BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Oct. 31 -- Bryn Mawr College posted the following news: * * * A Home for Public Housing * "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   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 29 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Amid renewable-energy boom, study explores options for electricity market * 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  more

MEDIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 30 -- The Pennsylvania State University Brandywine Campus issued the following news: * * * 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  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 29 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Bridging boundaries: How are researchers packing more energy into batteries? * 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  more

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Oct. 29 -- Bryn Mawr College posted the following news: * * * Mirror Imaging * 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  more

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Oct. 30 -- Bryn Mawr College posted the following news: * * * Call of the Wild * 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  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 29 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Centre Stage presents 'Antigone' -- A Timeless Rebellion * 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  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 29 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Centre Stage presents 'Antigone' at the Pavilion Theatre, Nov. 11-21 * 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  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Oct. 29 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans posted the following news: * * * Delozier: Resolution Marking October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in PA Passes House * HARRISBURG - A resolution marking October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Pennsylvania passed the House of Representatives today, according to the resolution's sponsor, Rep. Sheryl M. Delozier (R-Cumberland). A passionate advocate for victims of crime, rape and domestic violence for mo  more

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Oct. 30 -- Bryn Mawr College posted the following news: * * * Finding Belonging, Leaving a Legacy * 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  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 29 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Good vibrations: Ceramic material harvests electricity from waste energy * 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  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Oct. 29 -- The Pennsylvania House Democrats posted the following news release: * * * House Energy Committee hold public hearing on benefits of electric school buses * HARRISBURG, Oct. 29 - Today, the PA House Energy Committee held a public hearing on legislation ( H.B. 1539 ) that would create a grant program to help schools transition to electric school buses. The benefits of deploying ESB fleets include reduced costs of ownership and operation, fuel costs saving  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Oct. 29 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans posted the following news: * * * House Passes Brown's Resolution Honoring Italian American Heritage * NEW CASTLE - The House of Representatives today overwhelmingly approved House Resolution 353, sponsored by Rep. Marla Brown (R-Lawrence). The measure designates October 2025 as Italian and Italian American History and Culture Month in Pennsylvania. Brown, who is an Italian American and longtime resident of New Castle,   more

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Oct. 29 -- Bryn Mawr College posted the following news: * * * Italian Studies Faculty & Alums Contribute to Primo Levi Volume; Ricci Co-Editor * 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   more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 30 -- La Roche University issued the following news release: * * * 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  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Oct. 29 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans posted the following news: * * * Lawmakers, Advocates: It's Always the Right Time to Defend Our Daughters * HARRISBURG - A group of state lawmakers, many of whom are also dads, are calling on House Democrats and Gov. Josh Shapiro to do the right thing and act now to protect the rights of all the Commonwealth's daughters to compete on a level playing field. Authors of the "Dads Defending Daughters" bill - including Reps  more

OXFORD, Pennsylvania, Oct. 30 -- Lincoln University issued the following news: * * * 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   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Oct. 28 -- The Pennsylvania House Democrats posted the following news release: * * * Munroe bill making reverse mortgage contracts readable passes PA House * HARRISBURG, Oct. 28 - A bill that could safeguard seniors from misleading reverse mortgage contracts passed the PA House today by a vote of 104-99. The bill, H.B. 1882, introduced by state Rep. Brian Munroe, D-Bucks, would create better transparency in the reverse mortgage process by requiring a larger, 16-po  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 29 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * New detailed brain growth atlas in mice offers insights into brain development * 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   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Oct. 29 -- The Pennsylvania House Democrats posted the following news release: * * * Oversight of Developing Issues Focus of New House Majority Policy Subcommittee * Rep. Regina Young will lead the Subcommittee on Developing Issues & Oversight HARRISBURG, Oct. 28 - Making sure emerging issues get the attention they deserve, PA House Majority Policy Chairman Ryan Bizzarro (D-Erie) has tapped Rep. Regina Young (D-Philadelphia, Delaware) to chair the newly created De  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Oct. 29 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans posted the following news: * * * PA House Approves Watro's Veterans Day Resolution * HARRISBURG - House Resolution 15, sponsored by Rep. Dane Watro (R-Luzerne/Schuylkill) to recognize Nov. 11, 2025, as Veterans Day in Pennsylvania was unanimously approved today by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. "Throughout our history, there are countless stories of those who fought and bled for our nation and its future,"   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 29 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Penn State Military Appreciation Week 2025 events kick off Nov. 7 * 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  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 29 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Penn State remains a top higher education destination in 2025 * 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  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 30 -- PNC Financial Services Group issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2025: * * * 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  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Oct. 29 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans posted the following news: * * * Rapp Rebukes Democrats Following Another Re-Referral of 'Save Women's Sports Act' * HARRISBURG Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest), Republican chair of the House Health Committee, issued this statement following a party-line vote to re-refer Senate Bill 9, also known as the Save Women's Sports Act, out of the Health Committee to the Judiciary Committee: "When the House Educat  more

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Oct. 31 -- Bryn Mawr College posted the following news: * * * Serving Those Who Serve * 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   more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 30 -- Temple University issued the following news: * * * 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. * 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  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 30 -- Temple University issued the following news: * * * 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. * Everyone deserves to be heard, but for millions of Americans who rely on assistive devices to communicate, being  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 30 (TNSjou) -- Temple University issued the following news: * * * 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. * 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  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 30 -- Temple University issued the following news: * * * 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. * Across the U.S., a large number of college students struggle to meet their basic needs required for well-being. A  more

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Oct. 30 -- Bryn Mawr College posted the following news: * * * The War Generation * 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  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 30 -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences issued the following news: * * * 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. * When chatting with friends these days, there's a good chance Americans are talking about politics, and they're more likely to b  more

MALVERN, Pennsylvania, Oct. 30 -- Vishay Intertechnology Inc. issued the following news release: * * * 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  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Oct. 29 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans posted the following news: * * * Williams Legislation to Protect Custody Rights of Deployed Military Parents Signed into Law * HARRISBURG - Legislation by Rep. Craig Williams (R-Delaware/Chester) prohibiting permanent custody changes during a parent's military deployment is now law. The measure, formerly House Bill 414 and now Act 40 of 2025, the Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act, was signed on October   more