CAMDEN, New Jersey, Jan. 28 -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release on Jan. 27: American Water (NYSE: AWK), the largest publicly-traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company, announced today that it is one of 380 companies across 11 sectors included in the 2021 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI). This is the third consecutive year that American Water has been included in this index. The GEI expanded in 2021 to represent 44 countries and region more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Jan. 28 -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release on Jan. 27: American Water (NYSE: AWK), the largest publicly-traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company, announced today announced the company will host a virtual Investor Day on Thursday, February 25, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. The event will feature presentations by Walter Lynch, president, and chief executive officer; Susan Hardwick, executive vice president a more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 30 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following joint statement: * * * Governor Ned Lamont of Connecticut, Governor Charlie Baker of Massachusetts, Governor Janet Mills of Maine, Governor Phil Murphy of New Jersey, Governor Gina Raimondo of Rhode Island, Governor Phil Scott of Vermont, and Governor Chris Sununu of New Hampshire today announced an extension of the suspension of interstate youth hockey competitions for public and private schools and youth h more PR

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, Jan. 29 -- Coyne Public Relations issued the following news on Jan. 28, 2021: Coyne Public Relations has been selected as Agency of Record by national telehealth provider MDLIVE, Inc. MDLIVE serves over 60 million members nationwide through major health plans, hospitals and employers. Through MDLIVE, members can access convenient, affordable, contagion-free virtual healthcare services from board-certified physicians, dermatologists, psychiatrists and therapists specially more PR

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, Jan. 26 (TNSPer) -- Coyne Public Relations issued the following news on Jan. 25: Today it was announced that Brian Murphy, Sr. Vice President of Coyne PR, was named to the Board of Directors of the Kean University Foundation. Founded in 1984, the Kean University Foundation is a non-profit, tax exempt organization that serves as the university's primary fundraising and gift-receiving organization. As a seasoned communications professional with more than twenty years of e more PR

NORTH BRANCH, New Jersey, Jan. 28 -- Raritan Valley Community College issued the following news release: Fisher College is excited to announce an articulation agreement with Raritan Valley Community College (RVCC) in New Jersey. RVCC graduates or transfer students who meet the requirements are assured acceptance to Fisher College. According to Fisher's admissions team, transfer agreements have been a major focus for Fisher College because they help remove entry barriers for transfer students s more PR

