TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 9 -- New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal issued the following news release: Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal and the Office of the New Jersey Coordinator for Addiction Responses and Enforcement Strategies ("NJ CARES") today announced that $1 million in federal grant funds are available to counties for the continuation, expansion, and enhancement of Operation Helping Hand programs that help combat the opioid epidemic. The Operation Helping Hand model, in whic  more

LYNDHURST, New Jersey, Oct. 8 -- 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 Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo as the October 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 C  more

LYNDHURST, New Jersey, Oct. 7 -- 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 Crack the Case, a special event with true crime investigative journalist, author and podcaster Billy Jensen in stores nationwide. The weeklong event will kick-off with a special episode of Jensen & Holes: The Murder Squad on October 10 where Billy Jensen and his co-host, P  more

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, Oct. 9 -- BNY Mellon, a banking and financial services holding company, issued the following news release: * * * - BNY Mellon's Pershing issues the Lockwood Investment Insights for the fourth quarter, says geopolitics will test investors' Resolve * * * Capital markets appear highly dependent on a large set of binary outcomes that may have more to do with political negotiations than changes in market dynamics, according to the latest Lockwood Investment Insights comme  more

MORRISTOWN, New Jersey, Oct. 11 -- Covanta Holding, a provider of sustainable waste management and renewable energy solutions, issued the following news release: Covanta Holding Corporation (NYSE:CVA) ("Covanta" or the "Company") will host a conference call at 8:30 AM (Eastern) on Friday, October 25, 2019 to discuss its third quarter results. A press release reporting Covanta's third quarter results will be issued after the market closes on October 24, 2019 and will also be available in the In  more

MORRISTOWN, New Jersey, Oct. 11 -- Covanta Holding, a provider of sustainable waste management and renewable energy solutions, issued the following news release: Covanta, a world leader in sustainable waste and energy solutions, has been named a winner of the Business Intelligence Group's 2019 Sustainability Awards in the Service of the Year category for its Rx4Safety program. The Sustainability Awards honor companies that have made sustainability an integral part of their business practice. C  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 10 -- The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release: A business that recycles almost 80 percent of its waste, a university with a comprehensive waste reduction and recycling program, and a municipal recycling coordinator whose dedication has increased recycling in multi-family housing developments, are among those honored today as New Jersey's 2019 recycling leaders. IKEA Distribution Services North America in Westampton, Burl  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 8 -- The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release: The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has launched a new campaign to help municipalities and communities manage fill material -- soils trucked in for developments under construction, landscape projects or for use on private residential properties, Commissioner Catherine R. McCabe announced today. At the heart of the "Guard Your Backyard" campaign is a dedicate  more

SECAUCUS, New Jersey, Oct. 8 -- Panasonic issued the following news release: First Baptist Church of Naples (Naples, FL) has completed a major renovation of its IMAG and streaming operations with the addition of three Panasonic AK-HC5000 studio camera systems and nine AW-HE130 pan/tilt/zoom cameras. These HD cameras support the live broadcast of three weekend worship services reaching 2500+ physical attendees and a growing internet audience. Pastor of Media and Technology John Patterson, who m  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Oct. 7 -- Johnson and Johnson issued the following news release: * * * - Company recognizes diversity and inclusion as a key driver of business innovation, fueled by a culture of belonging and a diverse workforce * * * Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ), the world's largest and most broadly-based healthcare company, today published You Belong: Diversity & Inclusion Impact Review (Impact Review), which demonstrates how a strategic Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) philosophy h  more

MORRISTOWN, New Jersey, Oct. 7 -- Jones Lang LaSalle issued the following news release: * * * - The North New Jersey property is proximate to New York City * * * JLL announces that it has closed the $15 million sale of a fully leased, 102,611-square-foot production and warehouse building within the Meadowlands Industrial submarket in Carlstadt, New Jersey. JLL marketed the property on behalf of the seller, SPI 190 Jony, LLC. Cabot Properties purchased the asset. Situated on 3.9 acres at   more

