UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 29 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Inspired by the prospect of expanding access to the University's nationally recognized training program for law enforcement and choosing to remain anonymous, a donor has come forward with an estate commitment to support the Penn State Justice and Safety Institute (JASI). The bequest, valued in excess of $1 million, is the first significant gift in JASI's 53-year history and  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 3 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Move over, graphene. There's a new, improved two-dimensional material in the lab. Borophene, the atomically thin version of boron first synthesized in 2015, is more conductive, thinner, lighter, stronger and more flexible than graphene, the 2D version of carbon. Now, researchers at Penn State have made the material potentially more useful by imparting chirality -- or handedness -- on it, which could  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- The American Astronomical Society issued the following news release: President Joe Biden will present Dr. Jane Rigby with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Friday, 3 May, in a ceremony at the White House in Washington. Rigby, an American Astronomical Society (AAS) member and elected At-Large Trustee, is an astrophysicist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, in Greenbelt, Maryland, and the senior project scientist for NASA's JWST mission -- the powerful space telescope   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 30 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: When Najee Rodriguez came to Penn State in 2019, he found himself navigating much more than the typical college-transition challenges related to academics, career pathways and a sense of belonging. A first-generation student who was experiencing financial and food insecurity, Rodriguez had to secure basic needs in addition to scheduling courses and exploring extracurricular opportunities. He in  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 3 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: The Penn State Alumni Association is teaming up with the College of Arts and Architecture and the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts to bring arts festival visitors a unique new event honoring an artist with deep ties to the festival's history. The Hintz Family Alumni Center will be the site of "Hintzpiration: Artistry at the Alumni Center," an art exhibit happening July 12-13, 2024, featur  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 30 -- The American Library Association issued the following news release: The Carnegie-Whitney Grant provides grants for the preparation, either in print and/or electronically, of popular or scholarly reading lists, webliographies, indexes and other guides to library resources that will be useful to users of all types of libraries in the United States. The American Library Association Publishing Committee is proud to announce the 2024 Carnegie-Whitney Award winners, wh  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, May 1 -- The American Nurses Association issued the following news release on April 30, 2024: On Tuesday, May 7, the American Nurses Association (ANA) will host its second annual Mary Eliza Mahoney Lecture Series installment entitled "Activism and Advocacy: Building on the Legacy of Mary Eliza Mahoney." As part of ANA's Journey of Racial Reconciliation and sponsored by Capella University, this virtual lecture will present a diverse panel of distinguished nurse activists  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 2 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Researchers from Penn State helped to identify a planet too big for its sun last year, leading to questions about the formation of planets within solar systems. The discovery, led by Suvrath Mahadevan, Verne M. Willaman Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, included work from students - like third-year graduate student researcher Megan Delamer and undergraduate student Abigail Minnich.  Delamer  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 30 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Paul Nicklen, the award-winning nature photographer and conservationist, will be the keynote speaker for Penn State's Climate Solutions Symposium. His presentation is scheduled for 9 a.m. on Tuesday, May 14, at The Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center. Nicklen, a Canadian photographer, filmmaker, and marine biologist, has dedicated his career to using powerful imagery to advocate for nature c  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 3 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: How well bees tolerate temperature extremes could determine their ability to persist in a changing climate. But heat tolerance varies between and within populations, so a research team led by Penn State entomologists examined bee physical traits -- such as sex differences in body mass -- to understand how these traits interact with environmental conditions, pathogens and other factors. In a study p  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 3 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Results from this year's Penn State Board of Trustees elections were announced at the group's meeting today (May 3). University alumni elected Matt McGloin and Carl P. Nassib and re-elected incumbent Brandon Short as alumni trustees. Delegates of agricultural societies re-elected incumbents Donald W. Cairns and Chris R. Hoffman. Robert E. Fenza and Mary Lee Schneider were re-elected as trustee  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 2 -- The Pennsylvania Bar Association issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: Kelly A. Mroz, assistant general counsel, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, will begin the second year of a three-year term as treasurer on the Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) Board of Governors at the conclusion of the association's Annual Meeting on May 10 in Hershey. Within the PBA, Mroz is chair of the Planning Committee and a member of the Commission on   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 2 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Recycling does not necessarily prevent an item from eventually ending up in a landfill, according to Enrique Gomez, interim associate dean for equity and inclusion and professor of chemical engineering in the Penn State College of Engineering. Instead, recycling simply delays its end of life. Plastic bottles that are recycled and then turned into carpet, for example, eventually end up in the landfil  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 30 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Detroit District issued the following news release: In partnership with the Pittsburgh Pirates, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District will host their "Water Safety Night" at PNC Park, May 11. The event intends to