PRINCETON, New Jersey, Jan. 14 (TNSfund) -- Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs issued the following news on Jan. 13, 2023: Arun Hendi, an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, was recently awarded a $2.6 million grant over the next five years from the National Institute on Aging at the National Institute of Health. At a time when migration is reconfiguring the makeup of American communitie more PR

BURBANK, California, Jan. 11 -- ABC, a division of the Walt Disney, issued the following news release: "1413" - First into the Tank is an entrepreneur from New Orleans who presents her solution to a serious problem in the kitchen with her nontoxic product that magically helps dispose of cooking oils safely. An entrepreneur from Clifton, New Jersey, pitches his versatile tool that instantly transforms eating utensils into a common kitchen accessory; while an entrepreneur from Fresno, California, more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 12 -- New Jersey Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on Jan. 11, 2023: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today that New Jersey has joined nationwide settlement agreements with pharmacy chains CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart, and drug makers Teva Pharmaceuticals and Allergan, to resolve claims involving their alleged roles in fomenting the country's opioid crisis. In settlement agreements finalized over the past several  more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 13 -- New Jersey Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2023: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced the creation of a new office within the Division of Criminal Justice that will focus on pursuing major financial crimes, including securities fraud, and holding white collar criminals accountable for their wrongdoing. The newly created Office of Securities Fraud and Financial Crimes Prosecutions (OSFFCP) wi more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Jan. 13 -- Campbell Soup Posted the following news release: The 'Official Soup Sponsor of the NFL' is taking soup into the metaverse by launching the Chunky FuelUp Tournament, an immersive experience featuring Fortnite Creative. Just in time for the NFL playoffs, Chunky is merging the game brand with football themed, native Fortnite gameplay. As a brand known to fuel the everyday hustle, the Chunky FuelUp Tournament features three unique challenges to test players' speed, ag more PR

SOMERSET, New Jersey, Jan. 13 -- Catalent Inc., a pharma, biotech and consumer health company, issued the following news on Jan. 12, 2023: Catalent, the global leader in enabling the development and supply of better treatments across multiple modalities, and Ethicann Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Canadian/U.S. specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development of high-value cannabinoid drug therapies, today announced that the companies had executed a development and license agreement to deve more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following statement on Jan. 10, 2023: * * * 2023 DGA Chair and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy released the following statement on Colorado Gov. Jared Polis' inauguration. "In his first term, Gov. Polis delivered real results for Colorado families -- saving Coloradans money on health care, cutting taxes for small businesses, and enacting free universal full-day kindergarten. "With his swearing-in to a second term, Gov. Polis  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following statement on Jan. 9, 2023: * * * 2023 DGA Chair and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy released the following statement on Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's inauguration. "Congratulations to Gov. JB Pritzker on his inauguration to his second term as Illinois governor. "In his first term, Gov. Pritzker delivered real results for Illinois families -- expanding access to affordable health care, making historic investments in ed more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following statement on Jan. 9, 2023: * * * 2023 DGA Chair and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy released the following statement on DGA Vice Chair and Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly's inauguration. "Congratulations to Gov. Laura Kelly on her inauguration to a second term today. "In her first term, Gov. Kelly got Kansas back on track by working with both parties to balance the budget, fully fund public schools, ax the food tax, and lan more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following statement on Jan. 9, 2023: * * * 2023 DGA Chair and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy released the following statement on Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek's inauguration. "Congratulations to Gov. Tina Kotek on her inauguration as governor of Oregon and making history as one of two women serving as the nation's first openly lesbian governors in American history. "Gov. Kotek is ready to tackle the state's biggest problems -- from more PR

RUTHERFORD, New Jersey, Jan. 10 (TNSper) -- Felician University issued the following news release: Felician University proudly announces that Deborah Visconi, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Bergen New Bridge Medical Center (BNBMC), has been appointed to the Board of Trustees. "We are very excited to have Deborah Visconi join us in our mission of providing a competitive, value-based college education to a large and diverse student population. The success of Felician University has more PR

