PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Dec. 10 (TNSres) -- The University of Pittsburgh issued the following news on Dec. 9, 2024: The University of Pittsburgh today announced the creation of the Vijayalakshmi Innovation Center in Women's Health Analytics and Research (VIHAR), a global initiative to leverage advanced artificial intelligence tools and global collaborations to address disparities in women's health. VIHAR is fueled by an investment from Pitt's School of Medicine and a gift from Vishnu Vardhan more PR

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Dec. 9 -- Bryn Mawr College issued the following news: Yoshiko Someya moved back to Japan in 1980 after earning her Ph.D. to begin her long and accomplished career in academia. Her first faculty position was at the Kagoshima Keizai University in Japan and she went on to teach at Shukutoku University and Tokyo Woman's Christian University. Tokyo Woman's University is one of the most prestigious women's universities in Japan, and Yoshiko Someya indicates it is very simila more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Dec. 10 -- Berger Montague, a law firm, issued the following news: Shareholder Joy Clairmont served as a panelist in a recent CLE webinar hosted by the Federal Bar Association. The webinar, which took place on December 4, 2024, examined the False Claims Act public disclosure bar and original source exception. The session covered recent court opinions on the public disclosure bar and original source exception, including those pertaining to the scope of news media.  more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Dec. 10 -- Morgan Lewis, a law firm, issued the following news release: BOSTON, December 9, 2024: Morgan Lewis continues the growth of its global tax practice with the addition of partner Tamara Shepard from DLA Piper, resident in the firm's Boston office. Drawing on her experience in private practice and as an appellate attorney at the US Department of Justice's Tax Division, Tamara advises on a broad range of domestic and international tax issues. "With clients se more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Dec. 10 -- Pennsylvania Auditor General Timothy DeFoor issued the following news release on Dec. 9, 2024: Auditor General Timothy DeFoor today announced the release of audit reports for 37 volunteer firefighters' relief associations (VFRAs) in Adams, Allegheny, Armstrong, Bradford, Cambria, Carbon, Centre, Crawford, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Erie, Juniata, Lawrence, Luzerne, Lycoming, Monroe, Mongomery, Northampton, Northumberland, Snyder, Warren, Washington, West more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Dec. 10 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development issued the following news on Dec. 9, 2024: * * * The Marketing to Attract Tourists program will invest $6 million to entice more people to experience Pennsylvania: The Great American Getaway. Governor Josh Shapiro's 2024-2025 bipartisan budget includes $15 million to support tourism, which generates $76 billion and supports more than 486,000 jobs a year in the Commonwealth. * * * Today, De more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Dec. 10 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources issued the following news: * * * Vote now through January 24, 2025, to choose Pennsylvania's next top river * * * Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn today invited the public to vote for Pennsylvania's 2025 River of the Year. Online voting is open now through January 24, 2025, allowing Pennsylvanians to choose from three nominated waterways: t more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Dec. 10 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release: * * * Funding will support pollution reduction efforts by counties in the Chesapeake Bay watershed * * * The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has awarded $24 million to reduce pollution and restore local streams, rivers, and lakes in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. DEP awarded grants through the 2025 Countywide Action Plan (CAP) Implementation more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Dec. 10 (TNSres) -- The University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * ASME recognizes four Pitt faculty as rising stars of research * * * Four faculty from the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering were honored last month with the ASME Rising Star in Mechanical Engineering Award, which recognizes early career researchers who have received prestigious national awards including the National Science Foundation' more PR

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Dec. 9 -- Bryn Mawr College issued the following news: The below message was sent to faculty, staff, and students on December 6, 2024. Dear Bryn Mawr Community, Earlier in the semester, I shared a draft expanded policy around campus protests and demonstrations. I invited members of the community to participate in listening sessions to share their reflections, suggestions, and input. Thank you to everyone who participated in this process so far. Today I write to share more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Dec. 10 -- The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School issued the following news: * * * With an estate gift of more than $42 million, William J. Levy, a graduate of the Wharton School and Penn Carey Law School, has contributed $50 million in support of undergraduate students in the College. * * * Throughout his lifetime, and now through an estate gift of over $42 million, Penn alumnus William J. Levy has contributed $50 million in support of undergraduate stu more PR

UNIVERSITY CITY, Pennsylvania, Dec. 10 (TNSres) -- The University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Lab-grown tumors respond to cell therapy the same as tumors in the patients' brains, according to Penn researchers * * * PHILADELPHIA-- For the first time, researchers used lab-grown organoids created from tumors of individuals with glioblastoma (GBM) to accurately model a patient's response to CAR T cell therapy in real time. The organoid' more PR

UNIVERSITY CITY, Pennsylvania, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- The University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Laboratory studies reveal a potentially low-tech intervention to improve personalized cell therapy * * * SAN DIEGO - A simple dietary supplement may provide a new approach to boost CAR T cell function, according to a study from researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Penn Medicine's Abramson Cance more PR

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania, Dec. 10 -- Westinghouse Electric issued the following news release: * * * Funding from Export Development Canada Puts Nation's Nuclear Supply Chain to Work for Global New Build Projects * * * Peterborough, Ontario, December 9, 2024 - Westinghouse Electric Company welcomes the Letter of Interest (LOI) for US$1.45 billion ($2.02 billion CAD) in financing from Export Development Canada (EDC) to support the AP1000(R) project to build Poland's first nuclear power more PR