MEADVILLE, Pennsylvania, May 28 -- Allegheny College issued the following news: * * * As Goes Meadville, So Goes Allegheny College By Jennifer Rignani Colleges and the towns they inhabit are a little like bees and flowers. Both need the other to flourish. The cross-pollination between Allegheny and Meadville delivers a diverse range of opportunities for the region and for students and faculty. The result is a healthy, resilient ecosystem for life and learning. While investing in the communi more PR

LANCASTER, Pennsylvania, May 28 -- Franklin and Marshall College issued the following news: * * * Saving an African Language A Franklin & Marshall College anthropology professor heard the calling and helped save a native tongue spoken by less than 1 million people in a distant corner of Africa. "I think Pokot is a peculiar language whose study might give us a better historical and linguistic understanding of Kalenjin and other Southern Nilotic groups," says Quincy Amoah. A cultural anthropo more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 28 -- Independence Blue Cross, a subsidiary of Independence Health Group, issued the following news release: * * * Independence Blue Cross's expanded behavioral health services deliver faster care, improved health outcomes, and reduced costs Independence Blue Cross (IBX) is closing critical gaps in care and delivering impactful results with its expanded behavioral health services (which include services for both mental health and substance use disorder). A key more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 27 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * New online tool predicts risk of energy deficiency in young, exercising women UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Many female athletes and physically active women fail to consume enough energy to meet their bodies' needs, jeopardizing their reproductive and bone health and athletic performance, according to prior studies by researchers at Penn State and elsewhere. Measuring energy deficiency can be a b more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 28 -- The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education issued the following news release on May 27, 2025: * * * PASSHE Universities Graduate 21,000 Students, Bolstering the Workforce and Filling In-Demand Jobs Nearly 70% of graduates earn degrees for STEM, health care, business and other jobs in high demand PASSHE universities serve the most Pennsylvania students of any four-year college or university system * Approximately 21,000 students graduated from univ more PR

WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, May 28 -- The Pennsylvania College of Technology issued the following news: * * * Penn College workshop attracts plastics pros The Plastics Innovation & Resource Center at Pennsylvania College of Technology delivered training to eight industry professionals during the recent Color Science & Weathering Workshop. The three-day course covered the critical parameters and considerations for coloring plastic materials and focused on weathering technology and evaluation  more PR

SHARON, Pennsylvania, May 28 -- Pennsylvania State University's Shenango Campus issued the following news: * * * Student awarded for excellence in Physical Therapist Assistant program SHARON, Pa. -- Patrick Connacher, physical therapist assistant student at Penn State Shenango, was awarded the 2024 Donna Boucher Award by the Northwest District of the American Physical Therapy Association - Pennsylvania (APTA-PA). According to the organization's website, Donna Boucher was a long-standing and more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 27 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Perfumes and lotions disrupt how body protects itself from indoor air pollutants UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Fragrances and lotions don't just change the way people smell, they actively alter the indoor air chemistry around the wearer, disrupting a critical natural process the body uses to protect itself from pollution, according to an international research team that includes scientists from P more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 27 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters -- May 27 As part of our regular "We Are!" feature, we recognize 18 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what's asked of them in their work at the University. This week, on behalf of the entire Penn State community, we'd like to say thank you to: * Jonna Belanger, associate teaching professor of kinesiology and chair of the University Fa more PR

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, May 27 -- Bryn Mawr College posted the following news: * * * Uplifting Caribbean Studies in the Life of Liberal Arts Education Bryn Mawr's Africana Studies program and the Tri-Co Caribbean Studies Working Group recently held a full day of public lectures on centuries-long hemispheric histories, cultures, and politics of Caribbean life in the archipelago and its diasporas. During the afternoon of April 22, the Program in Africana Studies hosted its inaugural Miriam J more PR

WILMERDING, Pennsylvania, May 28 -- Wabtec, a provider of technology-based products and services for rail and industrial markets, issued the following news release: * * * Wabtec and Rio Tinto SimFer Unveil the First Locomotive for the Simandou Project MARHOWRA, India May 26, 2025 -- Wabtec Corporation (NYSE: WAB) and Rio Tinto SimFer, a joint venture among the Government of the Republic of Guinea, Rio Tinto, and Chalco Iron Ore Holdings (CIOH), celebrated today the unveiling of the first Evol more PR