WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Georgetown University Law Center issued the following news: A first-generation college graduate, Aidan Davis, B'24, F'24, M.P.P., L'28, originally considered joining the military and becoming an engineer after high school. But a junior-year visit to his New Jersey high school from Andy Cornblatt, Georgetown Law's dean of admissions, changed his mind. Cornblatt visited Davis's school as part of the Law Center's Early Outreach Initiative, which aims to increase diversity   more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Sept. 11 -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Rutgers Health researchers have found that parents who actively teach their children how to handle or shoot firearms are more likely to store loaded guns in unsecured locations. "Some parents may believe that modeling responsible firearm use negates the need for secure storage," said Jennifer Paruk, the study's lead author and a postdoctoral researcher at the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center at the Rutg  more

LYNDHURST, New Jersey, Sept. 12 -- Barnes and Noble, a retailer of content, digital media and educational products, issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2024: * * * Grand Opening at 10AM on Wednesday, September 18, 2024 * * * San Antonio, TX - September 11, 2024 - Barnes & Noble is thrilled to announce the opening of its new Alamo Ranch bookstore on Wednesday, September 18th. The new Barnes & Noble is located at 5427 W. Loop Rd 1604 N, San Antonio, TX 78253, in the space formerly o  more

LYNDHURST, New Jersey, Sept. 12 -- Barnes and Noble, a retailer of content, digital media and educational products, issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2024: * * * Grand Opening at 10AM on Wednesday, September 18, 2024 * * * Rehoboth Beach, DE - September 11, 2024 - Barnes & Noble is thrilled to announce the opening of its new Rehoboth Beach bookstore on Wednesday, September 18th. The new Barnes & Noble is located in the Tanger Outlets Seaside (36508 Seaside Outlet Drive, Rehoboth  more

HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, Sept. 11 -- Centenary University issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2024: * * * ALL IN Awards Day honored Centenary University for excellence in nonpartisan student voter engagement and campus turnout in the 2022 midterm elections. * * * Today, the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL IN) recognized Centenary University for its nonpartisan democratic engagement efforts that fostered high levels of student voter engagement in the 2022 midterm elections.  more

WATERVILLE, Maine, Sept. 12 -- Colby College issued the following news: * * * NACDA Division III Athletic Director of the Year to lead Colby Athletics and Recreation * * * By Bob Keyes Colby has hired Amanda V. DeMartino, executive director of athletics at The College of New Jersey, as the new Harold Alfond Director of Athletics, following a national search. DeMartino, who was named Athletic Director of the Year for Division III by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athleti  more

ITHACA, New York, Sept. 10 -- Cornell University issued the following news: The prestigious Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) has granted fellowships to three history faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) for the 2024-05 academic year. Mara Yue Du, associate professor of history; Durba Ghosh, professor of history; and Rachel Weil, professor of history are pursuing research projects at the IAS campus in Princeton, New Jersey. During the fellowship, Du will complete a book   more

