MIAMI, Florida, March 26 -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: New Jersey Super Lawyers and New Jersey Super Lawyers Rising Stars's 2024 edition recognizes 10 attorneys from global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP's New Jersey office. Of these, eight are recognized on the New Jersey Super Lawyers list and two are on the New Jersey Super Lawyers Rising Stars list. In addition, Shareholder Galit Kierkut was recognized on the "Top 50 Women Super Lawy  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, March 29 -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: The American Water Charitable Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization established by American Water, the largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the U.S., announced today that it has donated $250,000 to the American Red Cross as a new Disaster Responder Program member during Red Cross Month. Proactively funding disaster relief helps ensure the Red C  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, March 26 -- Arnold and Porter, a law firm, issued the following news: Arnold & Porter is pleased to announce the continuing growth of its Environmental practice with the arrival of Jeffrey Talbert and Ben Piper. Talbert, a former trial attorney at the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), joins the firm's Environmental practice as a partner and Piper joins the firm's Environmental practice as counsel. Brian Israel, chair of the firm's Environmental practice group and c  more

MORRISTOWN, New Jersey, March 26 -- Avaya issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: Avaya, a global leader in customer experience and communications solutions, today expanded its commitment to the Avaya Experience Platform(TM), committing to a single, unified platform that encompasses Avaya solutions for customer experience (CX). The move aligns to the company's vision, which enables Avaya to accelerate roadmap delivery, and makes it easier for Enterprise customers to innovate withou  more

LYNDHURST, New Jersey, March 27 -- Barnes and Noble, a retailer of content, digital media and educational products, issued the following news release: Barnes & Noble announces Hardback as its Game of the Month pick for April. Step into the shoes of Penelope Quill, an aspiring 19th-century author working on a brand-new book in this captivating game of wordplay and wit. Hardback is the next chapter in deckbuilding games from the creators of best-seller Paperback, Fowers Games. "Hardback, just li  more

HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, March 28 -- Centenary University issued the following news release: Centenary University has named Ronald G. Garriques to its Board of Trustees, the governing body of the University. A trailblazer in the global consumer electronics and mobile technology market, Mr. Garriques is currently founder, president, and a board member of Gee Partnership Holdings. He is a resident of Lake Forest, Ill. In announcing Mr. Garriques' appointment, Board Chair Rochelle Makela-Goodman  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, March 27 -- New Jersey American Water, a subsidiary of American Water, issued the following news release: New Jersey American Water is now accepting entries for its annual Protect Our Watersheds art contest. All sixth-grade students in schools served by New Jersey American Water are eligible, as well as individual students who live in the company's service areas. Art has the power to convey the beauty of New Jersey's water resources and highlight the threats they face. This  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The District of Columbia Department of Health issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: DC Health advises all children to be fully vaccinated with the Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) vaccine as the best protection against the wave of US measles outbreaks across 15 states: Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York City, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington. This year, to date, there have be  more

LAKEWOOD, New Jersey, March 26 -- Gaming Laboratories International, a provider of quality land-based, lottery and iGaming testing and assessment services, issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: Gaming Laboratories International (GLI(R)) has become the first laboratory to achieve accreditation to certify for betting systems, live game studios, and online games to be used by fixed-odds lottery operators by the Secretaria De Premios e Apostas (SPA) in Brazil. The accreditation mean  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 29 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following joint statement on March 28, 2024, with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on minimizing supply chain disruptions following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge: * * * "The tragic collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore has touched every corner of the nation, and we are ready to support Governor Moore and the people of Maryland in any way. "We have seen over the past several years that indefini  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, March 26 -- Arnold and Porter, a law firm, issued the following news on March 25, 2024: Arnold & Porter is pleased to announce the continuing growth of its Newark office with the arrival of Lee Cortes, former Executive Assistant United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey. Cortes has joined the firm's White Collar Defense & Investigations practice as partner, resident in the firm's Newark and New York offices. Former U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman, head of Arnold &  more

FRANKLIN, New Jersey, March 26 -- Marcus and Millichap issued the following news release: Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI), a leading commercial real estate brokerage firm specializing in investment sales, financing, research and advisory services, announced today the sale of Highlands Self Storage, a 53,865 square foot self-storage facility located in Franklin, N.J. The property sold for an undisclosed price. Kevin Bledsoe and Matthew Junkin, investment specialists in Marcus & Millichap's King   more

