HOBOKEN, New Jersey, May 4 (TNSEve) -- Stevens Institute of Technology issued the following news release: Allan Goodman, the president of the Institute of International Education (IIE), will deliver Stevens' 2021 Graduate Commencement address on Thursday, May 27, President Nariman Farvardin announced. Through his work at IIE, Goodman promotes the exchange of scholars and students; rescues scholars, students and artists from persecution, displacement, and crises; and conducts research on inter more PR

CUPERTINO, California, May 6 -- Apple, a provider of consumer electronics, computer software and online services, issued the following news release on May 5, 2021: Apple today announced a new $410 million award from its Advanced Manufacturing Fund for II-VI, a leading manufacturer of optical technology. Today's award builds on an initial $390 million awarded from Apple's Advanced Manufacturing Fund in 2017. The expansion of the company's long-standing relationship with II-VI will create additio more PR

BUIES CREEK, North Carolina, May 4 (TNSPol) -- Campbell University issued the following news release: Kevin O'Connor, DO, commissioned as Physician to the President and personally selected by Joseph R. Biden, 46th President of the United States, will deliver the commencement address to the Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine Class of 2021 on Thursday, May 6. Dr. O'Connor completed his medical degree at the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1992 and more PR

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, May 7 (TNSPer) -- Coyne Public Relations issued the following news releases on May 06, 2021: Shana Walther, who is senior director of marketing & new business at Coyne PR, has joined the board of the Public Relations Society of America New Jersey, the nonprofit chapter announced today. Walther will help produce the organization's newsletter on the Communication's Committee and the upcoming Pyramid Awards on the Programming Committee, as well as work on the nonprofit's w more PR

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy continues to receive high marks from New Jersey voters, a new Monmouth University poll finds. Fifty-seven percent of New Jersey residents approve of the job Gov. Murphy is doing as governor. This is the second poll in as many months that puts the governor's job approval rating well above fifty percent. The governor's approval ratings remain strong across partisan ideology. Eighty-ei more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, May 4 (TNSEve) -- Stevens Institute of Technology issued the following news release: President Nariman Farvardin has announced that Giovanni Caforio, chief executive officer of Bristol-Myers Squibb, will deliver the 2021 Undergraduate Commencement address on Wednesday, May 26. Caforio was appointed CEO in 2015 and elected as chairman of the Board of Directors in 2017. Today, Bristol-Myers Squibb is one of the world's leading biopharma companies and focused on transforming more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, May 6 -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release on May 4, 2021: Missouri American Water presented a check today for $2,500 to The Little Bit Foundation, a St. Louis-based nonprofit working to empower under-resourced students in the classroom and beyond, to help support families facing food insecurity due to the COVID-19 crisis. "Missouri American Water is honored to support our community by providing fresh groceries and essential s more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, May 6 -- The New Jersey Department of Education issued the following news release: The New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) is accepting public input on additional proposed changes to statewide graduation assessment requirements. "Our goal is to that ensure our school communities are aware of the process for determining graduation assessment requirements, a concerted effort to ensure that the public is fully aware of the graduation assessment expectations for the Sta more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, May 7 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 6, 2021: Governor Phil Murphy and United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge today broke ground on the Rebuild by Design Hudson River Project in Hoboken. The resilient infrastructure project, made possible by over $230 million in Superstorm Sandy recovery funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, has been in the planning stages for several ye more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, May 8 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Building on his commitment to create an economy that works for all New Jerseyans, Governor Phil Murphy today announced an additional $235 million in funding for small business relief and $40 million in funding for an excluded residents fund to assist individuals negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, respectively. The new small business funding, proposed by the Governor's Office and agreed up more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, May 5 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 4, 2021: Today Governor Phil Murphy announced the launch of the Future of Work Accelerator, a New Jersey State Future of Work Task Force initiative to support innovations that advance New Jersey's workers' health and safety, improve access to benefits, strengthen training opportunities, and bolster workers' voices. The project will be led by the New Jersey State Office of Innovation, in partne more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, May 5 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 4, 2021: Building on his Computer Science for All initiative, Governor Phil Murphy today announced that three universities will receive grants from the New Jersey Department of Education (DOE) to create computer science learning hubs throughout the state. The Expanding Access to Computer Science: Professional Learning Grants will help Fairleigh Dickinson University, Kean University, and Rutg more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, May 4 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 3, 2021: Governor Phil Murphy today announced his nomination of Colonel Dr. Lisa Hou as Adjutant General and Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMAVA). Colonel Hou, who has served in the position since October 2020 in an interim capacity, will be the first Asian American and first female Adjutant General in the state's history. "Colonel Hou took the re more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, May 4 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 3, 2021: Governor Phil Murphy today signed legislation (S3208) amending current law to provide accidental death benefits to the surviving families of New Jersey State Police troopers who died of illness following heroic rescue, recovery, and cleanup efforts at the World Trade Center in the aftermath of 9/11. The signing coincides with a private Survivors of the Triangle ceremony commemorating  more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, May 6 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 5, 2021: Governor Phil Murphy today conditionally vetoed A4004/S2410, which would create the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic Task Force on Racial and Health Disparities. Governor Murphy returned the bill to the Legislature with recommendations to add additional members to the task force, including representation from the Division on Civil Rights and the Division of Consumer Affairs, bo more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, May 6 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Governor Murphy signed the following bills into law: A-1070/S-2892 (Jasey, Benson/Pou, T. Kean) - Requires Secretary of Higher Education to develop guidance for institutions of higher education to identify cultural barriers in recruitment and retention of underrepresented students for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs A-4461/S-2698 (Lampitt, Jasey, Quijano/Ruiz, Turn more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, May 4 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 3, 2021: New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, and Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont today announced a significant easing of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions on the region's businesses, venues and gatherings given significant progress in vaccinations and sustained reduction in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. "With our COVID-19 numbers, particularly hospitalizati more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, May 4 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 3, 2021: The Department of Human Services and AARP New Jersey today announced New Jersey has become the ninth state accepted into the AARP Network of Age-Friendly Communities, which works to make communities supportive and accessible places to live for people of all ages. "In New Jersey, we are making vital investments to help enhance the quality of life for everyone, including our older resi more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, May 6 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 5, 2021: The National Hockey League announced today that Jared M. Maples will be joining the League as Executive Vice President, Chief Security Officer. Maples comes to the League from the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness (NJOHSP), where he served as its Director since 2017. He will begin his tenure with the NHL on June 7. Commissioner Gary Bettman also announced the re more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, May 6 -- The New Jersey Office of the Secretary of Higher Education issued the following news release: Secretary of Higher Education Dr. Brian Bridges will join college students, elected officials, and institutional leadership at New Jersey City University (NJCU) on Thursday, May 6 to kick off a series of roundtable discussions on college affordability and the $50 million investment in the Fiscal Year 2022 (FY2022) budget toward the Garden State Guarantee (GSG) initiative.  more PR

