PRINCETON, New Jersey, July 10 (TNSres) -- Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs issued the following news: * * * The Journal of Public and International Affairs recently published its 35th edition, featuring nine articles related to U.S. domestic policy, international relations, international development, and economic policy. * * * JPIA is a student-run, peer-reviewed journal co-published by the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and the Associa  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, July 13 -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release on July 12, 2024: American Water (NYSE: AWK), the largest publicly-traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company, announced today that CEO M. Susan Hardwick and three American Water expert presenters will contribute to regulatory policy panels at the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) Summer Policy Summit, taking place from July 14 through 17 in West   more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, July 11 (TNSres) -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK) announced today that it intends to release its 2024 second quarter financial results after the market closes on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Susan Hardwick, President and Chief Executive Officer; Cheryl Norton, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer; and John Griffith, Executive Vice President and C  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, July 11 -- Rutgers University issued the following news: By Mike Lucas Eddie Kalegi, a senior majoring in journalism and media studies, has broadened his experiences in sports media by hosting podcasts, announcing college games and interning for a satellite radio company As a boy who played recreational basketball and flag football, Eddie Kalegi faced a sobering realization: He was never going to be a professional athlete. "I had that sort of social reckoning when  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 12 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on July 11, 2024: * * * Drivers for Paterson Luxury Car Shipping Firm to Receive $364,000 in Back Wages; Action Protects Employers Who Play by the Rules * * * Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) Commissioner Robert Asaro-Angelo today jointly announced an agreement with Horseless Carriage Carrier, Inc., a Paterson  more

LYNDHURST, New Jersey, July 11 -- Barnes and Noble, a retailer of content, digital media and educational products, issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: Barnes & Noble is thrilled to announce the opening of its new Conroe bookstore on Wednesday, July 17th. The new Barnes & Noble is located at the Conroe Marketplace (2920 Interstate 45N, Conroe, TX 77303) in the space formerly occupied by Bed Bath & Beyond, between TJ Maxx and Ulta Beauty. The bookstore will officially open to the  more

LYNDHURST, New Jersey, July 11 -- Barnes and Noble, a retailer of content, digital media and educational products, issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: Barnes & Noble is thrilled to announce the opening of its new Denham Springs bookstore on Wednesday, July 17th. The new Barnes & Noble is located in the Juban Crossing shopping center (10129 Crossing Way, Denham Springs, LA 70726) in the space formerly occupied by Bed Bath & Beyond, between Ulta Beauty and Ross. The bookstore wil  more

FLOWOOD, New Jersey, July 10 -- Barnes and Noble, a retailer of content, digital media and educational products, issued the following news release on July 9, 2024: Barnes & Noble is thrilled to announce the opening of its new Flowood bookstore on Wednesday, July 10th. The new Barnes & Noble is located at Market Street Flowood (760 Mackenzie Lane, Flowood, MS 39232) in the space formerly occupied by Bed Bath & Beyond, next to DSW and near Ulta Beauty. The bookstore will officially open to the p  more

LYNDHURST, New Jersey, July 11 -- Barnes and Noble, a retailer of content, digital media and educational products, issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: Barnes & Noble is thrilled to announce the opening of its new Lake Orion bookstore on Wednesday, July 17th. The new Barnes & Noble is located in Baldwin Commons (4852 South Baldwin Rd, Orion Township, MI 48359) in the space formerly occupied by Nordstrom Rack, directly next to Boot Barn, and near Party City, DSW and Kohl's. The b  more

