BETHLEHEM, Pennsylvania, Dec. 3 (TNSPer) -- Moravian College issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2021: Moravian University announced that after a nationwide search they've selected V. Harrison Dillard as the new Chief of Police, replacing Chief Richard Blake who left Moravian earlier this year. Dillard brings 25 years of law enforcement experience to Moravian, retiring at the rank of Captain from the Morris County (New Jersey) Prosecutor's Office in 2020. A graduate of Rutgers Universi more PR

FREEHOLD, New Jersey, Dec. 2 -- CentraState Healthcare System issued the following news: In a step that clears the way for completion of a unique model for health system co-ownership, New Jersey Superior Court Judge Joseph Quinn has accepted New Jersey Acting Attorney General Andrew Bruck's approval of CentraState Healthcare System and Atlantic Health System's plans to expand their successful partnership. Approved under the Community Health Care Assets Protection Act (CHAPA), the ruling is the  more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Dec. 2 (TNSJou) -- The High Meadows Environmental Institute issued the following news on Dec. 1, 2021: In the grasslands of Nepal's Chitwan Valley, local farmers rely on the production of rice and other grains to generate household income. But their livelihoods are under threat, as Nepal is experiencing the effects of climate change at a much faster rate than the global average. As these effects worsen, it's unclear what smallholder farmers in Nepal and other South Asian more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Dec. 1 -- John Wiley and Sons issued the following news release: Throughout his career, NBA life and optimization coach, bestselling author, speaker, and internationally recognized leader David Nurse has developed over 150 NBA players both on and off the court, coached with the Brooklyn Nets, and has helped NBA coaches and athletes, Hollywood actors, powerful CEOs and entrepreneurs to live in their "breakthrough mode." In his forthcoming book, Breakthrough: A Sure-Fire Guid more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Dec. 3 (TNSBook) -- John Wiley and Sons issued the following news release: Bestselling author and Salesforce Executive, Karen Mangia, has had her finger on the pulse of workplace disruption and changes since the beginning of the pandemic. In August of 2020, she released Working From Home: Making the New Normal Work for You, a detailed guide to ease the transition to working from home for employers and employees along with guidance about how to make distributed work a perman more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Dec. 2 -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release on Dec. 1, 2021: Kentucky American Water today filed a request with the Kentucky Public Service Commission for an adjustment in the rates paid by its wastewater (sanitary sewer) customers. The request is driven by infrastructure investments made by the company since 2014 -- the last time a sewer rate increase was filed -- to continue providing high-quality, reliable wastewater service more PR

ST. LOUIS, New Jersey, Dec. 3 -- Missouri American Water, a subsidiary of American Water, issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2021: This year Missouri American Water replaced approximately 32,500 feet, or more than six miles, of aging mains dating back to the 1920s-1960s in Webster Groves and unincorporated South St. Louis County. "Missouri American Water is accelerating the replacement of water pipes that are reaching the end of their useful life across the state," said President Ric more PR

METUCHEN, New Jersey, Dec. 3 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2021: As part of his ongoing commitment to meaningfully address the nation's gun violence crisis, Governor Phil Murphy today urged legislators to take action in the coming weeks and pass a comprehensive gun safety legislative package that was initially proposed by the Governor in April. If passed by the Legislature and signed into law, the bill package discussed today would be the third  more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Dec. 1 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2021: Governor Phil Murphy today cut the ribbon on Cramer Hill Waterfront Park, a landfill-turned-waterfront park in the City of Camden. The former Harrison Avenue Landfill, which operated from 1952 to 1971, was an 86-acre municipal landfill that was never properly closed and capped, leaving it vulnerable to illegal dumping years later. The first 24 acres of the landfill were cleaned an more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Dec. 4 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Dec. 3, 2021: As part of his continued commitment to help working families recover from the economic impacts of COVID-19, Governor Phil Murphy today signed legislation (S4065/A6071) that will make significantly more New Jersey families eligible for the state's Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit. The legislation will make taxpayers with incomes of $150,000 or less per year who incur expenses for  more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Nov. 30 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following transcript: * * * Governor Phil Murphy: Good afternoon, everybody. With me to my right is the woman who needs no introduction, the Commissioner of the Department of Health, Judy Persichilli. To her right, the state's epidemiologist, another familiar face, Dr. Christina Tan, great to have you both. To my left, likewise, someone who needs no introduction, the Superintendent of the State Police, Colonel Pat Calla more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Dec. 1 -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release: New Jersey American Water will replace approximately 1,480 feet of aging water main in Cherry Hill starting next week. The company will upgrade the aging 6-inch cast iron water lines that were installed in the 1960s with new 8-inch ductile iron main along the entire length of Portsmouth Road. The project also includes replacing one fire hydrant and 33 utility-owned service lines alon more PR

