UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 3 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * 'Growing Impact' explores monitoring environmental activity with fiber optics UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The latest episode of "Growing Impact" delves into research using fiber optic cables to monitor environmental changes and seismic activity. Originally funded by a 2019 Penn State Institute of Energy and the Environment (IEE) seed grant, this project explores how fiber optic technology can d  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 3 [Category: Medical] -- The American Association for Cancer Research posted the following news release: * * * AACR Statement on the New Administration's Recent Executive Orders and Policy Proposals The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is increasingly concerned about the numerous executive orders and policy proposals that the new administration has issued during the first two weeks of President Trump's second term. Many of the President's execut  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 3 [Category: Medical] -- The American College of Physicians posted the following news release: * * * ACP announces the release of the all-new ACP MKSAP(sm), a comprehensive learning program for physicians to maintain and update medical knowledge PHILADELPHIA Feb. 3, 2025 - The American College of Physicians (ACP) has released a new subscription-based edition of ACP MKSAP (Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program), a comprehensive learning program for internal  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 4 -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences issued the following news: * * * Amy Gutmann receives Yale Legend in Leadership Award Gutmann accepted the award, presented by five current and former university presidents, at a ceremony on Jan. 28. Penn President Emerita Amy Gutmann accepted the Yale Legend in Leadership Award at the Yale Higher Education Leadership Summit at the Yale School of Management in New Haven, Connecticut, during a cer  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 4 -- The Annenberg Public Policy Center issued the following news release: * * * FactCheck.org: Kennedy Cites Flawed Paper in Bid to Justify Vaccine-Autism Link As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faces Senate confirmation votes for his nomination as Secretary of Health and Human Services, we have rounded up a series of essential reads by our project FactCheck.org on Kennedy's record and remarks about relevant and consequential topics from vaccination and autism to Covid  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 4 -- The Annenberg Public Policy Center issued the following news release: * * * Nearly Half of Adults Mistakenly Think Benefits of Daily Aspirin Outweigh Risks For years, healthy older adults were advised by doctors to take a low-dose aspirin daily as a way to reduce the risk of heart attack. But in March 2019, the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association (AHA) announced new guidelines and no longer routinely recommended a daily dose   more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 3 [Category: Medical] -- The American College of Physicians posted the following news release: * * * New ACP Guideline on Migraine Prevention, Shows No Clinically Important Advantages for Newer, Expensive Medications PHILADELPHIA Feb. 4, 2025 - The American College of Physicians (ACP) has developed new recommendations to prevent episodic migraines in nonpregnant adults in outpatient settings. Prevention of Episodic Migraine Headache using Pharmacologic Treatme  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 4 -- The University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * No evidence that CAR T cell therapy causes secondary cancers, Penn study finds Analysis looked for--and did not find--examples where the process of generating CAR T cells caused malignancy PHILADELPHIA-- Within a large group of more than 700 patients treated with CAR T cell therapy, researchers found no evidence that the therapy itself caused any type of  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 3 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Novel 'living' biomaterial aims to advance regenerative medicine UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A biomaterial that can mimic certain behaviors within biological tissues could advance regenerative medicine, disease modeling, soft robotics and more, according to researchers at Penn State. Materials created up to this point to mimic tissues and extracellular matrices (ECMs) -- the body's biological  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 2 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Penn State on strong financial path as revamped budget model enters third year UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State has released University-wide budget allocations for fiscal year 2026-27 as part of its two-year, data-driven budget process, which has the institution on a strong financial path as it enters its third year. According to Sara Thorndike, senior vice president for Finance and Busin  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 3 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Penn State students ready for working duties, media-related roles at Super Bowl UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- An opportunity for hands-on experience at one of the world's most well-known sporting events awaits several Penn State students this week as they step into working, media-related roles at the Super Bowl, which will be contested Feb. 9 in New Orleans. Their presence continues what has be  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 3 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Penn State, Shell collaboration funds environmental research project ALTOONA, Pa. -- A collaboration between Penn State and Shell USA Inc. is supporting efforts across the University's mission of research, education and community impact. An initial commitment from Shell of more than $1 million is funding initiatives focused on energy transition, decarbonization, polymer recycling and biodiv  more

LOVELAND, Colorado, Feb. 4 -- The National Association for Gun Rights issued the following news release: * * * Pennsylvania Gun Rights Announces the Introduction of Constitutional Carry in the Pennsylvania State House Harrisburg, PA -- Pennsylvania Gun Rights announced the filing of Constitutional Carry in the 2025-2026 legislative session of the Pennsylvania General Assembly. After several strategy discussions between PAGR and Representative Aaron Bernstine (R-08) of Butler County, Bernstin  more

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Feb. 3 -- Bryn Mawr College issued the following news: * * * Undergraduate 360deg Students are Co-Authors on Published Papers A 360deg class held in 2022 recently had two papers published in the peer-reviewed journal Museum & Society, a rare case of an entire class of undergraduate students having their research published. The 15 students in Minerals, Museums & Western Colonialism were coauthors on the papers with Associate Professor of Geology Selby Hearth, Curator  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 3 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Vitamin D matters during first trimester, researchers find UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Low vitamin D levels in the first trimester of pregnancy are associated with higher rates of preterm birth and decreased fetal length, according to a new study led by researchers in the Penn State Department of Nutritional Sciences. This research provides evidence that early pregnancy or even preconception ma  more