| Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Pennsylvania Newsletter for Thursday October 30, 2025 ( 36 items ) |
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A Home for Public Housing
BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Oct. 31 -- Bryn Mawr College posted the following news:
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A Home for Public Housing
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"There was a time, much like now, when housing insecurity was one of the foremost issues facing people." Lisa Yun Lee '91 is referring to the 1930s, when the country was in the wake of the Great Depression. People needed housing, and the United States government stepped in to help. Tens of thousands of people entered a lottery to move into new, affordable homes managed by Uncle
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ACA Connects Applauds FCC Action to Simplify Broadband Labels for Consumers
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 29 -- ACA Connects (America's Communications Association) issued the following news release:
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ACA Connects Applauds FCC Action to Simplify Broadband Labels for Consumers
America's Communications Association (ACA Connects) released the following statement after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) opened rulemaking to streamline the broadband label rules to reduce compliance burdens.
"We thank the FCC for working to simplify and streamline the broad
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AFPI Sues PA Secretary of Commonwealth for Withholding Public Records on Voter Roll Maintenance
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following news release:
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AFPI Sues PA Secretary of Commonwealth for Withholding Public Records on Voter Roll Maintenance
HARRISBURG, PA -- Last Friday, the America First Policy Institute's Pennsylvania state chapter (AFPI-PA) filed suit against Pennsylvania Secretary of Commonwealth Al Schmidt for failing to release public records related to the Commonwealth's voter registration list maintenance practices. The lawsuit,
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Amid renewable-energy boom, study explores options for electricity market
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 29 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news:
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Amid renewable-energy boom, study explores options for electricity market
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Renewable energy sources like wind and solar generation now account for over 20% of electricity in the U.S. and keep growing after large-scale production more than doubled since 2000. Still, high-profile power failures illustrate persistent challenges from the lack of available capacity to pro
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Brandywine's Library Unveils New and Improved Resources for Students
MEDIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 30 -- The Pennsylvania State University Brandywine Campus issued the following news:
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Brandywine's library unveils new and improved resources for students
By Natalie DiMario
Located on the upper level of the John D. Vairo Building, Penn State Brandywine's library offers students far more than just a quiet place to sit and study. It provides access to new and existing resources for students, faculty and staff that are designed to support academic success.
Brand
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Bresnahan Introduces Keep WIC Working Act to Protect WIC Funding During Government Shutdown
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Rob Bresnahan, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release:
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Bresnahan Introduces Keep WIC Working Act to Protect WIC Funding During Government Shutdown
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WASHINGTON, DC: Yesterday, U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan, Jr. (PA-08) introduced H.R. 5836, the Keep WIC Working Act, legislation to ensure the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) remains fully funded and operational during any lapse in federal appropriati
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Bridging boundaries: How are researchers packing more energy into batteries?
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 29 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news:
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Bridging boundaries: How are researchers packing more energy into batteries?
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Electrodes are the veins of batteries, responsible for harnessing and transporting the lifeblood of energy storage devices: electricity. Battery power and efficiency largely hinge on the performance of these electrodes and now a team led by researchers at Penn State has created a new design
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Bryn Mawr College: Mirror Imaging
BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Oct. 29 -- Bryn Mawr College posted the following news:
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Mirror Imaging
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There are roughly 12 inches and 2,000 years between the high-tech scanner and the hand-engraved bronze mirror spinning slowly under its flashing lights.
Not everyone may have the chance to handle this mirror, an Etruscan artifact that dates to between the 3rd and 2nd century B.C.E. But with the help of technology, they could have the opportunity to hold a version of the object, gaze at t
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Call of the Wild
BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Oct. 30 -- Bryn Mawr College posted the following news:
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Call of the Wild
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Barbara Miller '75 sits in a Panera Bread near her home in Allentown, Pennsylvania, going through voicemails and writing notes on a folded piece of paper as the egg sandwich in front of her grows cold.
The first message came in around midnight, from a man who is requesting help with an animal in his home he describes as looking like a wolf, but with a long nose, that can chew through c
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Centre Stage presents 'Antigone' -- A Timeless Rebellion
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 29 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news:
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Centre Stage presents 'Antigone' -- A Timeless Rebellion
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Penn State Centre Stage, in the College of Arts and Architecture, will present Sophocles' "Antigone"translated by Anne Carson and directed by Jenny Lamb, Nov. 11-21, at the Pavilion Theatre.
