PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 1 (TNSres) -- Berger Montague, a law firm, issued the following news: Shareholder Paul Bland and Associates Julie Pollock and Matthew Summers will lead a seminar titled "Demystifying Disney's Legal Shield: Mandatory Arbitration Agreements" on October 9 from 1-2 PM EST. The online seminar, which will also be available for purchase after the event, is hosted by the National Business Institute. CLE credits are available for lawyers. The seminar will examine the r  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release: * * * "'He's been in power a long time, and I think people are hungry for something new,' Stelson told CBS News" * * * Janelle Stelson's avalanche of momentum continues in the race to end Scott Perry's extreme 30-year political career. New reporting from CBS News this morning highlights the stark difference in the race -- the extremist embarrassment that is Scott Perry, versus a trusted   more

GROVE CITY, Pennsylvania, Oct. 1 -- The Grove City College issued the following news release: Grove City College Education Professor and Department Chair Dr. Constance Nichols '93 has been named president of the Pennsylvania Deans' Forum, a professional group made up of deans and chairs of education departments. The Forum serves as a vital liaison between education program leadership and policymakers, including the Pennsylvania Department of Education, with members representing public and priv  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- George Washington University issued the following news: The parachuting, venomous Joro spider was apparently spotted in a Boston, Massachusetts neighborhood, a reported sighting that may confirm these spiders appear to be moving north. According to USA Today, the invasive spiders were first spotted in Georgia ten years ago and they've spread across Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee, with reports of the spider in Alabama, Maryland, Oklahoma and West Vi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- House Majority PAC, an organization that says it focuses on electing Democrats to the House of Representatives, issued the following news release: House Majority PAC is placing nearly $14.5 million in additional television, radio, and digital reservations to run in the finals weeks of the 2024 election cycle. This comes after an initial $186 million in April, $24 million in reservations in July, and $4.5 million in reservations in September. The additional digital reserva  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Oct. 1 -- The Pennsylvania Treasurer issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2024: * * * NOTE: Video, interviews and images from today's press conference will be available here (https://pacast.com/m?p=26471). * * * Forty Fort, PA - Treasury Stacy Garrity and state Senator Lisa Baker (R-20) today visited the Wyoming Valley Children's Association to celebrate the PA ABLE Savings Program surpassing $125 million in assets, a major program milestone. PA ABLE (Achi  more

UNIVERSITY CITY, Pennsylvania, Oct. 1 -- The University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * The program supports care provider and community education programs that address health concerns for the growing number of older adults * * * PHILADELPHIA-- Adults over 65 and their families in eastern Pennsylvania will have greater access to geriatric care thanks to a $5 million Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP) grant from the federal H  more

UNIVERSITY CITY, Pennsylvania, Oct. 1 (TNSres) -- The University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Projects will identify targets for treatments that slow the progression of diseases like Parkinson's and dementia with Lewy bodies * * * PHILADELPHIA--Penn Medicine researchers will advance their understanding of the underlying causes of cognitive decline in individuals with Lewy body diseases, like Parkinson's, and identify biomarkers that p  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Oct. 1 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news: * * * Wall Street Journal: "McCormick Faces Several Challenges in Flipping a Senate Seat in Pennsylvania. High on the List: Convincing Pennsylvanians He is One of Them" Retired PA Railroad Worker: "[McCormick] Just Recently Bought a Place in the Last Couple of Years, But Even When He Was Here, He'd Just be Commuting Back and Forth" * * * Connecticut hedge fund CEO and mega-millionaire David McCo  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 1 -- Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute issued the following news: The IEEE Computer Society (CS) last week announced that Grace Lewis, a principal researcher at the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) and lead of the SEI's Tactical and AI-Enabled Systems Initiative, was elected the society's president for 2026. Lewis will serve a one-year term, preceded by a year as president-elect. IEEE CS is the largest community of computer scientist  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 1 (TNSres) -- Drexel University issued the following news release: * * * Drexel researchers explore recent advances in the evolutionary history of brown rats using population genomics, historical records and shipwreck specimens. * * * By Emily Storz Rats and humans have lived together for thousands of years. However, written historical records of rats migrating alongside people are sparse and some are entangled with myth and folklore. Researchers at Drexel U  more

WILKES-BARRE, Pennsylvania, Oct. 1 (TNSres) -- Wilkes University issued the following news release: Wilkes University's Maslow Graduate Program in Creative Writing and the James Jones Literary Society have named two fellows in their James Jones First Novel competition. For the first time since the James Jones First Novel Fellowship was established in 1992, judges have selected two writers rather than one to jointly share the title of fellow. Thomas Andrew Green of Kennesaw, Georgia, and Julie  more