JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, Aug. 12 -- Verisk, a data analytics provider, issued the following news release: Verisk (Nasdaq:VRSK), a leading data analytics provider, announced today that Aspen Insurance (Aspen) has selected Mozart Form Composer(TM) to help research, create, and edit policy language for its U.S. operations. Mozart(TM) is Verisk's InsurTech platform for forms management and product development. Mozart helps insurers manage and create insurance products to address today's risks, red  more

LYNDHURST, New Jersey, Aug. 13 -- Barnes and Noble, a retailer of content, digital media and educational products, issued the following news release: Barnes & Noble, Inc., the world's largest retail bookseller, today announced Inland by Tea Obreht as the August 2019 selection for the Barnes & Noble Book Club, a monthly book club designed to bring readers in communities across the country together to discuss the most compelling books. Barnes & Noble is selling a special, exclusive Book Club edit  more

FLORHAM PARK, New Jersey, Aug. 13 -- Conduent, a provider of diversified business services with capabilities in transaction processing, automation and analytics, issued the following news release: Conduent Transportation, a business unit of digital interactions company Conduent Incorporated (NYSE: CNDT), will help public transit agencies in Southern California operate their fleets and provide quality, on-time service for passengers. Under two new contracts, the company will upgrade hardware and  more

FLORHAM PARK, New Jersey, Aug. 14 -- Conduent, a provider of diversified business services with capabilities in transaction processing, automation and analytics, issued the following news release: In recognition of its many years of advocacy and active partnership with stakeholders in the child support community, Conduent Incorporated (NYSE: CNDT), a digital interactions company, received the 2019 Corporate Associate of the Year Award from the National Child Support Enforcement Association (NCS  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Aug. 12 -- The New Jersey Democratic State Committee issued the following press release: New Jersey Republican State Chairman Doug Steinhardt was quoted in today's column by The Record's Charlie Stile denying that President Donald Trump has done anything to heighten racial tensions, a laughable claim that ignores the President's near constant stoking of racial animus. Steinhardt said: "Liberal Democrats and media members have promoted a false narrative that President Trump  more

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, Aug. 12 -- Forbes Media, a global media, branding and technology company with a focus on news and information about business, investing, technology, entrepreneurship, leadership and affluent lifestyles, issued the following news release: Less than a month after announcing the hiring of 10 journalists worldwide, Forbes today announced it is expanding its CMO Network, hiring Marty Swant from Adweek to cover marketing, advertising and technology. The announcement was made   more

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, Aug. 14 -- Forbes Media, a global media, branding and technology company with a focus on news and information about business, investing, technology, entrepreneurship, leadership and affluent lifestyles, issued the following news release: Forbes Media today announced that it will hold its annual Forbes Global CEO Conference in Singapore from October 15 to 16, 2019. Now in its 19th year, the prestigious Conference is an annual gathering for some 400 global CEOs, tycoons,  more

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, Aug. 15 -- Forbes Media, a global media, branding and technology company with a focus on news and information about business, investing, technology, entrepreneurship, leadership and affluent lifestyles, issued the following news release: Forbes today released its 12th annual ranking of America's Top Colleges. Harvard University remains in the top spot for the third consecutive year. Yale University jumped up a spot to reclaim the No. 2 position, unseating Stanford Unive  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 12 -- First Republic Bank issued the following news: First Republic Bank (NYSE:FRC), a leading private bank and wealth management company, today announced that Kieran Lynch, Jack Inserra, Craig Kaufman and Joel Kaufman have joined First Republic Investment Management. Lynch, Inserra and Craig Kaufman were each named Managing Director and Wealth Manager, and Joel Kaufman was named Vice President and Wealth Manager. They will provide investment management, retirem  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Aug. 15 [TNSresearch] -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Professional investors are as likely as individual investors to mistakenly purchase the wrong stock by choosing a company with a similar name or stock market ticker symbol, according to new findings by Rutgers University Camden researchers. Vadim Balashov and Andrei Nikiforov, both assistant professors of finance at Rutgers University-Camden, found that in companies with similar names or tickers,   more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Aug. 15 -- K&L