WAYNE, New Jersey, April 6 (TNSAwa) -- William Paterson University issued the following news release: Alumnus Richard "Rich" Geraffo Jr. '85, vice president, Amazon, AWS North America; Withum, a nationally recognized CPA and advisory firm; and Jean L. Levitan, PhD, professor emerita, public health, will be honored as the William Paterson University Foundation hosts its 31st Annual Legacy Award Gala on Wednesday, April 27, 2022 at The Grove in Cedar Grove. Geraffo will be honored as Distinguish more PR

MAHWAH, New Jersey, April 9 (TNSPer) -- Ramapo College issued the following news release: Ramapo College of New Jersey has appointed Ken Goldstein as Dean of the School of Contemporary Arts. Goldstein will begin his duties on July 5, 2022. Goldstein brings with him a scholarly and practitioner background in design, a student-centered focus on instruction and inclusive practices, and a strong track record of recruitment and cultivation. Prior to his appointment at Ramapo, Goldstein served as Ch more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 8 (TNSPer) -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on April 7, 2022: Governor Phil Murphy today announced his nomination of Cari Fais as Director of the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs, where she will oversee a staff of over 500 professionals whose responsibilities include enforcing the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act, one of the broadest consumer protection laws in the nation, and supporting dozens of professional licensure boards.  more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, April 9 (TNSPer) -- Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs issued the following news: Rayna Truelove, a champion of diverse scholars and builder of inclusive communities, has been named the inaugural associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA), effective May 9, 2022. Truelove joins SPIA from Princeton University's Graduate School, where, as assistant dean for acces more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, April 6 (TNSPer) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: Seton Hall University's Department of Alumni Engagement & Philanthropy is proud to announce that Bonnie Evans, M.H.A. '02 will serve as the next president of the University's Alumni Board of Directors. A graduate of the School of Health and Medical Sciences, Evans recently retired as CEO of Kessler Institute in West Orange, NJ, earlier this year. In addition to her successful career, Evans continues t more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, April 8 (TNSPer) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: Ernesto Morillo, a Ph.D. candidate in Higher Education, Leadership, Management, and Policy at Seton Hall, was appointed the new chief of police for the South Orange police department. Morillo, who held the rank of lieutenant prior to his appointment as chief, is an instructor at the Junior Police Academy, participates in the Community Police Collaborative, and has championed the Village's Community C more PR

PARAMUS, New Jersey, April 7 (TNSAwa) -- Bergen Community College issued the following news release: The International Center for Supplemental Instruction at the University of Missouri-Kansas City has recognized Bergen Community College student and supplemental instruction leader Livia Fontana with the group's annual "International Outstanding New SI Leader Award." Fontana represents the only community college student to earn one of the organization's six major awards honoring supplemental inst more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 9 (TNSPer) -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on April 8, 2022: Governor Phil Murphy today announced his nominations of Zenon Christodoulou and Maria Rodriguez-Gregg as Commissioners on the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU). Their nominations will go to the Senate for confirmation. "Zenon and Maria will provide valuable insights and skills to further our mission of transitioning to a 100 percent clean energy future while e more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, April 5 (TNSAwa) -- Princeton University issued the following news: The Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP), part of the International Science Council, announced today that they are honoring Princeton's David McComas with the 2022 Distinguished Scientist Award "for original research, technical leadership and wide-ranging discoveries that have significantly advanced our knowledge and understanding of the global structure and evolution of the solar w more PR

MAHWAH, New Jersey, April 7 (TNSAwa) -- Ramapo College issued the following news release: Ramapo College's Enactus (Entrepreneurial, Action, Us) team took up where it left off before the pandemic and roared back to a successful presentation of its "Grinds to Grill" k-cup recycling project, earning the "Social Innovation Award" in the TiE University NJ Pitch competition. Associate Professor of Management Tammi Redd, who oversees Enactus at Ramapo, said the team, comprised of 13 students, had to more PR

NORTH BRANCH, New Jersey, April 6 (TNSAwa) -- Raritan Valley Community College issued the following news release: Dr. Paul J. Hirsch of Bridgewater, a longtime member of the Raritan Valley Community College Board of Trustees and a former Board chair, has been honored by the New Jersey Council of County Colleges with a Trustee Spotlight Award. A member of the RVCC Board of Trustees since 1986 who served as chair of the Board from 2013-2015 and from 2008-2011, Dr. Hirsch is being honored for his more PR

