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State Tipoffs Involving Pennsylvania Newsletter for Wednesday June 25, 2025 ( 12 items )  

Ancient temple ruins discovered in Andes shed light on lost society
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, June 24 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Ancient temple ruins discovered in Andes shed light on lost society * An ancient society near the southern shores of Lake Titicaca in modern-day Bolivia was once one of the continent's most powerful civilizations. Known as Tiwanaku, the ancient society is widely considered by archaeologists to be one of the earliest examples of civilization in the Andes and a precursor of the Inca empire,  more

Carnegie Mellon: Software Engineering Institute Marks 40 Years of Innovation and a Renewed Contract With Defense Department
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, June 25 -- Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute issued the following news: * * * Software Engineering Institute Marks 40 Years of Innovation and a Renewed Contract with Defense Department The Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Software Engineering Institute (SEI) is marking 40 years as a cornerstone of advancing software as a strategic advantage for national security. For four decades, the SEI has worked to make software do more, be more secure,   more

ESU English Professor Recently Published
EAST STROUDSBURG, Pennsylvania, June 25 -- East Stroudsburg University issued the following news release: * * * ESU English Professor Recently Published East Stroudsburg University is pleased to announce that Artress Bethany White, Ph.D., associate professor of English, has recently been published. Dr. White's book, A Black Doe in the Anthropocene, confronts brutal truths unearthed by the present-day descendant of an enslaved American family. It was published by University Press of Kentucky,  more

Fourth annual Open Champion award winners honored for work with open education
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, June 24 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Fourth annual Open Champion award winners honored for work with open education * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Six Penn State Commonwealth Campuses recently named faculty members as Open Champions, recognizing their work with open education in the fourth year of Penn State's Open and Affordable Educational Resources (OAER) Champion Awards. The OAER Champion Award began as a pilot initiative in   more

Grove City College: E+I Leads Redemptive Pittsburgh, Holds First Lab for Founders
GROVE CITY, Pennsylvania, June 25 -- The Grove City College issued the following news release: * * * E+I leads Redemptive Pittsburgh, holds first lab for founders The Center for Entrepreneurship + Innovation (E+I) at Grove City College is the driving force behind Redemptive Pittsburgh, a new regional initiative that aims to develop a venture-building ecosystem dedicated to the idea of redemptive entrepreneurship. Their work began in earnest last year with the introduction of Redemptive Imagi  more

Independence Blue Cross Announces Actions to Simplify Prior Authorization Process
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, June 25 -- Independence Blue Cross, a subsidiary of Independence Health Group, issued the following news release on June 24, 2025: * * * Independence Blue Cross announces actions to simplify prior authorization process Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies aim to improve the prior authorization process to make health care effective and more accessible As part of its mission to help members access quality, affordable health care, Independence Blue Cross (IBX) announ  more

Pennsylvania American Water Completes Construction on $4 million Water Storage Tank in Jenkins Township
CAMDEN, New Jersey, June 24 [Category: BizWater] -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, posted the following news release: * * * Pennsylvania American Water Completes Construction on $4 million Water Storage Tank in Jenkins Township * SCRANTON, Pa. (June 24, 2025) - Pennsylvania American Water announced the completion of a new one-million-gallon water storage tank in Jenkins Township, Luzerne County. The new tank is located off Centerpoint Boulevard in the industrial park. Constr  more

Plastic Pros Attend Extrusion Seminar at Penn College
WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, June 25 -- The Pennsylvania College of Technology issued the following news: * * * Plastic pros attend extrusion seminar at Penn College Pennsylvania College of Technology's Plastics Innovation & Resource Center recently hosted 21 industry professionals - representing 12 companies and seven states - for its annual Extrusion Seminar & Hands-On Workshop. Sponsored by West Pharmaceutical Services Inc., a Penn College Corporate Tomorrow Maker, the three-day course cov  more

Q&A: How does computer science advance biology?
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, June 24 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Q&A: How does computer science advance biology? * Computer science and biology have a symbiotic relationship: computer scientists can develop new ways to analyze biological data, leading to new discoveries in biology and biomedicine, and biology can inspire and inform computational approaches. In some cases, the two disciplines merge in a single type of researcher: computational biologist  more

Redefining Retirement: Lincoln Financial Drops 'The Action Plan' Content Series With Celebrated Podcaster, Athlete and Speaker Rich Roll
RADNOR, Pennsylvania, June 25 -- The Lincoln Financial Corp. issued the following news release: * * * Redefining Retirement: Lincoln Financial Drops 'The Action Plan' Content Series with Celebrated Podcaster, Athlete and Speaker Rich Roll Rich Roll Takes His Podcast Out of the Studio with Video Series to Explore the Passions and Pastimes of Guests Andre Agassi, Walker Hayes and more * Lincoln Financial (NYSE: LNC) announced the launch of a four-part content series, titled 'The Action Plan,'  more

Renewed Mission: CMU Software Engineering Institute Leads National Security Software Innovation
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, June 25 -- Carnegie Mellon University issued the following news: * * * Renewed Mission: CMU Software Engineering Institute Leads National Security Software Innovation The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has renewed its contract with Carnegie Mellon University to operate the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) for an additional term of five years. The contract ensures that the institute -- the nation's only federally funded research and development center focused o  more

Ten interdisciplinary research teams awarded IEE seed grants
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, June 24 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Ten interdisciplinary research teams awarded IEE seed grants * Ten interdisciplinary research teams have received funding through the Institute of Energy and the Environment's (IEE) 2025 Seed Grant Program. The program supports basic and applied research that lays the groundwork to pursue external funding and is guided by IEE's five research themes. This year, the program awarded seed fun  more