UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Dec. 5 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Inspired by his love for his alma mater and a determination to drive forward equity at Penn State, alumnus W. Forrest Coley Jr. has designated $1.5 million in an estate commitment to fund three endowed scholarships, each of which is designed to recruit, retain and support students who contribute to the diversity of the student body. "Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging are central to Penn S  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Dec. 8 -- 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 November 2023 edition (Vol. 130, No. 1): Articles: * Referrals, Collaborative Actions, and Norm-Setting Practices: How College Access Programs Partner with High Schools * The Power  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Dec. 5 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Sniffles, snorts and blows of runny noses are the hallmarks of cold and flu season -- and that increase in mucus is exactly what bacteria use to mount a coordinated attack on the immune system, according to a new study from researchers at Penn State. The team found that the thicker the mucus, the better the bacteria are able to swarm. The findings could have implications for treatments that reduce   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Dec. 7 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: The Penn State School of Theatre and Centre Stage present "A Christmas Carol," December 18-21 at the Penn State Playhouse Theatre on the University Park campus. The production is directed by Rick Lombardo, producing artistic director of Centre Stage. The adaptation by Lombardo and Anna Lackaff is full of music, Charles Dickens' beautiful language, fun, and ghosts. The production will be performed   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- The Cooperative Development Foundation issued the following news release: Five outstanding cooperative leaders will receive the cooperative community's most prestigious honor on October 3, 2024, when they are inducted into the Cooperative Hall of Fame at the Hamilton Hotel in Washington, DC. The inductees are Nannie Helen Burroughs, Unsung Hero, Co-Founder, Cooperative Industries of Washington, DC; Tony Bedard, CEO, Frontier Co-op; Dr. Christina Clamp, Educator and Resear  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: A new electrical method to change the direction of electron flow in some quantum materials could have implications for the development of next-generation electronic devices and quantum computers. Researchers from Penn State developed and demonstrated the method in materials that exhibit the quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) effect -- a phenomenon in which the flow of electrons along the edge of a materi  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Dec. 5 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: The Badger volleyball team beat Jackson State on Thursday night and the University of Miami on Friday night without losing a set, moving on to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA volleyball tournament. Next, the Badgers play Penn State on Thursday, with the winner playing Friday against the winner of the Oregon vs. Purdue match. 1 Bucky was on hand to lead the cheers against Jackson St  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Dec. 6 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Dental plaque, gut bacteria and the slippery sheen on river rocks are all examples of biofilms, organized communities of microorganisms that colonize our bodies and the world around us. A new study led by Penn State researchers reveals exactly how growing biofilms shape their environments and fine-tune their internal architecture to fit their surroundings. The findings may have implications for a w  more

MIDDLETOWN, Pennsylvania, Dec. 7 -- Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg issued the following news: Penn State Harrisburg communications major Caleb Steindel recently earned third place in the College Media Association's 2023 Film and Audio Festival sports category for a video package he produced about the college baseball team. Steindel produced the piece through his work as sports director for the "Nittany Watch" broadcast magazine show and host of the first student-produced sports show   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Dec. 6 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Penn State University Police and Public Safety is reminding all students, faculty and staff of the steps they can take to help keep themselves and their fellow Penn State community members safe. "We are encouraging all Penn Staters to take an active role in helping to keep our campuses safe," said Wesley Sheets, chief of Penn State University Police and Public Safety. "This includes reporting any   more

