IRVING, Texas, June 1 -- The Big 12 Conference, a college athletic conference, issued the following news: Fresh off its first appearance in the CFP National Championship Game, the Big 12 along with its television partners ESPN and FOX Sports have announced early season and special date football selections across linear and digital platforms. The 2023 season marks the Big 12's first as a 14-team league as it officially welcomes BYU, UCF, Cincinnati and Houston on July 1. The season kicks off on  more

NORMAN, Oklahoma, May 29 -- The Golf Coaches Association of America issued the following news: NCAA Division I PING All-Region honorees have been announced by the GCAA. Players across six regions earned all-region honors in 2023. * * * Division I PING All-Region Teams Northeast Piecheng Chen, St. Johns Michael Crowley, Loyola (MD) Muzzy Donohue, Boston College Riccardo Fantinelli, Princeton Brandon Gillis, Rhode Island Jake Griffin, Penn State Nathan Han, Columbia Cameron Harlock, Bo  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, June 1 (TNSper) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Karen Kim, vice provost for research at the University of Chicago, has been named dean of Penn State College of Medicine, effective Sept. 1. Kim was selected following a national search, and will succeed Kevin Black, who has served as interim dean since 2019. Kim is the Sara and Harold Lincoln Thompson Professor of Medicine, associate director of community outreach and engagement for the   more

HERSHEY, Pennsylvania, June 1 (TNSper) -- Penn State Health issued the following news on May 31, 2023: Karen Kim, MD, vice provost for research at the University of Chicago, has been named dean of Penn State College of Medicine, effective Sept. 1. Kim was selected following a national search, and will succeed Kevin Black, MD, who has served as interim dean since 2019. Kim is the Sara and Harold Lincoln Thompson Professor of Medicine, associate director of community outreach and engagement for   more

WASHINGTON, May 31 (TNSawa) -- The National Association of Teachers of Singing issued the following news release: The National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) has named Norman Spivey and Amy Canchola as the 2023 Clifton Ware Group-Voice Pedagogy Award recipients. Spivey currently is professor of voice and voice pedagogy at Penn State University, and he is a NATS past president. Canchola is an independent teacher at Canchola Studio of Voice. Spivey will receive a $600 award and Cancho  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, June 1 (TNSjou) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news on May 31, 2023: Rare earth elements, like neodymium and dysprosium, are a critical component to almost all modern technologies, from smartphones to hard drives, but they are notoriously hard to separate from the Earth's crust and from one another. Penn State scientists have discovered a new mechanism by which bacteria can select between different rare earth elements, using the ability of   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, June 1 (TNSfund) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Having someone give her the opportunity to be part of a research team as an undergraduate opened doors for Julie Smiley that she had not previously imagined. Now, she'd like to provide that same opportunity to others. Smiley has made a $1 million gift from her future estate to endow the Smiley Family Excellence Fund in the Department of Animal Science and the Thomas Miller Graduate Fellow  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 31 (TNSjou) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * High-resolution images provide clarity into how viral proteins are separated by a protease, an important step during virus replication that is targeted by an approved COVID-19 drug. * * * During the replication of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, a long string of connected proteins is cleaved apart into individual proteins. This process is interrupted by an FDA-approved drug to treat COVID-1  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 31 (TNSjou) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Low sexual satisfaction in middle age may serve as an early warning sign for future cognitive decline, according to a new study led by Penn State researchers. The study, which tracked associations between erectile function, sexual satisfaction and cognition in hundreds of men aged 56 through 68, found that declines in sexual satisfaction and erectile function were correlated with future me  more

HERSHEY, Pennsylvania, May 27 (TNSres) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: The first protein-based nano-computing agent that functions as a circuit has been created by Penn State researchers. The milestone puts them one step closer to developing next-generation cell-based therapies to treat diseases like diabetes and cancer. Traditional synthetic biology approaches for cell-based therapies, such as ones that destroy cancer cells or encourage tissue regeneration after in  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, June 1 (TNSres) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * University research team participates in Penn State I-Corps program to start on path toward commercialization * * * A team of researchers in the Penn State School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science aims to enable healthcare and extended reality -- which encompasses virtual, augmented and mixed reality -- with their smart sensing ring, OmniRing. The ring uses both ine  more

RIVERSIDE, California, June 2 (TNSres) -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * Membership is by invitation only and represents reaching the pinnacle of U.S. research universities * * * The University of California, Riverside, has been invited to join the Association of American Universities, or AAU, according to an announcement released today. Membership in the AAU is selective, and the association includes the nation's foremost universities - those   more

DAHLGREN, Virginia, June 3 -- The Naval Surface Warfare Center, a naval laboratory and field activity of the Naval Sea Systems Command, issued the following news: By Jennifer Erickson, NSWCDD Corporate Communications A 5x8-foot barge with 12-foot legs that reach into the river bottom stable enough for instrumentation measuring laser beams. A Directed Energy Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Target Test Device that proves stable during high power microwave (HPM) testing. A mast-mounted antenna shock  more