NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Nov. 5 [TNSenergyresearch-Additive Manufacturing journal] -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * - Rutgers innovation could lead to better drones, satellites, biomedical devices * * * Rutgers engineers have embedded high performance electrical circuits inside 3D-printed plastics, which could lead to smaller and versatile drones and better-performing small satellites, biomedical implants and smart structures. They used pulses of high-energy light to  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Nov. 8 -- New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal issued the following news release: Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal today released a multi-state letter with California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and 17 other Attorneys General opposing a Trump Administration rule that, if adopted, would significantly hinder the ability of asylum-seekers to get work permits. Currently, asylum-seekers are able to seek authorization to work lawfully in the United States if their a  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Nov. 8 -- New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal issued the following news release: Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal and Division on Civil Rights Director Rachel Wainer Apter announced today that the State's Interagency Task Force to Combat Youth Bias will host a series of four community listening sessions this month focused on the impact of youth bias on communities throughout the state. The Task Force was established by Executive Order in August 2019 following a re  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Nov. 5 [TNSbiologyresearch-Nature Microbiology journal] -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * - Scientists find more industrial chemicals, fungi in urbanized homes * * * What are the differences between life in a walled urban apartment versus in a jungle hut that's open to nature? Researchers at Rutgers and other universities found city homes to be rife with industrial chemicals, cleaning agents and fungi that love warm, dark surfaces, while jungl  more

EWING, New Jersey, Nov. 5 -- The College of New Jersey issued the following news: The TCNJ Accounting Program has been ranked number 3 out of 17 schools in New Jersey, placing it in the top 15% of all accounting departments in the state. "The Accounting Department continuously seeks to be recognized as one of the top programs in the surrounding area," said Dr. Bea Chiang, Department Chair. "This achievement reflects that our accounting program offers a high quality educational experience to p  more

FLORHAM PARK, New Jersey, Nov. 6 -- Conduent, a provider of diversified business services with capabilities in transaction processing, automation and analytics, issued the following news release: Conduent (NYSE: CNDT), a services and solutions company, today announced its third quarter 2019 financial results. "Over the last 90 days, the team has started to build on the foundational work that was developed over the past three years," said Conduent CEO, Cliff Skelton. "While our efforts on grow  more

MORRISTOWN, New Jersey, Nov. 4 -- 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 honored with the 2019 Award for Excellence for Community Service from the New Jersey Business and Industry Association (NJBIA). NJBIA's annual award acknowledges outstanding businesses and their leaders who have improved New Jersey's economic climate and quality  more

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, Nov. 7 -- Coyne Public Relations issued the following news release: The confidence of global business leaders plummeted in 2019, according to the second annual Worldcom Confidence Index (CI) from The Worldcom Public Relations Group (Worldcom), the leading global partnership of independent public relations firms. In an analysis of online content from more than 58,000 chief executive and chief marketing officers, the overall confidence among global CEOs and CMOs is down mo  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Nov. 7 -- New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal issued the following news release: * * * - Jewish Student Received Anti-Semitic Photo by Cell Phone, Was Shunned as a "Snitch" After Her Father Reported It to School Principal, Eventually Transferred * * * Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced today that the Division has issued a Finding of Probable Cause (FPC) against the Monmouth County Vocational School District over it  more

FLORHAM PARK, New Jersey, Nov. 6 -- Emerson Electric, an automation technology and software company, issued the following news: Emerson has expanded the options available on its ASCO lead-free brass solenoid valve line to enable original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and contractors to comply with U.S. Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) Section 1417. The product line expansion includes larger pipe sizes (up to 2 inches), normally open constructions, and Next Generation electronically enhanced coil   more

