CAMDEN, New Jersey, April 9 -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release on April 8, 2021: American Water (NYSE: AWK), the largest publicly-traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company, announced today that it has named Mark McDonough Senior Vice President and President of New Jersey American Water effective April 19, 2021. McDonough replaces the former New Jersey American Water President Cheryl Norton, who was named American Water's Executive Vice Pr more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, April 10 -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release on April 9, 2021: American Water (NYSE: AWK), the largest publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company, announced today that it has released its first annual Inclusion & Diversity Report. "At American Water, we regularly reflect on our values and our culture. This report highlights the efforts we have undertaken and the strides we have made advancing the company's comm more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, April 6 (TNSOps) -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release: Illinois American Water has issued a boil water order for its Saunemin District service area. Water pressure has been impacted, resulting in a boil water order. Customers should bring their water to a rolling boil for 5 minutes before using water for drinking or cooking. Water is OK for bathing, washing and other common uses. This boil water order is being issued in accor more PR

CALIFORNIA, Pennsylvania, April 10 (TNSPer) -- California University of Pennsylvania issued the following news: Col. Jon Brierton takes charge at the New Jersey, base, home to 6,500 military members and their families. U.S. Army Col. Jon Brierton's 30-year career has come full circle. The 1994 Cal U graduate, who began his military career as a private stationed at Fort Dix, N.J., was recently appointed commander of U.S. Army Support Activity Fort Dix and deputy commander of Joint Base McGuir more PR

EWING, New Jersey, April 9 (TNSPer) -- The College of New Jersey issued the following news: Ruth Palmer, associate professor emerita in TCNJ's School of Education has been named president-elect of the Council on Undergraduate Research. She will take office as president-elect in summer 2021 and become president of the organization in summer 2022. "To serve as CUR president-elect 2021 is an honor which I receive respectfully," Palmer said. "What I envision is that CUR, in service to its members more PR

MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut, April 7 (TNSGra) -- Connecticut Wesleyan University issued the following news: Wesleyan's organic farm, an eco-friendly clothing store, and a clean water supplier in New Jersey are the recipients of the 2021 Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship Seed Grants. These student-led social ventures will each receive $5,000 in unrestricted funds as well as training, advising, mentoring, incubator workspace, and other resources from the Patricelli Center. On April 2, a  more PR

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, April 3 -- Coyne Public Relations issued the following news: Coyne PR is pleased to announce that it has been named a finalist for two 2021 PRSA Silver Anvil Awards. The PRSA Silver Anvil Awards recognize the very best public relations programs planned and executed each year and highlight campaigns that have addressed contemporary issues with skill and creativity. Of the hundreds of entries submitted in this year's awards, only 148 organizations were selected by the Silv more PR

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, April 9 -- Coyne Public Relations issued the following news: The home is a blank canvas, filled with possibilities when it comes to making enhancements, updating design and adding new technology. There are hundreds of products and services that owners can consider for their homes--suitable for both inside and out. And, when it comes to gaining consumer awareness in this space, the media and influencers can be as wide and diverse as the colors on your walls. It is no sur more PR

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, April 8 (TNSPar) -- Eckerd College issued the following news: Rex--a rough-toothed dolphin, a species rarely found in captivity--has the cutest vocalizations when he's trying to get your attention, said Hailey McGovern, one of 11 Eckerd College students studying the animal at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium. "I won't say he's my favorite," admitted the first-year animal studies and psychology student from Highland Lakes, New Jersey. "They both have really big personalit more PR

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, April 9 -- 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 April 8, 2021: Forbes today released the sixth annual European edition of its 30 Under 30 list, featuring the latest class of young entrepreneurs, disruptors and rising stars from across the region. The 30 Under 30 Europe class of 20 more PR

