UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 28 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * 2025 Penn State alumni trustee election ballot positions announced UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Ballot positions for the 2025 election of trustees by alumni were determined on Feb. 28 by a drawing. Ballots for the trustee election will be available to Penn State alumni beginning on April 21. Additionally, candidate materials will be available by March 7 on the Board of Trustees website at htt  more

WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pennsylvania, Feb. 28 [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, posted the following news release: * * * ASTM Pickleball Subcommittee to Hold First Meeting All interested parties invited to discuss potential standardization topics. All interested parties are invited to join ASTM Internati  more

EAST STROUDSBURG, Pennsylvania, March 1 -- East Stroudsburg University issued the following news release: * * * ESU Sport Management Students Compete on National Stage Two groups of students from East Stroudsburg University's sport management program recently took their skills to the national stage, competing in a pair of competitions that tested their talent and showcased their potential. Participating in the Commission on Sport Management Accreditation (COSMA) conference and the National C  more

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Feb. 28 -- Bryn Mawr College posted the following news: * * * February Board of Trustees Meeting Report The below message was sent to faculty, staff, and students on February 21, 2025. * * * Dear Bryn Mawr Community, As is our practice, we write to update you on the February Board of Trustees meeting, which was held on February 7-8, 2025. At the annual February meeting, the Bryn Mawr and Haverford College Boards traditionally meet together for a plenary sessio  more

GROVE CITY, Pennsylvania, March 1 -- The Grove City College issued the following news release: * * * GCC begins work to reaffirm MSCHE accreditation Grove City College is beginning the process of reaffirming accreditation by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education Accreditation (MSCHE). Every eight years, the College must undergo a holistic evaluation by MSCHE to maintain its accreditation, which is recognized by government and professional agencies as essential for student success   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 28 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * IT support and services at Penn State to transform into shared service model UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- As part of ongoing information technology (IT) transformation efforts, Penn State IT will undergo an organizational change beginning this summer to develop a new IT operating model built around a shared platform portfolio, shared mission portfolio and unit portfolios by January 2027. An i  more

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Feb. 28 -- Bryn Mawr College posted the following news: * * * Joyce Mitchell Cook '55 featured by Forbes Joyce Mitchell Cook '55 was featued in a Feb. 27 Forbes article that recognized her achievements, including being the first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. in Philosophy in 1965. At Bryn Mawr, Cook lived in Rockefeller dorm and studied Philosophy. Cook went on to St. Hilda's College at Oxford and then Yale University, where she received her doctorate and became the  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 28 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * New book explores being Black in educational spaces UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State College of Education faculty member Wilson Kwamogi Okello recently published his first book, "On Blackness, Liveliness, and What it Means to Be Human." The book examines the intersection of history, race and identity, and what this means for the higher education context. "To accomplish this, I develope  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 28 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Penn State opens doors to world travel, learning for EMS student UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Sofia Hoffman has dreams of a career that will take her around the world -- and thanks to her time at Penn State, it's off to a good start. Hoffman, a third-year student studying environmental systems engineering and minoring in geography, spent her summer in Ecuador helping test for oil pollution an  more

MCLEAN, Virginia, Feb. 28 -- Chamber of Progress, a center-left tech industry policy coalition promoting a progressive future, issued the following news: * * * Pennsylvania Eyes Delivery Tax To Fund Transit Despite Broad Voter Opposition New poll shows that 80% of Pennsylvanians oppose delivery taxes As Pennsylvania policymakers consider imposing a tax on online retail orders, Chamber of Progress released new polling showing that 80 percent of Pennsylvania voters oppose delivery taxes. Rea  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, March 1 -- The University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * An Unexpected Insight into Alzheimer's Disease MRI findings reveal surprising discrepancy between Alzheimer's pathology and cognitive function in unique case study Studies reveal that people with Down syndrome (DS) have over a 90% lifetime risk of developing dementia caused by Alzheimer's disease (AD) as they age. Research from the University of Pittsburgh's Swanso  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 28 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Q&A: Turning THON fundraising into lifesaving medical treatments UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Over the weekend, more than 700 dancers raised over $17.7 million to fight childhood cancer as part of the 2025 Penn State THON, the largest student-run philanthropic organization in the world. The funds go to Four Diamonds, a childhood cancer organization, to fund pediatric cancer research and to help  more