SACRAMENTO, California, March 15 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, posted the following news release and letter on March 14, 2023: California Governor Gavin Newsom, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, Maine Governor Janet Mills, Maryland Governor Wes Moore, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, New York Governor Kathy Hochul, North Carolina Governor Roy Coope more PR

OLYMPIA, Washington, March 16 -- Gov. Jay Inslee, D-Washington, posted the following news release and letter on March 14, 2023: California Governor Gavin Newsom, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, Maine Governor Janet Mills, Maryland Governor Wes Moore, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, New York Governor Kathy Hochul, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, Or more PR

NEWARK, New Jersey, March 18 (TNStalk) -- Rutgers University issued the following statement on March 17, 2023, by Chancellor Nancy Cantor: * * * The Rutgers-Newark community joins Newarkers and New Jerseyans in profound sadness at the loss of one of the greatest champions of justice our university, our city, and our state have ever known, former State Senator Ron Rice. I truly can't think of an alum more emblematic of our institution and what we stand for than him. We are an anchor institutio more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 14 (TNSrpt) -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today issued a statewide law enforcement directive to ensure that sexual assault survivors have access to the medical, investigative, and supportive services they need and deserve, and that evidence collected in sexual assault cases is preserved and processed in a victim-centered and efficient manner. Attorney General Law Enforcement Di more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 17 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on March 16, 2023: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today led a coalition of Attorneys General from across the nation in condemning four of the world's largest credit card companies --Visa, American Express, Mastercard, and Discover -- for walking back their commitment to implement a new merchant code for gun sales that would help prevent mass shootings and curb gun violence. In more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, March 17 (TNSpar) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: A new center designed to educate the current and next generation of transportation leaders to be resilient to challenges of the 21st century has been established at Rutgers through a partnership with two industry leaders. Leaders of the Rutgers Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT) are partnering with NJ Transit and the Union Internationale des Transports Publics (UITP) to creat more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 16 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on March 15, 2023: The Attorney General's Office today released new information in the March 10, 2023 fatal officer-involved shooting in Deptford in which an officer was also injured. The civilian who died during the encounter was previously identified as Mitchell Negron Jr., 24, of Deptford. The injured officer has been identified as Officer Robert Shisler of the Deptford Police D more PR

PARAMUS, New Jersey, March 16 (TNSpro) -- Bergen Community College issued the following news release: Bergen Community College has launched multiple programs that will provide students with the opportunity to gain a foothold in the burgeoning cannabis industry. Financial research firm Morningstar, Inc. pegs cannabis as a $10 billion industry in the U.S. with the potential to rise exponentially in the coming decades as more states legalize the growth, use and sale of the plant and its derivative more PR

SOMERSET, New Jersey, March 17 (TNSres) -- Catalent Inc., a pharma, biotech and consumer health company, issued the following news on March 16, 2023: Catalent, the leader in enabling the development and supply of better treatments for patients worldwide, and Bhami Research Laboratory (BRL), today announced a licensing agreement that will provide Catalent with access to BRL's formulation technology to help enable the subcutaneous delivery of high-concentration biologic therapies. Under the term more PR

SOMERSET, New Jersey, March 16 -- Catalent Inc., a pharma, biotech and consumer health company, issued the following news on March 15, 2023: Catalent, the leader in enabling the development and supply of better treatments for patients worldwide, and Grunenthal, an international science-driven pharmaceutical company and a global leader in pain research and management, today announced their successful formulation design and clinical-phase manufacturing collaboration for an orally dosed small mole more PR