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, Nov. 4 -- Wyndham Hotels and Resorts issued the following news release: Whether hitting the road to tailgate with friends or taking to the air for a business trip with colleagues, Baymont(R) by Wyndham is dishing out an extra helping of its signature hometown hospitality this fall with the "Baymont Welcome," a complimentary program designed to make each and every stay feel just a bit more like home. Available now at all Baymont by Wyndham hotels across the U.S., the Bay  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 5 -- General Electric Renewable Energy issued the following news release: * * * - Blade for GE's Haliade-X 12MW offshore wind turbine to be tested at Wind Technology Testing Center to simulate full lifetime of blade - Haliade-X selected as preferred turbine for nearly 5 GWs of offshore projects in the past month, including projects in Maryland and New Jersey * * * GE Renewable Energy and the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) today announced the arrival   more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Nov. 9 [TNSscientificresearch-Proceedings of the Natural Academy of Sciences journal] -- Princeton University issued the following news release: When scientists want to study Earth's very ancient geological past -- typically greater than 100 million years ago -- they often turn to rocks called carbonates. Calcium carbonates, the most ubiquitous forms of carbonate, are minerals that precipitate from seawater and form layered sedimentary deposits on the seafloor. They are   more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Nov. 7 -- The New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency issued the following news release: A groundbreaking today kicked off construction of a new community of 60 apartments affordable to families, the last phase of redevelopment of the former Douglass Harrison Homes site in the city's Central Ward. Somerset Brownstones, developed by The Michaels Organization and financed in part by the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (NJHMFA), will provide two- and thre  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Nov. 7 -- Johnson & Johnson issued the following news release: * * * - Data from multiple preclinical, Phase 1, 2 and 3 studies support applications, which have been granted Accelerated Assessment by European Medicines Agency * * * Johnson & Johnson today announced that its Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies have submitted Marketing Authorisation Applications (MAAs) to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) seeking licensure for an investigational Ebola vaccine regimen   more

MORRISTOWN, New Jersey, Nov. 5 -- Jones Lang LaSalle issued the following news release: * * * - Institutionally owned, garden-style apartment complex trades in Morristown submarket * * * JLL announced today that it has closed the $39.5 million sale of Morris Crossing Apartments, a 123-unit, garden-style apartment community in Morristown, New Jersey. JLL marketed the property exclusively on behalf of the seller, Morris Crossing Apartments LLC, and procured the buyer, Shamah Properties, LLC.   more