promote safe practices on our waterways as the summer recreation season begins. Before the game, members from the Pittsburgh District and other waterway partners will set up interactive displays and  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 30 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: A project co-led by two Penn State professors has been selected to receive up to $815,959 from the Grid Deployment Office of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The team will evaluate prospective market design changes to efficiently integrate batteries and other unconventional resources into wholesale electricity markets, with the aim of improving electrical grid reliability. Mort Webster, prof  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 30 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Debarati Das, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science in the Penn State College of Engineering, earned a five-year, $647,681 U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Early Career Development (CAREER) Award for a project titled, "A Theoretical Exploration of Efficient and Accurate Clustering Algorithms." Q: What do you want to understand or solve through this project?   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 30 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: For as long as statistics about opioid overdose deaths have been collected in the United States, white individuals have been much more likely to die than Black individuals of the same age. With the rapidly increasing rate of fentanyl overdoses in the late 2010s, that trend began to reverse -- by the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, more Black Americans began to die of opioid overdoses and   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 29 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Catching fireflies is an iconic summer experience for many people living in North America, but the flickering beetles are on the decline. New research has identified factors that may be contributing to declining populations. The study, which is available online now and will be published in the June 15 issue of Science of the Total Environment, suggests that fireflies are sensitive to various env  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 3 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Five Penn State professors have been named Evan Pugh University Professors, an elite and prestigious distinction conferred by the University on only 79 faculty members since the establishment of the designation in 1960. The five professors newly bestowed with the University's highest faculty honor, effective July 1, are: Reka Albert, distinguished professor of physics and biology, Eberly Colle  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- NASA issued the following news release on May 3, 2024: President Joe Biden will present Dr. Ellen Ochoa, former center director and astronaut at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston, and Dr. Jane Rigby, senior project scientist for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, each with the Presidential Medal of Freedom Friday in a ceremony at the White House in Washington. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the nation's highest civilian honor award, and these two NASA reci  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 3 -- The Pennsylvania Bar Association issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: Stephanie F. Latimore, assistant director, Legislative Reference Bureau of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, will begin a three-year term as the woman governor, representing the interests of women lawyers, on the Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) Board of Governors at the conclusion of the association's Annual Meeting on May 10 in Hershey. A leader within the PBA, Latimore is a former  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 29 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: One engineering student organization, two new campus makerspaces and three days resulted in a functioning robot and a weekend-long demonstration of student ingenuity and outreach at Penn State. Earlier this semester, the Penn State Robot in Three Days (Ri3D) club participated in the national FIRST Robotics competition, where students are tasked with designing, prototyping and building a robot in  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 29 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: To protect and preserve ecosystems, United States national parks educate their visitors about sustainable practices. In support of these efforts, Derrick Taff, associate professor in the Penn State Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management, recently completed a scholar-in-residence program with the Rocky Mountain Conservancy. During the program, he studied how visitor education impa  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 1 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: The Pennsylvania Integrated Pest Management Program has announced the appointment of Donald DeMackiewicz Jr. as the new PA IPM schools program assistant. The PA IPM program, a collaboration between Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences and the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, provides educational and logistical resources to help develop and implement effective, sustainable and enviro  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 2 -- The Pennsylvania Bar Association issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: Lackawanna County lawyer Michael J. McDonald, a founding partner in the Scranton law firm of McDonald and MacGregor LLC, will become immediate past president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) at the conclusion of the association's Annual Meeting May 10 in Hershey. As immediate past president, McDonald will continue to serve as an officer on the PBA Board of Governors.   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 30 -- The Pennsylvania Bar Association issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: Samuel G. Encarnacion, first assistant public defender, Lancaster County Public Defender's Office, will receive the annual Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) Civil and Equal Rights Champion Award at an awards ceremony on May 9 during the PBA Annual Meeting in Hershey. Developed by the PBA Civil and Equal Rights Committee (CERC), this award honors an individual who champio  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 2 -- The Pennsylvania Bar Association issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: Nancy Conrad, a partner with Philadelphia-based White and Williams LLP, managing partner of White and Williams' Lehigh Valley office and a resident of Lehigh County, will become president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) at the conclusion of the association's Annual Meeting on May 10 in Hershey. During her year as president, Conrad will build on what she identifies as   more

