PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, May 23 (TNSjou) -- Carnegie Mellon University issued the following news: * * * Paper challenges long-held theory about cells in the basal ganglia * * * In a paper published in Neuron, Aryn Gittis and colleagues present new information about a neural pathway in the basal ganglia, a part of the brain important for skill learning, habit formation and motor control. The paper contradicts the model that has guided researchers' understanding of motor learning for 30 years  more

WILMINGTON, North Carolina, May 23 (TNSper) -- The University of North Carolina Wilmington campus issued the following news release: Dr. Jeanine Minge, Associate Provost for Community Engagement and Impact, has accepted the position of Associate Dean for the College of Arts and Humanities at West Chester University. Founded in 1871 and enrolling more than 17,000 students, WCU is the largest member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. Dr. Minge, who joined UNCW in 2019, will lea  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 23 -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP recently hosted students from the James G. Blaine School at the firm's Philadelphia office, as part of an ongoing relationship with the school. On May 9, seventh and eighth graders from Blaine visited the office to experience a day in the life of a large law firm in the city. Panel discussions with business staff, litigators and transactional lawyers, a  more

WATERVILLE, Maine, May 23 (TNSpar) -- Thomas College issued the following news release: Thomas College is pleased to announce a partnership with MMG Insurance to extend graduate education to all employees in the company's five-state operational footprint. MMG Insurance Company, headquartered in Presque Isle, Maine, is a regional property and casualty insurance company with operations in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. The nine-time recipient of the Best Places to Wor  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 23 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following news release: Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest), Republican chair of the House Health Committee, announced the committee reported out one bill to address duplicative state and county health centers. The committee also reported out 10 resolutions, sending them to the full House for consideration. "While the members of the House Health Committee have our differences, it's good to see that we c  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 23 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following news release on May 22, 2023: State Rep. Brian Smith (R-Jefferson/Indiana) today announced that the House Transportation Committee has approved his legislation to expand safety options for towing. House Bill 497 would allow the use of safety cables when towing vehicles. When two vehicles are connected by certain hitches or devices, current law requires safety chains to be equipped in order to prevent the  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 23 -- The Pennsylvania Senate Republicans issued the following news release on May 22, 2023: To attract and retain high quality teachers to Pennsylvania classrooms, Sens. Vincent Hughes (D-7) and Ryan Aument (R-36) introduced Senate Bill 300 to create a student teacher stipend program, known as the Educator Pipeline Support Program, to be administered by the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA). The shortage of teachers in Pennsylvania affects t  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 23 -- The Pennsylvania Senate Republicans issued the following news release: Legislative solutions to the ongoing teacher shortages affecting parts of Pennsylvania were considered during a hearing of the Senate Education Committee chaired by Sen. Dave Argall (R-29) today. "If we don't ensure we have enough teachers, we're failing the next generation of Pennsylvanians," said Argall. "This is not a problem with a simple, one-size fit at solution. With the informatio  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 23 -- The Pennsylvania Senate Republicans issued the following news release: Senator Tracy Pennycuick (R-24 Berks/Montgomery) and Senator Amanda M. Cappelletti (D-17 Montgomery/Delaware) have introduced Senate Bill 734, a comprehensive and bipartisan electronic waste recycling bill that would establish an electronic waste recycling program in Pennsylvania. Senate Bill 734 is a bipartisan effort to establish an affordable and accessible electronic waste program in   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 23 (TNSper) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Lara B. Fowler, teaching professor of law at Penn State Law and researcher with expertise centering on water, energy, agriculture and dispute resolution, has been named director of the Sustainability Institute at Penn State and the University's chief sustainability officer, effective May 15. Fowler has served in both roles on an interim basis since July 1, 2022. Tasked with moving forward  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 23 (TNSper) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Kelly Austin, Penn State vice president for Commonwealth Campuses and executive chancellor, will be leaving the University effective July 10. Austin has accepted a position as the senior vice president for academic affairs and provost at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. A search for a permanent vice president is expected to launch shortly. As chief academic officer for Embry-Riddle,   more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, May 23 (TNSfund) -- The University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering issued the following news release: * * * ECE Assistant Professor Natasa Miskov-Zivanov receives nearly $300k EAGER Award to revolutionize immunotherapy for cancer patients * * * Immunotherapy is rapidly becoming a well-founded form of cancer treatment as it employs and strengthens a patient's immune system to attack tumors. Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells - genetically altered T   more

DAYTONA BEACH, Florida, May 23 (TNSper) -- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University issued the following news: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has named alumnus Dr. Kelly M. Austin ('04) -- a nationally recognized champion for students' academic success -- to serve as Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost. Currently, Austin serves as Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses and Executive Chancellor at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park. In that capacity, he ov  more

SWARTHMORE, Pennsylvania, May 23 (TNSsel) -- Swarthmore College issued the following news: Callie Cho '23 evoked the essence of Swarthmore's 151st Commencement on Sunday with the concept of "the extended self" -- the degree to which one's consciousness exists in the minds of the people they know and are known by. The senior class speaker related that to her classmates, "the characters in each other's stories, be it major or minor roles," before connecting it to the integral impact that faculty  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 23 (TNSper) -- The University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School for Communication issued the following news on May 22, 2023: The Annenberg School for Communication announced today that Sandra Gonzalez-Bailon, newly promoted to full professor, will now be known as the Carolyn Marvin Professor of Communication in honor of Annenberg Professor Emeritus Carolyn Marvin. Full Professors at the Annenberg School typically receive an endowed chair, which they can name for   more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 23 (TNSjou) -- The University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School for Communication issued the following news: * * * A new study from the Communication Neuroscience Lab suggests that targeting self-and-social areas of the brain encourages information sharing online. * * * Why do some social media posts get shared widely, while others go unnoticed? Research from the Communication Neuroscience Lab at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Penn  more