Gates, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added a team of four lawyers focused on environmental litigation and regulation and mass tort litigation in its Newark office. Joseph F. Lagrotteria, Dorothy Mello Laguzza, Gary M. Sapir, and Adam G. Husik all join the firm from LeClairRyan, where Lagrotteria served as head of the environmental practice area. "We are thrilled to welcome Joe and his team to K&L Gates," stat  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Aug. 15 [TNSeducationresearch] -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Early school start times are believed to have a negative impact on teenagers who, according to medical research, require more sleep to support their physical and psychological development. As the school year begins, a Rutgers University-Camden researcher raises an additional warning: early start times for school may contribute to delinquency and substance abuse issues among adolescents.   more

WHIPPANY, New Jersey, Aug. 14 -- MetLife, a provider of insurance, annuities and employee benefit programs, issued the following news release: * * * - Record $2.4 Billion Originated On Behalf Of Unaffiliated/Third-Party Clients Reveals Strong Investor Demand Amid Fed Interest Rate Uncertainty And Low-Yield Investment Environment * * * MetLife Investment Management ("MIM"), MetLife, Inc.'s (NYSE: MET) institutional asset management business, announced today it originated $7.7 billion in priva  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Aug. 12 -- New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal issued the following news release: * * * - Coalition of States Opposes Suit by Alabama that Seeks to Prevent Federal Government from Counting All U.S. Residents Regardless of Immigration Status * * * Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced today that New Jersey is seeking to intervene in a federal court case in the U.S. District Court in Alabama in which the State of Alabama is seeking to prevent the Census Bure  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Aug. 13 -- New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal issued the following news release: Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal today joined a multi-state Petition for Review challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's so-called Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule, which relaxes federal greenhouse gas emission standards and other important regulatory controls for existing coal-fired power plants. Filed today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, the pet  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Aug. 15 -- The New Jersey Assembly Democrats issued the following news: Two bills sponsored by Assembly Democrats Joann Downey and Annette Quijano to permit a person injured in a car accident to recover uncompensated medical expenses in civil action was signed into law Thursday by Governor Phil Murphy. The first law (formerly bill A-5371), sponsored by Downey (D-Monmouth) and Quijano (D-Union) allows someone injured in motor vehicle accident to recover all unreimbursed med  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Aug. 15 -- The New Jersey Assembly Democrats issued the following news: Taking action in response to the adenovirus 7 outbreak that led to 11 deaths and 36 infections at The Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation last fall, a bill that would require long-term care facilities to have outbreak control plans in place was signed into law Thursday. The new law (formerly bill A-5527) is designed to contain respiratory illness outbreaks and would require the Department of   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Aug. 13 -- The New Jersey Assembly Democrats issued the following news: Striving to relieve fiscal pressures on municipalities caused by sizeable nonresidential property tax appeal refunds, legislation sponsored by Assembly Democrats Robert Karabinchak, Vince Mazzeo, Nancy Pinkin and Speaker Craig Coughlin was recently signed into law by Governor Phil Murphy. Under former New Jersey law, municipalities had 60 days to refund excess taxes to commercial property owners after   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Aug. 12 -- The New Jersey Assembly Democrats issued the following news: As part of an effort to promote innovation and the development and redevelopment of an area through public-private partnerships, legislation sponsored by Assembly Democrats James Kennedy, Patricia Egan Jones and Nancy Pinkin establishing the "Innovation District Designation Program" within the New Jersey Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology was recently signed into law. "Recognizing and des  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Aug. 12 -- The New Jersey Assembly Democrats issued the following news: For years, New Jersey has been one among only a few states to ban funeral homes from serving food and refreshments on their premises. Acknowledging the limits this places on families and friends coming together in times of mourning, Assembly Democrats Nancy Pinkin (D-Middlesex), Paul Moriarty (D-Camden, Gloucester) and Andrew Zwicker (D-Somerset, Mercer, Middlesex, Hunterdon) sponsored legislation to am  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Aug. 