CAMDEN, New Jersey, April 3 (TNSAwa) -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release on April 1, 2021: American Water (NYSE: AWK), the largest publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company, announced today that it was recognized by New Jersey Business Magazine and the New Jersey Business and Industry Association with this year's Diversity and Inclusion award. "American Water has long prioritized inclusion and diversity in the fabric of our cultu more PR

EWING, New Jersey, April 3 (TNSPro) -- The College of New Jersey issued the following news: Starting in fall 2021, the School of Humanities and Social Sciences is welcoming a new major into its lineup, general anthropology. This new major, which has been in the works for more than 10 years, explores the past and present of human cultures around the world through disciplines such as archeology, language study, and biology. "The idea is to understand cultural forces," says Rebecca Li, interim d more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus issued the following statement on March 30, 2021, by Chair Judy Chu: * * * President Biden announced his intent to nominate eleven judicial candidates, including four history-making Asian American candidates. This includes Judge Zahid N. Quaraishi to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, who will be the first Muslim American federal judge; Judge Florence Y. Pan to the U.S. District Court for the District  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news on March 30, 2021: Within days of Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp significantly rolling back voting rights, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is doing the opposite. Today, Gov. Murphy signed into law an expansion of voting rights, including increasing access to ballot drop boxes and extending early voting periods. Gov. Murphy said: "While states across our nation turn back the clock to Jim Crow-era voter suppression laws, more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: The first poll of the election year shows New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is in a strong position for his re-election campaign. The Stockton University Poll released this week said nearly 6 in 10 New Jerseyans approve of the job Gov. Murphy is doing, reflecting the confidence New Jerseyans have in Gov. Murphy's strong, no-nonsense leadership. Despite unprecedented challenges during the COVID crisis, Gov. Murphy  more PR

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, April 1 -- 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 March 31, 2021: Forbes today announced its third-annual Blockchain 50 Symposium on April 13th, bringing together leaders from major global companies in a series of discussions around the use of cryptocurrencies, and how they're being  more PR

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, March 31 -- 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 March 30, 2021: In a move to democratize access to investment power, Q.ai, a Forbes-backed company, today announced Q.ai Invest, an AI-powered multi-strategy investment platform that offers investors institutional-grade quantitative  more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, April 3 (TNSAwa) -- The Princeton Environmental Institute issued the following news on April 6, 2021: Princeton University sophomores Yaxin Duan, Chirag Kumar and Aneesha Manocha were selected to receive up to $16,000 from the High Meadows Environmental Institute's (HMEI) Environmental Scholars Program over the next two years in support of environmental research related to their junior and senior independent work. Princeton junior and 2020 Environmental Scholar Hannah Rey more PR

LAKEWOOD, New Jersey, April 1 (TNSOps) -- Georgian Court University issued the following news: God's timing isn't always our timing, but we must act immediately to address a climate emergency and environmental racism. That's according to Steve Curwood, executive producer and host of NPR's award-winning environmental news program Living on Earth. Mr. Curwood was one of two keynote speakers during Georgian Court University's Critical Concerns Week 2021. From March 18-25, the university community more PR

LAKEWOOD, New Jersey, March 31 -- Georgian Court University issued the following news on March 30, 2021: A year after the global pandemic began, many people are eager for life to return to "normal." Winona LaDuke, a leading expert on Indigenous economics, food, and energy policy and a two-time Green Party vice presidential candidate with Ralph Nadar, instead sees an opportunity for a "just transition." Historically, pandemics have been social change engines. The aftermath of COVID-19, combined  more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, April 1 -- John Wiley and Sons issued the following news release: Resisting change is natural. The status quo will always resist; that is its nature. But changemakers must recognise the signs of resistance as milestones of change; this resistance is a rite of passage. Change is a necessary and inevitable part of our personal and professional lives but many people and organisations struggle to come to grips with this. In today's world of incessant change, individuals and or more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, March 30 -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release on March 29, 2021: New Jersey American Water announced today it has signed an agreement to acquire the water and wastewater assets of Egg Harbor City, N.J. for $21.8 million. The municipally owned water and wastewater systems serve approximately 1,500 customer connections each, or 3,000 combined, and are being sold through the state's Water Infrastructure Protection Act process. New more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 30 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Governor Phil Murphy signed Executive Order No. 234, which will increase outdoor gathering limits and increase capacity for seated events at large venues. The Order also clarifies indoor capacity limits for banquet halls and similar venues. "With the warmer weather approaching, we are taking the step to increase outdoor gathering limits to encourage everyone to engage in social activities outsid more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 30 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 29, 2021: Governor Phil Murphy today applauded the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's issuance of a Notice of Intent (NOI) to advance Ocean Wind, 0rsted's 1,100 MW offshore wind project 15 miles off the coast of New Jersey. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's NOI for Ocean Wind marks a critical step in the project's federal review, one New Jersey has been eagerly awaiting. It more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 30 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 29, 2021: Governor Phil Murphy today announced that the enrollment period to sign up for health insurance through Get Covered New Jersey, the state's official health insurance marketplace, has been extended until the end of the year, so more residents can take advantage of new financial help available under the American Rescue Plan Act. The State of New Jersey previously extended the enr more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 31 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Joined by Senate Health Committee Chair Senator Joe Vitale, Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez, Assemblyman Gary Schaer, Congressman Bill Pascrell, Human Services Acting Commissioner Sarah Adelman, Department of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Marlene Caride, and Office of Health Care Affordability and Transparency Director Shabnam Salih, Governor Phil Murphy today visited the North Hudson Community A more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 31 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Governor Murphy, joined by legislators and advocates including national voting rights leader Stacey Abrams, today signed legislation (S3203), which establishes in-person early voting in the State of New Jersey. The legislation is the latest in a series of initiatives by the Murphy Administration and the Legislature to expand access to voting rights and democracy amidst a wave of voter disenfranch more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 2 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on April 1, 2021: Governor Phil Murphy today signed into law S-3523, which provides $25 million in federal COVID-19 relief aid for small businesses throughout New Jersey. The bill - sponsored by Senators Dawn Marie Addiego and Joe Lagana and Assemblymen Gordon Johnson, John Armato, and Roy Freiman - focuses on providing a lifeline to microbusinesses with five or fewer employees. The bill is part of more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 30 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following transcript: Governor Phil Murphy: Good afternoon. 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 Communicable Disease Service Medical Director, Dr. Ed Lifshitz. Good to have you both. To my left, the guy who needs to no introduction wearing very special attire today, the Superintendent of th more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 2 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following transcript: * * * Governor Phil Murphy: Good afternoon, everyone. With me is the woman on my right who needs no introduction, the Commissioner of the Department of Health, Judy Persichilli. To her right, another familiar face, COVID-19 Medical Response Advisor and former State Epidemiologist, Dr. Eddy Bresnitz. Great to have you both. Eddy, welcome back. To my left, another guy who needs no introduction, the S more PR

