WASHINGTON, July 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news on July 17, 2024: * * * A collaboration yields a powerful combination of high-throughput computation and precise fabrication techniques to accelerate the discovery of quantum defects * * * Key Takeaways * For the first time, researchers have demonstrated an approach that combines high-throughput computation and atomic-scale fabrication to engineer high-performance   more

WACO, Texas, July 18 (TNScapv) -- The American Football Coaches Association issued the following news: * * * * Allstate Wuerffel Trophy and Allstate AFCA Good Works Team(R) honor community service leaders with coveted collegiate awards * 2024 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team announces a record 178 nominees, representing players and coaches from colleges and universities across the country * * * Allstate is partnering with the Wuerffel Foundation to bring together two of the most meaningful awa  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 18 -- The U.S. Army Installation Management Command issued the following news: By Steve Warns, U.S. Army Installation Management Command Public Affairs JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas - The U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program presents unique opportunities for elite Soldier-Athletes to achieve their Olympic dreams. Starting July 26 and ending Sept. 8, five of WCAP's best Soldier-Athletes will go for the gold in the Summer Games and Paralympics. Here   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 15 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Health care has often taken a central role in political campaigns, and the 2024 presidential election is no different. But the debate around health care isn't just about policy. The issues at stake such as health care coverage and affordability, reproductive health and substance use disorders affect individuals and families in Pennsylvania and across the nation, making it a hi  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 15 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Special education offers many services to students with disabilities, but the field would benefit from embracing the diverse perspectives espoused by Black feminist scholars, according to a Penn State College of Education researcher. "People with different abilities offer so much to who we are as a society," said Mildred Boveda, associate professor of education (special educa  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 18 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: ALTOONA, Pa. A balanced Education and General budget and tuition freeze for Pennsylvania resident undergraduates at the Commonwealth Campuses highlight Penn State's proposed 2025-26 fiscal plan, approved today (July 18) by the Penn State Board of Trustees Committee on Finance, Business and Capital Planning. The full board will vote on the fiscal year 2025-26 operating budget and tuition and fees  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 18 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: ALTOONA, Pa. The standard housing and food rate at Penn State's University Park campus, based on a traditional double room and the mid-level meal plan, would increase by $216 per semester, or 3.21%, for the 2025-26 academic year under a plan advanced today (July 18) by the Penn State Board of Trustees Committee on Finance, Business and Capital Planning. The proposed rates will go to the full boa  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 19 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: ALTOONA, Pa. Penn State Altoona Chancellor Ron Darbeau shared the college's "Vision 2030," a comprehensive plan for the campus by the decade's end, during the University's Board of Trustees meeting today (July 19) at Penn State Altoona. "Our approach to promoting the viability and success of Penn State Altoona must focus on increasing campus vitality and enrollment while simultaneously through m  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 15 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: The discovery of a hybrid population of poplar trees in western Wyoming has provided insight into how natural hybridization informs the evolution of many plant species, according to a team led by Penn State researchers. They also said their discovery suggests that genetic exchange between species may be critical for adaptation to environmental change. The research which described a novel lineage   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 17 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Astronomers have discovered a planet that has the most oblong orbit ever found among transiting planets. The exoplanet's extreme circuit which looks closer to a cucumber than a circle follows one of the most drastically stretched-out orbits of all known exoplanets, planets that orbit stars outside our solar system. It is also orbiting its star backwards, lending insight into t  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 17 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. A federal regulation called the Common Rule previously requested the public posting of participant consent forms to trials listed in the national clinical study database clinicaltrials.gov, among other human research protections, since 1991. However, the forms were often not posted in a timely manner or at all. To improve posting and posting timing, the rule was revised in 201  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 15 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. As Penn State prepares for the public launch of a new fundraising campaign, a top volunteer for the effort has stepped forward with a seven-figure commitment. Greg Lucier, a 1986 industrial engineering graduate, will direct $5 million of his estate to the College of Engineering as an unrestricted commitment that can be used for his alma mater's most urgent needs and opportunit  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 19 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.--Penn State's Graduate School, which enrolls more than 13,000 students across 300 degree programs, will now bear the names of leading philanthropists who have committed $20 million to its future success and strength. The Board of Trustees today unanimously approved the naming of the J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Graduate School in recognition of the couple and the endowment the  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 15 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Penn State's 13th annual Military Appreciation Week will take place Nov. 11 to 17. The week-long celebration will recognize and honor those who were a Prisoner of War (POW) and those that are still Missing in Action (MIA) service members and their families. The 13th annual Military Appreciation Week will feature a week of festivities and events open to all University, local a  more

ROLLA, Missouri, July 20 -- Missouri University of Science and Technology issued the following news: For the second year in a row, Missouri S&T's student section of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) has been recognized as the winner of the national organization's Samuel J. Glasstone award. According to the ANS website, this award is presented annually to the student section that "accomplished the most notable achievements in public service and the advancement of nuclear engineering." For 2  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 17 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The planet's wild orbit offers clues to how such large, hot planets take shape. * * * By Jennifer Chu, MIT News Hot Jupiters are some of the most extreme planets in the galaxy. These scorching worlds are as massive as Jupiter, and they swing wildly close to their star, whirling around in a few days compared to our own gas giant's leisurely 4,000-day orbit around the sun.   more