WACO, Texas, Dec. 7 -- The American Football Coaches Association issued the following news: Washington's Kalen DeBoer and Florida A&M's Willie Simmons highlight today's announcement of the American Football Coaches Association's 2023 Regional Coach of the Year winners for FBS, FCS, Division II, Division III, and NAIA. These winners will be honored on Tuesday, January 9, during the 2024 AFCA Convention in Nashville, Tennessee. The AFCA recognizes five regional Coach of the Year winners in each   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Dec. 4 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: During finals week, Penn State University Libraries offers stress-reducing games and activities to help students relax as they study for finals and complete end-of-semester projects. University Libraries hours will vary across campus and branch locations and may change during finals week and through the end of semester. Visitors are encouraged to verify all locations' operating hours prior to thei  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- The Library of Congress issued the following news: This December, to mark the 40th anniversary of celebrated actor, author, director, musician, political satirist and broadcaster Harry Shearer's weekly hour-long public radio series "Le Show," the American Archive of Public Broadcasting, a collaboration between the Library of Congress and Boston public media producer GBH, is launching the "Le Show" Collection, a publicly accessible digital archive of more than 2,000 hours o  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 8 (TNSres) -- The Louisiana State University's Pennington Biomedical Research Center issued the following news release: In the field of weight loss research, traditional approaches like diet and exercise have long taken center stage. But what if there were a hidden factor that could hold the key to unlocking the body's calorie-burning potential? Meet Dr. Claire Berryman, Ph.D., RD, an enthusiastic dietitian and visionary researcher at Pennington Biomedical Research   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: The most lethal feature of any cancer is metastasis, the spread of cancer cells throughout the body. New research, led by Penn State, reveals for the first time the mechanics behind how breast cancer cells may invade healthy tissues. The U.S. National Science Foundation-supported discovery, showing that a motor protein called dynein powers the movement of cancer cells in soft tissue models, offers   more

HEMPSTEAD, New York, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- Hofstra University's Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine issued the following news: The next generation of physicians and scientists from medical schools across the Northeast region shared their student research with top neurosurgeons and neuroscientists during the Northeast Medical Student Neuroscience Research Symposium held on Wednesday, December 6, at Northwell Health's Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research in Manhasset. The inaugural con  more

WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, Dec. 5 -- The Pennsylvania College of Technology issued the following news: Parker J. Conn describes himself as a "run-of-the-mill computer nerd." The effort and experiences of the Pennsylvania College of Technology student - from academic achievement to campus service to international travel - belie his modest characterization. The Boalsburg native could participate in the college's Dec. 16 commencement ceremony, as he's fulfilled the requirements for the software   more

MIDDLETOWN, Pennsylvania, Dec. 7 -- Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg issued the following news: Penn State Harrisburg will hold its fall 2023 commencement ceremony at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 16, at the Giant Center in Hershey. A livestream of the commencement ceremony for the benefit of graduates' family members who may not be able to attend the ceremony in person will be available. For more ceremony details and the livestream link, visit harrisburg.psu.edu/commencement. Vice pres  more

HERSHEY, Pennsylvania, Dec. 6 -- Penn State Health issued the following news: * * * Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center has been honored as a High Performing Hospital for Maternity Care by U.S. News & World Report in the magazine's 2023-24 Best Hospitals for Maternity Care ratings. * * * The annual evaluation by U.S. News aims to help expectant parents and their doctors to make well-informed decisions about where to receive maternity care. For this year's ratings, U.S. News ev  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Dec. 5 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Penn State tied for No. 4 among 210 ranked universities in the United States in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability for 2024, released Dec. 5. Internationally, the University ranked No. 37 out of 1,403 participating institutions worldwide. Penn State also tied with the University of Minnesota Twin Cities for No. 1 among Big Ten institutions and No. 2 among all U.S. public universities  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Dec. 3 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: ATLANTA -- No. 10 Penn State will face No. 11 Ole Miss at the Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl in Atlanta on Dec. 30. The 56th annual Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl is set for noon on Dec. 30 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium and will be nationally televised on ESPN. This year's matchup represents only the sixth Big Ten vs. SEC matchup in the Bowl's history, but will be the second-consecutive showdown between the conferenc  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Dec. 6 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Penn State student-athletes earned a record 93% NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR) and 13 programs earned perfect 100% ratings. This is the seventh consecutive year the Nittany Lions have posted a record or record-tying performance in the classroom. Both the GSR and Federal Graduation Rates are based on student-athlete cohorts from 2013-16 and reflect the percentage of student-athletes earning a d  more