15 -- The New Jersey Assembly Democrats issued the following news: New Jersey has over fifty wineries spanning its northern and southern regions. Seeking to bolster growth of this industry, Assemblymen Roy Freiman (D-Somerset, Mercer, Middlesex, Hunterdon) and Clinton Calabrese (D-Bergen, Passaic) sponsored legislation supporting wine-related tourism, which the Governor signed into law on Thursday. The law (formerly A-3643) establishes a marketing and advertising camp  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Aug. 15 -- The New Jersey Assembly Democrats issued the following news: To ensure nursing mothers have a safe place to breastfeed when they're in public, a measure sponsored by Assemblywomen Eliana Pintor Marin, Gabriela Mosquera and Carol Murphy to provide lactation rooms in certain public facilities was signed into law Thursday by Governor Phil Murphy. "While women should be able to nurse their babies publicly, some women prefer to do it in a more quiet setting," said Pi  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Aug. 12 -- The New Jersey Assembly Democrats issued the following news: Mental health education will be integrated into health and physical education classes for all K-12 students in New Jersey under legislation signed into law Friday by Governor Phil Murphy. "It's incredibly important that students understand the many dimensions of health, from exercise to mental health and wellness," said Assemblyman Gary Schaer (D-Bergen, Passaic), a prime sponsor of the law. "Educating  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Aug. 14 -- The New Jersey Assembly Democrats issued the following statement by Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, D-Middlesex, on the proposed federal changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: "One in ten children in New Jersey suffer from hunger. One in ten. Unfortunately, we will only see this number worsen under the proposed federal changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Requirements (SNAP) if enacted. "Of the nationally 3.1 million peop  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Aug. 12 -- The New Jersey Assembly Democrats issued the following statement by Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle, D-Bergen, on the report of bias crimes escalating in the state: "Amidst a rising tide of bias and hate crimes throughout the United States, the Attorney General's yearly Bias Incident Report shows that New Jersey is unfortunately not immune from this trend. "These trends are not limited to one state or region, hate and intolerance are on the rise. We are in  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 13 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * - Physician Barry S. Sloan Pleads Guilty to Providing Patients Powerful Narcotics Outside the Good Faith Practice of Medicine and Recklessly Causing the Death of a 36-Year-Old Man by Prescribing Fentanyl - Sloan Expected to Receive Four to Nine Years in State Prison * * * New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced the conviction of physician Barry S. Sloan, 61, of Fort Lee,   more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Aug. 12 -- NICE, an enterprise software solutions provider, issued the following news release: * * * - Reg BI Surveillance leverages NICE Actimize's sales practices and suitability, communications surveillance and case management capabilities to provide one solution to automate key Reg BI compliance processes * * * In a watershed moment, the U.S. Securities and Exchanges Commission voted on June 5, 2019, to pass Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI). The regulation, which is  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Aug. 12 -- NICE, an enterprise software solutions provider, issued the following news release: * * * - Integration extends RapidSOS' enhanced emergency information beyond real-time incident handling to empower post-incident reconstruction * * * NICE (Nasdaq: NICE) has successfully completed a technology integration of its NICE Inform incident intelligence solution with the RapidSOS Clearinghouse. The integration of the two solutions extends RapidSOS' enhanced emergency  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Aug. 14 -- NICE, an enterprise software solutions provider, issued the following news release: * * * - NICE's Advanced Solutions Will Provide FAA With Capabilities That Enable Faster Incident Response And Provide Greater Visibility Into Incident Data Helping Improve Transportation Safety * * * Every day the FAA's Air Traffic Organization provides service to more than 44,000 flights and 2.7 million airline passengers across more than 29 million square miles of airspace.   