MEADVILLE, Pennsylvania, April 26 -- Allegheny College issued the following news: * * * Allegheny College Officially Opens ALIC @ Bessemer, its Branch Campus Created to Build the Regional Manufacturing Workforce Allegheny College launched its branch campus ALIC @ Bessemer, a transformative initiative driving workforce development and education in western Pennsylvania. Governor Josh Shapiro, leaders of regional manufacturing companies, Allegheny College President Ron Cole, faculty, staff and s  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 25 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Are drones the future of tree fruit production? Researchers investigate UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A team of researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences is addressing the growing interest among tree fruit growers in Pennsylvania and the Northeast in adopting drone-based spraying systems for high-density apple and peach orchards. The Northeast Region of the Sustainable Agricu  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 25 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Competition shows not all exam questions can be correctly answered using AI UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State's Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence (CSRAI) announced the winners of its first-ever " Cheat-a-thon." The virtual competition, held March 3 through April 6, invited faculty and students at universities across the United States to test the capabilities and lim  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 25 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Harrisburg breaks ground on new Academic Learning Center MIDDLETOWN, Pa. -- The Penn State Harrisburg campus community, along with stakeholders and alumni, gathered on April 22 to celebrate the groundbreaking of the campus's new $48 million Academic Learning Center (ALC), which is slated to open for the fall 2026 semester. College Chancellor David Callejo Perez was joined by Student Gover  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 26 -- Pennsylvania Auditor General Timothy DeFoor issued the following news release on April 25, 2025: * * * Harrisburg University, Auditor General DeFoor, Members 1st Federal Credit Union Announce Winners of Statewide Student Financial Literacy Competition HARRISBURG - Harrisburg University of Science and Technology (HU) Interim President David Schankweiler, Pennsylvania Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor and Members 1st Federal Credit Union Vice President of C  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 25 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Institute for Computational and Data Sciences issues call for proposals UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) has announced a new program to foster interdisciplinary collaborations among early-career researchers and Penn State faculty. The ICDS Junior Researcher Collaborations Funding Opportunity is now accepting project proposals. F  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: * * * PA Dems, With the Support of the DNC, Files Opposition Brief in US Supreme Court to Protect the Rights of Pennsylvania Voters Republicans are trying to supersede the jurisdiction of the PA Supreme Court, end PA voters' right to cast provisional ballots on Election Day Today, the Pennsylvania Democratic Party, with the support of the DNC, filed an opposition brief in the US Supreme Court to pro  more

ALTOONA, Pennsylvania, April 26 -- Pennsylvania State University at Altoona issued the following news: * * * Penn State Altoona professor selected to work with Ghanaian University ALTOONA, Pa. -- Kofi Adu, professor of physics at Penn State Altoona and graduate faculty in materials science and engineering, has been awarded a fellowship by the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program to travel to Ghana to work with the University of Development Studies (UDS), specifically the lecturers in   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 25 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Penn State graduate students receive American Heart Association fellowships UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Two Penn State graduate students enrolled in Intercollege Graduate Degree Programs administered by the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences have each been awarded two-year American Heart Association (AHA) Postdoctoral Fellowships. Junyao Yuan is a graduate student in the integrative and bio  more

DUNMORE, Pennsylvania, April 26 -- Pennsylvania State University's Scranton campus issued the following news: * * * Public support matters for sustainable energy investments, researchers find Penn State Scranton business professor's research explores sustainable energy investments By Morgan Sewack DUNMORE, Pa. -- Penn State Scranton's Assistant Professor of Business Nonna Sorokina presented her research, "Sustainable Energy Marketplace and Societal Readiness," which examines how public opin  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 26 -- The University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * CHIPS off the old block Shiwarski's "CHIPS" platform bioprints with collagen to create functional tissue models Using a 3D printer to create organic tissue models that function like living organs may sound like science fiction -- but engineers at the University of Pittsburgh are making it reality. Central to their breakthrough is a simple yet powerful idea: when  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 26 -- The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission issued the following news release on April 25, 2025: * * * PUC Invites Public Comments Following Hearing on Grid Impacts of High-Demand Energy Growth HARRISBURG - The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) today announced the opening of a formal public comment period following the Commission's April 24 en banc hearing examining the impact of hyperscale data centers and other large-load energy users on Penns  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 25 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Students to present solar design project at expo on April 30 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Students in Assistant Professor of Energy and Mineral Engineering Nelson Dzade's "EGEE 437: Design of Solar Energy Conversion Systems" class worked with Greenwood Furnace State Park this spring semester as part of a Sustainable Communities Collaborative (SCC) project in partnership with Pennsylvania's Dep  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 25 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Traditional forest medicinal plant ghost pipe used differently today UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Despite a long history of traditional medicinal use in the United States, the collection, consumption and efficacy of the peculiar forest plant aptly named ghost pipe, scientific name Monotropa uniflora, remains a mystery. Now, with social media and the internet driving a resurgence in the harvest  more

WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, April 26 -- Lycoming College issued the following news: * * * The Tributary releases its third national undergraduate journal of poetry and prose Comprised of undergraduate-created poetry and prose, Lycoming College's student-run literary journal, The Tributary, announced the release of its Spring 2025 national issue, which is the third issue they have released on a national scale. The issue can be accessed free of charge at www.thetributaryjournal.com. The Tribut  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 26 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * What Pennsylvania Firefighters and Local Leaders Are Saying About Governor Shapiro's Plan to Increase State Support for First Responders Governor Shapiro's 2025-26 proposed budget includes a new $30 million competitive grant program to help fire companies purchase life-saving equipment and recruit and retain firefighters. Harrisburg, PA - Over the last week, Governor Josh Shapiro  more