ALFRED, New York, April 5 -- Alfred University issued the following news release: Alfred University alumnus John Mauro '01, '06 PhD, delivered the Scholes Memorial Lecture on Thursday, discussing his journey from growing up in nearby Almond, NY, and attending Alfred University to becoming one of the preeminent researchers in the field of glass science. In his lecture, "There and Back Again: A Journey in Glass," Mauro talked about his career as a glass scientist and educator and how his time as  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 1 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Penn State students, staff, faculty and community members have the chance to participate in activities across campus during the month of April, when Earth Month takes over the University Park campus and several Commonwealth Campuses. The 2nd Annual Sustainability Summit, on Monday, April 1, from 3 to 8 p.m., in Heritage Hall of the HUB-Robeson Center, features keynote speaker Margaret Klein Salam  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 1 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: When it comes to mating, two things matter for Heliconius butterflies: the look and the smell of their potential partner. The black and orange butterflies have incredibly small brains, yet they must process both sensory inputs at the same time -- which is more than current artificial intelligence (AI) technologies can achieve without significant energy consumption. To make AI as smart as the butte  more

MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, April 6 (TNSres) -- Central Michigan University issued the following news: By Liberty Guilmette Department of English Language and Literature faculty member Jeffrey Weinstock is set to publish a new peer-reviewed journal, American Gothic Studies, with Pennsylvania State University Press. The first issue will be published in 2025 with Weinstock serving as General Editor. After a detailed proposal process with the Penn State University Press, Weinstock worked with his   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 1 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: The College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) is marking its 25th anniversary with a Penn State Berkey Creamery flavor sponsorship. "IST Celebrates 25 Years Death By Chocolate" is available for purchase in store and online now through December 31. The renaming of the popular ice cream flavor -- chocolate ice cream with chocolate flakes, fudge pieces and chocolate swirl -- is part of t  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 5 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: HERSHEY, Pa. -- Most people have experienced a night or two of sleeplessness, tossing and turning while being unable to fall asleep or stay asleep. But for some people, sleep disturbances aren't just a one-off occurrence, and they can begin in childhood. A team, led by Penn State researchers, found that children and teens from racial and ethnic minority groups are disproportionately affected by p  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 1 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Penn State alumnus Robert Dezube remembers the moment when mathematics concepts started to make sense. His professor in a theoretical math course had written the anonymous scores from their second test on the board and said that while most students perform consistently, one of the top scores was from someone who was at the bottom on the previous test. "That was me," Dezube said. "Something just   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 2 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: HERSHEY, Pa. -- Financial conflicts of interest may influence medical practice and research and may erode patient trust in medical professionals. According to a new analysis of the Open Payments platform, a database that tracks payments between physicians and industry, these relationships remain pervasive. A team led by a Penn State researcher found that doctors received approximately $12.1 billio  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 3 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Forty Penn State graduate students were named recipients of Penn State's most prestigious annual graduate student recognition awards, administered by the Graduate School in collaboration with several Penn State units. The awards recognize and celebrate graduate students excelling in teaching, research and service, and other academic pursuits. "The students award recipients are phenomenal, and it  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 4 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Forty Penn State graduate students were named recipients of Penn State's most prestigious annual graduate student recognition awards, administered by the Graduate School in collaboration with several Penn State units. The awards recognize and celebrate graduate students excelling in teaching, research and service, and other academic pursuits. "The students award recipients are phenomenal, and it  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 4 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: What is an eclipse? What will totality look like? Can I photograph the solar eclipse with my smartphone? These are questions that individuals across North America as a total solar eclipse crosses the continent on Monday, April 8. Penn State Eberly College of Science experts answer these questions -- and many more -- in a series of Instagram videos. In this Instagram reel, Verne M. Willaman Dean  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 5 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: 'Hidden Gems' is a new ongoing series highlighting many of the places and experiences available across Penn State to the campus and local communities. ERIE, Pa. -- Many of Penn State's campuses offer dedicated space for gardens. At Penn State Behrend, the entire campus serves as an arboretum, where visitors can take time to enjoy a wide and varied collection of international tree and plant life c  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 2 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Before the evolution of legs from fins, the axial skeleton -- including the bones of the head, neck, back and ribs -- was already going through changes that would eventually help our ancestors support their bodies to walk on land. A research team including a Penn State biologist completed a new reconstruction of the skeleton of Tiktaalik, the 375-million-year-old fossil fish that is one of the clo  more

WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, April 5 -- The Pennsylvania College of Technology issued the following news: A generous gift from Jersey Shore State Bank will once again benefit a program that enables high school students to take courses for college credit through Pennsylvania College of Technology. The bank provided a $5,000 gift through the Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program to Penn College Dual Enrollment, which allows academically qualified high school and career and technology center   more

NEW YORK, April 5 -- NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast, issued the following news on April 4, 2024: * * * "All the drama we love about the Olympics begins with Making Team USA, when our nation's best athletes vie to make the most competitive team in the world. In some events, it's harder to qualify for the U.S. team than it is to win a medal at the Olympics themselves." -- Molly Solomon, Executive Producer & President of NBC Olympics Production * * * The road to the Olympic Games Paris   more

NEW YORK, April 5 -- The National Basketball Association issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: The WNBA announced today that the following players from colleges and universities have formally filed for inclusion as candidates for the WNBA Draft 2024 presented by State Farm(R), scheduled for April 15 at the famed Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York (ESPN, 7:30 p.m. ET). The following is the list of NCAA players no longer competing who as of today have filed for consideration as   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 3 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: The sunflower family tree revealed that flower symmetry evolved multiple times independently, a process called convergent evolution, among the members of this large plant family, according to a new analysis. The research team, led by a Penn State biologist, resolved more of the finer branches of the family tree, providing insight into how the sunflower family -- which includes asters, daisies and   more

