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State Tipoffs Involving Pennsylvania Newsletter for Friday October 24, 2025 ( 14 items )  

A Journey of Purpose: Lourdes Sankar '27 Represents Bryn Mawr in Mexico City
BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Oct. 23 -- Bryn Mawr College posted the following news: * * * A Journey of Purpose: Lourdes Sankar '27 Represents Bryn Mawr in Mexico City * Lourdes Sankar '27 is a political science and Spanish double major from Austin, Texas, and a member of Bryn Mawr's soccer team. In the summer of 2025, she accompanied Elizabeth Corredor, visiting assistant professor of political science, to an event at the Canadian Embassy in Mexico City. They presented findings from Corredor's   more

Chairman Maloney Alerts Sportsmen to Nominee Search for Pennsylvania Fish and Boating and Pennsylvania Game Commissions
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Oct. 23 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans posted the following news: * * * Chairman Maloney Alerts Sportsmen to Nominee Search for Pennsylvania Fish and Boating and Pennsylvania Game Commissions * HARRISBURG - Today, Rep. David Maloney (R-Berks), House Game and Fisheries Chairman, alerted Commonwealths' many sportsmen's clubs and associations to the opening of one four-year term on the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission (PFBC) and two four-year terms on the Pen  more

Company Renews Commitment to Penn College Polymer Program
WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, Oct. 24 -- The Pennsylvania College of Technology issued the following news: * * * Company renews commitment to Penn College polymer program An industry leader has extended its long-standing commitment to the polymer engineering program at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Novatec Inc. - the largest U.S.-owned manufacturer of resin conveying, drying and complete material-handling systems for the plastics processing industry - has renewed for two years its entrus  more

Congratulations, Scott Perry! City & State PA Says You're One of This Week's "Biggest Losers"
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Congratulations, Scott Perry! City & State PA Says You're One of This Week's "Biggest Losers" * Congressman Scott Perry has done it again! Perry is once again making headlines for all the wrong reasons, this time for disparaging veterans and servicemembers solely because he doesn't agree with their politics. Perry's remarks were so extreme and insulting that City & State PA is ra  more

Cyber Energy Center and Pitt Cyber to Host 'Cyber Risk in Context' Luncheon
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 24 -- The University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Cyber Energy Center and Pitt Cyber to Host "Cyber Risk in Context" Luncheon Almost every day, headlines remind us of the real threats and costs of cyberattacks. In just a three-day span it was reported that "Foreign hackers breached a US nuclear weapons plant via SharePoint flaws" and "Jaguar Land Rover hack cost UK economy an estimated $2.5 billion, report says."   more

Graduate fieldwork in Malawi connects restoration, data and community
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 23 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Graduate fieldwork in Malawi connects restoration, data and community * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. For two Penn State geography graduate students, fieldwork in Southern Africa offered more than a research assignment. It provided a front-row view of how science, community and collaboration come together in the effort to restore landscapes undergoing rapid environmental change. Faisal Elias and  more

Grove City College: Clergy Study is First to Address Rural, Small Town Pastors
GROVE CITY, Pennsylvania, Oct. 24 (TNSrep) -- The Grove City College issued the following news release: * * * Clergy study is first to address rural, small town pastors A one-of-a-kind (https://research.lifeway.com/2025/10/23/rural-church-pastors-face-obstacles-with-optimism/) study sponsored by Grove City College's Center for Rural Ministry (CRM) and its research partners provides a deeper understanding of pastors who serve rural and small town churches. The nationwide survey of more than 1  more

Grove Proposes Reconciliation Budget to Release Funding
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Oct. 23 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans posted the following news: * * * Grove Proposes Reconciliation Budget to Release Funding * HARRISBURG - With a majority of line items in the most recently voted down budget proposals agreed to by the House and Senate, Rep. Seth Grove (R-Dover) will introduce a Reconciliation Budget to immediately send funding to desperate school districts, counties and programs as the final details are hashed out. "We are undoubtedly i  more

Newly discovered 'super-Earth' offers prime target in search for alien life
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 23 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Newly discovered 'super-Earth' offers prime target in search for alien life * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. The discovery of a possible "super-Earth" less than 20 light-years from our own planet is offering scientists new hope in the hunt for other worlds that could harbor life, according to an international team including researchers from Penn State. They dubbed the exoplanet, named GJ 251 c, a "  more

Pennsylvania Congressional Republicans' Government Shutdown is Ripping Food Off of Tables
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Pennsylvania Congressional Republicans' Government Shutdown is Ripping Food Off of Tables * "A world of pain is about to start" On day 23 of the Republican shutdown, millions of hardworking Americans are at risk of losing SNAP benefits that help them put food on their families' tables and it's all because of Ryan Mackenzie, Rob Bresnahan, Scott Perry, Brian Fitzpatrick, and Hous  more

Point Park University: Education Students Learn About STEAM Methods at Innovation Presentation
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 24 -- Point Park University issued the following news: * * * Education Students Learn About STEAM Methods at Innovation Presentation Education majors at Point Park University recently had the opportunity to test out robotics and innovative technologies that will bring STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) lessons into their future classrooms. Tina Dietrich, the director of STEAM and innovation at Woodland Hills School District, shared insights   more

Q&A: Can the tech behind crypto help align AI with human values?
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 23 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Q&A: Can the tech behind crypto help align AI with human values? * MALVERN, Pa. As people increasingly use artificial intelligence (AI) in various areas of life to either save time or improve performance, the influence of AI systems grows as does the risk of untrustworthy results in high stakes decision-making, like those involving medical or financial choices. AI agents, such as autonomo  more

Search underway for next dean of the Bellisario College of Communications
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 23 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Search underway for next dean of the Bellisario College of Communications * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Penn State has opened a national search for the next dean of the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications. As one of the largest accredited mass communications programs of its kind in the U.S., the Bellisario College offers the resources of an R1 institution with the personalized suppo  more

The Liberal Arts of the Future: Centering the Library
BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Oct. 23 -- Bryn Mawr College posted the following news: * * * The Liberal Arts of the Future: Centering the Library * At the latest Current Topics in Higher Education event, Bryn Mawr Vice President and Chief Information Officer and Director of Libraries Chris Barth led a discussion on "." The topic is of particular significance as an early draft of the College's strategic plan calls for "renovating or building the library of the future as the academic core and int  more