GREENWOOD, Indiana, Aug. 3 -- College Sports Communicators issued the following news: Winners of 2023-24 College Sports Communicators scholarship and grants were announced on August 2. Awards voted on by the CSC Scholarship Committee include two $6,000 postgraduate scholarships, a $2,000 undergraduate scholarship, a pair of renewable $1,000 scholarship winners among the children of CSC members, and two $15,000 graduate internship grants. CSC Postgraduate Scholarships have been awarded since 1  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 4 -- Temple University issued the following news: Temple University is pleased to announce the selection of Miguel Mostafa as the next dean of the College of Science and Technology (CST), said Temple University Provost Gregory N. Mandel. Following a rigorous nationwide search, Mostafa will lead the college into a new era of excellence and innovation beginning Oct. 1. "With his impressive qualifications, extensive experience, and dedication to academic excellenc  more

WACO, Texas, Aug. 3 -- The American Football Coaches Association issued the following agency statement Aug. 2, 2023: * * * University of Illinois head football coach Bret Bielema remembers how he got his coaching start and has been grateful for it ever since. He was fresh off being cut by the Seattle Seahawks after a six-day stint, had $28 to his name, and was trying to figure out what was next for him. Bielema's former football coach at Iowa, Hayden Fry, then pulled Bielema into his office   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Aug. 1 -- The American Journal of Education, a journal that says it seeks to bridge and integrate the intellectual, methodological and substantive diversity of educational scholarship from the Penn State College of Education, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2023 edition: Articles: * What Students and Teachers Do to Build Positive Reciprocal Relationships: A Study Co-Led by Youth and Adult Researchers * How Long Do Community Ins  more

ITHACA, New York, Aug. 5 -- Cornell University issued the following news: By David Nutt, Cornell Chronicle Cornell researchers used magnetic imaging to obtain the first direct visualization of how electrons flow in a special type of insulator, and by doing so they discovered that the transport current moves through the interior of the material, rather than at the edges, as scientists had long assumed. The finding provides new insights into the electron behavior in so-called quantum anomalous   more

GREENWOOD, Indiana, Aug. 2 -- College Sports Communicators issued the following news: Creative talents abound in throughout CSC, and you'll find ample examples of it when perusing the list of national winners in our 2022-23 Creative and Digital Design Contest (formerly the publications and digital design contest). The new name reflects our organization's emphasis to recognize the growing digital/video/graphic work of our athletic communicators and our newest CSC members, the creatives. We chat  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 2 -- Emory University issued the following news release: The Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University has named Ikseon (Ike) Choi, PhD, assistant dean of education systems science, effective August 1. In this role, Choi will enhance the application of data science to nursing education and develop models to secure external funding for research education programs. Specifically, he will work to advance the school's nursing education practices with state-o  more

WILKES-BARRE, Pennsylvania, Aug. 3 -- King's College issued the following news release: Ann Kolanowski, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, professor emerita at the Penn State Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing, will deliver the keynote address during the King's College Summer Commencement ceremony on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023, at the William S. Scandlon Physical Education Center. This year, 94 graduates will have either bachelor's or master's degrees conferred in the presence of family, friends, faculty, an  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 1 -- The Northwestern University's Pritzker School of Law issued the following school news: Dean Hari Osofsky, Myra and James Bradwell Professor of Law and Professor of Environmental Policy and Culture (courtesy), has been elected as a new member of the American Law Institute (ALI), the leading independent U.S. organization producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law. The newly elected membership of ALI consists of 61 highly respected la  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Aug. 4 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2023: Today, Governor Josh Shapiro signed into law a commonsense, bipartisan budget for fiscal year 2023-24 that delivers on his top priorities to create a stronger economy, safer and healthier communities, and better schools. This budget makes historic investments in Pennsylvania children's education, supports businesses and speeds up permitting, helps older adults stay in their   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Aug. 5 -- The Pennsylvania Senate Republicans issued the following news release: Sen. Elder Vogel, Jr. (R-47), chair of the Senate Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee, and Rick Roush, dean of Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences, share their perspectives on the importance of Penn State University's (PSU) upcoming Ag Progress Days and how this event showcases Pennsylvania as well as our country's position within the agriculture industry. "While Ag Progress D  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Aug. 3 (TNSres) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Dr. Giselle Saulnier Sholler coming to Penn State Health Children's Hospital, Penn State College of Medicine * * * Penn State Health and Penn State College of Medicine are strengthening their commitment to curing childhood cancer by bringing Dr. Giselle Saulnier Sholler, an internationally known physician-scientist, and her research consortium to Hershey, effective Sept. 1. The mo  more

MIDDLETOWN, Pennsylvania, Aug. 1 -- Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg issued the following news: Rebecca Mallinson, assistant teaching professor of kinesiology at Penn State Harrisburg, received the Women in Sport Science Researcher Award from the Gatorade Sports Science Institute for her research into a health condition that affects female athletes, called the female athlete triad. The three elements of the condition are: an energy deficit caused by inadequate food intake for the amoun  more

HERSHEY, Pennsylvania, Aug. 3 -- Penn State Health issued the following news: Penn State Health and Penn State College of Medicine are strengthening their commitment to curing childhood cancer by bringing Dr. Giselle Saulnier Sholler, an internationally known physician-scientist, and her research consortium to Hershey, effective Sept. 1. The move will provide greater access to groundbreaking pediatric cancer care and research, including clinical trials, for Penn State Health patients and surrou  more

SHARON, Pennsylvania, Aug. 4 (TNSres) -- Pennsylvania State University's Shenango Campus issued the following news: An interdisciplinary group of Penn State Shenango faculty presented their collective work on campus well-being at the Media Ecology Association's 24th Annual Convention in New York on June 22. The presentation, titled "Working on Wellness Together: Using Art, Movement, and Introspection to Improve Student Wellness," was competitively chosen for inclusion in the convention, which   more

MIDDLETOWN, Pennsylvania, Aug. 3 -- Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg issued the following news: The Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA) has extended the accreditation for the master's of public administration (MPA) program in Penn State Harrisburg's School of Public Affairs. The six-year extension of accreditation is the outcome of a recent review by NASPAA's Commission on Peer Review and Accreditation. The college's MPA program is part of a global   more

CHAMPAIGN, Pennsylvania, Aug. 2 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: In partnership with six member university presses, the University Librarians of the Big Ten Academic Alliance announce the launch of the Big Ten Open Books project, a collaboration between the university presses and libraries of the Big Ten Academic Alliance. The first 100-title collection centered on gender and sexuality studies is now published. The works included in the collection have all been previ  more

ROCHESTER, New York, Aug. 1 -- The University of Rochester issued the following news release: Named positions celebrate the contributions of professors as researchers, scholars, and teachers. Several faculty members at the University of Rochester have been appointed named professorships during the first half of 2023. An honor designed to recognize the national stature of a professor's work, the named positions are part of a long-standing tradition to celebrate the work of Rochester's faculty a  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 4 -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine issued the following news: Reducing methane emissions from livestock would benefit farmers and the environment. In a first step towards breeding low-methane-emitting cows, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine and Pennsylvania State University have identified key differences between cows that naturally emit less methane than average. The study, published in  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Aug. 2 (TNSres) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2023: Mid-ocean ridges represent regions of the planet where volcanic activity is generating fresh oceanic crust and submarine mountain chains -- known as axial volcanic ridges -- as two tectonic plates spread apart. Seventy-five percent of Earth's magmatic activity happens at mid-ocean ridges. Despite the importance of mid-ocean ridges, many essential details of their construction and g  more