PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Nov. 21 -- The Annenberg Public Policy Center issued the following news release: On October 22, 2024, Leonore Annenberg Institute for Civics (LAIC) Director Lance Holbert took part in a panel on "Using Technology to Increase Civic Education," hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Holbert spoke of the possibility of a "Sputnik moment" for civics, after which "you have the inability to rationalize away" the existence of a problem. If Russian in  more

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Nov. 20 -- Bryn Mawr College issued the following news: Assistant Professor of Literatures in English Pardis Dabashi has been awarded the 2024 Modernist Studies Association First Book Prize for her monograph Losing the Plot: Film and Feeling in the Modernist Novel, from the University of Chicago Press. Each year, a panel of judges determines the book published in the previous year, that made the most significant contribution to modernist studies. Dabashi teaches class  more

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Nov. 19 -- Bryn Mawr College issued the following news: Since installation work began in September, hundreds of tons of paving stones, sand, gravel, soil, and equipment have been craned over the walls of Old Library into the courtyard of the Cloisters, where teams of craftspeople including landscapers, Bryn Mawr facilities staff, and electricians are taking Nekisha Durrett's Don't Forget to Remember (Me) from a design on a page to a reality. The installation uses cust  more

EAST STROUDSBURG, Pennsylvania, Nov. 21 -- East Stroudsburg University issued the following news release: Earlier this month, nine East Stroudsburg University Clear Path Scholars and three professors attended the National Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Scholars and Primary Investigators (PI) Meeting in Chicago. ESU's Clear Path Scholar program offers scholarships to full-time students transferring to ESU from community colleges and majoring in STEM discipline  more

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Nov. 20 -- Bryn Mawr College issued the following news: Peggy Robinson, director of the Center for Professional Development and certifying officer of the School Social Worker and HSV certificate programs, celebrates 20 years at the College this year. In this Staff Spotlight, Robinson discusses her career path at Bryn Mawr and beyond and the significant milestones she has witnessed during her tenure. Were you always in the position/department you are in now? If not, can  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- The Transport Workers Union of America issued the following news release: Transport Workers Union of America Local 234, working in conjunction with TWU International, secured a one-year contract agreement that provides significant wage increases and safety improvements for Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority transit workers, and does not provide any concessions to SEPTA. "This is a massive win for Bus Operators, Subway Operators, Trolley Operators, Mechanics, Ca  more

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Nov. 20 -- Bryn Mawr College issued the following news: The idea of an English degree having little real-world value is a common trope. But not at Bryn Mawr. The Literatures in English alumnae/i who gathered back at English House on Nov. 14 proved the often-maligned major's worth. Working in areas from law to finance to radio, they spoke with more than two dozen undergraduate students about how their Bryn Mawr educations and their English degrees in particular have led   more

WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pennsylvania, Nov. 19 [Category: Materials Management] -- ASTM International, formerly the American Society for Testing and Materials, which develops and publishes voluntary consensus technical standards for materials, products, systems and services, issued the following news release: The practice will help measure performance through disturbance. ASTM International's robotics, automation, and autonomous systems committee (F45) has proposed a new standard practice on inducin  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- The Food and Water Watch issued the following news release on Nov. 20, 2024: Today Governor Josh Shapiro announced an executive order called the Pennsylvania Permit Fast Track Program, intended to speed the review and approval of various infrastructure and economic development programs throughout the state. Additionally, the Shapiro administration announced that it had recently resolved its entire backlog of some 115 oil and gas extraction permits. In response, Food & Wa  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Nov. 21 -- The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers issued the following statement on Nov. 20, 2024: * * * Following is a statement from Arthur Steinberg, president of the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers (PFT), on Tuesday's stabbing of two employees at Castor Gardens Middle School: "The stabbing on Tuesday of two Castor Gardens Middle School employees by a student is a tragedy that could have been prevented. This horrific incident is yet another example of how s  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Nov. 20 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Physical Therapy Association issued the following news: Rocco "Rocky" A. Ortenzio, PT, a physical therapist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist, passed away on Oct. 26 at age 91. Born in Steelton, Pennsylvania, Ortenzio began his career in private practice, evolving into a business owner. His ventures included founding or co-founding four health care companies, the largest being Select Medical Corporation, now a Fortune 500 co  more

SHIPPENSBURG, Pennsylvania, Nov. 21 -- Shippensburg University issued the following news: Shippensburg University is proud to announce Dr. George E. Fitch Jr. as the 2024 winter graduate commencement speaker, and Timothy M. Morris as the speaker for the undergraduate commencement ceremony. The graduate commencement ceremony will take place on Friday, December 13, at 7:00 p.m. at the H. Ric Luhrs Performing Arts Center. The undergraduate ceremony will be held on Saturday, December 14, at 11:00   more