BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Oct. 1 -- Bryn Mawr College issued the following news: Name: Isabella Rivera Class Year: 2025 Major: Anthropology, Minor: Latin American, Iberian, and Latina/o Studies Hometown: Nutley, NJ Internship Organization: Yunus Internship Title: Intern at the Municipality of Penalolen, Office of Inclusion Location: Penalolen, Chile 1 What's happening at your internship? We would love to hear what kind of work you are doing! Yunus operates as a non-profit organ  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 2 -- Dechert, a law firm, issued the following news on Oct. 1, 2024: Dechert LLP announced today that Anthony Lombardi has joined the firm as a fund finance partner in London to help expand its fund leverage capacity across asset classes and bolster its presence in Europe. Mr. Lombardi specializes in banking, corporate and contract law. He represents private equity funds, private credit funds, family offices, hedge funds and ultra-high net worth individuals in   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Oct. 2 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news: * * * Say Unlawful Action Discriminates Against Seniors, Voters with Disabilities, Home-bound by Illness, Work Commitments * * * (Wilkes-Barre, Penn. - October 1, 2024) Democratic Party officials say the Luzerne County Manager Romilda Crocamo had no legal authority to remove the county's ballot drop boxes for the November election, and only the Luzerne County Board of Elections and Registration h  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 2 (TNSres) -- Drexel University's LeBow College of Business issued the following news: For many undergraduate business students, Introduction to Data Mining for Business (STAT 331) is the first higher-level statistics course they'll take. Particularly for students majoring in business analytics or MIS, this course sets the foundation for more intensive work in coding and programming. During winter and spring terms, students enrolled in this course, taught by An  more

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Oct. 1 -- Bryn Mawr College issued the following news: Name: Jessica Cramer Class Year: 2024 Major: Biology Hometown: Wilton, CT Can you talk about the skills you are learning and why they are important to you? My dream is to pursue an MD/PhD and this internship is really important to me because this internship has given me the foundation necessary to pursue such a program. SSR has allowed me to develop not only my laboratory skills, but also my problem solvin  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 2 -- K&L Gates, a law firm, issued the following news release: Seattle - Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes John Bender as a partner in its Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice. Bender joins the firm's Seattle office from Corr Cronin LLP. Bender focuses his practice on high-stakes commercial and complex litigation and investigations. He has represented public and private companies and individuals in high profile cases involving exposure amounting to ten  more

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Oct. 1 -- Bryn Mawr College issued the following news: Name: Angelina Rogatch Class Year: 2025 Majors: Chemistry and Physics Hometown: Minsk, Belarus Internship Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Internship Title: MIT Summer Research Program Location: Cambridge, MA What's happening at your internship? We would love to hear what kind of work you are doing! As an MIT Summer Research Program (MSRP) participant, I am interning in the Chemi  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Oct. 2 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development issued the following news: * * * Governor Josh Shapiro secured $500 million for site development, including $400 million for PA SITES, in the bipartisan 2024-25 budget, securing a key investment he proposed in his 2024 budget address. * * * Today, Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Secretary Rick Siger announced the opening of the $400 million PA SITES (Pennsylvania Stra  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Oct. 1 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2024: * * * Governor Shapiro thanks Major General Schindler for his decades-long service to our Commonwealth, names Brigadier General John R. Pippy to serve as Pennsylvania's Acting Adjutant General and will nominate him for full confirmation in the Senate A western Pennsylvania native, Brigadier General Pippy - a West Point graduate - will bring decades of leadership experien  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Oct. 2 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news: * * * Mark Segal: "I Go to An Event, Bob Casey's There. McCormick's Not Around." Brittany Crampsie: "[McCormick] Doesn't Have a Personal Experience That Mirrors [Pennsylvanians]." * * * Connecticut hedge fund CEO and mega-millionaire David McCormick is continuing to catch heat for lying about living in Pennsylvania. What Pennsylvanians Are Saying: WPVI: Inside Story: * Sarah Bloomquist: "I st  more

CALIFORNIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 2 -- PennWest issued the following news: Pennsylvania Western University has received a $3.2 million gift to enhance early childhood education at the Rutledge Institute for Early Childhood Education. The transformational donation came from Karen and Tom Rutledge, who established the Rutledge Institute for Early Childhood Education at PennWest California in 2018 with a historic $4.2 million gift. The latest contribution will significantly increase the institute's  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 1 (TNSres) -- The University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Interdisciplinary Pitt Study in Mice Shows Promise * * * Targeting the immune system could prevent or treat periodontal disease (PD), a common but serious disease of the gums, according to new research from the University of Pittsburgh. The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, showed that delivering microparticles containing  more

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Oct. 1 -- Bryn Mawr College issued the following news: Name: Pragya Silwal Class Year: 2027 Major: n/a Hometown: Kathmandu, Nepal Internship Organization: Paradigm Forum GmbH Internship Title: Paradigm Forum GmbH Virtual Internship Location: Remote What's happening at your internship? We would love to hear what kind of work you are doing! This summer, I'm interning for Tabi Haller-Jordan, a Bryn Mawr alum from the class of 1981. Working alongside Tabi an  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 2 -- Reed Smith, a law firm, issued the following news release: Reed Smith is saddened to announce the passing of Energy & Natural Resources partner Todd Maiden. Todd joined our San Francisco office as a partner over 20 years ago. Among Todd's most admirable qualities was his deep passion for protecting the world in which we live. He sought various ways to volunteer his time to reduce carbon emissions, increase recycling, protect biodiversity, and engage others i  more

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Oct. 1 -- Bryn Mawr College issued the following news: Name: Sara Pratt Class Year: 2026 Majors: Growth and Structure of Cities, Philosophy Hometown: Far Hills, New Jersey & Shanghai, China Internship Organization: Mural Arts Philly Internship Title: Research Assistant Location of Internship: Philadelphia, PA What's happening at your internship? We would love to hear what kind of work you are doing! This summer I am working as a research assistant for   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Oct. 2 -- The Pennsylvania Treasurer issued the following news release on Oct. 1, 2024: Treasurer Stacy Garrity, PA Bankers Association President & CEO Duncan Campbell, and Richard Cimakasky, Penn Community Bank Fraud & Security Officer and former FBI Special Agent, teamed up at a press conference Tuesday to kick off Cybersecurity Awareness Month, warning Pennsylvanians about the dangers of cybersecurity fraud and offering advice on how to make sure their personal info  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- EVERFI, an education technology company that works with learners of all ages, issued the following news release: * * * Youth opioid prevention event emphasized the importance of youth substance abuse prevention education * * * Opioid overdoses among young people have risen steadily in recent years. To address this alarming trend, Truth Initiative, the organization behind truth--the nationally recognized and proven-effective youth tobacco and opioid prevention campaigns-  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 2 (TNSres) -- The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School issued the following news: * * * Roberts, who has appointments in the Carey Law School and School of Arts & Sciences, is one of 22 Fellows to be named this year. * * * Dorothy Roberts, a Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor, has been named a 2024 MacArthur Fellow by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Roberts is the George A. Weiss Professor of Law and Sociology and the Ra  more

VILLANOVA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 2 (TNSres) -- Villanova University issued the following news release: Chenfeng Xiong, PhD, assistant professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Virginia Smith, PhD, associate professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; and Peleg Kremer, PhD, associate professor of Geography and the Environment, with support from Bridget Wadzuk, PhD, professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, have been awarded $750,000 of a $2 million research grant by the Nation  more

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania, Oct. 2 -- Westinghouse Electric issued the following news release on Oct. 1, 2024: Today Westinghouse Electric Company announced that it will transform its Operating Plant Services business into two new global business units: Long-Term Operations and Outage & Maintenance Services, effective January 1. The new organization reflects the increased market focus on extending the operating life of today's nuclear fleet and delivering optimized performance to existin  more

CHESTER, Pennsylvania, Oct. 2 (TNSres) -- The Widener University issued the following news: Even during the summer Widener is bustling with student researchers as part of the Summer Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (SURCA) program. Undergraduate students from across the university worked with faculty advisors to dive into hands-on research projects and present their work at the annual SURCA Symposium. "This year marked the largest SURCA cohort in the history of the program. We ha  more