CAMDEN, New Jersey, Feb. 3 (TNSPer) -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: American Water (NYSE: AWK) announced today that its president and CEO Walter Lynch retired from the company, effective February 2, 2022. Susan Hardwick, who recently served as Interim CEO, was appointed by the Board of Directors as president and CEO to replace Lynch. "I have decided to retire from American Water. This is the best decision for my family and m more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 4 (TNSPer) -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2022: Governor Phil Murphy today nominated Matt Platkin to be the Attorney General of New Jersey. Platkin served as Chief Counsel to the Governor from January 2018 to October 2020. His nomination will now go to the Senate for confirmation. Platkin will assume the role of Acting Attorney General on Monday, February 14, 2022. "It is my honor and pleasure to nominate Matt Platkin t more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Feb. 4 (TNSPer) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Maura Reilly, a curator, writer, art consultant and non-profit leader who has organized dozens of exhibitions internationally that focus on marginalized artists, has been named the new director of the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. Reilly is the founding curator of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum, where she developed and launched the firs more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Feb. 2 -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release on Feb. 1, 2022: American Water (NYSE: AWK), the nation's largest publicly traded water and wastewater utility company, announced today applications are now being accepted by its participating state subsidiaries for the company's 2022 Environmental Grant Program awards. The grant awards will be available in American Water service areas in 12 states: California, Hawaii, Illinois, India more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Feb. 5 -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2022: American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK), the largest publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company, today announced the close of the sale of its utility operations in Michigan to Ullico, Inc.'s infrastructure business, through its portfolio company, Triton Utilities, Inc., for a purchase price of $6 million in cash. "We are pleased with the opport more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Feb. 1 -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2022: American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK) announced today that it intends to release its 2021 fourth quarter and year-end financial results after the market closes on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. The company will host its 2021 fourth quarter and year-end earnings conference call and webcast with investors, analysts and other interested parties on Thursday, Feb. 17 more PR

RUTHERFORD, New Jersey, Feb. 2 (TNSOps) -- Felician University issued the following news release: Felician University's School of Business and Information Sciences (SOBIS) is set to host part three of the Women's Leadership Initiative Speaker Series entitled, How to Land that Dream Internship. The event will feature Ashley Malchuk, Director of Talent Acquisitions and Jamie Bozinoski, Director of Human Resources, both who currently work for Friedman LLP. The speaker series will take place on Wed more PR

MAHWAH, New Jersey, Feb. 3 (TNSOps) -- Ramapo College issued the following news release: Ramapo student Jamie Kim '23 will be enhancing her business studies when she travels to South Korea in late February. The Old Tappan, N.J. native, the second Ramapo student to receive the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship in the 2021-2022 academic year, will spend the spring semester - 16 weeks - taking courses in Accounting, Management and Language at Korea University in Seoul as par more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Feb. 1 -- John Wiley and Sons issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2022: Global research and education leader Wiley today announced a new pilot agreement with the Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium (SCELC) to accelerate the publication of open access articles across 61 SCELC members and affiliates. The agreement supports researchers at participating institutions - which span the U.S. states of California, Texas, Hawaii and others - by delivering un more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 2 -- The New Jersey Democratic State Committee issued the following statement on Feb. 1, 2022: * * * New Jersey Democratic State Committee spokesman Phil Swibinski is releasing the following statement on Superior Court Judge Robert Lougy's ruling today against former Senator Steve Sweeney's lawsuit regarding the apportionment committee: "It has always been clear that Chairman Jones' decision to add Laura Matos to the Democratic Delegation to the Legislative Apportion more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 5 -- The New Jersey Democratic State Committee issued the following statement on Feb. 4, 2022: * * * Following the release of the historic January jobs report that showed 6.6 million jobs had been created in the past year, NJDSC Vice Chair Peg Schaffer is releasing the following statement. "Today's unprecedented jobs report is further proof that President Biden and Vice President Harris are leading a booming economy that is lifting US workers. 6.6 million jobs create more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 4 -- The New Jersey Democratic State Committee issued the following statement: * * * Democratic Congressional Redistricting Delegation Chair Janice Fuller is releasing the following statement. "We are very pleased that the Supreme Court has unanimously and overwhelmingly denied Republican attempts to sabotage the redistricting process and will allow the adopted map to stand and this matter to conclude. "It has always been clear that the Republican lawsuit was absolu more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 5 -- The New Jersey Department of Education issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2022: Acting Commissioner Angelica Allen-McMillan of the New Jersey Department of Education today applauded 16 New Jersey schools for earning the Character.org "National Schools of Character" designation. "The educators, students, and stakeholders in these 16 schools should be commended for making character a priority in their educational community," said Dr. Allen-McMillan. "Char more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 1 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2022: Governor Phil Murphy and Department of Transportation Commissioner Diane Gutierrez Scaccetti today announced $3.8 million in FY 2022 Transit Village grants to help municipalities advance transit-oriented development projects that reduce reliance on vehicles and encourage usage of mass transportation. This year's grants represent the largest amount of funds provided in a single year more PR

