The team reported the findings to the National Society of Genetic Counseling in September and they are now working on an article about the research for a scientific journal.

Under the program, Kearny High School students will have the opportunity to earn associate's liberal arts degrees upon high school graduation.

The new center will expand support and academic services to a wide range of students, often high-functioning, high-achieving students whose brains operate somewhat differently than what is considered “neurotypical.”

Chef David Burke's contribution will cover the cost of an entire semester for two students. In return, they'll work for him in one of his restaurants – while being paid – for six months.

New Jersey City University's Guarini Institute for International Education and Economic Mobility will administer the program, which aims to promote joint opportunities between Mexican firms, the school and the Government of Mexico.

The 153-year-old school – where more than 85% of students are people of color, 71% are eligible for Pell Grants, and the family median income is below $32,000 – said that its primary source of revenue is tuition, but that enrollment has gradually declined over the past decade.

The free, virtual program marks 10 years of Annie’s Project New Jersey, a risk management educational program that offers tools to succeed by focusing on five areas of farm risk: marketing and pricing, financial management, human and personal, production and legal.

University alumnus and former New Jersey Education Commissioner Lamont Repollet was named the first Black president of the university last year.

The project is a $665 million, 550,000-square-foot medical education and research center. Rutgers and Princeton universities both plan to use the facility, along with Hackensack Meridian Health and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

“Seton Hall is at the forefront of educational institutions in our state. And its contribution to the vitality of our economy is evident – not only as a creator and supporter of jobs, but also through its preparation of well-trained and work-ready graduates to fill them," according to New Jersey Business & Industry Association President and CEO Michele Siekerka.

The three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Justice continues funding for a Coordinated Community Response Team at Centenary and for a part-time coordinator to oversee and manage the program.

The 44,000 square-foot Jean & Ric Edelman Fossil Park Museum will be set on a 65-acre property in Mantua Township that once was a marl quarry. It is expected to create hundreds of jobs and to eventually welcome 200,000 or more guests per year.