PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Feb. 3 -- Duquesne University issued the following news release: * * * National and International Legal Experts Attend AI and Law Conference Nearly 100 judges and attorneys from across the globe convened at the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University from December 2-5, 2024, for a four-day conference entitled "Artificial Intelligence for Judges and Lawyers: A Comprehensive Course." The innovative and informative conference outlined the intersection of Ar  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 6 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Penn State student-athletes post outstanding academic performance in fall 2024 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State student-athletes posted another outstanding semester by recording a 3.32 term grade-point average (GPA) in the 2024 fall semester. The Nittany Lions had 636 students (77%) with a 3.0 semester GPA and 328 dean's list honorees (3.5 semester GPA). In addition, 75 full-time students  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 8 -- PennEnvironment issued the following news release: * * * RELEASE: PennEnvironment donates induction cooktops to local tool-lending library PHILADELPHIA, PA- In an effort to allow more Philadelphians access to environmentally sound and pollution-free cooking, the PennEnvironment Research & Policy Center donated two induction cooktops to the West Philly Tool Library (WPTL) this week. The lightweight, portable cooktops are better for our planet and more ener  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 8 -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences issued the following news: * * * In his book 'Centaurs and Snake-Kings: Hybrids and the Greek Imagination,' Jeremy McInerney, a professor of classical studies in the School of Arts & Sciences, investigates the power of hybridity in myth. As a Greek historian covering the archaic classical and Hellenistic periods, Jeremy McInerney has moved, over the course of his career, from a traditional politic  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 7 -- The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression posted the following news release: * * * VICTORY: District court blocks Texas social media law after FIRE lawsuit AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 7, 2025 -- After a lawsuit from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression and Davis Wright Tremaine, a district court today stopped enforcement of a Texas law that would have blocked access to broad categories of protected speech for minors and forced websites to  more