BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Dec. 4 -- Bryn Mawr College issued the following news: In October, Professor of History of Art Alicia Walker and Charlie Kuper, Ph.D. '17, who is now an assistant professor of classics at the University of Tennessee Knoxville, co-organized a session for the annual Byzantine Studies Conference that featured papers from eight scholars, including Nava Streiter Ph.D. '22, curator of the Yellowstone Gateway Museum, and current Ph.D. candidate Elena Gittleman. The session pan more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Dec. 5 -- Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute issued the following news: Software containerization has become an expected part of many DevSecOps software development and deployment pipelines. However, external dependencies during the container build process cause successive container images to differ, decreasing trust in containers and possibly obscuring malware insertion. Vessel, an open source, first-of-its-kind tool recently released by the S more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Dec. 5 -- Highmark, a health insurance company, issued the following news release: Highmark Inc.'s True Performance value-based reimbursement program for Primary Care Physicians (PCPs) has achieved more than $4 billion in avoided cost savings in Pennsylvania, Delaware and West Virginia since 2017 due to better health management. Avoided costs are realized when inpatient hospital admissions and Emergency Department (ED) visits for members seeing True Performance PCPs  more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Dec. 5 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2024: * * * Small business owners praised the Shapiro Administration's faster, easier licensing process, which is reducing barriers and creating opportunity across the Commonwealth. Pennsylvania is now among the nation's most efficient states for occupational licensing, thanks to Governor Shapiro's commitment to cutting red tape. * * * Governor Josh Shapiro visited Big Tom's B more PR

WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, Dec. 5 (TNSres) -- Lycoming College issued the following news: Students with an interest in research know that an REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) can provide the boost their resume needs for entry into graduate school or the career field of their choice. Despite limited REU offerings in the social sciences, Lycoming student Alex Jones '25, was able to secure a rare REU in criminology - the first from Lycoming College to do so - impacting the trajectory  more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Dec. 5 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry issued the following news on Dec. 4, 2024: Attorney General Michelle Henry shared the following alert that price gouging protections are in effect in Erie County, following a major storm that deposited more than three feet of snow. "As the impact of this winter storm continues to be felt, Pennsylvanians should be aware of potential price-gouging and the laws in place to protect them from unfair price increases dur more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Dec. 5 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources issued the following news on Dec. 4, 2024: Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn today announced the award of more than $372,000 to 11 projects dedicated to protecting Pennsylvania's native biodiversity. "The Shapiro Administration is proud to support these vital projects, which align with our mission to preserve Pennsylvania's wildlife for future g more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Dec. 5 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release: * * * Shapiro Administration's Office of Environmental Justice recognized as a national model for proactive community engagement Investment will go toward proactive community engagement * * * Building on the Shapiro Administration's goal to ensure every community has equal access to environmental protections the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (D more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Dec. 4 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Health issued the following news on Dec. 3, 2024: * * * Since day one, Governor Shapiro has been focused on addressing maternal health disparities in access to high-quality health care - he worked across the aisle to secure an additional $2.6 million in the 2024-25 budget for maternal mortality prevention. * * * Enola, PA - Today, Department of Human Services (DHS) Secretary Dr. Val Arkoosh and Department of Health (DOH) Secr more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Dec. 5 -- Reed Smith, a law firm, issued the following news release: NEW YORK - Global law firm Reed Smith has announced that structured finance attorneys Peter Williams and Elizabeth Walker have joined its Financial Industry Group, based in the New York office. Williams joins as partner and Walker joins as counsel. Both lawyers were formerly with Linklaters. "Peter and Elizabeth bring to our firm highly regarded structured finance practices that complement our existi more PR

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Dec. 4 -- Bryn Mawr College issued the following news: Associate Professor of Sociology Veronica Montes recently took part in the Picturing the Border Lecture Series. The series of talks is presented in connection with the exhibition Enrique Bostelmann: Apertures and Borderscapes, which is on display at Ursinus College's Berman Museum until Dec. 15. Montes was joined by Michelle Angela Ortiz, an award-winning visual artist, muralist, community arts educator, and filmm more PR

MALVERN, Pennsylvania, Dec. 5 -- Vishay Intertechnology Inc. issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2024: To provide higher efficiency and power density for industrial applications, Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) today introduced a new 40 V TrenchFET Gen V n-channel power MOSFET in the PowerPAK 10x12 package with best in class on-resistance. Compared to competing devices in the same footprint, the Vishay Siliconix SiJK140E slashes on-resistance by 32 %, while offering 58 % lower more PR

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania, Dec. 5 -- Westinghouse Electric issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2024: * * * Approval of State-of-the-Art Instrumentation and Control System is Industry First for a Microreactor * * * Westinghouse Electric Company announced today that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approved the state-of-the-art eVinci Advanced Logic System (ALS) Version 2 (v2) instrumentation and control (I&C) platform through a Final Safety Evaluation Report on two more PR