WASHINGTON, June 27 -- The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America issued the following news: The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) has selected 714 teams to the Scholar All-America Team for the Spring 2023 semester. Teams were selected on the basis of their Spring 2023 team grade point averages and represent 17,445 student-athletes. * * * 100% Conferences & Top 10 Team GPAs Worth special mention are the conferences in which 100% of their t  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, June 28 (TNSper) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Charima Young, Penn State's assistant vice president for local government and community relations, will be leaving Penn State in the coming weeks and moving to Maryland to pursue a new job opportunity. "Charima's remarkable dedication to community engagement has both reaffirmed and strengthened our University's bond with the local community on many levels," said Zack Moore, Penn State v  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pennsylvania, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following opening statement at the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research and Biotechnology hearing on June 14, 2023, entitled "A Review of Title VII: University Perspectives on Research and Extension Programs": * * * "Good morning and thank you to Chairman Baird and Ranking Member Spanberger for convening this hearing. "Since the 1940s, American farmers, ranchers, and foresters  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, June 27 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following news release on June 26, 2023: Several Pennsylvania House Republican lawmakers gathered on Monday to discuss the need to have a conversation on student-first, family-focused concepts to funding Pennsylvania's institutions of higher education, particularly state-related universities. The press conference was held after weeks of the House Democratic Majority silencing Republican ideas and refusing to neg  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, June 28 (TNSper) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Kyle Crain, director of consulting and architecture and information security architect for Penn State IT Information Security, has been named acting chief information security officer (CISO) for Penn State while Keith Brautigam serves as interim vice president for information technology and chief information officer. "I have worked closely with Kyle over the past eight years and have com  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, June 30 (TNSper) -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 29, 2023: Governor Wes Moore today announced the appointment of Dorothy J. Lennig as Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services Executive Director. "Building a state where everyone feels safe will take close partnership, collaboration, and the strategic allocation of resources," said Gov. Moore. "Dorothy has the experience and leadership to bring together voices  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, June 28 -- The Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary issued the following news on June 27, 2023: Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding announced today that samples from crops in Beaver and Washington Counties show no contamination stemming from the East Palestine, Ohio Norfolk Southern train derailment on February 3, 2023. Area producers requested testing of plant tissue to understand the full impact of the derailment on their agricultural products. In late April, Pennsy  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, June 27 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: Today, Governor Josh Shapiro announced the Commonwealth will receive more than $1.16 billion in federal funding to expand broadband in unserved and underserved areas to make sure every Pennsylvanian has access to affordable, high-speed internet. The funding is coming to Pennsylvania through the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program and is part of President Biden's  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 1 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following news release: Citing the hundreds of millions in taxpayer funding sent to Pennsylvania's four state-related universities each year, Reps. Ryan Warner (R-Fayette) and Kate Klunk (R-Hanover) have introduced legislation to make the universities subject to the state's Right-to-Know Law. Currently, universities within the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, community colleges and the Pennsylvania  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 30 -- PBS issued the following news release on June 29, 2023: The Webby Award-winning PBS Short Film Festival returns Monday, July 10 - Friday, July 21, to all PBS and station digital platforms, including PBS.org, YouTube and the PBS App. The 2023 festival, themed "Stories in Bloom," will feature 25 short-form independent films. These eye opening and uplifting stories centered around growth and creating new perspectives, celebrate identity, culture, family, society, an  more

CARLISLE, Pennsylvania, June 27 (TNSper) -- Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law issued the following news: Penn State Dickinson Law is pleased to announce that Jeffrey A. Dodge will transition into the role of Associate Dean for Academic Affairs on July 1, 2023. Dodge previously served as the Associate Dean for Academic and Student Services and will continue his role as Assistant Professor of Law and Joseph H. Goldstein Faculty Scholar. "I am thrilled that Dean Dodge is takin  more

CARLISLE, Pennsylvania, July 1 (TNSper) -- Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law issued the following news: Penn State Dickinson Law is pleased to welcome Christopher S. Havasy, Nicholas Kahn-Fogel, Amy C. Gaudion, and Andrea J. Martin to its full-time resident faculty beginning July 1, 2023. Havasy joins Dickinson Law faculty as an assistant professor of law and will teach courses in the areas of administrative law and constitutional law. Kahn-Fogel will join Dickinson Law as a  more

MIDDLETOWN, Pennsylvania, June 27 (TNSfund) -- Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg issued the following news: Penn State Harrisburg has been awarded $120,000 in grants from the Pennsylvania Department of Education, through the Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network, to assist in efforts to address the special education teacher shortage. "The shortage of special education teachers is real," said Linda Rhen, principal investigator on both grants and associate teaching profes  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, June 28 (TNSper) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Penn State notes with great sadness the loss of Distinguished Alumnus, Alumni Fellow, and University Libraries benefactor and volunteer Charles LeRoy Blockson, class of 1956, who died June 14 at the age of 89. As a Penn State student, Blockson was a member of the 1954 IC4A national champion track and field team and a fullback on the football team, nicknamed "Blockbuster Blockson," who wo  more

ABINGTON, Pennsylvania, June 30 (TNSjou) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news on June 28, 2023: An international team of astrophysicists, including researchers from Penn State Abington, have used large radio telescopes to observe a collection of "cosmic clocks" in our galaxy to find evidence for gravitational waves that oscillate with periods of years to decades, according to a set of papers published today in the Astrophysical Journal Letters. The gravitational-wave sign  more