WEST LONG BRANCH, New Jersey, March 28 -- Monmouth University issued the following news: Faculty and students representing Monmouth University's Occupational Therapy Doctoral (OTD) program presented their research at the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) Inspire 2024 Conference, which took place from March 21-23 in Orlando, Florida. According to John R. Patro, OTD, OTR/L, program chair and associate professor, the event marks a milestone for the OTD program, as it prepares to gra  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 28 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced today that DCR has issued Findings of Probable Cause in three cases involving allegations that the Cinnaminson Township Board of Education violated the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) and the New Jersey Family Leave Act (NJFLA). The cases center on a policy maintained  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 29 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced the retirement of James B. Graziano after serving more than five years as the Director of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC). "Jim Graziano has been an exemplary public servant and led ABC through the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and changes in the industry with professionalism and fairness,  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 27 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Attorneys General for 11 other States and the District of Columbia have told Glock, Inc. to preserve all evidence related to its line of Glock pistols, which can be easily converted into illegal machine guns with just one small, easy-to-make modification. The States' letter to Glock was sent in the wake of the gunmaker   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 26 -- The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette and New Jersey Board of Public Utilities President Christine Guhl-Sadovy today announced the award of nearly $3.7 million in funding for scientific research projects being undertaken to ensure ecologically responsible development of offshore wind energy, an integral part of t  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 28 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: Governor Phil Murphy and First Lady Tammy Murphy today announced the appointment of Lisa Asare as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the New Jersey Maternal and Infant Health Innovation Authority. The announcement was made at the inaugural public board meeting held today in Trenton, which officially marked the launch of the Authority. The first of its kind in the natio  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 27 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: Governor Phil Murphy today signed legislation renewing the State's Transportation Trust Fund (TTF) for five more years, which will invest billions to modernize and maintain New Jersey's statewide transportation infrastructure, while providing additional capital funding for NJ TRANSIT, supporting local and county projects to alleviate the burden on local taxpayers, and creating t  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 26 -- The New Jersey Assembly Democrats issued the following news release: Legislation designed to improve maternal and prenatal outcomes for mothers and children statewide passed the New Jersey General Assembly last week. Bill A1815, sponsored by Assemblyman Herb Conaway and Assemblywomen Carol Murphy and Tennille McCoy, would require the New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) to conduct a survey on the status of antenatal and prenatal care clinics throughout the st  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 27 -- The New Jersey Assembly Democrats issued the following statement on March 26, 2024: * * * Assembly Democratic lawmakers applauded Governor Murphy's signing today of Bill A4011, which reauthorizes the Transportation Trust Fund through June 30, 2029. The bill will create good-paying union jobs as work gets underway to maintain and improve New Jersey's infrastructure. * * * Here is what Speaker Craig J. Coughlin and bill sponsors Clinton Calabrese, Benjie E. Wim  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, March 26 -- NICE, an enterprise software solutions provider, issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: NICE (Nasdaq: NICE) today announced that NICE Enlighten, NICE's CX AI, has reached the significant milestone of augmenting and automating over 100 million customer interactions per month. This surge manifests the growing demand that was highlighted in NICE's 2023 earnings report with 300% year-over-year growth in the number of Enlighten AI deals signed in 2023.   more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, March 27 -- NICE, an enterprise software solutions provider, issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: NICE (Nasdaq: NICE) today announced the next generation of Enlighten Copilot designed specifically for supervisors and CX decision-makers powered by purpose-built AI. This innovative solution addresses the critical market demand for AI-powered augmentation for the increasingly complex operational and analytical work of CX leaders. AI use in the workplace jumped   more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, March 28 (TNSres) -- NICE, an enterprise software solutions provider, issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: NICE (Nasdaq: NICE) today announced that it has been named a Leader in the 2024 Aragon Research Globe for Conversational AI in the Intelligent Contact Center Report. For a complimentary copy of the report, click here (https://get.nice.com/2024-Aragon-Conversational-AI-Leader.html?utm_source=campaign&utm_medium=press-release&utm_content=0181091&utm_camp  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, March 28 -- NICE, an enterprise software solutions provider, issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: NICE (Nasdaq: NICE) today announced it has received Frost & Sullivan's 2024 Best Practices New Product Innovation Award for its ongoing advancements in AI for Customer Experience (CX) solutions for businesses across Europe. Frost & Sullivan recognized NICE's Enlighten portfolio, embedding innovative copilot capabilities to empower employees, supervisors, and CX   more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, March 26 -- NICE, an enterprise software solutions provider, issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: NICE (Nasdaq: NICE) today unveiled NICE Enlighten XM (Experience Memory), the latest advancement to NICE's CX AI solution, Enlighten, that leverages large language models' (LLMs) deep data memory to hyper-personalize customer journeys. NICE Enlighten XM ushers in a new era of CX by introducing fully contextualized journey management. NICE Enlighten XM provides b  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, March 29 -- NICE, an enterprise software solutions provider, issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: NICE (Nasdaq: NICE) today announced that Triple Impact Connections, a veteran-owned BPO firm based in the United States, has selected the industry-leading NICE CXone platform to help drive great customer service and long-term value. With the move to CXone, Triple Impact Connections will be able to handle its rapid growth, better support its remote agents, and of  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, March 27 -- Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs issued the following news: The American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS) has named Elizabeth Levy Paluck one of eight fellows honored this year. The Princeton professor has previously been the recipient of a MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship. Paluck, the Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs and deputy director of the Kahneman-Treisman Center for Behavioral Scienc  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, March 30 -- Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs issued the following news: To commemorate Women's History Month, the Afghanistan Policy Lab at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs has conducted interviews with eight courageous Afghan school-age girls in Afghansitan. These courageous individuals have been prevented from attending secondary school since the Taliban seized power in 2021. Their stories shed light on the stark   more

