BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Jan. 30 -- Bryn Mawr College issued the following news: * * * Activist Fredrika Newton Will Give Black History Month Keynote on Feb. 28 Fredrika Newton, head of The Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation and Newton's widow, will give Bryn Mawr College's annual Black History Month keynote address at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 28, in the Great Hall of Old Library. Fredrika and David Hilliard, former Chief of Staff of the Black Panther Party, founded the foundation in 1995. In the   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Jan. 31 -- Pennsylvania Auditor General Timothy DeFoor issued the following news release on Jan. 30, 2025: Auditor General DeFoor Releases Audits for Volunteer Firefighters' Relief Associations in 29 Counties HARRISBURG - Auditor General Timothy DeFoor today announced the release of audit reports for 45 volunteer firefighters' relief associations (VFRAs) in Adams, Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bucks, Butler, Carbon, Clearfield, Columbia, Cumberland, Delaware, Erie, Fa  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Jan. 31 -- Ballard Spahr, a law firm, issued the following news release: Lawyers from Ballard Spahr's Mergers and Acquisitions Group represented Plus Delta Partners (PDP), a leading provider of fundraising training and tools for nonprofit organizations, in a capital investment from Northlane Capital Partners (NCP), a middle-market private equity firm focused on the health care and business services sectors. In a transaction announced this week, NCP invested alongsid  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Jan. 30 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Bellisario College Dean Marie Hardin named president at Quinnipiac University UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Dean Marie Hardin, who has led the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications since 2014 and has been a member of the Penn State faculty since 2003, was announced Jan. 30 as the 10th president of Quinnipiac University. Hardin will begin work at Quinnipiac on July 1 and serve as the B  more

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Jan. 30 -- Bryn Mawr College issued the following news: * * * Bryn Mawr Faculty Look at the Liberal Arts of the Future The first Current Topics in Higher Education event of the spring semester took place on Tuesday. These events allow the community to come together and discuss topics in the larger context of the higher education sector, how the issues may impact Bryn Mawr, and planning for the College's future. Facilitated by the president's office, the events draw   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Jan. 30 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Health issued the following news: * * * Getting Public Health Done: Shapiro Administration Launches Pilot Project to Improve Rural Health Care for Pennsylvania Mothers and Babies The Shapiro Administration is investing more than $1.3 million to develop a model for improving care for mothers and babies in regions with limited access to pregnancy care. Lock Haven, PA - Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Dr. Debr  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Jan. 31 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Health issued the following news on Jan. 30, 2025: * * * ICYMI: Shapiro Administration Invests $3.6 Million to Develop Regional Maternal Health Coalitions, Improve Care for Mothers and Babies Hershey, PA - On Monday, Shapiro Administration officials from the Departments of Health (DOH), Human Services (DHS), and Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) visited Penn State Health Children's Hospital in Hershey to highlight efforts to i  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Jan. 29 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Materials can remember a sequence of events in an unexpected way UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Many materials store information about what has happened to them in a sort of material memory, like wrinkles on a once crumpled piece of paper. Now, a team led by Penn State physicists has uncovered how, under specific conditions, some materials seemingly violate underlying mathematics to store memorie  more

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Jan. 30 -- Bryn Mawr College issued the following news: * * * Meet Bryn Mawr's 2026 Mellon Mays Fellows The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) Program is the centerpiece of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's initiatives to increase diversity in the faculty ranks of institutions of higher learning. Established in 1988, the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship works to achieve its mission by identifying and supporting students of great promise and helping them t  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Jan. 30 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Nature journaling provides differing benefits to adults, youth UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Nature journaling -- a recreational activity where people use words or pictures to capture an observation while outside in nature -- became increasingly popular during and following the COVID-19 pandemic. A new study led by researchers in the Penn State Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Managem  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Jan. 31 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on Jan. 30, 2025: Governor Josh Shapiro visited Pittsburgh International Airport to announce the "Lightning Plan" -- a comprehensive, all-of-the-above energy plan to secure Pennsylvania's energy future. Supported by labor and industry leaders, environmental advocates, and consumer groups, Governor Shapiro's commonsense energy plan will create jobs, lower costs for consumers, protect Pennsyl  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Jan. 31 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources issued the following news: * * * Path of the Flood Trail Named Pennsylvania's 2025 Trail of the Year, Celebrating History and Recreation in Cambria County A historic 14-mile trail tracing the 1889 Johnstown Flood route earns statewide recognition for its blend of natural beauty, recreation, and economic impact. Harrisburg, PA - The Path of the Flood Trail in Cambria County, a 14-mile journe  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Jan. 30 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Penn State Extension to offer free virtual walking program UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Anyone interested in developing healthy habits and increasing stamina can benefit from a free Penn State Extension virtual walking program called "Everybody Walk Across Pennsylvania." The statewide program will take place from April 7 through June 2, 2025. The program is aimed at harnessing social support   more

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Jan. 30 -- Bryn Mawr College issued the following news: * * * President Wendy Cadge Outlines Vision at Six-Month Mark Staff, faculty, and other community members filled Old Library's Great Hall on Jan. 27 as Bryn Mawr President Wendy Cadge continued to share her thoughts about and visions for the College's future as she reached the six-month mark of her presidency. "I want to think with you today about how we dream and innovate to expand the College's excellence and  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Jan. 30 -- The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2025: * * * PUC Damage Prevention Committee Announces Actions Against Underground Facility Owners, Excavators and Project Owners Plans for Hybrid In-Person and Virtual Meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 11 HARRISBURG - A total of 340 disciplinary actions, including 90 education requirements, and $240,575 in administrative penalties, have been taken against 180 underground facil  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Jan. 30 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Q&A: Student trustee Kevin Schuyler 'carries the voices of 88,000 peers' UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- As he approaches the end of his two-year term as student trustee on the Penn State Board of Trustees, Kevin Schuyler is leading the charge to identify his successor. The student trustee serves on the 38-member Board of Trustees, which is responsible for the governance and welfare of Penn State   more

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Jan. 30 -- Bryn Mawr College issued the following news: * * * Supporting community members in uncertain times The below message was sent to faculty, staff, and students on January 29, 2025. * * * Dear members of the Bryn Mawr community: The new Federal Administration is increasing national immigration enforcement, changing guidance for some international visitors, proposing policies that would impact people who are transgender and non-binary, and issuing executi  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Jan. 29 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * The Medical Minute: What works - and what doesn't - to prevent norovirus HERSHEY, Pa. -- It's 2 a.m. when your 5-year-old daughter's cry jolts you awake: "Mommy, I'm sick!" The next few hours are a blur of clean-up and comfort as you battle the dreaded norovirus, aka the stomach bug, aka the stomach flu, aka the "winter vomiting bug." The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Jan. 31 -- The Pennsylvania Treasurer issued the following news release: * * * By Emily Hildebrand ehildebrand@patreasury.gov Treasurer Stacy Garrity: First Money Match Letters Being Sent to Pennsylvanians This Week For the first time ever, Pennsylvania will return unclaimed property automatically Harrisburg, PA - Treasurer Stacy Garrity announced today that more than 8,000 Pennsylvanians will receive letters this week indicating that unclaimed property will be aut  more

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania, Jan. 31 -- Westinghouse Electric issued the following news release: * * * Westinghouse Awarded Contract to Evaluate Deployment of AP1000 Reactor in Slovenia Feasibility Study to Evaluate Deployment of One Reactor at the Proposed Krsko-II Nuclear Power Plant Cranberry Township, PA, January 30, 2025 - Westinghouse Electric Company announced today the signing of a contract with Slovenia's state-owned power company GEN energija to conduct a Technical Feasibility  more