NORTH BRANCH, New Jersey, June 15 (TNSfund) -- Raritan Valley Community College Foundation issued the following news release: The RVCC Foundation raised over $135,000 at the 19th Annual RVCC Foundation Golf Classic, held June 8 at the Stanton Ridge Golf & Country Club in Whitehouse Station. The RVCC Foundation is the fundraising arm of Raritan Valley Community College. It provides the resources that enable the College to enhance its programs beyond public and tuition sources and to maintain it  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, June 15 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on June 14, 2023: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today issued two firearms-related directives to law enforcement. The first is a directive aimed at collecting anonymous information on processed permit to carry handgun applications in order to guide data-driven policymaking and resource allocation, as well as publicly provide information that is in the public's interest, followin  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 17 (TNStalk) -- The Business Network for Offshore Wind, an organization that expands the adoption of offshore wind energy, issued the following statement on June 16, 2023: * * * Governor Healey of Massachusetts announced today that New England states, New York, and New Jersey have formally requested federal support to establish an interregional transmission planning collaboration. Successfully integrating offshore wind into the existing power grid requires substantia  more

FREEHOLD, New Jersey, June 16 (TNSper) -- CentraState Healthcare System issued the following news: CentraState President and CEO Thomas W. Scott, FACHE, FABC, has been named as an at-large delegate to the American Hospital Association's Regional Policy Review Board 2 (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania), and as a board member for the New Jersey Hospital Association. The American Hospital Association is the national organization that represents hospitals and healthcare networks throughout the U  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: As Chris Christie attempts to spin his extreme MAGA past on CNN, here's your reminder that he's a longtime champion of Donald Trump's MAGA agenda -- working to undermine abortion access in New Jersey, gifting corporations with tax giveaways, calling to slash critical programs like Social Security and Medicare, and refusing to take ownership for his administration's corruption scandal. Let's not forget C  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release on June 13, 2023: Chris Christie damaged New Jersey's economy by propping up the richest Americans and big corporations, while leaving working people in the dust. Christie proposed tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy and big corporations at the expense of the middle class. Asbury Park Press: "New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie unveiled a sweeping federal tax cut plan in New Hampshire on Tuesday that some say is   more

NORTH BRANCH, New Jersey, June 17 (TNSper) -- Raritan Valley Community College issued the following news release: Several Raritan Valley Community College faculty members have received promotions for their hard work and dedication to the College. The RVCC Board of Trustees has approved the promotions of the following faculty members, effective July 1: Emilie Stander (Science & Engineering) from Associate Professor to Professor Andrea Vaccaro (Communication & Languages) from Associate Professo  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, June 16 (TNSres) -- The High Meadows Environmental Institute issued the following news: The High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI) has awarded HMEI-STEP Fellowships to Princeton University graduate students from the departments of ecology and evolutionary biology, atmospheric and oceanic sciences, chemical and biological engineering, and civil and environmental engineering. Kelly Finke, Sofia Menemenlis, Matthew Sima, and Hansen Tjo each will receive two years of fi  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, June 16 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today that the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights (DCR) has issued findings of probable cause in four cases and has resolved an additional four 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 involv  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, June 15 (TNSres) -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Justice Data (OJD) announced the public release of the State's first comprehensive data warehouse visualizing de-identified information on arrests in New Jersey from 2017 to 2022, including warrants, charges, dispositions, restitution, and fines, as well as demographic data. For the first time, the Criminal Justice Data   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, June 13 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on June 12, 2023: With the NBA and NHL finals in full swing-- and fans betting on everything from which team will win, by how much, and how many points individual players will rack up -- Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) Director David Rebuck today announced two new tools to assist problem gamblers: a dedicated hotline and a virtual option t  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, June 15 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on June 14, 2023: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Bureau of Securities ("the Bureau") within the Division of Consumer Affairs today announced the release of the Bureau's Annual Investment Adviser Examination. The Bureau, which regulates New Jersey's securities industry, uses the examination as a risk assessment tool for the almost 900 registered investment adviser firms t  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, June 16 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on June 15, 2023: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs today announced action taken by the Bureau of Securities to stop Abra, a California-based crypto company, and its associated entities from violating New Jersey's Uniform Securities Law in connection with the sale of interest-bearing crypto accounts that have raised over $116 million nationwide,  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, June 15 -- The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release: The Murphy Administration has awarded $7 million in grants for projects across the state that will enhance and modernize local stormwater management practices and infrastructure in the face of worsening impacts from climate change, Commissioner of Environmental Protection Shawn M. LaTourette announced today. The goal of the projects, many of which use green infrastructure tec  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, June 14 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: During a panel discussion on youth mental health at Kean University, Governor Phil Murphy and Senate President Nicholas Scutari today announced $5 million in American Rescue Plan funds to help Union County expand access to equitable, affordable child and adolescent mental health care services. The Governor and Senate President were joined by Department of Children and Families (DCF) Commissioner C  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, June 16 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on June 15, 2023: Governor Phil Murphy today announced his appointments of Tom Prol, Ryan Peters, Norma Evans, and Jon-Henry Barr to serve as Commissioners on the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC). Mr. Prol, who was the first openly gay President of the New Jersey State Bar Association, has been selected by the Governor to serve as the Chair. The Commission, which is celebrating  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, June 13 (TNSper) -- New Jersey American Water, a subsidiary of American Water, issued the following news release: Chelsea Kulp, New Jersey American Water's senior manager of Government and External Affairs, has been appointed to a three-year term on the Board of Trustees of the American Water Works Association New Jersey Section (AWWA NJ). Together with the board and section staff, Kulp will work with the Association's committees to provide leadership and guidance on address  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, June 14 (TNSres) -- Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs issued the following news: * * * Last month, for the first time, SPIA's Empirical Studies of Conflict (ESOC) project convened a conference in Latin America, gathering in Bogota, Colombia, for more than a dozen presentations of working papers on conflict, crime, state legitimacy, political participation, and migration employing experimental studies, empirical data, and formal models. *   more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, June 14 (TNSper) -- Princeton University issued the following news on June 13, 2023: * * * The Pew Charitable Trusts announced today that John Brooks, an assistant professor of molecular biology at Princeton University, is one of 22 new Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences. * * * Brooks and the other Pew scholars will receive four years of funding to spearhead innovative studies exploring human health and medicine. "From vaccine development to treatments for comple  more

