FORT CARSON, Colorado, April 17 -- The U.S. Army News Service issued the following news: By Joe Lacdan Areana Villaescusa suffered pain before, but not like this. In late 2017, the Army World Class Athlete Program freestyle wrestler ruptured a disc in her neck that threatened to end her career at only 21 years old. At the 2022 U.S. Open in Las Vegas, Villaescusa tore her right ACL when an opponent grasped her leg during a takedown attempt. She felt something snap in her knee. Villaescusa th  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- The Aspen Institute issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: Researchers studying the impact of dance on brainwave patterns, assessing the value of drawing for reducing anxiety, and measuring the neurophysiological benefits of live music for people with early Alzheimer's disease are among the recipients of the first-ever Renee Fleming NeuroArts Investigator Awards (https://neuroartsblueprint.org/renee-fleming-neuroarts-investigator-awards/). The inaugural wi  more

WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pennsylvania, April 19 [Category: Materials Management] -- ASTM International, formerly the American Society for Testing and Materials, which develops and publishes voluntary consensus technical standards for materials, products, systems and services, issued the following news release: ASTM International presented its top annual award - the 2024 Award of Merit - to Benjamin Markel for his contributions to ASTM's refractories committee (C08). The prestigious award, which inc  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 17 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Penn State researchers may have uncovered another layer of complexity in the mystery of how diet impacts aging. A new study led by researchers in the Penn State College of Health and Human Development examined how a person's telomeres -- sections of genetic bases that function like protective caps at the ends of chromosomes -- were affected by caloric restriction. The team published their result  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 17 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Shifting weather caused by climate change, especially drought and heat, is linked to a rise in the number of children being raised outside of their biological parents' households in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a study led by researchers at Penn State. The findings highlight the effects climate change may have on children and social support systems, researchers said, a question that has recei  more

ALBANY, New York, April 16 -- The College of St. Rose issued the following news: Two Saint Rose students successfully competed in the National Shore Sales Challenge at Salsbury University in Maryland from April 4 to April 6. Hosted by Salisbury's Mid-Atlantic Sales and Marketing Institute (MASMI), eighty students from 38 universities participated in a simulated sales environment (role play) and gave employers their own version of a 90-second elevator pitch. Jada Brown, a biology major, and Lex  more

ITHACA, New York, April 15 -- Cornell University issued the following news: The Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility (CNF) has partnered with two academic institutions to offer a free Microelectronics and Nanomanufacturing Certificate Program to veterans and their dependents. The 12-week program will be offered in the fall 2024 semester and will cover the basic technologies and skills used to fabricate microelectronic devices, including laboratory safety, vacuum technology, patter  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 16 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Employees at Penn State's Office of the Physical Plant are preparing to install an Old Willow sapling this week, continuing a tradition that spans the University's history. The replanting is the culmination of years of work from numerous employees, including those who have monitored previous trees and prepared the site. Tom Flynn, manager of grounds services, spoke with Penn State News about his  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 18 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: David M. Callejo Perez has been named chancellor and dean of Penn State Harrisburg, effective May 1. He has served as interim chancellor and dean at the college since October of 2023. "Having worked with Penn State Harrisburg throughout my tenure at the University and in my short time serving in an interim role at the college, I have seen firsthand the significant impact that the college -- the   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 17 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Julio Urbina, professor of electrical engineering in the Penn State College of Engineering, has been selected as a Fulbright Scholar for the 2024-25 academic year. He will spend a semester conducting research and teaching in Lima, Peru. The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program is the U.S. government's flagship international educational exchange program. Through the program, Penn State faculty members  more

AALTO, Finland, April 16 -- Aalto University issued the following news release: The schools of technology at Aalto University have granted five honorary doctorates to distinguished persons in the fields of science, technology and society. The honorary doctorates will be conferred on 14 June 2024 in the ceremonial conferment of doctoral degrees at Aalto University. Aalto University schools can grant honorary doctorates and doctoral insignia at conferment ceremonies to individuals with strong ti  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 15 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Invent Penn State's LaunchBox & Innovation Network has launched a free, online, self-guided entrepreneurship education resource available to all. This digital curriculum, titled Customer Discovery 101, is for people with business ideas looking to get started, as well as those with existing small businesses looking to develop new products or services or to expand into new markets. The program is  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 15 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Online and offline gambling has continued increasing rapidly in Pennsylvania since its legalization in 2017, according to the latest Pennsylvania Interactive Gaming Assessment: Online Gambling Report 2023. The report, which summarizes three years of survey data from more than 1,800 individuals from across the commonwealth, was developed by Penn State's Criminal Justice Research Center under contr  more

