PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 13 -- Berger Montague, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Berger Montague PC Investigates Pfizer Inc.'s Board Of Directors For Breach of Fiduciary Duties (NYSE: PFE) Berger Montague advises shareholders of Pfizer Inc. ("Pfizer" or the "Company") (NYSE: PFE) about an investigation into Pfizer's Board of Directors for potential breaches of fiduciary duties to Pfizer and its shareholders in connection with the Company's marketing and sale of Depo-Prover  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 13 -- The University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Catherine and Anthony Clifton make transformational gift to accelerate patient care, research, and education at Penn Medicine The Pavilion will be renamed in recognition of the Cliftons' historic philanthropic commitment, one of the largest ever to name a U.S. inpatient hospital building. PHILADELPHIA--Penn Medicine announced a transformative gift from   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 13 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Centre Stage presents 'How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying' UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State Centre Stage will produce Frank Loesser and Abe Burrows' "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying," directed by Christopher Campbell, music directed by Joseph Ivan, Feb. 25 thru March 7, at the Playhouse Theatre on the University Park campus. "How to Succeed in Business Wi  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 12 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * ChatGPT for birdsong may shed light on how language is wired in the human brain UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Just like ChatGPT and other generative language models train on human texts to create grammatically correct sentences, a new modeling method by researchers at Penn State trains on recordings of birds to create accurate birdsongs. The results could improve understanding of the structure o  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 13 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Dear Old State: The return of Penn State's 'Love Ya Lions!' UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- "Love Ya Lions!" Those three simple words are undoubtedly remembered by many alumni and fans as a representation of unified pride for Penn State in the 1970s and 1980s. The slogan was first introduced by Back the Lions, an organization formed in 1973 to boost fan enthusiasm at Penn State football games. T  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 13 -- Dechert, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Dechert Advises Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors on Financing Rotunda's RMH Investment Dechert advised Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, a leading alternative investment management firm, in providing a credit facility to RMH Systems (RMH) in conjunction with an investment in RMH made by Rotunda Capital Partners (Rotunda). RMH is a premier provider of material handling, packaging and automation solutions  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 13 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Denise Bortree named interim dean of Bellisario College of Communications UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Denise Bortree has been named interim dean of the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications, effective June 15. Bortree is currently the associate dean of academic affairs and a professor in the Bellisario College. She will take over for Marie Hardin, who was named the 10th president of  more

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Feb. 13 -- Bryn Mawr College posted the following news: * * * Dinner, Dialogue, and the Future of Democracy: A 20-Year Journey Bryn Mawr College Professor and Acting Chair of Political Science Joel Alden Schlosser rethinks the future of democracy and ecology in his book, Earthborn Democracy. What is political order? What is worth dying for? How should we organize ourselves? These are the questions that Schlosser poses in his classroom-and at his dinner table. A li  more

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Feb. 17 -- Bryn Mawr College posted the following news: * * * Faculty Members Earn Tenure for Excellence in Teaching, Research, and Service At their February meeting, the Bryn Mawr College Board of Trustees voted to confirm the reappointment with tenure and promotion to associate professor of Jennie Bradbury, Patrick Melvin, and Adam Williamson, effective at the start of the fall 2025 semester. "Congratulations to these outstanding faculty members on achieving this   more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 13 -- Fox Rothschild, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Fox Rothschild Attorneys Selected to 2025 Chambers Global List Fox Rothschild is pleased to announce Marie Jiacopello Jones and C.J. Fisher have been selected to the 2025 edition of Chambers Global* for Gaming & Gambling Law - Global Market Leaders, and Odia Kagan has been ranked in the category of Privacy & Data Security: Privacy - USA. Additionally, the firm was listed as highly rega  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Feb. 14 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2025: * * * Governor Shapiro Files Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration's Unconstitutional Federal Funding Freeze in Order to Protect Pennsylvania Interests Pennsylvania state agencies unable to access $1.2 billion in Congressionally-appropriated federal funding as of February 12, 2025, with an additional $900 million requiring an undefined review by federal agencies. De  more

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Feb. 12 -- Bryn Mawr College posted the following news: * * * Haves and Have-Nots For nearly 20 years, Matt Ruben has been teaching a version of his Emily Balch Seminar "Poverty, Affluence, and American Culture." And not a year goes by that the class isn't as relevant as ever. The "E-Sem" uses materials ranging from Benjamin Franklin's The Way to Wealth to Jesse Jackson's 1988 speech at the Democratic National Convention to explore wealth inequality, the reasons peo  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 13 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Intercollegiate Athletics unveils details on Beaver Stadium Revitalization UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Beaver Stadium Revitalization has entered its next phase of work on the west side of the stadium. Following the 2024 football season, demolition began with the felling of the press box and removal of the upper deck and several ground level structures. Once completed prior to the 2027 seas  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Feb. 14 -- K&L Gates, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * K&L Gates Continues IP Practice Growth With Seattle Partner Addition Seattle - Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Samuel Breeze as a partner in its Intellectual Property practice. He joins the firm's Seattle office from Lee & Hayes, PC, where he served as chair of its design practice group. Breeze advises some of the world's leading innovators on how to protect their brands by securing in  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 13 -- Ballard Spahr, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Lea Phillips Named Leader of Ballard Spahr's Environment and Natural Resources Group Lea A. Phillips has been appointed to lead Ballard Spahr's Environment and Natural Resources Group, a team of 25 attorneys across the country who provide regulatory, transactional, and litigation support to clients as they address environmental challenges; develop or realign projects; maintain regulatory  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 14 (TNSres) -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences issued the following news: * * * Looking to the past to understand the impacts of human land use in South Asia An international group of scholars, including archaeologists from the School of Arts & Sciences, synthesized archaeological evidence in South Asia from 12,000 and 6,000 years ago. Whether through agricultural practices, deforestation, or urbanization, how modern humans use land  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Feb. 14 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General David W. Sunday issued the following news on Feb. 13, 2025: * * * AG Sunday Urges U.S. Senate to Pass HALT Fentanyl Act that Closes the 'Copycat Fentanyl' Loophole and Saves Lives HARRISBURG - Attorney General Dave Sunday joined a multi-state coalition in a letter to the U.S. Senate asking for passage of the HALT Fentanyl Act, which will close a "copycat fentanyl" loophole and allow for more aggressive prosecution of trafficke  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Feb. 14 -- Pennsylvania Auditor General Timothy DeFoor issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2025: * * * Auditor General DeFoor Releases Audits for Volunteer Firefighters' Relief Associations in 23 Counties Auditor General Timothy DeFoor today announced the release of audit reports for 35 volunteer firefighters' relief associations (VFRAs) in Adams, Allegheny, Bedford, Bucks, Butler, Carbon, Clearfield, Crawford, Indiana, Lawrence, Lebanon, Luzerne, Montgomer  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Feb. 14 -- Pennsylvania Auditor General Timothy DeFoor issued the following news release: * * * Auditor General DeFoor: DCNR Ignored its Internal Policies and Procedures When Awarding Grants for Conservation Projects Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor today released an audit of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) that showed it did not award all Community Conservation Partnerships Program (C2P2) grants competitively, instead using its own discr  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 13 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Public invited to 'Stompers' painting workshop March 3 in Eisenhower Auditorium UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Have a hand in putting your foot down on prejudice against the journey to mental well-being. The Center for the Performing Arts is partnering with the Jana Marie Foundation to build "Consuelo," a future fixture in Eisenhower Auditorium. "Consuelo" is a Stompers Project figural sculptur  more