CAMDEN, New Jersey, Oct. 28 -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2022: American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK) announced today that its board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend payment of $0.6550 per share of common stock, payable on December 1, 2022, to all shareholders of record as of November 8, 2022. This quarterly dividend is a continuation of the increase in the annualized dividend approved by the Board and a more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Oct. 27 -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release on Oct. 26, 2022: American Water (NYSE: AWK), the largest publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company, announced today it has earned the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) SAFETY Act Designation for its internal enterprise security program which includes risk management processes, personnel training and emergency exercises, and security oversight activities. "A more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Oct. 26 (TNSper) -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2022: American Water (NYSE: AWK), the largest publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company, announced today its designation as a Champion of Board Diversity by The Forum of Executive Women for the sixth consecutive year. "American Water is honored to be recognized again as a Champion of Board Diversity by The Forum of Executive Women. This is the si more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Oct. 29 -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release: American Water (NYSE: AWK), the largest publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company, announced that its president and CEO Susan Hardwick was recently recognized by the Philadelphia Business Journal as a Most Admired CEO. She is part of the 2022 class that includes 26 individuals from 25 Greater Philadelphia businesses. According to the publication, these top executive more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 29 (TNSfund) -- Princeton University issued the following news: For the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2022, Princeton's endowment generated a 1.5% investment loss and its value stood at $35.8 billion. The average annual return on the endowment for the past 10 years is 12.2% and 11.0% for the past 20 years. "The challenging market environment in the past year reinforces the University's long-term investment strategy: long-term investments that lead to long-term res more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 29 -- New Jersey Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2022: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced several key measures the Department of Law and Public Safety will be taking during the 2022 General Election to help ensure a fair, free, and smooth-running election, to protect the right to vote, and to assist voters, election officials, and law enforcement in resolving any emergent voting-related legal matters.  more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Oct. 29 (TNSper) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Research scientist Bobby Brooke Herrera, renowned for developing tools to accelerate diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases such as COVID-19, has joined Rutgers Global Health Institute. Herrera, a Rutgers Presidential Faculty Scholar and an assistant professor of global health at the institute, conducts multidisciplinary research on epidemic viruses and infectious diseases and holds joint appoi more PR

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, Oct. 25 (TNSawa) -- Coyne PR issued the following news: Coyne Public Relations has been honored with five PRSA NJ Pyramid Awards and four honorable mentions. These recognitions span industries including travel, consumer health, CPG and more. "I could not be more proud of our teams for the tremendous recognition we received at this year's Pyramid Awards," said Rich Lukis, President of Coyne PR. "Year after year we are impressed with the caliber of work generated througho more PR

RUTHERFORD, New Jersey, Oct. 21 (TNSpro) -- Felician University issued the following news release: Felician University is proud to announce the approval of a new Bachelor of Science in Finance in the School of Business & Information Sciences. The Finance program will begin in Fall 2023. Dr. Philip Rothman, who laid the groundwork for this new undergraduate degree, along with Dr. David Turi, and Dr. Karen Beerbower will serve as the full-time professors for the program. Dr. Rothman, who has 24  more PR

PERTH AMBOY, New Jersey, Oct. 26 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2022: Governor Phil Murphy today announced community investments to promote access to open space, expand recreational opportunities, and enhance green infrastructure in Perth Amboy. The $6 million project, which supports improvements to the Veterans Memorial Youth League Complex, is partly funded by the Department of Environmental Protection's Green Acres program ($1.2 million), the more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 28 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2022: Governor Phil Murphy today announced his nomination of Dr. Jennifer LeBaron to serve as Executive Director of the Juvenile Justice Commission (JJC). Dr. LeBaron has served as the Acting Executive Director of the JJC since 2019. Her nomination will be sent to the Senate for confirmation. "I am proud to nominate Dr. Jennifer Lebaron to serve as Executive Director of the Juvenile Ju more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 27 -- New Jersey Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on Oct. 26, 2022: Governor Phil Murphy and Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced that a combined $20 million in state and federal grants would be made available through the Community-Based Violence Intervention (CBVI) Program and Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Program (HVIP). Designed to work with victims in the wake of violent incidents and with individua more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Oct. 26 -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release: Kentucky American Water is pleased to announce that its regional water treatment plant in Owen County has earned special recognition from the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet for excellent performance. The company's Kentucky River Station II at Hardin's Landing water treatment plant, which came online in 2010, has been recognized for meeting in 2021 - 100 percent of the time more PR