ITHACA, New York, April 19 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Gerald White, a professor emeritus of agricultural economics in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management whose research supported fruit growers and winemakers in New York state and around the world, died April 14, 2023, in Ithaca. He was 83. White's work emphasized helping growers adapt to new technologies and enhance productivity while maintaining environmental quality. "Jerry did many studie  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 15 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: A gift from Penn State Eberly College of Science alumna Susan Grove and her late husband, Cada, an alumnus of the College of Education, has endowed and named the Eberly College's Cada R. and Susan Wynn Grove Center for Excellence in Science Education. The Groves' estate plan has long included a $4 million bequest to create an early career professorship in mathematics and support the Eberly Colle  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 16 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: To improve how the Graduate School and Penn State are supporting graduate student success in a period of rising costs of living incurred by students, Levon T. Esters, vice provost for graduate education and dean of the Graduate School, has convened a special task force to examine Penn State's current graduate student funding model and develop a new model for the University. The task force is char  more

NEW YORK, April 16 -- The Women's National Basketball Association issued the following news release: Two-time Naismith College Player of the Year Caitlin Clark tonight was selected by the Indiana Fever with the first overall pick of WNBA Draft 2024 presented by State Farm(R), which was held at the at the historic Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) for the first time. A three-time unanimous first-team All-American, Clark led Iowa to its second straight appearance in the NCAA Division I women's bas  more

LAUREL, Maryland, April 18 -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory issued the following news release: NASA has confirmed its revolutionary Dragonfly (https://dragonfly.jhuapl.edu/) rotorcraft mission to Saturn's organic-rich moon Titan. The decision, announced April 16, allows the mission to progress to completion of final design, followed by the construction and testing of the spacecraft and its science instruments. "Dragonfly is a spectacular science mission with broad com  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 18 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Several faculty members of the Stuckeman School's Department of Landscape Architecture in the College of Arts and Architecture at Penn State were honored by the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) at the international organization's annual conference in St. Louis in March. Chingwen Cheng, Stuckeman School director and professor of landscape architecture, was celebrated for her   more

WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, April 19 -- The Pennsylvania College of Technology issued the following news: Sen. Nick Miller, a Democrat whose 14th senatorial district comprises portions of Lehigh and Northampton counties, visited Pennsylvania College of Technology Thursday, taking in a variety of instructional areas along with members of his staff, college administrators, and state Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23), who chairs the Penn College Board of Directors, and his staff. Coincidentally, Miller's camp  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 17 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Extremist groups like the Ku Klux Klan and the Proud Boys have long been an ugly undercurrent of American culture. But despite these groups' hateful rhetoric, their ranks have largely refrained from committing violent acts over the past three decades, according to research conducted by Andrew Vitek, associate teaching professor of political science and director of the Department of Political Scie  more

IRVING, Texas, April 16 -- Mothers Against Drunk Driving issued the following news release: The Power of Parents Handbook developed by Mothers Against Drunk Driving(R) (MADD) and Robert Turrisi, Ph.D., Professor of Biobehavioral Health and Prevention Research Center at Penn State, is helping to equip parents, guardians and caring adults to have lifesaving conversations with the youth in their lives. According to a five-year evaluation of the handbook by Turrisi, Penn State graduate student Sha  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 19 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: When 52-year-old Renee Gibson receives her long-awaited Penn State degree on May 4, her 22-year-old daughter Clare will be there -- and she'll be in her own cap and gown. Just a few hours before Renee receives her baccalaureate degree from the College of the Liberal Arts via Penn State World Campus, Clare will graduate from the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences with a degree in meteorology   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 16 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Penn State Commonwealth Campus employees and students are invited to attend an upcoming meeting hosted by Penn State President Neeli Bendapudi, Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses and Executive Chancellor Margo DelliCarpini, and other University leaders on April 24. Following the release of Penn State's road map, the meeting will provide an additional opportunity for dialogue and Q&A focused  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 17 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: More than five million central lines are placed in patients who need prolonged drug delivery, such as those undergoing cancer treatments, in the United States every year, yet the common procedure can lead to a bevy of complications in almost a million of those cases. To help decrease the rate of infections, blood clots and other complications associated with placing a central line catheter, Penn   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 16 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: An agricultural engineer in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences is embarking on research to explore using plant-based materials for 3D printing, thanks to support from the U.S. National Science Foundation. Stephen Chmely, assistant professor of agricultural and biological engineering, has received a $625,255 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the agency to spearhead t  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 16 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: The Arthur W. Page Center for Integrity in Public Communication announced the recipients of its 2024 Page/Johnson Legacy Scholar Grants. The 17 research projects will answer questions and offer insights in ethics education, practice and theory. The Page/Johnson Legacy Scholar Grant program is a primary function of the Page Center, a research center housed in the Donald P. Bellisario College of C  more