GALLOWAY, New Jersey, April 9 (TNSPer) -- Stockton University issued the following news: Andy Warhol predicted that we would each have 15 minutes of fame. On April 1, his prediction came true as retiring Stockton University professors got 15 minutes in the spotlight at the Last Lecture in the Campus Center. "This is to honor your retirement," said Provost Leamor Kahanov in her opening remarks. "We are glad we had to the opportunity to hear what you have to say and honor the time you have been more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 6 (TNSAwa) -- Thomas Edison State University issued the following news release: Thomas Edison State University has been recognized by the New Jersey Business & Industry Association and New Jersey Business Magazine for its commitment to DEI initiatives. The University joins four companies, two business associations and a nonprofit organization in receiving the third annual NJ Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Award. According to New Jersey Business Magazine, those selecte more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, April 2 (TNSJou) -- Princeton University issued the following news: As the 2018 U.S. mid-term elections approached, a group of Princeton alumni military veterans pitched an idea to the School of Public and International Affairs to host a conference on national security. With reports of foreign interference during the 2016 presidential election campaign still circulating in the media and in political and academic circles, Princeton professor of politics and international  more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 5 -- The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release on April 4, 2022: Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Commissioner of Environmental Protection Shawn M. LaTourette announced today that the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has filed suit against a Connecticut-based chemical company that, the complaint alleges, is responsible for damaging New Jersey's precious natural resources by contaminating groundwat more PR

NEW YORK, April 2 (TNStalk) -- Berkeley College issued the following news release: Women leaders in business and government shared stories of their challenges and triumphs with more than 75 students and members of the community during the 10th Annual Women's History Month Panel, hosted by Berkeley College in Woodland Park, NJ, on Wednesday, March 30, 2022. Speakers included Sandra Cunningham, New Jersey Senator (D-31); Holly Schepisi, New Jersey Senator (R-39); Yvonne Lopez, New Jersey Assembl more PR

LAWRENCEVILLE, New Jersey, April 2 (TNSBook) -- Rider University issued the following news release: It is one of the most recognizable images in the world -- Gen. George Washington standing atop a skiff as it navigates through the icy waters of the Delaware River. Brought to popular imagination by Emanuel Leutze's famous painting, the scene has been commemorated countless times, including, memorably, by a group of Rider fraternity brothers in 1947. At that time, the brothers of Phi Sigma Nu s more PR

NEW YORK, April 5 (TNSRes) -- Marymount Manhattan College issued the following news: Marymount Manhattan students made an impressive showing this past weekend at the 15th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Biological and Chemical Sciences. The symposium, which took place at William Paterson University in New Jersey on Saturday, April 2, attracted more than 70 undergraduate presenters from 17 colleges and universities across the region. Victoria Perez '24 presented her work on "Hete more PR

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, April 6 (TNStalk) -- The New Hampshire Democratic Party issued the following statement on April 5, 2022: * * * This morning, AP reported that Republican CD-01 candidate Matt Mowers, a former Trump staffer and pusher of the Big Lie, voted twice in the 2016 primaries. Mowers voted both in New Hampshire and in his home state of New Jersey. In response to this report, NHDP Chair Ray Buckley released the following statement: "Matt Mowers, after pedaling debunked conspir more PR