NORTH BRANCH, New Jersey, March 29 -- Raritan Valley Community College issued the following news release: With the return of a $50,000 "match challenge," Raritan Valley Community College had an incredible "Giving Day" on March 21, raising $154,355 for student clubs and athletic teams, as well as a range of centers, institutes, and critical institutional programs at the College. The 8th annual event was organized by the RVCC Foundation. The day's success was also thanks to the "match challenge"  more

NORTH BRANCH, New Jersey, March 27 -- Raritan Valley Community College issued the following news release: Members of the community interested in learning more about various programs offered through Raritan Valley Community College's Adult Learners' College are invited to attend one of two special Information Sessions in April. RVCC will hold an Adult Learners' College Business Degree Information Session on April 16, from 5:30-7:30 p.m., in the RVCC Atrium. An Adult Learners' College Health Sci  more

NORTH BRANCH, New Jersey, March 29 -- Raritan Valley Community College issued the following news release: Raritan Valley Community College Professor of Business William Klinger has developed collaboration exercises that demonstrate the challenges of working together as a group. The exercises, which are conducted while participants play electronic games using a "clicker," assist with team-building and allow students to enjoy themselves while seeing business concepts in action. Professor Klinger  more

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, March 26 -- Rowan University issued the following news: Rowan University is extending the enrollment deadline for incoming first-year students to June 1, a decision made in response to significant delays stemming from the implementation of the 2020 FAFSA Simplification Act. The Act introduced a substantial overhaul of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) application process. While these changes are intended to make the financial aid process more straightf  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, March 27 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news on March 26, 2024: * * * As the university's biomedical education, research and clinical care arm enters its second decade, new strategies are delivering healthier futures for New Jersey and beyond * * * When the Rutgers Global Health Institute was created in 2017, its leaders had a question for colleagues on campus: How many were engaged in global health? To find out, the institute did what any gro  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, March 29 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * SARS-CoV-2 will eventually become resistant to the only effective oral treatment. The world needs another. * * * By Andrew Smith Researchers from Rutgers Health believe they are among the leaders in a race to find an oral COVID-19 treatment to supplement or replace Paxlovid - an antiviral medication that helps keep high-risk patients out of the hospital. Their report, published in Science, s  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, March 26 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: As Americans look back on the fourth anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, new research from Rutgers University-Newark sheds light on why some people succumb to conspiracy theories and bogus beliefs and others don't. Studies by psychologists Kent Harber and Valeria Vila, recently published in the "Journal of Social and Political Psychology,'' found that people with high levels of emotional distress, even dis  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, March 30 -- Rutgers University Camden campus issued the following news: By Dustin Petzold Rutgers University-Camden Chancellor Antonio D. Tillis spoke to a broad spectrum of faculty, staff, students, and community members earlier this week, delving into details behind the financial, academic, and cultural health of the institution. "I am looking forward to welcoming a new class of accepted and enrolled students this spring," Chancellor Tillis said. He noted that efforts to  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, March 29 -- Rutgers University Camden campus issued the following news: By Eileen Reinhard Joseph Abbas, a Ph.D. student in the Rutgers-Camden Prevention Science Program, which focuses on international development, educational reform, health care, and more, has a history of recognizing where and when help will make a difference. Coming from a background as an orphan in Nigeria, Abbas, who is a first-generation student, attained a master of science in clinical psychology fr  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, March 27 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: A Rutgers-Newark study involving more than 2,000 police departments nationwide found that police-involved killings were lower in places that adopted neck-restraint bans. Crime rates were also lower and fewer officers were assaulted in those cities. "This tell us pretty clearly that these bans have benefits in decreasing police killings but no effect in increasing crime,'' said Brenden Beck, an associate proc  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, March 29 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Legendary author and activist Amiri Baraka wrote more than 50 books before his death in 2014. His son, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, will be celebrating one of them, along with his sister, art historian Kellie Jones, at Express Newark on April 3. That book is "Blues People: Negro Music in White America,'' written in 1963 when Amiri Baraka, who later changed his name, was LeRoi Jones, a Beat Generation poet from   more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, March 29 -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Christopher M. Span, a scholar, historian, educator and higher education administrator whose expertise spans the fields of history and education policy, has been appointed dean for the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. Span, who assumes the role July 1, comes to Rutgers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he also earned his doctoral degree, as a professor   more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, March 27 -- Rutgers University issued the following news: George Leibowitz, an interdisciplinary researcher and licensed clinician specializing in adult and adolescent mental health and substance abuse treatment as well as an expert on opioid addiction, has been appointed dean for the School of Social Work at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. Leibowitz, who assumes the role July 1, comes to Rutgers from Stony Brook University's School of Social Welfare. He is current  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, March 28 -- Rutgers University issued the following news: By Andrew Smith Roughly 25,000 Americans die each year from valvular heart disease, but researchers from Rutgers Health and other institutions conclude that new technology could soon help doctors slash that number. "We are witnessing a paradigm shift in how valvular heart diseases are diagnosed and treated," said Partho Sengupta, Henry Rutgers Professor of Cardiology and chief of the Division of Cardiovascula  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, March 28 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Rutgers Health researchers examine facilitators influencing the management of digestive health among the group * * * By Nakaysha Gonzalez African American and Black immigrant men prioritize their health and possess the necessary skills for proactive gastrointestinal (GI) health management, according to a Rutgers Health study. Published in the American Journal of Men's Health and led by Daina  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, March 28 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: By Andrew Smith An analysis of how brains with different forms of autism develop has revealed common underlying mechanisms that may respond to existing medications. For the study, Rutgers Health researchers used a technique called induced pluripotent stem cells to transform the blood cells of people with both genetic and unexplained (or idiopathic) autism spectrum disorder (ASD) into early brain cell  more