Set in a not-so-distant future with homage to its ancient Greek lineage, this reimagining of "Antigone" explores the t
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Centre Stage presents 'Antigone' at the Pavilion Theatre, Nov. 11-21
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 29 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news:
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Centre Stage presents 'Antigone' at the Pavilion Theatre, Nov. 11-21
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Penn State Centre Stage, in the College of Arts and Architecture, will present Sophocles' "Antigone"translated by Anne Carson and directed by Jenny Lamb, Nov. 11-21, at the Pavilion Theatre.
Set in a not-so-distant future with homage to its ancient Greek lineage, this reimagining of "Antigone" ex
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Congresswoman Dean Urges Trump Administration to Remain Committed to Ceasefire and Long-Term Peace
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release:
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Congresswoman Dean Urges Trump Administration to Remain Committed to Ceasefire and Long-Term Peace
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WASHINGTON, D.C. Congresswoman Madeleine Dean (PA-04), member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, led 90 Members of Congress in a letter to President Trump in support of the ceasefire in Gaza and urging sustained American leadership to achieve further diplomatic breakthroughs.
The Member
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Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Consumer Finance Institute: 'Bankruptcy Lawyers and Credit Recovery'
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 29 (TNSLrpt) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's Consumer Finance Institute issued a working paper in October 2025 entitled "Bankruptcy Lawyers and Credit Recovery."
Here are excerpts:
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Introduction
Household financial distress is severe and pervasive. In 2019, around 9 percent of consumers in the United States reported some debt in collections, and total delinquent household debt amounted to $670 billion.1 Despite significant implications of f
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Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Consumer Finance Institute: 'The Opposing Effects of Wealth on Younger and Older Entrepreneurs'
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 29 (TNSLrpt) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's Consumer Finance Institute issued a working paper in October 2025 entitled "The Opposing Effects of Wealth on Younger and Older Entrepreneurs."
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Introduction
Both wealth and business owner's age are important for entrepreneurship. Wealth may increase business ownership and performance through relaxing financial constraints on entrepreneurs.1 Age also affects entrepreneurship in
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Finding Belonging, Leaving a Legacy
BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Oct. 30 -- Bryn Mawr College posted the following news:
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Finding Belonging, Leaving a Legacy
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When Grace Argo '15 first began piecing together fragments of Bryn Mawr's history in the College's archives, she could not have imagined that her efforts would ripple outward for years to come. As a history major fascinated by the stories buried in institutional memory, Argo and Emma Kioko '15 launched what became the Black at Bryn Mawr project, a student-led initiativ
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Good vibrations: Ceramic material harvests electricity from waste energy
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 29 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news:
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Good vibrations: Ceramic material harvests electricity from waste energy
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UNIVERISITY PARK, Pa. There's a lion's share of potential energy in the vibrations produced by footsteps on dance floors, exercise machines in the gym, or the engines of cars, planes or construction equipment. Some tech companies have already begun to harvest electricity from waste vibrations to power lights and re
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Greenberg Traurig's Paul R. McIntyre Selected for 2025 Pennsylvania 'Fifty Over 50' List
MIAMI, Florida, Oct. 28 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release:
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Greenberg Traurig's Paul R. McIntyre Selected for 2025 Pennsylvania 'Fifty Over 50' List
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PHILADELPHIA - Oct. 28, 2025 - Paul R. McIntyre, managing shareholder of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP 's Philadelphia office, has been named to the 2025 City & State Pennsylvania "Fifty Over 50" list. This annual honor recognizes "fifty of Pennsylvania's most prominent a
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Italian Studies Faculty & Alums Contribute to Primo Levi Volume; Ricci Co-Editor
BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Oct. 29 -- Bryn Mawr College posted the following news:
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Italian Studies Faculty & Alums Contribute to Primo Levi Volume; Ricci Co-Editor
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The latest volume of the Northeast Modern Language Association Journal of Italian Studies, "Reading Primo Levi: Essays in Dialogue with Nicholas Patruno," co-edited by Professor Roberta Ricci, chair of the Transnational Italian Studies Department, and Chiara Benetollo, is now available in open access.
