CAMDEN, New Jersey, Feb. 16 (TNSPer) -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release: American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK), the largest publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company, today announced that James H. Gallegos has been named the Executive Vice President and General Counsel effective April 1, 2022. Gallegos replaces Mike Sgro, who retired earlier in the month. "Jim is an outstanding addition to our executive team," said Susa more PR

FREEHOLD, New Jersey, Feb. 15 (TNSPer) -- CentraState Healthcare System issued the following news: Completing a healthcare career that spanned half a century and helped transform CentraState Healthcare System into a leading center of care for the residents of central New Jersey, CentraState Healthcare System President and CEO John T. Gribbin today announced his plan to retire in April, 2022. "It has been my privilege to serve this community for more than twenty years and to have worked with bo more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 15 (TNSPer) -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2022: Governor Phil Murphy today announced the appointment of Laurie Doran as Director of the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness. Doran, who has served as Acting Director since June 2021, will assume the role as the first female Director in the office's history. "I am incredibly proud to appoint Laurie Doran to serve as Director of the New Jersey Office o more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Feb. 16 (TNSPer) -- Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs issued the following news: Elke Weber will be the next director of the Princeton Fung Global Fellows Program, an international effort based at the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies. She will serve a two-year term, effective July 1, 2022. The Fung Global Fellows Program brings together international research scholars around a common topic. Under Weber's directors more PR

PARAMUS, New Jersey, Feb. 18 (TNSAwa) -- Bergen Community College issued the following news release: Bergen Community College President Eric M. Friedman, Ph.D., who just completed his first year as the institution's top official, has earned a national leadership award from the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society for community colleges. As one of only 20 presidents from across the country to earn the "Paragon President Award," Friedman will travel to Denver, Colorado in April for PTK Catalyst 2022, th more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 17 (TNSPer) -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2022: Governor Phil Murphy today announced the groundbreaking appointments of Dr. Amesika Nyaku, Tia Ryans, Dr. Johanna Foster, Bonnie Kerness, La'Nae Grant, and Kathleen Witcher to the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women Board of Trustees. The Governor also reappointed Dr. Karma Brown Warren. The appointments will act to create a diverse, highly-engaged, and forward-thi more PR

LAWRENCEVILLE, New Jersey, Feb. 19 (TNSAwa) -- Rider University issued the following news release: United Way of Greater Mercer County has named Rider University and its president, Dr. Gregory G. Dell'Omo, as co-recipients of this year's Eugene Marsh Community Impact Award. The annual award goes to those who personify Marsh's three core values: caring, respect and responsibility. Dell'Omo will join this year's other award winners, who include Executive Vice President and Chief Retail Officer o more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Feb. 17 -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2022: American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK) today reported results for the fourth quarter 2021, of $3.55 per share, compared to $0.80 per share in 2020, and full year results of $6.95 per share compared to $3.91 per share in 2020. Full year and fourth quarter 2021 results include a gain of $2.70 per share, which reflects the completion of the sale of HOS in Decem more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Feb. 16 (TNSJou) -- The High Meadows Environmental Institute issued the following news: Most of us only think about the easily visible parts of plants -- stems, flowers, leaves -- but in a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Princeton ecologists Lars Hedin and Mingzhen Lu show that the hidden root systems beneath a South African brushland hold the answer to a biological puzzle. "For the last 400 million years, ever since plants mov more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Feb. 15 -- John Wiley and Sons issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2022: Global research and education leader Wiley, together with the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA), today announced they have reached agreement for a one-year contract extension with an open access option, as a pilot in collective action toward the Big Collection. The Big Ten Academic Alliance is a premier higher education consortium in the U.S. that includes major research institutions in 11 U.S more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Feb. 15 -- John Wiley and Sons issued the following news release: Wiley (NYSE: JW-A), a global leader in research and education, will again this year award $500 grants to each of 200 U.S. college students who are experiencing economic hardship--a total donation of $100,000--through its Wiley Stay the Course Grants program. The program, now in its second year, is designed to help students facing financial difficulty stay in school. Research from the Education Data Initiativ more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Feb. 16 -- John Wiley and Sons issued the following news release: New opportunities for retail investors to engage with the market are emerging at breakneck speeds, and many consumers are recognizing the potential to incorporate options into their toolkit of available financial strategies. According to the Options Clearing Corporation, a record of 39 million options contracts have traded daily on average in 2021, rising 35% from 2020. Once the domain of investment professio more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 17 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2022: The Murphy Administration today announced eleven Bikeway Grants totaling $5.9 million to help advance local Bikeway projects in nine counties. "Investing in bikeways helps promote alternate forms of transportation and reduces our reliance on cars," said Governor Phil Murphy. "Increased biking and walking are tangible steps we can take to achieve our climate change goals, while en more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 18 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Feb. 17, 2022: Governor Murphy today announced the release of the New Jersey State Future of Work Task Force's Roadmap and Recommendations. The Task Force's 19 core recommendations underscore the State's need to invest in policies, platforms, and programs that respond to both the challenges and the opportunities technology creates to foster worker rights, worker safety, and lifelong learning. In more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 15 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2022: Governor Phil Murphy, Senator Troy Singleton, Senator Vitale, Senator Pou, and Assemblyman John McKeon today announced their support for a legislative package to make prescription drugs more affordable. Together, the four bills will advance prescription drug affordability and price transparency by capping out-of-pocket costs for insulin, asthma inhalers, and EpiPens; allowing the  more PR