MAHWAH, New Jersey, Oct. 11 -- Ramapo College issued the following news release: The topic of "ethnic cleansing" will be explored during a presentation on Friday, November 1 at 1:45 p.m. in the Alumni Lounges of the Robert A. Scott Student Center at Ramapo College. Dr. Laura B. Cohen, executive director of the Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center, Queensborough Community College, CUNY, will analyze the phenomenon's connection to genocide. "Ethnic Cleansing: When Does it Become Genoci  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 8 -- New York Mayor Bill de Blasio issued the following news release: * * * - Department of Transportation orders tour companies operating non-permitted bus stops to cease operations - NYPD continues to commit resources to ensure safety * * * Mayor de Blasio today announced expanded efforts to curb the proliferation of companies and ticket sellers, primarily in and around Battery Park, that mislead tourists and operate buses to tours in New Jersey without permits. This aftern  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 9 -- The New Jersey Assembly Democrats issued the following joint statement: As a result of a resolution, (AJR-150) sponsored by Assembly Democrats Gordon Johnson (D-Bergen), Herb Conaway (D-Burlington) and Eric Houghtaling (D-Monmouth), October 8 of each year is now designated as "Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day" in New Jersey. The Assemblymen released the following joint statement today: "With the need for alternative, environmentally-friendly energy sources becoming mor  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 11 -- Fox Rothschild, a law firm, issued the following news release: Fox Rothschild LLP congratulates Jianming Jimmy Hao, Ph.D., who was named to the New Jersey Law Journal's list of Diverse Attorneys of the Year. This award recognizes attorneys who "share a passion for and commitment to the law and advancing the legal profession." Based in the firm's Princeton, NJ office, Hao is a patent lawyer and molecular biologist who helps shape multibillion-dollar bioph  more

ALBANY, New York, Oct. 7 -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * - Governor Cuomo and Governor Murphy Announce Gateway Development Commission Appointments * * * Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and Governor Phil Murphy today announced their appointed members who will represent New York and New Jersey on the Gateway Development Commission, which will oversee construction of the new Hudson Tunnel Project. New York's appointees to the Commission are New York State Dep  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Oct. 11 -- NICE, an enterprise software solutions provider, issued the following news release: * * * - Four NICE solutions received 2019 Communications Solutions Product of the Year awards, highlighting the strength of NICE's robust portfolio * * * Demonstrating the strength and depth of its solutions supporting the operational needs of contact centers, NICE (Nasdaq: NICE) today announced that four of its industry-leading solutions were awarded 2019 Communications Soluti  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 11 -- The New Jersey Democratic State Committee issued the following press release: New Jersey Democratic State Committee Vice Chair Peg Schaffer is calling on Assembly Minority Leader John Bramnick (R-21) to apologize to his constituents as well as all women in the state after a news report revealed language on Bramnick's professional law firm website that attacked survivors of sexual assault. Bramnick's website promises to "discredit accusers," and suggests that wome  more

