NEWARK, New Jersey, Jan. 4 -- New Jersey Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today that the State has reached a $27.375 million settlement with Yellowstone Capital LLC, its parent company Fundry LLC, and six other associated companies to resolve allegations that the companies targeted small businesses with unconscionable, misleading, and abusive lending, servicing, and collection tactics that caused financia more PR

FREEHOLD, New Jersey, Jan. 6 (TNSper) -- CentraState Healthcare System issued the following news: As part of CentraState's partnership with Atlantic Health System, fellowship-trained neuro-oncologist Robert Aiken, MD, is now available to see patients at CentraState, a new satellite location for the Gerald J. Glasser Brain Tumor Center. Board-certified in neurology and neuro-oncology, Dr. Aiken specializes in the diagnosis and management of patients with benign and cancerous tumors of the brain, more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following statement on Jan. 3, 2023: * * * 2023 DGA Chair and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy released the following statement on Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs' inauguration. "On Election Day, Arizonans chose sanity over chaos and moved the state forward by electing Gov. Katie Hobbs. "With her swearing-in today, Katie will continue the crucial work she has dedicated her life in public service to -- bringing down costs, protecting r more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following statement on Jan. 6, 2023: * * * 2023 DGA Chair and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy released the following statement on California Gov. Gavin Newsom's inauguration. "Congratulations to Gov. Gavin Newsom on his inauguration to a second term. "In his first term, Gov. Newsom promoted a pro-growth agenda while enacting nation-leading policies on climate change and reproductive freedom. "Gov. Gavin Newsom will continue t more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following statement on Jan. 4, 2023: * * * 2023 DGA Chair and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy released the following statement on Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont's inauguration. "Congratulations to Gov. Ned Lamont on his inauguration to a second term. "In his first term, Gov. Lamont delivered real results for Connecticut families -- balancing the state's budget, bringing businesses back to the state, protecting reproductive freedo more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following statement on Jan. 5, 2023: * * * 2023 DGA Chair and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy released the following statement on Maine Gov. Janet Mills' inauguration. "Congratulations to Gov. Janet Mills on her inauguration to a second term as governor of Maine. "In her first term, Gov. Mills took great strides to improve the lives of Mainers -- expanding health care, putting cash back in people's pockets, ensuring access to  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following statement on Jan. 4, 2023: * * * 2023 DGA Chair and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy released the following statement on Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey's inauguration. "Congratulations to Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey on her inauguration today and for making history as both the first woman elected governor of Massachusetts and one of two women serving as the nation's first openly lesbian governors in American histor more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following statement on Jan. 3, 2023: * * * 2023 DGA Chair and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy released the following statement on Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's inauguration. "Congratulations to Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on her inauguration today. In her first term as governor, Gov. Whitmer always put Michigan first. She worked with both parties to deliver historic education investments, fix the roads, and ensure the sta more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following statement on Jan. 3, 2023: * * * 2023 DGA Chair and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy released the following statement on Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's inauguration. "Congratulations to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on his inauguration today. In his first term, Gov. Walz guided the state through unprecedented challenges, made historic investments in education, and ensured access to good-paying jobs for Minnesotans -- and he's jus more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following statement on Jan. 3, 2023: * * * 2023 DGA Chair and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy released the following statement on New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's inauguration. "Congratulations to New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on her inauguration today. In her first term, Gov. Lujan Grisham brought real results to New Mexico families, spearheading a first-of-its-kind free-college program, securing millions of d more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following statement on Jan. 3, 2023: * * * 2023 DGA Chair and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy released the following statement on New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's inauguration. "Congratulations to Gov. Kathy Hochul on her inauguration as governor of New York. Gov. Hochul made history on Election Night as the first woman elected governor of New York and was rewarded by voters for her strong leadership in the face of challenges. "Go more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following statement on Jan. 3, 2023: * * * 2023 DGA Chair and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy released the following statement on Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee's inauguration. "Congratulations to Gov. Dan McKee on his inauguration as governor of Rhode Island. Today marks the start of four more years of progress and fighting for the working families of Rhode Island. "With Gov. McKee's historic investments in local businesses and  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following statement on Jan. 3, 2023: * * * 2023 DGA Chair and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy released the following statement on Gov. Tony Evers' inauguration. "Congratulations to Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on his inauguration for his second term as governor of Wisconsin. "During the past four years, Gov. Evers has made historic investments in education and fulfilled his promises to protect reproductive freedom, fight the impa more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 4 (TNSper) -- Exelon, an electric holding company, issued the following news release: Calvin Butler has begun in his role as president and chief executive officer of Exelon (Nasdaq: EXC) and has joined Exelon's Board of Directors after previously serving as the company's president and chief operating officer. Exelon, the nation's largest energy transmission and delivery company by customer count, is headquartered in Chicago, and serves more than 10 million customers in I more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 4 (TNSrep) -- Shirt Project, a joint project at Harvard Kennedy School and University of California-San Francisco, issued the following research brief in November 2022 entitled "Paid Family Leave and New Jersey's Service Sector Workforce": The brief was written by Elaine Zundl, Research Project Manager at The Shift Project, Daniel Schneider, Professor of Public Policy and of Sociology at Harvard University and Kristen Harknett, Professor of Sociology at the Univer more PR