In addition to Ricci
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K&L Gates Guides Terramont Infrastructure Partners on Strategic Acquisition of Majority Interest in Bull Moose Capital
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 30 -- K&L Gates, a law firm, issued the following news release:
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K&L Gates Guides Terramont Infrastructure Partners on Strategic Acquisition of Majority Interest in Bull Moose Capital
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP assisted Terramont Infrastructure Partners, a middle-market focused North American infrastructure investment manager, on its acquisition of Bull Moose Capital Ltd. Canada's largest provider of natural gas compression solutions, Bull Moose provides
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La Roche University and the University of Limerick Establish Global Academic Partnership
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 30 -- La Roche University issued the following news release:
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La Roche University and the University of Limerick Establish Global Academic Partnership
La Roche University is pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the University of Limerick (UL) in Ireland, establishing a strategic academic partnership that will advance collaboration in research, education, cultural exchange, and international mobility.
A central compone
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Lincoln University Showcases Student Research at Delaware Data Science Symposium
OXFORD, Pennsylvania, Oct. 30 -- Lincoln University issued the following news:
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Lincoln University Showcases Student Research at Delaware Data Science Symposium
Five Lincoln University students from the Computer Science and Mathematical Sciences departments, Adeoluwa Afolabi, Agustina Lorda, Ashley Stringer, Lamoy Spencer, and Abdourahim Sylla, showcased their research at the Delaware Data Science Symposium on October 24, 2025. One of their posters was recognized as the symposium's sole
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Medical Milestone: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Performs Its First Artificial Heart Surgery on Infant with Complex Congenital Heart Disease
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 29 [Category: BizHospital] -- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia issued the following news release:
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Medical Milestone: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Performs Its First Artificial Heart Surgery on Infant with Complex Congenital Heart Disease
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For the first time at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), a team successfully performed a total artificial heart surgery on an infant with complex congenital heart disease supported by a combination
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New detailed brain growth atlas in mice offers insights into brain development
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 29 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news:
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New detailed brain growth atlas in mice offers insights into brain development
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HERSHEY, Pa. Brain growth and maturation doesn't progress in a linear, step-wise fashion. Instead, it's a dynamic, choreographed sequence that shifts in response to genetics and external stimuli like sight and sound. This is the first high-resolution growth chart to explain changes of key brain cell types in
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Penn State Military Appreciation Week 2025 events kick off Nov. 7
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 29 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news:
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Penn State Military Appreciation Week 2025 events kick off Nov. 7
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Penn State will recognize military service members, veterans and their families with a series of events during the University's 14th annual Military Appreciation Week, held Nov. 7-16 across University Park and the State College community.
Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and open to the p
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Penn State remains a top higher education destination in 2025
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 29 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news:
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Penn State remains a top higher education destination in 2025
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Penn State remains a top higher education destination for students from Pennsylvania and beyond, with 86,557 students enrolled across the University, according to the annual enrollment snapshot released today (Oct. 29)
A record-high 42,822 residential undergraduate students are enrolled at the Universit
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PNC Bank, Visa Announce Collaboration on Immediate Payment Capabilities Through Visa Direct
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 30 -- PNC Financial Services Group issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2025:
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PNC Bank, Visa Announce Collaboration on Immediate Payment Capabilities Through Visa Direct
PNC Bank, N.A., and Visa Inc. today announced a renewed strategic collaboration that will further expand immediate/1 payments capabilities available to PNC Treasury Management clients. The initiative utilizes Visa Direct's expansive U.S. network and PNC's leading Treasury Manageme
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Protective Buffers PA Coalition Demands EQB Act Now on Stalled Petition Increasing Minimum Setbacks from Fracking Sites
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 [Category: Environment] -- Earthworks issued the following news release:
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Protective Buffers PA Coalition Demands EQB Act Now on Stalled Petition Increasing Minimum Setbacks from Fracking Sites
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HARRISBURG, PA (October 2 9, 2025) - Representatives from Clean Air Council, Earthworks, Environmental Health Project, Environmental Integrity Project (EIP), and Protect PT rallied at the Pennsylvania State Capitol Wednesday to demand that Pennsylvania's Environmental Qualit
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Serving Those Who Serve
BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Oct. 31 -- Bryn Mawr College posted the following news:
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Serving Those Who Serve
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When Kathy Roth-Douquet '86 first had the idea for Blue Star Families, it was born of her own experience as the spouse of a Marine. A life of constant deployments, reassignments, and separation left Roth-Douquet often feeling lonely and far from family and friends who could help with the day-to-day problems we all face.
