BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Aug. 27 -- Bryn Mawr College posted the following news: * * * New Program Expands Research Opportunities in Humanities and Social Sciences * For undergraduates in the humanities and social sciences, opportunities to conduct research alongside faculty are often harder to come by than in STEM fields, where lab work routinely relies on student assistants. Bryn Mawr is working to change that through its new Social Sciences/Humanities Summer Research Program. In its pil  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Aug. 29 -- Pennsylvania Auditor General Timothy DeFoor issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2025: * * * Auditor General DeFoor Releases Tobacco Settlement Fund Audits for 30 Health Care Facilities in 20 Counties Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor today announced the release of tobacco settlement fund audits for 30 health care facilities in Allegheny, Armstrong, Bedford, Blair, Bucks, Butler, Chester, Clarion, Clinton, Delaware, Indiana, Luzerne, Mercer, Monro  more

WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, Aug. 29 -- The Pennsylvania College of Technology issued the following news: * * * Penn College pilots two-week residential pre-health program Pennsylvania College of Technology has completed a pilot program designed for students entering a pre-health program for the fall 2025 semester. Five students and a current nursing student who served as a peer mentor participated in the Pre-Health Plunge Program, funded through a gift from AllOne Charities. The two-week res  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Aug. 28 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Penn State petition calls for support of federally funded research * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Researchers at Penn State are solving some of the toughest problems facing our nation, like building more resilient infrastructure, protecting our troops with the latest technologies, fighting disease, and giving American farms and industries the tools they need to compete and win. But that work  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Aug. 28 [Category: BizWater] -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, posted the following news release: * * * Pennsylvania American Water Announces $1.3 Million Water Line Upgrade in Lanesboro and Susquehanna Borough * SCRANTON, Pa. (August 28, 2025) - Pennsylvania American Water today announced the start of a $1.3 million upgrade project to replace more than 3,500 feet of water main in Lanesboro and Susquehanna Borough, Susquehanna County, to improve reliabili  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Aug. 28 (TNSjou) -- The University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Pitt Researchers Rewire the Energy Pathways of Turbulence Pitt researchers demonstrate that the direction of turbulent energy flux can be reversed, creating a new type of turbulent flow that challenges long-standing assumptions about how energy moves through systems like oceans and the atmosphere Pitt professor Lei Fang and his PhD student Xinyu Si have de  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Aug. 29 -- The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission issued the following news release: * * * PUC Announces Additional Appointments to Consumer Advisory Council The Council Advises PUC Commissioners on Matters Related to the Protection of Consumer Interests Under PUC Jurisdiction * The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) today announced two additional appointments to its Consumer Advisory Council (CAC), which provides input to the PUC on issues important   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Aug. 29 -- The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2025: * * * PUC Approves Rate Case Settlements with Pike County Light & Power for Electric and Natural Gas Distribution Services Settlement Includes Smaller-Than-Requested Electric and Natural Gas Rate Changes, with Adjustments for Gas Customers Phased-In Over Two Years * The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) today approved smaller than requested rate chan  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Aug. 29 -- The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2025: * * * PUC Seeks Comment on Proposed Settlement with Peoples Gas Settlement Follows a 2022 Excavation Incident That Damaged a Gas Transmission Pipeline and Disrupted Customer Service in Cambria County * The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) today voted to seek public comment on a proposed settlement with Peoples Natural Gas Company LLC (Peoples Gas) r  more