Saturday - November 23, 2024
*Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Pennsylvania Newsletter for Sunday November 10, 2024 ( 4 items )  

Carnegie Mellon: SBOM Harmonization Plugfest Opens Call for Participants
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Nov. 9 -- Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute issued the following news: The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) is seeking participants for a project to investigate how various tools generate different software bills of materials (SBOMs) for the same software. Tool vendors and others who generate SBOMs are invited to participate in the SBOM Harmonization Plugfest. The initial project meeting will take place virtually November 19. Register (htt  more

This Pitt Alumna Uses State-of-the-Art Technology to Help Patients Navigate Hearing Loss
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Nov. 9 -- The University of Pittsburgh issued the following news: By Kara Elyse Henderson Audiologist Jennifer Raneri (SHRS '07G, '08G) is ensuring the level of audiological care found in many big cities is available to individuals in a more rural part of Eastern Pennsylvania. "Hearing is a means of connecting people to the world around them, furthering relationships, fostering those connections and making those more impactful," Raneri, a doctor at Norriton Hearing i  more

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center: New Take on Immunotherapy Reinvigorates T Cells by Blocking Uptake of Energy-Sapping Cancer Byproducts
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Nov. 9 (TNSres) -- The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center issued the following news release: As cancer cells grow, they pump out metabolic byproducts such as lactic acid into the tumor microenvironment. Exhausted T cells -- which have lost their cancer-fighting oomph -- consume this lactic acid, which further saps their energy, according to new research from the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center. When the researchers blocked the protein that  more

Wilkes University: Passan School of Nursing Receives $750,000 RACP Grant for SIM Center
WILKES-BARRE, Pennsylvania, Nov. 9 -- Wilkes University issued the following news release: Wilkes University's Passan School of Nursing was recently awarded $750,000 through a Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP). The funds will be used to create a new, state-of-the-art nursing simulation center, which will ensure that all nursing students will have the educational technologies needed to succeed in a rapidly changing healthcare environment. Hands-on learning experiences using high-fi  more