NEWARK, New Jersey, Feb. 17 -- Newark Board of Education issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2022: Through contributions from the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) and the New Jersey Schools Development Authority (SDA), Newark Public Schools will be able to address three of their emergent projects within the school district. Recognizing the challenges that districts face in making repairs to school building structures, Governor Murphy made a direct appropriation of $75 millio more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Feb. 16 -- New Jersey American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release: New Jersey American Water will replace approximately 2,500 feet of aging water main in Scotch Plains starting next week. The project also includes replacing seven fire hydrants and 40 utility-owned service lines along the pipeline route. The company will upgrade the aging 6-inch cast iron water lines that were installed in the 1920s with new 8- and 12-inch ductile iron ma more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Feb. 16 -- New Jersey American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release: New Jersey American Water will replace approximately 1,680 feet of aging water main in Little Silver starting next week. The company will upgrade the aging 2-inch cast iron water lines that were installed in the 1920s with new 8-inch ductile iron main along the entire length of Brook Avenue, Monroe Avenue, and Orchard Place. The project also includes replacing 31 utility- more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Feb. 17 -- New Jersey American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release: New Jersey American Water will replace approximately 2,200 feet of aging water main in West Orange starting next week. The project also includes replacing five fire hydrants and 35 utility-owned service lines along the pipeline route. 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 Sa more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Feb. 15 -- New Jersey American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2022: New Jersey American Water announced today it has signed an agreement to acquire the wastewater collection system of the Borough of Bound Brook, N.J. for $5 million. This municipally owned system serves approximately 2,900 customers, most of whom already receive water service from New Jersey American Water. The agreement follows a voter referendum that too more PR

MAHWAH, New Jersey, Feb. 19 (TNSRep) -- Ramapo College issued the following news release: A Ramapo College education translates to an above average return on investment, according to a recent report by the New Jersey Association of State Colleges and Universities (NJASCU). The report finds that Ramapo College of New Jersey makes a positive impact on the overall state economy, provides significant support to an array of job sectors and growth industries here in New Jersey, and, more importantly, more PR

MAHWAH, New Jersey, Feb. 15 (TNSOps) -- Ramapo College issued the following news release: On March 23 at 7 p.m., Alexandra Galbarini, professor of history and Jewish studies at Williams College, will discuss "A Terrible and Terribly Interesting Epoch: The Holocaust Diary of Lucien Dreyfus," published last year by Rowman & Littlefield. Galbarini will be in conversation about the book with Colleen Tambuscio, a special and general education teacher at New Milford (N.J.) High School and president o more PR

MAHWAH, New Jersey, Feb. 18 (TNSOps) -- Ramapo College issued the following news release: On March 9 at 2 p.m., Simone Gigliotti, senior lecturer and associate professor of Holocaust Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK, will discuss "Spatial Stories: On the Trail of a Holocaust Survivor Cartography" with Sarah Koenig, assistant professor of history at Ramapo College. The program will take place under the auspices of The Gross Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and will be more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Feb. 15 (TNSRes) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: The New Jersey State Policy Lab at Rutgers University has released a first-of-its-kind report examining health, education, and law enforcement factors related to marijuana usage. It's intended to be used as a baseline to measure the impact of legalization and identify disparities among different communities. "This report is critical to New Jersey setting a model similar to other states in recognizing t more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Feb. 16 (TNSRep) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: The more knowledgeable someone claimed to be about vaccines, the more likely they believed multiple false claims People who think they know a lot about COVID-19 vaccines are more likely to hold vaccine misperceptions, according to a new survey from a nationwide coalition of university-based researchers. The study found 37 percent of Americans who believe multiple false claims thought they were very kn more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Feb. 15 (TNSJou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * A Rutgers study finds patients who repeatedly tested negative but had COVID-19 clinical signs were likely to have COVID-19 * * * By Patti Verbanas Treatment for COVID-19 should be based on clinical judgment and not just testing, according to a Rutgers study that found testing alone is missing some people with the virus, especially those at high risk who need therapeutic treatments. The study, more PR

GALLOWAY, New Jersey, Feb. 18 (TNSRes) -- Stockton University issued the following news: Students researched food insecurity in Professor Trina Gipson-Jones Teamwork & Collaboration in Health Care class in the fall. But they got a personal understanding of the impact of not having access to healthy food when they interviewed several Atlantic City residents about their own experiences. "I learned about food insecurity in class, but I didn't really see it until I talked to the elders and saw ho more PR

GALLOWAY, New Jersey, Feb. 18 (TNSOps) -- Stockton University issued the following news: "It was an eerie sight," said Elizabeth Parsons, who discovered more horseshoe crabs than she could easily count stranded on the beach about a mile from Stockton University Atlantic City. She noticed the crabs on an unseasonably warm February day. "It made my heart sick," said Parsons, a Stockton Psychology and Education graduate who teaches graphic design at Atlantic City High School. With only an hour o more PR

MEDFORD, Massachusetts, Feb. 18 (TNSRes) -- Tufts University's Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement issued the following research: We estimate that 20% of youth voted in New Jersey and 27% in Virginia, in both cases comparable to participation in previous gubernatorial elections. In November 2021, many observers looked to the gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia to gauge whether the trends of high voter engagement we saw in 2020 would continue and  more PR

WAYNE, New Jersey, Feb. 18 (TNSOps) -- William Paterson University issued the following news release on Feb. 17, 2022: William Paterson University Department of Kinesiology Professor Robb Rehberg will be inducted into the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) Hall of Fame--the highest honor in the Athletic Training profession--for his influence on and advancement of the profession within the State of New Jersey, the Association announced this week. "I am beyond humbled to join a disti more PR

WAYNE, New Jersey, Feb. 15 (TNSJou) -- William Paterson University issued the following news release: There is a hidden cost to free in-school breakfast programs that serve all children regardless of income: more students who are overweight, according to newly published research in the Economics of Education Review, led by William Paterson University business professor and health economist Rahi Abouk. In the new study, Abouk, of William Paterson University, and Scott Adams, of the University o more PR