HERSHEY, Pennsylvania, April 18 -- Penn State Health issued the following news: Advanced practice providers (APPs) play an integral role in meeting the needs of Penn State Health's increasingly diverse patient populations. With their advanced training and credentials, these professionals expand access to high-quality care, build trust with patients and are a valuable aspect of patients' overall experience. This is part 1 of a two-part feature on nurse midwives in our APP Spotlight series. Wh  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 15 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Penn State's first master's degree in social work will be offered online and welcome its initial group of students in the fall 2024 semester. Students of the new Master of Social Work program can choose between two areas of specialization, one in children and families and another in mental health and substance use. The degree program is specifically designed to prepare graduates for clinical soc  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 19 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Penn State students are making an impact on climate change at the local level by helping officials across Pennsylvania track the carbon footprint in their communities and recommending ways to reduce it. On Earth Day 2024, Penn State is recognizing more than 30 undergraduate and graduate students from the University Park campus and Penn State World Campus who have participated in the Local Climat  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 16 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Penn State and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) are collaborating to enhance academic and research ties through a series of workshops and a new seed grant program for the 2024-25 academic year. Applications for the seed grant program are open until May 20. Projects should foster collaborative and sustainable programs that integrate academics and students from both universities. The univers  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 17 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Penn State and Morgan Advanced Materials have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to catalyze research and development of silicon carbide, known as SiC, a semiconductor material that operates more efficiently at high voltages than competing technologies. This agreement includes a new five-year, multimillion-dollar initiative and a commitment by Morgan to become a founding member of the rec  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 17 -- The Pennsylvania Bar Association issued the following news release: The Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) Business Law Section will present its annual Professor Louis Del Duca Memorial Award in Business Law to nine Pennsylvania law students at an awards breakfast during the PBA Annual Meeting on May 10 in Hershey. Instituted in 2019, the award honors the memory of Louis Del Duca, an active member and officer of the section who was an attorney, teacher, me  more

WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, April 19 -- The Pennsylvania College of Technology issued the following news: The Pennsylvania College of Technology Board of Directors on Thursday approved a contract with a firm to provide auditing services, welcomed a new member and heard about faculty promotions and new/retired academic majors. In the lone action item, the board authorized the appointment of Baker Tilly to perform audit services for the college for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024. The boar  more

WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, April 19 -- The Pennsylvania College of Technology issued the following news: Michael Stefan has begun his service on the Pennsylvania College of Technology Board of Directors. Stefan, vice president for government and community relations at Penn State, succeeds Zack Moore, who had served on the board since June 2021. Moore stepped down as vice president for government and community relations at Penn State on Feb. 2 following seven years in the position. Stefan was  more

WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, April 16 -- The Pennsylvania College of Technology issued the following news: A dozen students from North West Regional College, in Northern Ireland, recently wrapped up a two-week visit to Pennsylvania College of Technology, where they sat in on classes and dove into local culture. "It's been completely mind-changing - life-changing - and I really do want to look into coming here," said Zach Richardson, one of six visitors pursuing engineering fields at NWRC. The o  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 17 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Abhronil Sengupta, the Joseph R. and Janice M. Monkowski Career Development Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at Penn State, was granted a three-year, $360,000 Early Career Program Award from the Army Research Office (ARO). The award supports "early career scientists and engineers who show exceptional ability and promise for conducting basic research," according to the Army Research L  more

NORTH BRANCH, New Jersey, April 17 -- Raritan Valley Community College issued the following news release: Kareem McKenzie, a former professional athlete who played for both the New York Jets and the New York Giants and is now a Nationally Certified Counselor, will deliver the commencement address at Raritan Valley Community College's annual spring commencement, Saturday, May 11, at 10 a.m. McKenzie will receive an honorary degree during the ceremony, which will be held on the soccer field at th  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, April 20 (TNSres) -- University of Virginia Health issued the following news release: The University of Virginia School of Medicine has named Xuemei Huang, MD, PhD, a distinguished leader, clinician, educator, and scientist to chair its Department of Neurology. She is slated to begin August 1. Huang comes to UVA from the Penn State College of Medicine, where she has served as associate dean for physician-scientist development and chief of the Division of Movement Dis  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 18 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Penn State's Office of Research Information Systems (ORIS) has updated its researcher portal by adding a new module, called myFunds, enables researchers to more easily navigate and manage their accounts, including grants and startup funds. The action is part of the Research Support Transformation Project (RSTP), which aims to reduce administrative burdens and increase the efficiency of operations  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 17 -- 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: Jodi Butler, financial assistant in the College of Agricultural Sciences, whose nominator wrote: "Jodi is so helpful and knowledgeable with everythin  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 18 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Six Penn State faculty members in areas ranging from neuropharmacology to computer architecture have been elected to the 2023 cohort of fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world's largest general scientific society. This year, AAAS recognized a total of 502 scientists, engineers and innovators with this lifetime honor, bestowed by their peers, for their   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 16 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Tracy Langkilde, the Verne M. Willaman Dean of the Eberly College of Science, has been named interim executive vice president and provost of Penn State, effective April 15. Langkilde succeeds Executive Vice President and Provost Justin Schwartz, who has been named as the sole finalist for chancellor of the University of Colorado Boulder and will depart Penn State this summer. In the coming weeks  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 16 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: High-tunnel growing systems, sometimes called hoop houses, have gained popularity for their ability to enhance growth conditions and extend the growing season of horticultural crops. Now, a team led by Penn State researchers has demonstrated that growers can select various plastic film coverings on the structures -- depending on their desired light-filtering properties -- to protect plants and en  more