WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pennsylvania, Jan. 29 [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 Revises Connected Consumer Products Standard Revisions include guidance on the use of artificial intelligence. ASTM International has revised its standard that helps to ensure the  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Environment America issued the following news release: * * * Agreement should save customers money, hopefully jump-start delayed renewable energy projects * * * HARRISBURG, Pa. - PJM, the grid operator responsible for keeping the lights on in 13 Mid-Atlantic and Midwestern states, announced a settlement Tuesday with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro that could save PJM's 65 million utility customers $21 billion over the next two years. The settlement includes a lowered ca  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Jan. 29 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Executive director of Human Research Protection Program named UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Penn State Office for Research Protections (ORP) has announced Jen Kucera as the new executive director of the Human Research Protection Program (HRPP), effective Feb. 3. Kucera joins Penn State from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where she served as associate director of regulatory affa  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Jan. 29 -- The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression issued the following news release: * * * Her grad school tried to expel her for a tweet about Cardi B. Now they'll pay a $250K lawsuit settlement * The University of Tennessee's pharmacy school twice investigated a grad student for her sex-positive social media posts. * UT voted to expel her from her doctoral program -- but reversed its decision when FIRE intervened. * Today's settlement is a war  more

BETHLEHEM, Pennsylvania, Jan. 29 -- The National Association of Colleges and Employers issued the following news release: New college graduates entering the job market need to put key skills front and center on their resumes to attract the attention of recruiters, according to recent research conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). When asked what they are looking for on resumes, nearly 90% of recruiters responding to NACE's Job Outlook 2025 survey indicated the  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Jan. 28 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Penn State Forum Speakers Series announces spring 2025 events UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Michele Dunleavy, professor of dance and the 2024-25 Penn State Laureate, and Jared Fishman, founder and executive director of Justice Innovation Lab, will be hosted by the Penn State Forum Speaker Series for spring 2025. The forum series is modeled after the National Press Club Speaker Series and include  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Jan. 29 -- Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future (PennFuture), an environmental advocacy organization, issued the following news release: * * * PennFuture Thanks the Governor for Aggressive Actions to Date, But More Needs to Be Done to Protect Pennsylvanians * * * Energy prices are high, but this summer, they are expected to surge even higher, to the tune of billions of dollars that will be borne by everyday Pennsylvanians and their families. The causes: Our region's g  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Jan. 28 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters -- Jan. 28 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: * Daniel Battles, administrative assistant in Student Affairs, whose nominator wrote: "Dan  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Jan. 29 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Shenango professor showcases malware detection model at Hawaii conference SHARON, Pa. -- Penn State Shenango Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity Dima Rabadi presented at the 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) in Hawaii in early January. Rabadi's research paper titled, " BERT-Cuckoo15: A Comprehensive Framework for Malware Detection Using 15 Dynamic Feature Typ  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Jan. 28 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Things to Do at Penn State: Jan. 30-Feb. 6 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 Barleyjuice -- 7 p.m., Jan. 30, Hiller Auditorium, DuBois campus. Based in Philadelphia, Barleyjuice is known for blending traditional Irish music with modern rock elements. "Improvisi  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- The U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund issued the following news release on Jan. 28, 2025: * * * Agreement should save customers money, hopefully jump-start delayed renewable energy projects * * * HARRISBURG, Pa. - PJM, the grid operator responsible for keeping the lights on in 13 Mid-Atlantic and Midwestern states, announced a settlement Tuesday with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro that could save PJM's 65 million utility customers $21 billion over the   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Jan. 28 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * WATCH: Tracking disease progression in technicolor UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Photon-counting CT scanning is the next-generation of computer tomography diagnostics, providing precise, multi-color imaging to simultaneously track biological processes. The Laboratory for Materials in Medicine, led by Dipanjan Pan, the Dorothy Foehr Huck & J. Lloyd Huck Chair Professor in Nanomedicine and profes  more