UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 14 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Baseball ties program record with five selections in 2025 MLB Draft * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - A program-record-tying five Penn State baseball players were selected on Day Two of the 2025 MLB Draft on July 14. Junior outfielder Paxton Kling was taken by the Texas Rangers in the seventh round, 205th overall. Junior shortstop Ryan Weingartner was picked by the St. Louis Cardinals in the eig  more

NEW YORK, July 16 -- Blackstone, an investment firm, issued the following news release: * * * Blackstone to Invest More Than $25 Billion in Pennsylvania's Digital and Energy Infrastructure, Plus Catalyze an Additional $60 Billion Investment * Pennsylvania is uniquely suited to serve as a strategic hub to power America's AI future * Blackstone-backed QTS, the largest independent data center operator in the world, to develop and operate new Pennsylvania data center sites * Blackstone has form  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 16 -- Constellation, a retail supplier of power, natural gas and energy products and services for homes and businesses, issued the following news release: * * * Constellation Commits to Billions of Dollars in Energy Investments at Inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit Projects to accelerate the restart of Crane Clean Energy Center, extend operating licenses and increase the output of nuclear plants will fuel economic development * PITTSBURGH (July 15,  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, July 15 -- Duquesne University issued the following news release: * * * New Gift Establishes janet jai Endowed Memorial Fund for Visual Poetry janet jai, A'67, known for her fusion of poetry, activism and visual art, continues to inspire creativity at the McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts through a significant gift in her memory to fund numerous activities and supports for students. * The janet jai Endowed Memorial Fund for Visual Poetry was made  more

EAST STROUDSBURG, Pennsylvania, July 15 -- East Stroudsburg University issued the following news release: * * * Biochemistry Major Advocating for Undergraduate Research Just one year into her college career at East Stroudsburg University, Luna Mumma has found her passion in chemistry research. From experience and mentorship to the thrill of discovery, Mumma hopes to be an advocate to other students about the benefits undergraduate research can bring. "I have gotten so much out of doing resea  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, July 16 -- Carnegie Mellon University issued the following news: * * * Energy and Innovation Summit Brings Government and Industry Leadership to CMU Pennsylvania's national competitiveness as a hub for AI and energy technology brought the nation's top decision-makers to Carnegie Mellon University July 15 for the inaugural Energy and Innovation Summit. This gathering, convened by U.S. Sen. David McCormick and attended by U.S. President Donald Trump, saw energy sector  more

AKRON, Ohio, July 16 -- FirstEnergy issued the following news release: * * * FirstEnergy Board Chair, President and CEO Brian X. Tierney Participates in Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit * AKRON, Ohio, July 15, 2025 -- FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) Board Chair, President and CEO Brian X. Tierney addressed government officials, global investors and leaders in energy, technology, labor and trade during today's Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit at Carnegie Mellon University in Pi  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 16 [Category: BizEnergy] -- G.E. Vernova, an energy company, posted the following news release: * * * GE Vernova Adding 250 New Jobs as Part of Pennsylvania Factory Expansion to Manufacture More Critical Grid Technologies - New jobs at company's Charleroi, PA factory will help manufacture additional high voltage switchgear products essential to operation of the country's electric grids - GE Vernova has now announced plans to create a total of 1,750 new U.S. job  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 15 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Grant to help establish AI, health research lab at Harrisburg * MIDDLETOWN, Pa. -- A pair of Penn State Harrisburg faculty have been awarded funding to establish a research lab focused on using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to improve health care access and outcomes. Md Faisal Kabir, assistant professor of computer science, and Sara Imanpour, assistant professor  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: DNC Chair Ken Martin Slams Trump's Budget, Shares Dems' Initiative to Organize Everywhere To Fight Back Over the weekend, following the passage of Trump's billionaire-first budget bill, DNC Chair Ken Martin traveled to Tennessee, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania to share how Democrats will hold Trump accountable for his disastrous budget -- touting Democrats' "Organizing Summer" campaign as ju  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 15 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Optical tweezers help elevate single-molecule research at Penn State * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences at Penn State has secured a major new asset in structural biology and mechanobiology research with the award of a $750,000 grant from the Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP), National Institutes of Health (NIH). The grant, awarded to Researc  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, July 15 -- Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute issued the following news: * * * SEI Tool Helps Determine Causes of AI Bias, Improves AI Trust With the increasing use of AI classifiers in the Department of Defense and across the federal government to make classifications and predictions in operations, mission planning, simulation, logistics, and threat modeling, trust in AI robustness is a critical issue. Recognizing the urgency of monitoring A  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, July 16 (TNSrpt) -- The University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School for Communication issued the following news: * * * The Media, Inequality, and Change Center Publishes "Is Another AI Possible? Platforms, Political Economies, and Alternatives" The paper by Anis Rahman explores the political economy of big tech artificial intelligence. * The Media, Inequality, and Change Center (MIC) at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania is p  more

WASHINGTON, Pennsylvania, July 16 -- Washington and Jefferson College issued the following news: * * * From Campus Collaboration to Corporate Impact: A Liberal Arts Story in Motion Washington, PA (July 15, 2025) - At first glance, science practice can seem distant or technical. But for Dr. Rebecca Rapp and Ella Adamski '24, it became a shared language that connected disciplines, people, and purpose. Dr. Rebecca Rapp, assistant professor of computing and information studies, teamed up with Ad  more

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania, July 16 -- Westinghouse Electric issued the following news release: * * * Westinghouse to Accelerate US Nuclear Reactor Construction and Enhance Operations with Google Cloud AI * Cranberry Township, PA, July 15, 2025 - Westinghouse Electric Company and Google Cloud today announced they are collaborating to use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to transform the construction of advanced Westinghouse nuclear reactors into an efficient, repeatable process and e  more