MONTCLAIR, New Jersey, Jan. 13 (TNSres) -- Montclair State University issued the following news release: * * * New research highlights the need for greater emphasis on underserved populations when authorizing new schools * * * A new study led by Montclair State University professor Katrina Bulkley shows the organizations overseeing America's charter schools can make equity in education more of a priority - which can give underserved communities better school choices. The research, which was more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Jan. 13 -- New Jersey American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release: New Jersey American Water recently announced that Denise Venuti Free has been promoted from director of Communications and External Affairs to senior director of Communications and External Affairs. Additionally, Chelsea Kulp has been promoted from manager of External Affairs to senior manager of Government and External Affairs. "Denise and Chelsea have strong background more PR

HAMILTON, New Jersey, Jan. 13 (TNSgov) -- The New Jersey Public Charter Schools Association issued the following news release: The New Jersey Public Charter Schools Association (NJPCSA) announced plans to provide $4.25 million to three public charter schools from the Association's Charter School Program (CSP) grant from the US Department of Education. After a rigorous review process that included charter school experts from across the country, Achievers Early College Prep Charter School and Pau more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Jan. 13 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Wilfred Ngwa, named a Rutgers Presidential Faculty Scholar and a professor of global health, advises the Biden Administration's Cancer Cabinet * * * Wilfred Ngwa, a global oncology researcher and medical physics expert who is developing technologies that integrate with radiation therapy to reduce cancer treatment times and costs, will join Rutgers Global Health Institute. Ngwa, who will become more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Jan. 12 (TNSper) -- Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs issued the following news: Janet Currie, Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University and the Co-director of Princeton's Center for Health and Wellbeing, has recently been elected president of the American Economic Association (AEA). She will serve as president-elect in 2023 and as president in 2024. Established in 1885, the AEA is a non-profit, non-partisan, scho more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Jan. 12 (TNSeco) -- Princeton University issued the following news on Jan. 10, 2023: Princeton University's Ferris Thompson Gateway, which has stood proudly along Prospect Avenue since it was built in 1911 as a grand entrance to the former University Field, has been restored to its original glory and was reinstalled in early January. The ornamental gateway -- named for its donor, track-and-field athlete Ferris Thompson, Class of 1888, and designed by the renowned New Yor more PR

NORTH BRANCH, New Jersey, Jan. 6 (TNSpar) -- Raritan Valley Community College issued the following news release: Raritan Valley Community College is proud to partner with Labcorp for its new Medical Laboratory Technology program. The program combines academic requirements at RVCC with clinical rotations at Labcorp's regional lab in Raritan, NJ. Students will have the opportunity to train with Labcorp's incredible team of medical lab technology professionals at a state-of-the-art facility that  more PR

NORTH BRANCH, New Jersey, Jan. 14 (TNSres) -- Raritan Valley Community College issued the following news release: Students in Raritan Valley Community College's Cosmetology program have won the "Trade Secrets of a Hair Color Expert Theory Contest." The hair color competition, designed specifically for students, is presented by Product Club and Burmax. The RVCC students, Jacqueline Siguencia, Morgan Weaver, Melanie Ibarra, Hannah Burd, Layani Brown, Octavia Williams and Brianna Murray, were req more PR

LAWRENCEVILLE, New Jersey, Jan. 10 (TNSper) -- Rider University issued the following news release on Jan. 9, 2023: Dr. Nancy Gartenberg '22, a graduate of Rider University's Doctor of Educational Leadership (Ed.D.) program, has been appointed executive county superintendent of Morris County by the New Jersey Commissioner of Education. In this position, she will support 41 school districts representing more than 70,000 students. Some of her office's responsibilities include performing on-site e more PR

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, Jan. 11 (TNSgov) -- Rowan University issued the following news: A Rowan University educator was instrumental in getting a new law passed this month that makes New Jersey the first state in the nation to require media literacy classes for K-12 students. Olga Polites, who since 1999 has taught composition and rhetoric at Rowan, said as New Jersey chapter leader for the nationwide organization Media Literacy Now, she petitioned legislators to require lessons arming students more PR

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, Jan. 12 (TNSres) -- Rowan University issued the following news: It's "inescapably clear" that dysfunction of the brain's "blue spot," the nucleus locus coeruleus, is linked with depression, stress and anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, attention deficit disorder and drug abuse, as well as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, said Dr. Barry Waterhouse, professor and chair of the Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience at the Rowan University School of Osteopathic  more PR