more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Aug. 13 -- NICE, an enterprise software solutions provider, issued the following news release: * * * - NICE set to honor Australia and New Zealand customers for demonstrating excellence in three distinct categories * * * NICE today announced launch of the 2019 CX Excellence Awards program, honoring customers in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) for driving creative, innovative customer interactions based on its solutions. The awards will be announced at the Interactions Sy  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Aug. 15 -- NICE, an enterprise software solutions provider, issued the following news release: * * * - Impressive Line-Up of Winners Chosen From Record Number of Nominations Submitted to NICE Awards Program for Emergency Communications Centers * * * NICE (Nasdaq: NICE) recognized the recipients of its 2019 PSAPs' Finest Awards in a special ceremony held at the APCO 2019 Annual Conference & Expo in Baltimore, Maryland. Highlighting the winners' outstanding contributions a  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 16 -- The North Carolina Utilities Commission issued the following order (Docket No. WR-38): In the Matter of Notification by Prudential Insurance Company of America, 8 Campus Drive, 4th Floor, Parsippany, New Jersey 07054, of Revised Rates and Fees for Charging for Water and/or Sewer Utility Service in The Reserve Apartments in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Order Approving Tariff Revision BY THE COMMISSION: On August 2, 2019, Prudential Insurance Company o  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 14 -- The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey issued the following news release: * * * - Concepts could include rail station improvements to platforms that improve safety, increase capacity, and accommodate longer trains - Redevelopment would spur job creation while serving as both a transportation and commercial epicenter * * * Seeking best-in-class ideas and concepts to deliver enhanced amenities and services at one of PATH's major transit facilities, the Port Authori  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Aug. 12 -- Princeton University issued the following news release: How does a curator create a museum exhibition? What does a day in the life of a working artist look like? How do science and technology help conserve art? How do issues of diversity and representation affect artists and professionals in the field? In July, 12 students and seven faculty members from historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) across the country addressed these questions and more i  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Aug. 12 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: A History of Art History, by Christopher S. Wood In this wide-ranging and authoritative book, the first of its kind in English, Christopher Wood tracks the evolution of the historical study of art from the late middle ages through the rise of the modern scholarly discipline of art history. Synthesizing and assessing a vast array of writings, episodes, and personalities, this original and access  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Aug. 12 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: Affordable Housing in New York: The People, Places, and Policies That Transformed a City, edited by Nicholas Dagen Bloom and Matthew Gordon Lasner How has America's most expensive and progressive city helped its residents to live? Since the nineteenth century, the need for high-quality affordable housing has been one of New York City's most urgent issues. Affordable Housing in New York explores  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Aug. 5 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: African Dominion: A New History of Empire in Early and Medieval West Africa, by Michael A. Gomez Pick up almost any book on early and medieval world history and empire, and where do you find West Africa? On the periphery. This pioneering book, the first on this period of the region's history in a generation, tells a different story. Interweaving political and social history and drawing on a rich  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Aug. 5 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: American Empire: A Global History, by A. G. Hopkins American Empire is a panoramic work of scholarship that presents a bold new global perspective on the history of the United States. Drawing on his expertise in economic history and the imperial histories of Britain and Europe, A. G. Hopkins takes readers from the colonial era to today to show how, far from diverging, the United States and Wester  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Aug. 5 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: Beating the Odds: Jump-Starting Developing Countries, by Justin Yifu Lin and Celestin Monga Contrary to conventional wisdom, countries that ignite a process of rapid economic growth almost always do so while lacking what experts say are the essential preconditions for development, such as good infrastructure and institutions. In Beating the Odds, two of the world's leading development economists  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Aug. 5 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: Boko Haram: The History of an African Jihadist Movement, by Alexander Thurston Boko Haram is one of the world's deadliest jihadist groups. It has killed more than twenty thousand people and displaced more than two million in a campaign of terror that began in Nigeria but has since spread to Chad, Niger, and Cameroon as well. This is the first book to tell the full story of this West African affi  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Aug. 12 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: Democratic Equality, by James Lindley Wilson Democracy establishes relationships of political equality, ones in which citizens equally share authority over what they do together and respect one another as equals. But in today's divided public square, democracy is challenged by political thinkers who disagree about how democratic institutions should be organized, and by antidemocratic politicians  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Aug. 12 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: Elephant, by Errol Fuller Elephants are among the most beloved of all creatures. Their behavior can seem almost human, from their complex social interactions to their need to mourn their dead. They are also among the most persecuted of animals, subjected to untold cruelty at the hands of humans through the ages. In this stunningly illustrated book, Errol Fuller provides a rich and moving portra  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Aug. 12 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: Entitled: Discriminating Tastes and the Expansion of the Arts, by Jennifer C. Lena Two centuries ago, wealthy entrepreneurs founded the American cathedrals of culture--museums, theater companies, and symphony orchestras--to mirror European art. But today's American arts scene has widened to embrace multitudes: photography, design, comics, graffiti, jazz, and many other forms of folk, vernacular,  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Aug. 12 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: Global Development: A Cold War History, by Sara Lorenzini In the Cold War, "development" was a catchphrase that came to signify progress, modernity, and economic growth. Development aid was closely aligned with the security concerns of the great powers, for whom infrastructure and development projects were ideological tools for conquering hearts and minds around the globe, from Europe and Africa  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Aug. 12 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: Human Forms: The Novel in the Age of Evolution, by Ian Duncan The 120 years between Henry Fielding's Tom Jones (1749) and George Eliot's Middlemarch (1871) marked both the rise of the novel and the shift from the presumption of a stable, universal human nature to one that changes over time. In Human Forms, Ian Duncan reorients our understanding of the novel's formation during its cultural ascen  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Aug. 12 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: Hydropolitics: The Itaipu Dam, Sovereignty, and the Engineering of Modern South America, by Christine Folch Hydropolitics is a groundbreaking investigation of the world's largest power plant and the ways the energy we use shapes politics and economics. Itaipu Binational Hydroelectric Dam straddles the Parana River border that divides the two countries that equally co-own the dam, Brazil and Para  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Aug. 12 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: Indebted: How Families Make College Work at Any Cost, by Caitlin Zaloom The struggle to pay for college is one of the defining features of middle-class life in America today. At kitchen tables all across the country, parents agonize over whether to burden their children with loans or to sacrifice their own financial security by taking out a second mortgage or draining their retirement savings.   more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Aug. 5 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: Korngold and His World, edited by Daniel Goldmark and Kevin C. Karnes Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) was the last compositional prodigy to emerge from the Austro-German tradition of Mozart and Mendelssohn. He was lauded in his youth by everyone from Mahler to Puccini and his auspicious career in the early 1900s spanned chamber music, opera, and musical theater. Today, he is best known for h  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Aug. 5 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: Making the Arab World: Nasser, Qutb, and the Clash That Shaped the Middle East, by Fawaz A. Gerges In 2013, just two years after the popular overthrow of Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian military ousted the country's first democratically elected president--Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood--and subsequently led a brutal repression of the Islamist group. These bloody events echoed an older polit  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Aug. 5 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: Misdemeanorland: Criminal Courts and Social Control in an Age of Broken Windows Policing, by Issa Kohler-Hausmann Felony conviction and mass incarceration attract considerable media attention these days, yet the most common criminal-justice encounters are for misdemeanors, not felonies, and the most common outcome is not prison. In the early 1990s, New York City launched an initiative under the b  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Aug. 5 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: Out of Many Faiths: Religious Diversity and the American Promise, by Eboo Patel America is the most