LYNDHURST, New Jersey, July 10 -- Barnes and Noble, a retailer of content, digital media and educational products, issued the following news release on July 9, 2024: Barnes & Noble announces The God of the Woods as their July National Book Club pick and welcomes readers to join author Liz Moore at a free live virtual event on Tuesday, August 6th at 3PM ET. The author will be in conversation with Lexie Smyth, Category Manager for Fiction at Barnes & Noble, and Kiley Reid, author of Such a Fun Ag  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 9 -- The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release on July 8, 2024: The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection today kicked off its fourth annual Youth Inclusion Initiative program, which partners with community-based organizations to give young people from overburdened communities the opportunity to learn about various careers in the environmental field through interactive skill-building activities. For the first ti  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, July 10 -- DIGroup Architecture issued the following news release on July 8, 2024: Widely acknowledged for its education-focused projects across all levels of academia, DIG has completed its first New York City School project - P.S. 748, The Albee Square Campus in Brooklyn, N.Y. The new school is part of the city's commitment to add 45,000 seats across the city as scheduled in the New York City School Construction Authority's (NYC SCA) 2020-24 Capital Plan. Working i  more

WEST LONG BRANCH, New Jersey, July 13 (TNSres) -- Monmouth University issued the following news: Rachel Forbes, an environmental justice scholar and 2011 graduate of the Monmouth University School of Social Work's Master of Social Work program, has joined the Urban Coast Institute (UCI) as its community engagement and outreach specialist. In this role, Forbes will support the UCI's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) grant-funded work to provide coastal resilience planning su  more

CHESTER, Pennsylvania, July 10 -- The Widener University issued the following Q&A on July 9, 2024, with Lisa Grimm, dean of the College of Arts & Sciences: * * * Widener University welcomed Lisa Grimm as dean of the College of Arts & Sciences on July 1. She comes to Widener from The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) where she served in many roles, including as a member of the faculty, associate dean, and, most recently, interim dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. Grimm is an accom  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 10 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on July 9, 2024: Governor Phil Murphy today announced that his Chief of Staff Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti will transition to a new role as a senior advisor to the Governor. Tim Hillmann, currently serving as the Governor's Principal Deputy Chief of Staff, will assume the role of Chief of Staff later this summer. "Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti has done an outstanding job as my Chief of Staff over the pas  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 11 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: Today, Governor Murphy signed the following bills into law: S-2792/A-3697 (Cruz-Perez, Turner/Spearman, Park, Simmons) - Appropriates $500,000 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues and "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund" to State Agriculture Development Committee for municipal planning incentive grants for farmland preservation purposes S-2793/A-3698 (Cruz-Perez, Turner/Rey  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 13 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: * * * Organizations In Camden, Essex, Mercer, And Passaic Counties Each Eligible To Receive Up To $2 Million * * * Governor Phil Murphy and Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today that organizations in Camden City, Newark, Paterson, and Trenton have been selected to receive grant funds to support the creation of local Community Crisis Response Team (CCRT) Pilot Progra  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 13 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on July 12, 2024: * * * Organizations in Camden, Essex, Mercer, and Passaic Counties each eligible to receive up to $2 million * * * Governor Phil Murphy and Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today that organizations in Camden City, Newark, Paterson, and Trenton have been selected to receive grant funds to support the creation of local Community Crisis Response Team (CCRT) Pilot Prog  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, July 11 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: * * * Project Will Add Outdoor Charging Facility at Meadowlands Bus Garage to Accommodate up to 67 Electric Buses and Prepare Garage for up to 130 Electric Buses * * * The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced today that it has awarded a $99.5 million grant to NJ TRANSIT to modernize the 31-year-old Meadowlands Bus Garage in Secaucus to accommodate electric buses, consi  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 12 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Millions of employees in New Jersey will now have the ability to save for a secure retirement through the launch of RetireReady NJ. Established by the New Jersey Secure Choice Savings Program Act, RetireReady NJ is a State-administered retirement savings program that aims to reach workers who do not have access to private employer retirement plans. New Jersey businesses with 25 or more employees   more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, July 12 -- Johnson and Johnson issued the following news release on July 11, 2024: Johnson & Johnson1 (NYSE: JNJ) announced today that it has successfully completed the acquisition of Yellow Jersey, a demerged subsidiary of Numab Therapeutics to secure the global rights to NM26, a novel, investigational first-in-class bispecific antibody, in an all-cash transaction of approximately $1.25 billion, as announced on May 28, 2024. NM26, which is ready to enter Phase 2 stu  more

