UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Nov. 9 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Penn State is partnering with the nonprofit Swipe Out Hunger for the fall "Swipe Out Hunger" drive for the fourth consecutive year. Running from Nov. 11 through Nov. 18 to correspond with National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, Penn State students can donate $1, $5, $10 or $15 when they pay for their meal at any residential dining hall facility or when using mobile ordering. Student donat  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (TNScapv) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Americans for Financial Reform, Sierra Club, and more than 30 advocacy groups have written a letter to House leadership in opposition to eight anti-ESG bills that were marked up by the House Financial Services Committee and the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. * "These bills are part of a broader, unpopular campaign against common sense investment practices that seeks to both force financial actor  more

MEDIA, Pennsylvania, Nov. 8 -- The Pennsylvania State University Brandywine Campus issued the following news: Khalid Jordan, a third-year business major at Penn State Brandywine, was one of eight Penn State students across the commonwealth to receive funding for his small business at the 2023 Invent Penn State Venture & IP Conference in Hershey on Oct. 16. Each student's small business was selected based on its successful participation in the Invent Penn State Summer Founders Program, Inc.U Co  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Nov. 6 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Charles H. Whiteman, John and Karen Arnold Dean of the Penn State Smeal College of Business, will retire at the end of June 2024 following 12 years of service to the college and University. "The Smeal College of Business has experienced tremendous growth and transformation over the last dozen years thanks to Dean Whiteman's leadership," said Penn State Executive Vice President and Provost Justin S  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Nov. 9 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: This year's cold and flu season is bringing good news for honey bees: Penn State researchers have found that the deadly deformed wing virus (DMV) may have evolved to be less deadly in at least one U.S. forest. The findings could have implications for preventing or treating the virus in managed colonies, researchers said. The study, which was recently published in the Proceedings of the Royal Socie  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 9 (TNSres) -- Harvard University's T.H. Chan School of Public Health issued the following news release: * * * Researchers observed reductions in cardiometabolic risk among employees at higher risk for cardiovascular disease whose workplaces provided them more control over their time and tasks * * * Increasing workplace flexibility may lower certain employees' risk of cardiovascular disease, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health   more

LIVERMORE, California, Nov. 9 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release: Certain natural compounds, like a recently discovered family of proteins called lanmodulins (depicted in blue), strongly and selectively interact with the radioactive elements americium and curium (highlighted in green), rendering them much more soluble in groundwater than previously thought. This finding could impact the way we evaluate the dispers  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: The feel of a cat's fur can reveal some information, but seeing the feline provides critical details: Is it a housecat or a lion? While the sound of fire crackling may be ambiguous, its scent confirms the burning wood. Our senses synergize to give a comprehensive understanding, particularly when individual signals are subtle. The collective sum of biological inputs can be greater than their indiv  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Nov. 8 (TNSres) -- Wayne State University issued the following news on Nov. 7, 2023: In the heart of the world's automotive capital, Wayne State University is not only home to the largest labor archives in North America and one of the top labor studies programs in the U.S., it's also home to one of the most recognizable faces associated with the recently settled strike against Detroit's Big Three. For more than two months, Marick Masters, Ph.D., a labor expert and professor   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Nov. 7 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Penn State World Campus again has been recognized as a top-5 institution for online learning for military service members and veterans. Military Times ranked Penn State World Campus No. 4 in the "Primarily Online Education" category of the 2023 "Best for Vets: Colleges" list. Last year, World Campus was ranked No. 5 in that category. Each year Military Times releases "Best for Vets: Colleges," wh  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- The National Football League Players Association issued the following news release: Saquon Barkley has been named this season's Week 10 NFLPA Community MVP after he spent time with those experiencing homelessness in Pennsylvania and donated essential supplies to help them endure the approaching winter. "It is a true honor to receive this award from among all the NFL athletes who are accomplishing amazing things in their communities across the country each week," Barkley  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Nov. 7 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: In its annual nod to the year of the University's founding, Penn State will kick off the institution's ninth GivingTuesday event at 18:55 on the 24-hour clock -- 6:55 p.m. EST -- on Nov. 27, getting a jump-start on the international day of giving that concludes at midnight on Nov. 28. More than 180 campaigns will be raising support for initiatives representing every Penn State college and campus,   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Nov. 7 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: On Friday, Nov. 10, Penn State will host its annual breakfast and ceremony to honor the service and sacrifice of veterans of the U.S. armed forces. The Military Appreciation Breakfast will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. in Heritage Hall in the HUB-Robeson Center and the annual Veterans Day ceremony will take place from 11:11 a.m. to noon in front of the Old Main steps. In the event of bad weather, the c  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Nov. 9 -- Penn State's College of Education issued the following news: Penn State's 47th annual Renaissance Fund celebration on Nov. 1, honored local community leaders and education pioneers Barbara and Edgar Farmer. The event hosted more than 300 attendees and helped to raise $193,364 for endowed scholarships to benefit students with financial need. The fundraising total includes gifts from more than 160 first-time Renaissance Fund donors, one of the single-highe  more

WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, Nov. 7 -- The Pennsylvania College of Technology issued the following news on Nov. 6, 2023: A $1 million grant from the Gene Haas Foundation sparked extensive renovations to Pennsylvania College of Technology's automated manufacturing lab while expanding scholarship offerings and enabling the college to promote manufacturing careers more broadly to K-12 students. The Gene Haas Center for Innovative Manufacturing was formally dedicated on Nov. 6, featuring participat  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Nov. 10 -- The Pennsylvania State Education Association issued the following news release on Nov. 9, 2023: Pennsylvania must address income and racial equity gaps in public school funding by setting adequacy targets for school districts and adopting a transparent and sustainable plan to achieve them, PSEA President Aaron Chapin testified before the Basic Education Funding Commission today (https://www.psea.org/globalassets/newsstand/news-releases/aaronchapin-befctestim  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Nov. 9 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Penn State's 47th annual Renaissance Fund celebration on Nov. 1, honored local community leaders and education pioneers Barbara and Edgar Farmer. The event hosted more than 300 attendees and helped to raise $193,364 for endowed scholarships to benefit students with financial need. The fundraising total includes gifts from more than 160 first-time Renaissance Fund donors, one of the single-highest f  more

MATERIALS PARK, Ohio, Nov. 8 (TNSres) -- ASM International posted the following news from its member company Nature Energy: Next-generation solar materials are cheaper and more sustainable to produce than traditional silicon solar cells, but hurdles remain in making the devices durable enough to withstand real-world conditions. A new technique developed by a team of international scientists could simplify the development of efficient and stable perovskite solar cells, named for their unique cry  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov. 11 (TNSres) -- EcoWatch posted the following news: By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes While Antarctica has not lost as much sea ice as the Arctic, as global warming progresses, the continent has been losing its ice at a faster rate. In a surprising new study, scientists from The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) found that sea ice loss in Antarctica causes an increased amount of snowfall over its ice sheets, which leads to them contributing less to global sea level ris  more

DUBOIS, Pennsylvania, Nov. 9 (TNSres) -- Pennsylvania State University's DuBois Campus issued the following news on Nov. 8, 2023: Students in EARTH 104N: climate and energy class at Penn State DuBois recently received a presentation from two industry experts on forest fires. The presentation not only covered how fires are fought and how they often start, but also what is being done to prevent them from happening and how some communities are coming together to make their area safer. Currently,   more

DENTON, Texas, Nov. 9 (TNSres) -- Texas Woman's University issued the following news: * * * The Army under Fire examines politics of antimilitarism * * * What is it about history that so captivates some people? What is the fascination with reading historical fiction and nonfiction, watching historical narrative films and documentaries, and visiting historic sites and museums? Is it learning from the mistakes and successes of the past? Being inspired by legendary people and their accomplishm  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Nov. 5 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: As a thank you, and in appreciation for the continued and significant contributions of so many in the Penn State community, University leaders have approved an expansion of Thanksgiving break this year for full-time employees. The break will now include Wednesday, Nov. 22, and will continue through Friday, Nov. 24. "On behalf of the University's entire leadership team, I want to thank our hard-wor  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Nov. 9 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: HERSHEY, Pa. -- TV shows and movies make it look so simple. Characters lie down on couches in cozy-looking rooms and reveal all their personal issues to doctors who just appear like magic. For some, the idea of talking with a professional counselor, psychologist or psychiatrist might seem like the very thing they need. For others, this process might seem scary or uncomfortable -- or maybe even unn  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Nov. 9 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: The Penn State Board of Trustees Committee on Finance, Business and Capital Planning advanced a proposal to begin renovations and an addition to the Nursing Sciences Building on the University Park campus today (Nov. 9).  The proposal will be considered by the full board at its meeting on Nov. 10. The facility, located along College Avenue on the south-west corner of the HUB lawn, is the primar  more

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, Nov. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's U.S. Space Command issued the following news: U.S. Space Command held its third annual Academic Engagement Enterprise Symposium November 2-3, at the Penrose House in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The symposium brought together USSPACECOM leadership and AEE members from 15 academic institutions to engage in discussions about educational partnerships; workforce developments and internships; research and technology; space opera  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Nov. 9 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Existing fiber optic cables used for high-speed internet and telecommunications, in combination with machine learning, may be able to help scientists track ground hazards in Pittsburgh. The National Science Foundation awarded a $937,000 grant to a team of Penn State and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) researchers to further develop the low-cost monitoring approach. The effort, which is led by Tie  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Nov. 10 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Building on more than a decade of ongoing support for the Military Appreciation Tailgate event, Walmart and Sam's Club have deepened their longstanding relationship with the University by stepping forward with $30,000 in scholarship funding to benefit Penn State students who are connected with the armed forces. The expanded philanthropic commitment was guided by Walmart's community outreach progra  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Nov. 7 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Microfossils from Western Australia may capture a jump in the complexity of life that coincided with the rise of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere and oceans, according to an international team of scientists. The findings, published in the journal Geobiology, provide a rare window into the Great Oxidation Event, a time roughly 2.4 billion years ago when the oxygen concentration increased on Earth, fund  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Nov. 8 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Increasing workplace flexibility may lower employees' risk of cardiovascular disease, according to a new study led by researchers from Penn State and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. In workplaces that implemented interventions designed to reduce conflict between employees' work and their personal lives, the researchers observed that employees at higher baseline cardiometabolic risk exper  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), welcomed Mr. Don Newton, Administrator of the Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Division of the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality. Mr. Newton testified before the committee detailing Wyoming's work to reclaim abandoned mine si  more