ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Feb. 5 -- The Chesapeake Bay Foundation posted the following news release: * * * $50 Million in Governor's Budget Proposal Would Mean Cleaner Pennsylvania Rivers and Streams HARRISBURG--The $50 million for the Clean Streams Fund (CSF) included in the Governor Josh Shapiro's $51.5 billion General Fund budget proposal for fiscal year 2025-26 unveiled today would mean Pennsylvania farms have more projects on the ground that reduce pollution to local rivers and streams. The  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 3 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * 'Growing Impact' explores monitoring environmental activity with fiber optics UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The latest episode of "Growing Impact" delves into research using fiber optic cables to monitor environmental changes and seismic activity. Originally funded by a 2019 Penn State Institute of Energy and the Environment (IEE) seed grant, this project explores how fiber optic technology can d  more

HERSHEY, Pennsylvania, Feb. 4 -- Penn State Health issued the following news: * * * College of Medicine researchers awarded more than $6 million to study heart function in women with preeclampsia Penn State College of Medicine has been awarded $6.1 million to advance the study of heart function in women who have experienced severe preeclampsia. This grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute will support research led by Elisa Bradley, MD, cardiologist and Associate Professor of M  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 5 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Could an Earth-like alien civilization detect us? UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- If an extraterrestrial civilization existed with Earth-like technology, would they be able to detect Earth and evidence of humanity? If so, what signals would they detect and from how far away? A new study by a team that includes Penn State astronomers and alumni used a theoretical, modeling-based method to investigat  more

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, Feb. 4 -- SETI Institute, a research and education organization whose mission is to lead humanity's quest to understand the origins and prevalence of life and intelligence in the Universe, issued the following news release: * * * Earth Detecting Earth Could a twin Earth detect Earth? February 3, 2025, Mountain View, CA - A research team led by Dr. Sofia Sheikh of the SETI Institute, in collaboration with the Characterizing Atmospheric Technosignatures project and t  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 4 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Electrical engineering student awarded fellowship from international society UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) recently awarded Mohammadreza Abbasi, an electrical engineering doctoral student in the Penn State School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, the Microwave Theory and Technology Society (MTT-S) Graduate Fellowship. Abba  more

ITHACA, New York, Feb. 4 -- Cornell University issued the following news: * * * Ex-Big Red teammates to face off at Super Bowl LIX When the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles square off at Super Bowl LIX on Feb. 9 in New Orleans, a Cornellian will emerge victorious - no matter which side wins. Why? Because each team boasts a former Big Red player who has made it to the big game during his rookie season. Engineering alum Hunter Nourzad '22 joined the Chiefs in 2024, selected in  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 4 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Fossils show leaf-eating insects tracked gum trees for millions of years UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- How far would leaf-eating insects go to dine on their favorite food? Perhaps the other side of the world, according to researchers at Penn State who found insect damage on fossil leaves from South America that is nearly identical to what is seen today on those trees' living relatives in Australi  more

FAIRFAX, Virginia, Feb. 6 -- George Mason University issued the following campus news: * * * George Mason, men's head soccer coach Rich Costanzo agree to contract extension George Mason University and men's soccer head coach Rich Costanzo have agreed on a contract extension through the 2029 season, announced Assistant Vice President and Director of Athletics Marvin Lewis on Tuesday. Costanzo came to George Mason in 2022. After leading the Patriots to one of the most successful regular season  more

