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'Fingerprinting' plant compounds helps explain food, drink tastes (10)
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, June 11 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news:
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'Fingerprinting' plant compounds helps explain food, drink tastes
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- In red wines, ciders and dark chocolate, just to name a few, complex plant compounds called procyanidins contribute to the taste and mouthfeel of a food or beverage -- its perceived astringency and bitterness. But while food scientists have been able to assess the total content of procyanidins in a more PR
Alumni Sound Designers on Broadway Share How CMU Shaped Their Careers (10)
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, June 11 -- Carnegie Mellon University issued the following news:
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Alumni Sound Designers on Broadway Share How CMU Shaped Their Careers
By Stacey Federoff
Cuban music resonates at the heart of "Buena Vista Social Club," setting the tone for a story with sounds as vibrant as the colors of its costumes and the design of its set.
Capturing and balancing the sounds of the stage -- the job of a sound designer -- helps to transport the audience into the heart of th more PR
American College of Physicians Troubled by ACIP Committee Selection Process (10)
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, June 11 [Category: Medical] -- The American College of Physicians posted the following news release:
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American College of Physicians Troubled by ACIP Committee Selection Process
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Statement attributable to:
Jason M. Goldman, MD, MACP, FPCP (Hon.)
President, American College of Physicians
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 9, 2025--The American College of Physicians (ACP) is greatly concerned with the most recent development regarding the Advisory Committee on Imm more PR
Boyle Statement on May CPI Inflation Data (10)
WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pennsylvania, ranking member of the House Budget Committee, issued the following news release on June 11, 2025:
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Boyle Statement on May CPI Inflation Data
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Pennsylvania Congressman Brendan F. Boyle, Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported an annualized CPI inflation rate for May of 2.4 percent:
"President Trump isn't just ignorin more PR
Cancer Epigenetics Institute at Fox Chase Cancer Center Awards Two Inaugural Graduate Student Fellowships (10)
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, June 11 [Category: Health Care] -- The Fox Chase Cancer Center, a part of Temple University Health System, posted the following news:
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The Cancer Epigenetics Institute at Fox Chase Cancer Center Awards Two Inaugural Graduate Student Fellowships
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Rebecca Smith, a technician in the lab of Yu "Sunny" Liu, PhD
PHILADELPHIA (June 11, 2025) -- The Cancer Epigenetics Institute (CEI) at Fox Chase Cancer Center recently selected two graduate students for its inaugu more PR
CMU Study Identifies Strengths and Challenges in Pentagon's Software Modernization Efforts (10)
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, June 11 (TNSrpt) -- Carnegie Mellon University issued the following news:
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CMU Study Identifies Strengths and Challenges in Pentagon's Software Modernization Efforts
By Laura Snyder
Carnegie Mellon University research could help shape U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) strategies for deploying secure digital capabilities on the battlefield as well as in critical areas like cybersecurity, disaster response and communications.
A new CMU Software Engineering Inst more PR
Congressman Scott Perry Introduces the "No Desire for Streetcars Act" (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on June 10, 2025:
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Congressman Scott Perry Introduces the "No Desire for Streetcars Act"
Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Scott Perry (PA-10) introduced the No Desire for Streetcars Act, a bill prohibiting mass transit pet projects masquerading as legitimate public infrastructure.
