NEWARK, New Jersey, May 17 (TNSPer) -- Epstein Becker Green, a law firm, issued the following announcement: Epstein Becker Green (EBG) is pleased to announce that Lisa Gora has joined as a Member of the Firm in the Health Care & Life Sciences practice in Newark, New Jersey. Lisa offers strategic counsel for health care providers and corporate clients to navigate today's complex regulatory requirements. She is a thought leader on issues impacting the cannabis industry, where she provides strateg more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, May 19 (TNSper) -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 18, 2022: Governor Phil Murphy today announced the appointments of 28 public members to the New Jersey Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Commission. The announcement comes during AAPI Heritage Month, which is an annual celebration that recognizes the cultural and historical contributions of individuals and groups of Asian and Pacific Islanders in the United States. "In New  more PR

MAHWAH, New Jersey, May 20 (TNSawa) -- Ramapo College issued the following news release: Ramapo College student Robert Ciarletta '24, of Park Ridge, NJ, has received statewide prestige for his undergraduate research and scholarship on the American Revolution. Ciarletta was recently awarded the Arlene Gardner Distinguished Scholar Award by the New Jersey Council for the Social Studies. Ciarletta's research was sponsored by the New Jersey Historical Commission for the semiquincentennial anniversa more PR

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, May 20 (TNSawa) -- Rowan University issued the following news on May 19, 2022: Senior Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Dr. Monika Williams Shealey joined a select group of leaders from industry, the media, medicine, finance and the U.S. military May 19 when she received a Moves Magazine Diversity Award. Feted during a red-carpet luncheon at the James Hotel in New York, the annual program "celebrates women leaders and the energy, experience and expertise more PR

EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey, May 20 (TNStalk) -- Bergen Community College issued the following news release: Caps were tossed. Graduates walked across the stage. Surprise scholarships were awarded. After two years confined to a digital screen, Bergen Community College commencement came back, live and in-person. Valedictorian Katie Conte, of Ringwood, addressed her peers as the top student in the class of 2022. "Despite all of the challenges we faced in the last two years, we finished our degre more PR

BASKING RIDGE, New Jersey, May 20 -- Verizon, a communications and technology solutions company, issued the following news release on May 19, 2022: Be more expressive than ever with the new moto g stylus 5G (2022), available at Verizon right now. The new moto g stylus 5G is the perfect complement to the network more people rely on, with Verizon 5G Ultra Wideband now available in over 1,700 cities around the country. This is yet another example of Verizon's continued acceleration of 5G mobility  more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, May 18 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: With New Jersey families facing difficulties obtaining baby formula due to the ongoing national shortage, Governor Phil Murphy signed Executive Order No. 296 today declaring a State of Emergency in order to activate State price gouging laws, consistent with President Biden's actions at the federal level. The order also coordinates relief efforts and enables State agencies to take any emergency meas more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, May 19 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 18, 2022: Governor Phil Murphy and Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced proposed legislation that would create a statewide police licensing program. If enacted, the bill would require all law enforcement officers to hold valid, active licenses issued by the Police Training Commission (PTC) in order to be employed as officers in the State of New Jersey. In June 2020, the more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, May 17 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 16, 2022: Governor Phil Murphy visited the Hackensack Fire Department today to announce the new American Rescue Plan Firefighter Grant Program, which will help local and regional fire departments provide first responders with proper protective, cleaning, and sanitization equipment. The Firefighter Grant Program will enable fire departments to better protect their employees not just against  more PR

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, May 17 -- Rowan University issued the following news: Twelve Rowan University students headed to the Big Apple last month for the first in-person National Model United Nations (NMUN) conference in three years. They brought home a "Distinguished Delegation" award, the second highest honor presented to a participating team. Each year, thousands of college students from the United States and around the globe participate in the NMUN conference, a simulation of United Nations more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, May 21 -- New Jersey American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release: New Jersey American Water will replace approximately 990 feet of aging water main in Chatham starting this week. The company will upgrade the aging 2-inch cast iron water lines that were installed in the 1930s with new 8-inch ductile iron main along the following streets: * Cypress Road from Mountainside Road to Woodlawn Drive * Woodlawn Drive from Cypress Road to Long H more PR

NEWARK, New Jersey, May 17 -- Newark Board of Education issued the following news release on May 16, 2022: New Jersey's First Lady Tammy Murphy has long been a staunch supporter of climate change and because of her advocacy and leadership, New Jersey became the first state in the nation to incorporate climate change across K-12 learning standards. This year, Governor Murphy earmarked $5 million in the FY2023 budget to support the implementation of those standards by providing grants to schools  more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, May 17 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * The first-of-its-kind environmental education curriculum is focused on sustainable habits that support climate mitigation * * * Rutgers University has been awarded $335,261 for "NJ Leaves No Bite Behind," a two-year, state-funded project focused on educational interventions to reduce food waste in schools. Rutgers will pilot this first-of-its-kind environmental education curriculum for K-12 in  more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, May 20 (TNSres) -- Princeton University issued the following news: By Miqueias Mugge and Rodrigo Simon for the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies Home to hundreds of Indigenous groups, Amazonia has more species of animals and plants than any other ecosystem. Because of this, threats to the rainforest imperil chances to fulfill Paris Agreement commitments to tackle climate change and its negative impacts. "Safeguarding the Amazon is a generational more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, May 13 (TNSres) -- Princeton University issued the following news: One way to make drugs more affordable is to make them cheaper to produce. For her senior thesis research, Cassidy Humphreys, a chemistry concentrator with a passion for medicine, took on the challenge of taking a century-old formula at the core of many modern medications -- and improving it. "It's a matter of taking chemistry we heavily rely on in everyday applications and trying to make it easier, cheape more PR

