CAMDEN, New Jersey, March 1 -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2023: American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK) announced today that it has commenced a registered underwritten offering of 9,500,000 shares of its common stock. American Water intends to grant the underwriters of the offering a 30-day option to purchase from American Water up to an additional 1,425,000 shares of common stock. The proposed offering is subject to mark more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, March 2 -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release on March 1, 2023: American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK) announced today the pricing of an upsized registered underwritten offering of 11,000,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price per share of $135.50. American Water has granted the underwriters of the offering a 30-day option to purchase from American Water up to an additional 1,650,000 shares of common s more PR

SOMERSET, New Jersey, March 1 (TNSrpt) -- Catalent Inc., a pharma, biotech and consumer health company, issued the following news on Feb. 28, 2023: Catalent, Inc. (NYSE: CTLT), the leader in enabling the development and supply of better treatments for patients worldwide, today published its fourth Corporate Responsibility Report. for its fiscal year 2022, which ended June 30, 2022. The report highlights Catalent's progress against its previously published targets and commitments in the areas of more PR

NORTH BRANCH, New Jersey, Feb. 28 (TNSfund) -- Raritan Valley Community College issued the following news release: Three million dollars in federal money will fund a clean room at Raritan Valley Community College as part of its Workforce Training Center program to train future employees in Central Jersey's growing life sciences manufacturing industry. A clean room is an isolated space with a very low concentration of airborne particles to prevent any possible contamination in scientific resear more PR

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, Feb. 28 (TNStalk) -- Coyne PR issued the following commentary on Feb. 27, 2023: * * * When Will Black People Get Their Day in the (Social Media) Sun By Courtney Moore, Director of Social Media Let's address the elephant in the room: Black influencers and content creators-or those who are Black, Indigenous, or people of color (BIPOC)-do not get as much exposure as white content creators. There. I said it. Anyone who endlessly scrolls on TikTok or Instagram (or any soc more PR

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: Gov. Murphy laid out his "Next New Jersey" budget that builds on the successes of the governor's leadership in office and charts a path of opportunity for all people in the Garden State. Gov. Murphy's budget centers on affordability, responsibility and opportunity. It would give homeowners direct relief on their property taxes, provide the highest level of school funding in state history, and double the chil more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 2 -- The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release on March 1, 2023: The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection is seeking to partner with up to five community-based organizations to continue its award-winning Youth Inclusion Initiative to help youth in overburdened communities become part of the next generation of diverse environmental professionals, Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette announced today. Applicants can more PR

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, March 1 (TNStalk) -- Rowan University issued the following statement on Feb. 28, 2023: * * * We are pleased to announce that Richard T. Jermyn, D.O., has been appointed interim dean of the Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine (Rowan-Virtua SOM). Currently, vice dean of the medical school, Dr. Jermyn will now assume oversight of all academic, research, and clinical affairs at the medical school. Dr. Jermyn is one of those rare individuals who has a breadth of expe more PR

NEW YORK, March 3 (TNSper) -- King and Spalding, a law firm, issued the following news release on March 2, 2023: King & Spalding announced today that Adam Baker has joined the firm's Special Matters and Government Investigations team as a partner in the New York office. Baker most recently served as Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office (USAO) in the District of New Jersey. Baker will focus his practice on guiding healthcare and financial services clients through government and more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Feb. 28 (TNSjou) -- The High Meadows Environmental Institute issued the following news: Getting hit with one hurricane is bad enough, but new research from Princeton Engineering shows that back-to-back versions may become common for many areas in coming decades. Driven by a combination of rising sea levels and climate change, destructive hurricanes and tropical storms could become far more likely to hit coastal areas in quick succession, researchers found. In an article  more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, March 3 (TNSjou) -- The High Meadows Environmental Institute issued the following news: * * * A recent study conducted on coral reefs along the coast of Panama is helping to shed light on how marine species are impacted by an increasingly warming planet. The study uses unprecedented high-frequency data to examine the effects of temperature and oxygen on the species' biological demands and habitat requirements. The results of this study have implications for the diverse m more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 3 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on March 2, 2023: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today that the founder of an Egg Harbor Township charter school and its business administrator were indicted after allegedly structuring an over $100,000 contract so it would be awarded to the school founder's outdoor furniture-making company, which did not fulfill the terms of the deal. Peter Caporilli, 59, of Absecon, more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 4 -- The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release: New Jersey Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette today announced the launch of NJ-TAP, a groundbreaking initiative providing enhanced technical assistance to help disadvantaged communities provide safe and reliable drinking water to residents. NJ-TAP (New Jersey Technical Assistance Program) will prioritize aid to communities identified as disadvantaged o more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, March 4 -- New Jersey American Water, a subsidiary of American Water, issued the following news release: Beginning next week and into the fall months, New Jersey American Water will perform the annual flushing of its water distribution system to support the continued provision of high-quality, reliable water service to its customers. "Flushing our system helps to clean out any mineral deposits or sediment that may have built up over time inside the pipes," stated Thomas Shr more PR