Although there were existing organizations and programs to
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Temple Exploring How to Best Utilize Ambler Campus
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 30 -- Temple University issued the following news:
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Temple exploring how to best utilize Ambler Campus
This summer, the university issued a request for proposals to consultants and advisors to provide services in support of its efforts to reimagine Temple's Ambler Campus.
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More than four years ago, on Sept. 1, 2021, an EF2-level tornado traveled through Temple University's Ambler Campus, destroying buildings, uprooting hundreds of trees and forever cha
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Temple Research Brings Voice to People With Communication Limitations
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 30 -- Temple University issued the following news:
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Temple research brings new voice to people with communication limitations
Stephen MacNeil, Slobodan Vucetic and Eduard Dragut from the College of Science and Technology recently received $1.5 million to advance technology that people with autism and other communication limitations rely on.
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Everyone deserves to be heard, but for millions of Americans who rely on assistive devices to communicate, being
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Temple Scientists Discover Way the Body Repairs Itself After Heart Injury
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 30 (TNSjou) -- Temple University issued the following news:
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Temple scientists discover a new way the body repairs itself after heart injury
Researchers in Raj Kishore's lab have uncovered how circular RNAs, a special kind of genetic material, help cells stay in healing mode.
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A type of immune cells called macrophages, found throughout the body's tissues, are often referred to as the body's clean-up crew. That is because they can switch between two mod
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Temple's Christopher and Julie Barnett Essential Needs Hub Launches Its First Phase
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 30 -- Temple University issued the following news:
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Temple's new Christopher and Julie Barnett Essential Needs Hub launches its first phase
Targeted to fully open in fall 2026, this centralized hub has begun serving the university community as staff and services moved to the new space in the lower level of the Howard Gittis Student Center.
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Across the U.S., a large number of college students struggle to meet their basic needs required for well-being. A
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The War Generation
BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Oct. 30 -- Bryn Mawr College posted the following news:
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The War Generation
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This year marked the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. As memories of those years begin to fade, some that were committed to paper and sent to the College by Elizabeth "Libbo" Steinert Williams '47 inspired us to dig into the archives to learn more about the war years at the College.
"We will be the war generation," read the foreword in the 1942 yearbook. "We have gone thr
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UPenn School of Arts & Sciences: How Has Talking About Politics Changed in the Last Quarter-Century?
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 30 -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences issued the following news:
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How has talking about politics changed in the last quarter-century?
Penn researcher Diana Mutz finds that we're having more political conversations now with like-minded people, and that political intolerance has increased as a result.
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When chatting with friends these days, there's a good chance Americans are talking about politics, and they're more likely to b
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Urgent call to stop genocide in Sudan
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 29 [Category: Sociological] -- The American Friends Service Committee issued the following news:
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Urgent call to stop genocide in Sudan
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El Fasherthe last government-held city in Darfur, Sudanhas fallen. Civilians now face imminent risk of mass violence, starvation, and being forcibly displaced from their homes.
The United States must act now to save lives and halt the genocide.
The war is the result of an escalating power struggle between opposing
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Vishay Intertechnology Launches Space-Grade 150 W Planar Transformers Optimized for 28 V Input Forward Converters
MALVERN, Pennsylvania, Oct. 30 -- Vishay Intertechnology Inc. issued the following news release:
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Vishay Intertechnology Launches Space-Grade 150 W Planar Transformers Optimized for 28 V Input Forward Converters
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) today introduced a new series of 150 W low profile, space-grade planar transformers with multiple output secondaries - the industry's first such devices optimized for 28 V input forward converters in avionics, military, and space (AMS) app
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