UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 19 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: ALTOONA, Pa. Penn State Altoona Chancellor Ron Darbeau shared the college's "Vision 2030," a comprehensive plan for the campus by the decade's end, during the University's Board of Trustees meeting today (July 19) at Penn State Altoona. "Our approach to promoting the viability and success of Penn State Altoona must focus on increasing campus vitality and enrollment while simultaneously through m  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 20 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news: * * * Keystone: Dave McCormick Invested In Chinese Fentanyl Before Wanting To Ban It During Campaign * * * Philadelphia city Councilmembers Mike Driscoll, Jim Harrity, and Quetcy Lozada slammed David McCormick's record of investing over a million in the biggest fentanyl producer in China. "David McCormick put profits over the thousands of Pennsylvania families who have been devastated by the f  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 20 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on July 19, 2024: * * * Governor Shapiro secured $500 million for site development, including $400 million for the PA SITES program to make Pennsylvania more competitive on a national scale, attract more businesses, and create good-paying jobs in the bipartisan 2024-25 budget. * * * Duryea, PA - Today, Governor Josh Shapiro and Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Secr  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 19 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.--Penn State's Graduate School, which enrolls more than 13,000 students across 300 degree programs, will now bear the names of leading philanthropists who have committed $20 million to its future success and strength. The Board of Trustees today unanimously approved the naming of the J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Graduate School in recognition of the couple and the endowment the  more

UNIVERSITY CITY, Pennsylvania, July 20 (TNSres) -- The University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Penn Medicine researchers identify CD5 as an immune checkpoint protein and a potential target of future cancer therapies * * * PHILADELPHIA - The effectiveness of CAR T cell therapy against a variety of cancers, including solid tumors, could be boosted greatly by using CRISPR-Cas9 technology to knock out the gene for CD5, a protein found on   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 20 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following news: This week, the governor signed into law legislation sponsored by Rep. Zach Mako (R-Lehigh/Northampton) to address the lack of barber-teachers in Pennsylvania. "I'm thrilled to see my legislation signed into law," Mako said. "I have been working on this issue for the past four legislative sessions. The number of barber-teachers will now increase so that Pennsylvanians will have an easier time find  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 20 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following news on July 18, 2024: A bipartisan effort led by state Reps. Melissa Shusterman (D-Chester) and Kristin Marcell (R-Bucks) has resulted in Gov. Josh Shapiro signing House Bill 1853 into law today. This new law, Act 75 of 2024, mandates annual meetings between the Department of Health's nursing care field officers and staff from licensed nursing facilities to discuss survey results, patterns, trends and  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 19 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following news: The 529 tax credit, originally House Bill 1745 and co-prime sponsored by state Reps. Kristin Marcell (R-Bucks) and Paul Friel (D-Chester), has been successfully incorporated into the recently signed Tax Code by Gov. Josh Shapiro. This new tax credit incentivizes employers to contribute to their employees' PA 529 College and Career Savings Program accounts, providing substantial benefits to familie  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 20 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following news on July 19, 2024: House Republican Leader Bryan Cutler (R-Lancaster) said Friday he has introduced House Resolution 501, a resolution to form a House Select Committee to probe the actions and response of state and local law enforcement relative to the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, which took place in Butler on July 13, 2024. The purely bipartisan Select Committee on the T  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 19 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was first detected in dairy cattle in Texas on March 25 and has since spread to several additional states. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed multiple human infections in which the individuals were exposed to infected dairy cattle. The third case, detected in May, was a farm worker who was the only i  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 19 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Xianbiao "XB" Hu, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Penn State with a Larson Transportation Institute (LTI) affiliation, shared his transportation engineering expertise with President Neeli Bendapudi and others at a visit to LTI's test track on June 29. Bendapudi was able to test drive an autonomous vehicle and catch up on the latest transportation   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 20 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Shapiro is working to ensure Pennsylvania's election process is safe and secure, and protecting Pennsylvanians' rights to express their political views peacefully. Pennsylvanians can call the PA Department of State to report voter intimidation, election fraud, or other election crimes at 1-877-VOTESPA. * * * Following the attempted assassination of former President Trump  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, July 19 -- The University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School issued the following news release: "We are at the beginning of the greatest intergenerational transfer of wealth that has ever happened," says Wharton professor Raffi Amit. The reporting backs him up. Baby boomers and the silent generation are expected to bequeath about $84 trillion by 2045, most of it going directly to their heirs, according to the New York Times. This phenomenon presents an unparalleled op  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 20 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news: * * * WHYY: "McCormick Has Faced Criticism Recently For [...] Reports [...] That He Invested In Chinese Fentanyl Companies" * * * Connecticut hedge fund CEO and mega-millionaire David McCormick's investments in the biggest fentanyl producer in China are in the spotlight this week following a new report from Keystone Newsroom. What Pennsylvanians Are Reading: WHYY: * McCormick has faced critic  more