EVANSVILLE, Indiana, July 10 -- The University of Southern Indiana issued the following news release on July 9, 2024: The University of Southern Indiana and SWIRCA and More, a local agency on aging, will present the 17th annual Mid-America Institute on Aging and Wellness (MAIA) on the USI campus Thursday and Friday, August 8-9. This year's opening keynote, Dr. Gary Small, has been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, London Times, Washington Post, Time Magazine, Newsweek, AARP  more

WEST LONG BRANCH, New Jersey, July 12 (TNSres) -- Monmouth University issued the following news: Kenneth L. Campbell, Ph.D., professor in the Department of History and Anthropology, authored a chapter in the recently published book, "Speaking Words of Wisdom: The Beatles and Religion." The book offers a comprehensive exploration of the Beatles' connection to religion, drawing on philosophy, cultural studies, music history, and religious studies. Campbell wrote the third chapter titled, "The Re  more

WEST LONG BRANCH, New Jersey, July 11 -- Monmouth University issued the following news: Corey Dzenko, Ph.D., associate professor of art history in the Department of Art and Design, has been awarded the Edna Wright Andrade Grant from the Philadelphia Foundation in support of the fall 2024 exhibition she is curating of Sheryl Oring's social practice art. The exhibition, "I Wish That I Had Spoken Only of It All," showcases the 20th anniversary of Oring's project, "I Wish to Say," and related piece  more

FLORHAM PARK, New Jersey, July 11 -- Conduent, a business process services and solutions company, issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: * * * Company builds on 38-year history of providing innovative Medicaid management solutions to Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services * * * Conduent Incorporated (Nasdaq: CNDT), a global technology-led business solutions and services company, today announced a three-year Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) contract renewal with   more

PASADENA, California, July 9 -- Parsons Corp., an engineering, construction, technical and management services firm, issued the following news release: MPA Delivery Partners, a joint venture of Mace, Parsons Corporation (NYSE: PSN) and Arcadis, congratulates the Gateway Development Commission on receiving full federal funding for the Hudson Tunnel rail megaproject: a critical link under the Hudson River that will improve reliability and resiliency of commuter and intercity rail transit on the b  more