FAIRFAX, Virginia, Feb. 7 -- George Mason University issued the following news: * * * George Mason, men's head soccer coach Rich Costanzo agree to contract extension George Mason University and men's soccer head coach Rich Costanzo have agreed on a contract extension through the 2029 season, announced Assistant Vice President and Director of Athletics Marvin Lewis on Tuesday. Costanzo came to George Mason in 2022. After leading the Patriots to one of the most successful regular seasons in pr  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 4 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Gov. Shapiro proposes $60M in new funding for state-related universities UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro proposed $60 million in new funding for Penn State and its fellow state-related universities -- to be distributed through a soon-to-be-developed performance-based funding model -- during his 2025-26 budget address, delivered Feb. 4 in the Pennsylvania House Chamber  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 5 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Heard on Campus: Lukas Muechler on quantum materials UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- "Quantum materials has emerged as a field recently as current devices are approaching their quantum limit," said Lukas Muechler, assistant professor of chemistry and physics at Penn State. Muechler recently spoke at Ashtekar Frontiers of Science, an annual public lecture series held by the Penn State Eberly College  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 4 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * International reaccreditation for stem cell transplantation at Cancer Institute HERSHEY, Pa. -- Penn State Cancer Institute has once again earned accreditation for stem cell transplantation from the international Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT), enabling patients in central Pennsylvania to receive lifesaving cancer treatment. Accreditation is required to perfor  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 4 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Inuit leaders to discuss climate-changed Arctic in panel, movie premiere UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Penn State Climate Consortium's February Climate Conversations Cafe will feature Inuit leaders who will discuss the challenges of a rapidly changing Arctic. The event is titled "Adapting to the New Arctic: A Conversation with Inuit Leaders from Inukjuak in Northern Quebec." It will take plac  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 6 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Invent Penn State fuels innovation across Pennsylvania UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Invent Penn State LaunchBox & Innovation Network is advancing the University's land-grant mission by delivering entrepreneurial resources, programming, consulting, coworking spaces and funding opportunities to communities across the commonwealth. With 23 locations statewide, the network ensures 96% of Pennsyl  more

HERSHEY, Pennsylvania, Feb. 7 -- Penn State Health issued the following news: * * * Lancaster Orthopedic Group joins Penn State Health Affiliation expands Penn State Health orthopedic services across Lancaster and Berks counties Penn State Health and Lancaster Orthopedic Group (LOG) have executed an affiliation agreement that will enable the two entities to extend orthopedic services across Lancaster and Berks counties. The agreement took effect on Jan. 31. A physician-owned and operated or  more

WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, Feb. 7 -- The Pennsylvania College of Technology issued the following news: * * * Leadership changes approved for Penn College Pennsylvania College of Technology's Board of Directors has approved actions involving two members of President's Cabinet. Following the retirement announcement of the senior vice president for finance/CFO, the board authorized hiring a vice president for finance/CFO. In response to the director of counseling services retiring - and a subs  more

ITHACA, New York, Feb. 5 -- Cornell University issued the following news: * * * Limiting lawn management benefits soil ecosystems Turfgrass - including sports fields, roadside ditches and residential lawns - makes up 40 million acres of the United States' land surface, bigger than the entire state of New York. Collectively, all that grass plays a critical role in ecological processes such as absorbing and filtering water, sequestering carbon and providing habitat for an array of creatures.   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 3 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Novel 'living' biomaterial aims to advance regenerative medicine UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A biomaterial that can mimic certain behaviors within biological tissues could advance regenerative medicine, disease modeling, soft robotics and more, according to researchers at Penn State. Materials created up to this point to mimic tissues and extracellular matrices (ECMs) -- the body's biological  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 4 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Online gambling participation increases in Pennsylvania again, report finds UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Online gambling in Pennsylvania continues to increase in Pennsylvania, according to the 2024 Pennsylvania Interactive Gaming Assessment: Online Gambling Report. The assessment was authored by researchers in Penn State's Criminal Justice Research Center and developed under contract with the Pe  more

