NORTH BRANCH, New Jersey, Sept. 28 (TNSPer) -- Raritan Valley Community College issued the following news release: Joe Pavlow has been hired as the new Director of Athletics at Raritan Valley Community College in Branchburg. Pavlow comes to the College with a wealth of experience as a coach and administrator. Prior to his arrival at RVCC, Pavlow worked as the Director of Athletics at Rosemont College. Under his direction the department captured its first-ever CSAC Championships, in all totalin more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 28 (TNSPer) -- Thomas Edison State University issued the following news release: Marcela Ospina Maziarz has been named vice president for Community and Government Affairs at Thomas Edison State University (TESU). Noted for her expertise in government administration, public policy and analysis with a focus on health equity, Maziarz brings a wealth of experience in legislative affairs and consensus building. "Marcela has developed enduring relationships with key stake more PR

NORTH BRANCH, New Jersey, Sept. 30 (TNSPer) -- Raritan Valley Community College issued the following news release: Raritan Valley Community College welcomes the following new faculty members to the College community this fall: Robert Carden, Chemistry Robert will be teaching Organic and General Chemistry at RVCC. He received a BS from Saint Joseph's University and a PhD from Duke University. Christine Chynoweth, ASL Christine's areas of expertise include American Sign Language and Linguisti more PR

PARAMUS, New Jersey, Sept. 29 (TNSRes) -- Bergen Community College issued the following news release: American Pharmaceutical Review has published Bergen Community College students' research, "Microbiology of COVID-19: The Rise of the Mutants, Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 Variants as a Response to Evolutionary Pressures to Optimize Viral Transmissibility and Replication" in its July/August 2021 issue. It represents the second time the students have had their research on COVID-19 published. Under th more PR

BASKING RIDGE, New Jersey, Sept. 28 -- Verizon, a communications and technology solutions company, issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2021: At Enterprise Connect Virtual today (9/27 - 9/29), Verizon Business announced several updates across the BlueJeans by Verizon video conferencing and events portfolio to maximize engagement in a hybrid world. The latest enhancements to BlueJeans Events, BlueJeans Rooms, BlueJeans Meetings and BlueJeans Mobile, were designed to provide customers w more PR

