JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, June 8 -- Forbes Media issued the following news release on June 7, 2022: Forbes today announced its new partnership with Moet Hennessy USA and revealed an event series, Legends of Culture, which was created to celebrate women and men of color who are changing the game in their respective industries while paving the way for others. As the luxury wines and spirits industry leader, Moet Hennessy brands have been a benchmark in the Black and Brown community, not just as th more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, June 7 (TNSres) -- Princeton University issued the following news: Applying academic research to help accelerate low-carbon innovation, Princeton's ZERO lab has created a new coalition, bringing together corporations and researchers focused on scalable clean energy technologies. The consortium, aligned with the corporate membership program Princeton E-ffiliates Partnership, includes founding members Google, GE and ClearPath. Jesse Jenkins, assistant professor of mechanic more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, June 2 (TNSres) -- Pearson Education issued the following news release: As the Great Resignation continues to disrupt the global economy, Pearson, the world's leading learning company, today released new public opinion research showing that people around the world are prioritising mental health and wellbeing in career and education choices. Notably, the Pearson Global Learner Survey, a poll of 5,000 people in five countries, found: * 85% expect their employers to address  more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, June 8 -- New Jersey Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on June 7, 2022: Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today that the State has filed a lawsuit against New Jersey cosmetology school Capri Institute and, in a separate action filed with the State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling ("the Board"), is also seeking the immediate suspension of the school's licenses to operate in the state, amid allegations that the more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, June 7 -- New Jersey Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on June 6, 2022: Acting Attorney Matthew J. Platkin today announced the expansion of a program that pairs a law enforcement officer with a certified mental health screener to respond together to 9-1-1 calls for behavioral health crises. The initiative, known as ARRIVE Together ("Alternative Responses to Reduce Instances of Violence & Escalation"), will begin operating a second  more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, June 8 -- New Jersey Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on June 7, 2022: Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced today that national retailer America's Best Contacts & Eyeglasses must pay a former employee $30,500 as part of a settlement that resolves the former employee's allegations of pregnancy-related workplace discrimination, including failure by the company to provide a suita more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, June 9 (TNSper) -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on June 8, 2022: Governor Phil Murphy today announced the appointment of Barry Moscowitz as Acting Director and Chief Administrative Law Judge of the Office of Administrative Law. Moscowitz, who has served as an Administrative Law Judge since 2006, will preside over the office and report directly to the Governor. This appointment comes after the June 1, 2022, retirement of Acting Director E more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, June 10 (TNSper) -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on June 9, 2022: Governor Phil Murphy today announced the appointment of Maria Del Valle Koch, Esq. as Director and Chief Judge of the Division of Workers' Compensation within the New Jersey Department of Labor & Workforce Development. This appointment comes after previous Director Russell Wojtenko, Jr. was confirmed by the Senate as a Superior Court judge on May 26, 2022. Effective immedi more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, June 10 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following joint news release on June 9, 2022: Governor Kathy Hochul with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy today announced that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, in partnership with Amtrak and NJ TRANSIT, is requesting proposals from architecture and engineering firms to guide the Penn Station Reconstruction effort recently outlined in the Penn Station Master Plan study that was announced in the fall. Governor Hoc more PR

ALBANY, New York, June 10 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following joint news release on June 9, 2022: Governor Kathy Hochul with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy today announced that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, in partnership with Amtrak and NJ TRANSIT, is requesting proposals from architecture and engineering firms to guide the Penn Station Reconstruction effort recently outlined in the Penn Station Master Plan study that was announced in the fall. Governor Hochul' more PR

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, June 9 -- Discovery Education, a division of Discovery Communications, issued the following news release on June 8, 2022: New Jersey's Middle Township Public Schools (MTPS) today announced it has initiated a new partnership with Discovery Education that will enhance science instruction for middle school students districtwide. Through this collaboration, educators in grades 6-8 will be empowered to enhance their science lessons with an engaging new suite of dynamic digit more PR

NEWARK, New Jersey, June 8 (TNSper) -- Newark Board of Education issued the following news release on June 7, 2022: The Newark Board of Education welcomes Marianne Belsky, the Chief Academic Officer for the Laurent Clerc Center at Gallaudet University. This three-day visit highlighted our auditory programs at Bruce Street School for the Deaf and Technology High School. Over the past few years, a delegation from the district has visited the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School (KDES), the Mo more PR

MIDLAND, Michigan, June 6 (TNSawa) -- Northwood University issued the following news: Northwood University will be competing against 15 other universities from around the globe this weekend in the 2022 Collegiate Rocket League World Championship. The tournament, which will be held in Dallas, Texas, is the first major intercontinental competition for collegiate Rocket League teams and players. Representing Northwood will be the following players: Stephen Hoelbinger of West Deptford, New Jersey more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, June 10 (TNSjou) -- Princeton University issued the following news on June 9, 2022: A tortoise from a Galapagos species long believed extinct has been found alive and now confirmed to be a living member of the species. The tortoise, named Fernanda after her Fernandina Island home, is the first of her species identified in more than a century. The Fernandina Island Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis phantasticus, or "fantastic giant tortoise") was known only from a sin more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, June 8 (TNSper) -- Princeton University issued the following news: The Princeton University Board of Trustees has approved the appointment of 15 faculty members, including three full professors and 12 assistant professors. Professor Tina Campt, in art and archaeology and the Lewis Center for the Arts, specializes in modern and contemporary art, visual culture, and media. Her appointment is effective July 1, 2022. Campt comes to Princeton from Brown University, where sh more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, June 10 (TNSjou) -- Princeton University issued the following news on June 9, 2022: The Institute Woods near Princeton University's campus comprises 589 acres of serene walking trails and a wooden footbridge enjoyed by hikers, runners, and birdwatchers. Like many forests in New Jersey, this local landmark was a patchwork of farm fields and orchards as recently as 1940 -- before regrowing into the verdant escape seen today. New Jersey is not the only place to experience f more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, June 2 (TNSawa) -- Princeton University issued the following news: By Wendy Plump Two Princeton University professors, David MacMillan of the Department of Chemistry and Linda Colley of the Department of History, have become knight and dame in honors from Queen Elizabeth II announced by the British government this week. Their honors entitle them to be known as Sir David MacMillan and Dame Linda Colley. The titles were announced by the queen on Wednesday as part of he more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, June 7 (TNSres) -- Princeton University issued the following news on June 6, 2022: By Delaney Parrish Long before Leah Boustan was a professor of economics at Princeton, she was a Princeton undergraduate putting the final touches on her senior thesis. Working alongside her advisor, longtime professor Henry "Hank" Farber, Boustan published a 100-page research project that compared outcomes for students who dropped out of high school in the early 1960s with those who drop more PR