ALBANY, New York, July 8 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release: Earlier today, Governor Kathy Hochul joined state and federal officials as the Gateway Development Commission signed a $6.88 billion maximum full funding grant agreement with the Federal Transit Administration. The grant supports the Hudson Tunnel Project, which will build two additional tracks and rehabilitate the existing two tracks, resulting in four modern tracks between New York and New Jersey tha  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, July 10 -- New Jersey American Water, a subsidiary of American Water, issued the following news release: * * * Transmission main replacement starting next week will improve water service reliability for the region * * * New Jersey American Water will replace approximately 4,900 feet of aging water main in the Borough of Tinton Falls starting next week. The company is upgrading the aging 30-inch transmission main that was installed as far back as 1970s with new 30-inch duc  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, July 10 -- NICE, an enterprise software solutions provider, issued the following news release: * * * This year's winners revolutionized the way they interact with their consumers through cloud, digital and AI solutions * * * NICE (Nasdaq: NICE) today announced the 2024 International CX Excellence Award winners. The winning organizations were recognized at NICE's recent Interactions International event in London. They were selected for their commitment to CX innovation to  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 10 -- The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs issued the following news release on July 9, 2024: * * * Northeast States Collaborative on Interregional Transmission is the first effort of its kind. Next steps include a strategic action plan for promoting interregional transmission projects. * * * The Healey-Driscoll Administration today joined fellow New England states, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and New York in signing a memoran  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 11 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: Continuing their efforts to halt the unlicensed practice of medicine in spa-like settings, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs ("Division") announced today that the owner of a Passaic County skin-care spa has agreed to pay a $10,000 civil penalty and accept a 10-year ban on operating a skin care specialty spa in New Jersey in ord  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, July 11 -- The Princeton Theological Seminary issued the following news release: Growing up in the Presbyterian church, Rev. Dr. Karen Rohrer, the new Associate Academic Dean at Princeton Theological Seminary, has always been drawn to life in community. "The value of doing life together is a theme in much of what I do," she says. "Raised by a village of lovely people, I didn't have much of a picture at the time of what that meant theologically, but it felt like home." R  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, July 9 (TNSres) -- Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs issued the following news: Princeton SPIA's Research Record series highlights the vast scholarly achievements of our faculty members, whose expertise extends beyond the classroom and into everyday life. If you'd like your work considered for future editions of Research Record, click here (https://wkf.ms/3Haap7f) and select "research project." * * * The Details Authors: David S. Wilcov  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, July 10 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * A Rutgers-led report details 2023 climate trends for New Jersey * * * By Kitta Macpherson Canadian wildfires that severely impacted the air quality in New Jersey and other regions of the United States in June 2023 provide a glimpse into how climate change may affect future environmental conditions in the state, according to a new report released by researchers at Rutgers University-New Brunswi  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, July 9 -- Rutgers University issued the following news on July 8, 2024: * * * University focuses on affordability for students while managing rising costs * * * The Rutgers Board of Governors today approved a $5.6 billion operating budget, supported in part by a 4 percent increase in tuition and fees for the 2024-2025 academic year. Tuition for a typical full-time arts and sciences undergraduate who is a New Jersey resident will increase on average $274 per semest  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, July 12 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Microparticles of arsenic treatment media and water softener resin are detected in drinking water * * * Systems designed to treat arsenic in private well water may be malfunctioning and endangering the health of people who count on them to keep their water safe, according to Rutgers researchers. Megan Rockafellow-Baldoni, an assistant professor of environmental and occupational health and just  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 11 -- The New Jersey State Board of Education issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: The New Jersey State Board of Education (State Board) today selected the board's leadership for the coming school year. Kathy Goldenberg will continue to serve as board president and Nedd James Johnson, Ed.D., was named vice president. In addition to the selection of president and vice president, the State Board swore in a new member, Dr. Claudine Keenan of Galloway, Atlan  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 11 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: A state grand jury has voted not to file any criminal charges at the conclusion of its deliberations regarding the death of Everett Rand, 29, of Newark, New Jersey, who was fatally shot by officers from the Newark Police Department on May 3, 2023. Mr. Rand's death was investigated by the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) and presented to New Jersey residents serv  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 12 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement on July 11, 2024: * * * "Tammy and I are deeply saddened by the tragic passing of New Jersey State Commission of Investigation Executive Director Chadd Lackey. "Chadd broke barriers as SCI's first Black executive director, working his way through the ranks over nearly 20 years of service to our state. During his time at the SCI, he took on organized crime, opioid abuse, corruption, and countless oth  more

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, July 12 -- Sun Chemical, a member of DIC Group, issued the following news release: Sun Chemical is proud to announce two Flexographic Industry Association (FIA) Award wins. Sun Chemical received the "Technical Innovation of the Year" award for its groundbreaking SunVisto AquaHeat inks highlighting Sun Chemical's commitment to innovation, sustainability, and excellence in the printing industry. The SunVisto AquaHeat inks represent a significant advancement in the field o  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, July 12 -- Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs issued the following news: * * * For nearly 30 years, the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs' Students and Alumni of Color (SAOC) organization has provided critical opportunities for networking, mentorship, and dialogue among the School's diverse constituencies. * * * This past academic year was no exception. In November, 40 MPP, MPA, and Ph.D. students attended SAOC's annual  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 13 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on July 12, 2024: The Attorney General's Office today released footage from body-worn and surveillance cameras related to a fatal police-involved shooting on January 24, 2024 in South Brunswick, Middlesex County. The decedent was previously identified as Shamar Leggette, 41, of Brooklyn, New York. The fatal shooting is under investigation by the Office of Public Integrity and Accoun  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 11 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: The Attorney General's Office today released recordings from a police body-worn camera and two 911 calls relating to a fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred on December 5, 2023 in Manchester Township, Ocean County, New Jersey. The decedent has been previously identified as Shannon Rose, 39, of Manchester. The fatal police encounter is under investigation by  more