PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, March 29 -- Carnegie Mellon University issued the following news: * * * Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows Take On Accessibility and Quality of Life Questions By: Alexander Johnson To help students conduct research that may fall outside of the usual curricular, funding, or time restrictions of the typical semester, Carnegie Mellon University's Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholar Development (OURSD) offers Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 28 -- Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future (PennFuture), an environmental advocacy organization, issued the following news release on March 26, 2025: * * * Environmental and Watchdog Groups Challenge Constellation's Bid to Buy Calpine Utility consolidation threatens to raise electricity rates and environmental pollution Washington, D.C. -- Yesterday, Earthjustice filed a protest on behalf of Public Citizen, PennFuture, and Clean Air Council, challenging the cons  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 28 [Category: Medical] -- The American College of Physicians posted the following news release: * * * Internal Medicine Physicians Concerned that Health and Human Services Cuts will Negatively Impact Public Health Statement attributable to: Isaac O. Opole, MBChB, PhD, MACP President, American College of Physicians WASHINGTON March 28, 2025--The American College of Physicians is dismayed by the Trump administration's announcements about reducing funds   more

INDIANA, Pennsylvania, March 29 -- Indiana University of Pennsylvania issued the following news: * * * IUP Applied Research Lab, Altoona Curve Collaborating on Research Study It's been a grand slam home run for Indiana University of Pennsylvania's Applied Research Lab and the Altoona Curve--and for IUP Applied Research Lab graduate assistant and applied mathematics master's program student Joshua Petteno. IUP's Applied Research Lab, a research consulting center that assists the IUP research   more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, March 29 -- The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center issued the following news release: * * * New Approach Could Treat Anthrax Beyond the "Point of No Return" PITTSBURGH -- Anthrax, an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, is often treatable in its early stages. But once the disease has progressed beyond the "point of no return" after just a few days, patients are almost certainly doomed. In a new Nature Microbiology study, University of   more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, March 26 -- The Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute issued the following news: * * * New Research Supports SEI AISIRT Mission to Secure Artificial Intelligence March 26, 2025--The burgeoning general-purpose artificial intelligence (GPAI) ecosystem needs to adapt lessons from the software security domain to keep AI systems secure, according to a newly released paper by representatives from academia, industry, and the Software Engineering Institute (SEI). La  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, March 29 -- The University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * AMPED Consortium Adds ITG Electronics to Further Research Partnership aims to drive innovation in soft magnetic materials and power electronics applications ITG Electronics, a leading manufacturer of magnetics and EMI filters, is partnering with the University of Pittsburgh Advanced Magnetics for Power and Energy Development (AMPED) Consortium. As a new research s  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 28 [Category: Medical] -- The American College of Physicians posted the following news release: * * * Statement from Leading Physician Groups on U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Staffing Cuts The statement below is issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and American College of Physicians: "For decades and across many presidential administrations, our organizations and the tens of thousan  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 29 -- Temple University issued the following news: * * * New book illustrates the unspoken challenges faced by Black male college athletes Playing the Game, Self-Presentation, and Black Male College Athletes, a new book from Temple University School of Sport, Tourism and Hospitality Management Assistant Professor Jonathan Howe, outlines how Black male college athletes often alter their self-presentation. It's 6 a.m. in the morning and Rhys, a member of the c  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 29 -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences issued the following news: * * * Five Penn third-year students are 2025 Goldwater Scholars Goldwater Scholarships are awarded to students planning research careers in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering. Five University of Pennsylvania third-year undergraduates have received 2025 Goldwater Scholarships, awarded to second- or third-year students planning research careers in mathem  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 29 -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences issued the following news: * * * The science behind Major League Baseball's 'Magic Mud' Douglas Jerolmack and Paulo Arratia led research that could someday crack the code of the mud smeared on baseballs for nearly a century that pitchers profess provides a perfect grip. Key Takeaways * Researchers from Penn Arts & Sciences and Penn Engineering confirmed that Major League Baseball's "magic mud  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, March 29 -- The United Steelworkers issued the following news release on March 28, 2025: * * * USW Condemns Trump Attack on Workers' Rights United Steelworkers (USW) International President David McCall issued the following statement today in response to President Donald Trump's executive order attempting to strip federal workers of their collective bargaining rights: "Collective bargaining serves as one of the most powerful tools workers have to balance the scales,  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 28 [Category: Medical] -- The American College of Physicians posted the following news release: * * * Welcome New Fellows! 284 new Fellows were approved by the Credentials Committee for election on March 1, 2025. We encourage new Fellows to share the news about election to Fellowship. Previous election lists can be found below: * January 1, 2025 Fellows * December 1, 2024 Fellows * November 1, 2024 Fellows * September 1, 2024 Fellows * July 1,   more