BASKING RIDGE, New Jersey, Oct. 2 -- Verizon, a communications and technology solutions company, issued the following news release on Oct. 1, 2021: Recognizing excellence and innovation in the enterprise communications and collaboration industry, Verizon Business today announced that BlueJeans by Verizon was awarded Best of Enterprise Connect 2021 for BlueJeans Telehealth, a purpose-built, HIPAA-ready virtual care solution to help drive better patient interactions. "The vision for BlueJeans ha more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 23 -- CNN issued the following news: HLN's Murder Nation - an investigation docu-series that puts a spotlight on deadly crimes unique to U.S. locales - focuses on startling homicides in the seaside towns of New Jersey in season two's Jersey Gore, premiering Sunday, October 10 at 10 pm ET/PT. Amid the beauty and wonderland of the New Jersey coastline, dark currents sometimes seep through. "Murder Nation: Jersey Gore" exposes four shocking deadly crimes that took place in more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following statement: * * * Following the first gubernatorial debate in New Jersey, DGA Political Director Marshall Cohen released the following statement. "Gov. Phil Murphy dominated in tonight's debate. The governor made an undeniably strong case for his re-election, citing his leadership throughout the pandemic and his record of fighting for New Jersey families. "Jack Ciattarelli walked away as the clear loser tonight. more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news on Sept. 29, 2021: In last night's debate, Gov. Phil Murphy dominated Jack Ciattarelli and made a strong case for his re-election by delivering real solutions to fight the pandemic, strengthen the economy, and prioritize New Jersey families. Here's what folks are saying about Gov. Murphy's stellar debate win: * Monmouth Poll Director Patrick Murray: "This is also the best debate performance I've ever seen P more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: With just over a month before Election Day in New Jersey, Jack Ciattarelli continues to prove he's not ready for prime time, and he's certainly not qualified to be governor. In a new interview with WYNC, Ciattarelli ducked and dodged direct questions on everything from his support (or lack thereof) for LGBTQ+ New Jerseyans and what the definition of the term 'white privilege' is. to whether he thinks million more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Sept. 28 (TNSJou) -- The High Meadows Environmental Institute issued the following news: The African savanna supports one of the world's last intact large-mammal communities. Savannas also are home to a diverse array of plant species, but human-driven declines in animal populations could disrupt the balance of both plant and animal species in this iconic ecosystem, according to a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Princeton University-led resea more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 2 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Yesterday at a media briefing on COVID-19, Governor Phil Murphy and members of his administration announced a new web tool -- covid19.nj.gov/youthhelp - designed to link parents, youth, and educators with resources and supports to address youth mental health challenges exacerbated by the ongoing pandemic. In the last two budget cycles, Governor Murphy has invested more than $100M in annual funding  more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 30 -- The New Jersey Democratic State Committee issued the following news: At last night's first gubernatorial debate, Republican candidate Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli was completely caught in a lie about his extreme positions on gun safety laws, then forced to immediately backtrack in a bizarre moment that exposed his out-of-touch position on concealed carry. When Governor Phil Murphy attacked Ciattarelli for supporting concealed carry laws, it led to the following  more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 30 -- The New Jersey Democratic State Committee issued the following statement on Sept. 29, 2021: * * * New Jersey Democratic State Committee Chairman LeRoy J. Jones, Jr., is releasing the following statement on Governor Phil Murphy's clear victory in tonight's first gubernatorial debate. "Governor Murphy made all New Jersey Democrats proud tonight by doing what he's done since day one -- standing up for New Jersey values, fighting for working- and middle-class fami more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 1 -- The New Jersey Democratic State Committee issued the following news on Sept. 30, 2021: Republican gubernatorial candidate Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli called into The Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC today, but he probably wishes he didn't. Assemblyman Ciattarelli absolutely bombed in one of his highest-profile media appearances of the campaign, often taking a combative tone with the host and New Jersey residents who called in, even insulting one caller by insinuating th more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 29 -- The New Jersey Democratic State Committee issued the following news: With his campaign behind in the polls, his candidacy being rejected