NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Nov. 8 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news on Nov. 7, 2022: * * * A study published in The Lancet shows no progress since mid-2000s in reducing stillbirth risk. * * * A decades-long effort to lower the stillbirth rate in the United States has stalled, as has progress in closing a persistent gap in excess stillbirths experienced by Black women compared with White women, according to a Rutgers-led study. "Over the last 40 years, we have reduced  more PR

LAKEWOOD, New Jersey, Nov. 8 -- Gaming Laboratories International, a provider of quality land-based, lottery and iGaming testing and assessment services, issued the following news release: Gaming Laboratories International (GLI(R)) has a long-term and deep commitment to the land-based and online gaming industry throughout the Asia-Pacific region, and now GLI Asia(R) has expanded its client services team. Brian Huang has joined GLI Asia as Client Service Representative and will oversee GLI's gro more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Nov. 11 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: To protect public safety and support a healthy wildlife population, Governor Phil Murphy announced that the New Jersey Fish and Game Council will discuss the approval of the State's Comprehensive Bear Management Policy (CBBMP) and consider amendments to the Game Code at its upcoming meeting on Tuesday, November 15. As a means of reducing the black bear population and dangerous bear-human interacti more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Nov. 11 -- The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release: To protect public safety and support a healthy wildlife population, Governor Phil Murphy announced that the New Jersey Fish and Game Council will discuss the approval of the State's Comprehensive Bear Management Policy (CBBMP) and consider amendments to the Game Code at its upcoming meeting on Tuesday, November 15. As a means of reducing the black bear population and dangerou more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Nov. 8 -- New Jersey Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on Nov. 7, 2022: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced that New Jersey will be receiving approximately $500,000 under the settlements of two multistate investigations into data breaches affecting Experian in 2012 and 2015 that compromised the personal information of millions of consumers nationwide. The multistate investigation of the 2015 Experian breach focused more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Nov. 11 -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release: New Jersey American Water will replace approximately 9,100 feet of aging water main in Somerset County starting this month. The company will upgrade the aging 6- and 8-inch cast-iron water lines that were installed as far back as the 1930s with new 8-inch ductile iron main along the following streets: Bernards Township: * Culberson Road from Spencer Road to South Alward Avenue *  more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Nov. 10 -- The New Jersey Democratic State Committee issued the following statement on Nov. 9, 2022: * * * New Jersey Democratic State Committee Chairman LeRoy J. Jones, Jr., is releasing the following statement regarding the 2022 Midterm Elections. "The people of New Jersey just sent a resounding message that we will continue to reject right-wing extremism and instead elect public servants who will fight for our middle class families and our personal freedoms. Democrats  more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Nov. 8 (TNSres) -- Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs issued the following news: Sixty years after the Cuban Missile Crisis, the threats posed by nuclear weapons are as relevant as ever. Since 2020, the Princeton School on Science and Global Security has brought together next-generation scientists and engineers from around the world to learn technical and policy perspectives on how to reduce and end the threat from nuclear weapons. This yea more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Nov. 8 (TNSjou) -- Princeton University issued the following news: For the first time, physicists have observed novel quantum effects in a topological insulator at room temperature. This finding opens up a new range of possibilities for the development of efficient quantum technologies, such as spin-based electronics, which may potentially replace many current electronic systems for higher energy efficiency. The breakthrough, published as the cover article of the Octobe more PR

NORTH BRANCH, New Jersey, Nov. 9 (TNSawa) -- Raritan Valley Community College issued the following news release: Kim Meany of Lake Hopatcong, Raritan Valley Community College Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) Academic Fieldwork Coordinator, has received the "Award of Merit OTA: Advocacy for OTA Education and Community Awareness" from the New Jersey Occupational Therapy Association. She received the award on October 22 at Rutgers University, Newark, during a ceremony held at the university's more PR

NORTH BRANCH, New Jersey, Nov. 10 (TNSfund) -- Raritan Valley Community College issued the following news release: A US Department of Education grant is offering assistance with childcare expenses for parents enrolled at Raritan Valley Community College (RVCC) in Branchburg. The "Child Care Access Means Parents in School" (CCAMPIS) grant, which totals approximately $80,000, offers support to student parents to help them remain in college in order to achieve their educational goals. Student pa more PR

LAWRENCEVILLE, New Jersey, Nov. 12 (TNSper) -- Rider University issued the following news release: Keith DiGrazio '84 was recently elected to the Rider University Board of Trustees. His term is effective immediately and runs through June 30, 2024. "As a Rider alumnus, it is an honor to join the Board of my alma mater," says DiGrazio. "I am grateful for the innumerable ways Rider impacted my life and my career. In this new leadership role, it is a privilege to help shape Rider's future." DiGr more PR

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, Nov. 10 (TNSfund) -- Rowan University issued the following news: Supported by a $684,700 grant from the National Science Foundation, faculty in Rowan University's School of Earth & Environment seek to prepare a diverse pool of students for positions in a wave of green energy infrastructure projects underway in South Jersey. The initiative, led by Dr. Beth Christensen, chair of Environmental Science, and Dr. Patrick Crumrine, an associate professor in the department, alon more PR