HAMILTON, New Jersey, March 2 (TNStalk) -- The New Jersey Public Charter Schools Association issued the following statement on March 1, 2023: * * * Harry Lee, President and CEO of the New Jersey Public Charter School Association issued the following statement reacting to Governor Phillip Murphy's FY 2024 budget address. "We applaud Governor Murphy's unprecedented commitment to education funding. Beyond the tremendous investment in school formula aid, his dedication to high dosage tutoring, an more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 2 -- The New Jersey Office of the Secretary of Higher Education issued the following news release: Yesterday, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy outlined his spending proposal for the Fiscal Year 2024 (FY2024). The proposal includes $134 million to build on New Jersey's commitment to improving higher education access and affordability through the New Jersey College Promise and expands outcomes-based allocation funding for institutions that achieve successful results for  more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 1 -- The New Jersey Democratic State Committee issued the following statement on Feb. 28, 2023: * * * On Tuesday, Governor Phil Murphy announced his Fiscal Year 2024 budget proposal, which includes renewing the historic ANCHOR property-tax relief program, making another full pension payment, investing in public schools, and strengthening the middle class. New Jersey Democratic State Committee Chairman LeRoy J. Jones Jr. is releasing the following statement. "Six yea more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, March 2 (TNSres) -- Princeton University issued the following news on March 1, 2023: * * * At the northern and southern tips of our planet are tiny bubbles of air trapped for millions of years within polar ice. These microscopic time capsules hold a record of Earth's atmosphere -- and thus its climate history. * * * "Ice is time, crystalized," said Princeton environmentalist Anne McClintock. "Ice is the custodian of deep time, sealing the past in its frozen crypts. Ice more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, March 1 (TNSjou) -- Princeton University issued the following news: * * * The havoc that viruses wreak in personal health and civic life is completely out of proportion to their size. How can something so small -- a microscopic bundle of protein and nucleic acids -- be so destructive? * * * In a paper published Feb. 28 in the journal eLife, a team of researchers headed by Princeton's Alexander Ploss settle a debate about a key protein in hepatitis E (Hep E), which coul more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, March 4 (TNSres) -- Princeton University issued the following news: * * * Autumn Womack was not a big reader growing up. But she was assigned a book for English her junior year at Central High School in Philadelphia that she couldn't put down. She read it after school, waiting for her best friend to finish her piano lessons at Settlement Music School. She read it every night before bed. It was Toni Morrison's "Song of Solomon." * * * She had read "The Iliad" and "The O more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, March 2 (TNSjou) -- Princeton University issued the following news on March 1, 2023: * * * Getting hit with one hurricane is bad enough, but new research from Princeton Engineering shows that back-to-back versions may become common for many areas in coming decades. * * * Driven by a combination of rising sea levels and climate change, destructive hurricanes and tropical storms could become far more likely to hit coastal areas in quick succession, researchers found. In  more PR

NORTH BRANCH, New Jersey, March 2 (TNSres) -- Raritan Valley Community College issued the following news release: The Institute of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Raritan Valley Community College will host a virtual book launch with author Jennifer Rosner, Friday, March 24, from 10-11 a.m. A National Jewish Book Award Finalist and author of The Yellow Bird Sings, Jennifer Rosner has written a novel based on the true stories of children stolen in the wake of World War II. Rosner will talk abo more PR