NEWARK, New Jersey, Jan. 14 (TNSfund) -- Rutgers University issued the following news on Jan. 13, 2023: The Mellon Foundation recently awarded the ExternalHumanities Action Lab (HAL), based at Rutgers University-Newark, a $1.1 million grant to expand and integrate two of its signature projects, ExternalStates of Incarceration: A National Dialogue of Local Histories and ExternalClimates of Inequality: Stories of Environmental Justice. The grant represents a significant expansion in the Foundati more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Jan. 11 (TNStalk) -- Rutgers University issued the following Q&A on Jan. 10, 2023, with Rong Chen, distinguished professor and chair of the Department of Statistics in the School of Arts and Sciences: * * * Tonight's Mega Millions jackpot has climbed to an estimated $1.1 billion - the fourth time the game's grand prize has climbed past $1 billion. But what are your odds of winning? Rong Chen, Distinguished Professor and chair of the Department of Statistics in the  more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Jan. 10 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Rutgers study highlights that suicide risk within the military might be highest among those not identified by the mental health care system. * * * Military service members who haven't told anyone about their suicidal thoughts or talked with a behavioral health professional are most likely to store their firearms unsafely, according to a Rutgers study. The study, which was funded by the Militar more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Jan. 12 (TNSres) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news on Jan. 10, 2023: This semester, students experienced history first-hand through object-based learning (OBL), an approach that adds value to classroom studies. In OBL, students learn via engaging in conversation and discourse using artworks, artifacts, archival materials, or digital representations of unique objects as catalysts to foster a sense of wonder, awe and curiosity. Object-based learning prio more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Jan. 14 (TNSres) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: The Department of Catholic Studies at Seton Hall was established in 2012 - the Year of Faith proclaimed by Pope Benedict XVI. Since the passing of the former pontiff on December 31, 2022, Catholic Studies faculty have been reflecting on his life and legacy, and on how the teachings of Pope Benedict XVI have influenced their teaching and scholarship. "Pope Benedict XVI ... called upon universities and more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Jan. 13 -- John Wiley and Sons issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2023: Sonora Quest Laboratories, one of the nation's largest integrated laboratory systems, today announced a collaboration with Wiley (NYSE: WLY) to provide its 3,800 employees with access to career-connected online education programs. Sonora Quest's education and tuition benefits will be administered through Wiley Beyond, the Wiley solution that aligns talent strategy with business strategy. The more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Jan. 10 (TNStalk) -- Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs issued the following Q&A on Jan. 9, 2023, with Adela Raz, director of the Afghanistan Policy Lab: * * * Late last December, the Taliban announced plans to ban women from attending universities and girls from attending schools in Afghanistan, one of the most dramatic rollbacks of civil liberties since the militant group seized power in Afghanistan following the U.S.'s withdrawal in 2021 more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Jan. 12 (TNSres) -- Stevens Institute of Technology issued the following news: Professor Jonggi Hong, who joined Stevens' computer science faculty in January 2023, didn't set out to change the world. But he just might do it anyway. "As I kid, in South Korea, I loved playing video games," he laughs. "That led me naturally to wanting to know how to program and design video games, which led me to study computer science." But along the way, he found a new research focus -- a more PR

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, Jan. 11 -- Coyne PR issued the following news: Coyne Public Relations announced it has been selected to provide public relations support for The Play Date, a single-day, invitation-only media event on March 8, 2023, hosted by The Toy Association, producers of Toy Fair and Adventure Media & Events, publisher of The Toy Book and The Toy Insider. As part of the partnership, Coyne PR will work to secure media attendance by promoting the opportunities that the event offers, s more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Jan. 10 -- John Wiley and Sons issued the following news release on Jan. 9, 2023: Wiley, one of the world's largest publishers and a global leader in research and education, today announced remarkable growth of an open access agreement in Japan by increasing from four to 18 participating institutions. Based on the success of the initial agreement by four Japanese institutions in 2022, a new agreement between Wiley and JUSTICE (Japan Alliance of University Library Consortia more PR