MEDIA, Pennsylvania, Dec. 8 -- The Pennsylvania State University Brandywine Campus issued the following news: Penn State students have the opportunity to travel to Lisbon, Portugal, for spring break in three courses: "The Science of Music in Lisbon," taught by Associate Professor of Psychology and Linguistics Evan Bradley; "Travel Writing in Lisbon," taught by Assistant Teaching Professor of English Debbie Ousey; and "Understanding Social Problems in Cross-Cultural Perspective," taught by Assoc  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Dec. 8 (TNSres) -- Penn State's College of Education issued the following news: By Stephanie Koons Social robots, artificial intelligence (AI) systems designed to interact with humans, are marketed as capable of fulfilling certain human roles. Elementary and middle school students who interacted with one of these robots in the classroom for 10 weeks showed curiosity about aspects of the robot -- including gender identity -- that make them appear "social," accordi  more

FRISCO, Texas, Dec. 5 -- The Professional Golfers Association of America issued the following news release: The PGA of America has announced that Ty Day, PGA, Director of Club Operations and General Manager at Safari Golf Club in Powell, Ohio, has earned PGA Master Professional status, the highest educational designation a PGA of America Member can obtain. The PGA of America is composed of more than 29,000 PGA of America Golf Professionals, and Day, a Member of the Southern Ohio PGA Section, j  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: Rep. Summer Lee (PA-12) joined Rep. Jamaal Bowman (NY-16) and Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) in introducing the College Athletes Right to Organize Act, to provide collective bargaining rights for college athletes. "Pittsburgh is a union town and College athletes in Western PA - who help stimulate our local economy while bringing money and joy back to our communities - deserve the r  more

SCHUYKILL HAVEN, Pennsylvania, Dec. 5 (TNSres) -- Pennsylvania State University's Schuykill Campus issued the following news: Penn State Schuylkill undergraduate students presented their original research at the fall Undergraduate Research Symposium on Wednesday, Nov. 29. Twenty students from a variety of disciplines, including biology, arts and humanities, and the physical and social sciences, presented topics that ranged from synthesis of chemical compounds to the use of artificial intelligen  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have successfully isolated a pattern of lab-made 'foreshock' tremors. The finding offers hope that future earthquakes could be forecast by a swarm of smaller previous tremors. The U.S. National Science Foundation-supported study appears in the journal Nature Communications. The next step is to replicate the results in the real world. Lead researche  more

