UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 7 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Art history doctoral student awarded Smithsonian fellowship * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Han Chen, a doctoral student in the College of Arts and Architecture's Department of Art History, has been awarded a Smithsonian Institution Predoctoral Fellowship at the National Museum of Asian Art (NMAA) in Washington, D.C. During the fellowship, which started in June and runs through the fall 2025 s  more

CENTER VALLEY, Pennsylvania, July 9 -- DeSales University issued the following news: * * * DeSales University, Alliance Francaise de Philadelphie Partner on French Language Classes By Janelle Hill DeSales University is partnering with the Alliance Francaise de Philadelphie to bring French language and culture to the Lehigh Valley. The Alliance will offer non-credit French language classes to the public on DeSales' Center Valley campus starting this September. It currently holds classes in C  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 9 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Education issued the following news on July 8, 2025: * * * New Eligibility Guidelines for Free and Reduced School Meals Announced for the 2025-26 School Year, Helping More Students Succeed by Ensuring They Receive Nutritious Meals at School Harrisburg, Pa. - The Pennsylvania Department of Education today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently released federal income eligibility guidelines fo  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 8 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Fungicides intended to suppress turfgrass diseases may damage fairways * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Golf course managers have much more insight into which fungicides to use to suppress turfgrass diseases, such as the common and costly dollar spot disease, without damaging the grass on their fairways, thanks to a new study by researchers at Penn State. The team evaluated variation in turfgra  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, July 9 -- Highmark, a health insurance company, issued the following news release: * * * Highmark Wholecare and United Concordia Dental to provide free on-site dental services in underserved communities * Seventh consecutive year the organizations have sponsored free mobile dental clinics * Statewide Healthy Smiles for Miles tour will visit 10 cities in 20 days during July and August caring for Highmark and Highmark Wholecare children and their families * Free den  more

INDIANA, Pennsylvania, July 9 -- Indiana University of Pennsylvania issued the following news: * * * IUP Hosts Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Workshop for High School Teachers For the second year, Indiana University of Pennsylvania is helping area high school teachers learn new ways to help their students fly--both literally and figuratively. From June 23 to 25, IUP hosted a workshop on uncrewed aircraft (drones) for 18 teachers in 16 Pennsylvania school districts and educational organizations: A  more

INDIANA, Pennsylvania, July 9 -- Indiana University of Pennsylvania issued the following news: * * * IUP, Wayne Memorial Community Health Centers, Wayne Memorial Hospital Sign Clinical Training Affiliation Agreement for Proposed College of Osteopathic Medicine On July 8, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Wayne Memorial Community Health Centers, and Wayne Memorial Hospital formalized a clinical training affiliation agreement for future students at Indiana University of Pennsylvania's propose  more

RADNOR, Pennsylvania, July 9 (TNSrep) -- The Lincoln Financial Corp. issued the following news release: * * * Lincoln Financial releases 2024 Corporate Responsibility report Lincoln focuses on creating brighter financial futures with investments in communities, customers and employees * Lincoln Financial (NYSE: LNC) today shared its 2024 Corporate Responsibility report, underscoring the company's steadfast commitment to advancing its purpose -- providing financial protection and security to  more

WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, July 9 (TNSjou) -- Lycoming College issued the following news: * * * Lycoming professor publishes research on global inequality Lycoming College associate professor of archaeology and anthropology Jessica Munson, Ph.D., recently worked with an interdisciplinary team of researchers to analyze house size distributions from more than 1000 sites around the world covering the last 10,000 years. Their findings were published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of   more

OXFORD, Ohio, July 9 (TNSjou) -- Miami University issued the following news: * * * Intervention program improves quality of life for people with dementia IPPI program, developed in part by Scripps Gerontology Center researchers, trains nursing home staff to deliver brief, preference-based interactions to reduce emotional distress for residents living with dementia By Lauren Smetzer An intervention program developed and tested by researchers at Miami University's Scripps Gerontology Center a  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 8 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Private tutoring linked to student disengagement, researchers find * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Private tutoring and supplemental learning are intended to enhance classroom learning, but new research led by a professor in the Penn State College of Education has revealed that it may actually erode student engagement. The finding came from an analysis of South Korean elementary students but has  more

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pennsylvania, July 9 -- Slippery Rock University issued the following news: * * * Sajad Hamidi conducting federally funded research about greenhouse gas emissions A Slippery Rock University faculty member is a visiting researcher this summer working with leading scientists at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, one of the top research centers in the country that is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. Sajad Hamidi, an SRU associate professor of engineerin  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, July 9 -- Temple University issued the following news: * * * Temple University announces tuition rates for the 2025-2026 academic year The Board of Trustees approves a blended 3.6% increase for both in-state and out-of-state students. To help assist students with the greatest need, Temple expects to award $184 million in financial aid to undergraduate students, a $35 million increase from last year. During the public session of Temple University's Board of Trustee  more

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania, July 9 -- Westinghouse Electric issued the following news release: * * * Westinghouse and Eclipse Automation Sign Agreement for Nuclear New-Build Projects Memorandum of Understanding Supports Deployment of AP1000 and AP300 Technology in Canada and Globally * Peterborough, Ontario, July 8, 2025 - Westinghouse Electric Company and Eclipse Automation, part of Accenture, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to support nuclear new-build projects in Ca  more