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, Nov. 5 -- Wyndham Hotels and Resorts issued the following news release: La Quinta(R) by Wyndham, a trusted hotel brand among career commuters, is helping relieve stress for business travelers on November 20 - the busiest business travel day of the year - when nearly 60% more people are hitting the road than usual. According to the latest "La Quinta Means Business" survey, 96% of business travelers have had to travel for work the week before Thanksgiving and 81% of them f  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Nov. 6 -- The New Jersey Assembly Democrats issued the following news: Encouraging municipalities to plan for the development of electric vehicle charging infrastructure at appropriate locations, legislation sponsored by Assembly Democrats James Kennedy, Gordon Johnson, Andrew Zwicker and Daniel Benson was signed into law by the Governor on Wednesday. A report by the New Jersey Energy Master Plan Alternative Fuels Work Group identified the development, installation, and ma  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Nov. 7 -- The New Jersey Assembly Democrats issued the following news: * * * - Legislation to Relieve Municipal Courts, Reduce Recidivism and Lower Costs * * * As part of New Jersey's continuing effort to address substance abuse and resulting criminal behavior, Assembly Democrats Thomas Giblin, Patricia Egan Jones and Ralph Caputo sponsored legislation that would give counties the authority to establish a central municipal drug court. The Assembly Law and Public Safety C  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Nov. 7 -- The New Jersey Assembly Democrats issued the following news: With the goal to ensure every veteran in New Jersey has a roof over their head, legislation sponsored by Assembly Democrats Valerie Vainieri Huttle and Wayne DeAngelo to expand a grant program to rehabilitate homes for veterans in need was approved Thursday by the Assembly Military and Veterans Affairs Committee. "In 2018, there were 555 veterans facing homelessness in New Jersey. This is completely una  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Nov. 8 -- The New Jersey Assembly Democrats issued the following joint statement by Assembly Members Yvonne Lopez, D-Middlesex, and Wayne DeAngelo, D-Mercer, Middlesex: Extending an honor to more family members of soldiers who lost their lives while serving, legislation allowing counties to issue identification cards to family members other than the Gold Star Parents of a deceased military member passed the Assembly Military and Veterans Affairs Committee on Thursday. "Whe  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Nov. 8 -- The New Jersey Assembly Democrats issued the following news: * * * - Measure Creates Provisions for Maintenance and Operation of Devices * * * On Monday, an NJ TRANSIT passenger suffered a heart attack onboard a rush hour train despite attempts by a doctor to revive him. The time delay in getting life-saving devices, such as resuscitation masks and automated external defibrillators (AEDs), aboard the train lengthened the time of emergency response. Seeking to   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Nov. 8 -- The New Jersey Assembly Democrats issued the following news: In light of recent news regarding the potential closure of Bayonne Medical Center due to an upcoming hospital merger, of which elected officials had no prior knowledge, Assemblyman Nicholas Chiaravalloti has introduced a three-bill package aimed at increasing hospitals' transparency to help prevent the abrupt loss of important healthcare services in local communities. "The Bayonne Medical Center is quit  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Nov. 7 -- The New Jersey Assembly Democrats issued the following statement by Assemblyman Craig Coughlin, D-Middlesex, on his re-election to serve as the speaker of the General Assembly: "I am honored to serve a second term as Assembly Speaker. I thank my fellow Assembly democrats for putting their trust in me to continue to serve as the leader of our caucus. "We have accomplished many great things over the last two years that have improved the lives of our fellow New Jer  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Nov. 7 -- The New Jersey Assembly Democrats issued the following news: When disaster strikes the state, members of the New Jersey National Guard consistently step up to defend and assist their community. A new bill sponsored by Assemblywoman Annette Quijano seeks to guarantee employment protections for any National Guard member called upon to protect the state during an emergency. National Guard members are able to hold a civilian job but must always be ready to answer the  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Nov. 5 -- The New Jersey Assembly Democrats issued the following news: On Monday, November 4, Fort Lee High School in collaboration with the Bergen County Division on Mental Health, formally announced their partnership with Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation's teen Mental Health First Aid (tMHFA) pilot program. Fort Lee High School was chosen as one of 35 schools nationwide to participate in this groundbreaking program. In response to this news, Assemblywoman Valerie Va  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Nov. 9 [TNSmedicalresearch-World Neurosurgery journal] -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * - A Rutgers study presents a model for creating a sustainable neurosurgery programs in poor, remote locations * * * Low- and middle-income countries in remote locations with little access to care can create sustainable neurosurgical programs by recruiting and training young, local doctors, according to a Rutgers study. Published in the journal World Neuro  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Nov. 4 -- New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal issued the following news release: In the latest action in its ongoing investigation of First Standard Financial Company, LLC, in Red Bank, the New Jersey Bureau of Securities today announced it has revoked the broker-dealer's registration and obtained a court-ordered freeze of the firm's assets amid findings that its agents raked in more than $28.7 million through pervasive unauthorized, unsuitable, and excessive tradin  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Nov. 8 -- NICE inContact, a NICE business, issued the following news release: * * * - Financial institutions and contact centers that rely on Microsoft Teams will be able to improve compliance through advanced interactions capture * * * NICE (Nasdaq: NICE) today announced it will be showcasing how NICE's solutions work with Microsoft Teams to improve compliance during the Microsoft Ignite Conference which is taking place November 4-8, 2019 in Orlando, Florida. "We are e  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Nov. 8 -- NICE, an enterprise software solutions provider, issued the following news release: * * * - Financial institutions and contact centers that rely on Microsoft Teams will be able to improve compliance through advanced interactions capture * * * NICE (Nasdaq: NICE) today announced it will be showcasing how NICE's solutions work with Microsoft Teams to improve compliance during the Microsoft Ignite Conference which is taking place November 4-8, 2019 in Orlando, Flo  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Nov. 6 -- Panasonic issued the following news release: Panasonic is proud to introduce two new interchangeable lenses based on the L-Mount system for the LUMIX S Series Full-frame Digital Single Lens Mirrorless Cameras. Designed for professional use, the LUMIX S Series offers uncompromising photographic expression with its high-quality cameras and lenses. The LUMIX S PRO 70-200mm F2.8 O.I.S. (S-E70200) is a large-aperture telephoto zoom lens that boasts high descriptive per  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Nov. 6 -- Panasonic issued the following news release: Panasonic is proud announce firmware update programs for the LUMIX Digital Single Lens Mirrorless