SYRACUSE, New York, May 2 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: Marina Artuso, professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Qinru Qiu, professor of electrical engineering and computer science in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, have been named Distinguished Professors. The distinction is one of the University's highest honors, given to faculty whose exemplary teaching and research have advanced the academic mission. The designation was recently appro  more

IRVING, Texas, May 1 -- The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame issued the following news release: The 2024 NFL Draft took place in Detroit from April 25-27 with 50 percent of the 2023 Campbell Trophy(R) Finalists tapped to pursue the dream of playing football at the highest level. "We were thrilled to see such a high percentage of the NFF Campbell Trophy(R) Finalists receive a call to play in the NFL," said NFF President & CEO Steve Hatchell. "They're amazing examples that o  more

MATERIALS PARK, Ohio, April 29 (TNSres) -- ASM International posted the following news from Penn State and Morgan Advanced Materials: Penn State and Morgan Advanced Materials have signed an MOU to accelerate research and development of silicon carbide (SiC), a semiconductor material that excels at high voltages. This collaborative agreement spans a new five-year, multimillion-dollar initiative. The initiative brings together industry leaders, academic institutions, and government support, aimin  more

MECHANICSBURG, Pennsylvania, May 3 -- Pennsylvania American Water, a subsidiary of American Water, issued the following news release: The American Water Charitable Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization established by American Water, the largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the U.S., recently announced that 15 organizations were awarded a Water and Environment grant, supporting communities served by Pennsylvania American Water with a total of $267,580 in funding. "As a provi  more

VALLEY FORGE, Pennsylvania, May 1 -- PJM Interconnection, a regional transmission organization that coordinates the movement of wholesale electricity, issued the following news release: A collaborative project among PJM Interconnection, Penn State and ISO New England has won funding from a U.S. Department of Energy program designed to develop and improve wholesale electricity markets. Following its first round of funding, the Wholesale Market Studies and Engagements Program (WMSE) has announce  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 3 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Researchers in Penn State's colleges of Engineering and of Medicine are reducing error rates in central-line placement by designing and implementing a novel robotic training program that uses life-like manikins and real-time feedback to simulate patient scenarios. If implemented at hospitals across the country, the program's observed reduced error rate for mechanical complications alone would transl  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 29 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: As part of our regular "We Are!" feature, we recognize 16 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: Bob Boor, facility coordinator at the Eberly College of Science, whose nominator wrote: "During an event that we hosted, Bob went above and beyond to m  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 29 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: PETERSBURG, Pa. -- A veteran of the Shaver's Creek Environmental Center Birding Cup has some advice for inexperienced birders: Don't be intimidated. The best part of the annual fundraising event is being outside with other birders and "hearing everybody's stories and sharing with each other" afterward, said Jon Kauffman, whose Mifflin County Mockingbirds team won the cup in both 2022 and 2023.   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 29 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: For most people, biting into a lemon would leave them puckered up and desperate to lose that sour flavor, but a new study by Penn State researchers revealed that roughly one in eight adults like intensely sour sensations. The cross-cultural study, recently published in the journal Food Quality and Preference, demonstrated there is a subset of "sour likers" who enjoy exceptionally sour foods. "Th  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 29 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Transportation Services has announced parking information for Penn State commencement ceremonies to be held at University Park from Friday, May 3 through Sunday, May 5. Bryce Jordan Center commencement ceremonies (Friday, May 3 -- Sunday, May 5) General parking for Penn State spring commencement ceremonies being held at the Bryce Jordan Center will be available at one or more of the following p  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 29 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Transportation Services has announced parking information for Penn State commencement ceremonies to be held at University Park from Friday, May 3 through Sunday, May 5. Bryce Jordan Center commencement ceremonies (Friday, May 3 -- Sunday, May 5) General parking for Penn State spring commencement ceremonies being held at the Bryce Jordan Center will be available at one or more of the following p  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 29 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Connect with woman-, minority-, veteran- and LGBT-owned businesses at the Supplier Diversity Trade Fair from 10:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 16, at the Bryce Jordan Center, Gate B. Attendees can engage in one-on-one conversations about goods and services showcased from the following product categories: Administrative Supplies and Business Operations Support Facilities and Fleet   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 3 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: The invasive insect emerald ash borer is killing ash trees at an unprecedented rate in the United States, and now five North American species of ash are considered critically endangered, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service. But a small percentage are surviving, and research by Forest Service scientists suggests that those trees may hold the key for saving the specie  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 2 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: HERSHEY, Pa. -- The first hints of summer are in the air along with the lure of the outdoors. But maybe after a long winter of hibernating inside you don't feel ready for it. You aren't alone. Only 24% of adults in the U.S. met the 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans for aerobic and muscle-strengthening activities, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The c  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 3 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: In addition to holding annual elections for various representatives, the Penn State Board of Trustees took a handful of actions and heard reports from University leaders during its meeting on May 3. The board approved: A proposal to sell a commercial office building property at 1010 N. 7th St. in Harrisburg for $3.1 million to the Harrisburg School District. Penn State originally purchased the b  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 2 -- The Pennsylvania Bar Association issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: James R. Antoniono of DeBernardo, Antoniono, McCabe and Davis PC, Greensburg, will begin his term as vice president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) at the conclusion of the association's House of Delegates meeting on May 10 in Hershey. Antoniono previously served a three-year term as PBA treasurer. He is a member of the PBA LGBTQ+ Rights, Minority Bar and Quality of L  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 2 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Remake Learning Days connects youth and families to innovative and fun new ways to learn and grow together with events that focus on STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) exploration and career pathways across Pennsylvania, including programs hosted and sponsored by Penn State. Remake Learning Days in Pennsylvania runs from May 2-22, and includes more than 1,000 events intended to   more