PLAINSBORO, New Jersey, Oct. 11 -- The New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency issued the following news release: * * * - Development also Includes Supportive Apartments for Residents with Special Needs * * * New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (NJHMFA) executive staff joined representatives of Community Investment Strategies, Inc., and local officials for a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the opening of The Place at Plainsboro, which includes 70 apartments affordable t  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 7 -- The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey issued the following news release: The Port Authority and the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced that construction will start this fall on a new path on city-owned property that will provide safe, convenient travel for users accessing the Goethals Bridge shared use path in Staten Island. The Port Authority and the DOT have worked collaboratively to develop a plan to provide a safe, easy connection t  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 11 -- The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey issued the following news release: * * * - Class includes seven legacy officers who have family members who served or are serving in law enforcement * * * The Port Authority Police Department today reached record police staffing levels following the graduation of 113 new police officers from the 118th Police Academy class, including seven legacy officers who have a family member who served with the PAPD or other law enforceme  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 8 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: Arithmetic and Geometry: Ten Years in Alpbach (AMS-202), edited by Gisbert Wustholz and Clemens Fuchs Arithmetic and Geometry presents highlights of recent work in arithmetic algebraic geometry by some of the world's leading mathematicians. Together, these 2016 lectures--which were delivered in celebration of the tenth anniversary of the annual summer workshops in Alpbach, Austria--provide an in  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 8 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: Birds of Mongolia, by Gombobaatar Sundev and Christopher W. Leahy Mongolia is a huge, landlocked central Asian country encompassing a wide range of habitats, including forests, vast treeless plains, the Altai Mountains, and, of course, the Gobi Desert. ith an avian population that reflects this diverse landscape, the country is rapidly becoming a popular destination for birders. The first field   more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 8 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: Islands of Order: A Guide to Complexity Modeling for the Social Sciences, by J. Stephen Lansing and Murray P. Cox, and foreword by Michael R. Dove Over the past two decades, anthropologist J. Stephen Lansing and geneticist Murray Cox have explored dozens of villages on the islands of the Malay Archipelago, combining ethnographic research with research into genetic and linguistic markers to shed l  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 8 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: The Menshevik Leaders in the Russian Revolution: Social Realities and Political Strategies, by Ziva Galili At the end of Febraury 1917 the tsarist government of Russia collapsed in a whirlwind of demonstrations by the workers and soldier of Petrograd. Ziva Galili tells how the moderate socialists, or Mensheviks, then attempted to prevent the conflicts between the newly formed liberal Provisional   more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 8 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: Niccolo Machiavelli: An Intellectual Biography, by Corrado Vivanti and translated by Simon MacMichael This is a colorful, comprehensive, and authoritative introduction to the life and work of the Florentine statesman, writer, and political philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527). Corrado Vivanti, who was one of the world's leading Machiavelli scholars, provides an unparalleled intellectual b  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 8 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society, by Eric A. Posner and E. Glen Weyl, and foreword by Vitalik Buterin and Jaron Lanier Many blame today's economic inequality, stagnation, and political instability on the free market. The solution is to rein in the market, right? Radical Markets turns this thinking on its head. With a new foreword by Ethereum creator Vitalik   more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 8 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: Tales of Impossibility: The 2000-Year Quest to Solve the Mathematical Problems of Antiquity, by David S. Richeson Tales of Impossibility recounts the intriguing story of the renowned problems of antiquity, four of the most famous and studied questions in the history of mathematics. First posed by the ancient Greeks, these compass and straightedge problems--squaring the circle, trisecting an ang  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 8 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: Ten Great Ideas about Chance, by Persi Diaconis and Brian Skyrms In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, gamblers and mathematicians transformed the idea of chance from a mystery into the discipline of probability, setting the stage for a series of breakthroughs that enabled or transformed innumerable fields, from gambling, mathematics, statistics, economics, and finance to physics and comput  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 8 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: The Dehumanization of Art and Other Essays on Art, Culture, and Literature, by Jose Ortega y Gasset No work of philosopher and essayist Jose Ortega y Gasset has been more frequently cited, admired, or criticized than his response to modernism, "The Dehumanization of Art." The essay, originally published in Spanish in 1925, grappled with the newness of nonrepresentational art and sought to make i  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 8 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: The Nevada Test Site, by Emmet Gowin, foreword by Robert Adams and contributions by Robert Adams More nuclear bombs have been detonated in America than in any other country in the world. Between 1951 and 1992, the Nevada National Security Test Site was the primary location for these activities, withstanding more than a thousand nuclear tests that left swaths of the American Southwest resembling t  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 8 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: The Passion Projects: Modernist Women, Intimate Archives, Unfinished Lives, by Melanie Micir It's impossible, now, to think of modernism without thinking about gender, sexuality, and the diverse movers and shakers of the early twentieth century. But this was not always so. The Passion Projects examines biographical projects that modernist women writers undertook to resist the exclusion of their   more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 8 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: The Slow Moon Climbs: The Science, History, and Meaning of Menopause, by Susan Mattern Are the ways we look at menopause all wrong? Historian Susan Mattern says yes, and The Slow Moon Climbs reveals just how wrong we have been. Taking readers from the rainforests of Paraguay to the streets of Tokyo, Mattern draws on historical, scientific, and cultural research to reveal how our perceptions of me  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 7 -- Princeton University issued the following news release: A ribbon-cutting ceremony in Princeton's High-Performance Computing Research Center on Sept. 30 kicked off the University's official launch of its newest supercomputer, called Traverse, which joins four other distinct computing clusters available to the University research community. "We are delighted to unveil Traverse, our new Department of Energy (DOE) 'Leadership Class' compatible computing cluster," s  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 8 -- Princeton University issued the following news release: Early in the morning on Tuesday, Oct. 8, Princeton physicist James Peebles got a call from Sweden. His first thought was, "When you receive a phone call that early in the morning, it's usually something horrible -- or it's this!" The "this" turned out to be the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics. Peebles, the Albert Einstein Professor of Science, Emeritus, and professor of physics, emeritus, had won the prize for  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 11 -- Reed Smith, a law firm, issued the following news release: Reed Smith won another victory within a week before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for Miami International Holdings, Miami International Securities Exchange, MIAX PEARL, and Miami International Technologies ("MIAX"). In a final written decision released October 9, the PTAB ruled all claims of Nasdaq's U.S. Patent No. 7,747,506 titled "Recipient Status In  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Oct. 10 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * - Rutgers study suggests stress reduction, weight management may improve sleep habits * * * African-American and other ethnically diverse mothers know the value of a good night's sleep, but they and their young children are at risk for developing sleep problems if they live in urban poverty, a Rutgers study finds. The study, published in the Journal of Pediatric Health Care, looked  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Oct. 10 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * - Not wearing helmets contributes to traumatic injuries in off-road vehicle crashes in urban areas, but motorcycle use is still deadlier, according to a Rutgers researcher * * * People who illegally ride off-road vehicles, such as dirt bikes and all-terrain vehicles, on city streets suffer similar crash injuries as motorcyclists, but are less likely to die even though many riders do  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Oct. 8 -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Loneliness is the one of the greatest challenges to public health in South Jersey. According to new research produced by the Senator Walter Rand Institute for Public Affairs at Rutgers University-Camden, millennials and younger residents in southern New Jersey suffer from surprisingly higher rates of social isolation than citizens aged 65 or older which, in turn, can lead to such chronic health conditions as obe  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Oct. 9 [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 ca  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Oct. 8 [TNSsociologyresearch] -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * - Researchers say transportation practitioners should expand definitions of bicycle safe streets * * * Parents often disagree with transportation experts over what streets are safe for children to ride bikes, a Rutgers-led study finds. The study, in the journal Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Oct. 10 -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Early in the 2018 campaign, Debbie Walsh, Director of the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), and I issued a note of caution about the gender progress we would see as a result of the midterm elections. Our motto was "under-promise and over-deliver," noting that gender parity for women in American politics was not going to be achieved in any single election year. While many did not heed our caution--n  more

