WASHINGTON, May 18 (TNSres) -- The American Geophysical Union issued the following news release: * * * Principles for both researchers and scholarly organizations offer a practical roadmap for ethical and effective implementation of new data practices * * * AGU, the world's largest Earth and space sciences association, has published a community report on the Ethical and Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) in the Earth, Space and Environmental Sciences. The  more

MONACA, Pennsylvania, May 20 (TNSper) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Carey McDougall, chief academic officer at Penn State Beaver, has been named the campus' interim chancellor, effective July 1. McDougall succeeds Chancellor Jenifer Cushman, who recently was named president of the University of Maine at Augusta. Cushman will be with Penn State until June 30. A national search will be conducted to find a permanent chancellor for Penn State Beaver. "I am honored an  more

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, New Jersey, May 18 -- The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, an organization within the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command, issued the following news release: Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst and the Pennsylvania State University signed a new Educational Partnership Agreement (EPA), in effect for the next five years, in recognition of the vital role that Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) play in the United  more

CARLISLE, Pennsylvania, May 12 (TNStalk) -- Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law issued the following news: On Friday, May 12, 2023, Penn State Dickinson Law held commencement exercises in Dickinson College's Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium (ATS). Penn State Interim Executive Vice President and Provost Dr. Justin Schwartz delivered opening remarks, and Dean Danielle M. Conway welcomed 2023 commencement speaker Lieutenant General Christopher F. Burne '83, United States Air Fo  more

MIDDLETOWN, Pennsylvania, May 9 (TNStalk) -- Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg issued the following news: Penn State Harrisburg hosted its spring 2023 commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 6, marking the class of 2023's completion of their academic experience and recognizing their many accomplishments. The ceremony was held at the Giant Center in Hershey. More than 700 degrees were conferred this semester. Pennsylvania state Rep. Patty Kim served as the keynote speaker for the ceremony  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 17 (TNSper) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Jean Paul Allain, head of the Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering at Penn State, has been appointed associate director for fusion energy sciences (FES) within the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science. Over a two-year term, in accordance with the provisions of the Intergovernmental Personnel Act, Allain will serve in a senior executive role and will  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 17 (TNSfund) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: For more than a decade, Gay and Bill Krause have played a crucial role in enhancing the Penn State College of Education's impact on students, faculty and, in turn, learners at every level who ultimately benefit from their work. With their most recent gift of $1.2 million to create the Pedagogy Innovation Lab (PIL) and establish a program support endowment, they will extend the capabilitie  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 12 (TNSres) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Keith Faminiano, a Penn State graduate student who is pursuing his master of landscape architecture degree in the College of Arts and Architecture's Stuckeman School, has been selected as the graduate 2023 Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) National Olmsted Scholar. The honor comes with a $25,000 prize and is considered the highest honor for students studying landscape architecture.   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 17 (TNSfund) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are awarding a $4.96 million grant to Penn State's PlantVillage to help increase food production for smallholder farmers who face pests and disease of their crops across sub-Saharan Africa. The research project, called Delphi, will create a modeling platform that can be used by researchers globally to improve the speed and accuracy of efforts to identif  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 18 (TNSjou) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * New experiments with ultra-cold atomic gases shed light on how all interacting quantum systems evolve after a sudden energy influx * * * New experiments using one-dimensional gases of ultra-cold atoms reveal a universality in how quantum systems composed of many particles change over time following a large influx of energy that throws the system out of equilibrium. A team of physi  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 16 (TNSper) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Jennifer Stedelin, vice president for information technology (IT) and chief information officer (CIO), is departing Penn State effective June 16 to begin an appointment as deputy CIO for academic and administrative technologies at Washington University in St. Louis. Keith Brautigam, deputy CIO and chief information security officer (CISO) at Penn State, has been named interim vice preside  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, May 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Missouri issued the following news release: * * * University of Missouri study looks at expanding the history of public relations to include community activism and by extension, attract more diverse practitioners. * * * While longtime feminist community activists and writers Grace Lee Boggs and bell hooks never considered themselves public relations practitioners, a new study from the University of Missouri uses their work to challenge  more

ALTOONA, Pennsylvania, May 18 -- Verizon, a communications and technology solutions company, issued the following news release: Residents across Pennsylvania now have access to higher speeds and greater capacity from Verizon's award-winning 5G Ultra Wideband network. Verizon's 5G Ultra Wideband brings power and performance comparable to a wired broadband internet connection to customers' pockets. Verizon has recently introduced 5G Ultra Wideband service to parts of: * Erie * Altoona * Pleasa  more