HAMILTON, New Jersey, April 8 (TNSRes) -- The New Jersey Public Charter Schools Association issued the following news release on April 7, 2022: Yesterday, the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) released school and district-level results from last fall's Start Strong assessments. Administered in September and October of 2021, Start Strong is New Jersey's first statewide exam that provides insight on how the coronavirus pandemic and related school closures impacted student learning throug more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 8 (TNStalk) -- The New Jersey Democratic State Committee issued the following statement: * * * Following today's historic bipartisan confirmation vote sending Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, NJDSC Chairman LeRoy Jones is releasing the following statement. "In February President Biden fulfilled his campaign promise to nominate the first Black woman to the Supreme Court and today, she was confirmed by the United States Senate in a bipartisan vote tha more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 7 (TNSRes) -- The New Jersey Department of Education issued the following news release on April 6, 2022: The New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) today has made available online the state's School Performance Reports for the 2020-2021 school year. COVID-19 had a significant impact on the way the NJDOE was able to measure school performance and student achievement for both the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 School Performance Reports. Some data published in previous ye more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 6 -- The New Jersey Department of Education issued the following news release on April 5, 2022: The New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) today announced the launch of a partnership with Rowan University designed to increase and retain diversity in the K-12 education workforce, specifically men from disadvantaged or minority backgrounds. The new program, "Men of Color Hope Achievers," will focus on recruiting, preparing, and placing men of color to become teache more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 7 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on April 6, 2022: The New Jersey Civil Service Commission (CSC) today voted to approve a pilot program empowering State of New Jersey departments and authorities to establish a telework program for employees. This action is a bold step toward modernizing New Jersey's State workplace landscape while maintaining core services and ensuring responsiveness to the needs of constituents. Additionally, th more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, April 7 (TNSRes) -- Princeton University issued the following news: As the world's cities grapple with compounding issues of climate change, sustainability, systemic racism, the refugee crisis and more, the Princeton-Mellon Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism and the Humanities is supporting research, scholarship and teaching focused on real-world solutions and positive global impact. Since 2014, this interdisciplinary program housed in the School of Architecture has br more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, April 5 (TNSRes) -- Princeton University issued the following news: Eight new interdisciplinary research projects have won seed funding from Princeton University's Schmidt DataX Fund, marking the third round of grants undertaken by the fund since 2019. The fund, supported through a major gift from the Schmidt Futures Foundation, provides grants to explore using artificial intelligence and machine learning to accelerate discovery. The eight funded projects involve 13 facu more PR

MAHWAH, New Jersey, April 8 -- Ramapo College issued the following news release: The 2022 National Football League draft will have a bit of Ramapo College behind-the-scenes expertise when the selections begin later this month in Paradise, Nevada. Ramapo Professor of Economics Alexandre Olbrecht and Ramapo alumnus Jeremy Rosen '17 have collaborated on an article, using an advanced statistical model and mathematical methodology, to predict how well college quarterbacks, likely to be selected in  more PR

MAHWAH, New Jersey, April 5 (TNSRes) -- Ramapo College issued the following news release: Ramapo College student Michelle Ta has received a Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to study Mandarin Chinese at National Cheng Kung University in Tainan, Taiwan. Michelle '23, who is majoring in International Business, is the first Ramapo student to receive the award. She is scheduled to be abroad from June 19 to August 17, 2022. "I applied for the scholarship because I wanted to have an immersion expe more PR

NORTH BRANCH, New Jersey, April 5 (TNSfund) -- Raritan Valley Community College issued the following news release: Raritan Valley Community College has been awarded $20,000 from the New Jersey Community College Consortium for Workforce and Economic Development to plan for the College's participation in the New Jersey Pathways to Career Opportunities initiative. RVCC's role in the NJ Pathways initiative includes acting as the lead community college for the Center of Workforce Innovation in Adva more PR

LAWRENCEVILLE, New Jersey, April 4 (TNSJou) -- Rider University issued the following news release: * * * Dr. Karen Gischlar is the author of new article in 'Contemporary School Psychology' * * * As our nation faces a critical shortage of school psychologists, a Rider University professor is working to address the challenge. Dr. Karen Gischlar, an instructor in Rider's school psychology program, recently wrote an article published in the academic journal Contemporary School Psychology. In " more PR

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, April 2 (TNSRes) -- Rowan University issued the following news: In the United States, distracted driving is one of the five leading causes of motor vehicle fatalities. In New Jersey, distracted driving is the No. 1 cause of fatal crashes, accounting for nearly a quarter of deadly motor vehicle crashes in the state. To combat the issue, a Rowan University research team compiled a detailed view of distracted driving in New Jersey, identifying specific incidents of distrac more PR