cameras including the S1R/ S1 (S Series), GH5/GH5S/G9 (G Series) and application software to enhance functions and usability. All programs will be available at the LUMIX Global Customer Support website https://av.jpn.support.panasonic.com/support/global/cs/dsc/ on November 19, 2019. LUMIX Full-frame Mirrorless Camera S1R F  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Nov. 5 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: A Republic of Equals: A Manifesto for a Just Society, by Jonathan Rothwell Political equality is the most basic tenet of democracy. Yet in America and other democratic nations, those with political power have special access to markets and public services. A Republic of Equals traces the massive income inequality observed in the United States and other rich democracies to politicized markets and   more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Nov. 5 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: At the Edge of Time: Exploring the Mysteries of Our Universe's First Seconds, by Dan Hooper Scientists in the past few decades have made crucial discoveries about how our cosmos evolved over the past 13.8 billion years. But there remains a critical gap in our knowledge: we still know very little about what happened in the first seconds after the Big Bang. At the Edge of Time focuses on what we h  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Nov. 5 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: Caliphate Redefined: The Mystical Turn in Ottoman Political Thought, by Huseyin Yilmaz The medieval theory of the caliphate, epitomized by the Abbasids (750-1258), was the construct of jurists who conceived it as a contractual leadership of the Muslim community in succession to the Prophet Muhammed's political authority. In this book, Huseyin Yilmaz traces how a new conception of the caliphate e  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Nov. 5 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: How to Be a Leader: An Ancient Guide to Wise Leadership, by Plutarch, translated by Jeffrey Beneker and edited by Jeffrey Beneker The ancient biographer and essayist Plutarch thought deeply about the leadership qualities of the eminent Greeks and Romans he profiled in his famous--and massive--Lives, including politicians and generals such as Pericles, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and Mark   more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Nov. 5 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: How to Think about God: An Ancient Guide for Believers and Nonbelievers, by Marcus Tullius Cicero and translated by Philip Freeman A vivid and accessible new translation of Cicero's influential writings on the Stoic idea of the divine Most ancient Romans were deeply religious and their world was overflowing with gods--from Jupiter, Minerva, and Mars to countless local divinities, household gods,  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Nov. 5 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: Ibn Khaldun: An Intellectual Biographyb by Robert Irwin Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406) is generally regarded as the greatest intellectual ever to have appeared in the Arab world--a genius who ranks as one of the world's great minds. Yet the author of the Muqaddima, the most important study of history ever produced in the Islamic world, is not as well known as he should be, and his ideas are widely misu  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Nov. 5 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: Meeting Globalization's Challenges: Policies to Make Trade Work for All, by Luis Catao and Maurice Obstfeld, and foreword by Christine Lagarde Globalization has expanded economic opportunities throughout the world, but it has also left many people feeling dispossessed, disenfranchised, and angry. Luis Catao and Maurice Obstfeld bring together some of today's top economists to assess the benefits,  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Nov. 5 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: Nano Comes to Life: How Nanotechnology Is Transforming Medicine and the Future of Biology, by Sonia Contera Nano Comes to Life opens a window onto the nanoscale--the infinitesimal realm of proteins and DNA where physics and cellular and molecular biology meet--and introduces readers to the rapidly evolving nanotechnologies that are allowing us to manipulate the very building blocks of life. Soni  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Nov. 5 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: The Best Writing on Mathematics 2019, edited by Mircea Pitici This annual anthology brings together the year's finest mathematics writing from around the world. Featuring promising new voices alongside some of the foremost names in the field, The Best Writing on Mathematics 2019 makes available to a wide audience many articles not easily found anywhere else--and you don't need to be a mathematici  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Nov. 5 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: The Making of Martin Luther, by Richard Rex The Making of Martin Luther takes a provocative look at the intellectual emergence of one of the most original and influential minds of the sixteenth century. Richard Rex traces how, in a concentrated burst of creative energy in the few years surrounding his excommunication by Pope Leo X in 1521, this lecturer at an obscure German university developed   more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Nov. 5 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: The New Monuments and the End of Man: U.S. Sculpture between War and Peace, 1945-1975, by Robert Slifkin In the wake of the atomic bombings of Japan in 1945, artists in the United States began to question what it meant to create a work of art in a world where humanity could be rendered extinct by its own hand. The New Monuments and the End of Man examines how some of the most important artists o  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Nov. 5 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description: Utopias of One, by Joshua Kotin Utopias fail. Utopias of one do not. They are perfect worlds. Yet their success comes at a cost. They are radically singular--and thus exclusive and inimitable. Utopias of One is a major new account of utopian writing. Joshua Kotin examines how eight writers--Henry David Thoreau, W. E. B. Du Bois, Osip and Nadezhda Mandel'shtam, Anna Akhmatova, Wallace Stevens, Ez  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Nov. 6 [TNSgrants-NSF, USDA] -- Princeton University issued the following news release: Princeton University researchers have received a $2.5 million federal grant to lead an interdisciplinary effort with academic, city government and nonprofit partners that will develop a scientific process for establishing urban food systems that are less wasteful and environmentally detrimental. The grant will be administered by the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI). Researchers  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Nov. 4 -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * - Human brain imaging expert also will serve as a Henry Rutgers Term Chair in Department of Psychiatry at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School * * * David H. Zald has been appointed as the director of the new Rutgers Center for Advanced Human Brain Imaging Research at the Rutgers Brain Health Institute. Zald also will be a tenured professor and hold a Henry Rutgers Term Chair in the Department of   more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Nov. 7 -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * - From simple proteins to living cells, NASA-funded research at Rutgers tests theories on the origins of life * * * Using a computer and a protein synthesizer, Josh Mancini builds proteins that are supposed to resemble those that would have existed 4 billion years ago, before life arose on Earth. He places millions of the tiny protein molecules, resembling white powder, into an oxygen-free chamber that   more