by most New Jersey voters, and vote-by-mail ballots already being returned, Republican gubernatorial candidate Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli is sure to double down on his Trump-style lies and extremism at tonight's debate. Here's what to expect from Assemblyman Ciattarelli as he desperately tries to make up ground at the debate: more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 28 -- The New Jersey Democratic State Committee issued the following news: Considering the newly released revelation that Republican gubernatorial candidate Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli made millions profiting from the opioid epidemic at his medical publishing company, a clear pattern is emerging when it comes to Ciattarelli's handling of public health issues -- from opioids to COVID-19, Ciattarelli is an opportunist whose top priority is whatever benefits him, not wh more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 29 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2021: Governor Phil Murphy today signed Executive Order No. 265 to create the Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in the Governor's Office. This new internal office, led by Jayne Johnson, aims to dismantle inequity within State government based on race, ethnicity, and other protected characteristics and to expand opportunities for communities of color and other under more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 30 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2021: Governor Phil Murphy today announced that Fiserv, a global leader in the financial technology sector, will be expanding its footprint in New Jersey, bringing 3,000 jobs together in one location in its new Berkeley Heights office space, including 1,927 new jobs and 1,063 existing jobs at risk of being located outside the state. The New Jersey Economic Development Authority Board more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 28 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2021: Governor Phil Murphy today announced that the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) will begin implementation of the Return and Earn program. This new initiative will provide a $500 incentive for unemployed workers reentering the workforce and receiving job training from businesses with 100 or fewer employees. "Throughout this pandemic, I have heard m more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 2 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Oct. 1, 2021: Governor Phil Murphy today announced the 2021 Governor's Cups and Best of Show winners among New Jersey wineries. The featured winners were selected from the 2021 Garden State Wine Growers Association competition and judged by the Beverage Testing Institute. "I'm proud to celebrate our growing viticulture industry," said Governor Murphy. "The wineries recognized from all across th more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 28 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2021: Governor Phil Murphy today joined Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, New Jersey Schools Development Authority (SDA) CEO Manuel Da Silva, Perth Amboy Public Schools Superintendent Dr. David Roman, Perth Amboy students, and state and local officials for the groundbreaking of the new Perth Amboy High School. With the engines of construction equipment roaring and dozens of constructio more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 1 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Governor Phil Murphy, along with company representatives and local and state elected officials, today celebrated the groundbreaking of a new Fiserv office in Berkeley Heights Fiserv, a global leader in the financial technology sector, will be expanding its footprint in New Jersey, bringing 3,000 jobs together in one location, including 1,927 new jobs and 1,063 already existing positions. "I'm thr more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 29 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Governor Murphy signed the following bills into law: S-381/A-720 (Weinberg, Greenstein/Johnson, Mosquera, Vainieri Huttle) - Establishes supervised community reintegration program for certain victims of domestic violence. ACS for A-970/SCS for S-2259 (Conaway, Lampitt, Murphy/Singleton, Ruiz) - Establishes Mental Health Screening in Schools Grant Program in DOE; appropriates $1 million. A-117 more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 30 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Governor Phil Murphy: Good afternoon, everyone. Alongside me as usual to my right the woman 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. To my far left another person who needs no introduction, Superintendent of the State Police, Colonel Pat Call more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 2 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: The New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission announced today that overall in-state production spending from filmmaking will exceed half a billion dollars in 2021, following a very busy spring and summer and an unprecedented amount of production taking place this fall. The record number of productions filming in the state comes just three years after Governor Phil Murphy reinstated the  more PR

