KANSAS CITY, Missouri, April 5 -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics issued the following news: Student-athletes were nominated for their performances and were selected out of a pool of conference and Continental Athletic Conference (Independents) award winners. * * * Week 6 (April 4, 2023) Player of the Week: Shae Sever, British Columbia (B.C.) Despite also being dominant on the mound over the past week, Sever was perhaps even more impressive at the plate as she racked u  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, April 6 (TNSrpt) -- Clark University issued the following news: * * * 'Huge new land use' by wind and solar power has geopolitical consequences * * * As Maddy Kroot drove through small towns on her way to hike in the White Mountains of New Hampshire around 2016, the bright-orange signs dotting the landscape stood out amid the pine trees and snow: "Stop Northern Pass." The undergraduate student in geography at Dartmouth College was intrigued: What was the story behin  more

ERIE, Pennsylvania, April 4 (TNSper) -- The Manufacturer and Business Association issued the following news release: The Manufacturer & Business Association (MBA) recently announced its 2023-2024 Board of Governors. Chairman Kyle Blakeslee is general manager of Urick Ductile Solutions, a ductile iron foundry located in Erie. Urick is part of the Emerson Electric Corporation, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Blakeslee oversees all aspects of the business including ma  more

HERSHEY, Pennsylvania, April 8 (TNSres) -- Penn State Health issued the following news: Black and Hispanic patients with severe allergies are less likely to get a common treatment, allergen immunotherapy, compared to white patients, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers. They said identifying the causes, which could include being less likely than white patients to be referred to an allergist and the difficulty accessing treatment due to time and other resource constraints, and  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 6 (TNSres) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news on April 5, 2023: While most time capsules found on campus feature pop-culture relics like vintage copies of the Daily Collegian newspaper, the College of Agricultural Sciences has unearthed a different kind of relic: sealed jars of soil samples collected by Penn State researchers in 1915 and 1933. Recently, the first jar was opened by a group of researchers, who said because the samples   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 6 (TNSjou) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Whether you're afraid of dogs, needles or enclosed spaces, one of the most effective interventions for this type of anxiety disorder is exposure therapy in which you confront your fear in a safe environment. A new study led by researchers at Penn State College of Medicine finds that exposure therapy is also a promising treatment for adolescents with eating disorders. They found that expos  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 5 (TNSjou) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news on April 3, 2023: * * * Statistical model shows how warming may affect distribution, abundance of amphibians, reptiles, fish, insects * * * In the face of a warming climate that is having a profound effect on global biodiversity and will change the distribution and abundance of many animals, a Penn State-led research team has developed a statistical model that improves estimates of habi  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 4 (TNSjou) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Squelches idea that all pollinators are suffering at the hands of humans * * * While pollinator populations of many species have plummeted worldwide, one bee species is blowing up the map with its rapid population expansion. The key to this insect's success? Its passion for pumpkins, zucchinis, and other squashes, and the massive increase in cultivation of these crops across Nort  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following testimony by Idaho National Laboratory Director John Wagner involving a hearing on March 9, 2023, on nuclear fuel cycle: * * * My name is John Wagner, and I am the director of Idaho National Laboratory (INL), the nation's nuclear energy research and development center. In this role, I lead a United States (U.S.) Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory with more than 5,700 scientists, engineers   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 5 -- Transportation Journal, a peer-reviewed journal from the Association for Supply Chain Management that says it features supply chain, logistics and transportation, published research articles on the following topics in its January 2023 edition: ARTICLES: * Collaboration in Publication: Can We Practice What We Preach? * A Modernized Framework for Transportation Decision-Making in a Hyper-Integrated Global Supply Chain Environment * Rehabilitating Lock  more