ALBANY, New York, March 31 -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D-New York, issued the following news release on March 30, 2021: Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced three major Port Authority of New York and New Jersey initiatives to re-energize New York Stewart International Airport and the surrounding region as air travel returns from unprecedented lows resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Port Authority unveiled a new air carrier incentive program, a new airport marketing campaign to attract inte more PR

EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey, April 2 -- Univision Communications, a media company serving Hispanic America, issued the following news release on April 1, 2021: The New York Giants and Univision New York, the leading Spanish-language news station serving New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, today announced that it will be expanding its partnership through a series of year-round multiplatform initiatives designed to reach Latino fans. To kick-off the new partnership, Univision will lead the sear more PR

DELAWARE, Ohio, March 31 (TNSRes) -- Ohio Wesleyan University issued the following news release: Ohio Wesleyan University student Reese Little is the first recipient of a new university-funded Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Grant. The grant program was launched this spring to support projects that advance the OWU campus as an antiracist space. A junior from Short Hills, New Jersey, Little will use his DEI Grant to support an initiative he spearheaded fall semester when he created a cam more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 30 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro issued the following news release on March 29, 2021: Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced that Joshua Padilla, a former sheriff's deputy from New Jersey, has pleaded guilty to seeking sexual contact with an undercover law enforcement agent who was posing as a 14-year-old girl. "Padilla's crimes betray the hard work of the men and women in law enforcement, and undermine the trust placed in him by his commu more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, March 30 (TNSRes) -- The Princeton Environmental Institute issued the following news: The heavy snowfalls and frigid days of this past winter in New Jersey let Princeton sophomore Grace Liu finally experience the Northeastern winter she'd only imagined growing up in her Florida hometown of palm trees and sandy beaches. She was one of the many Princeton students who returned to campus in January in time for traditions of building snowmen across campus and scaling mounds of more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, March 30 (TNSJou) -- The Princeton Environmental Institute issued the following news: Many tropical cyclone-prone regions of the world are expected to experience storm systems of greater intensity over the coming century, according to an extensive review of existing research published March 26 in ScienceBrief Review. Moreover, sea-level rise will aggravate coastal flood risk from tropical cyclones and other phenomena, even if the tropical cyclones themselves do not chang more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, March 30 (TNSJou) -- Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs issued the following news release: Slanted media outlets are often blamed for growing polarization, but new research points to another consequence of consuming partisan news: an erosion of trust in the media. A team of researchers combined computational social science techniques and experimentation to study the long-term effects of online partisan media on political opinions and trust. more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, April 3 (TNSJou) -- Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs issued the following news release: While the World Bank and other multilateral development banks are increasingly investing in renewable technologies and phasing out coal power financing, several of the world's largest national-level funders -- East Asian development finance institutions -- are among the last public financiers supporting coal power plants. An analysis led by Princeton r more PR

LAWRENCEVILLE, New Jersey, April 3 (TNSPro) -- Rider University issued the following news release: Rider University launched a new program on April 2 that guarantees undergraduate students who fulfill their responsibilities will obtain an entry-level job related to their field of study or be accepted into graduate or professional school within six months of graduation. Called the Cranberry Investment ("Cranberry" refers to Rider's primary school color), the program reinforces the University's  more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, April 2 (TNSJou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Exposure to antibiotics in utero and infancy can lead to an irreversible loss of regulatory T-cells in the colon -a valuable component of the immune system's response toward allergens in later life - after only six months, a Rutgers researcher found. The study was published in the journal mBio. It is already known that the use of antibiotics early in life disrupts the intestinal microbiota - the trill more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 1 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement: * * * "Through his far-reaching and future-focused American Jobs Plan, President Biden is reasserting American leadership. Instead of cherry-picking projects and ideas based on politics, or pitting regions of the country against each other, he has put forward a truly nation-binding plan that will set us up for success for decades to come. "For us in New Jersey, this plan will super-charge our effor more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 31 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement: * * * "President Biden's nominations of Magistrate Judge Zahid Quraishi and Julien Neals to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey are not just welcome but historic. Over the last several years, the alarming number of vacancies on our district court has resulted in excessive caseloads and delays in administering justice. "While vacancies will remain, knowing that two high more PR

GALLOWAY, New Jersey, March 30 (TNSAwa) -- Stockton University issued the following news: New incoming graduate students are eligible for scholarships for the fall and spring semesters at Stockton University. The scholarships of up to $2,500 are awarded through the Stockton Foundation. The Foundation already provides scholarships to current graduate students and this year is expanding the eligibility to include new incoming students. Associate Director of Graduate Admissions Tara Williams sai more PR