NEWARK, New Jersey, Sept. 29 -- Newark Board of Education issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2021: Today marks yet another historic day for the Newark Board of Education as Superintendent Roger Leon officially opens the doors of the Michelle Obama Elementary School, named in honor of the former First Lady. The school services students in pre-kindergarten to second grade and will grow one grade every year until it reaches the eighth grade. While the school's theme is "Community, Lea more PR

NEWARK, New Jersey, Oct. 1 -- Newark Board of Education issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2021: Superintendent Leon hosted the ceremony for the official opening of a second new school in Newark for the 2021-22 school year - the Newark School of Data Science and Information Technology (NSDSIT). The school's vision and mission is to provide students with industry-standard skills and prepare them for critical skills in the emerging, ever-evolving fields of technology and computer scie more PR

ITHACA, New York, Sept. 25 (TNSAwa) -- Cornell University issued the following news: * * * Cornell: ILR's Campos-Medina Receives Award By Mary Catt Worker Institute Executive Director Patricia Campos-Medina is the 2021 recipient of the Civil Rights Champion recognition awarded by the Latino Coalition of New Jersey. Campos-Medina is a "powerful voice for the excluded particularly laborers and undocumented immigrants," the coalition said, noting her advocacy for undocumented immigrants throug more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 1 (TNSPol) -- Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs issued the following news on Sept. 30, 2021: If immigrants to the United States formed their own country, their pre-COVID-19 life expectancies would exceed or match those of the world's leaders in longevity -- Swiss men and Japanese women. A new study by Princeton University and University of Southern California researchers estimates that immigration adds 1.4 to 1.5 years to U.S. life ex more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Sept. 29 (TNSJou) -- Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs issued the following news: Persistent gaps in life expectancy between Black and white Americans have been highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, this gap has narrowed by nearly 50% in three decades, largely due to improvements among Black Americans, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Co-authored by researchers at Princeton  more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Sept. 30 -- Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs issued the following news: The Technical University of Munich (TUM) has recognized professor Andrew Moravcsik for his pioneering research in European integration and international relations. Moravcsik, professor of politics and international affairs and director of the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination (LISD) and European Union Program at Princeton University, has been named a TUM d more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Sept. 29 (TNSPol) -- Rutgers University issued the following news on Sept. 28, 2021: Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy will face off against Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli in the first gubernatorial debate tonight, an event Rutgers helped make happen. John Weingart, director of the Center on the American Governor at the Eagleton Institute of Politics, and Charles Menifield, dean of the School of Public Affairs and Administration, talked to Rutgers Today about the un more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Oct. 1 (TNSRes) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * The TranZap is the first of its kind to help improve health care access for transgender patients * * * In the quest to advance a more inclusive healthcare system and fostering innovation among its students, Rutgers is supporting the creation of an app called TranZap to serve as a health care resource guide for trans individuals to help them connect with gender-affirming healthcare providers and  more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Sept. 30 (TNSJou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Child support debt, compared to credit card and loan debt, has serious negative consequences for adolescent outcomes * * * Teenagers whose fathers are behind on paying child support suffer more from behavioral problems like anxiety and depression than those from families whose fathers do not have such debt and than those whose parents have other types of debt, according to a Rutgers University more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Sept. 29 (TNSPol) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: In his second address to the University Senate on Sept. 24, President Jonathan Holloway announced the university's commitment to a Climate Action Plan and the formation of the Office of Climate Action that will lead the university's efforts to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040. The office also will mobilize the university's strengths to advance just, equitable climate solutions across the university an more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Oct. 1 (TNSRes) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * The New Jersey Firearm Storage Map, created by Rutgers researchers, helps firearm owners find temporary out-of-home storage * * * Researchers at the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center, based at Rutgers, with support from the New Jersey Department of Human Services Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services, have created the New Jersey Firearm Storage Map, a free resource to help resid more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Sept. 30 (TNSPol) -- Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs issued the following news: Thousands of Haitian migrants flocked to Del Rio, Texas, in recent weeks to attempt border crossing into the U.S. Since then, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Mexico have loaded more than 300 planes with migrants, sending Haitians back to the war-torn country. Labeling the situation as "inhumane," some are pointing a strong finger at the Biden ad more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Oct. 1 (TNSJou) -- Stevens Institute of Technology issued the following news release: * * * Stevens Institute of Technology researcher leads new study that shows data from smartphone sensors combined with time features can identify cannabis intoxication with 90% accuracy * * * Smartphone sensors are used daily to detect time and travel, but when those two factors are combined, researchers found that these sensors can also detect a cannabis high. The study, published in  more PR

GALLOWAY, New Jersey, Sept. 30 (TNSPol) -- Stockton University issued the following news on Sept. 29, 2021: Incumbent Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy, buoyed by support for his COVID-19 policies, leads Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli by 9 percentage points, according to a Stockton University Poll released today. But Murphy reaches only the 50-percent mark, leading Ciattarelli 50%-41% including voters who lean toward one candidate or the other. Nine percent are undecided or not liking either more PR

GALLOWAY, New Jersey, Sept. 28 (TNSRes) -- Stockton University issued the following news: Stockton University will move forward to develop partnerships and funding for a Coastal Resiliency Institute and Marine Science Center (CRI/MSC) in Atlantic City. A recently completed feasibility study commissioned by the university recommended locating the institute in Absecon Inlet, specifically the Gardner's Basin area. The study said the center could serve as a nexus for the development of a "blue ec more PR

BASKING RIDGE, New Jersey, Sept. 29 -- Verizon, a communications and technology solutions company, issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2021: Verizon Business and Yealink announced today the One Talk T67LTE wireless desk phone, the first advanced desk phone with embedded 4G/LTE cellular technology available in the United States. Available only with Verizon's One Talk service, the premier T67LTE was designed to support the hybrid worker, providing next generation workplace mobility, wi more PR

BASKING RIDGE, New Jersey, Sept. 28 -- Verizon, a communications and technology solutions company, issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2021: Setting a new bar for flexible and spontaneous virtual collaboration, Verizon Business today introduced the redesigned BlueJeans platform for the hybrid workplace. Centered around BlueJeans Spaces, a new integrated virtual office for creating engagement and alignment, this next-generation collaboration platform was developed to provide a seamles more PR

WAYNE, New Jersey, Oct. 2 (TNSGra) -- William Paterson University issued the following news release: William Paterson University professors Sreevidya Kalaramadam, associate professor, Women's and Gender Studies, and Rajender Kaur, professor, English, were awarded a 2019-2020 Fulbright-Hays Group Study Abroad grant of nearly $100,000 for their project, "Integrating South Asia and Diversity in New Jersey Classrooms: The Roots and Routes of Ethnic Communities." As part of the grant, Kalaramadam a more PR