participants with the challenge of engaging in a two-round c  more

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Oct. 24 -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: Did you recently receive a call from The Hall? On the other end of the line is a proud Seton Hall student! Seton Hall has 19 diligent and dedicated students working five days a week to make more than 90,000 calls annually to alumni, parents, and friends, with the objective of attaining support in various areas for Seton Hall University. The center is an initiative to engage with alumni and raise funds, small  more

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Oct. 27 -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: As part of the new CPA Pathway Apprenticeship pilot program, in partnership between Seton Hall University and Withum, students met with the leadership of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and the New Jersey Society of CPAs (NJCPA). AICPA is the international organization that serves the CPA profession in the United State and the larger public interest. The NJCPA serves the needs of CPAs, accounting prof  more

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Oct. 28 -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: On September 26, Seton Hall welcomed to campus Father Alvaro Ramos, a Spanish Catholic priest working as a missionary in Honduras. Father Alvaro shared his unique story of working as an investment banker and private equity executive before leaving his worldly possessions to serve as a missionary in impoverished Honduras. For his work, he was recognized with the King of Spain Award for Human Rights in 2019. Wh  more

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Oct. 27 -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee, Liberian peace activist and global women's advocate, returns to Seton Hall to address the World Leaders Forum at 2 p.m. on November 14. Hosted by the School of Diplomacy and International Relations, the event will take place on the South Orange campus beginning at 2 p.m. in Bethany Hall. Click here to register. 2011 Nobel Peace Laureate, Madam Gbowee is best known for lead  more

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Oct. 28 -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: To commemorate the 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the Sister Rose Thering Fund for Education in Jewish-Christian Studies will present an outdoor program on Thursday evening, November 9 on the University Green, beginning at 5 p.m. The entire Seton Hall community is invited to take part in the commemoration which will include a short program with speakers, music and reflection on the event many consider the   more

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Oct. 26 -- Seton Hall University issued the following news on Oct. 25, 2023: Seton Hall University's Catholic Studies Program invites you to travel back in time to more deeply appreciate the past and present as you tour Sicily, the Amalfi Coast, and Rome. Ines Murzaku, Ph.D., will lead this 3-credit study abroad tour of sites in Italy that have been most significant to Christian history. The program will take place from February 29 through March 12, 2024. You've learn  more

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Oct. 26 (TNSres) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: Dean Bryan Crable is thinking about color, opportunity, and how we as a society conceptualize race, racism, and privilege. For him, as Dean of the newly formed College of Human Development, Culture, and Media at Seton Hall, these ideas are some of the most crucial of our time. So much so that he has been a frequently cited academic pundit on these matters, writing op-eds in outlets like Salon, and spe  more

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Oct. 28 -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: For the second time, Seton Hall's student-run radio station WSOU 89.5 FM has been honored by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) with a Marconi award, among all candidates throughout the country. Referred to as the "Academy Awards of Radio," NAB's Marconi Awards honor excellence in the industry. The winners are chosen through a two-tiered process: a committee of broadcasters selects the finalists,   more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 25 -- Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs issued the following news on Oct. 24, 2023: By David Pavlak Throughout a career that has seen her serve in the State Department during the Obama administration, manage billions to advance inclusive development around the world, and, most recently, direct the Office of Refugee Resettlement at the Department of Health and Human Services, Cindy Huang MPA '02 is ready for a new challenge. On October  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 27 (TNSres) -- Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs issued the following news: As COVID-19 remains a threat to public health, faculty members from the School of Public and International Affairs have continued research efforts to determine how the virus has left a lasting impact on individuals and populations worldwide. Noreen Goldman, the Hughes-Rogers Professor of Demography and Public Affairs, examined the impact of COVID-19 on life ex  more

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Oct. 28 -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: The Departments of Physics and Catholic Studies at Seton Hall University, in collaboration with the Stanley Jaki Foundation, are pleased to announce the 2024 Stanley Jaki International Congress. This conference marks the centenary of Father Stanley Jaki's birth on August 17, 1924, and will be held on April 24, 2024, at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey. This event follows the successful inaugur  more

GALLOWAY, New Jersey, Oct. 27 (TNSres) -- Stockton University issued the following news on Oct. 26, 2023: As a government shutdown looms, wars rage and chaos reigned as the House selected a new speaker, New Jersey voters are disgusted with Congress, and even Republicans disapprove of how the GOP majority is functioning, according to a Stockton University Poll released today. Only 13% of New Jersey adults approved of the way Congress is doing its job, while almost 80% disapproved. That result h  more

EWING, New Jersey, Oct. 24 -- The College of New Jersey issued the following news: After a competitive application and selection process, the Office of Academic Affairs at The College of New Jersey is pleased to announce the recipients of its inaugural Academic Innovation Awards. These collaborative awards aim to stimulate and support academic innovation at TCNJ. They range from small-scale projects to large-scale undertakings proposed by faculty and staff members across all seven academic sch  more

UNIVERSITY CITY, Pennsylvania, Oct. 27 -- The University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine issued the following news release: Alicia Gresham has been named chief executive officer of Pennsylvania Hospital (PAH), effective January 2, 2024. Gresham currently serves as senior vice president and COO of Network Operations at Mount Sinai Health System in New York and has nearly three decades of executive leadership experience in health care. During her time at Mount Saini, Gresham led th  more

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, Oct. 24 (TNSres) -- Rowan University issued the following news: Following a seven-year journey of billions of miles, the spacecraft OSIRIS-REx returned a sample from the asteroid Bennu Sept. 24 and Rowan University's Harold Connolly Jr., along with hundreds of his NASA colleagues, wept with joy. Connolly, founding chair of the Department of Geology in the School of Earth & Environment, has been affiliated with the OSIRIS-REx mission for 15 years and is leading analyses o  more

WAYNE, New Jersey, Oct. 25 (TNSres) -- William Paterson University issued the following news release: William Paterson University's Nathan Tortos '25 presented his on-campus chemistry research at an international conference in France this summer, among some of the field's top scientists from around the world. He was the only undergraduate college student chosen to present his research at the 10th Annual European Silicon Chemistry Conference. His topic? "A Systematic Investigation of Platinum N  more