PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Dec. 19 -- Carnegie Mellon University posted the following news: * * * Alcoholism Study Grants SURF Student Entry Point Into Psychology Research * Carnegie Mellon University senior Solomon Wechter combined both low- and high-tech research techniques in his work on a psychology study about couples and alcohol use disorder. For his Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) (opens in new window), Wechter hit the streets of Pittsburgh to hang flyers to attract p  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Bio-partisanship and Leadership at Launch of Congressional Biotechnology Caucus * Hoover Institution (Stanford, CA, December 2025) Hoover Science and Senior Fellow Drew Endy joined leaders from government, industry, charities, and academia in Washington, DC, for the public launch of the Congressional Biotechnology Caucus on December 2, 2025. Nearly 200 members of Congress, staffers, and bio  more

CALIFORNIA, Pennsylvania, Dec. 19 -- PennWest posted the following news: * * * Clarion's Love INC founder to deliver keynote at annual Martin Luther King breakfast * The 14th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Breakfast is set for Jan. 19 in Eagle Commons, PennWest Clarion. The theme is The King Legacy: Non-Violence in a Violent World. Angelo Anderson, founder and executive director of Love INC of Clarion County, will deliver the keynote address. Inspired by the legacy of King, Ander  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * New DCCC Billboard in PA-08 Reminds NEPA That Rob Bresnahan is "The Congressman Who Stole Health Care" * DCCC calls out vulnerable Rep. Rob Bresnahan ahead of the holidays for unleashing a health care crisis on Northeastern Pennsylvania The DCCC this week launched a new billboard campaign holding vulnerable Congressman Rob Bresnahan accountable for unleashing a health care crisi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Department of Justice Files Statement of Interest Supporting Competition Among Real Estate Brokerages * Today, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice filed a statement of interest in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in the case of Davis et al. v. Hanna Holdings Inc. The lawsuit, brought by homebuyers, alleges that real-estate brokerages and their trade a  more

DANVILLE, Pennsylvania, Dec. 19 [Category: BizHospital] -- Geisinger Health posted the following news release: * * * Geisinger Community Medical Center completes first phase of postpartum expansion * SCRANTON, Pa. - Geisinger Community Medical Center completed the first phase of its postpartum care expansion, opening 12 beds on Dec. 1 on the hospital's third floor. The service addition comes six years after the hospital opened its Childbirth Center, which brought labor and delivery back to  more

BEAVER FALLS, Pennsylvania, Dec. 19 -- Geneva College issued the following news: * * * Chuck and Peg Hartzell: Extending the Gift of Education In 1959, Chuck Hartzell '63 and Peg Getty '63 began their college educations at a Baptist-affiliated school in Ohio following their parents' wishes for a missional fit. At the time, their school did not offer critical courses for their respective majors in science and education, meaning they'd need to commute to a local state school to meet their degr  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Houlahan, Democratic Veterans Raise Alarm After Internal Documents Reveal Trump VA's Plan to Slash Healthcare Jobs * WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06) joined Co-Chair of the Democratic Veterans Caucus and Iraq War veteran Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17), his fellow Co-Chair and veteran Pat Ryan (NY-18) and other members of the Democratic Veterans Caucus to raise the al  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Dec. 19 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Morgan Lewis, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Lexology Names Morgan Lewis Partner Andrew Lipman to 2026 Data Index * WASHINGTON, DC, December 19, 2025: Partner Andrew Lipman has been named to Lexology 's 2026 Data Index, an annual guide recognizing leading professionals advising on cutting-edge issues in data privacy and protection, data security, and information technology. Lexology 's Data Index highligh  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Dec. 19 -- Carnegie Mellon University posted the following news: * * * Mixing Lab Rigor with Real Life, CMU Researchers Craft New Recipe for Groundbreaking Alcohol Studies * Nearly 80% of Americans (opens in new window) aged 12 and older have drank alcohol at least once in their lives, and 10% of the population (opens in new window) suffers from alcohol use disorder. And yet, scientists still know surprisingly little about how alcohol shapes our social experiences i  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Dec. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania posted the following news release on Dec. 19, 2025: * * * Ohio Resident Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking and Unlawfully Possessing a Firearm A resident of Cleveland, Ohio, was sentenced in federal court to 180 months in prison, to be followed by eight years of supervised release, on his convictions of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribut  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Dec. 19 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Morgan Lewis, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Partner Jennifer Feldsher Named a Top Woman Dealmaker for 2025 * NEW YORK, December 19, 2025: Partner Jennifer Feldsher has been honored among The M&A Atlas's Top Woman Dealmakers for 2025 at the Global M&A Network's annual awards. The award reflects Jennifer's dealmaking proficiency, transactional experience, and standing among clients, colleagues, and peers and  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Dec. 19 [Category: Sociological] -- The American Friends Service Committee issued the following news: * * * President Trump approves largest military budget in history * Today, President Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act, which allocates over $900 billion for weapons and war. Combined with additional military funding in the recently passed budget bill, the U.S. will spend over $1 trillion on the military this yearthe largest military budget in hi  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Dec. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania posted the following news release: * * * RST-Sanexas, Inc. and Its Owners Agree to Pay $1.5 Million to Resolve Allegations That They Caused False Claims and Accepted and Paid Illegal Kickbacks United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that RST-Sanexas, Inc. (Sanexas), a Las Vegas, Nevada-based manufacturer and marketer of electric stimulation devices, and its principal owners,   more

WARRENDALE, Pennsylvania, Dec. 19 -- SAE International issued the following news release: * * * SAE International Unveils Newly Revised ADS Lighting Standard to Improve Road Safety and Public Trust in Automated Vehicle Technology SAE International announces the publication of the latest revision of SAE J3134_202512: Automated Driving System (ADS) Marker Lamp. This landmark industry standard is designed to help pedestrians, road users, and public safety officials clearly understand when a vehi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 2:25-cv-00292; E.D. Pa. filed Jan. 17, 2025): * * * Securities and Exchange Commission v. Scott Jeffrey Mason, et al., No. 2:25-cv-00292 (E.D. Pa. filed Jan. 17, 2025) On December 12, 2025, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania entered final consent judgments in the SEC's civil enforcement action as to Scott Jeffrey Mason, former Pennsylvania-based inv  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Dec. 19 -- The University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine posted the following news: * * * Study: Gaps in genetic testing hit black, low-income hardest * Black patients and patients from socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods are dramatically under-represented in genetics clinicsoften at rates half or less than those of White patients or individuals from wealthier areasaccording to researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the Universi  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Dec. 19 -- Carnegie Mellon University posted the following news: * * * SURF Project Bridges Data Divides in Health Care * When Ziyong Ma began his Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (opens in new window) (SURF) at Carnegie Mellon University, he wasn't just writing code. He was solving a problem that has long challenged the health care industry: how to make complex medical data more accessible to the people who need it most. A senior double majoring in mathem  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Dec. 19 -- The University of Pennsylvania Annenberg Public Policy Center posted the following news release: * * * Claims about Autism, Inflation, and Ukraine Lead FactCheck.org's Whoppers of 2025 * As the year draws to a close, FactCheck.org has compiled its list of 2025's " most egregious and noteworthy falsehoods and distortions " in American politics, featuring false and misleading claims by President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Health & Human  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Dec. 19 -- The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression posted the following news release: * * * VICTORY: Court vindicates professor investigated for parodying university's 'land acknowledgment' on syllabus * * Universities can't encourage professors to wade into controversial subjects, then punish professors for disagreeing with the administration * Court: "Student discomfort with a professor's views can prompt discussion and disapproval. But this disc  more