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, June 7 (TNSjou) -- Rowan University issued the following news: It's called it the "Byrd Bot," and it speaks for all the birds lost in North America over just the past 50 years. According to a study published in the journal Science and used by Rowan University researchers, since 1970 roughly one third of the continent's birds died off - some three billion - due to human encroachment and climate change, and that loss is representative of the growing biodiversity crisis in  more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, June 10 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * An academic leader in addiction and LGBTQ+ mental health research, Petros Levounis plans to use platform to continue fighting for social justice * * * By Lisa Intrabartola It was a bleak time for the LGBTQ+ community when Petros Levounis came out as a gay man in the early 1980s. Unlike many of his peers, who were ostracized by friends and family, the Stanford pre-med student felt accepted by  more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, June 7 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Rutgers researchers say backing the FDA proposed ban will lower national smoking rates and help vulnerable groups * * * As the Food and Drug Administration goes forward with its proposal to ban menthol cigarettes, Rutgers researchers insist the move is a step toward social justice and better health equity in the Black community, where menthol cigarettes have been heavily marketed by tobacco comp more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, June 7 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Cannabis users appear to be less aware of unhealthy relationship strategies they may use with their partners when discussing a conflict, according to a Rutgers study * * * By Patti Verbanas Cannabis users may think their approaches to managing conflict in romantic relationships are better than they are and don't recognize potentially problematic dynamics that might exist, according to a collabo more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, June 9 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Cigar brands are using potentially misleading descriptors, such as "natural," on packaging, a Rutgers study finds * * * Sales of cigars using the "natural" descriptor are increasing, according to Rutgers researchers. "Sales of cigars with a 'natural' descriptor are both prominent and growing," said Ollie Ganz, an instructor in the Department of Health, Behavior, Society and Policy at the Rutger more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, June 10 (TNSres) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: Four graduate students within the M.S. in Biology and M.S. in Microbiology programs took home awards for their research in the graduate-level category during the 107th John J. Lagrosa Annual Conference and Exposition of the New Jersey Water Environment Association (NJWEA) held from May 9 - 13, 2022 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Katherine Lefferts '20/M.S. '22 and Pooja Shah, M.S. '22, won first place more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, June 8 (TNSpar) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news on June 7, 2022: The Culture of Health Leaders Institute for Racial Healing (CoHLI), a program run by the National Collaborative for Health Equity, selected Professor Juan Rios, director of Seton Hall's Master of Social Work program, to its first ever cohort. CoHLI is an 18-month leadership experience that uses the Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation (TRHT) framework to strengthen the ecosystem of more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, June 9 (TNSpar) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: Seton Hall University is proud to announce the launch of a joint Online Master's Program in International Affairs and Diplomatic Practice with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). The fields of international affairs and diplomacy are becoming more relevant as the world grows and interconnects through migration, commerce and business, social media, and mutual concerns about g more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, June 7 (TNSres) -- Stevens Institute of Technology issued the following news release on June 6, 2022: * * * Groundbreaking cognitive science study at Stevens Institute of Technology shows how rare digital collectibles can quickly lose their luster * * * Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are all the rage, with collectors spending vast sums -- in some cases, tens of millions of dollars -- to own and trade unique digital images. For researchers, that offers a rare opportunity to s more PR

GALLOWAY, New Jersey, June 7 (TNSawa) -- Stockton University issued the following news: Stockton University's Rocket League esports team is now second in the world following its impressive showing at the Collegiate Rocket League World Championship Tournament in Dallas, Texas on June 3-5. The team of captain Brian Busse of Hazlet, Trey Batson of Manahawkin and John Merendino of Hauppauge, New York were one of 16 teams that qualified for the international competition. The event, the first colleg more PR

GALLOWAY, New Jersey, June 10 (TNSres) -- Stockton University issued the following news on June 9, 2022: New Jersey's population has become more diverse over the last 20 years, but that diversity is not spread evenly among the 21 counties according to a student research paper published today by the William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy at Stockton University. The paper by Stockton senior Emily Kramer used Census data to show the level of diversity found in the 2020 Census for each county  more PR

BASKING RIDGE, New Jersey, June 7 -- Verizon, a communications and technology solutions company, issued the following news release: Pay just $35 per line per month for four lines when you sign up or upgrade to a 5G Start plan using Auto Pay and paper-free billing. $35 doesn't go that far these days - you may not even be able to fill a tank of gas or a bag of groceries - but it does buy you access to the network more people rely on. 5G Start, Verizon's most affordable postpaid 5G Unlimited plan more PR