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, April 7 -- 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' 35th annual world's billionaires list, released today, reveals a record-breaking 2,755 billionaires, including 493 newcomers--unprecedented by any measure, especially in a year in which large economies around the world were hamp more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, April 9 (TNSPer) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: Gerald Lewis Jr., chief of police and associate vice president of public safety at The University of Texas at San Antonio, has been selected as the next chief of police at the UConn Police Department, President Thomas C. Katsouleas announced Wednesday. Lewis has three decades' worth of deep roots in public safety, including 26 years in the New Jersey State Police and two years as chief of the East more PR

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, April 10 (TNSEve) -- Hudson County Community College issued the following news release: Hudson County Community College (HCCC) will welcome Chef Elle Simone Scott, Executive Editor, Inclusion Leader, and one of the hosts of the PBS hit show, America's Test Kitchen. She will be the featured speaker at two virtual sessions of the HCCC Speaker Series - on Tuesday, April 27, 2021 from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., and Wednesday, April 28, 2021 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Member more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, April 9 (TNSJou) -- John Wiley and Sons issued the following news release: New research published in the British Journal of Pharmacology indicates that two currently available medications--an antifungal drug and an antidepressant--can effectively inhibit the virus that causes COVID-19 in laboratory cells. Investigators found that the antifungal itraconazole and the antidepressant fluoxetine each blocked the production of infectious SARS-CoV-2 virus in cell culture lab test more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, April 10 (TNSJou) -- John Wiley and Sons issued the following news release: New research published in the British Journal of Pharmacology indicates that two currently available medications--an antifungal drug and an antidepressant--can effectively inhibit the virus that causes COVID-19 in laboratory cells. Investigators found that the antifungal itraconazole and the antidepressant fluoxetine each blocked the production of infectious SARS-CoV-2 virus in cell culture lab tes more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, April 8 (TNSJou) -- John Wiley and Sons issued the following news release: Smoking increases symptoms and health risks for patients with rheumatic diseases, but interventions to help patients quit are rarely available at rheumatology clinics. A study published in Arthritis Care & Research has found that Quit Connect--a protocol involving electronic health record prompts for nurses and medical assistants in rheumatology clinics--can increase electronic referrals to free, sta more PR

AMHERST, Massachusetts, April 6 (TNSPer) -- The University of Massachusetts-Amherst issued the following news on April 5, 2021: The University of Massachusetts Amherst today announced that Kerri Thompson Tillett has been named associate vice chancellor for equal opportunity. Tillett will assume her duties on May 17, 2021. Tillett most recently was associate vice president for the Division of Inclusive Excellence at The College of New Jersey and has more than 15 years of experience in the equal more PR