NEWARK, New Jersey, Dec. 4 -- Newark Board of Education issued the following news release on Dec. 3, 2021: In 2018, Superintendent Leon initiated the "I Believe in You" and "I Believe in My PLC" grants to impress on teachers his full commitment to the important work they do in teaching and learning. In response to the global pandemic, the Superintendent reintroduced these two grant for teachers and funded it with its largest installment of over $3.3 million dollars reserved for teachers and te more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Nov. 30 (TNSBook) -- Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs issued the following news: A book authored by historian Harold James has been named to the Financial Times' Best Books of 2021: Politics list. "The War of Words: A Glossary of Globalization," published by Yale University Press, reveals the origins of key buzzwords and concepts used in contemporary political debate such as "neoliberalism," geopolitics," and "globalization" while highlig more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Dec. 2 (TNSJou) -- Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs issued the following news on Dec. 1, 2021: In the grasslands of Nepal's Chitwan Valley, local farmers rely on the production of rice and other grains to generate household income. But their livelihoods are under threat, as Nepal is experiencing the effects of climate change at a much faster rate than the global average. As these effects worsen, it's unclear what smallholder farmers in Ne more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Dec. 4 (TNSPol) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Rutgers University dedicated 15 Washington Street, a neoclassical icon of the Newark skyline, as Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hall on Thursday in honor of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice, who taught at Rutgers Law School from 1963 to 1972. The dedication ceremony featured remarks by President Jonathan Holloway, Rutgers-Newark Chancellor Nancy Cantor, Board of Governors chair Mark Angelson, interim Law School more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Dec. 2 (TNSRes) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * A Rutgers FinTech expert explains how decentralized finance may change how we use financial services and what it means for the future * * * While the hysteria over NFT's (non-fungible tokens) continues, a new blockchain-based form of finance called decentralized finance or DeFi has caught the attention of everyday consumers and Wall Street veterans alike. Merav Ozair, a FinTech professor at Rut more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Dec. 1 (TNSJou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Bluefin tuna, a long-lived migratory species that accumulates mercury as it ages, can be used as a global barometer of the heavy metal risk posed to ocean life and human health, according to a study by Rutgers and other institutions. The study appears in the journal PNAS. Bluefin tuna, one of the largest and fastest fish species on Earth, are widely distributed throughout the world's oceans, but overfi more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Dec. 2 (TNSOps) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Rutgers will celebrate the life of Joseph James Seneca, University Professor of economics emeritus and former vice president of academic affairs at Rutgers University whose research on the New Jersey economy spanned five decades, during a ceremony on Sunday, Dec. 12. Seneca died Nov. 27, 2020, at 76 after a long battle with cancer. Seneca's career at Rutgers began in 1967, when he joined Rutgers Univers more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Nov. 30 (TNSJou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news on Nov. 29, 2021: * * * The redistribution of revenues from a carbon tax can promote equity and protect vulnerable populations * * * If all countries adopted the same tax on carbon emissions and returned the revenues to their citizens, it is possible to keep the global temperature from rising more than 2 degrees Celsius while also benefiting wellbeing, reducing inequality, and alleviating poverty, acc more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Dec. 1 (TNSJou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Social determinants known to impact health, wellbeing and quality of life affect severity of COVID-19, according to a Rutgers study * * * The reason some people get COVID-19, face hospitalization and die may have more to do with underlying health conditions, where they were born, live and work, and their access to testing and care, according to a new Rutgers study. Published in the Journal of R more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Dec. 1 (TNSRep) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Report - "English Learners in New Jersey: Exposing Inequities and Expanding Opportunities in the Wake of the Pandemic" Report finds ability to learn was compromised at a time when English learners needed more support * * * English learners in New Jersey public schools, already facing inadequate supports and a lack of attention, missed out on critical services during the COVID-19 pandemic, accor more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Dec. 2 (TNSJou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * International team's findings follow the astronomical pacing of Earth's orbit * * * Using artificial intelligence techniques, an international team that included Rutgers-New Brunswick researchers have traced the evolution of coccolithophores, an ocean-dwelling phytoplankton group, over 2.8 million years. Their findings, published this week in the journal Nature, reveal new evidence that evoluti more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Dec. 3 (TNSRes) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * New Jersey's autism rate is higher than the national average, according to Rutgers contributors to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Study * * * The autism rate among 8-year-old children in the United States is one in 44 and one in 35 in New Jersey, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that included researchers at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. The more PR

BASKING RIDGE, New Jersey, Dec. 1 -- Verizon, a communications and technology solutions company, issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2021: Verizon has a slate of new holiday deals to help you complete your shopping list. Whether you're shopping for gifts for family or want to treat yourself, we have you covered. Check out our 2021 digital gift guide for ideas and then head to a Verizon retail store or shop online at verizon.com/deals to get started. Starting today * Switch to Verizo more PR

GALLOWAY, New Jersey, Dec. 2 (TNSOps) -- Stockton University issued the following news on Dec. 1, 2021: Listening to him speak during the Pappas Visiting Scholar Series held Nov. 16 on Zoom, it is almost as if Ta-Nehisi Coates was born to be a writer. The best-selling author offered Stockton students insight into his life and book Between the World and Me, which was this year's common reading for first-year students. Coates spoke frankly about his upbringing, writing process and what it means  more PR

BASKING RIDGE, New Jersey, Dec. 2 -- Verizon, a communications and technology solutions company, issued the following news release on Dec. 1, 2021: Verizon Stream TV now sounds as good as it looks with the introduction of two premium soundbars featuring Verizon's on-demand streaming solution built-in. Designed in collaboration with luxury audio brand Bang & Olufsen, the new soundbars give you that big movie experience in your living room with no additional speakers or receiver required. Stream more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Dec. 3 -- John Wiley and Sons issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2021: Global research and education leader Wiley today announced the acquisition of Knowledge Unlatched, an innovator in online open access solutions. The open access movement promises to make more research broadly available to democratize information and to accelerate academic discovery. As the market for open access publishing grows, libraries and publishers are increasingly challenged to manage n more PR