STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Dec. 13 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: Gail Wilson grew up with an innate curiosity for science. Studying the charismatic animals of the world sparked her science interest, she said, but she found her passion in the unseen and dimly perceived sector of grassland fungi. Wilson, emeritus OSU Regents professor, began her post-secondary education in 1975 as a biology student at Mercyhurst University, which led her to a master's in biology from Slipper more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, issued the following news release: Today, America First Legal (AFL) released the academic records of Thomas Matthew Crooks, the shooter in the first assassination attempt of President Trump on July 13, 2024, at a rally near Butler, Pennsylvania. AFL obtained these records from the Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC) as part of its ongoing multi-front investigation into the first attempted  more PR

WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, Dec. 13 -- Lycoming College issued the following news: Lycoming College received a generous contribution of $20,000 from AT&T to support the Lycoming Summer Academy (LSA), a scholarship-earning bridge program dedicated to helping first-year college students achieve success in higher education as they make the transition from high school to Lycoming. AT&T has made generous contributions to Lycoming College since 2012. This marks the twelfth year of giving to the Coll more PR

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Dec. 12 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Name: Bray Sehnert College: College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences Major: Philosophy and political science Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Plans after graduation: Commission as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps Favorite Hokie memory: "What I will remember the most about Virginia Tech is the people. It's just all one big fond memory." Favorite Hokie tradition: "I love football games. I played hockey g more PR

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Dec. 12 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Since opening its doors in 1984, the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center has served Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, and southern Pennsylvania as an emergency center for critically ill and injured horses. The equine medical center (EMC), located in Leesburg, is one of three animal health care facilities and teaching hospitals of the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, based on the Virginia Tech cam more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Dec. 12 -- The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression issued the following news release: Dec. 12, 2024 A biology professor fired for saying X and Y chromosomes determine sex. A journalism professor's tenure offer rescinded because of her outspoken support of DEI. A lecturer subjected to retaliation and a year-long investigation for making a parody "land acknowledgement." These are just some of the high-profile cases of politicized university censorship tr more PR

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Dec. 12 -- Bryn Mawr College issued the following news: A group of about 100 staff and faculty gathered in Great Hall on Dec. 10 for a Town Hall to hear Bryn Mawr President Wendy Cadge talk about the findings from a "Start, Stop, Continue" survey of faculty and staff. Sent in September, the survey asked for input on the very broad questions of what the college should start to do, stop doing, and continue that we are currently doing. This was a way for Cadge to hear fr more PR

GROVE CITY, Pennsylvania, Dec. 14 (TNSres) -- The Grove City College issued the following news release: From tomes on theology, critical theory, history, and social science to "GOATS," honey bees, stigmatists, and the flora and fauna of campus, Grove City College faculty authors wrote something for nearly everyone in 2024 - including romance novels. This past year saw 15 books written or co-written by 11 faculty and staff authors from a variety of academic departments. Their work reflects many more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Dec. 14 -- Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future (PennFuture), an environmental advocacy organization, issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2024: * * * The court decision allows PennFuture and other local environmental organizations to participate in litigation to defend the Township's 300-foot riparian buffer requirement * * * This week, the Monroe County Court of Common Pleas recognized the fundamental right of PennFuture, Tobyhanna Creek/Tunkhannock Creek W more PR

WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, Dec. 14 (TNSres) -- The Pennsylvania College of Technology issued the following news: While helping with a training activity at the Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Donnamarie Lovestrand saw more than a decade of inquiry put into practice. That inquiry began in 2011 when Lovestrand, now an associate professor of nursing at Pennsylvania College of Technology, was a staff nurse in the post-anesthesia care unit of Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital at Fo more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Dec. 14 -- The Spencer Educational Foundation, a group that focuses on funding the education of tomorrow's risk management and insurance leaders, issued the following news: * * * More than 20,000 Students Impacted Through 2024 Programs and Scholarships * * * New York, NY (December 13, 2024) - The Spencer Educational Foundation, a leading non-profit organization dedicated to supporting education in risk management and insurance, is wrapping up another exceptional y more PR

UNIVERSITY CITY, Pennsylvania, Dec. 14 (TNSres) -- The University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * National data analysis finds short-term mortality not impacted for patients with advanced cancers * * * PHILADELPHIA - During a shortage of the generic platinum chemotherapy drugs cisplatin and carboplatin that began in early 2023, there was no difference in mortality rates among patients with advanced cancer compared to the previous year,  more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences issued the following news: * * * Members of the Penn community celebrated an energy research milestone: the unveiling of the illuminated facade of the new Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology. * * * "Three ... two ... one," cheered members of the Penn community as alumnus P. Roy Vagelos, his wife, Diana T. Vagelos, and Interim President J. Larry Jameson pressed a button more PR