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, unless we're talking about publicly-funded streetcars - expensive, ugly, a more PR
During hearing with Treasury Secretary, Kelly highlights importance of passing "One Big Beautiful Bill" (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release:
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During hearing with Treasury Secretary, Kelly highlights importance of passing "One Big Beautiful Bill"
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- During a Ways & Means Committee hearing featuring U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday in Washington, U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) highlighted the importance of passing the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" in order to avoid a tax increase on American families and more PR
Financial Services Committee Unanimously Advances Meuser's ACCESS Act of 2025 (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release:
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Financial Services Committee Unanimously Advances Meuser's ACCESS Act of 2025
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a 51-0 vote yesterday, the House Financial Services Committee approved H.R. 3645, the Amendment for Crowdfunding Capital Enhancement and Small-Business Support Act of 2025 ("ACCESS Act"), authored by Rep. Dan Meuser (PA-09). The bipartisan vote propels the measure to the full House floor, marking more PR
Fitzpatrick Leads on Cybersecurity: New Bipartisan Bill Protects Patients and American Health Systems (10)
WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release:
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Fitzpatrick Leads on Cybersecurity: New Bipartisan Bill Protects Patients and American Health Systems
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WASHINGTON -- Today, Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1), Chairman of the CIA Subcommittee on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), has introduced new bipartisan legislation to confront one of the fastest-growing threats to American families: cyberattacks targeti more PR
Fitzpatrick, Sewell Launch Bipartisan Plan to Expand Physician Pipeline and Confront America's Doctor Shortage (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release:
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Fitzpatrick, Sewell Launch Bipartisan Plan to Expand Physician Pipeline and Confront America's Doctor Shortage
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Washington, D.C. -- Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), a national leader in bipartisan health care reform, has partnered with Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-AL-07) to introduce the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025 --a major bipartisan initiative to expand the more PR
Franklin & Marshall: 'We Ought to Be Leading the Charge' - A Family's Gift in Support of Financial Aid (10)
LANCASTER, Pennsylvania, June 11 -- Franklin and Marshall College issued the following news:
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"We Ought to be Leading the Charge": A Family's Gift in Support of Financial Aid
By William Keller
For Cheryl and Fred Scarboro P'26, supporting Franklin & Marshall College has become a deeply personal investment -- one rooted in their son Alex's outstanding experience and their shared belief that an F&M education transforms lives. The couple recently established the Scarboro Family Scholarship more PR
Gift from Smeal graduate supports students via Lion's Pantry, Ross Student Farm (10)
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, June 10 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news:
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Gift from Smeal graduate supports students via Lion's Pantry, Ross Student Farm
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- As gardens and farms across the commonwealth welcome the spring, alumnus Patrick Whalen Jr. and his wife, Kathleen Whalen, are using philanthropy to help Penn State students access affordable, healthy foods. Their commitment -- which includes both immediate and estate support -- will more PR
Greenberg Traurig's Giuliano Apadula Selected for 2025 'Pennsylvania Forty Under 40' List (10)
MIAMI, Florida, June 10 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release:
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Greenberg Traurig's Giuliano Apadula Selected for 2025 'Pennsylvania Forty Under 40' List
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PHILADELPHIA - June 1 0, 2025 - Giuliano Apadula, shareholder in global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP 's Philadelphia office, has been named to the 2025 City & State Pennsylvania "Forty Under 40" list. This annual honor recognizes the "the next generation of rising stars" under more PR
Messmer Supports Resolutions Condemning Antisemitic Violence in the United States (10)
WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Mark Messmer, R-Indiana, issued the following news release on June 11, 2025:
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Messmer Supports Resolutions Condemning Antisemitic Violence in the United States
This week, Rep. Mark Messmer (R-IN) voted in the House of Representatives in favor of two resolutions -- H. Res. 481 and H. Res. 488 -- denouncing the recent antisemitic violence in America, including the murder of two Israeli Embassy staffers in Washington, D.C., the horrific firebomb assaults upon Jew more PR
Morgan Lewis Partners Recognized in Lexology Index Competition Guide (10)
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, June 11 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Morgan Lewis, a law firm, issued the following news release:
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Morgan Lewis Partners Recognized in Lexology Index Competition Guide
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NEW YORK, June 11, 2025: Six Morgan Lewis partners were listed in Lexology Index: Competition, a guide co-published by Lexology with Global Competition Review, which celebrates the work of leading competition and state aid lawyers and economists around the world. The selected lawyers advise an more PR
Preschool intervention linked to high school performance (10)
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, June 11 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news:
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Preschool intervention linked to high school performance
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Low-income students who received a preschool intervention focused on social-emotional development continued to benefit from it during their teen years according to a recent study published in the journal Child Development.
The researchers, led by Karen Bierman, Evan Pugh University Professor of Psychology more PR
Q&A: Physics and the value of scientific disappointment (10)
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, June 11 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news:
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Q&A: Physics and the value of scientific disappointment
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Sharing disappointing results with a world of researchers working to find what they hope will be the "discovery of the century" isn't an easy task, but that is what Penn State theoretical physicist Zoltan Fodor and his international research group did five years ago with their extensive calculation of the st more PR
Rep. Thompson: Recognizing PennWest Clarion Small Business Development Center (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following floor remarks on June 9, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. Speaker refers to the presiding officer of the House at the time of the speech):
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Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the outstanding achievements of the PennWest Clarion Small Business Development Center, which was recently honored at the 2025 Pennsylvania SBDC Growth Conference.