ALBANY, New York, Feb. 3 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: Governor Kathy Hochul and Congressman Jerry Nadler today announced the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will resume preparation of a Tier 2 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the Cross Harbor Freight Movement Program. As part of the review, the EIS will look at how the Cross Harbor Rail Freight project would work in concert with the Interborough Express transit line, which more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Feb. 4 -- New Jersey American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release: New Jersey American Water is accepting applications for green project funding through its Environmental Grant Program. The program offers grants of $1,000 to $10,000 for qualifying innovative, community-based environmental projects that improve, restore, or protect watersheds, surface water and/or groundwater supplies throughout the company's service areas. "For over ten  more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Feb. 4 -- Gov. Tom Wolf, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2022: Governor Tom Wolf announced today that Black Buffalo 3D Corporation, a manufacturer of large-scale 3D construction printers, is relocating its manufacturing operation from New Jersey to Pennsylvania and creating 71 new jobs in Monroe County. "We are thrilled to welcome Black Buffalo 3D to Pennsylvania," said Gov. Wolf. "Our investment in this innovative company, which is helpin more PR

NORTH BRANCH, New Jersey, Feb. 5 (TNSPro) -- Raritan Valley Community College issued the following news release: Prospective students interested in learning about Raritan Valley Community College's new Medical Laboratory Technology program are invited to attend a Virtual Information Session, February 21, from 10-11 a.m. Registration is required for the event, which will be held via Zoom. Participants will learn about career pathways available in the College's new Associate of Applied Science d more PR

NORTH BRANCH, New Jersey, Feb. 2 (TNSOps) -- Raritan Valley Community College issued the following news release on Feb. 1, 2022: Raritan Valley Community College, in partnership with the Organization of American Historians Distinguished Lectureship Program, will present a virtual lecture and discussion featuring Rosina Lozano, author of An American Language: The History of Spanish in the United States, February 24, at 6 p.m. The event, which is free of charge and open to the public, is being p more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Feb. 4 (TNSOps) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: A Rutgers Law School team filed a milestone brief to overturn laws in 48 states that prevent citizens with felony convictions from voting, arguing that such restrictions violate international human rights law. The brief was filed in Washington, D.C. before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, which monitors the U.S. and other nations' compliance with their human rights treaty obligations. "Th more PR

NEWARK, New Jersey, Feb. 3 (TNSOps) -- Rutgers University issued the following news on Feb. 2, 2022: A Rutgers Law School team today filed a milestone brief to overturn laws in 48 states that prevent citizens with felony convictions from voting, arguing that such restrictions violate international human rights law. The brief was filed in Washington, D.C. before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, which monitors the U.S. and other nations' compliance with their human rights treaty ob more PR

NEWARK, New Jersey, Feb. 3 (TNSOps) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: The Aging Brian & Health Alliance at Rutgers University-Newark has been awarded $25,000 from the New Jersey Health Foundation to support a partnership between the university and local churches in promoting Alzheimer's disease awareness; a reward the alliance plans to redistribute to the community. The grant will fund a new program that aims to raise awareness of Alzheimer's disease and risk reduction and incre more PR

NEWARK, New Jersey, Jan. 28 (TNSOps) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: By Carrie Stetler Express Newark will host Black Portraiture[s]: Play and Performance, the seventh annual Black Portraiture[s] Conference from Thursday, February 17 to Saturday, February 19, 2022. The three-day conference explores the theme of play and performance in past and contemporary African diasporic art and performance and will conclude with a series of groundbreaking keynote conversations for the 42nd more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Feb. 1 (TNSOps) -- Rutgers University issued the following news on Jan. 31, 2022: Technology has been changing society since humans began using stone tools, and the pace of change is only accelerating. Here are predictions from six Rutgers technology experts about which innovations will have major impacts over the next few years. Business Intelligence Ellen Law, Associate Vice President, Office of Information Technology While business intelligence (BI) software has more PR

GALLOWAY, New Jersey, Feb. 3 (TNSOps) -- Stockton University issued the following news on Feb. 2, 2022: The Unified Black Students Society raised the red, black and green Pan-African flag in a ceremony Tuesday, Feb. 1, marking the start of activities for Black History Month at Stockton University. "Although a lot has been accomplished, we still have a lot left to do," U.B.S.S. president Alexsandra Panton told the crowd that braved the nippy weather and snow outside the Arts and Sciences Buildi more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Feb. 2 -- John Wiley and Sons issued the following news release: Wiley, a global leader in research and education, announced the extension of its landmark open access partnership with Projekt DEAL, a countrywide consortium representative of more than 900 academic institutions in Germany. The landmark agreement, which began in 2019, provides participating Projekt DEAL institutions with the opportunity to access Wiley's academic journals while enabling researchers from all e more PR

WAYNE, New Jersey, Feb. 2 (TNSOps) -- William Paterson University issued the following news release: William Paterson University in Wayne is joining other New Jersey public colleges and universities in participating in the Garden State Guarantee, New Jersey's new state financial aid program launching in fall 2022 with the aim of making college more accessible and affordable. The Garden State Guarantee program is designed for New Jersey residents who attend an in-state, public, four-year instit more PR