TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 10 -- New Jersey Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2023: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced the guilty pleas of two impostors who pretended to be sellers of Atlantic City properties, using bogus deeds to deceive and defraud real estate investors out of over half-a-million dollars. Richard Toelk Jr., 54, who also went by the name "Richard Donato," of Atlantic City, and his business partner, attorney more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 8 -- New Jersey Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced that four businesses throughout the state have been issued notices of violation for either not accepting cash or for charging a credit card surcharge without properly notifying consumers. Merchants in New Jersey must give consumers the option to pay cash. Merchants must also disclose total selling price--including any surchar more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Feb. 11 (TNSpp) -- Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs issued the following news: * * * Illegal gold mining threatens the environment and human health in the Amazon, said shaman and Yanomami Indigenous leader Davi Kopenawa in a talk at Princeton Jan. 31. And there are consequences for all of us, too, as mining in the Amazon rainforest diminishes one of the planet's largest natural carbon sinks and a bastion of biocultural diversity. * * *  more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Feb. 10 (TNSper) -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release: American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK), the largest publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company, announced that Lori Sutton will join the company as Chief Inclusion, Diversity and Equity (ID&E) Officer. Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, Lori will lead the Company's ongoing ID&E efforts. "American Water is pleased to welcome Lori as she is a se more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 11 -- New Jersey Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2023: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today provided an update on the investigation into the police response to an altercation between two juveniles at the Bridgewater Commons Mall on February 12, 2022. The incident was recorded by body-worn cameras and mall patrons. Two juveniles got into a physical altercation outside the Bloomingdale's at the mall just afte more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 10 -- New Jersey Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2023: The Attorney General's Office today released video from officers' body-worn cameras related to a deadly police-involved shooting at a Pine Brook, N.J., motel on Saturday, December 31, 2022. James Allandale, 61, formerly known as James Allan, of Denville, N.J., sustained fatal injuries in the incident at the motel on Route 46 on New Year's Eve. According to t more PR

WAYNE, New Jersey, Feb. 11 (TNSpp) -- William Paterson University issued the following news release: Fran Lebowitz, whose essays and interviews offer her acerbic views on current events and the media, will bring her insightful social commentary to William Paterson University in Wayne on Wednesday, February 22, 2023 as part of the 41st season of the University's Distinguished Lecturer Series. The lecture begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Shea Center for Performing Arts on campus. Tickets for the lectu more PR

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, Feb. 8 (TNStalk) -- Coyne PR issued the following commentary on Feb. 7, 2023: * * * Deinfluencing Is Influencing By Megan Schuster, Director of Social Media If you've opened TikTok recently, your For You page may contain a video with one of the latest influencer trends: "deinfluencing." As influencers continue to evolve on the ever-growing platform, #deinfluencing has received more than 103M views (and counting) on TikTok over the past couple of months, impacting the  more PR

HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, Feb. 6 (TNSper) -- Centenary University issued the following news release: The Centenary University Board of Trustees has unanimously approved the appointment of Dale G. Caldwell, Ed.D., as the University's 15th president. Dr. Caldwell, who will be the first African American president of the University, will begin his tenure at Centenary on July 1. Dr. Caldwell is currently executive director of the Rothman Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Fairleigh Dic more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following statement on Feb. 7, 2023: * * * DGA Chair New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy released the following statement in response to President Biden's State of the Union Address. "Tonight, President Biden outlined a positive vision to continue to grow the economy and make America more competitive, building on the historic success and remarkable progress made under his leadership. "Since the President has taken office, Democrat more PR

FLORHAM PARK, New Jersey, Feb. 9 -- Emerson Electric, a technology and engineering company that provides solutions for customers in industrial, commercial and residential markets, issued the following news: Global technology and software leader Emerson has launched its new ASCOTM Series 262 and 263 Biodiesel Valves, the first combustion valves certified for use with biodiesel blended fuel in industrial and commercial boilers in the Americas and Asia. These biodiesel valves make it possible for  more PR

RUTHERFORD, New Jersey, Feb. 10 (TNSfund) -- Felician University issued the following news release: Felician University is the recipient of a new, $2.3 million grant that will upgrade and expand the university's broadband infrastructure, computing resources and online technologies, to make remote learning fully accessible. The grant will also be used to teach telehealth best practices to three cohorts of Felician University students in nursing, counseling psychology, and behavior and autism stu more PR

RUTHERFORD, New Jersey, Feb. 10 (TNSconf) -- Felician University issued the following news release: Felician University is proud to announce that its annual Diversity Conference organized by the Doctorate in Counseling Psychology Program (PsyD) will be held virtually on April 14, 2023. Headlined by three keynote speakers in the field of Psychology, the conference will also feature a panel composed of Felician Counseling Psychology doctoral students. The event will highlight and seek solutions f more PR

