CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 19 [Category: Libraries] -- The American Library Association posted the following news release: * * * American Library Association (ALA) opens registration for its 2025 Annual Conference & Exhibition and announces three legendary speakers CHICAGO -- Today, the American Library Association (ALA) opened registration for the ALA 2025 Annual Conference & Exhibition, to be held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center and surrounding hotels in Philadelphia, June 26-30, 2025.   more

WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pennsylvania, Feb. 19 [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, posted the following news release: * * * ASTM Aviation Fuel Events Coming to Brussels in April ASTM International will be hosting a weeklong series of aviation fuel events from April 7-11, 2025 at the Brussels Marriott Hotel Gr  more

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Feb. 18 -- Bryn Mawr College posted the following news: * * * Book by Spanish's Neus Penalba Is Named One of the Year's Best Catalan Books Assistant Professor of Spanish Neus Penalba's recent book Fam als ulls, Ciment a la boca. Una lectura de "La mort i la primavera," de Merce Rodoreda examines the aesthetic elements of the posthumous work of Catalan novelist Merce Rodoreda. Fams als ulls, Ciment a la boca is Penalba's first book and has received numerous accolades  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 18 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * EEEPI Seminar: Lucy Page to discuss large-scale carbon labeling on Feb. 26 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Lucy Page, assistant professor of economics at the University of Pittsburgh, will give the talk, "Got Beef with Beef? Evidence from a Large-Scale Carbon Labeling Experiment," at noon. on Wednesday, Feb. 26, in 157 Hosler Building at Penn State University Park. "Food systems account for appr  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 19 -- The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression posted the following news release: * * * FIRE demands Fort Worth police return artwork confiscated from museum FORT WORTH, Feb. 19, 2025 -- A trio of civil liberty organizations are speaking up today to demand the Fort Worth Police Department end its unconstitutional censorship and seizure of several pieces of art that were on display at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. The Foundation for Individu  more

WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, Feb. 19 -- The Pennsylvania College of Technology issued the following news: * * * Fulton Bank awards funds to Community Arts Center The Community Arts Center has received a $2,500 donation from Fulton Bank as part of the Educational Improvement Tax Credit program. "Fulton Bank is proud to support the educational initiatives at the Community Arts Center through the EITC program," shared Leslie Temple, senior vice president market leader/business development, Fulto  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 19 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Magnetic semiconductor preserves 2D quantum properties in 3D material UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- There is a big problem with quantum technology -- it's tiny. The distinctive properties that exist at the subatomic scale usually disappear at macroscopic scales, making it difficult to harness their superior sensing and communication capabilities for real-world applications, like optical systems   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 18 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * NSF CAREER Award: Revolutionizing customization in manufacturing UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Ilya Kovalenko, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and of industrial and manufacturing engineering, earned a five-year, $689,000 U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Early Career Development (CAREER) Award for a project titled, " Intelligent Products for Mass Individualization in Manufactu  more

WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, Feb. 19 -- The Pennsylvania College of Technology issued the following news: * * * Penn College faculty member authors construction textbooks Two residential construction textbooks authored by a Pennsylvania College of Technology faculty member were published recently by The Goodheart-Wilcox Co. Inc. Jack Jones, associate professor of building construction technology, wrote a new textbook: "Principles of Residential Construction: Essential Skills and Practices," a  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 19 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Penn State Climate Consortium awards 5 workshops focused on climate solutions UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Penn State Climate Consortium has awarded five workshops as a part of its Climate Solutions Accelerator Program for 2025. In its second year, the Climate Solutions Accelerator continues to foster impactful research and bring effective climate solutions to communities in Pennsylvania an  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Feb. 19 -- The University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Scaling a Brain-Inspired Approach to Computing With neuromorphic computing at an inflection point, researchers from around the world plot its path forward As neuroscience continues to illuminate the power and efficiency of the human brain, neuromorphic computing researchers are mimicking its biological processes in electronic hardware and software. Novel artificial  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Feb. 20 -- The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center issued the following news release: * * * Scientists Identify a New Cancer Immunotherapy Target: Dysfunctional B Cells PITTSBURGH - University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center scientists have discovered a novel subset of cancer-fighting immune cells that reside outside of their normal neighborhood - known as the tertiary lymphoid structure - where they become frustratingly dysfunctio  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 18 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Young adults may be more vulnerable to nicotine addiction than the middle aged UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- People in their late teens and early 20s may be more sensitive to nicotine and more susceptible to nicotine addiction than middle aged adults, according to a new study in mice from researchers in the Penn State Department of Biobehavioral Health. The results provide evidence that the effe  more