PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, May 31 (TNSper) -- Carnegie Mellon University issued the following news: Barbara Shinn-Cunningham, the director of Carnegie Mellon University's Neuroscience Institute and the George A. and Helen Dunham Cowan Professor of Auditory Neuroscience, has been named president-elect of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA), which promotes the knowledge and practical application of the field of acoustics. Known for her work in auditory attention, Shinn-Cunningham has been inv  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, May 31 (TNSper) -- Eckert Seamans Cherin and Mellott, a law firm, issued the following news release: National law firm Eckert Seamans welcomes Shonti Tager as an Associate in the firm's Real Estate practice group. He joins Eckert Seamans from Wisler Pearlstine, LLP and will be based in the firm's Princeton, NJ office. Tager focuses his practice on real estate, zoning, and land use matters, including commercial and residential sale and lease agreements; commercial and   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 31 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: Governor Josh Shapiro announced plans to expand the Keystone Early Learning Center, a year-round childcare center for Commonwealth employees, and visited with state workers at the Center to discuss the Shapiro Administration's investments in Pennsylvania families. The Keystone Early Learning Center currently serves more than 60 children and has a growing waitlist of families who need child  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 31 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following news release: Rep. Aaron Bernstine (R-Butler/Lawrence) offered eight amendments to the proposed state budget bill for the 2023-24 fiscal year. Bernstine's proposed amendments would have saved the Commonwealth more than $52 million; however, House Democrats defeated each of his proposals. The amendments cut operating costs for the office of the governor; office of the lieutenant governor; departments of   more

WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, May 31 (TNSacc) -- The Pennsylvania College of Technology issued the following news: Pennsylvania College of Technology's paramedic majors have been reaccredited for the next five years by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs. The continuing accreditation, awarded in March by CAAHEP, follows the recommendation of its Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Professions, which conducted a pee  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 31 (TNSjou) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * High-resolution images provide clarity into how viral proteins are separated by a protease, an important step during virus replication that is targeted by an approved COVID-19 drug. * * * During the replication of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, a long string of connected proteins is cleaved apart into individual proteins. This process is interrupted by an FDA-approved drug to treat COVID-1  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 31 (TNSjou) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Low sexual satisfaction in middle age may serve as an early warning sign for future cognitive decline, according to a new study led by Penn State researchers. The study, which tracked associations between erectile function, sexual satisfaction and cognition in hundreds of men aged 56 through 68, found that declines in sexual satisfaction and erectile function were correlated with future me  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 31 (TNSres) -- The University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School for Communication issued the following news: Published by the Annenberg School's Virtual Reality ColLABorative, the report summarizes augmented, mixed, and virtual reality research in the social sciences. Most of us interact with virtual technologies in our everyday lives, whether it's scanning a QR code to see a restaurant menu, taking a selfie with a fun Instagram filter, or playing video games wit  more