MAHWAH, New Jersey, June 13 (TNSbook) -- Ramapo College issued the following news release: Ramapo College of New Jersey, in collaboration with Newark Public School District's Science Park High School teacher Shawn Adler, published the book The Helpers. The memoir features stories from high school students across New Jersey who share their experiences of struggle, doubt, crisis, and talk about those who helped them persevere and triumph when faced with adversity. "The published collection showca  more

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, June 15 (TNSres) -- Rowan University issued the following news: The formation of human memories is an impressive and complex function. The storage of memories occurs in multiple brain regions, such as the hippocampus and frontal cortex. But there are still unknowns: How can we recall these memories after months and years have passed? Out of the billions of brain cells, which neurons are related to memory? Dr. Yong Chen, an assistant professor of biological and biomedical   more

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, June 14 (TNSfund) -- Rowan University issued the following news: Wedgewood Pharmacy, the leading provider of compounded medications and customized animal health solutions, has made a generous commitment to the future of veterinary medicine through a $100,000 gift to Rowan University's Shreiber School of Veterinary Medicine. The funds are earmarked to establish the "Wedgewood Pharmacy Endowed Scholarship Fund" for students enrolled in the Shreiber School. The initiative   more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, June 13 (TNSper) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Jeffery DiGiovanni, a communications sciences and disorders scholar with extensive higher education experience, has been named dean of the School of Health Professions (SHP) for Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS). DiGiovanni comes to Rutgers having served as the acting associate dean of research for the College of Allied Health Sciences at the University of Cincinnati. He also was a professo  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, June 14 (TNSpp) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Wearing a red Rutgers Class of 2032 shirt, Madison Williams listened intently as more than a dozen Rutgers University graduates and students took to the stage at a recent event to share advice with the rising eighth grader and her peers. The speakers at Rutgers University-New Brunswick's Nicholas Music Center were all once like her, newly minted Rutgers Future Scholars about to embark on a long journey   more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, June 13 (TNSfund) -- Rutgers University issued the following news on June 12, 2023: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (NJMS) received a grant from the National Council on Aging (NCOA) as part of the COVID-19 and Influenza Vaccine Uptake Initiative to support the school's work in making it as easy as possible for older adults to get their updated vaccinations and protect their health. NJMS will use the $714,636 grant to reach men and women 60 years of age or older in   more

NEWARK, New Jersey, June 15 (TNSper) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Rutgers-Newark Chancellor Nancy Cantor is among higher education leaders named to the newly created Carnegie Postsecondary Commission, which will focus on helping underrepresented and under-resourced students achieve goals and secure careers. The appointment was announced by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, in partnership with the XQ Institute. Composed of diverse leaders in higher ed  more