NORTH BRANCH, New Jersey, March 30 -- Raritan Valley Community College issued the following news release: Raritan Valley Community College is being recognized nationally for its civic engagement efforts as a recipient of the 2024 Highly Established Action Plan Seal. The College is being honored for its work--through The Pray Family Center for Service Learning and Civic Engagement at RVCC--for the development of a campus Civic Action Plan for the 2024 election cycle. RVCC is one of 93 campuses  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 28 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement on March 27, 2024: * * * "The holy month of Ramadan is a time of reflection and rejuvenation for Muslims around the world, including many of our fellow New Jerseyans. This year, however, it arrives at a time of deep pain and despair, not only for our Muslim, Arab American, and Palestinian American neighbors, but for all of us who are watching the ongoing war and humanitarian crisis in Gaza. "Over t  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: Today, the DCCC announced that Sue Altman has been added to the committee's highly competitive 'Red to Blue' program, signaling that the DCCC is invested in providing Sue, a top-tier candidate, with the support needed to continue building a winning campaign as she runs for New Jersey's 7th congressional district. "Sue Altman is a relentless advocate for New Jerseyans' fu  more

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, March 26 -- Sun Chemical, a member of DIC Group, issued the following news release: Sun Chemical will showcase its full range of pigments, polymers and additives for the coatings industry during the American Coatings Show 2024 (April 30-May 2, 2024) in Indianapolis, Ind. Visitors of booth #746 during the show will be introduced to new pigments from Sun Chemical's Paliocrom(R) aluminum effects line, newly launched waterborne resins, efficient driers and additives, and hi  more

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, March 28 -- Sun Chemical, a member of DIC Group, issued the following news release: A pioneer in the development of sustainable solutions for the packaging industry, Sun Chemical will unveil its latest innovations at INFOFLEX 2024 in Kansas City, Mo. Under the theme "Experience. Transformation.," Sun Chemical will demonstrate its commitment to sustainability by showcasing a comprehensive portfolio of inks, coatings, and adhesives designed to meet the evolving needs of i  more

LYNCHBURG, Virginia, March 26 -- The University of Lynchburg issued the following news: When Tom Magner '75 arrived at Lynchburg College in the fall of 1971, he thought he'd be a math major. After all, the Queens, New York, native, who moved to New Jersey as a youngster, says he was "good at math." It wasn't long, however, before he changed course. "I had taken physics in high school and then took a physics course as a college freshman," he said. "I liked math, but became disillusioned with th  more

CHESTER, Pennsylvania, March 26 -- The Widener University issued the following news: Widener University, in partnership with NBC10 and Telemundo62, honored the winners of the 13th annual Widener University High School Leadership Awards during a ceremony at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. The awards recognize high school juniors in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware who have displayed exemplary leadership in their communities, allowing for the university to honor more than  more

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, March 27 -- Wyndham Hotels and Resorts issued the following news release: Baseball is back, and nothing says fun like catching a hometown game with friends and family. For the second year in a row, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts and its award-winning loyalty program, Wyndham Rewards, are taking up the titles of Official Hotel Partner and Hotel Loyalty Partner of Minor League Baseball (MiLB)--unlocking for fans some of its richest ticket packages and experiences yet. With an a  more