NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, June 21 -- Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey issued the following news on June 20, 2024: Bolstered by $6.3 million raised in donations, the Rutgers Board of Governors today approved the establishment of the William Hait Endowed Directorship at Rutgers Cancer Institute. Moving forward, the director of Rutgers Cancer Institute will be known as the William Hait Director. Recognized for his visionary leadership in the field of cancer research and patient care, Will  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, June 19 -- The Center for American Women and Politics issued the following news release: The Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University, is pleased to announce the 2024 recipients of our Ruth B. Mandel Dissertation Research Awards. These four award winners, the second cohort of Mandel awardees, are doing critical work that builds on the women and politics field and explores new areas of inquiry tha  more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Accuracy in Media issued the following news: Accuracy in Media has again conducted a shocking social experiment, to expose the ignorance and blatant antisemitism on college campuses. This time, students at Rutgers University in New Jersey signed a thank you card addressed to Hamas, the terrorist organization that killed 1,200 Israelis on October 7. Students smiled as the card holder, flanked by a gay pride flag and a Palestinian flag, asked them to sign the card for the  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 (TNSres) -- The Association of Research Libraries issued the following news: On May 13, 2024, the Social Security Administration (SSA) released a request for information for the "Plan for Increasing Public Access to the Results of Federally Funded Scientific Research (SSA-2023-0039)." The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is pleased to offer the following comments in response to this request. ARL Comments on the Request for Information for the Social Security Administ  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on June 20, 2024: The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ) today welcomed the findings of the investigation into the yearbook incident at East Brunswick High School (MSA) in which a photo of the Muslim Students Association was erroneously used in place of a photo of a Jewish student group. CAIR-NJ today also called on the township's mayor to apologize for relea  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, June 22 -- Environment New Jersey issued the following news release on June 20, 2024: A coalition of health, environmental justice and climate organizations today applauded the New Jersey Senate Environment and Energy Committee's vote in favor of Senate Bill 249 (S.249), legislation that would require electric utilities to propose and implement beneficial electrification programs for homes and businesses that reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with New Jersey's climate  more

HILLSIDE, New Jersey, June 20 -- The Community FoodBank of New Jersey, an anti-hunger and anti-poverty organization, issued the following news release: * * * People facing hunger need more money to be food secure. Amount reaches highest level in 20 years. * * * Nearly 1 million people in New Jersey are food insecure, a 22% increase over the previous year, according to Feeding America's annual Map the Meal Gap study. This includes more than 260,000 children - about 1 in 8. Nationwide, the ext  more

MONTVALE, New Jersey, June 19 -- The Institute of Management Accountants issued the following news release: IMA(R) (Institute of Management Accountants), the association of accountants and financial professionals in business, AchieveNEXT, an organization focused on delivering relational leadership and related talent development solutions, and its wholly-owned subsidiary, The CFO Alliance, the largest U.S.-based professional peer community solely dedicated to advancing the business and personal   more

NEW YORK, June 18 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following news release: (TRENTON, NJ - June 18, 2024) One in three New Jersey residents now lives within a half-mile of a mega-warehouse, facing elevated exposure to freight truck pollution, according to a new report released Tuesday, June 18 by Environmental Defense Fund and the Coalition for Healthy Ports NY/NJ. This report builds on recent similar EDF analyses in New York and Illinois. Diesel-powered frei  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, June 19 (TNSres) -- Clean Water Action issued the following news release: * * * Communities exposed to diesel truck emissions associated with warehouses face higher levels of air pollution linked to health problems like asthma and cardiovascular disease. * * * About one in three New Jersey residents now lives within a half-mile of a mega-warehouse, facing elevated exposure to freight truck pollution, according to a new report released Tuesday, June 18 by Environmental De  more

MAHWAH, New Jersey, June 22 -- The Andrew Goodman Foundation issued the following news release on June 21, 2024: Today, The Andrew Goodman Foundation (AGF) honors the 60th Anniversary of Freedom Summer and mourns the tragic murders of civil rights workers Andrew Goodman, James Earl Chaney, and Michael Schwerner in 1964. Freedom Summer, also known as the Mississippi Summer Project, was a campaign launched to register Black-American voters in Mississippi, a state with a long history of disenfran  more

NEW YORK, June 21 -- The Lawfare Project, an organization that provides legal counsel and services, issued the following news release on June 20, 2024: * * * The Lawfare Project -- together with New Jersey-based Hillary Freeman, Esq. of Freeman Law Offices, LLC and Nevada-based attorney Lori Rogich of Rogich Law Firm, PLLC -- have reached a settlement agreement with the Clark County School District (CCSD) for alleged state and federal civil rights violations on behalf of a Jewish student who w  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, June 21 -- The Center for American Women and Politics issued the following news release: Primary elections were held on Tuesday in two states: Oklahoma and Virginia. Runoff elections were also held in Georgia (find those results incorporated into the complete Georgia results here [https://cawp.rutgers.edu/blog/results-may-21st-primaries-georgia-idaho-kentucky-and-oregon]). Full results for women in these races are available on this post on our Election Analysis page;   more