PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 10 [Category: Medical] -- The American Association for Cancer Research posted the following news release: * * * AACR Announces Fellows of the AACR Academy Class of 2025 and New AACR Academy President PHILADELPHIA - The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) today announced its newly elected 2025 class of Fellows of the AACR Academy. The mission of the Fellows of the AACR Academy is to recognize and honor extraordinary scientists whose groundbreakin  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, March 10 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Alumni Association to host wrestling 'Roar Tour' in Philadelphia on March 22 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- With the Penn State wrestling team vying for another national championship in March, the Penn State Alumni Association will host a special Penn State wrestling "Roar Tour" event in conjunction with the Philadelphia Chapter. The event will take place from 1-5 p.m. on Saturday, March 22, a  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, March 10 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Analyzing genetic 'signatures' may give insight into what stresses wild bees UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A new method of examining gene expression patterns called landscape transcriptomics may help pinpoint what causes bumble bees stress and could eventually give insight into why bee populations are declining overall, according to a study led by researchers at Penn State. The team published t  more

HERSHEY, Pennsylvania, March 11 -- Penn State Health issued the following news: * * * Early-life responsive parenting intervention yields lasting but diminishing benefits on child weight Early life-responsive parenting can lead to healthier weight outcomes for children in their earliest years, with effects lasting but diminishing into middle childhood, according to a new study. Conducted by the Penn State College of Medicine and the Center for Childhood Obesity Research at Penn State Universi  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, March 10 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Framework to help scientists choose impactful place-based research locations UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Faced with more extreme weather events, communities may need to adapt to heightened risks from sea-level rise, flooding or wildfires. And while scientific research can help inform adaptations, the process requires an alignment of academic resources and real-world needs and partnerships tha  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, March 10 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Grant to explore maternal depression's effect on young children UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Does maternal depression affect mothers' young children? If so, how? Those are the questions that Penn State Associate Professor of Psychology Katie Burkhouse and a colleague at Vanderbilt University aim to answer with a five-year, $3.8 million grant from the U.S. National Institutes of Health's Nation  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, March 10 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Jainendra Jain named 2025 Wolf Prize laureate in physics UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Jainendra K. Jain, Evan Pugh University Professor and Erwin W. Muller Professor of Physics and holder of the Eberly Family Chair in the Penn State Eberly College of Science, has been awarded, along with two others, the 2025 Wolf Prize in Physics for "groundbreaking contributions to quantum matter and its topo  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, March 10 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * New grant to expand program helping middle schoolers cope with chronic stress UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Middle schoolers from low-income families who learned new ways to cope with stress by participating in the Building a Strong Identity and Coping Skills (BaSICS) program demonstrated significant and lasting reductions in anxiety and depression, according to Penn State Professor of Psycholo  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 11 -- Thomas More Society, a national public interest law firm defending life, family and freedom, issued the following news: * * * Pennsylvania Parents, School Districts Sue Gov. Josh Shapiro to Stop State's Redefinition of 'Sex' Thomas More Society Files Lawsuit Against Bureaucratic Redefinition of 'Sex' That Includes 'Gender Identity' (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) In a lawsuit filed March 6, 2025, against the Pennsylvania Governor's Office and Pennsylvania Human Rela  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, March 10 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Plant biologist awarded the Masatoshi Nei Innovation Prize in Biology Sarah Assmann, Waller Professor of Plant Biology at Penn State, has been awarded the Masatoshi Nei Innovation Prize in Biology. The award was established through a generous gift from Masatoshi Nei, professor emeritus of biology at Penn State, Laura Carnell, professor of biology at Temple University and Nei's wife, Nobuk  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, March 10 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Search underway for next Penn State ICDS director UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State is currently seeking nominations and candidates for the position of director of the Institute for Computational and Data Science (ICDS), housed within the Office of the Senior Vice President for Research. This role leads the institute's vision and strategy, enhances interdisciplinary research collaboratio  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 11 -- The University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Four Penn cancer researchers elected as Fellows of the AACR Academy Garrett M. Brodeur, Susan Domchek, Stephan Grupp, and Robert Vonderheide to be honored at 2025 AACR Annual Meeting PHILADELPHIA - Distinguished cancer researchers Garrett M. Brodeur, MD, Susan Domchek, MD, Stephan Grupp, MD, PhD, and Robert Vonderheide, MD, DPhil, from the Perelman Sch  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 11 -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences issued the following news: * * * The story of the famed Salt Lake Tabernacle Organ A new book from historian Jared Farmer traces the legacy of music and media in the LDS Church. In his new book, "The Sound of Mormonism: A Media History of Latter-day Saints," historian Jared Farmer of the School of Arts & Sciences traces the history of the LDS Church through music and media. The following is an   more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 10 -- The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression posted the following news release: * * * VICTORY! 9th Circuit rules in favor of professor punished for criticizing college for lowering academic standards SAN FRANCISCO, March 10, 2025 -- Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in favor of Lars Jensen, a math professor unconstitutionally punished for criticizing what he believed was his college's decision to water down its math sta  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 10 -- The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression posted the following news release: * * * VICTORY! Charges dropped against TN woman cited for using skeletons in Christmas decorations GERMANTOWN, Tenn., March 10, 2025 --Less than a month after the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression filed a First Amendment lawsuit against Germantown, Tennessee, the city has voluntarily dismissed charges against its resident Alexis Luttrell for keeping skel  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, March 10 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Werzyn family, West Shore Home make significant field naming gift for Beaver Stadium UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Penn State Board of Trustees today (March 10) approved, 22-8, the naming of the field at Beaver Stadium as West Shore Home Field at Beaver Stadium. The visionary and significant gift from the Werzyn family and West Shore Home provides incredible support and momentum to the Beav  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, March 9 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Wrestling team wins ninth Big Ten championship EVANSTON, Ill. - The Penn State Nittany Lion wrestling team (15-0, 8-0 B1G) stormed the field at the 2025 Big Ten Championship to claim its ninth Big Ten Championship, all under head coach Cael Sanderson. The Nittany Lions ran away from the field, winning the title with 181.5 points, a new school record (breaking the mark of 170.5 set last yea  more