ALBANY, New York, Feb. 10 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2023: Governor Kathy Hochul today announced Vermont has signed on to a multi-state agreement, joining with New York, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Rhode Island, to develop a proposal to become one of up to 10 regional clean hydrogen hubs designated through the federal Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs program included in the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. T more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 9 -- The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2023: The Department of Environmental Protection is looking forward to another year of robust visitation to New Jersey's State Parks, Forests and Historic Sites and is hiring for hundreds of seasonal jobs, DEP Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette announced today. The employment opportunities offered are essential to the operations of the State Park Service and include l more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 10 -- The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2023: The Murphy Administration is awarding nearly $16.2 million in grants to communities across the state to help them enhance waste reduction and recycling programs, Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette announced today. The awards are based on 2020 recycling performance, the most recent year for which data is available. Municipa more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 8 -- New Jersey Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2023: As fans gear up to place their bets on Super Bowl LVII, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) today announced a new, groundbreaking Responsible Gaming Initiative to identify and help problem gamblers by utilizing information already collected by online gaming operators about their patrons' playing habits. A more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 10 -- New Jersey Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: A state grand jury has voted not to file any criminal charges at the conclusion of its deliberations regarding the death of Gulia Dale III, 61, of Newton, N.J., who was shot and fatally wounded by two Newton police officers on July 4, 2021. Dale's death was investigated by the Attorney General's Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) and presented to New Jersey more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 10 -- New Jersey Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: A unique partnership between the New Jersey Departments of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL), Treasury, and Banking and Insurance, and the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has resulted in the assessment of more than $1.3 million in back wages and penalties to 20 contractors performing construction work at 88 Regent Street in Jersey City, where a multi-agency team of more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Feb. 10 (TNSper) -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release: New Jersey American Water recently announced that Carmen Tierno has been promoted from senior director of operations for the company's Coastal Operating Region to senior director of operations for its Central Operating Region. Additionally, Lindsey Olson has been promoted from senior manager of Production to succeed Tierno as senior director of operations for the Coastal Op more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Feb. 7 (TNSjou) -- Princeton University issued the following news: * * * Scientists have never known precisely how much energy a cancerous tumor expends growing in the mammalian body. * * * They hypothesized that it consumes a great deal of energy, churning through nutrients and putting healthy tissue -- the heart, the liver, the pancreas -- at a disadvantage as the metabolic system spreads the nutritive wealth. But in a new study, researchers from Princeton Chemistr more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Feb. 9 (TNSper)(TNStalk) -- Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs issued the following letter on Feb. 8, 2023, by Dean Amaney Jamal: * * * Dear SPIA community, It is with mixed emotions that I announce Frederick (Rick) Barton and Kathryn (Kit) Lunney are retiring from their positions as co-directors of the Scholars in the Nation's Service Initiative (SINSI) this summer. We are deeply grateful for Rick and Kit's dedication and profound contri more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Feb. 8 (TNSjou) -- Princeton University issued the following news: * * * Physicists are increasingly using ultracold molecules to study quantum states of matter. Many researchers contend that molecules have advantages over other alternatives, such as trapped ions, atoms or photons. These advantages suggest that molecular systems will play important roles in emerging quantum technologies. But, for a while now, research into molecular systems has advanced only so far becau more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Feb. 7 (TNSpro) -- The Princeton Theological Seminary issued the following news release: Princeton Theological Seminary is pleased to announce the launch of the Center for Contemplative Leadership. Founded and directed by Bo Karen Lee, associate professor of spiritual theology and Christian formation, the Center for Contemplative Leadership will offer training and resources for cultivating vision, resilience, and joy through contemplative practices both ancient and modern more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Feb. 10 (TNSconf) -- The Princeton Theological Seminary issued the following news release: Princeton Theological Seminary's Future of American Democracy series continues this spring with two in-person events designed to engage broader communities with timely questions about our civic life together. The first half of the series, which debuted in October 2022, focused on the challenge of hyper-polarization and how this phenomenon affects not just high politics but also the  more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Feb. 7 (TNSper) -- Princeton University issued the following news: Ilya Kaminsky, professor of creative writing, and Patricia Smith, visiting professor of creative writing in the Lewis Center for the Arts and the Princeton Atelier, have been named Academy of American Poets Chancellors. Smith will join the Princeton faculty as professor of creative writing, effective Sept. 1. Chancellors serve six-year terms during which they consult with the organization on artistic matt more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Feb. 11 (TNSbook) -- Princeton University issued the following news: * * * In her new book "Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want" (Princeton University Press), written during the pandemic, Ruha Benjamin asks readers: "What if the virus is not something simply to be feared and eliminated, but a microscopic model of what it could look like to spread justice and joy in small but perceptible ways?" "Viral Justice" then invites readers to act in their own way to sprea more PR

