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

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

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

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Dec. 14 -- K&L Gates, a law firm, issued the following news release: Los Angeles - Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Ferry Lopez as a partner in its Labor, Employment, and Workplace Safety practice. She joins the firm's Los Angeles office from Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP. Lopez concentrates her practice on a broad range of employment issues at the local, state, and federal levels. She primarily represents employers in various matters related to human resources managem more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Dec. 14 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry issued the following news on Dec. 13, 2024: Attorney General Michelle Henry announced that a Montgomery County-based home care agency, its owner, and 18 other people, have been charged in a scheme that allegedly defrauded the Medicaid program out of millions of dollars. Stephanie Mobley owned ComfortZone Home Health Care, LLC, a Bala Cynwyd-based Medicaid provider permitted to provide Personal Assistance Services more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Dec. 14 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources issued the following news on Dec. 13, 2024: Today, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn announced the appointment of Justin Waid to manage the Tobyhanna State Park Complex in Monroe and Wayne counties. "Justin has proven himself to be a strong leader committed to exemplary public service," Secretary Dunn said. "I look forward to seeing Justin's le more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Dec. 14 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release: * * * The Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant program provides funding to help replace older gasoline- or diesel-fueled vehicles with lower-emissions vehicles * * * The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has awarded more than $2.55 million to improve air quality in communities through cleaner fuel transportation infrastructure. The 2024 Alternat more PR

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, Dec. 14 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2024: * * * Governor Josh Shapiro has taken action over the last two years to reduce costs and lower taxes more than four times - easing the burden on families, seniors, and businesses across the Commonwealth. * * * Governor Josh Shapiro visited small businesses in downtown Scranton during the holiday season to highlight his Administration's efforts to cut taxes, deliver real e more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Dec. 14 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Health issued the following news on Dec. 13, 2024: In observance of HIV/AIDS Awareness Month and to further the Shapiro Administration's commitment to Pennsylvanians' wellbeing, the Pennsylvania Insurance Department (PID) and the Department of Health (DOH) today remind Pennsylvanians of the importance of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medication for HIV prevention. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires that HIV PrEP be c 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

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Dec. 7 -- The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission issued the following news release: * * * Residential Heating Costs Expected to Stay Relatively Stable as Utilities Emphasize Reliability and Safety * * * The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) has released its 2024 Winter Reliability Overview Reports from Pennsylvania's major natural gas distribution companies (NGDCs), along with a Readiness Report from the Energy Association of Pennsylvania (EAP). These more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Dec. 13 -- The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: * * * PUC Policy Ensures Continuity of Consumer Safeguards for 13 Million Pennsylvanians During Winter and Beyond * * * The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) today reaffirmed its commitment to protecting public utility customers by ensuring the continuation of essential consumer safeguards. This action reflects the Commission's dedication to fairness, 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