KENT, Ohio, July 18 (TNSres) -- Wright State University issued the following news: By Kevin Tucker You'd be hard-pressed to find an issue in the limelight that's more of a lightning rod than marijuana legalization. Lee Hannah, Ph.D., professor of political science at Wright State University, has jumped into the fray with his book, "Green Rush: The Rise of Medical Marijuana in the United States," co-authored with Daniel J. Mallinson, associate professor of public policy and administration at P  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 15 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Nominations are currently being solicited for the Penn State Distinguished Alumni Award for 2025. The Distinguished Alumni Awards were authorized by the Board of Trustees in 1951. It is the University's highest honor presented to its alumni. Nominations may include living alumni of Penn State "whose personal lives, professional achievements and community service exemplify th  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 15 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Penn State Athletics has announced game day themes for the 2024 football season. The nationally recognized Penn State White Out is scheduled for Nov. 9 against while the Penn State Stripe Out will take place on Oct. 5 against UCLA and the Helmet Stripe happening on Nov. 2 against Ohio State. 2024 Penn State Football game themes: Sept. 7 Bowling Green (noon BTN): THON Game  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 17 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. As Penn State concludes the first year of a new comprehensive fundraising campaign, still in its quiet phase, donors have already rallied to the call for support with campaign commitments of $430 million. That total represents strong endorsement of University President Neeli Bendapudi's institutional vision and values, which the campaign aims to support. This fundraising succe  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 18 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: HERSHEY, Pa. Steve Massini, chief executive officer of Penn State Health since 2019 and the first Penn State alumnus to lead the University's health system, has announced he will retire effective Oct. 1, 2024. "Steve is an incredibly talented executive and wonderful individual who has served Penn State Health with great distinction during his five-year tenure as CEO," said Penn State President Ne  more

HERSHEY, Pennsylvania, July 16 -- Penn State Health issued the following news: Penn State Health is now offering a new, minimally invasive robotic surgical procedure at two of its hospitals to treat enlarged prostate, also known as benign prostate hyperplasia. Aquablation therapy is the first and only image-guided, heat-free robotic therapy for the treatment of the condition. This advanced treatment is available at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State Health Lancas  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 18 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: SHARON, Pa. Carey McDougall formally introduced herself as the new chancellor and chief academic officer of Penn State Shenango at a special campus Town Hall on July 8. McDougall has been serving as chancellor and chief academic officer at Penn State Beaver since April 2024, following a term as the interim chancellor since July 2023. As part of Penn State's new regional leadership model announce  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 18 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. The Penn State Board of Trustees Committee on Finance, Business and Capital Planning advanced a proposal today (July 18) to construct the first new academic building at Penn State Abington in more than 50 years. The proposal will be considered by the full board at its meeting on July 19. The three-story, 85,554-square-foot building will house state-of-the-art learning and co  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 17 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Do pre-term babies cry differently than full-term babies? Yes, but upon age correction of pre-term babies the differences may not be cause for concern, according to a new study conducted by a team of researchers from the Penn State Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. The researchers compared the acoustic features of cries collected from pre-term babies to the   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 15 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. With the 2024 Summer Olympics around the corner, all eyes are on Paris. Over 10 thousand of the best athletes from around the world will gather to compete in 32 sports, push the boundaries of athletic achievement and break records along the way. But behind the athletes, their tremendous skill and accomplishments are protective policies designed to protect athlete health, well  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 19 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was first detected in dairy cattle in Texas on March 25 and has since spread to several additional states. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed multiple human infections in which the individuals were exposed to infected dairy cattle. The third case, detected in May, was a farm worker who was the only i  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 19 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Xianbiao "XB" Hu, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Penn State with a Larson Transportation Institute (LTI) affiliation, shared his transportation engineering expertise with President Neeli Bendapudi and others at a visit to LTI's test track on June 29. Bendapudi was able to test drive an autonomous vehicle and catch up on the latest transportation   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 18 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: As the number of major utility-scale ground solar panel installations grows, concerns about their impacts on natural hydrologic processes also have grown. However, a new study by Penn State researchers suggests that excess runoff or increased erosion can be easily mitigated if these "solar farms" are properly built. Solar panels are impervious to water, and vast arrays of them, it was feared, cou  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 17 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: HERSHEY, Pa. U.S. News & World Report has named three Penn State Health hospitals among the best in the nation. The magazine recognized Penn State Health's Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Holy Spirit Medical Center and St. Joseph Medical Center in its 2024-25 "Best Hospitals" rankings and ratings. Overall, U.S. News ranked Hershey Medical Center as No. 1 in the Harrisburg metro region and No. 4  more