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, Nov. 8 -- Rowan University issued the following news on Nov. 7, 2022: Since announcing the creation of their historic academic health partnership in January, Rowan University and Virtua Health leaders have made significant strides toward their shared goal of establishing a health-and-education powerhouse that will impact the practice of medicine and promote good health for all. On Monday, Nov. 7, the top 100 public research university and the largest health system in Sou more PR

NEWARK, New Jersey, Nov. 11 (TNSgov) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Faculty and students from Lives in Translation, a RU-N effort recruiting undergraduate volunteers to serve as interpreters, testified in front of the New Jersey State Senate Government Committee on Monday, advocating for a bill that would improve accessibility for residents with limited English proficiency. The law would require state government agencies to provide translations of vital documents into the 15 m more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Nov. 10 (TNStalk) -- Rutgers University issued the following Q&A on Nov. 9, 2022, with Ashley Koning, assistant research professor and director of Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling: * * * Before Election Day, the narrative for Democrats was dire - big losses were predicted in the midterms and Republicans were poised for a historic red wave. Then the results started coming in and the red wave never materialized. Several key races that will determine control more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Nov. 11 (TNStalk) -- Rutgers University issued the following Q&A on Nov. 9, 2022, with Emanuel Goldman, professor of microbiology, biochemistry and molecular genetics at New Jersey Medical School: * * * Rutgers scientists among those experts who believe Triethylene glycol (TEG) should become a government approved antiviral * * * Technology that reliably kills airborne viruses inside buildings could prevent most cases of cold and flu and might have saved millions of more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Nov. 9 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: With Election Day upon us, Rutgers experts weigh in on how health care policy and cost may be a factor with voters. * * * Stephen Crystal Director, Center for Health Services Research at the Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research Distinguished Research Professor, Rutgers School of Social Work The outcome of the midterm elections will be crucial for the future of health c more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Nov. 10 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Rutgers research shows how changes in the brain promote drug-seeking behavior and why some insomnia medications may block it * * * Rutgers researchers think they have identified a biological process for drug and alcohol addiction and believe existing insomnia treatments could be used to reduce or eliminate cravings. A review in the December 2022 issue Biological Psychiatry and previously publi more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Nov. 8 (TNStalk) -- Rutgers University issued the following Q&A on Nov. 7, 2022, with Michael Steinberg, professor, chief of the General Internal Medicine Division at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and medical director of the Center for Tobacco Studies, and Andrea Villanti, associate professor in the Health Behavior, Society and Policy Department at the School of Public Health and deputy director of the Center for Tobacco Studies: * * * Every year, the Great Amer more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Nov. 8 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: The immune system's ability to remember defeated disease-causing germs and prevent subsequent infections remains incompletely understood, but a study in Science Immunology clarifies an important piece of the picture. Rutgers researchers used specially bred mice to distinguish the functions of two types of immune cells, known as tissue-resident memory T cells (TRM cells), that protect against infection a more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Nov. 12 (TNSres) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: Renowned philosopher Robert Mayhew, Ph.D. admits that, as a researcher, he mostly looks like a nerdy guy buried in books. But his quest to discover, translate and piece together lost works of ancient philosophers has more elements akin to an "Indiana Jones" plotline than first meets the eye. "I look at my work as an archaeology of thought," says Mayhew, a professor in Seton Hall's Department of Philo more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Nov. 9 (TNSres) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: In keeping with its commitment to address the needs of Seton Hall's neighboring urban communities, theCenter for Community Research and Engagement (CCRE) launched PolicyLab in Spring 2022 in response to the misinformation surrounding New Jersey's most pressing social and political issues. In conjunction with faculty across the College of Arts and Sciences and our local community partners, PolicyLab ser more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Nov. 12 (TNSres) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: The COVID-19 pandemic was responsible for widespread disruption of national and global supply chains, due to changing demand for products, labor shortages and other factors. Since then, the Russia-Ukraine conflict has further complicated freight, cargo and transport logistics. But the pandemic revealed how supply-chain risks can vary wildly from one company to the next, even those within the same indu more PR

FREDONIA, New York, Nov. 12 (TNSfund) -- The State University of New York Fredonia campus issued the following news: A three-year, $600,000 National Science Foundation grant to support a professional development program designed to improve data literacy of future teachers has been awarded to SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor Michael Jabot and a colleague from The College of New Jersey. A Data Visualization Experience for Preservice Teachers is designed to provide faculty in higher educatio more PR

GALLOWAY, New Jersey, Nov. 8 (TNSjou) -- Stockton University issued the following news: The second issue of the International Journal of Gaming, Hospitality and Tourism (IJGHT) was released today by the Lloyd D. Levenson Institute of Gaming, Hospitality and Tourism at Stockton University. The peer-reviewed, open access journal was developed to share original research that bridges the gap between industry practitioners and academic researchers and educators. "We want this journal to provide rea more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Nov. 8 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Salvador Mena is among 90-some leaders and educators selected by the Aspen Institute to help develop a leadership development index * * * Salvador Mena, vice chancellor for student affairs at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, has been named one of the Aspen Institute's inaugural Senior Index Impact Fellows. Founded in 1949, the Aspen Institute is a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit policy and re more PR