MIAMI, Florida, Sept. 12 (TNSres) -- The University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine issued the following news: By Mark Gaige What environmental and health consequences do electric vehicle fires pose to firefighters? Electric vehicles (EVs) comprise 6.8% of motorized vehicles in the United States. The number will continue to grow as prices decrease and charging stations proliferate. Eight states, including California, New Jersey and New York, have pledged to phase out the sale of new, gas  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Sept. 10 (TNSres) -- Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs issued the following news: In her new book "Privatizing Justice: Arbitration and the Decline of Public Governance in the U.S.," Sarah L. Staszak looks at the evolution of arbitration as a means of resolving disputes. In recent decades, the practice has shifted from a lower cost, less adversarial, and more efficient tool for handling disagreements between relatively equal parties to a fa  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 10 -- First Lady Tammy Murphy issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2024: * * * Continued collaboration will increase access to and improve pediatric and maternal healthcare by exchanging best practices and life science and pharmaceutical innovations. * * * Toronto, Ontario -- Choose New Jersey, New Jersey's leading nonprofit business attraction organization, as part of its Governor-led mission to Canada, today announced that New Jersey First Lady Tammy Mur  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 10 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2024: Toronto, Ontario -- Choose New Jersey, New Jersey's leading nonprofit business attraction organization, as part of its Governor-led mission to Canada, today facilitated the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Ontario Centre of Innovation (OCI), an Ontario not-for-profit corporation, and New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). The MOU establishes a partne  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 13 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2024: * * * Marie-Marthelle Guervil to Serve as Senior Director of Operations Sophia LoPresti, Daron Vasquez, Christian Mejia to Serve as Senior Aides to the Governor * * * Today, Governor Phil Murphy announced several promotions within the Governor's Office Operations Department. Marie-Marthelle Guervil will now serve as a Senior Director for Operations, with Sophia LoPresti, Dar  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 10 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Sept. 8, 2024: TORONTO (September 8, 2024) - Governor Phil Murphy hosted a reception today to honor the seven productions filmed in New Jersey that are premiering at this year's Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). The productions include Americano, Millers in Marriage, Presence, Relay, Riff Raff, Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, and The Room Next Door. The filming of  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 10 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Sept. 8, 2024: Toronto, Ontario -- Choose New Jersey, New Jersey's leading nonprofit business attraction organization, as part of its Governor-led economic mission to Canada, today facilitated a sister state Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the State of New Jersey and the Province of Ontario. The MOU is a renewed commitment between New Jersey and Ontario, built upon a 2005 MOU signed   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 13 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2024: Today, Governor Murphy signed the following bills into law: S-721/A-2812 (Steinhardt, Sarlo/Greenwald, Swain, Egan) - Exempts sales of investment metal bullion and investment coins from sales and use tax S-741/A-2608 (Diegnan/Karabinchak) - Authorizes State Treasurer to sell as surplus certain real property and improvements in City of Jersey City in Hudson County SCS for S-21  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 10 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2024: Toronto, Ontario -- Choose New Jersey, New Jersey's leading nonprofit business attraction organization, during the Governor-led Mission to Canada, and alongside RxSource, a global leader in clinical trial services, today announced the creation of assembly, packaging, and distribution jobs at the company's new distribution facility in West Deptford as it continues its major U.S. e  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Sept. 12 -- Stevens Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Stevens and Finance Montreal signed a Memorandum of Understanding intended to boost fintech collaboration between their respective hubs, as part of the Choose New Jersey Governor-led economic mission to Canada, with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy in attendance * * * Montreal, Quebec, September 10, 2024 - As part of the Choose New Jersey Governor-led economic mission to Canada, New Jersey Govern  more

