The measures establish a "Deaf Student's Bill of Rights," a Working Group on Deaf Education and require the Department of Education to develop a resource guide for parents.

Noa Gafni has served as a global leadership fellow and communications head for the Global Shapers Community at the World Economic Forum in Geneva, as head of social media at Hearst Magazines, and as founder of a social media network for women.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission provided scholarship funding to Thomas Edison State University for qualifying students pursuing programs in nuclear power and safety, or related technology and engineering.

Joseph Nyre begins his post at the Essex County school Aug. 1, replacing Mary Meehan who has served as interim lead since March 2017.

Chemical and Biological Engineering Professor Rodney Priestley will build ties with a variety of potential partners including entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and alumni with workshops, networking events and training sessions.

The so-called "bill of rights" will give the New Jersey's Department of Banking and Insurance the authority to enforce state standards against firms that manage and collect student loans, and to leverage fines against those who violate the laws.

The measure, signed into law Tuesday by acting Gov. Sheila Oliver, will require the state's universities to provide a formal justification for why they want to raise, enact or continue the charges.

From Feb. 15 to June 15 the partners accepted submissions for the third annual contest which limits pitches to 60 seconds – the amount of time it would take to ride up in an elevator.

A forthcoming book by two New Jersey university professors will detail disparities between black American women and white American women with the first group having experienced more sexual harassment from 1997 to 2016 while the second group having experienced less harassment during the same period.

According to the university, the uptick is lower than 2019-2020 increases at several institutions in neighboring states.

The survey found the number of respondents who said they interacted daily with someone of another race or ethnicity went up from 83 percent in 2016 to 89 percent in 2019.

“My most important contribution to Rutgers is not the buildings,” University President Robert Barchi said Tuesday at a board of governors meeting. “My most important contributions were recruiting a cadre of academic leaders that are second to none. They are unbelievable and outstanding.”