MONTCLAIR, New Jersey, Oct. 27 (TNSpar) -- Montclair State University issued the following news release on Oct. 26, 2022: Bloomfield College and Montclair State University announced today that the presidents of each institution have been authorized by their Boards of Trustees to sign an Agreement and Plan of Merger. This document sets forth the terms and conditions under which the two institutions will merge, and advances plans to create "Bloomfield College of Montclair State University." Bloo more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 25 -- The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release on Oct. 24, 2022: Four regional groups have released regional climate action plans in advance of the 10th anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's Office of Climate Resilience announced today. The "Resilient NJ" plans are an outgrowth of a National Disaster Resilience Competition award to New Jersey intended to advance regional p more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 28 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2022: Governor Phil Murphy and New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Marlene Caride announced today that consumers shopping for 2023 health coverage can start purchasing plans beginning November 1, 2022, when Open Enrollment begins at the state's Official Health Insurance Marketplace, Get Covered New Jersey (GetCovered.NJ.gov). Consumers will benefit from historic  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- The National Republican Senatorial Committee issued the following news release: In three straight polls, Maggie Hassan's lead now falls within the margin of error over General Don Bolduc. To revive her chances, she has called in failed presidential candidate, Sen. Cory Booker from New Jersey. Why? That much is unclear. He dropped out of the presidential race a month before the New Hampshire primary. What's even more unclear is why, when inflation and gas prices remain t more PR

SOMERVILLE, New Jersey, Oct. 29 (TNSres) -- NPR [National Public Radio] issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2022: * * * New report shows Gen Z spends 214% more time with the spoken word than 13-34s did in 2014 * * * Almost half (46%) of the U.S. population listens to spoken word audio content daily, according to the latest Spoken Word Audio Report released from NPR and Edison Research today. The fourth iteration of the annual report explores the ways spoken word media consumption i more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 29 (TNSbook) -- Princeton University issued the following news: Gene Jarrett, Princeton's dean of the faculty and the William S. Tod Professor of English, has taught students about Paul Laurence Dunbar for two decades and published book articles and chapters on the popular and accomplished writer. But it wasn't until 2008 that Jarrett decided to tackle a biography of Dunbar, who rose to prominence in the Gilded Age. The biography, "Paul Laurence Dunbar: The Life and more PR

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, Oct. 25 (TNSfund) -- Rowan University issued the following news: As the United States begins a multibillion-dollar effort to overhaul its infrastructure, Rowan University is boosting its graduate program and advancing transportation engineering education as a whole to meet the increasing demands of industry. With a three-year, $450,000 National Science Foundation grant, Dr. Yusuf Mehta, principal investigator, and Dr. Cheryl Bodnar, co-principal investigator, are integra more PR

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, Oct. 26 (TNSjou) -- Rowan University issued the following news: The United Nations this month celebrates the 30th anniversary of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. While the U.N.'s goal hasn't yet been met, Rowan University researchers in the Rohrer College of Business' School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship believe the eradication of poverty is fully reachable, and that entrepreneurship can help. Dr. Susana Santos, an associate professor of Entrep more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Oct. 25 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news on Oct. 24, 2022: * * * Researchers continue to advance hurricane science, leading to increased forecast accuracy and lead times * * * As Superstorm Sandy approached the New Jersey coastline, a single Rutgers glider deployed off Tuckerton by hurricane scientists at Rutgers University Center for Ocean Observing Leadership (RUCOOL), provided an ominous warning. The water mass known as the "Mid-Atlantic more PR

NEWARK, New Jersey, Oct. 28 (TNSfund) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Rutgers-Newark researchers have secured a $4.3 million National Science Foundation grant for students to work with Newark community members on solutions to environmental issues. Environmental Science professors Ashaki Rouff, Kristina Keating and Alec Gates were awarded funding to create what they call a "Newark geoscience ecosystem" a four-year education and workforce development initiative that will focus o more PR