FREEHOLD, New Jersey, March 14 -- CentraState Healthcare System issued the following news: CentraState Healthcare System is pleased to announce The Manor Health and Rehabilitation Center has been recognized as a 2022 Bronze Antimicrobial Stewardship Recognition Program award recipient by the New Jersey Department of Health. "The health and safety of our residents is always our top priority," said Toni Lynn Davis, Administrator, The Manor. "We strive for excellence in providing the safest envir more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 17 -- The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it will award $3 million for New Jersey to plan innovative strategies to cut climate pollution and build clean energy economies across the state. Earlier this month, EPA announced the availability of the funds, which represent the first funding going to states, local governments, Tribes, and territories from the Climat more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, March 15 (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  more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, March 17 (TNSfund) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: Al Frungillo, chair of premier food services company Gourmet Dining, LLC, announced a family donation of $1 million to help fund the future construction of an athletics practice facility at Seton Hall University. The Frungillo family gift will help Seton Hall complete the next step in its 10-year master plan to enhance facilities for all students and athletics programs. The expansion of the recreat more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 16 -- The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release: In consultation with NOAA Fisheries, the lead federal agency responsible for evaluating potential impacts to marine life and habitats from human activities in federal waters, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has been monitoring an unusual humpback whale mortality event that has been affecting Atlantic coast states since January 2016. In January of this year,  more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, March 17 (TNSres) -- Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs issued the following news: As the School of Public and International Affairs works to continue expanding its footprint in Washington, D.C., its Liechtenstein Institute (LI) recently brought 14 students to the nation's capital for a day and a half of meetings with leaders from the public, private, and civil society sectors. The Institute's International Policy Associates - a select grou more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, March 15 (TNSfund) -- Princeton University issued the following news: * * * Princeton University will contribute more than $14.6 million to Princeton Public Schools over the next five years. The annual voluntary contributions will exceed the amount the schools received from voluntary property tax payments the University made in previous years. * * * For decades, the University has voluntarily paid taxes on properties that were eligible for exemption from taxes under st more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, March 17 (TNSjou) -- Princeton University issued the following news: In late 2021, Salvatore Torquato, on sabbatical from the Department of Chemistry, reached across the aisle as it were and invited a young astrophysicist at the Institute for Advanced Study to apply the tools of statistical mechanics to his own work on the distribution of galaxies. The astrophysicist, Oliver Philcox, now a postdoc at the Simons Foundation, was intrigued. A year-long collaboration ensued. more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, March 16 (TNSres) -- Princeton University issued the following news on March 15, 2023: * * * Two Princeton professors, Jeanne Altmann and Peter Singer, have been awarded 2023 Frontiers of Knowledge Awards by the BBVA Foundation. The awards recognize basic research and creative work worldwide that significantly enlarges the stock of knowledge in a discipline, opens up new fields, or builds bridges between disciplinary areas. * * * Altmann, Princeton's Eugene Higgins Pro more PR

LAWRENCEVILLE, New Jersey, March 15 (TNSper) -- Rider University issued the following news release: Dr. David Aderhold '02 was one of 23 people appointed by Gov. Phil Murphy to a task force charged with recommending potential solutions to staffing shortages in New Jersey's public schools. The Task Force for Public School Staffing Shortages in New Jersey was formed in December 2022 and submitted its initial recommendations in February, some of which were included in the governor's budget propo more PR

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, March 17 (TNSfund) -- Rowan University issued the following news: Together, Rowan University and the Justamere Foundation are making it easier for students to earn their bachelor's degree through the University's 3 + 1 degree completion program. To ensure students have the resources necessary, the Justamere Foundation has provided $100,000 to support scholarships for students in nursing and law and justice studies programs. Rowan University, in collaboration with Rowan C more PR

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, March 16 (TNSjou) -- Rowan University issued the following news: A team of researchers from Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine (Rowan-Virtua SOM) and Durin Technologies, Inc., have announced the results of a newly-designed blood test that can detect the presence of Alzheimer's disease-related pathology up to 10 years before symptoms arise with a nearly 97 percent accuracy rate. Their findings appear online ahead of press in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. Th more PR