ALBANY, New York, May 4 -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D-New York, issued the following news release on May 3, 2021: Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont today announced a significant easing of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions on the region's businesses, venues and gatherings given significant progress in vaccinations and sustained reduction in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. "The tide is turning against COVID-19 in New York, and thanks to ou more PR

ALBANY, New York, May 4 -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D-New York, issued the following transcript on May 3, 2021: * * * Earlier today, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont announced a significant easing of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions on the region's businesses, venues and gatherings given significant progress in vaccinations and sustained reduction in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. The Governor also announced that the New York City Su more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, May 6 (TNSRes) -- Stevens Institute of Technology issued the following news release: The "Hip Tip" - a surgical planning tool for hip replacement surgery - and "TuLip" - an anatomically correct breastfeeding trainer that teaches proper latching techniques - are just two of the dozens of inventions developed by students at Stevens Institute of Technology for the school's annual Innovation Expo. Stevens' Innovation Expo, organized by the school's Office of the Provost, looke more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, May 6 (TNSJou) -- Stevens Institute of Technology issued the following news release on May 5, 2021: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) images are usually meant to be static. But now, researchers from Matai Medical Research Institute (Matai), Stevens Institute of Technology, Stanford University, the University of Auckland and other institutions, report on an imaging technique that captures the brain in motion in real time, in 3D and in stunning detail, providing a potential di more PR

GALLOWAY, New Jersey, May 4 (TNSPro) -- Stockton University issued the following news: Atlantic City High School senior Zikra Naz is looking forward to attending Stockton University in the fall. But she already knows her way around. Naz participates in Stockton's GOALS GEAR UP program, which offers students in grades 7-12 from Atlantic City and Pleasantville a head start on preparing for college. More than 180 students participated in the program, and even during the pandemic students continue more PR

GALLOWAY, New Jersey, May 4 (TNSPar) -- Stockton University issued the following news: Stockton University has signed a dual admission and transfer partnership agreement with Middlesex College that will help students make a smooth transition from the two-year college to Stockton's bachelor's degree program. The five-year agreement strengthens the relationship between Stockton and Middlesex College by offering multiple opportunities for students to seamlessly pursue associate and bachelor's deg more PR

GALLOWAY, New Jersey, May 7 (TNSPro) -- Stockton University issued the following news: The Stockton University Board of Trustees on May 5 approved a resolution to require all incoming students to take two courses that address race and racism. The requirement will take effect for the incoming class in fall 2021. It was proposed by Donnetrice Allison, coordinator of the Africana Studies program at Stockton and professor of Africana Studies and Communication Studies. Allison, who is currently al more PR

GALLOWAY, New Jersey, May 7 (TNSPer) -- Stockton University issued the following news: Stockton University welcomed four new members to its Board of Trustees at the May 5 board meeting. The addition of Rev. Collins A. Days, Sonia Gonsalves, Michelle Keates and Jose Lozano represents a historic expansion of the board, from 12 members to 15. President Harvey Kesselman said the expansion of the Board of Trustees reflects the growth of the university and leadership's desire for a robust board tha more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, May 7 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following statement on May 6, 2021: * * * Governor Greg Abbott today issued a statement after NRG Energy announced that they will relocate their corporate headquarters to Houston from New Jersey: "We are proud to welcome NRG Energy's corporate headquarters to Houston as they expand their already strong presence in the Lone Star State. "With this move, NRG joins 50 other Fortune 500 companies headquartered in Texas, including 22 i more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, May 4 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: With COVID-19 numbers trending decisively in the right direction and New Jersey progressing toward its adult-age vaccination goals, Governor Murphy today announced an additional easing of restrictions, including a removal of all percentage capacity limits for indoor and outdoor businesses, a lifting of the prohibition on indoor bar seating, and an end to the outdoor gathering limit. As detailed belo more PR