NORTH BRANCH, New Jersey, June 13 (TNSpro) -- Raritan Valley Community College issued the following news release: Eleven Raritan Valley Community College students have been selected to participate in Princeton University's Transfer Scholars Initiative (TSI), a summer pilot program for community college students based at Princeton's Emma Bloomberg Center for Access & Opportunity. RVCC has the most students selected for the program among the seven New Jersey community college partners participat  more

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, June 14 (TNSper) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: Seton Hall University is proud to announce the appointment of two esteemed faculty members as interim deans for the School of Health and Medical Sciences and the College of Nursing. Vikram N. Dayalu, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, and Kristi Stinson, Ph.D., R.N., A.P.N.-B.C., will bring their expertise and experience to their respective roles, advancing the University's strategic goals and fostering collaboration a  more

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, June 16 (TNSpro) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: Seton Hall University, an innovator in forward-thinking education, proudly introduces a range of cutting-edge graduate programs designed to empower aspiring professionals with the cross-disciplinary skills and knowledge needed to succeed in emerging industries. In response to the evolving job market, these programs have been meticulously crafted to address the specific demands of the financial technol  more

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, June 14 (TNSres) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: Inside the Core, we are very excited that one of our Core Fellows, Dr.Roger Alfani, will be traveling to Africa this week as part of the work he is doing with colleague Dr. Nicole Eggers of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, both recipients of The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Grant. As is commonly known, NEH Grants are very competitive and prestigious, and both Eggers and Alfani   more

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, June 14 (TNSper) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: This Spring, Seton Hall welcomed Andrea Hundley, M.A., to the position of International Student Advisor/ESL Coordinator in the Office of International Programs. In this newly created role, she will provide support to and advise international students on topics including completing I-20s, CPT (Curricular Practical Training), and OTP (Optional Practical Training). She will also provide operational and   more

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, June 15 (TNSres) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: For the second year in a row, the National Security Fellowship (NSF) at Seton Hall University partnered with FNA, a deep technology, AI, and machine learning firm specializing in advanced network analytics and simulations. Team members worked with FNA employees to develop statistical analysis models to enhance the team's project for U.S. Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT). For this year's p  more

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, June 15 (TNSjou) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: The G.K. Chesterton Institute for Faith & Culture at Seton Hall University announces the publication of volume 49, nos. 1 & 2, Spring/Summer 2023--of its widely recognized journal The Chesterton Review. * * * About the New Issue All directness is divine. If God is hiding, in other words, He is hiding in plain sight. "Thinkers of [a particular] school have a tendency to believe that the concrete is   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, June 14 (TNSper) -- Spelman College issued the following news release on June 13, 2023: Spelman College announced today the appointment of Pamela E. Scott-Johnson, Ph.D., C'82, as the College's new provost and vice president for Academic Affairs. Scott-Johnson, who currently serves as provost and senior vice president for Academic Affairs at Monmouth University, West Long Branch, New Jersey, will join Spelman on August 1, 2023. "We are pleased to welcome alumna and former fac  more

GALLOWAY, New Jersey, June 13 (TNSfund) -- Stockton University issued the following news: For the past five years, Stockton University has been one of the primary institutions in New Jersey helping recovery court graduates get scholarships, training and jobs after being placed on probation. Now thanks to a new, nearly $1 million grant from the state Department of Labor (DOL), Stockton can expand on that work. "We've been the lead institution," said Marissa Levy, Stockton's dean of the School   more

GALLOWAY, New Jersey, June 15 (TNSres) -- Stockton University issued the following news on June 14, 2023: The momentum Atlantic City's economy built up last year as it continued to recover from the COVID recession of 2020, has carried into this year, according to the Summer 2023 edition of the South Jersey Economic Review, which was released today. Employment data through the first quarter of the year show the Atlantic City metropolitan area economy expanded at a brisk 4.8% year-on-year pace.   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, June 15 (TNSfund) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: The National Institutes of Health has awarded a five-year, $19.5 million grant to Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, for support of Regional Prospective Observational Research in Tuberculosis International, or RePORT International. The grant follows the recently announced five-year, $5 million grant to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in support of RePORT Brazil, one of   more

WAYNE, New Jersey, June 14 (TNSper) -- William Paterson University issued the following news release on June 13, 2023: Linda Kavan, an alumni relations professional with more than two decades of experience in higher education, is the new senior associate director of alumni relations at William Paterson. Kavan, who joined the University on April 17, comes to the University from Montclair State University, where she served as associate director in the Office of Alumni Engagement and Annual Givin  more