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, Jan. 28 -- 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 on Jan. 27: Forbes today launched its CxO platform, a comprehensive editorial initiative spotlighting the unprecedented collaboration taking place in the C-suite today as leaders come together to reset and reframe their businesses in pur more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Jan. 29 (TNSJou) -- John Wiley and Sons issued the following news release: Thrombosis, the clogging of blood vessels, is a major cause of heart attacks and embolism. Scientists have now engineered the first inhibitors of thrombin, a protease promoting thrombosis, that is three-fold efficient. In a study published in the journal Angewandte Chemie, the authors demonstrate that attacking three sites of the thrombin molecule is more efficient than attacking only two sites, whic more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Jan. 28 -- John Wiley and Sons issued the following news release: With the end of 2020, and all that it has thrown at us, many people may be considering a fresh start to their career in the New Year. With that in mind, Gill Hasson's latest book, Career Finder: Where To Go From Here For A Successful Future provides guidance and advice to help readers discover what's right for them and how to go about achieving it - whether they are just starting to think about what they wan more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Jan. 26 (TNSJou) -- John Wiley and Sons issued the following news release: Study finds they have a reduced likelihood of becoming pregnant, however. Female childhood cancer survivors face a lower likelihood of becoming pregnant than women in the general population, but once pregnant, they are not more likely to undergo an abortion. The findings come from a new study published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. Cancer survivors  more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Jan. 28 -- John Wiley and Sons issued the following news release on Jan. 27: Vision is essential to successful leadership but is often misunderstood and poorly conceived. In THE VISION CODE: How To Create And Execute A Compelling Vision For Your Business, leadership expert and acclaimed global thought leader Oleg Konovalov explains what visionary leadership consists of and where its value lies. THE VISION CODE illuminates the process of defining and following through on a  more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Jan. 30 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following joint statement: * * * New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, Maine Governor Janet Mills, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu, Vermont Governor Phil Scott, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, and Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker announced an extension of the suspension of interstate youth hockey competitions for public and private schools and youth hockey leagues through at least March 31 more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 28 -- The New Jersey Department of Education issued the following news release on Jan. 27: The Department of Education today released the 2020 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending to help New Jersey residents learn more about the spending practices of school districts across the state. "For decades, the Department of Education's annual guide has provided members of the public with insight and information about the expenditures of their public school district," said  more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 28 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement: * * * "I am sickened by the horrific reports of what happened at Edna Mahan on January 11. Let me be clear: every individual in state custody deserves to be treated with dignity and respect, and we must always remember that female inmates have long been uniquely vulnerable to abuse." "I know Commissioner Hicks took immediate actions and placed a number of staff on leave, and I support these steps,  more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 29 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Jan. 28, 2021: Following the Biden Administration's health care action today, Governor Phil Murphy announced the State is extending the health insurance enrollment period for uninsured residents to sign up for coverage through Get Covered New Jersey, the state's official health insurance marketplace, in response to the coronavirus pandemic. "Ensuring that our residents have access to quality, a more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 29 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Jan. 28, 2021: Governor Phil Murphy today celebrated the completion of the first community solar project energized in New Jersey, helping to build an equitable and clean energy future for all New Jerseyans. The project, constructed in Perth Amboy by New Jersey developer Solar Landscape, was developed as part of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities' Community Solar Energy Pilot Program. Estab more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 29 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Jan. 28, 2021: Governor Phil Murphy today, joined by Department of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Marlene Caride, Office of Health Care Affordability and Transparency Director Shabnam Salih, Hackensack Meridian Health CEO Robert Garrett, and health care advocates, signed Executive Order No. 217, which directs the Office of Health Care Affordability and Transparency to convene an Interagency  more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 30 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: During National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation (A883) amending the "Human Trafficking Prevention, Protection, and Treatment Act" to direct the Commission on Human Trafficking to broaden its current mission of developing public awareness of human trafficking to also include awareness of victim remedies and services and trafficking prevention, more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 22 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following transcript: Governor Phil Murphy: Good afternoon, sorry to be a couple minutes behind. Joining me is the woman to my right who needs no introduction, the Commissioner of the Department of Health, Judy Persichilli. To her right, another familiar face, the State's Epidemiologist, Dr. Christina Tan, great to have you both here. The guy to my left who needs no introduction, Superintendent of the State Police, Colon more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 26 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Governor Phil Murphy: Joining me to my right is the woman who needs no introduction, the Commissioner of the Department of Health, Judy Persichilli. To her right, the Department of Health's Communicable Disease Service Medical Director, another familiar face, Dr. Ed Lifshitz. Great to have you both. The guy to my left who needs no introduction, the Superintendent of the State Police, Colonel Pat C more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 28 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following transcript: * * * Governor Phil Murphy: Good afternoon, sorry to be a couple of minutes behind. Joining me today is the woman on my right who needs no introduction, the Commissioner of the Department of Health Judy Persichilli. To her right, COVID-19 Response Medical Advisor and former state epidemiologist -- a face becoming more and more familiar to you, I suspect -- Dr. Eddy Bresnitz. Great to have you and J more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 30 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following on Jan. 29, 2021: * * * Governor Phil Murphy: I'm joined by the guy to my right, who probably does need an introduction in this case, the Deputy Commissioner of Health for Public Health Services, Dr. David Adinaro. David is an incredibly important player at the Department of Health, came on board during the pandemic -- not exactly a normal time to start or to switch careers -- but I want to thank him for all t more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 27 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Key stakeholders and advocates expressed their support for First Lady Tammy Murphy's Nurture NJ Maternal and Infant Health Strategic Plan that launched yesterday, January 25: "Although the infant mortality rate in New Jersey has been steadily decreasing for several years, black infants mortality continues to be much higher than any other racial or ethnic group in the state," said Senator Ron Rice more PR

