UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 20 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Alumni Association launches CEO search * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State has begun a national search for the next associate vice president for alumni relations and chief executive officer of the Penn State Alumni Association. This leader will guide one of the world's largest and most active alumni networks -- more than 800,000 strong -- overseeing programs, publications, events and v  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 20 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Atom-scale stencil patterns help nanoparticles take new shapes, learn new tricks * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Inspired by an artist's stencils, researchers have developed atomic-level precision patterning on nanoparticle surfaces, allowing them to "paint" gold nanoparticles with polymers, or long chains of small molecules, to give them an array of new shapes and functions. The "patchy nanopa  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Oct. 20 -- Pennsylvania Auditor General Timothy DeFoor issued the following news release: * * * Auditor General DeFoor Releases Tobacco Settlement Fund Audits for 36 Health Care Facilities in 22 Counties * HARRISBURG - Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor today announced the release of tobacco settlement fund audits for 36 health care facilities in Adams, Allegheny, Bucks, Cambria, Centre, Chester, Crawford, Cumberland, Delaware, Erie, Fayette, Franklin, Jefferson, Lan  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 20 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Can digital replicas of patients help personalize Alzheimer's treatment? * UNIVERSITY PARK, PA. -- A team of researchers from Penn State and the University of Illinois Chicago has been awarded $900,000 from the U.S. National Science Foundation to employ biomedical research, clinical data, advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and mathematical modeling methods to ultimately support persona  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 21 (TNSxrep) -- Carnegie Mellon University issued the following news: * * * X-Ray Study Reveals New Details About Betelgeuse's Elusive Companion Star By Amy Pavlak Laird Astronomers have long suspected that Betelgeuse -- the bright red star blazing in Orion's shoulder -- wasn't alone. Now, thanks to a fleeting cosmic window and swift action by Carnegie Mellon University researchers, the true nature of its elusive companion has been illuminated. In a race again  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 20 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * EarthTalks: Lithium patterns evident in long-mined Pennsylvania formation * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Research Professor Tim White and postdoctoral scholar Nick Sullivan will give a public talk, "Patterns and processes of lithium enrichment in coal measure strata from the Northern Appalachian Basin," at 4 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 27, in 112 Walker Building at Penn State University Park. The f  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 21 -- Carnegie Mellon University issued the following news: * * * Forging the Future: CMU, Pitt Co-Host Summit on Health, AI and Technology By Lucy Perkins and Kelly Saavedra Carnegie Mellon University's leadership in artificial intelligence, robotics and health care took center stage during a global innovation summit held this week at the University of Pittsburgh. Organized in partnership with the Council on Competitiveness and the Global Federation of Compet  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 20 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Graphic design students earn national honors in 2025 UCDA Design Awards * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State graphic design students in the College of Arts and Architecture's Stuckeman School earned national recognition in the University and College Designers Association's (UCDA) 2025 Design Awards Competition, which celebrates outstanding work by designers, educators, photographers and i  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 20 [Category: BizInsurance] -- Highmark, a health insurance company, issued the following news release: * * * Highmark and Noom collaborate to improve member health through behavior change and personalized support * * Highmark to offer Noom: Weight Management to nearly 2 million eligible members beginning in 2026, with journeys for weight, diabetes prevention and diabetes PITTSBURGH AND LAS VEGAS (October 20, 2025) -- Highmark today announced a collaboratio  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 21 -- Carnegie Mellon University issued the following news: * * * Kurt Vonnegut's Little-Known Carnegie Mellon Connection "Then you'll do it brilliantly, darling. You'll get to Pittsburgh yet." - Kurt Vonnegut Jr., "Player Piano" By Michael Henninger Kurt Vonnegut Jr. took the stage in Pittsburgh to crescendoing applause on Nov. 17, 1971. Inside the freshly unveiled Heinz Hall, adorned with plush red velvet accents and tall marble columns, the renowned America  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 20 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Penn State Board of Trustees to meet Nov. 6-7 at University Park * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Penn State Board of Trustees will hold its next public meetings Nov. 6-7 at the University Park campus. Committees will meet beginning at 8 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, in The Nittany Lion Inn Boardroom. The public meeting of the full board will begin at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, at the same locatio  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 20 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Simple stabilizing solution leads to seven new ceramic materials * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Sometimes, less really is more. By removing oxygen during synthesis, a team led by materials scientists at Penn State created seven new high-entropy oxides, or HEOs: a class of ceramics composed of five or more metals with potential for applications in energy storage, electronics and protective coat  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 20 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Training doctoral candidates in AI-powered precision tools for agriculture * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. --Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered precision agriculture tools can help growers better manage their orchards by reducing waste, increasing resilience and helping guide decisions about water use, fertilizer application and pest control, according to researchers at Penn State. However, the   more

ITHACA, New York, Oct. 20 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Under Pressure: How Cornell's synchrotron helped reveal hidden differences in our DNA packaging * What happens when you squeeze DNA? Can pressure reveal something about how our genetic material is packed, protected, and accessed? Dr. Kushol Gupta, a structural biologist at the University of Pennsylvania, turned to the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source, CHESS, to pursue this question. And he found that tur  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 21 (TNSjou) -- The University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Hitting a Nerve University of Pittsburgh Engineers Uncover Simple Link between Chemical Signals and Mechanical Action in Bio-inspired Materials Study in PNAS Nexus reveals how chemical networks can mimic nervous systems to power movement in soft materials * What if a soft material could move on its own, guided not by electronics or motors, but by the kin  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 21 (TNSjou) -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences issued the following news: * * * Can tiny ocean organisms offer the key to better climate modeling? In the shadowy layers of the Pacific, microbes decide how much nitrous oxide--a potent greenhouse gas--rises skyward. New research from Penn's Xin Sun offers an improved understanding of microbial ecology and geochemistry--key to forecasting global emissions in response to natural and man-  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 20 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Veterans' mental health forged beyond the battlefield, researchers find * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- New research shows that veterans' mental health after leaving the military is shaped by more than just combat, with childhood trauma, deployment experiences and gender all influencing post-9/11 veterans' well-being, according to a team at Penn State. "Many veterans manage the transition to   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Oct. 20 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans posted the following news: * * * Walsh Authors Legislation to Restore Traditional Interpretation of Sex as a Protected Class in PA Statute * HARRISBURG - Rep. Jamie Walsh (R-Luzerne) last week introduced legislation that would amend the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act to restore the traditional interpretation of sex as a protected class to avoid legal confusion and provide greater clarity for those attempting to comply   more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 21 -- Carnegie Mellon University issued the following news: * * * WWII Army Specialized Training Program at Carnegie Tech As Carnegie Mellon looks back at its 125-year history, files from the University Archives detail the transformation of campus into a World War II training school By Michael Henninger In the summer of 1943, the Carnegie Institute of Technology, precursor to Carnegie Mellon University, transformed its grounds into a training school for the U.  more