PRINCETON, New Jersey, Feb. 14 (TNSres) -- Princeton University issued the following news: * * * A pair of grants from the Offices of the Provost and the Dean for Research (DfR) will transform materials science, synthesis, catalysis and chemical biology research across campus through the acquisition of a powerful new Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy tool and an extensive facility upgrade, headed for the Department of Chemistry. * * * The tools will be funded through the Transfor more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 16 -- New Jersey Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on Feb. 15, 2023: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced that the Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission (the "Commission" or "LGCCC") has banned Christine Strothers from holding Amusement Games Licenses ("AGLs") for ten years. Strothers operated amusement games at numerous locations along the boardwalk in Wildwood and North Wildwood, NJ. She also received a more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 18 -- New Jersey Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today that the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) has issued findings of probable cause in six cases and has issued consent decrees in another two cases, all of which involve alleged violations of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination's prohibition against housing discrimination based on source of lawful income. All eight cases i more PR

FORT LEE, New Jersey, Feb. 14 -- New Jersey Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: The Attorney General's Office is investigating a fatal police-involved shooting that occurred on February 4, 2023 in Fort Lee, N.J. Mohamed Bounaouar, 42, of Las Vegas, N.V., sustained fatal injuries during the incident. According to the preliminary information, members of the Fort Lee Police Department responded to a 9-1-1 call regarding a residence on John Street, in Fort more PR

LAWRENCEVILLE, New Jersey, Feb. 14 (TNSfund) -- Rider University issued the following news release: Rider University has received a $2.35 million gift through a trust established by James H. McGordy '39 and Elsie Varga '39. The gift will endow a scholarship benefiting commuter students within the College of Education and Human Services. It will also partially fund a $2,000 annual scholarship for eligible incoming first year and transfer undergraduate education majors, beginning in fall 2023. T more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Feb. 17 -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2023: The American Water Charitable Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization established by American Water, the largest publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company, announced today that it awarded a combined total of $375,000 to 25 organizations in 11 states across the U.S., supporting communities served by American Water through the 2022 STEM (science, technolo more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Feb. 16 (TNSres) -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release on Feb. 15, 2023: American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK) today reported earnings of $0.81 per share for the fourth quarter 2022 compared to $3.55 per share in 2021, and full year earnings in 2022 of $4.51 per share compared to $6.95 per share in 2021. Fourth quarter and full year 2021 results included a gain of $2.70 per share, which reflected the completion of the s more PR

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, Feb. 10 (TNSpconf) -- Rowan University issued the following news: In recent years, several incidents at Rowan University raised questions about how the law applies to crimes and incidents related to bias against people of protected classes including race, religion and sexual orientation. There is no place for hate at Rowan University, or anywhere else, and as part of an ongoing effort to help stamp out hateful speech, incidents and actions, the Division of Diversity, Equ more PR

SOMERSET, New Jersey, Feb. 14 (TNSper) -- Catalent Inc., a pharma, biotech and consumer health company, issued the following news on Feb. 13, 2023: Catalent, Inc. (NYSE: CTLT), the leader in enabling the development and supply of better treatments for patients worldwide, today announced the appointment of Joseph A. Ferraro as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, and Secretary. Mr. Ferraro will be responsible for managing Catalent's global legal and compliance operat more PR

SOMERSET, New Jersey, Feb. 15 -- Catalent Inc., a pharma, biotech and consumer health company, issued the following news on Feb. 14, 2023: Catalent, the leader in enabling the development and supply of better treatments for patients worldwide, today announced the completion of a $2.2 million expansion to its clinical supply facility in Singapore, which has seen the site's footprint increase to 31,000 square feet creating the space to install an additional 35 new freezers for ultra-low temperatu more PR

HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, Feb. 16 (TNSres) -- Centenary University issued the following news release: * * * Asynchronous program combines the flexibility of online learning with optional on-campus benefits including in-person mentoring and research collaboration with faculty. * * * Centenary University has introduced an accelerated psychology degree program designed to provide the flexibility of online learning with optional on-campus benefits, including the opportunity for in-person faculty more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 14 (TNSper) -- Constangy, Brooks, Smith and Prophete, a law firm, issued the following news release: National labor and employment law firm Constangy, Brooks, Smith and Prophete, LLP is pleased to announce Ben Widener has joined the firm as a partner, working jointly in the Princeton, New Jersey, and Philadelphia offices. Widener joins Constangy from Stark & Stark, where he was a partner and chairman of the Employment Law Group. "We're delighted to welcome Ben to the fir more PR