NEWARK, New Jersey, Jan. 5 (TNSper) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Karen Brown Stovell, who for more than a decade has worked with Newark entrepreneurs creating programs to spur the local economy, has been named associate director of the Fiserv-Rutgers-Newark Program for Inclusive Innovation. In her new position, she'll work with the Rutgers-Newark community and Fiserv Inc., a financial services technology leader that has partnered with RU-N to diversify the financial tech fi more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 5 -- New Jersey Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on Jan. 4, 2023: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor (OIFP) announced today that an insurance agent in Essex County was indicted on charges related to fraudulent insurance applications he allegedly submitted to four insurance companies to illegally obtain commissions. Jean Estil, 37, of Newark, was charged with insurance fraud a more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Jan. 7 (TNSjou) -- Princeton University issued the following news: Areas of low-oxygen water stretch for thousands of miles through the world's oceans. The largest of these "oxygen minimum zones" (OMZs) is found along the Pacific coast of North and South America, centered off the coast of Mexico. Until recently, climate models have been unable to say whether OMZs will grow or shrink from climate change, in part because OMZs result from two opposing processes: oxygen supp more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Jan. 6 -- Pennsylvania American Water, a subsidiary of American Water, issued the following news release on Jan. 5, 2023: Pennsylvania American Water, a subsidiary of American Water, announced today that it has signed an agreement to purchase the sanitary sewer collection system assets of the Sadsbury Township Municipal Authority (STMA) for $990,000. The system serves approximately 250 properties in Sadsbury Township, Lancaster County, with sanitary sewer treatment service p more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Jan. 7 (TNSjou) -- Princeton University issued the following news on Jan. 6, 2023: A new study shows that the Bering Land Bridge, the strip of land that once connected Asia to Alaska, emerged far later during the last ice age than previously thought. The unexpected findings shorten the window of time that humans could have first migrated from Asia to the Americas across the Bering Land Bridge. The findings also indicate that there may be a less direct relationship bet more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Jan. 4 (TNSres) -- Princeton University issued the following news: For artificial intelligence to realize its potential -- to relieve humans from mundane tasks, make life easier, and eventually invent entirely new solutions to our problems -- computers will need to surpass us at two things that we humans do pretty well: see the world around us and understand our language. "Learning to see and learning to read are the two main things we need for the computer to do to gain more PR

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, Jan. 5 (TNSfund) -- Rowan University issued the following news: Methane, a naturally occurring gas emitted by plants and animals, is also a heat-trapping greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming, and a Rowan University researcher has joined an NSF-funded study into the production of it. "That there are greenhouse gases from natural systems is normal," said Dr. Charles Schutte, an assistant professor of Environmental Science in Rowan University's School of Earth  more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Jan. 7 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: A Rutgers analysis of U.S. stroke deaths from 1975 to 2019 has found both a dramatic decline and the potential for an important resurgence. Stroke mortality (per 100,0000) plummeted from 88 to 31 for women and 112 to 39 for men between 1975 and 2019 in the United States. Total stroke deaths fell despite the rise in age-adjusted risk because stroke rates skyrocket as people get older. A 10 percent reduc more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Jan. 4 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * New climate simulations show the annual change in the planet's distance from the star also affects a seasonal cycle that impacts weather in North America and globally * * * Weather and climate modelers understand pretty well how seasonal winds and ocean currents affect El Nino patterns in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, impacting weather throughout the United States and worldwide. But new more PR

SOMERSET, New Jersey, Jan. 6 -- Catalent Inc., a pharma, biotech and consumer health company, issued the following news: Catalent, Inc. (NYSE:CTLT), the leader in enabling the development and supply of better treatments for patients worldwide, and Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SRPT), the leader in precision genetic medicine for rare diseases, today announced the signing of a commercial supply agreement for Catalent to manufacture delandistrogene moxeparvovec (SRP-9001), Sarepta's most adva more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Jan. 7 (TNSconf) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: The World Leaders Forum speakers series returns to Seton Hall this semester with two major events, hosted by the School of Diplomacy and International Relations. On Thursday, January 26, Seton Hall welcomes Ambassador Csaba Korosi, the President of the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly. A career diplomat and leading voice on the climate crisis, Ambassador Korosi was sworn in as president of the more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Jan. 4 (TNSpp) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: On December 16, Seton Hall University hosted participants from all continents at a Zoom meeting of the Catholic Studies Think Tank of the International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU). At the meeting, Seton Hall's Catholic Studies Program and Department and its new initiatives emerged as models for international universities to follow in the design and implementation of Catholic Studies progr more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Jan. 5 (TNSawa)(TNSbook) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: The Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) honored Professor Margarita Balmaceda, Ph. D, with two book prizes for her latest book, Russian Energy Chains: The Remaking of Technopolitics from Siberia to Ukraine to the European Union. A year after its release, Russian Energy Chains continues to reach new heights with two of the nine ASEEES book prizes they award, r more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Jan. 7 (TNSfund) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: Seton Hall's Interprofessional Health Sciences campus - home to its School of Health and Medical Sciences and College of Nursing - will receive a major boost through federal funding secured by Congressman Bill Pascrell (NJ-9) and Senators Robert Menendez and Cory Booker. "I have toured the IHS campus on several occasions," said Congressman Pascrell, "and each time I have been incredibly impressed wit more PR

GALLOWAY, New Jersey, Jan. 7 (TNSper) -- Stockton University issued the following news: New officers have taken leadership roles on the advisory board of the William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy at Stockton University. New Jersey labor leader and consultant Richard Tolson, of Ocean City, was elected chair of the Hughes Center Steering Committee. Kim Schalek Downes, CEO and president of Salmon Ventures Limited, of Millville, was elected vice chair. An original Steering Committee member,  more PR

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, Jan. 7 (TNSfund) -- Rowan University issued the following news: Aiming to make game-changing impacts on its future combat capabilities, the Department of Defense has awarded Rowan University an additional $3 million to create virtual and mixed reality combat simulations augmented by artificial intelligence (AI). The project is a continuation of a $5.5 million partnership between Rowan University and the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command - Armaments Center  more PR