UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 7 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Background genetic variants influence clinical features in complex disorders * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The genetic roots of a disease or disorder do not always grow into clear cut, easily diagnosed clinical features. Even if a parent and child have the same genetic marker implicated in, for example, autism, only one may present clinically or they may both present with wildly different feat  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 8 -- Carnegie Mellon University issued the following news: * * * How Better Battery Lifespans and Reused Batteries Can Push the US Power Grid Into the Future By Lucy Perkins As artificial intelligence and data centers demand more power from the grid, Carnegie Mellon University is improving a key technology at the heart of America's energy future -- batteries. Batteries have the ability to store cheap energy from solar farms for use at data centers and function  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 7 [Category: BizInsurance] -- Highmark, a health insurance company, issued the following news release: * * * Grassroots Gardens Honored as Highmark Community Hero at Oct. 5 Huddle for Hunger Game * Buffalo, N.Y. (October 7, 2025) - As part of the Buffalo Bills' Huddle for Hunger initiative, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield recently honored Grassroots Gardens of Western New York as a Highmark Community Hero during the October 5th game. This recognition not only   more

GROVE CITY, Pennsylvania, Oct. 8 -- The Grove City College issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2025: * * * Ronald Reagan Lecture features former speaker Paul Ryan The Institute for Faith & Freedom at Grove City College will welcome Paul Ryan, former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, as the featured guest at the 18th annual Ronald Reagan Lecture at 7 p.m. Nov. 6 in the auditorium of Crawford Hall on campus. Ryan represented Wisconsin's 1st District for 20 years and served  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Oct. 7 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans posted the following news: * * * Legislation Led by Brown to Aid Grandfamilies Passes House Committee * HARRISBURG - Legislation co-prime sponsored by Rep. Marla Brown (R-Lawrence) that would provide targeted support for grandparents raising grandchildren across Pennsylvania, unanimously passed the House Aging and Older Services Committee. "We see these grandparents doing everything they can with what little they have,"  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 7 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * New seed grant program accepting proposals for multi-disciplinary research * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences is accepting proposals for its new initiative: the Mid-Scale Seed Grant Program. The program is designed to accelerate multi- and interdisciplinary research collaborations involving computational and data sciences methodologies, e  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Oct. 7 -- The Pennsylvania House Democrats posted the following news release: * * * PA House approves unemployment for striking workers * HARRISBURG, Oct. 7 - Today, the Pennsylvania State House voted 106-97 to pass H.B. 145, providing unemployment compensation to striking workers. Current Pennsylvania statute explicitly bans working people who are on strike from receiving unemployment compensation, leaving many striking workers unable to pay rent or mortgage paym  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 7 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Penn State selected to lead Pennsylvania's climate network * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State has been selected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to lead its climate network. Named Prepare PA, the program aims to equip Pennsylvanians with the knowledge, tools and resources they need to adapt, respond and thrive in the face of a changing climate and environmental uncertainty. Prepare PA  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Oct. 8 -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release: * * * Pennsylvania American Water Unveils $21 Million Upgrades at New Castle Water Treatment Plant Local leaders join the company to celebrate enhanced water quality, reliability and emergency preparedness * NEW CASTLE, Pa. (Oct. 7, 2025) - Today, Pennsylvania American Water representatives along with local officials and community leaders gathered at the company's New Castle Wate  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 8 -- PNC Bank, a member of PNC Financial Services Group, issued the following news release: * * * PNC Bank Deploys Mobile Branch in Birmingham The 30-foot "branch on wheels" is first in the region, offers financial resources, education in underserved areas * BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - PNC Bank officially debuted its mobile branch program in Birmingham across several areas, underscoring PNC's commitment to positively impacting the communities it serves by making banki  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 7 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Promotion and Tenure Modernization Committee offers final chance for input * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Two final opportunities for tenure-line faculty to provide input to the Promotion and Tenure Modernization Committee will be available in October. These include an open listening session to be held at 10 a.m. Oct. 15 over Zoom and an anonymous survey. Any tenure-line faculty member who wa  more

MALVERN, Pennsylvania, Oct. 8 -- Vishay Intertechnology Inc. issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2025: * * * Vishay Intertechnology Delivers on Inductor Portfolio Expansion With More Than 2000 New SKUs and Ongoing Capacity Growth Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) today announced that it has successfully delivered on the ambitious expansion of its inductor and frequency control device (FCD) product lines announced in September 2024, significantly increasing the breadth and avai  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 7 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Wild mushrooms harvesters in Mid-Atlantic region collect fungi, build community * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Foragers have been harvesting wild mushrooms in what is now Pennsylvania and the rest of the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region for centuries, but the extent and specifics of the practice in the region had not been formally studied. New research conducted by ethnobiologists -- scientists who stu  more