YORK, Pennsylvania, April 3 -- The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: In light of Child Abuse Prevention Month, the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) Executive Director Mike Pennington visited the York Children's Advocacy Center (CAC) today to highlight their work in supporting youth and families impacted by child abuse and providing resources in the aftermath of trauma. "Keeping Pennsylvania youth safe and  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 2 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The 2024 Penn State student football season ticket sale will see a process change in an effort to offer an equal opportunity for all eligible students to access tickets. This year's student sale will become a lottery process, with all eligibility requirements remaining the same as previous years. The lottery system will allow students more time to request a season ticket.   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 1 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: The 22nd annual Penn State Equine Science Showcase and Quarter Horse Sale kicks off April 27 in the Snider Agricultural Arena at the University Park campus. Potential buyers are invited to a full-day showcase to see demonstrations of the horses under saddle, meet students from Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences and learn more about the University's equine science program. Bidding for   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 5 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news on April 4, 2024: CENTER VALLEY, Pa. -- From the moment she took her first supply chain management class at Penn State Lehigh Valley (PSU-LV), Alexis Havlicsek, of Allentown, knew she'd found her niche. "I absolutely loved it," she said. "I knew it was for me. I really looked forward to going to my classes and learning about the various topics they cover." Her hard work and passion for the subjec  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 1 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: On March 18, more than 150 Penn State students from across the commonwealth traveled to Harrisburg for Capital Day, the University's single-largest day of advocacy. Returning to the state Capitol for the first time since 2022, Capital Day gave students an opportunity to connect with their elected leaders and demonstrate Penn State's impact on the commonwealth. "Today we are here to remind you of  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, April 3 -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Mark Anner, an internationally recognized scholar of workers' rights in supply chains and an accomplished higher education administrator, has been appointed dean for the School of Management and Labor Relations (SMLR) at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. Anner, who assumes the role Sept. 1, comes to Rutgers from Pennsylvania State University as a professor of labor and employment relations and political science  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 2 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: As part of our regular "We Are!" feature, we recognize nine Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what's asked of them in their work at the University. This week, on behalf of the entire Penn State community, we'd like to say thank you to: Jennifer Barnhart, development assistant in the College of Agricultural Sciences, whose nominator wrote: "Jennifer goes above and beyond her responsib  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 3 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Known for its ability to withstand extreme environments and high voltages, silicon carbide (SiC) is a semiconducting material made up of silicon and carbon atoms arranged into crystals that is increasingly becoming essential to modern technologies like electric vehicles, renewable energy systems, telecommunications infrastructure and microelectronics. To advance the potential of this semiconduct  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 5 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: The size of an individual snack piece not only influences how fast a person eats it, but also how much of it they eat, according to a new study led by researchers at Penn State. With nearly a quarter of daily calorie intake in the United States coming from snacks, these findings may have implications for helping people better understand how eating behavior impacts calorie and sodium intake. The t  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 1 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Not many Penn State students spend their weekends traveling more than two hours away with their classes, but 14 architecture students in the College of Arts and Architecture's Stuckeman School did just that during the fall 2023 semester. Students in the upper-level collaborative community-engaged design directed research studio with Lisa Iulo, associate professor and director of the Hamer Center   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 2 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Not many Penn State students spend their weekends traveling more than two hours away with their classes, but 14 architecture students in the College of Arts and Architecture's Stuckeman School did just that during the fall 2023 semester. Students in the upper-level collaborative community-engaged design directed research studio with Lisa Iulo, associate professor and director of the Hamer Center   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 2 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Penn State hosted a delegation from the National Taipei University of Technology (Taipei Tech) on March 25-26. The Taipei Tech delegation included President Sea-Fue Wang, an alumnus of Taipei Tech and Penn State doctoral graduate in ceramic science; Vice President Shih-Hsuan Yang; Ho-Chiao Chuang, dean of the Office of Research and Development; Sheng-Tung Huang, dean of the Industry Liaison Office  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 3 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: What's happening at Penn State? Here's a look at some of the cultural events -- both in-person and virtual -- taking place across the University: Performances Bach's Lunch -- 12:10 p.m., April 4, Eisenhower Chapel, University Park campus. "Bach's Lunch" is a weekly concert series during the school year. Concerts are brief in order to make it possible for the University community to attend during  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, April 4 (TNScapv) -- Texas A&M University issued the following news: Texas A&M University and Cactus Jack, the official brand of multi-platinum, diamond-certified recording artist and style icon Travis Scott, have teamed up with digital sports platform Fanatics, leading sports retailer Lids and Mitchell & Ness to announce a first-of-its-kind, collegiate-inspired apparel collection. The "Jack Goes Back to College" collection features a product range across 28 collegiate   more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, April 3 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: CAMP CASEY, South Korea - A deployed U.S. Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN) company has assumed the rotational U.S. Army forces mission near the world's most heavily guarded border. American Soldiers from the Joint Base Lewis-McChord, based 45th CBRN Company (Hazardous Response) are contributing to the Republic of Korea-U.S. Alliance during a  more

FAIRFAX, Virginia, April 2 -- The Vertical Flight Society issued the following news release: The Vertical Flight Society is pleased to announce its 2024 Vertical Flight Foundation (VFF) scholarship recipients. Scholarships totaling $120,000 are being awarded this year to 29 of the world's most talented engineering students interested in vertical flight. "Since 1977, our Vertical Flight Foundation Scholarships have helped inspire generations of students to pursue careers in vertical flight, wit  more

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, April 6 -- The West Virginia University's Health Sciences Center-School of Nursing issued the following news: A West Virginia University School of Public Health student recently teamed up with graduate students from regional universities to participate in the fourth annual Super Analytics Challenge. Tiffany Salamone, a student in the Master of Health Administration program, applied to the challenge after encouragement from Thomas Bias, Ph.D., associate professor in t  more