religiously diverse nation on the planet. In today's volatile climate of religious conflict and distrust, how do we affirm that the American promise is deeply intertwined with how each of us engages with people of different beliefs? Eboo Patel, former faith adviser to Barack Obama, provides answer  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Aug. 12 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: Peaceful Families: American Muslim Efforts against Domestic Violence, by Juliane Hammer In Peaceful Families, Juliane Hammer chronicles and examines the efforts, stories, arguments, and strategies of individuals and organizations doing Muslim anti-domestic violence work in the United States. Looking at connections among ethical practices, gender norms, and religious interpretation, Hammer demon  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Aug. 12 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: Restoring the Global Judiciary: Why the Supreme Court Should Rule in U.S. Foreign Affairs, by Martin S. Flaherty In the past several decades, there has been a growing chorus of voices contending that the Supreme Court and federal judiciary should stay out of foreign affairs and leave the field to Congress and the president. Challenging this idea, Restoring the Global Judiciary argues instead for  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Aug. 5 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: Searching for the Oldest Stars: Ancient Relics from the Early Universe, by Anna Frebel Astronomers study the oldest observable stars in the universe in much the same way that archaeologists study ancient artifacts on Earth. Here, Anna Frebel--who is credited with discovering several of the oldest and most primitive stars using the world's largest telescopes--takes readers into the far-flung depth  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Aug. 5 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: Straight Talk on Trade: Ideas for a Sane World Economy, by Dani Rodrik Not so long ago the nation-state seemed to be on its deathbed, condemned to irrelevance by the forces of globalization and technology. Now it is back with a vengeance, propelled by a groundswell of populists around the world. In Straight Talk on Trade, Dani Rodrik, an early and outspoken critic of economic globalization taken  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Aug. 12 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: Taking the Floor: Models, Morals, and Management in a Wall Street Trading Room, by Daniel Beunza Debates about financial reform have led to the recognition that a healthy financial system doesn't depend solely on how it is structured--organizational culture matters as well. Based on extensive research in a Wall Street derivatives-trading room, Taking the Floor considers how the culture of financ  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Aug. 5 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: The Origins of Happiness: The Science of Well-Being over the Life Course, by Andrew E. Clark, Sarah Fleche, Richard Layard, Nattavudh Powdthavee and George Ward, and with a new preface by the authors What makes people happy? The Origins of Happiness seeks to revolutionize how we think about human priorities and to promote public policy changes that are based on what really matters to people. Dra  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Aug. 5 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: The Solitary Bees: Biology, Evolution, Conservation, by Bryan N. Danforth, Robert L. Minckley and John L. Neff While social bees such as honey bees and bumble bees are familiar to most people, they comprise less than 10 percent of all bee species in the world. The vast majority of bees lead solitary lives, surviving without the help of a hive and using their own resources to fend off danger and p  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Aug. 5 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: Think Again: Contrarian Reflections on Life, Culture, Politics, Religion, Law, and Education, by Stanley Fish From 1995 to 2013, Stanley Fish's provocative New York Times columns consistently generated passionate discussion and debate. In Think Again, he has assembled almost one hundred of his best columns into a thematically arranged collection with a substantial new introduction that explains h  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Aug. 13 -- Princeton University issued the following news release: Dean for Research Pablo Debenedetti has been selected to receive the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)'s Alpha Chi Sigma Award for Chemical Engineering Research. The award cites Debenedetti's "seminal research contributions on the metastable liquid-liquid phase transition and properties of water at supercooled conditions." Debenedetti, the Class of 1950 Professor in Engineering and Applied  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Aug. 16 [TNSscienceresearch] -- Princeton University issued the following news release: A survey of offshore installations extracting oil and natural gas in the North Sea revealed far more leakage of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, than currently estimated by the British government, according to a research team led by scientists from Princeton University. Using a laser-based instrument mounted on small fishing boats, the researchers estimated methane emissions from e  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Aug. 14 -- Princeton University issued the following news release: A small group of Princeton University undergraduate and graduate students stand with John Hatch, a Trentonian, architect and Princeton Class of 1984 graduate, outside the Roebling Lofts. The renovated apartments occupy what was once an old cable ropes factory on Clark Street in Trenton, New Jersey. Around the lofts other factory buildings are home to shops, community organizations like the Trenton Circus S  more