Not only was PennWest Clarion SBDC named the 2025 Outsta more PR
Reps. Deluzio & Lee Push Back on Trump Administration's Termination of Federal Grants & Contracts to Western PA Organizations (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release:
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Reps. Deluzio & Lee Push Back on Trump Administration's Termination of Federal Grants & Contracts to Western PA Organizations
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CARNEGIE, PA -- Today, U.S. Representatives Chris Deluzio (PA-17) and Summer L. Lee (PA-12) sent letters to the Trump Administration expressing serious concern about illegally-terminated grants and contracts with beloved cultural institutions and local organizations w more PR
Thompson To Lead 4-H Caucus With Bipartisan, Bicameral Leaders (10)
WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pennsylvania, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following news release:
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Thompson To Lead 4-H Caucus with Bipartisan, Bicameral Leaders
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn 'GT' Thompson (PA-15), Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), House Agriculture Ranking Member Craig (MN-02), and Congressman Andy Harris (MD-01) re-registered the House Congressional 4-H Caucus and will serve as its bipartisan co-chairs in more PR
Understanding us: Researchers apply algorithm to decode complex genome sequences (10)
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, June 11 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news:
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Understanding us: Researchers apply algorithm to decode complex genome sequences
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Over the last 10 years, breakthroughs in understanding the genetic instructions passed from parent to offspring have put researchers closer than ever before to efficiently decoding DNA with 100% accuracy. However, this analysis approach, called genome sequencing, still poses a challe more PR
Unisys Announces Cash Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation for Any and All of Its Outstanding 6.875% Senior Secured Notes Due 2027 (10)
BLUE BELL, Pennsylvania, June 12 -- Unisys, a technology solutions company, issued the following news release:
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Unisys Announces Cash Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation for Any and All of Its Outstanding 6.875% Senior Secured Notes Due 2027
BLUE BELL, Pa., June 11, 2025 -- Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) ("we," "us," "our" or the "Company") today announced that it has commenced a tender offer (the "Tender Offer") to purchase for cash any and all of the Company's outstanding 6.875% Sen more PR
Unisys Announces Proposed $700 Million Private Offering of Senior Secured Notes; Net Proceeds to Refinance Existing Notes and Partially Fund U.S. Pension Plan (10)
BLUE BELL, Pennsylvania, June 12 -- Unisys, a technology solutions company, issued the following news release:
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Unisys Announces Proposed $700 Million Private Offering of Senior Secured Notes; Net Proceeds to Refinance Existing Notes and Partially Fund U.S. Pension Plan
BLUE BELL, Pa., June 11, 2025 - Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) ("Unisys") today announced its intention to offer, subject to market and other conditions, $700 million aggregate principal amount of its Senior Secured Notes more PR
University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School for Communication: Many Americans Unaware High Blood Pressure Usually Has No Noticeable Symptoms (10)
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, June 12 (TNSrpt) -- The University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School for Communication issued the following news:
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Many Americans Unaware High Blood Pressure Usually Has No Noticeable Symptoms
A recent Annenberg Public Policy Center health survey finds that few U.S. adults -- including those who have been diagnosed with high blood pressure -- can correctly identify what blood pressure reading doctors consider "high."
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Hypertension or high blood pressure, whi more PR
Vishay Intertechnology AC03-CS Series Axial Cemented, Leaded Wirewound Safety Resistors Now Available With WSZ Lead Form (10)
MALVERN, Pennsylvania, June 12 -- Vishay Intertechnology Inc. issued the following news release:
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Vishay Intertechnology AC03-CS Series Axial Cemented, Leaded Wirewound Safety Resistors Now Available With WSZ Lead Form
MALVERN, Pa. -- June 11, 2025 -- Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) today announced that its AC03-CS series of axial cemented, leaded wirewound safety resistors is now available with a pick and place friendly lead bending option, the WSZ lead form, which allows the d more PR
World's first 2D, non-silicon computer developed (10)
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, June 11 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news:
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World's first 2D, non-silicon computer developed
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Silicon is king in the semiconductor technology that underpins smartphones, computers, electric vehicles and more, but its crown may be slipping, according to a team led by researchers at Penn State. In a world first, they used two-dimensional (2D) materials, which are only an atom thick and retain their properties more PR
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