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, Feb. 15 (TNStalk) -- Coyne PR issued the following commentary on Feb. 14, 2023: * * * I've Been Married For 10 Years, But I've Been Actively Dating The Entire Time ... By Rena Odette, Vice President After all, a PR career requires strong courting skills, from making the perfect first impression to building long-term committed relationships. As a 21-year-old fresh out of college, I was surprised when on day three of my first PR job, a superior asked me if I had been i more PR

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, Feb. 16 (TNStalk) -- Coyne PR issued the following commentary on Feb. 15, 2023: * * * Open Your Mind to the Latest Research on Creativity By Kevin Lamb, Senior Vice President In this blog post by Coyne SVP and resident creativity guru Kevin Lamb, he looks at what the latest research says about creative thinking and shares tips on how you can use it to spark ingenious solutions for your projects. While I'm perpetually enamored with the creative journey and ideas, I've more PR

ORLANDO, Florida, Feb. 17 (TNSper) -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: James J. DeCarlo, a shareholder in the Orlando and New Jersey offices of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, P.A., has been elected as a member of the Orlando Science Center (OSC) board of trustees. He will serve on the board for a three-year term. OSC is an award-winning, hands-on science museum in Central Florida. The center hosts exhibit halls, labs and workshops, theaters, an observatory, more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 14 -- The New Jersey Department of Education issued the following news release: Governor Phil Murphy today announced the expansion of Advanced Placement (AP) African American Studies classes in New Jersey during a visit to Science Park High School with Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka during Black History Month. The AP African American Studies class, which is currently in its first stage of a two-year pilot program across the country, will be taught in 26 New Jersey high sch more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Feb. 14 -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2023: New Jersey American Water announced today it has signed an agreement to acquire the wastewater collection system of the Borough of Somerville, N.J. for $7 million. This municipally owned system serves approximately 3,800 customers, most of whom already receive water service from New Jersey American Water. The agreement follows a voter referendum that took place in N more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 16 -- The New Jersey Department of Education issued the following news release on Feb. 15, 2023: The New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) today announced the availability of $4.5 million in state grants to fund locally focused climate change education in New Jersey schools. The "Climate Awareness Education: Implementing the NJSLS for Climate Change" grants will help schools meet New Jersey's first-in-the-nation climate-change standards. In 2020, climate change w more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Feb. 14 (TNSpar) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: Seton Hall's Division of Continuing Education and Professional Studies has recently partnered with UPCEA, the leading association for professional, continuing and online (PCO) education. The association serves its members and advances leadership in PCO education with innovative conferences and specialty events, research and benchmarking information, professional networking opportunities, free custom  more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Feb. 14 (TNSres) -- Princeton University issued the following news: * * * NASA's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission, led by Princeton's David McComas, recently crossed a vital threshold. On Jan. 27, NASA officials reviewed all aspects of the mission design and approved the mission to continue toward launch, currently scheduled for 2025. * * * This was the culmination of a string of individual "critical design reviews" conducted for all the instr more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Feb. 17 (TNSres) -- Princeton University issued the following news: Mathematician Ludovic Tangpi has been awarded the third annual AMS Claytor-Gilmer Fellowship. The year-long fellowship was established to further excellence in mathematics research and to help generate wider and sustained participation by Black mathematicians. Tangpi, an assistant professor in Princeton University's Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering, earned his first degree in m more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Feb. 16 (TNSres) -- Princeton University issued the following news: * * * The Sloan Foundation has announced that six Princeton professors -- Shane Campbell-Staton, Felix Heide, John Jimah, Anirudha Majumdar, Mikkel Plagborg-Moller and Sanfeng Wu -- have been selected as 2023 Sloan Research Fellows. * * * "Sloan Research Fellows are shining examples of innovative and impactful research," said Adam Falk, president of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. "We are thrilled to s more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Feb. 18 (TNSres) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: The Teaching, Learning & Technology Roundtable's Mobile Computing Committee invites students and faculty to participate in an important survey designed to collect feedback on satisfaction and experiences with the technology offered at Seton Hall University. Results from these surveys will provide a better understanding of the evolving needs of the University's constituents and help to steer the future more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Feb. 14 (TNStalk) -- Rutgers University issued the following Q&A on Feb. 13, 2023, with Husam Najm, professor of civil and environmental engineering in the School of Engineering: * * * A rare 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck south-central Turkey near the Syrian border has claimed more than 36,000 lives and raised questions about whether the death toll could have been mitigated. Within 11 minutes, a magnitude 6.7 aftershock convulsed a region 60 miles north. Sci more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Feb. 15 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * A routine test at birth can now be turned into a screener for neurodevelopmental differences inclusive of autism, say Rutgers researchers * * * Brain-wave data collected during a hearing test routinely given to newborns could help clinicians spot neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism in early infancy, according to a new Rutgers-led study. Researchers found that newborns who later receive more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Feb. 18 (TNSpp) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: At a financially challenging time filled equally with promise and opportunity, Rutgers University will be taking steps to eliminate a $125 million budget deficit over the next three years by reducing administrative costs and increasing revenues in various ways, President Jonathan Holloway said in his second annual budget address to the University Senate. "We need multi-year solutions and structural refo more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Feb. 17 (TNStalk)(TNSbook) -- Rutgers University issued the following Q&A on Feb. 16, 2023, by Azzan Yadin-Israel, professor of Jewish studies and classics in the School of Arts and Sciences: * * * An attention-grabbing Super Bowl ad looked at what would have happened if Adam and Eve ate an avocado instead of an apple. Although a spoof, the Bible never actually specifies what Adam and Eve ate in the Garden of Eden. Then how did the apple become the dominant symbol of more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Feb. 18 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Rutgers scientists develop testing model to enhance understanding of a condition known as "third window syndrome" * * * To patients of P. Ashley Wackym, a surgical otologist-neurotologist at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, a diagnosis of superior semicircular canal dehiscence (SSCD) can feel like a death sentence. SSCD, a type of "third window syndrome," is caused by an abnormal th more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Feb. 14 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Rutgers food scientist uses 3D printing to introduce the first in a line of what he calls "functional foods" * * * A Rutgers scientist has developed a formulation of low-fat chocolate that can be printed on a 3D printer in pretty much any shape a person can conceive, including a heart. The work heralds what the researcher hopes will be a new line of "functional foods" - edibles specially desig more PR