SHARON, Pennsylvania, Dec. 7 (TNSres) -- Pennsylvania State University's Shenango Campus issued the following news: Penn State Shenango Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies Lauren Altenburger recently attended the 2023 National Council on Family Relations Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida. At the meeting, Altenburger presented her latest research, co-chaired the Men in Families Focus Group, and also participated in a symposium focused on father involvement across the lif  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Dec. 7 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Modern-day Ciudad Mante, Mexico, could help Tampa, Florida, plan for shifting water and electricity demands due to climate change, according to an international team of researchers. Led by Renee Obringer, assistant professor of energy and mineral engineering at Penn State, the researchers used utilities data and climate analogs -- contemporary cities with climates close to what other cities are pre  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Dec. 7 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Self-propelled nanoparticles could potentially advance drug delivery and lab-on-a-chip systems -- but they are prone to go rogue with random, directionless movements. Now, an international team of researchers has developed an approach to rein in the synthetic particles. Led by Igor Aronson, the Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Chair Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry and Mathematic  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Dec. 4 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Penn State will host the 2024 Climate Solutions Symposium on May 14 and 15 at The Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center. Organized by the Penn State Climate Consortium, this year's two-day event will provide an immersive exploration of climate research and solutions. It will feature multiple opportunities to learn about the latest climate research from Penn State's renowned faculty; network with   more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Dec. 1 -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: By David Holt Wanting to transport students to academic success, Dr. Kay Fitzpatrick '83 established the Kay Fitzpatrick '83 Endowed Scholarship to help undergraduates in the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering who face financial burdens on their journey to graduation. While looking at universities to further her education, Fitzpatrick knew that Texas A&M would provi  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Dec. 7 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: HERSHEY, Pa. -- You've stockpiled your boxes of tissues, painkillers, antihistamines, nasal spray and chicken noodle soup. But what do you do about your sore throat? When you catch a cold or something worse, the feeling that someone rubbed the inner walls of your windpipe with sandpaper can make even the simple act of swallowing painful. The good news, said Dr. Heidi Hutchison, a family practice   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Dec. 7 -- Transportation Journal, a peer-reviewed journal from the Association for Supply Chain Management that says it features supply chain, logistics and transportation, published research articles on the following topics in its Fall 2023 edition (Vol. 62, Issue 4): ARTICLES: * Future-Proofing Supply Chain Education * Logistics and Supply Chain Superpowers and Skills for Survival in the "New Normal" Globalized World * Time for Students to Take the Stage: Im  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Dec. 5 (TNSres) -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news on Dec. 4, 2023: The Department of Food Science and the Center for Human Nutrition will host Dr. Tracy Gautsch Anthony at 3 p.m. today, Monday, Dec. 4, in rooms D1/D2 in the Food Science building or via Zoom. Dr. Anthony will present her research on "Dietary amino acid restriction and healthspan." Anthony is a professor of nutritional sciences at Rutgers University. Anthony received her Ph.D. in nut  more

GAINESVILLE, Florida, Dec. 6 (TNSres) -- The University of Florida issued the following news: The University of Florida's $1.085 billion in research expenditures in fiscal year 2022 placed it 25th among all U.S. universities, up from 27th in 2021, in a new national ranking of R&D spending by the National Science Foundation. UF was 15th among public universities, up from 16th. The rankings are based on NSF's annual Higher Education Research and Development, or HERD, survey, which compiles resea  more

CORAL GABLES, Florida, Dec. 7 -- The University of Miami's School of Communications issued the following news: Distinguished scholar and award-winning author, Ronald L. Jackson II, is joining the University of Miami School of Communication faculty in spring 2024. Jackson, a former dean of Arts and Sciences, and past president of the National Communication Association (NCA) and Eastern Communication Association (ECA), comes to us from the University of Cincinnati where he was a Distinguished Un  more

FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 8 -- The University of North Texas Health Science Center issued the following news: EduMed, a leader in supporting students' pursuits of online or hybrid education in the health professions, nursing and medical fields, has named the School of Public Health at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth's online MHA program as one of the best in Texas. Since 2019, EduMed has released annual rankings highlighting the year's top programs based on a co  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- The University Professional and Continuing Education Association issued the following news: UPCEA, the online and professional education association, is pleased to announce the election of new officers and new directors to serve on the UPCEA Board of Directors. Elected in November, these individuals will assume their roles at the conclusion of the 2024 UPCEA Annual Conference in Boston, Massachusetts on March 28, 2024. "I'm pleased to welcome these exceptional individuals  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Dec. 7 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: The Office of Physical Plant and Penn State Transportation Services have shared an update on Eisenhower Parking Deck, including upcoming work that will impact access to the deck and Eisenhower Road. Since a sinkhole caused by water from a failed underground stormwater pipe was discovered on Aug. 16 near the Eisenhower Deck, there has been continuous monitoring of the facility for any potential cha  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Dec. 8 -- The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy issued the following news: Invasive species are a major threat to Pennsylvania's native plants and animals. Introduced to an area outside their native range, invasive species compete with native species for space and resources. They can alter habitats, impact the economy and introduce disease. Amy Jewitt, WPC's iMapInvasives program coordinator with the Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program, shares tips for controlling in  more