UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 19 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: The Social Science Research Institute's Consortium on Substance Use and Addiction will host its fifth annual conference, in-person and via Zoom on Monday, April 29, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Barron Innovation Hub. The all-day event is free, but all in-person and virtual attendees must register in advance. Lunch will be provided to in-person attendees. The conference will have several panels,   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 21 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: BERKS, Pa. -- The supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way is spinning so quickly it is warping the spacetime surrounding it into a shape that can look like a football, according to a new study using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the U.S. National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA). That football shape suggests the black hole is spinning at a   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 19 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: American visitors to Florida who died in the state were 63% more likely to have died from a drug overdose compared to visitors to all other states during the first two decades of the 2000s, according to researchers. They published their findings earlier this month in the journal Injury Prevention. "Our research findings point to a health hazard not just for Florida but for Americans in general an  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 20 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Implantable biomedical devices -- like pacemakers, insulin pumps and neurostimulators -- are becoming smaller and utilizing wireless technology, but hurdles remain for powering the next-generation implants. A new wireless charging device developed by Penn State scientists could dramatically improve powering capability for implants while still being safe for our bodies, the researchers said. The n  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 22 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Food television personality and author Simon Majumdar will visit Penn State on March 19 and 20 to headline several on-campus events. On March 19, Majumdar will deliver a keynote speech to School of Hospitality Management students and staff at the Kern Building. The following day, Majumdar will lead a lunchtime cooking demo at Pollock Commons and emcee a culinary challenge featuring several Penn S  more

ITHACA, New York, Feb. 22 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Six first-year students from the Colleges of Arts & Sciences and Engineering and the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science came away with top honors for their agricultural innovation idea to address India's pollution problem during the Digital Agriculture Hackathon Feb. 16-18. "The Freshmen," as they cleverly named themselves, entered the hackathon knowing they wanted to find a solution to a  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Feb. 21 -- The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) is recognizing 13 projects led by Pennsylvania health care teams that personify hospitals' mission to provide high-quality care and improve their communities' health. Beginning in 1978, HAP's annual Achievement Awards program recognizes hospitals and health systems that are employing innovative approach  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 21 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Medical summarization, a process that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to condense complex patient information, is currently used in health care settings for tasks such as creating electronic health records and simplifying medical text for insurance claims processing. While the practice is intended to create efficiencies, it can be labor-intensive, according to Penn State researchers, who created  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 22 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: The use of pesticides, while beneficial for global food security, wreaks havoc on natural ecosystems and human health. To address this issue, Penn State researchers have turned to an unlikely enforcer to protect crops: the ladybug. The team, led by Sara Hermann in the Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences, developed a novel pest management tool by leveraging the chemical ecology of predator-  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 20 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Whether through her production background or through cooking a meal, storytelling has always been at the forefront of Penn State alumna Gabrielle Chappel's pursuits. Since high school, she said, she was determined to integrate this driving force into future ventures. Chappel, who graduated from Penn State in 2016 with degrees in Spanish and journalism, said she never imagined she would have the o  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 22 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: HERSHEY, Pa. -- Dr. Karen Kim, who began her tenure as dean of Penn State College of Medicine in September 2023, has committed to giving $250,000 over the next five years to bolster medical student scholarships and to challenge alumni, friends, faculty and staff to follow her lead. She is joined in her philanthropy by her husband, Dr. Randy Chang, an anesthesiologist with Penn State Health Medical  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 21 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Penn State will extend its offer acceptance deadline from May 1 to May 15, 2024, for incoming first-year students enrolling in the summer or fall 2024 terms. The extension comes after the U.S. Department of Education announced that colleges and universities would not receive 2024-25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) data from applicants until the first half of March. This delay will  more

HERSHEY, Pennsylvania, Feb. 24 (TNSres) -- Penn State Health issued the following news: For the first seven-and-a-half years after a massive stroke, Donald Yeagle lived his "new normal." After a week in the intensive care unit at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, he spent 40 days at Penn State Health Rehabilitation Hospital learning to walk again. But he didn't regain use of his left arm or hand. "You just adjust. I learned to use my right hand," Yeagle, a lifelong lefthander  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 22 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Penn State Homecoming 2024 will take place Sept. 22-28, as announced today (Feb. 22) by the Homecoming executive committee. A week of celebrations and festivities will lead up to the Penn State football game versus Illinois on Sept. 28, at Beaver Stadium. The theme for this year's Homecoming is "In every roar, tradition soars." Penn State Homecoming is a student-run organization that aims to ce  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 19 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: In advance of the student-created drinking event known as State Patty's Day, both Penn State and State College Borough are working together to increase safety measures in an attempt to reduce excessive drinking and other negative impacts. State Patty's Day is expected to take place Feb. 23-25.  Penn State University Police and Public Safety will be working with the State College Police Departmen  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 19 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: CENTER VALLEY, Pa. -- A Penn State Lehigh Valley (PSU-LV) professor and business expert will be part of a speakers' panel discussing integrated marketing communications (IMC) at an upcoming event. The Greater Lehigh Valley chapter of AAF will hold "Unveiling the Power of Integrated Marketing Communications -- Crafting a Plan, Maximizing Impact" on Feb. 22 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the PSU-LV camp  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee issued the following information for a hearing entitled "Understanding the Presence of Microplastics in Water" at 2:30 p.m. on Feb. 27, 2024, at 406 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Panel 1 * Susanne M. Brander, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Oregon State University, College of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences * Sherri A. "sam" Mason, Ph.D., Director of Sustainability, Penn   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 21 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: HERSHEY, Pa. -- That head pain you're feeling isn't a sinus headache. That phrase we've all bandied about when our head is pounding is really a misnomer, according to Dr. John McGinn, an otolaryngologist at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. If you have a head cold, and you feel like a balloon has been inflated inside your face for more than a week, what you're most likely dealin  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 21 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: HERSHEY, Pa. -- You're sick and you think you're experiencing a sinus headache, but that phrase we've all bandied about when our head is pounding is really a misnomer, according to Dr. John McGinn, an otolaryngologist at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. If you have a head cold, and you feel like a balloon has been inflated inside your face for more than a week, what you're most  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 21 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: What's happening at Penn State? Here's a look at some of the cultural events -- both in-person and virtual -- taking place across the University: Performances "Urinetown" -- Feb. 20-March 1, Playhouse Theatre, Theatre Building, University Park campus. Penn State Centre Stage presents "Urinetown," a musical satire of the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, bureaucracy, co  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 18 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: The 2024 Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON) has raised a record $16,955,683.63 for Four Diamonds at Penn State Children's Hospital. This surpasses THON 2023's record-breaking total of $15,006,132.46 by nearly $2 million. More than 700 students danced and stood without sleep for 46 hours -- from 6 p.m. Feb. 16 through 4 p.m. Feb. 18 -- at the Bryce Jordan Center (BJC). As the world  more