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Jan. 30 -- Gov. Christopher T. Sununu, R-New Hampshire, issued the following joint statement: * * * New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, Maine Governor Janet Mills, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu, Vermont Governor Phil Scott, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, and Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker announced an extension of the suspension of interstate youth hockey competitions for public and private schools and youth hockey leagues more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Jan. 27 -- New Jersey American Water issued the following news release: New Jersey American Water will replace approximately 14,200 feet of aging water main in Delran starting next week. The project also includes replacing 13 fire hydrants and 247 utility-owned service lines along the pipeline route. The company will upgrade the aging 6- and 8-inch water lines that were installed in the 1950's with new 8-inch ductile iron main along the following streets: * Brown Street fro more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Jan. 29 -- New Jersey American Water issued the following news release: New Jersey American Water will replace approximately 2,200 feet of aging water main and install 6,500 feet of new water main in Bernardsville starting next week. The company will upgrade the aging 8-inch cast iron water lines, installed in the 1960's, with new, 16-inch ductile iron main along Mendham Road from Tower Mountain Drive to Lloyd Road and install new 16-inch ductile iron main from Lloyd Road to more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 25 -- The New Jersey Democratic State Committee issued the following transcript of an interview with David Wildstein on the New Jersey Globe Power Hour on TalkRadio 77 WABC: During an interview tonight on the New Jersey Globe Power Hour on TalkRadio 77 WABC with host David Wildstein, out-of-touch Republican gubernatorial candidate and Trump loyalist Jack Ciattarelli declared his support for stopping New Jersey's scheduled increases in the minimum wage, which reached $1 more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 26 -- The New Jersey Democratic State Committee issued the following press release: At a recent public campaign event, Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli made it clear that he's no moderate -- in fact, he's looking more and more like an extreme conservative who is totally out of step with New Jersey. Ciattarelli proudly boasted that if he were governor of New Jersey, he would implement discriminatory voter suppression laws that have been utilized by Re more PR

WEST LONG BRANCH, New Jersey, Jan. 29 (TNSGra) -- Monmouth University issued the following news: The New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) has been awarded $3.68 million Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) grant to work with sister agencies and community-based organizations to strengthen services to youth at risk of suicide. The project, Readiness to Stand United Against Youth Suicide: A New Jersey Public Health Community Initiative (NJ R2S Challenge) led by th more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 30 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following joint statement: * * * New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, Maine Governor Janet Mills, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu, Vermont Governor Phil Scott, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, and Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker announced an extension of the suspension of interstate youth hockey competitions for public and private schools and youth hockey leagues through at leas more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Jan. 28 (TNSPer) -- The Princeton Environmental Institute issued the following news: Allison Carruth, whose collaborative work bridges the arts, humanities and sciences, has joined the Princeton faculty as a professor of American studies and the High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI) in a new joint appointment that will expand interdisciplinary teaching and research in the environmental humanities. "I'm honored to be joining the Princeton faculty with this appointme more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Jan. 29 (TNSJou) -- The Princeton Environmental Institute issued the following news: Much of the Earth's carbon is trapped in soil, and scientists have assumed that potential climate-warming compounds would safely stay there for centuries. But Princeton research supported by the High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI) shows that carbon molecules can potentially escape the soil much faster than previously thought. The findings suggest a key role for some types of soil  more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Jan. 27 -- Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs issued the following news release: As Heather Howard, a lecturer in public affairs, was planning for her fall course "Health Care for Vulnerable Populations in the U.S.," she considered not one but two pandemics. And she knew she had to retool the course, which she has taught since 2018, to seize the moment. "We had two pandemics converging: Covid-19 and the reckoning with racial injustice," sai more PR