NORTH BRANCH, New Jersey, March 2 (TNSpro) -- Raritan Valley Community College issued the following news release: Raritan Valley Community College's Workforce Training Center is launching a new solar training bootcamp for aspiring Photovoltaic (PV) Associates. The eight-day, intensive program will be held weekdays, March 29-April 7, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Classes will be held in the Workforce Training Center at the College's Branchburg campus. The Solar PV Associate training bootcamp is designed t more PR

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, March 3 (TNSfund) -- Rowan University issued the following news: With support from a $1 million TD Ready Challenge grant from TD Bank Group, Rowan University and its partners are establishing a new Green Jobs Academy to prepare workers with required industry credentials for jobs in offshore wind and solar power. The TD Ready Challenge grant program is an annual, competitive, North American initiative that seeks to support nonprofit and charitable organizations developin more PR

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, Feb. 28 (TNSpp) -- Rowan University issued the following news on Feb. 27, 2023: News Media Literacy, a new class at Rowan University, helps students parse online truths from falsehoods, avoid the traps of conspiracy theories and better understand how today's news media work. Developed by Nick DiUlio, a journalism lecturer in Rowan's Ric Edelman College of Communication & Creative Arts, and Dr. Emil Steiner, an assistant professor of Journalism and coordinator of the coll more PR

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, March 3 (TNSper) -- Rowan University issued the following news: The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) has named Dr. Monika Williams Shealey, Rowan University's senior vice president for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, chair of the organization's board of directors. A post on the web site EdPrepMatters published by the AACTE said Shealey will serve as board chair for one year. Her service to the AACTE comes during its 75th anniversary year and  more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, March 4 (TNSawa) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Partho P. Sengupta, a Henry Rutgers Professor of Cardiology and chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Hypertension at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, has been selected by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) as its 2023 Gifted Educator Award honoree. The ACC award is given to a fellow of the nonprofit medical association who has demonstrated innovative, outstanding teachi more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, March 4 (TNSpp) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Marking one month since the devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake destroyed parts of Turkey (also known as Turkiye) and Syria, Rutgers students, faculty and staff are planning a vigil in honor of the more than 50,000 killed and 70,000 injured and to call attention to the ongoing crisis. The vigil is scheduled from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Sunday in The Yard at College Avenue as Rutgers joins universities a more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Feb. 28 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Machine learning can be used to help clinicians with early diagnosis * * * Researchers may be able to predict cardiovascular disease - such as arterial fibrillation and heart failure - in patients by using artificial intelligence (AI) to examine the genes in their DNA, according to a new Rutgers study. "With the successful execution of our model, we predicted the association of highly signific more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, March 1 (TNStalk) -- Rutgers University issued the following Q&A on Feb. 27, 2023, with Carol Byrd-Bredbenner, distinguished professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences: * * * Carol Byrd-Bredbenner, a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, is one of 20 nationally recognized experts appointed to the 2025 Dietary Guid more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, March 2 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Rutgers researchers found that talking with retailers was associated with increased use of locks * * * Although cable locks - commonly distributed to prevent firearm injury and death - are included in many legal firearm purchases, research shows firearm owners rarely prefer or use these devices. But a Rutgers study published in Injury Epidemiology found that gun owners who were told about cabl more PR

NEWARK, New Jersey, March 3 (TNSfund) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Rutgers-Newark has been awarded a $2.8 million grant to increase digital equity in the city of Newark and on campus, part of a federal program that was announced by Vice President Kamala Harris this week. It was one of 93 universities chosen by the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration for its Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program. The department awarded  more PR