WEST LONG BRANCH, New Jersey, Sept. 12 -- Monmouth University issued the following news: Monmouth University and Jackson School District recently completed the inaugural partnership year of the School-Based Mental Health (SBMH) Grant. The grant supports local education agencies in the recruitment, placement, hiring, and retention of school-based mental health professionals, in addition to the Supplemental College and Career Readiness Program (SCCRP). Educational counseling graduate students Je  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 11 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2024: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) Commissioner Robert Asaro-Angelo announced today that they have filed a lawsuit against a North Jersey truck driving school for failing to properly classify its driving instructors as employees. The State's complaint, filed in Superior Court against Jersey Tra  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 13 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2024: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs ("Division") announced today that the State Board of Medical Examiners ("Board") has secured the voluntary license surrender of a Monmouth County physician indicted on criminal charges related to his alleged longtime sexual abuse of a minor. Cornelius Gallagher, a pulmonologist previously af  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 10 -- Acting Gov. Tahesha Way, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2024: Acting Governor Way today signed legislation explicitly prohibiting discriminatory practices in real estate appraisals and requiring real estate appraisers to complete anti-bias training. The new law takes a critical step forward in combating home appraisal discrimination, a form of bias that significantly contributes to the racial wealth gap in New Jersey. The law update  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 12 -- The New Jersey Assembly Democrats issued the following statement on Sept. 11, 2024: * * * Assemblyman Benjie E. Wimberly (D-Bergen, Passaic) has issued the following statement on the 23rd anniversary of September 11, 2001: "On the anniversary of September 11th, we come together as a nation to reflect, remember, and honor those who were taken from us on that tragic day. We pay tribute to the nearly 3,000 lives lost, innocent individuals who were mothers, father  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 11 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2024: Montreal, Quebec - As part of the Choose New Jersey Governor-led economic mission to Canada, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy joined leaders from Stevens Institute of Technology (Stevens) and Finance Montreal to witness the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) intended to strengthen the connections between fintech developments in the Montreal/Quebec and New York/New Jer  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 11 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Montreal, Quebec - Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey, and CGI Technologies and Solutions, Inc., headquartered in Montreal, have entered into an academic affiliation agreement as part of Choose New Jersey's Governor-led mission to Canada. The agreement will assist in professional development for staff and students, establish research opportunities, and create meaningful internships for stu  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Sept. 14 -- New Jersey American Water, a subsidiary of American Water, issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2024: * * * Continues customer education and outreach efforts; Begins distribution of pitcher filters in advance of EPA requirement. * * * New Jersey American Water announced today that it has successfully replaced approximately 10,000 customer-owned lead and galvanized steel water service lines to date as part of its ongoing Lead Service Line Replacement   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 13 -- The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release: The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection is advising residential and business owners across the state to respond to letters that they may receive in the mail in the coming weeks indicating that their water system has not been able to determine the materials used in service lines to their properties. The campaign is part of ongoing state and federal efforts to pr  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Sept. 11 (TNSres) -- Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs issued the following news: The Program on Science and Global Security (SGS) has been awarded a two-year, $750,000 core support grant by Carnegie Corporation of New York. This new investment will support SGS in using scientific, technical, and policy research, education, and outreach to advance effective policies for nuclear arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament, and a safer an  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Sept. 12 (TNSres) -- Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs issued the following news: * * * Academic Experts Break Down Debate Dynamics and Policy Implications for 2024 Presidential Race * * * This evening, faculty from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) provided their reactions to the second presidential debate of the 2024 campaign, and the first between former President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Kamala  more

NORTH BRANCH, New Jersey, Sept. 14 -- Raritan Valley Community College issued the following news release: An article by Raritan Valley Community College's chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society has been selected from among 422 entries to be included in the 2024 edition of Civic Scholar: Phi Theta Kappa Journal of Undergraduate Research. Only 20 articles were selected for the prestigious journal. The chapter's entry is titled "Play for Play's Sake: How Playing For Fun Is Needed For All   more

LAWRENCEVILLE, New Jersey, Sept. 11 -- Rider University issued the following news release: * * * After serving for nearly a decade, Dell'Omo will retire July 31, 2025 * * * Rider University President Gregory G. Dell'Omo, Ph.D., who has served the University with distinction since August 2015, has announced that he will retire from the presidency at the conclusion of his current contract on July 31, 2025. This will mark his 20th year as a university president, having served as president of R  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Sept. 12 -- Rutgers University Camden campus issued the following news: * * * English professor breaks down how campaign rhetoric is about much more than the power of words. * * * By Eileen Reinhard Viewers of the recent debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump witnessed the cut and thrust of American politics, with the candidates now balancing on a 50/50 knife's edge in the polls. Yet, the only weapon wielded in the debate, held at  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Sept. 11 -- Rutgers University Camden campus issued the following news on Sept. 10, 2024: * * * ALL IN Awards Day honored Rutgers-Camden for excellence in nonpartisan student voter engagement and campus turnout in the 2022 Midterm Elections * * * Today, the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL IN) recognized Rutgers University-Camden for its nonpartisan democratic engagement efforts that fostered high levels of student voter engagement in the 2022 midterm elections. Rut  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Sept. 11 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Rutgers researchers on the collaboration have worked on the machine's simulation software, data analysis tools, installation and startup * * * After nearly a decade of preparation, scientists - including researchers from Rutgers University - have turned on a new apparatus capable of detecting a host of mysterious tiny particles. They are in search of special, new kinds of subatomic particles   more