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, April 7 (TNSPar) -- Rowan University issued the following news: Rowan University's College of Education is teaming up with the New Jersey Department of Education on a program to increase and retain diversity in K-12 teaching with a specific focus on men from disadvantaged or minority backgrounds. Funded through a $475,000 grant from the Department of Education, the program, Men of Color Hope Achievers (MOCHA), will focus on recruiting, preparing, supporting and retaining more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, April 8 (TNSJou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: A hormone that triggers puberty and controls fertility in humans might be developed as a treatment for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, according to new Rutgers research. The study, appearing in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, provides powerful evidence that a modified version of the naturally occurring hormone kisspeptin can be used to treat non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Globally more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, April 8 (TNSRes) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: An international team of researchers, including four Rutgers astronomers, has discovered a powerful megamaser -- a naturally occurring, astronomical, radio-wavelength laser -- in a galaxy nearly five billion light years from Earth. The furthest of its kind, the megamaser was detected by South Africa's "MeerKAT," a radio telescope consisting of 64 antennas. Megamasers produced by hydroxyl (OH) molecules more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, April 6 (TNSRes) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: The tool being used to diagnose concussions might be overestimating the condition and wrongly identifying symptoms like fatigue and neck pain caused from intense exercise and not a brain injury, according to Rutgers researchers. This new research raises questions about the Sport Concussion Assessment Tool (SCAT), a questionnaire widely used along with other methods to diagnose concussions sustained du more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, April 7 (TNSJou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: A Rutgers-led study finds that when men and women have more frequent orgasms in their relationship, they want and expect more orgasms. The opposite happens when a person climaxes less often. The study, published in the journal Sex Roles, examines the orgasm gap, a well-established phenomenon in which men climax substantially more often than women during heterosexual sex. Since women tend to have fewer more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, April 5 (TNSfund) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news on April 4, 2022: Seton Hall Law alumnus Joseph A. Torcivia, Esq. announced that The Torcivia Family Foundation is donating $1 million to Seton Hall University to help fund two University priorities: endowed scholarships that will support qualified students based on financial need, and the construction of a new basketball practice facility on the South Orange campus. Torcivia is a former member of the more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, April 8 (TNSAwa) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: A short film from two College of Communication and the Arts' faculty members has received critical acclaim after its success at various film screenings nationwide. William Pace, faculty associate of Digital Media Production, directed the film "Cammy" which is about a woman who fervently believes there's something medically wrong with her, but can't convince anyone to believe her. The film was partly  more PR

GALLOWAY, New Jersey, April 7 (TNSPar) -- Stockton University issued the following news: Stockton University has signed a dual admission and transfer partnership agreement with Hudson County Community 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 HCCC by offering multiple opportunities for students to seamlessly pursue associate and bachelor's  more PR

GALLOWAY, New Jersey, April 8 (TNSPol) -- Stockton University issued the following news: As progressive and moderate factions battle for influence in the Democratic Party, a new Stockton University Poll of New Jersey adults shows that key Democratic constituencies - Black, multiracial and Hispanic voters - are more moderate on a host of issues than the overall party. Minority voters mostly still supported liberal positions on issues tested in the poll of 933 New Jersey registered voters of all more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, April 6 -- New Jersey American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release: On April 18, New Jersey American Water will resume using chloramines in water treatment at its Swimming River Water Treatment Plant in Colts Neck and its Jumping Brook Water Treatment Plant in Neptune. In February, as part of an annual routine maintenance program for its water distribution system, New Jersey American Water temporarily changed the water treatment process  more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 5 (TNSPar) -- Thomas Edison State University issued the following news release: To help students with dreams of a career in Nuclear Energy Engineering Technology achieve their aspirations, Thomas Edison State University (TESU) and Alexandria Technical & Community College (ATCC) in Minnesota have signed an agreement that will allow ATCC graduates to transfer seamlessly into the Nuclear Energy Engineering Technology program at TESU. Specifically, students who have earn more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, April 6 -- John Wiley and Sons issued the following news release on April 5, 2022: Global research and education leader Wiley today announced a new ground-breaking, four-year agreement with SANLiC (South African National Library and Information Consortium), a consortium of public South African higher education and research institutions, with the aim to deliver more open access research and empower scholars across the country. The agreement allows participating member inst more PR

WAYNE, New Jersey, April 7 (TNSconf) -- William Paterson University issued the following news release: The Cannabis Research Institute at William Paterson University will host a roundtable with New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission Vice Chair Sam Delgado and Commissioner Charles Baker on Thursday, April 21 from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. The WP community and general public are invited to take part via Zoom. The commissioners will discuss current cannabis policies in New Jersey--how they are designe more PR