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, March 14 (TNSfund) -- Rowan University issued the following news: Funding for Rowan University's Rohrer New Venture Competition (NVC) expands this year with a top prize of $30,000, the most ever awarded to a Rowan student start-up. Held each April, the NVC encourages entrepreneurial start-ups across the University and awards winners with capital funding to help launch their business. With the additional equity investment from the Rowan Innovation Venture Fund (RIVF), fi more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, March 17 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Rutgers University-Camden researcher explains political implications of Irish cuisine * * * On St. Patrick's Day, the whole world seemingly turns green as revelers everywhere savor the holiday with Irish food and drink. But aside from pleasing the palate, traditional Irish meals, known for their sparse, simple, and inexpensive ingredients, and "Americanized" staples, such as the ubiquitous co more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, March 17 (TNStalk)(TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following Q&A on March 15, 2023, with Maya Ramagopal, associate professor at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School: * * * March 17 marks World Sleep Day, an annual call to action from the World Sleep Society to spread awareness of the need to get sufficient sleep to stay healthy. Maya Ramagopal, an associate professor at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and sleep medicine expert, discusses the im more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, March 16 (TNStalk) -- Rutgers University issued the following Q&A on March 15, 2023, with Virteeka Sinha, assistant professor of emergency medicine, and assistant professor Timothy Satty, both of the New Jersey Medical School: * * * A 10-year-old boy on the baseball diamond goes into cardiac arrest while rounding the bases. A middle schooler falls unresponsive to the floor while sitting in class. A high school football player collapses after being struck in the chest more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, March 17 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Rutgers study finds detection tools used for at-risk adults fail to predict the neurological disorder in young patients * * * Criteria used by neurologists to assess for multiple sclerosis (MS) in adults may fail to identify the illness in children with imaging suspicious for the disease, an oversight that could delay treatment of the disease at its earliest stages, according to a Rutgers stud more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, March 14 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Researchers surveyed 3,510 English-speaking adults living in five states as part of a Rutgers study * * * Health care providers rarely ask patients if they have access to firearms in their home - a question that could diminish the risk of serious injury or death and encourage conversations about secure firearm storage, according to a Rutgers study. However, according to a study in Preventive  more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, March 18 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Recently incarcerated people trust working with someone with a shared life experience * * * Recently incarcerated people with opioid use disorder have trust in working with peer support specialists who recovered from addiction and faced similar life experiences, according to a Rutgers study. The study, published in the journal Psychiatric Services, found that peer support specialists were mos more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, March 14 (TNSpp) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: The Department of Catholic Studies and the G. K. Chesterton Institute for Faith and Culture proudly present "Bergoglio's (Reading) List: The Importance of Literature in Pope Francis' Pastoral and Political Vision." This event will take place on Wednesday, April 12 at 2 p.m. in the Beck Rooms (ground floor of Walsh Library). Join us for this lecture by our distinguished guest-speaker Father Antonio Spa more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, March 16 (TNSpro) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: For those seeking to recognize the early signs and risks of mental illness, the College of Nursing is offering a Youth Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Certification Program this May. The First Aid course teaches participants how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illness and substance use disorders in youth, ages six to 18 years old. This training gives participants the skills the more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, March 14 (TNSawa) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: Assistant Professor of Communication Madison Krall, Ph.D. received the Joanna Ploeger Memorial Essay Award for the Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and Medicine (ARSTM) for the National Communication Association (NCA) in New Orleans. Jon Radwan, Ph.D., director of the Institute for Communication and Religion, who also attended the conference in New Orleans, said that the event i more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, March 16 (TNSres) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news on March 15, 2023: Jasmine DeLeon '24, is majoring in diplomacy and international relations and minoring in Catholic studies, journalism, and Asian studies. As a researcher in the DiploLab, a collaborative space where undergraduate students can explore their interests in international affairs, DeLeon coded separatist interactions happening in the Western Sahara and the Kurdistan region of Iraq. In th more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, March 14 (TNSres) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: The Department of Religion is pleased to announce the fifth annual Rev. John M. Ballweg '52 Religion and Theology Undergraduate Essay Contest. The Department of Religion seeks exceptional undergraduate student papers that explore a cultural, social, or ethical issue from a religious or theological perspective. All undergraduates are invited to submit a paper for this prize. Papers written for a cours more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, March 14 (TNSpro) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news on March 13, 2023: Cybersecurity operations impact an increasing number of systematic business processes and organizations are relying heavily upon a remote workforce in substantially larger numbers. That's why the new Cybersecurity for Professionals in National Security and Corporate Intelligence course, offered by Seton Hall's School of Diplomacy and International Relations, is designed to make cybe more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, March 17 (TNSres) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: Donovan Sherman, Ph.D., a prolific author and literary theorist with a research focus on Shakespeare, says that an English degree -- especially a master's in English -- is the type of education you can use to add value to any career you pursue. "Every employer needs people with strong critical thinking and writing skills," he says. Sherman, an associate professor and the director of graduate studie more PR

GALLOWAY, New Jersey, March 15 (TNSres) -- Stockton University issued the following news: Stephen Nagiewicz, an adjunct instructor of Marine Science at Stockton University, tucked a sketch of a shipwreck between the pages of a logbook for safe keeping. He knew the amber flasks poking up like gravestones on the seafloor were all that remained of a story worth telling, but how the details of the crew and mission would be uncovered was still a mystery. Thirty-five years later, he got a phone cal more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 15 (TNSres) -- Thomas Edison State University issued the following news release on March 14, 2023: As workplace trends continue to evolve in the nearly three years from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, more employees find themselves contemplating career change. Whether it's because of forced layoffs, changes in economic headwinds or a desire to begin or maintain remote work, nearly 4.1 million employees quit a job in 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Stat more PR