MAHWAH, New Jersey, Feb. 9 (TNSper) -- Ramapo College issued the following news release: Ramapo Professor Natalia Santamaria Laorden was recently elected to lead a pioneering national initiative that encourages the contextual teaching of language. Newly formed by the ACTFL, The Languages of Specific Purposes (LSP) Special Interest Group is the first of its kind to further the issue of language and profession through the ACTFL network of professionals and in classrooms across the country. Santam more PR

LAWRENCEVILLE, New Jersey, Feb. 10 (TNSfund) -- Rider University issued the following news release: Rider University is the recipient of a more than $18,000 grant from the state Office of the Secretary of Higher Education to combat hunger on campus. The funding will address issues of food insecurity, a barrier to learning which has intensified as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The monies are to be used through June to help offset expenses associated with operating the Rider Food and Resour more PR

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, Feb. 9 (TNSawa) -- Rowan University issued the following news on Feb. 8, 2023: The period between application and matriculation, from when students apply to a university to when they start classes, can be especially fraught, leading as many as 30 percent nationally to drop out before their college career really ever starts. After making a deposit, students are expected to complete a long list of tasks which can complicate the transition to college, adding undue stress an more PR

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, Feb. 8 (TNSres) -- Rowan University issued the following news on Feb. 7, 2023: Despite persistent scientific warnings about possibly severe sea level rise due to climate change, as well as dramatic footage of arctic and Antarctic ice shelves collapsing and adding to rising sea levels, the leaders of many U.S. coastal communities may be failing to plan for worst-case scenarios. In fact, according to recently published research led by Dr. Andra Garner, a climate scientist  more PR

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, Feb. 9 (TNSres) -- Rowan University issued the following news: Depression is four times as prevalent in adults with autism spectrum disorder compared to the general population. Dr. Kaite Gotham, an assistant professor of psychology in the College of Science & Mathematics, is studying the underlying pathways to depression in autistic adults in the hopes of using that information to improve interventions for depression tailored to this population. Gotham and her team are f more PR

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, Feb. 11 (TNSrpt) -- Rowan University posted the following news: Coming off a year in which the state set new highs in jobs, output and income, New Jersey's continued strong personal income growth in 2023 would serve to cushion any relatively short and modest recession, according to a report by Charles Steindel, a former chief economist for the New Jersey Treasury Department. Steindel's analysis, prepared for the Steve Sweeney Center for Public Policy's Multi-Year Budget  more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Feb. 8 (TNSfund) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: The Rutgers School of Nursing has been awarded nearly $1 million by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to help address a statewide nursing shortage that was exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Part of the appropriations bill funding the federal government for 2023, the $950,650 grant will be used to provide high-quality, simulated more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Feb. 8 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: What's the proper treatment for constant, inexplicable pain in the face, jaw or head that defies conventional dental treatment? According to researchers from the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, the answer varies widely from patient to patient. For one patient in a recent case study, it was the removal of a benign tumor in her brainstem. Those reports are part of a growing body of research from the R more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Feb. 11 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Rutgers researchers examine availability of disposable e-cigarettes and oral nicotine patches * * * A study by the Rutgers Center for Tobacco Studies and the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center will help establish policy on the sale and marketing of two different tobacco products recently introduced to the United States market. The study, published in Preventive Medicine Reports, is on more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Feb. 8 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Rutgers researcher finds that older people living with HIV/AIDS have unmet mental health needs * * * Failing to address the psychological trauma experienced by many older people living with HIV/AIDS will make it difficult, if not impossible, to end the epidemic, according to a Rutgers study. Once considered a death sentence, HIV/AIDS has evolved into a manageable illness - with the availability more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Feb. 7 (TNSconf) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: On Thursday, February 23rd, 2023, the Center for Catholic Studies will hold its annual Spring Lonergan Lecture. This year's lecture "Martin Luther King, Jr. & Bernard Lonergan: How to Love Everyone, Even Your Enemies" will take place at 3:30 p.m. in the Chancelor's Suite featuring Jennifer Sanders, Ph.D., of St. Louis University. The Spring Lonergan Lecture is going to be a conversation between Marti more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Feb. 10 (TNSres) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: On Wednesday, March 15, 2023, from 4-5:30 p.m. in Bethany Hall A, the Africana Studies Program will bring to campus Lewis Gordon, Ph.D., one of the leading scholars working on racism, anti-blackness, and black existentialism, to speak about topics and arguments in his most recent book, Fear of Black Consciousness (2022). In this book, Professor Gordon "takes the reader on a journey through the histori more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Feb. 10 (TNSres) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: What happens when conflict ends? For Ukraine, Syria and other countries experiencing wars, what will happen when the guns are laid down? How will groups that have been fighting each other reconcile and rebuild, and ensure guns aren't picked up again? "The context matters--there's no cookie-cutter approach to resolving conflict and reconciliation," says Fredline M'Cormack-Hale, Ph.D., a researcher and more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Feb. 10 (TNSres) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news on Feb. 9, 2023: History Professor Dermot Quinn looks back at 150 Years of American Catholic life in his latest book, Seton Hall University, A History, 1856-2006. Dermot Quinn, D.Phil., professor in the Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences, and the editor of The Chesterton Review, presents a wealth of scholarship through the fascinating lens of the men and women who helped shape an educ more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Feb. 10 (TNSres) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: The University Libraries Research Data Management team presents Seton Hall's 6th Annual Love Data Week, from Monday, February 13th to Friday, February 17th, 2023. This popular week of events was launched to highlight the new direction in academic libraries to find, manage, analyze, and visualize data. These services are critical for enhancing the quality of student coursework, faculty and student rese more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Feb. 7 (TNSbook) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: Population Health Management: this term and its meaning feel familiar and crucial, now that society has learned to live amidst a global pandemic that has disproportionately impacted some populations more than others. "This concept of population health management has become the way forward for the health sector -- it's become mainstream," says Anne Hewitt, an expert and pioneer in the field. "But this more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Feb. 9 (TNSres) -- Princeton University issued the following news: Sidney Lapidus '59 has donated a collection of rare Revolution-era books and publications to Princeton University as part of the Venture Forward campaign, enabling Princeton University Library (PUL) to greatly enrich the Sid Lapidus '59 Collection on Liberty and the American Revolution. The collection includes more than 2,700 original books, atlases, pamphlets, newspapers and magazines relating to human a more PR