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, Oct. 7 -- Sun Chemical, a member of DIC Group, issued the following news release: During CorrExpo 2019, Sun Chemical will showcase a wide range of ink, coating and pressroom consumable solutions for corrugated printers that will help increase productivity, achieve sustainability goals, and maximize return on investment in their equipment and people, while producing higher quality packaging. "Corrugated packaging is no longer just about protecting shipments, handling and  more

CHERRY HILL, New Jersey, Oct. 7 -- TD Bank, a financial services company, issued the following news release: The participants in the 2019 Achilles Hope & Possibility Road Race were true champions even before they arrived at the starting line. The event took place in New York City's Central Park on June 23, and it is among the world's largest road races to bring together athletes both with and without disabilities. The life stories of many participants in the road race sponsored by TD Bank show  more

MAHWAH, New Jersey, Oct. 9 -- Ramapo College issued the following news release: "Working for Gender Equality Across the Globe" will be presented on October 22 at 6 p.m. in the Alumni Lounges on the Ramapo College of New Jersey campus. The event, sponsored by the College's School of Humanities and Global Studies and the Women's Center LGBTQ Services, is free and open to the public. The guest speaker is Gabriella Borovsky, Political Participation Specialist at U.N. Women, New York City. Borovsky  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The Republican Governors Association issued the following news release: After summering at his Italian mansion, liberal New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy appears to be recharged and ready to get back to his favorite pastimes: feuding with fellow Democrats, hiking taxes, and failing New Jerseyans. Prominent New Jersey Democrats haven't minced words about Murphy, characterizing him as incompetent and pompous. This time, Murphy's frequent sparring partner, State Senate Presid  more

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, Oct. 8 -- Verisk, a data analytics provider, issued the following news release: Verisk (Nasdaq:VRSK), a leading data analytics provider, will report its financial results for the fiscal third quarter ended September 30, 2019, on Tuesday, October 29, 2019, after the market close. The press release, with accompanying financial information, will be posted on the Verisk investor website at http://investor.verisk.com. Verisk's management team will host a live audio webcast   more

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, Oct. 10 -- Verisk, a data analytics provider, issued the following news release: Private U.S. property/casualty insurers' surplus reached a new record of $802.2 billion in the first half of 2019, pushed up by insurers' income and unrealized capital gains, according to Verisk (Nasdaq:VRSK), a leading data analytics provider, and the American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA). The surplus grew $60.1 billion in 2019 as the stock market recovered from a signi  more

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, Oct. 7 -- Wyndham Destinations, a hospitality company, issued the following news release: RCI, the world's largest vacation exchange network, today debuted a new mobile app, designed to make booking vacations easier and faster than ever before for RCI's 3.8 million members worldwide. Featuring desktop functionality built natively for mobile use, the new app blends modern technology and secure access to provide RCI members with the ability to easily exchange their times  more

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, Oct. 7 -- Wyndham Hotels and Resorts issued the following news release: Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: WH) announced today that it will report third quarter 2019 results on Tuesday, October 29, 2019. Geoff Ballotti, president and chief executive officer, and David Wyshner, chief financial officer, will host a call with investors at 8:30 a.m. ET that morning to discuss the Company's results and business outlook. Listeners can access the webcast live through the Company'  more