UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, June 7 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: HERSHEY, Pa. -- The 40th annual Children's Miracle Network Hershey (CMN) Telethon raised $361,528.43 to benefit equipment, programs and research at Penn State Health Children's Hospital. The event aired June 3-6 on WGAL8. "We want to share our story and make sure people know that Children's Miracle Network is right here in their community," said Lyndsay Morgan, whose 7-year-old daughter Harper was  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, June 8 -- Troutman Pepper, a law firm, issued the following news: Troutman Pepper has received the Legal Sales and Service Organization's (LSSO) "Leonardo Inghilleri Service Excellence Award" in the "Transformation of the Year" category for its work to significantly enhance client-law firm interactions. The firm is specifically recognized for the exceptional contributions of its Client Experience Team and client value program, Troutman Pepper Plus. The award celebra  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, June 7 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following news: Rep. Jamie Barton (R-Berks/Schuylkill) hosted a dedication of a plaque commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Allied Invasion of Normandy. The plaque has been placed under a red oak tree, which was planted June 6, 1984, on state Capitol grounds in Harrisburg in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of D-Day. The plaque was donated by the Delewski family, some of whom reside in the 124th Legisla  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, June 8 -- The Pennsylvania Senate Democrats issued the following news release: Senators Steve Santarsiero (D-10) and Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-28) announced legislation to uphold Pennsylvania's steadfast support for Israel by prohibiting holdings in the Pennsylvania State Treasury or Commonwealth pension funds from boycotting or divesting from Israel and companies doing business with Israel. The bill will also withhold state funding from any institution of higher learni  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, June 7 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Amy Allen, associate dean for faculty affairs and advancement in the College of the Liberal Arts and distinguished professor of philosophy and women's, gender, and sexuality studies at Penn State, has been selected as a 2024-26 Mellon Academic Leadership Fellow. The fellowship is part of the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's initiative designed to cultivate acad  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, June 7 (TNSres) -- The University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Tracy Cui receives $2.65 million R01 grant to develop in-vivo tool to study traumatic brain injuries * * * An estimated 5.3 million Americans are living with a disability related to traumatic brain injury (TBI), and annually, nearly one million Americans are treated and released from emergency rooms as a result of TBI. Even with such high rates of injury, T  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, June 7 (TNSres) -- The University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Pitt MEMS PhD Student Jun Young Hong to Attend Elite Quantum Science Summer Program at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory * * * While the University of Pittsburgh settles into its summer rhythm, one student is broadening his horizons by diving deeper into the quantum realm. Jun Young Hong, a third-year PhD student in Pitt's Department of Mechanical Engineer  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, June 7 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Multiple states since March 2024 have reported dairy herds displaying symptoms caused by highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI. The H5N1 strain found in the cows is the same virus that, since 2022, has caused outbreaks in poultry across the country, leading to the loss of almost 97 million birds -- mostly chickens and turkeys -- including more than 4.7 million in Pennsylvania. Although there  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, June 7 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: If a material absorbs light, it will heat up. That heat must go somewhere, and the ability to control where and how much heat is emitted can protect or even hide such devices as satellites. An international team of researchers, including those from Penn State, has developed a novel method for controlling this thermal emission, with what they called promising implications for thermal management and   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, June 7 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Between 2005 and 2020, the number of children facing simultaneous water and food insecurity in the United States more than doubled. Additionally, Black and Hispanic children were several times more likely than white children to experience food and water insecurity at the same time. This is according to new research by Asher Rosinger, associate professor of biobehavioral health and anthropology at P  more

HAMMOND, Louisiana, June 7 -- Southeastern Louisiana University issued the following news release: A recent Southeastern Louisiana University honors graduate has received the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program grant to further his academic career at Pennsylvania State University. Devin Schwaibold, who graduated from Southeastern in May with a degree in chemistry, was offered a position in the PhD program at Penn State to continue the research he began at Southeaste  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, June 7 (TNSres) -- Thomas Jefferson University issued the following news: Jefferson students and faculty presented their research on issues related to maternal and family-child health, substance use disorders and poverty and inequity at the inaugural "Community Roots of Recovery" conference presented by the Jefferson Center for Maternal Addiction Treatment, Education, and Research (MATER). For 50 years, the Jefferson Center for MATER has helped define opioid use dis  more