BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, May 13 -- Bryn Mawr College issued the following news: Dear faculty, staff, and students: Bryn Mawr's Commencement is a beautiful event that our small size allows us to celebrate in special ways. I am grateful to the many staff, faculty, and administrators who have been working incredibly hard (with much more work to come) to ensure that we will be able to share in a full celebration. Due to our inability to host Commencement activities in the traditional location on   more

EASTON, Pennsylvania, May 14 -- Lafayette College issued the following news: Lafayette College hosted its annual All-College Honors Convocation April 28 in Colton Chapel. The event celebrates student academic and community achievement, where more than 100 endowed and department awards are presented to students by the president, provost, faculty, and other College community members. The guest speaker was Dr. Marybeth Browne '94, surgical director of the Lehigh Valley Reilly Children's Hospital  more

EASTON, Pennsylvania, May 14 (TNSres) -- Lafayette College issued the following news: * * * Research by Ainsley Carlson '24 and Prof. Adam Biener shows systemic inequalities in mental health care, sharing findings at Lafayette and beyond * * * Making the most of her Lafayette experience and its power to effect positive change, Ainsley Carlson '24 has shared her research about systemic inequalities in mental health care on campus and among academics, legislators, clinical professionals, and p  more

BETHLEHEM, Pennsylvania, May 14 -- Marcus and Millichap issued the following news release on May 13, 2024: Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI), a leading commercial real estate brokerage firm specializing in investment sales, financing, research and advisory services, announced today the sale of Patient First, a net-leased medical office property located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Dean Zang and David Crotts, investment specialists in Marcus & Millichap's Washington D.C. office, had the exclusive   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 14 -- The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs issued the following news release on May 13, 2024: Today the Healey-Driscoll Administration joined the Confluence of States (COS), a bipartisan national coalition of state governments, dedicated to growing the outdoor recreation economy and championing conservation. The Massachusetts Office of Outdoor Recreation (MOOR) joins 17 other state departments at COS dedicated to advancing and embodyi  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- George Washington University issued the following news: A recent poll shows former President Trump leads President Biden in a hypothetical head-to-head general election match-up in five out of six key battleground states. The polling shows Trump ahead in Pennsylvania, Arizona, Michigan, Georgia, and Nevada, while Biden maintains a slight lead in Wisconsin. Faculty experts at the George Washington University are available to provide context, commentary and analysis on thi  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 13 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Nine Penn State students and alumni will travel abroad for the 2024-25 school year through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Each year, the U.S. Department of State works with its 140 partner countries to give graduating college seniors, graduate students and young professionals the opportunity to work, live and learn abroad. The following Penn State students and alumni have been named as 2024  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 14 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release: The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced $5,672,751 in funding for eight abandoned mine lands (AML) and abandoned mine drainage (AMD) restoration projects as a part of the Abandoned Mine Lands and Acid Mine Drainage Grant Program. The awards are part of the $244.7 million announced by U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland,   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 14 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on May 13, 2024: Today, Governor Josh Shapiro signed Executive Order 2024-01, establishing the Hire, Improve, Recruit, Empower (HIRE) Committee to expand opportunity for Pennsylvanians seeking a career in public service, continue to build a more competitive Commonwealth workforce, and make state government the best place to work in the Commonwealth. The Governor signed the Executive Order d  more

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, May 14 -- The Pennsylvania House Democrats issued the following news release: Pennsylvania health care is failing its aging population, experts detailed during a House Majority Policy Committee hearing. Access to care, reimbursement and skilled-nursing staff are all concerns, according to health care experts. "My heart breaks for an aging and vulnerable population caught in a current health care crisis," said Rep. Kyle Mullins, who hosted the hearing and represents port  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 14 -- The Pennsylvania Senate Democrats issued the following news release: Pennsylvania State Senators Art Haywood (D-4) and Tracy Pennycuick (R-24) have introduced legislation known as Alyssa's Law. This legislation addresses the issue of law enforcement response time when a life-threatening emergency occurs at a school. The bill requires that all public schools be equipped with silent panic alarms that directly notify law enforcement in the event of a school-base  more

WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, May 14 -- The Pennsylvania College of Technology issued the following news: Pennsylvania College of Technology has appointed Andrea M. Campbell assistant dean of curriculum & instruction in Academic Affairs. Campbell officially began her duties on May 13. Her primary responsibilities include oversight of curriculum and instruction processes, faculty professional-development initiatives, new-faculty development and the First Year Experience course. Campbell joined P  more

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pennsylvania, May 14 -- Slippery Rock University issued the following news: The Slippery Rock University council of trustees has a new student voice. Charli Severo, an SRU junior dual political science and philosophy major from Albion, has been selected as a member of the council of trustees, the highest governing body of the University. Severo fills the one seat on the 12-member COT designated for a full-time SRU undergraduate student. Severo has the same voting privileges as t  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 14 (TNSres) -- The University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine issued the following news release: Important brain structures that are key for signaling in the brain are narrower and less dense in females, and more likely to be damaged by brain injuries, such as concussion. Long-term cognitive deficits occur when the signals between brain structures weaken due to the injury. The structural differences in male and female brains might explain why female  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 14 (TNSres) -- Drexel University issued the following news release: In the first study to consider brain activity during visuospatial problem-solving across immersive virtual reality (VR), 2-D computer screens and physical environments, researchers from Drexel's School of Biomedical Engineering uncovered a surprising revelation - VR-based learning exhibited optimal neural efficiency, a measure that gauges the brain activity required to complete a unit task. This   more