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine, April 9 (TNSPer) -- The Maine Behavioral Healthcare issued the following news: Southern Maine Health Care (SMHC) is pleased to welcome Matthew Fasolino, DO, who has joined SMHC's Primary Care practice in Kennebunk. Dr. Fasolino was most recently a Family Medicine Physician at Western Maine Primary Care in Norway, Maine, after residency at Northern Light Family Medicine Center in Bangor, Maine. He is also graduate of Stockton University in Galloway, New Jersey and Temple  more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 8 -- The New Jersey Department of Education issued the following news release on April 7, 2021: The New Jersey Department of Education today publicly posted the State's School Performance Reports for the 2019-2020 school year. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting federal waiver of the requirement for statewide student assessments in the spring of 2020, some data is not available in the 2019-2020 School Performance Reports, including but not limited to statewide more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 10 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on April 9, 2021: Governor Phil Murphy and Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal today released the final report of the Interagency Working Group on Body Worn Cameras, which the Governor created by Executive Order 201 to provide advice and recommendations regarding technology solutions to assist with the deployment of body worn cameras by all law enforcement agencies in New Jersey. On Nov. 24, 2020, more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 6 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on April 5, 2021: Governor Phil Murphy today announced that all individuals ages 16 and older will be eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccination on April 19 - two weeks ahead of the state's initial target of May 1. New Jersey's phased vaccination roll out has successfully administered 4.7 million doses of vaccine to essential frontline workers, educators, high-risk groups, and other eligible adults more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 9 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Governor Phil Murphy and State Police Superintendent Colonel Patrick Callahan today announced an administrative order which adjusts gathering limits for non-professional and non-collegiate indoor sports activities. The adjustment clarifies that athletes, coaches, up to two parents and guardians per participating athlete under the age of 21, and other individuals necessary for the practice or compe more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 6 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on April 5, 2021: Governor Phil Murphy and the New Jersey Department of Health today issued new COVID-19 travel guidance. The restrictions follow updated travel recommendations released by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) earlier this month. "While the pandemic is not over, our vaccination program and updated CDC guidance have made it possible for vaccinated individuals to resume travel withou more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 7 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Governor Murphy, NJ TRANSIT Chair Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti, NJ TRANSIT President & CEO Kevin Corbett, and local officials today marked the beginning of testing of the first of 25 new ALP-45 dual-power locomotives manufactured by Alstom during a ceremony that was held on Track A at Newark Penn Station. "Since day one, our administration has been committed to building a better, more reliable, and more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 9 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Governor Phil Murphy today signed into law S-3521, which provides $15 million in federal COVID-19 relief aid for arts and cultural venues throughout New Jersey. The bill - sponsored by Senators Joseph Lagana, Dawn Marie Addiego, and Vin Gopal and Assembly Members Linda Carter, Angela McKnight, and Eric Houghtaling - focuses on providing aid to arts and cultural organizations in need of support as  more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 10 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on April 9, 2021: Governor Phil Murphy today signed into law A-5444, which provides $35 million in federal COVID-19 relief aid for restaurants throughout New Jersey. The bill - sponsored by Senators Vin Gopal and Joseph Lagana and Assembly Members Vincent Mazzeo, Pedro Mejia, Christopher Tully, and Louis Greenwald - provides aid to a particularly hard hit sector of New Jersey's economy. The bill i more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 8 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following transcript of a coronavirus media briefing on April 7: * * * 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, COVID-19 Response Medical Advisor and former State Epidemiologist, Dr. Eddy Bresnitz. Eddy is with us normally on Wednesdays. Good to have you back, and Judy, always. more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 2 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Governor Phil Murphy led a coalition of Governors representing states targeted by the Trump Administration's cap on State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction, in sending a letter to President Biden calling for the elimination of the cap. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, California Governor Gavin Newsom, Oregon Governor Kate Brown, and Haw more PR

ALBANY, New York, April 8 -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D-New York, issued the following news release on April 7, 2021: Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced an agreement between Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to relocate the world-renowned sculpture, Orpheus and Apollo, to the new LaGuardia Airport's Central Hall. Orpheus and Apollo, the work of New York sculptor Richard Lippold, was installed in 1962 in the Grand Promenade of David Ge more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, April 10 (TNSAwa) -- Princeton University issued the following news release: They are: William Bialek, the John Archibald Wheeler/Battelle Professor in Physics; Donnacha Dennehy, composer and professor of music; Atif Mian, the John H. Laporte, Jr. Class of 1967 Professor of Economics, Public Policy and Finance, and director of the Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Finance at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs; Imani Perry, the Hughes Roge more PR

NORTH BRANCH, New Jersey, April 7 (TNSEve) -- Raritan Valley Community College issued the following news release: The public is invited to attend "Tearing Hatred from the Sky: A Lecture and Discussion with Bree Newsome," Wednesday, April 28, at 7 p.m. The virtual lecture, which is free of charge, is being sponsored by Raritan Valley Community College's Humanities, Social Science, Social Work, and Education (HSSE) Department. Bree Newsome, a community organizer and activist who removed the conf more PR