SCHUYKILL HAVEN, Pennsylvania, June 28 (TNSpro) -- Pennsylvania State University's Schuykill Campus issued the following news: To help meet the needs of the regional healthcare industry, Penn State Schuylkill will launch a new "Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Post-Primary Certification" program this August. Available to individuals who have earned an associate degree or post-primary certification in radiological sciences, the program spans the fall and spring semesters and is presented in part  more

MIDDLETOWN, Pennsylvania, July 1 (TNSres) -- Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg issued the following news: A student and a professor of civil engineering at Penn State Harrisburg are studying transportation accessibility, research they hope could help increase opportunities for individuals without cars. "Transportation is a basic need that quietly yet powerfully defines the way we go about our days and lives," said graduate student Catherine Suria. "It's the preamble to almost every task  more

MIDDLETOWN, Pennsylvania, June 29 (TNSbook) -- Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg issued the following news: * * * Ashley Cowger publishes second book, 'On the Plus Side' * * * Ashley Cowger, associate teaching professor of English in Penn State Harrisburg's School of Humanities, has published "On the Plus Side," her second book of short stories. Cowger began working on new stories shortly after her first collection of short stories, "Peter Never Came," was published in 2011. Over the  more

MIDDLETOWN, Pennsylvania, June 30 (TNSper) -- Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg issued the following news: Penn State Harrisburg has announced that Vahid Motevalli, currently the director of the college's School of Science, Engineering and Technology (SSET) has been named the interim vice chancellor for academic affairs, effective July 1. Motevalli takes on this role as Omid Ansary steps down after more than a decade as the senior associate dean for academic affairs and administration.   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, June 30 (TNSjou) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news on June 29, 2023: * * * Global study uncovers intricate balance between seed defense and dispersal by forest trees * * * Around the globe, forests are facing unprecedented challenges. They're grappling with wildfires, diseases, droughts and deforestation. The survival of these great forests hinges on their ability to regrow -- and for many trees, a process called "masting" is key to th  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, June 28 (TNSjou) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news on June 27, 2023: A cancerous tumor is the accumulation of cells uncontrollably dividing, some of which can invade other parts of the body. The process is difficult to predict in detail, and eradicating the cells poses even greater difficulty. Now, a Penn State-led research team has revealed how the exodus initiates, shedding light on a potential therapeutic target to halt the invasion and  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, June 30 (TNSjou) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news on June 29, 2023: * * * Our galaxy seen through a new lens * * * Our Milky Way galaxy is an awe-inspiring feature of the night sky, viewable with the naked eye as a horizon-to-horizon hazy band of stars. Now, for the first time, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory has produced an image of the Milky Way using neutrinos -- tiny, ghostlike astronomical messengers that are extremely difficult   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 1 (TNSres) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Worldwide, glass manufacturing produces at least 86 million tons of carbon dioxide every year. A new type of glass promises to cut this carbon footprint in half. The invention, called LionGlass and engineered by researchers at Penn State, requires significantly less energy to produce and is much more damage resistant than standard soda lime silicate glass. The research team recently filed   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, June 28 (TNSjou) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Secondhand tobacco smoke continues to be a major source of indoor air pollution that causes more than 41,000 nonsmoking adults to die every year in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The exposure is even more dire for children, who can be more affected by less smoke. It can increase frequency and severity of asthma attacks, respiratory infectio  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging issued the following testimony by Mahshid Abir, a senior physician policy researcher at the Rand Corp., involving a hearing on June 15, 2023, entitled "Before Disaster Strikes: Planning for Older Americans and People With Disabilities in All Phases of Emergencies": * * * Thank you Chairman Casey, Ranking Member Braun, and distinguished members of the committee for the opportunity today to testify on planning for older adult and disab  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, June 28 (TNSgov) -- The Pennsylvania Farm Bureau issued the following news release on June 27, 2023: Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding announced today that samples from crops in Beaver and Washington Counties show no contamination stemming from the East Palestine, Ohio Norfolk Southern train derailment on February 3, 2023. Area producers requested testing of plant tissue to understand the full impact of the derailment on their agricultural products. In late April,  more

SYRACUSE, New York, June 29 (TNSper) -- Syracuse University issued the following news on June 28, 2023: Vice Chancellor, Provost and Chief Academic Officer Gretchen Ritter today announced the appointment of Andrew Sears as the next dean of the School of Information Studies (iSchool). Sears comes to Syracuse from The Pennsylvania State University, where he has served as dean of the College of Information Sciences and Technology since 2015. Sears' appointment, which was approved by the Executive   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, June 28 (TNSres) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Faculty panelists tout University's deeply ingrained interdisciplinary culture, continued growth of research expenditures * * * Penn State achieved a record $1.03 billion in research expenditures in FY22 and is poised for continued growth as one of the nation's top research institutions, Lora G. Weiss, senior vice president for research, told the Board of Trustees' Committee on A  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, June 30 (TNSper) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: The University of Texas at Arlington has selected Shadi Nazarian as its first H. Ralph Hawkins, FAIA, Chair in Architecture. Nazarian, a cross-disciplinary scholar with expertise in the development and optimization of construction materials and technologies, will lead broadened initiatives in sustainable material and fabrication research for UTA's College of Architecture, Planning,  more