RUTHERFORD, New Jersey, Feb. 18 (TNSconf) -- Felician University issued the following news release: As Felician University prepares for its third Felician Autism Collaboration in Teaching (FACT) Conference in March 2023, School of Education Dean, Dr. Stephanie McGowan looks forward to a successful conference. Chaired since its inception by Dr. John Burke, Executive Director of I-CAdRE, Felician University's International Center for Autism and disabilities Research in Education, this year two  more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Feb. 14 (TNSres) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: The Stillman School's Department of Management research team has launched the 2023 edition of its annual, IRB-approved "The Future of Leadership Survey: Insight and Foresight About the Future of Leadership from the Leaders of the Future." The research team is proud to be going global with the 2023 Survey. In addition to Seton Hall University students and alumni, the survey is being distributed to th more PR

GALLOWAY, New Jersey, Feb. 18 (TNSres) -- Stockton University issued the following news: Police-community relations remain at the forefront of important discussions, news headlines and research. Stockton has partnered with local police departments through a U.S. Department of Justice $702,956 grant, and data is now being collected to examine and raise awareness about this topic. The EPJETS project (Enhancing Procedural-Justness of Encounters Through Substantiation) is an initiative with the U more PR

BASKING RIDGE, New Jersey, Feb. 16 -- Verizon, a communications and technology solutions company, issued the following news release: * * * In the aftermath of the catastrophic earthquakes, the company pledges $100,000 to organizations providing humanitarian relief in the region * * * Two powerful earthquakes followed by countless aftershocks have left thousands of families in Turkiye and Syria without shelter in the bitter cold. To help the people affected by this crisis, Verizon Foundation  more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Feb. 16 -- West Virginia American Water, a subsidiary of American Water, issued the following news release on Feb. 15, 2023: West Virginia American Water announced today that the alternate intake on the Guyandotte River is now fully operational and currently supplying all the water to its Huntington Water Treatment Plant. This precautionary measure follows a chemical release impacting the Ohio River due to a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. The company implemented i more PR