NEWARK, New Jersey, Oct. 28 (TNSfund) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: A Rutgers University-Newark sociologist has been awarded a $1.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to evaluate the effects of pandemic eviction-prevention policies on individual and community mortality. The project will address critical questions at the intersection of housing and public health at a time when eviction rates are rising in the wake of COVID-19 moratoriums being lifted.  more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Oct. 27 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: With less than three weeks from the final ballots being cast in the 2022 midterm elections, Rutgers experts weigh in on how abortion will be a factor with voters. * * * Leslie Kantor Chair, Department of Urban-Global Public Health, School of Public Health lk481@sph.rutgers.edu There is plenty of evidence that suggests that the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v Wade--which returned dec more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Oct. 25 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news on Oct. 24, 2022: * * * The expanded suite of apps will assist decision-makers to predict and prepare for future events and conditions * * * New Jersey residents and planners alike have a new set of decision-support tools to help prepare their communities for climate change, thanks to a suite of data-visualization and mapping tools developed at Rutgers University's New Jersey Climate Change Resource C more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Oct. 26 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: With the midterm elections less than three weeks away, Rutgers experts weigh in on how gun control will be a factor with voters. * * * Michael Anestis Executive Director, New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center Associate Professor, School of Public Health mda141@sph.rutgers.edu Gun violence prevention is complicated to discuss during election season. Individuals across the political spectrum hold  more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Oct. 28 (TNStalk) -- Rutgers University issued the following Q&A on Oct. 26, 2022, with John Farmer Jr., director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics: * * * Republicans and Democrats don't agree on much these days. But both parties are sounding the same alarm during their candidates' midterm campaigns: Our democracy is at risk of unraveling. Democrats claim that the dissolution of democracy will come at the hands of election deniers. Republicans claim its end will more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Oct. 25 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * New Jersey needs to plan for at least a three-foot sea level rise by 2100, Rutgers researchers warn * * * Whether to buy or build a home at the Jersey shore has become more complicated and personal for Kenneth Miller - a Rutgers expert in sea-level change and global warming - since Superstorm Sandy struck New Jersey's seaside communities a decade ago. "Superstorm Sandy was the fourth 100-year  more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Oct. 26 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Researchers involved in Rutgers-led clinical trial learn a combination of treatments is especially effective against drug-resistant cases * * * An international study led by a Rutgers scientist comparing new and older treatments against complicated urinary tract infections has found a new drug combination to be more effective, especially against stubborn, drug-resistant infections. Describing  more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Oct. 26 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Patients who participate in multiple outpatient visits early in treatment are more likely to continue care * * * People with opioid-use disorder who enter treatment are at risk for relapse, overdose or death if they engage in less than two outpatient visits in their first month of care, according to a study coauthored by Rutgers researchers. The study, published in The American Journal of Psyc more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Oct. 27 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Patients who participate in multiple outpatient visits early in treatment are more likely to continue care * * * People with opioid-use disorder who enter treatment are at risk for relapse, overdose or death if they engage in less than two outpatient visits in their first month of care, according to a study coauthored by Rutgers researchers. The study, published in The American Journal of Psyc more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Oct. 29 (TNSfund) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: Last year Seton Hall University was granted $250,000 by the State of New Jersey to fund its Great Minds Dare to Care campaign, which aims to change attitudes about mental health and mental illness, eliminate barriers to accessing mental health care and to foster a sense of community and caring that improves the lives of all students - and ultimately prevents the feelings of isolation and disconnected more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Oct. 29 (TNSpar) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: Edmund Adjapong, Ph.D, an award-winning author and professor of education studies at the College of Education and Human Services, directs the Paterson Teacher Pathways Partnership. Launching this fall, program leaders plan to connect students of diverse backgrounds with the College's innovative secondary education program. Equipped with a bachelor's degree in education, the students may then choose to more PR

GALLOWAY, New Jersey, Oct. 29 (TNSres) -- Stockton University issued the following news: The new telescope at the Harold E. Taylor Observatory may only be one inch larger, but it's light years better, said Stockton University Physics Professor Joseph Trout. The 17-inch PlaneWave CDK17 telescope was officially unveiled to the public on Oct. 20 before a crowd of more than 100 alumni and supporters who got the chance to view the rings of Saturn and the moons of Jupiter on a clear, cool night. "I more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 (TNSres) -- New York University issued the following news release: * * * Report details devastation, recovery, and resilience in New York and New Jersey * * * A decade after Hurricane Sandy, a new report by researchers at the NYU School of Global Public Health's Center for Public Health Disaster Science describes the long-term impact of the storm on 18 counties in New York and New Jersey. The analysis reveals a story of short-term destruction and hardship, followed by robu more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Oct. 25 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * A professor of engineering leads an effort to digitalize New Jersey communities to predict flooding and gauge storm damage risk * * * The forecast calls for a foot of rain. Floodwater will submerge roads and ruin structures. The question is which roads and structures. While flood maps have provided some answers, surveys are laborious and expensive, so they rarely have all the data needed. Surv more PR

BASKING RIDGE, New Jersey, Oct. 29 -- Verizon, a communications and technology solutions company, issued the following news release: Verizon, the official At-Track Wi-Fi Partner of 12 NASCAR-owned racetracks, the Official Wireless Telecommunications and 5G Mobility Partner of NASCAR, and the network America relies on, has partnered with the legendary Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, VA., to provide enhanced Wi-Fi services for fans. The connectivity upgrades provided by Verizon include fast a more PR