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, May 19 -- Rowan University issued the following news: The Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine (RowanSOM) has received a three-year, $550,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice - Office of Justice Programs to develop and implement, the Crisis Outreach during Police Encounters Response System (Project COPE) in partnership with the Atlantic County Sheriff's Office. Project COPE's goal is to improve outcomes during encounters between law enforcement office more PR

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, May 19 (TNSres) -- Rowan University issued the following news: Dr. Ileana Soto-Reyes studies the development of Purkinje cells, intricate neurons in the brain that stretch out like trees with their branches extended. She wants to know, at the molecular level, how alterations in the growth of those neurons affect behavior. The answers could lead to future research to find treatments for a range of common neurodevelopmental disorders, from autism to schizophrenia. "If you more PR

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, May 19 (TNSres) -- Rowan University issued the following news: Since 2017, researchers from Rowan University's Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering and Drexel University have collaborated with Pittsburgh-based PPG and the U.S. Department of Defense's Army Research Laboratory to develop additive manufacturing technologies for military applications. The Department of Defense has awarded the collaborators an additional $999,981 in funding to continue research on 3D printing more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, May 19 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Researchers will make the technology free and available to benefit public * * * By Kitta MacPherson Two Rutgers engineers specializing in the process of making drugs derived from living organisms have created an analytical tool they expect will accelerate the discovery and production of biologic drugs that are often at the cutting edge of biomedical research. In an article that is the cover st more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, May 19 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * WearID compares the vibration and audible patterns of speech to authenticate users * * * By Greg Bruno Before virtual assistants such as Amazon's Alexa and Google Assistant became ubiquitous household technology, thieves needed to gain physical access into a home to inflict harm. Now all they need is their voice. Artificial intelligence-powered voice assistants have a not-so-secret vulnerabili more PR

NEWARK, New Jersey, May 16 (TNStalk) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: At Rutgers University--Newark's first in-person ceremony since 2019, speakers alluded to the challenges of the pandemic and a fraught political landscape. But they urged graduates to be the future of Democracy and work toward the common good. "It is all of our collective will that will be needed to make our world an equitable place in which to thrive together," said Chancellor Nancy Cantor. "Yes, togetherness more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, May 17 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Rutgers study finds race, early-life socioeconomic status and childhood residence are factors for cognition issues in adulthood * * * Black adults who grew up poor and socially disadvantaged in the American South are more likely than White adults with a similar background to suffer cognition problems later in life, according to a Rutgers study. Published in the journal Innovation in Aging, the  more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, May 17 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Results from a clinical study involving a Rutgers scientist suggest a "paradigm shift" in treating attacks * * * A global study of asthma patients by Rutgers and an international team of researchers found a combination of two drugs dramatically reduces the chances of suffering an asthma attack. Results from the clinical trial called MANDALA, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, sho more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, May 19 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * HR experts Nichelle Carpenter and Rebecca Greenbaum studied why teams go off the rails * * * By Steve Flamisch Dysfunction is highly contagious. Two Rutgers-led studies examine how counterproductive behaviors and bottom-line thinking spread through the workplace, ultimately hurting productivity. The first study, published in the Journal of Management, reveals why entire teams and departments - more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, May 19 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * The shift to online learning was poorly planned, contributing to teacher and student stress, a Rutgers study finds * * * By Greg Bruno The rollout of remote teaching in New Jersey during the COVID-19 pandemic was haphazard, under-resourced, inequitably delivered, contributed to student and teacher stress and may exacerbate digital and social inequality, according to a Rutgers study. By analyzi more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, May 19 -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: On April 29, Director of Catholic Studies Ines Murzaku, Ph.D., hosted and moderated a discussion on diversity, equity and inclusion for the International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU). This meeting was conducted as part of the programming of the IFCU's working group on how the Catholic Intellectual Tradition can be integrated into curriculum for all disciplines. At the meeting, Justin Anderson, Ph more PR

GALLOWAY, New Jersey, May 17 (TNSfund) -- Stockton University issued the following news: Stockton's table tennis team may not be as well-known as the N.J. Athletic Conference champion men's basketball team, but a new fund endowed by President Harvey Kesselman and First Lady Lynne Kesselman will help them and other club teams attend competitions and enhance their presence on and off campus. The Kesselmans signed an agreement May 5 in the Stockton esports gaming room creating the $25,000 Kesselm more PR

BASKING RIDGE, New Jersey, May 21 -- Verizon, a communications and technology solutions company, issued the following news release: To show the love, we are giving all customers, new and current, up to $800 in value to cover the cost of a new 5G phone. That means you can upgrade to the network more people rely on. and get an iPhone 13 (128 GB)), on us when you trade in an eligible phone. Yet another example of Verizon's continued acceleration of 5G mobility at an affordable price. Here's how t more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, May 19 -- WarnerMedia, a media and entertainment company, issued the following news release: truTV, a Warner Bros. Discovery brand, has greenlit ten half-hour episodes of "Semi Pro," a new formatted reality sitcom from "Jersey Shore" creator SallyAnn Salsano that shines a bright stadium light on the biggest, loudest, most hilarious characters in semi-pro football and brings this gridiron glory to cable. "Semi Pro" follows New York and New Jersey's most passionate semi more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, May 17 -- John Wiley and Sons issued the following news release on May 17, 2022: Global research and education leader Wiley announced a three-year agreement with Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), one of the most influential and well-recognized institutions in Latin America. This agreement, which marks Wiley's first in Latin America, positions UNAM as the leader and pioneer in the development of open access research, allowing its researchers to publish most if more PR