ARLINGTON, Virginia, Nov. 22 -- Americans for Prosperity issued the following statement on Nov. 21, 2024: * * * In response to Governor Shapiro's recent executive order creating the Office of Transformation and Opportunity, Americans for Prosperity-Pennsylvania (AFP-PA) State Director Emily Greene issued the following statement: "While AFP-PA is supportive of efforts to streamline certain permits through the newly created Office of Transformation and Opportunity, this executive order does not  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- The Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties issued the following statement on Nov. 21, 2024, by President Kenneth M. Mash: * * * "The president at Commonwealth University has to either step aside -- or he has to be fired. Enough is enough. For some time, the fledgling consolidated university has had budget woes, declining enrollment, hiring issues, major technical failures, various leadership crises, and sinking morale. And while those are issu  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Nov. 22 -- Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute issued the following news: The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) has released the presentations and videos from the Secure Software by Design 2024 conference. SEI security researchers and industry software practitioners gathered in Pittsburgh in August to share ways to address, prevent, or eliminate security weaknesses earlier in the software development cycle. The presentations are available for  more

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Nov. 21 -- Bryn Mawr College issued the following news: Katie Tarr, associate athletic director and senior woman administrator, celebrates 20 years at the College this year. In this Staff Spotlight, Tarr discusses her career path at Bryn Mawr and reflects on her accomplishments over the years. Were you always in the position/department you are in now? If not, can you talk about your path to get here? I was hired as the head lacrosse coach and assistant field hockey co  more

MALVERN, Pennsylvania, Nov. 22 (TNSres) -- The Insurance Research Council issued the following news release: A new study from the Insurance Research Council (IRC), an affiliate of The Institutes, shows that the processes to achieve approved rate filings for personal auto insurance throughout the U.S. has become more cumbersome since 2010, negatively impacting market performance. To better understand the regulatory environment of personal auto during the timeframe studied (2010-2023), IRC revie  more

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Nov. 21 -- Bryn Mawr College issued the following news: Students, faculty, and staff filled Old Library's Great Hall on Nov. 18 to hear Loretta J. Ross, a visiting professor of clinical practice at Smith College, give a talk on "Calling in the Call Out Culture." Ross, whose honors include being named a 2022 MacArthur Fellow, brings her message of uniting people to make change in the era of cancel culture to audiences across the country. Her latest book, Calling In: How  more

LOVELAND, Colorado, Nov. 22 -- The National Association for Gun Rights issued the following news release: Harrisburg, PA - Pennsylvania Gun Rights, the Pennsylvania affiliate of the National Association for Gun Rights, celebrated the recent decision by the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court in Crawford, S., et al, Aplts. v. Commonwealth, et al - No. 19 EAP 2022 which upheld the legislature's right to preempt (or nullify) local firearms laws. "This was a decisive unanimous ruling by a Supreme Cou  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- The American Society of Interior Designers issued the following news release: * * * New Bill Demonstrates Collaborative Industry Efforts to Provide Certified Interior Designers with Legal Recognition * * * HARRISBURG, Pa. (November 21, 2024) - The Consortium for Interior Design celebrates the passage of Senate Bill 1319, which amends the Architects Licensure Law to provide for certification of qualified interior designers. It was signed into law on October 31 by Pennsy  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Nov. 22 -- The International Interior Design Association issued the following news release: HARRISBURG, PA. (November 21, 2024) - The Consortium for Interior Design celebrates the passage of Senate Bill 1319, which amends the Architects Licensure Law to provide for certification of qualified interior designers. It was signed into law on October 31 by Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro as Act 144 of 2024. This legislative effort, led by the Interior Design Legislative Coalitio  more

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Nov. 21 -- Bryn Mawr College issued the following news: Bryn Mawr President Wendy Cadge was interviewed by the Philadelphia Business Journal about some of her early plans for the College's future. Cadge talked about working on a strategic plan as well as a campus master plan to outline capital projects, admissions, and creating access through partnerships with community colleges, fundraising, and preparing students to lead successful lives. From the article: "We will  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Nov. 22 -- The University of Pittsburgh issued the following news on Nov. 21, 2024: Adi Mittal was ready to click the button. He and his collaborator Kamil Nowicki were sitting on an important finding and were about to submit it to a major neurosurgery conference. They knew it would make a splash, maybe even win an award. But they hesitated. "And then prior to clicking 'submit,' Kamil says, 'Wait. I think this could lead to an innovation," Mittal described. "So we del  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Nov. 22 (TNSres) -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences issued the following news: A team of researchers led by Aman Husbands of the School of Arts & Sciences has uncovered surprising ways transcription factors--the genetic switches for genes--regulate plant development, revealing how subtle changes in a lipid-binding region can dramatically alter gene regulation. Within all complex, multicellular living systems such as plants and humans, the  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Nov. 22 -- The University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School issued the following news release on Nov. 21, 2024: * * * New Coursera-Hosted Course Empowers Teachers to Integrate AI into Their Classrooms * * * Today, Wharton Online, in collaboration with OpenAI, announces the launch of a new course, AI in Education: Leveraging ChatGPT for Teaching, available on Coursera, a leading online-learning platform to more than 162 million learners globally. Designed for educat  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Nov. 22 (TNSres) -- The Wistar Institute issued the following news release: * * * Zhang Lab Demonstrates Novel Combination of Beta Glucan and Interferon Gamma Results in Tumor Regression * * * The Wistar Institute's Nan Zhang, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center's Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program, and lab have discovered a new approach to treating ovarian cancer that, in preclinical laboratory testing, shrinks tumors a  more