LAWRENCEVILLE, New Jersey, Jan. 28 (TNSGra) -- Rider University issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Energy recently awarded a team of collaborators that includes a Rider University biology professor a $1.6 million grant. Dr. Kerrie Sendall, along with her collaborators at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, will use the grant to support their efforts to study the effects of climate change on salt marsh plant communities in Maryland. Officially called the Salt  more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Jan. 29 (TNSGra) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Rutgers researchers have been awarded $1.6 million from the National Institutes of Health to help create a national collaborative network to identify risk and protective factors that may allow clinicians or public health professionals to predict which children are at the greatest risk for serious illness from SARS-CoV-2 infection, the virus that causes COVID-19. While children are less likely than adu more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Jan. 30 (TNSGra) -- Rutgers University Camden campus issued the following news: One year after the first COVID-19 case was reported, researchers and medical professionals continue to learn more about the virus that causes it. Through a $188,253 National Science Foundation grant, Rutgers University Camden researcher Andrey Grigoriev is studying the RNA genome of the coronavirus behind COVID-19 - and trying to anticipate how to combat its mutations in the future. "Viruses un more PR

NEWARK, New Jersey, Jan. 26 (TNSPer) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Several members of the Rutgers School of Public Affairs and Administration (SPAA) community have been elevated nationally to editorial and governing boards. SPAA announced the following appointments and promotions in early January: Domonic Bearfield, associate professor, joined the editorial board of PAR (Public Administration Review), a publication of the American Society for Public Administration. His resea more PR

NEWARK, New Jersey, Jan. 28 -- Rutgers University issued the following news on Jan. 27: Rutgers University - Newark, at the invitation of the University of Michigan Center on Social Solutions, has become a partner in a major new grant-funded project sponsored by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. As part of the foundation's Just Futures initiative, the center is creating "Crafting Democratic Futures: Situating Colleges and Universities in Community-Based Reparations Solutions," a partnership with more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Jan. 28 (TNSJou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news on Jan. 27: Scientists have resolved a key climate change mystery, showing that the annual global temperature today is the warmest of the past 10,000 years - contrary to recent research, according to a Rutgers-led study in the journal Nature. The long-standing mystery is called the "Holocene temperature conundrum," with some skeptics contending that climate model predictions of future warming must be w more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Jan. 29 (TNSPer) -- Rutgers University issued the following news on Jan. 28, 2021: The Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice at Rutgers (ISGRJ) named four of the university's most distinguished academic scholars in civil rights, history, literature, and creative writing as directors of campus branches across the university and launched a postdoctoral program supporting research in anti-racism and social inequality. The directors, who will lead the institut more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Jan. 28 (TNSPer) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Mark A. Angelson, who leads the Rutgers Board of Governors, is the newly named chair of the Institute of International Education (IIE), the century-old world leader in international educational exchange and scholar rescue that administers the Fulbright Scholarships on behalf of the U.S. Department of State and hundreds of other educational programs around the globe. As vice chair of IIE, chair of IIE's more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Jan. 26 (TNSJou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: A nuclear war could trigger an unprecedented El Nino-like warming episode in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, slashing algal populations by 40 percent and likely lowering the fish catch, according to a Rutgers-led study. The research, published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment, shows that turning to the oceans for food if land-based farming fails after a nuclear war is unlikely to be a su more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Jan. 29 (TNSJou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: COVID-19 mortality racial disparities in the U.S. are associated with social factors like income, education and internet access, according to a Rutgers study. The study, published in the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, highlights the need for public health policies that address structural racism. The researchers investigated the association between COVID-19 cases and deaths in 2,026 U more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Jan. 28 (TNSJou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: The overuse of antibiotics occurs due to the mistaken widespread belief that they are beneficial for a broad array of conditions and because many physicians are willing to prescribe antibiotics if patients ask for the medication, according to a Rutgers study. The study, published in the journal BioEssays, reviewed more than 200 peer-reviewed studies to examine the causes behind antibiotic overuse, whic more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Jan. 30 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following joint statement: * * * New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, Maine Governor Janet Mills, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu, Vermont Governor Phil Scott, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, and Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker announced an extension of the suspension of interstate youth hockey competitions for public and private schools and youth hockey leagues through at least Ma more PR