UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Aug. 27 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Ancient DNA reveals farming spread through migration, locals slow to adopt it * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Roughly 10,000 years ago, humans started shifting from being nomadic hunter-gatherers to building large agricultural settlements, marking one of the greatest transformations in human history. This transition, known as the Neolithic Revolution, began in the Fertile Crescent of the Middle more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Rep. Rob Bresnahan, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Bresnahan Holds Local Food Roundtable; Unveils Local Farmers Feeding Our Communities Act * DALLAS, PA: Today, U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan, Jr. (PA-08) held a roundtable and unveiling event for his legislation, the Local Farmers Feeding Our Communities Act. The event, held at Brace's Orchard in Dallas, brought together farmers, food banks, and community food advocates to share firsthand a more PR

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, Aug. 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania posted the following news release on Aug. 26, 2025: * * * California Man Sentenced To 97 Months In Prison For Conspiring To Distribute Fentanyl In Central Pennsylvania HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Donnie Woods, age 45, of Northridge, California, was sentenced to 97 months' imprisonment by United States Distr more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Aug. 28 (TNSjou) -- Carnegie Mellon University issued the following news: * * * Improving Indoor Air Quality With More Effective, Long-Lasting Sensors By Kaitlyn Landram Common household items like cleaning products, candles, cribs and makeup emit formaldehyde, a colorless, odorless chemical that has been found to be a risk to human health. But new low-cost technology from researchers at Carnegie Mellon University could help solve that problem by making indoor air q more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Aug. 28 -- Carnegie Mellon University issued the following news: * * * Students Develop Tool To Help American Red Cross Estimate Shelter Needs After Earthquakes Disaster relief workers in the U.S. are now able to predict emergency shelter needs within five minutes of an earthquake, thanks to a team of Carnegie Mellon University students. Earthquakes are not a distant threat for the United States. In the next 100 years, there's more than a 95% chance that populous p more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 28 (TNSjou) -- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia issued the following news release: * * * Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Researchers Link Dietary Fats to More Severe Form of Asthma Certain drugs could be repurposed to treat this form of asthma, which is more likely to send patients to the hospital * Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) found that certain lipids, or fats, in obesity-causing foods also cause asthma-like lung inflamm more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Scott Perry Introduces the Freedom from Union Violence Act Congressman Scott Perry (PA-10) just introduced the Freedom from Union Violence Act, to rectify a deadly loophole in the 1946 Hobbs Anti-Extortion Act that enables union officials to perpetrate violence, extortion, and other crime in pursuit of union objectives. "I was shocked to learn that unions can literally terrorize non more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 28 -- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia issued the following news release n Aug. 27, 2025: * * * Donors Join Forces to Support Center for Microbial Medicine at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Today Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) announced funding to support the recently launched Center for Microbial Medicine. This pioneering initiative is made possible by three transformative gifts from the McCausland Foundation, the Chappell Culpeper Family  more PR

EAST STROUDSBURG, Pennsylvania, Aug. 28 -- East Stroudsburg University issued the following news release: * * * East Stroudsburg University Announces Executive in Residence Program Dr. Sylvester Williams, dean of East Stroudsburg University's College of Business and Management, announced today the return of the College's Executive in Residence Program. ESU's Executive in Residence for the 2025-26 academic year is Donald Pleau, general manager of Kalahari Resorts and Conventions, Pocono. "Thi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Houlahan Joins Dingell, Schrier And 141 Colleagues in Calling on State Department to Resume Issuing Medical-Humanitarian Visas to Gazans * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI-06) and Kim Schrier (WA-08) led 142of their House colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging the State Department to reverse its decision to halt temporary medical-humanit more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Aug. 27 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- K&L Gates, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * K&L Gates' Corporate Practice Ranked in Q2 2025 Global League Table Rankings * Global law firm K&L Gates has been recognized across multiple publications including Pitchbook, LSEG, The Deal, Bloomberg, S&P, and MergerMarket for deal work across legal M&A, private equity, venture capital, and capital markets during the second quarter of 2025. Promisingly, the firm ea more PR

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Aug. 28 -- KnowledgeWorks issued the following article on Aug. 27, 2025: * * * From Policy to Practice: Personalized Learning Takes Root in Pennsylvania By: Emily Brixey, PhD KEY TAKEAWAYS: * Pennsylvania educators, policymakers and thought leaders convened to align on a Portrait of a Learner, school structure and professional learning * The personalized learning working group shared challenges but also creative solutions and supports needed to overcome them * New innova more PR

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, Aug. 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania posted the following news release on Aug. 27, 2025: * * * Luzerne County Man Indicted For Drug Trafficking And Firearm Offenses The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Ricky Charles Patterson, age 44, of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury on charges of drug trafficking, possessing a firearm more PR