NEWARK, New Jersey, March 2 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: A Rutgers University-Newark report-one of the first to detail the educational impacts of segregation in New Jersey-found that in schools segregated by race and class, there are fewer guidance counselors, higher student teacher ratios and fewer high-level courses than in other schools. The most recent report, by the Joseph C. Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies at Rutgers-Newark, found that statewide seg more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, March 1 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news on Feb. 28, 2023: * * * Mood, metabolism and self-medication might explain use patterns among this population, according to Rutgers research * * * Americans are drinking more caffeinated beverages than ever before, but Rutgers researchers found one group that tops the charts in caffeine consumption: adult smokers with mental illness. In a study published in the journal Psychiatry Research, Jill M. Wi more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Feb. 28 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Nanoscale plastic particles like those that permeate most food and water pass from pregnant rats to their unborn children and may impair fetal development, according to a Rutgers study that suggests the same process happens in humans. "Much remains unknown, but this is certainly cause for concern and follow-up study," said Philip Demokritou, the Henry Rutgers Chair and professor in nanoscience and envi more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, March 3 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Rutgers researchers found that gun safes are the most frequently used type of lock * * * Most firearm owners keep at least one firearm unlocked, with some viewing gun locks as an unnecessary obstacle to quick access in an emergency, according to a Rutgers study. But when they do lock their firearms, Rutgers researchers found that firearm owners are most likely to use gun safes. In a study publ more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, March 3 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Four teams will use new data linkages to tackle some of the state's most pressing issues, such as postpartum depression, the opioid epidemic, COVID-19, and birth and mental health outcomes * * * The governing board of the New Jersey Integrated Population Health Data (iPHD) project approved pilot funding and the release of data for four research proposals in its inaugural application cycle. The  more PR

NORTH BRANCH, New Jersey, March 4 (TNSpro) -- Raritan Valley Community College issued the following news release: Raritan Valley Community College will launch a new Adult Learners' College this fall to help older students fulfill their personal or career goals. The Adult Learners' College is geared for students age 25 and older who are looking to begin or complete their college degree, explore a new career path, gain additional training, get a promotion at work, be the first member of their fa more PR

MORRISTOWN, New Jersey, March 1 (TNSper) -- Saint Elizabeth University issued the following news: Saint Elizabeth University (SEU) has announced the appointment of Glen Cook as its first head esports coach. Cook brings more than 15 years of experience in competitive gaming to Morristown, including playing, coaching, recruiting, and event management at the national and international level. Outside of esports, his professional experiences lie in student success and support as a former member of  more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, March 4 (TNSres) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news on March 3, 2023: * * * More Than 50 percent of U.S. Say Sports Betting Should Be Legal Fans Say Announcers Should Be Mum On Odds During Games 'Too Many Sports Betting Ads During Games' Says Majority of Fans * * * The proliferation of legal sports betting in the United States (along with the commercials that accompany it), has led to an uptick in public acceptance for sports betting - and particip more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 3 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following statement on March 2, 2023: * * * "Overnight a member of the New Jersey State Police was shot while he was working to keep the residents of Paterson safe from the very same violence of which he is now a victim. "My office and the entire New Jersey State Police family is keeping our trooper and his family in our thoughts and prayers as he receives treatment for his injuries today and we will con more PR

GALLOWAY, New Jersey, March 4 (TNSper) -- Stockton University issued the following news: Dr. Joe Bertolino will become the next president of Stockton University on July 1, 2023. The university's Board of Trustees appointed Bertolino at a special meeting Friday, following a national search. "I am keenly aware of the challenges facing higher education - especially public regional institutions. I can say with confidence that Stockton is facing those challenges head on and will continue to thrive, more PR

GALLOWAY, New Jersey, March 3 (TNSres) -- Stockton University issued the following news: The study of polio, AIDS, tuberculosis, and even COVID-19 treatments and vaccines all have one thing in common -- the use of an unwitting woman's cells that doubled and tripled in size, providing researchers with the perfect test subject. The cells not only provided multiple blank slates for medical professionals to test different medicines, but how the cells were taken demonstrated the lack of care or inf more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 2 (TNSpp) -- Thomas Edison State University issued the following news release: Roxbury High School students pursuing hands-on training in the building trades no longer find themselves at a fork in the road when they graduate. Ongoing synergies between Thomas Edison State University (TESU) and skilled trade organizations guarantee that they have the best of both worlds. By leveraging TESU's Professional Learning Reviews (PLR) in assessing the pre-apprenticeship Career more PR

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, March 1 (TNSfund) -- Rowan University issued the following news: Many students benefit from going to community college first, but transferring from a two-year to a four-year college can be fraught with problems. With a six-year, $470,666 grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Inclusive Excellence 3 (IE3) initiative, Rowan University is part of a larger collaboration investigating ways to build genuine partnerships between two-year and four-year institutions. "T more PR