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, Aug. 15 -- Verisk, a data analytics provider, issued the following news release: Verisk (Nasdaq:VRSK), a leading data analytics provider, announced today that Root Insurance, a leading provider of usage-based insurance (UBI), has joined the Verisk Data Exchange(TM)--the first and largest telematics data exchange in the United States. As a participating insurer, Root will gain access to insurance-ready driving data from consenting consumers to enhance its UBI program. "  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Aug. 14 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * - A Rutgers youth trauma expert discusses how parents, teachers and others can recognize mental health issues and connect children with the care they need * * * A recent report (https://www.njtvonline.org/news/video/preteen-suicide-attempts-by-drug-overdose-on-the-rise-in-new-jersey/) by the New Jersey Poison Control Center at Rutgers University showed a rise in suicide attempts by   more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Aug. 15 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * - Rutgers-led research could help lead to tests for prenatal exposure to alcohol and related health issues * * * Mothers who drink moderate to high levels of alcohol during pregnancy may be changing their babies' DNA, according to a Rutgers-led study. "Our findings may make it easier to test children for prenatal alcohol exposure - and enable early diagnosis and intervention that c  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Aug. 15 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * - Rutgers researchers report new developments in the understanding of vitamin D action and treatment * * * When recommending vitamin D supplements, doctors should look at each individual patient as having different requirements and not rely on "one-size-fits-all" guidelines, according to a study by researchers at Rutgers and the University of California, San Francisco. The study, p  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Aug. 14 [TNSscienceresearch] -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * - Rutgers-led research could help lead to more efficient and affordable algal biofuels * * * Scientists have discovered how diatoms - a type of alga that produce 20 percent of the Earth's oxygen - harness solar energy for photosynthesis. The Rutgers University-led discovery, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could help lead to more efficient   more

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, Aug. 12 -- Sun Chemical, a member of DIC Group, issued the following news release: On stand 5E45 at Labelexpo 2019 in Brussels, Belgium, 24 - 27 September 2019, Sun Chemical will showcase its complete portfolio of solutions for the narrow web label and packaging markets and highlight its latest product and service innovations. Through the extensive range on display, Sun Chemical will also demonstrate its commitment to sustainability, which continues to be fundamental to   more

CHERRY HILL, New Jersey, Aug. 13 -- TD Bank, a financial services company, issued the following news release: TD Bank hosted a Scholars Career Day for JEVS Human Services at TD University in Mount Laurel, NJ to provide the "Right Stuff" on how to find a good job. Members of TD's Talent Acquisition team from across the Bank reviewed resumes, gave interview tips and imparted other important knowledge for the 20 job seekers from JEVS programs attending the event. JEVS of Philadelphia has two d  more

PARSILLANY, New Jersey, Aug. 15 -- Travelport Worldwide, a travel commerce platform, issued the following news release: As the next step in its continuing support for Qantas' New Distribution Capability, including the Qantas Distribution Platform (QDP), Travelport, a leading technology company serving the travel industry, has today begun handling its first bookings with Qantas using IATA's New Distribution Capability (NDC) standard. The bookings are being made through Travelport Smartpoint in a  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Aug. 13 -- NICE, an enterprise software solutions provider, issued the following news release: * * * - Innovative NICE Nexidia Customer Journey Optimization provides powerful analytics to enhance customer experience * * * NICE (Nasdaq: NICE) today announced Western Union, a global leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement, has advanced customer experience through improved insight into their customer journeys with NICE Nexidia Customer Journey Optimization (CJ  more