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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Pennsylvania Newsletter for Thursday March 13, 2025 ( 4 items )  

Food and Beverage Workers at The Fillmore Philadelphia Unionize With IATSE Local B-29
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 11 -- The AFL-CIO International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees issued the following news release: * * * Food and Beverage Workers at The Fillmore Philadelphia Unionize with IATSE Local B-29 Food and beverage employees at The Fillmore Philadelphia have made history by voting overwhelmingly to unionize with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local B-29. In a decisive victory, 90% of workers supported the union in a National  more

Penn State programs competitive in 2025 QS World University Rankings by Subject
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, March 12 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Penn State programs competitive in 2025 QS World University Rankings by Subject UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State ranked in 46 out of 52 subjects in the 2025 World University Rankings by Subject, released March 12 by London-based QS, one of the major three international organizations that annually rank academic institutions. For 2025, QS ranked 1,747 institutions across 55 subjects in   more

Soraya Coley, MSS '74, PhD '81, Cal Poly Pomona's Groundbreaking President
BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, March 11 -- Bryn Mawr College posted the following news: * * * Soraya Coley, MSS '74, PhD '81, Cal Poly Pomona's Groundbreaking President Soraya M. Coley, M.S.S. '74, Ph.D. '81, announced in February that she would be stepping down as president of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, and retiring at the end of July. When she was appointed to the role in 2015, she became the first woman and first African American president of the institution. Coley earned  more

Statement from Leading Physician Groups on NIH Decision to Terminate Grants for Vaccine Hesitancy and Uptake Research
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 12 [Category: Medical] -- The American College of Physicians posted the following news release: * * * Statement from Leading Physician Groups on NIH Decision to Terminate Grants for Vaccine Hesitancy and Uptake Research The statement below is issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Family Physicians, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and American College of Physicians: "Our organizations, representing more than 40  more