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, Aug. 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania posted the following news release: * * * Luzerne County Man Sentenced To 160 Months For Drug Trafficking And Firearm Offenses The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Kevin Neysmith, a/k/a Kevin Blackwood, age 45, a resident of Kingston, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 160 months' imprisonment by United States District Judge Julia K. Munle more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- PPG, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in collaboration with HOYA Vision Care, shows that lenses made with PPG TRIVEX lens material outperform comparable polycarbonate lenses in several key areas. The companies stated that the research found the HOYA PHOENIX lenses made from the material had less damage during impact testing, were lighter, and showed greater optical clarity and chemical resistance. The findings, which were based on both new and existing data, aim to provide ey more PR

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, Aug. 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania posted the following news release: * * * New York-Based Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Over Fifteen Years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jamell R. O'Neal, age 42, of East Meadow, New York, was sentenced on August 22, 2025, to 188 months in prison by United States District Judge Julia K. Munle more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Aug. 27 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Nuclear engineering grad student awarded Department of Energy fellowship * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Aiden Ochoa, a doctoral student in nuclear engineering in the Penn State College of Engineering, has been awarded a University Nuclear Leadership Program (UNLP) fellowship from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy. The fellowship, valued at $175,000 over three yea more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania posted the following news release: * * * Philadelphia Company and Its Founder Charged With Fraudulently Claiming That Pesticide Products Were Effective at Killing Covid Virus Indictment Also Alleges Violations of Federal Law Regulating Pesticides * United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that ViaClean Technologies, LLC and its founder, James Young, 46, of Cherry Hill, New J more PR

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Aug. 26 -- Bryn Mawr College posted the following news: * * * Preparing Students for Lives of Purpose: Bryn Mawr Awarded Two Grants * What does it mean to live a meaningful life? How do students discover their sense of purpose, and how can faculty guide them? Bryn Mawr College will pursue these questions through two new grants: an award from the Educating Character Initiative (ECI) and a 2025 NetVUE Professional Development Grant. Together, these projects reflect B more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Aug. 27 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Research sheds light on Beech Creek's struggle with abandoned mine drainage * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Pennsylvania has more abandoned mines than any other state, and their impacts are still felt in the state's waterways. Beech Creek, a 170-square-mile watershed in Clinton and Centre counties, was once a thriving trout fishery. Today, its waters are highly acidic and carry dissolved metals more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Dave McCormick Applauds Groundbreaking Investment in Hanwha Philly Shipyard * PHILADELPHIA, PA -- Senator Dave McCormick (R-PA) today applauded Hanwha Group's historic $5 billion investment in the Hanwha Philly Shipyard and greater Philadelphia area. The $5 billion program will be dedicated to the installation of additional docks and quays to increase capacity. Hanwha is also reviewin more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Rep. Lloyd Smucker, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Smucker Highlights Small Business Tax Policy in Wrightsville * Wrightsville, PA --Representative Lloyd Smucker (PA-11), a senior member of the tax-writing Committee on Ways and Means, joined small businesses in Wrightsville for a roundtable discussion on federal tax policy and how the newly enacted One Big Beautiful Bill will drive investment and growth in the local economy. Smucker is the c more PR

GREENVILLE, Pennsylvania, Aug. 28 -- Thiel College issued the following news release on Aug. 27, 2025: * * * Thiel College's Weyers-Sampson Gallery hosting solo exhibition by painter Aaron Pickens GREENVILLE, Pa.-- Thiel College's Weyers-Sampson Gallery will present "Split P," a solo exhibition of paintings by Indiana-based artist Aaron Pickens, M.F.A., from Sept. 10 through Nov. 21, 2025. A closing reception and gallery talk will be held Friday, Nov. 21, at 2 p.m. Pickens' show brings toget more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pennsylvania, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 27, 2025: * * * Thompson Warns Governor Shapiro: Pennsylvania's SNAP Failures Hurt Families, Waste Taxpayer Dollars House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson (PA-15) sent a letter to Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro warning him that the mismanagement of the Commonwealth's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) harms fa more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Rep. Lloyd Smucker, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Representative Lloyd Smucker, PA Attorney General Dave Sunday Back Bipartisan Workforce Reentry Efforts * York, PA - Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Smucker (PA-11) and PA Attorney General Dave Sunday held a press conference at York County's Reentry Opportunity Center to highlight support for Rep. Smucker's Workforce Reentry Act, legislation that would strengthen workforce reentry progra more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 28 -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences issued the following news: * * * Who, What, Why: Third-year gets a taste of the film biz This summer Bea Hammam, a third-year in the College of Arts & Sciences, completed two internships with companies in the film industry, both founded by Penn alums. * Who With a goal of working on the business side of entertainment, third-year Bea Hammam is pursuing a double major in cinema studies and commu more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Aug. 27 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Walmart funds Clearinghouse study on skill-based veteran employment programs * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness at Penn State (Clearinghouse) has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the Walmart Foundation to evaluate two innovative employment programs aimed at reducing underemployment among military veterans. According to the Veterans Metrics Initia more PR