LAWRENCEVILLE, New Jersey, April 9 (TNSPol) -- Rider University issued the following news release: On April 8, Rider University, along with 74 other colleges and universities, sent a letter to President Biden urging his administration to adopt a target of at least 50% reduction in carbon emissions by 2030. This goal would help put the United States on a viable path to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. In addition to advocating for this goal, the letter also commends the Biden-Harris administra more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, April 8 (TNSPro) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Children's Specialized Hospital (CSH), a RWJBarnabas Health facility, has launched two new programs in Somerset under the direction of Rutgers faculty members. The CSH RUCARES Severe Behavior Program is a collaborative effort between the Rutgers University Center for Autism Research, Education and Services (RUCARES) at the Brain Health Institute and is directed by Wayne Fisher, director of RUCARES and t more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, April 8 (TNSRep) -- Rutgers University Camden campus issued the following news: A new report issued by the Senator Walter Rand Institute for Public Affairs at Rutgers University-Camden unmasks the broad, regional impact of COVID-19 upon New Jersey municipalities during two waves in 2020. The report, "Municipal Variations in COVID-19 Case Rates in New Jersey," is posted here. Rather than focus on county-level COVID case data, the Rutgers University-Camden research institute  more PR

NEWARK, New Jersey, April 10 (TNSPar) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: The Advocates for Healthy Living Initiative (AHLI), Rutgers University-Newark's Office of University-Community Partnerships (OUCP), and several community partners have joined forces to help close the digital divide that persists among Greater Newark senior citizens. Through the Senior Connect initiative, AHLI and its collaborators have procured 205 Fire 7 tablets that will be donated to senior citizens who pa more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, April 10 (TNSJou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Charles Darwin, the British naturalist who championed the theory of evolution, noted that corals form far-reaching structures, largely made of limestone, that surround tropical islands. He didn't know how they performed this feat. Now, Rutgers scientists have shown that coral structures consist of a biomineral containing a highly organized organic mix of proteins that resembles what is in our bones. T more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, April 6 (TNSJou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Overfishing likely did not cause the Atlantic cod, an iconic species, to evolve genetically and mature earlier, according to a study led by Rutgers University and the University of Oslo - the first of its kind - with major implications for ocean conservation. "Evolution has been used in part as an excuse for why cod and other species have not recovered from overfishing," said first author Malin L. Pins more PR

WEST ORANGE, New Jersey, April 9 (TNSPer) -- RWJBarnabas Health issued the following news: Chairman of the Board, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Jack Morris and President and Chief Executive Officer of RWJBarnabas Health Barry H. Ostrowsky have announced the appointment of Bill Arnold as the President and Chief Executive Officer at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. "Bill has proven his ability to create transformational change in his various and important leade more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, April 8 -- RWJBarnabas Health issued the following news: Monmouth Medical Center (MMC) and Children's Specialized Hospital (CSH), both RWJBarnabas Health facilities, hosted a beam signing on what will be the ceremonial final beam of the four-story steel frame of RWJBarnabas Health Family Care & Wellness at the Monmouth Mall in Eatontown. The new location will provide the region with convenient access to comprehensive women's services, pediatric services, wellness edu more PR

GALLOWAY, New Jersey, April 6 (TNSRes) -- Stockton University issued the following news: A new Cannabis & Hemp Research Initiative at Stockton University (CHRIS) will provide education, research and resources for the local and national market. The new initiative builds on the Cannabis Studies academic programs at Stockton to develop research focusing on hemp cultivation practices, non-medical cannabis research, lab testing and the creation of hemp and cannabis educational materials "As the f more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, April 8 -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release: On April 19, New Jersey American Water will resume using chloramines in water treatment at its Raritan-Millstone and Canal Road Water Treatment plants. These plants serve New Jersey American Water customers in the following counties: Essex, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and Union. In mid-January, as part of an annual routine maintenance program for its water distri more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 7 -- The University of Massachusetts System issued the following news release on April 5, 2021: The University of Massachusetts Amherst today announced that Kerri Thompson Tillett has been named associate vice chancellor for equal opportunity. Tillett will assume her duties on May 17, 2021. Tillett most recently was associate vice president for the Division of Inclusive Excellence at The College of New Jersey and has more than 15 years of experience in the equal op more PR

WAYNE, New Jersey, April 10 (TNSRes) -- William Paterson University issued the following news: Jonathan Foley, an assistant professor of chemistry at William Paterson University, received the prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award for research in using computers to design materials for sustainable energy. The award is NSF's most prestigious award in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead a more PR