MAHWAH, New Jersey, Nov. 4 -- Ramapo College issued the following news release: Dr. Rebecca Kobrin, the Joseph Engel Visiting Professor of American Jewish History at Harvard University, will speak on Tuesday, November 26 at 1:45 p.m. in the Alumni Lounges of the Robert A. Scott Student Center at Ramapo College of New Jersey. The program titled "Competing Diasporas, Shifting Centers: Bialystok's Jews in the Age of World Wars" will be presented under the auspices of the Gross Center for Holocaust  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Nov. 9 [TNSbiologyresearch-Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal] -- Princeton University issued the following news release: In recent years, the field of microbiome research has grown rapidly, providing newfound knowledge -- and newfound questions -- about the microbes that inhabit human and animal bodies. A new study adds to that foundation of knowledge by using DNA analysis to examine the relationship between diet, the environment and the microbiome.   more

CHERRY HILL, New Jersey, Nov. 4 -- TD Bank, a financial services company, issued the following news release: TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank(R), ranks highest in small business banking in the South Region, according to the 2019 J.D. Power Small Business Banking Satisfaction StudySM. TD Bank's overall small business customer satisfaction score reached 854 points for 2019, reflecting a 25-point gain over 2018. This is the second time the bank captured this award, with the first in 2017.   more

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, Nov. 7 -- Wyndham Hotels and Resorts issued the following news release: Travelodge(R) by Wyndham - part of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: WH), the world's largest hotel franchising company with more than 9,200 hotels in over 80 countries - is building upon its 2019 growth momentum with the introduction of a new program in 2020 touting initiatives that streamline operations to drive value to owners while helping reduce the brand's environmental impact. The adventure-foc  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Nov. 7 -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * - Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Chancellor Brian Strom leads investigation of the medications' co-prescription and veteran overdoses and deaths * * * Veterans who simultaneously take opioids for chronic pain and benzodiazepines for anxiety and insomnia are at an increased risk of unintentional overdose and death as well as suicide. Nearly 20 veterans kill themselves each day in the United State  more

CHERRY HILL, New Jersey, Nov. 4 -- TD Bank, a financial services company, issued the following news release: The Toronto Blue Jays and TD Bank today announce an exciting new extension of their relationship, which will see the reimagined Blue Jays' Spring Training home in Dunedin, FL, renamed TD Ballpark. "Our team's rich history in Dunedin and the current renovation project is a point of immense pride for the Blue Jays, and we are extremely pleased to partner with TD to invest in the future of  more