HERSHEY, Pennsylvania, Feb. 5 -- Penn State Health issued the following news: * * * Penn State Cancer Institute achieves international reaccreditation for expertise in stem cell transplantation Penn State Cancer Institute has once again earned accreditation for stem cell transplantation from the international Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT), giving patients lifesaving cancer treatment in central Pennsylvania. Accreditation is required to perform stem cell transpla  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 5 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Penn State Harrisburg announces the Pennsylvania Center for Latino Research MIDDLETOWN, Pa. -- Penn State Harrisburg announced the launch of the Pennsylvania Center for Latino Research (PaCLR), a center within the college's Institute of State and Regional Affairs (ISRA). This initiative focuses on empowering communities and driving interdisciplinary collaboration to tackle key issues across  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 2 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Penn State on strong financial path as revamped budget model enters third year UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State has released University-wide budget allocations for fiscal year 2026-27 as part of its two-year, data-driven budget process, which has the institution on a strong financial path as it enters its third year. According to Sara Thorndike, senior vice president for Finance and Busin  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 6 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Penn State student-athletes post outstanding academic performance in fall 2024 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State student-athletes posted another outstanding semester by recording a 3.32 term grade-point average (GPA) in the 2024 fall semester. The Nittany Lions had 636 students (77%) with a 3.0 semester GPA and 328 dean's list honorees (3.5 semester GPA). In addition, 75 full-time students  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 3 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Penn State students ready for working duties, media-related roles at Super Bowl UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- An opportunity for hands-on experience at one of the world's most well-known sporting events awaits several Penn State students this week as they step into working, media-related roles at the Super Bowl, which will be contested Feb. 9 in New Orleans. Their presence continues what has be  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 5 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Penn State students urged to consider mental health impacts of sports betting UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- As sports betting becomes increasingly accessible nationwide, counselors at Penn State's Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) are warning of the potential risks for college students, including financial strain, academic challenges, and impacts on mental health and well-being. A 20  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 3 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Penn State, Shell collaboration funds environmental research project ALTOONA, Pa. -- A collaboration between Penn State and Shell USA Inc. is supporting efforts across the University's mission of research, education and community impact. An initial commitment from Shell of more than $1 million is funding initiatives focused on energy transition, decarbonization, polymer recycling and biodiv  more

BINGHAMTON, New York, Feb. 6 -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * Professor wins NSF CAREER Award for materials fabrication research By Katie Liu If you scratch a pencil on some paper, somewhere among the resulting scribbles, you may have created what's called a monolayer: a material that is about an atom thick. Stack that onto another similarly thin material, but one made of different atoms, and you would get a heterobilayer -- something physicists can twist and turn to  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Feb. 5 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2025: * * * Governor Shapiro's bipartisan Agricultural Innovation Grant Program invests in 88 cutting-edge solutions and technologies in 45 counties that will shape the future of Pennsylvania agriculture. The program received an overwhelming response, with the Department of Agriculture receiving more than $68 million in funding requests. * * * Governor Josh Shapiro announced   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 5 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * The Medical Minute: Can you have a heart attack and not know it? HERSHEY, Pa. -- When a character on a TV show or movie has a heart attack, they clutch their chest or slump to the ground. "In real life, heart attacks can be much more subtle than they look on TV," said Dr. Patrick Fitzsimmons, a cardiologist at Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center. Sometimes, heart attack symptoms are   more

LOS ANGELES, California, Feb. 6 -- The UCLA Health issued the following news release: * * * UCLA to Lead $20.6M NIH-Funded Center to Unlock the Role of Viruses in Human Health UCLA investigators will identify the diversity of viruses that naturally inhabit the human body along the oral-gut-brain axis The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $20.6 million grant over five years to establish one of five Human Virome Characterization Centers, or HVCCs, leveraging UCLA leadership and the c  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 5 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Understanding aging requires more than counting birthdays UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- People's bodies can be old or young for their chronological age, depending, in part, on the amount and types of stressors they have experienced. Scientists can estimate people's biological age, but whether they use oral tissue or blood to make the measurement matters, according to a new study led by researcher  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 5 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * University Park classes, activities and work canceled until noon Thursday UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Forecasted sleet, freezing rain and icy road conditions have caused Penn State to cancel classes, activities and work at its University Park campus beginning at 5 a.m. and continuing until noon on Thursday, Feb. 6. Only employees who provide essential services should report. Classes Based o  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 7 -- The University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Set to enter hospice care, a patient with idiopathic multicentric Castleman's disease is now in remission after treatment with a medication predicated as the top treatment by an AI-guided analysis * * * After combing through 4,000 existing medications, an artificial intelligence tool helped uncover one that saved the life of a patient with idiopathic mul  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 3 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Vitamin D matters during first trimester, researchers find UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Low vitamin D levels in the first trimester of pregnancy are associated with higher rates of preterm birth and decreased fetal length, according to a new study led by researchers in the Penn State Department of Nutritional Sciences. This research provides evidence that early pregnancy or even preconception ma  more