NORTH BRANCH, New Jersey, Sept. 14 -- Raritan Valley Community College issued the following news release: A mural by Ji Yong Kim, Assistant Professor in Raritan Valley Community College's Arts & Design department, was recently installed at the Chinese-American Planning Council's (CPC) headquarters in New York City. The mural was commissioned to celebrate the opening of the CPC's new headquarters, located in Manhattan's Lower East Side. Titled "Unity in Diversity: The Spirit of CPC One," the mu  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 13 -- First Lady Tammy Murphy issued the following statement on Sept. 12, 2024: * * * First Lady Tammy Murphy today released the following statement in response to a newly-published academic study revealing broad racial differences in delivery methods and C-sections between Black mothers and white mothers in New Jersey. The study examined nearly one million births spanning 68 hospitals across the state between 2008 and 2017. "I am deeply grateful for this research   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 13 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following statement on Sept. 12, 2024: * * * Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Sundeep Iyer, Director of the Division on Civil Rights, have issued the statement below as students across the state in K-12 schools and on college and university campuses return to school: As a new school year begins, we remain committed to ensuring that all our students are able to learn in a safe educational environm  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Sept. 13 (TNSres) -- Stevens Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * $2.2 million NIH-funded Stevens project will deploy AI with a twist to help doctors detect vision disorders in prematurely born infants * * * When infants are born prematurely, a host of serious health issues can occur. One of those issues is retinopathy of prematurity (ROP): an eye disorder and loss of vision that can quickly progress. If it's caught immediately, however, ROP can be t  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Sept. 14 -- Tennessee American Water, a subsidiary of American Water, issued the following news release: Chattanooga, Tenn. (Sept. 13, 2024) -Tennessee American Water is awarding over $22,000 to multiple firefighting agencies in the area through the Company's 2024 Firefighting Support Grant program. The grants provide supplemental funding to emergency responders for items such as critical equipment, training and community education. "As we remember 9-11 this week, we think  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 11 -- Thomas Edison State University issued the following news release: Thomas Edison State University (TESU), in collaboration with the New Jersey State Library (NJSL), announces the formation of a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) Task Force. This initiative aims to guide the integration of AI technologies across the university and library, ensuring these innovations align with the strategic goals and ethical standards of both institutions. The AI Task Force has bee  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Sept. 14 -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release: * * * New ultraviolet water treatment system and enhanced plant filters highlight more than $7.5 million investment in delivering clean, safe and reliable drinking water in the Streator District. * * * Streator, Ill. (September 12, 2024) - A new, state-of-the-art, ultraviolet treatment system at the Streator water plant allows for an important, additional disinfection step in th  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Sept. 14 -- West Virginia American Water, a subsidiary of American Water, issued the following news release: Hinton, W.Va., (Sept. 12, 2024) - West Virginia American Water is pleased to announce a new infrastructure project on Garden Street in Hinton. As part of our ongoing commitment to providing safe, reliable water service the company will be investing approximately $175,000 in water main improvements from Maple Street to Cedar Avenue. This project, which has already beg  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Sept. 10 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following Q&A on Sept. 9, 2024, with Patrick Strzelec, professor emeritus in the Department of Art and Design at the Mason Gross School of the Arts: * * * Patrick Strzelec, a Guggenheim fellow and recipient of the Rutgers Presidential Fellowship award for teaching excellence, crafted the work to honor the Class of 1965 * * * By Mike Lucas Outside of the Zimmerli Art Museum on Rutgers University-New Brunswick's Col  more