GALLOWAY, New Jersey, Feb. 11 (TNSres) -- Stockton University issued the following news: "You want my story?" Elimanuel Aviles-Barreto has been in a coma five times, clinically dead twice, stabbed twice and shot an inch down from his heart -- all of those incidents tied to drug use and life on the streets. His story may be a familiar one for those battling opioid addiction. "It's part of who I am, for better or worse. I don't think I'm a horrible person. I've definitely made some mistakes,"  more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Feb. 11 (TNSawa) -- John Wiley and Sons issued the following news release: The Wiley Foundation is pleased to announce that the 21st annual Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences will be awarded to Michael Welsh, Paul Negulescu, Fredrick Van Goor, and Sabine Hadida for research and development leading to medicines that effectively treat cystic fibrosis by correcting the folding, trafficking, and functioning of the mutated cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator (CFTR). Michael more PR

DAYTON, Ohio, Feb. 8 (TNSres) -- University of Dayton issued the following news: The University of Dayton Research Institute is advancing additive manufacturing technologies to help the Air Force more affordably sustain its fleet, and it also was the perfect solution to help one physical therapist help people walk more safely. John Moore watched a lot of television while recovering from donating a kidney to his mother. The New Jersey-based doctor of physical therapy said he was inundated with  more PR

BASKING RIDGE, New Jersey, Feb. 11 -- Verizon, a communications and technology solutions company, issued the following news release: * * * Awards celebrate accomplishments of partners demonstrating excellence in six categories * * * Verizon is excited to announce the winners of its inaugural 2022 Verizon Partner Network Recognition program, celebrating partners that have gone above and beyond to collaborate, serve customers and deliver results. "We're incredibly proud of our partners and ar more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Feb. 7 -- John Wiley and Sons issued the following news release: Wiley, one of the world's largest publishers and a global leader in research and education, has announced a new collaboration with Thinkers50, the premiere global ranking of management thinkers, to publish a co-branded series of books. Certain Uncertainty: Leading with Agility and Resilience in an Unpredictable World, a contributive work by Thinkers50 compiled by British journalist and management theorist, De more PR

WAYNE, New Jersey, Feb. 8 (TNSfund) -- William Paterson University issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2023: William Paterson University held a ribbon-cutting and naming ceremony on February 7, 2023 for the Martini Family Electronic Resource Center in the David and Lorraine Cheng Library on campus, in recognition of a generous gift from the Nicholas Martini Foundation. Located on the main floor of the Cheng Library, the Martini Family Electronic Resource Center serves as a hub for the more PR