HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 31 -- The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission issued the following news release: Commissioner Kathryn L. Zerfuss of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) has been appointed to the Advisory Board of the National Energy and Utility Affordability Coalition (NEUAC). In her new role on the NEUAC Advisory Board, Commissioner Zerfuss will participate in committee discussions on critical energy and utility affordability issues and join NEUAC Governance Board  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 30 -- Ballard Spahr, a law firm, issued the following news release: Ballard Spahr represented national real estate lender BridgeInvest in closing its recent $34.5 million loan to a commercial real estate firm for the acquisition of a multifamily rental property in northern New Jersey, which was converted from a shuttered hospital building. BridgeInvest, which focuses on short-term financing for select commercial and residential assets across the country, helped   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 31 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: A novel, human-inspired approach to training artificial intelligence (AI) systems to identify objects and navigate their surroundings could set the stage for the development of more advanced AI systems to explore extreme environments or distant worlds, according to research from an interdisciplinary team at Penn State. In the first two years of life, children experience a somewhat narrow set of ob  more

CENTER VALLEY, Pennsylvania, May 31 -- DeSales University issued the following news: By Paige Dormann In an optimistic State of the University address, Father James Greenfield, OSFS '84, Ed.D., president of DeSales and his cabinet members outlined the University's ongoing progress in advancing our strategic plan. "We are trending and doing really well as we compare ourselves to other four-year private institutions," says Fr. Greenfield. "We want to make sure we continue to show up in the mark  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, May 31 -- Highmark, a health insurance company, issued the following news release: Highmark members are saving money on their generic oral oncology medication prescriptions through Highmark's leading role in a nationwide initiative to lower costs and boost access to generic medications. Highmark members taking abiraterone acetate, which is used to treat prostate cancer, are saving an average of $90 per month in out-of-pocket expenses for the medication through Highma  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: This week, President Biden and Vice President Harris traveled to Philadelphia, PA to launch Black Voters for Biden-Harris; the campaign's national organizing program to bolster its ongoing historic investments in outreach to the backbone of the Biden-Harris coalition - Black voters. There, President Biden and Vice President Harris underscored the importance of Black voters and emphasized how the Biden-Har  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 31 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Burrowed into streambeds and rarely moving for their decades-long lifespans, freshwater mussels are biomonitors, meaning they indicate how clean their environment is, according to Penn State researchers. As the bivalves feed on organic matter and filter the water around them, their inner tissues and hard shells begin to reflect whatever is in their environment -- including radioactive particles.   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 31 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry issued the following news: Attorney General Michelle Henry announced an agreement with UPMC and Washington Health Care Services to preserve affordable access to health care in Washington and Greene Counties in connection with UPMC's acquisition of Washington Health Care Services. UPMC and Washington Health Care Services reached an Integration and Affiliation Agreement to integrate Washington Health Care Services i  more

LONG POND, Pennsylvania, May 31 (TNSres) -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on May 30, 2024: Today, the Shapiro Administration is breaking new ground in the motorsports industry, serving as the race entitlement sponsor for the annual NASCAR Cup Series event at Pocono Raceway set for Sunday, July 14. The 160-lap, 400-mile race will be titled "The Great American Getaway 400 presented by VISITPA" and provide national and international exposure to the state and  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 31 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Health issued the following news: The Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) will offer free potassium iodide, or KI, tablets on June 12, to Pennsylvanians who are within 10 miles of the state's four active nuclear power plants as part of routine preventive efforts in case of future emergencies. This distribution is being planned as many of the tablets provided by public health agencies to the community over the last several ye  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 31 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Penn State and the National Sun Yat-Sen University (NSYSU) in Taiwan announced that they will partner on the development of educational and research programs focused on semiconductor technology and photonics. The Penn State College of Engineering and the NSYSU College of Engineering and College of Semiconductor & Advanced Technology Research signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in early Apr  more

CALIFORNIA, Pennsylvania, May 31 -- PennWest issued the following news on May 30, 2024: PennWest's Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion will host a higher-education leader, photographer and social justice worker to speak at the 22nd annual Juneteenth Jubilee Celebration. Elise Michaux, a Connellsville, Pennsylvania, native who serves as marketing and communications director for Erie County Community College, will deliver the keystone address at 11 a.m. Friday, June 14, in Eagle Commons on  more

BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky, May 31 -- Western Kentucky University issued the following news: Western Kentucky University's School of Media & Communication continued its tradition of national success in the annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program with a sixth-place finish in the 2024 Overall Intercollegiate Competition. WKU has placed in the top eight overall for 31 straight years with four overall championships in 2000, 2001, 2005 and 2018. The top 10 schools in the 2024 Overall Intercollegiate   more