UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, March 3 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * 'Growing Impact' discusses environmental contaminants, human health UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The latest episode of Growing Impact discusses how environmental contaminants affect human health, a research focus for Penn State professors Andrew Patterson and Costas Maranas. Environmental contaminants can directly influence human health by dysregulating typical biological processes and giving r  more

NEW YORK, March 4 -- Columbia University issued the following news: * * * Seeking Insight on How Children and Adults Understand Right and Wrong Psychology Professor Larisa Solomon aims to understand how people respond to those whose religious beliefs differ from their own. As an undergraduate psychology major at Pennsylvania State University, Larisa Solomon had an observation that seemed to her to reflect something profound about human psychology, but that psychology research didn't address:  more

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, March 3 -- Bryn Mawr College posted the following news: * * * March Update from the President The below message was sent to faculty, staff, and students on March 3, 2025. * * * Dear Bryn Mawr Community, Much is in motion in the greater higher education and policy landscape. I write with the assurance that your senior team is fully aware of and actively tracking developments. The College's mission statement is the bright, clear north star that guides us. We are g  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, March 4 -- The University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Reinventing the (Lubricant for Hard Disk Drives) Wheel Pitt's Lei Li receives an industry grant to develop a new nanometer-thick lubricant for hard disk drives--one without PFAS The University of Pittsburgh's Lei Li has received a one-year, $50,000 industry grant from Seagate for his project "Non-PFAS media lubricant for hard disk drives (HDDs)." Through his resear  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, March 4 -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Rutgers Names Director of Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Treatment Science at Institute for Health By Nicole Swenarton University officials select researcher Vincent Lo Re following an international search Vincent Lo Re, an internationally recognized pharmacoepidemiology researcher, has been named director of the Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Treatment Science (PETS), a unit of the Rutgers I  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, March 3 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Synthetic microbiome therapy suppresses bacterial infection without antibiotics UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A synthetic microbiome therapy, tested in mice, protects against severe symptoms of a gut infection that is notoriously difficult-to-treat and potentially life threatening in humans, according to a team of researchers at Penn State. The team developed the treatment for Clostridioides dif  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 4 -- The University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Diabetic eye disease up, but most severe forms down Data showed that while diabetes-related eye diseases doubled since 2014, the most severe forms of the disease have decreased PHILADELPHIA-- Although the prevalence of diabetes-related eye diseases almost doubled since 2014, the rates of most severe forms of the disease have actually decreased, accordin  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 4 -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences issued the following news: * * * Patti Smith as a Kelly Writers House Fellow The musician and writer spoke with students and made two public appearances. The singer, songwriter, poet, author, and musician Patti Smith was in residence at Penn's Kelly Writers House for two days, telling stories about the people in her life throughout the decades, reading passages from her books, and performing her  more

VILLANOVA, Pennsylvania, March 4 -- Villanova University issued the following news release: * * * Villanova Engineering Professor Awarded Patent for Isothermal Compression System Design Sylvie Lorente, PhD, Associate Dean for Research and Innovation, William M. Brown '84, '87 Endowed Chair in Mechanical Engineering, Develops Solution for Cost-Effective Compressed Air Energy Storage VILLANOVA, Pa. (March 3, 2025)--Villanova University's Sylvie Lorente, PhD, Associate Dean for Research and In  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, March 3 -- Virginia Tech posted the following news: * * * Virginia Tech Rescue Squad receives first place, MERIT status at national conference Thirteen members with the Virginia Tech Rescue Squad attended the 32nd annual National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation Conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and won first place in the Advanced Life Support Skills Challenge, where they were given a high acuity trauma and medical scenario to test their knowledge a  more