WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- ASTM International, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, has issued a public comment letter to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) addressing the notice of proposed rulemaking for normalizing unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) beyond visual line of sight operations. The letter, submitted in response to a notice from August 8, 2025, outlines ASTM's extensive involvement in ensuring standards for the UAS sector, particularly as they relate to safety and operational efficiency. more ST

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 7 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Background genetic variants influence clinical features in complex disorders * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The genetic roots of a disease or disorder do not always grow into clear cut, easily diagnosed clinical features. Even if a parent and child have the same genetic marker implicated in, for example, autism, only one may present clinically or they may both present with wildly different feat more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR-Pittsburgh Condemns Racist Vandalism of Home in North Braddock * The Pittsburgh chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Pittsburgh), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today joined condemned the racist vandalism of a disabled man's home in North Braddock, Pennsylvania. On Monday, the words "Get Out" - alon more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 8 -- Carnegie Mellon University issued the following news: * * * How Better Battery Lifespans and Reused Batteries Can Push the US Power Grid Into the Future By Lucy Perkins As artificial intelligence and data centers demand more power from the grid, Carnegie Mellon University is improving a key technology at the heart of America's energy future -- batteries. Batteries have the ability to store cheap energy from solar farms for use at data centers and function more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 7 [Category: BizHospital] -- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia issued the following news release: * * * Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Ranked One of the Best Children's Hospitals in the Nation by U.S. News & World Report * Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is pleased to announce that it has once again been named one of the Best Children's Hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. Highlights include: * All 10 CHOP specialties rank more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Dean's Statement On Second Anniversary of October 7th Attack * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congresswoman Madeleine Dean (PA-04), member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement on the second anniversary of the October 7th attack: "Today marks two years since Hamas terrorists launched a brutal and barbaric attack on Israel, killing more than 1,200 Israeli more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Fetterman, Ernst Reintroduce Bipartisan Bill to Combat Mislabeling of Egg Alternatives This week, U.S. Senators John Fetterman (D-PA) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) reintroduced the Consistent Egg Labels Act to enforce better market terms for eggs and their alternatives. This bipartisan, bicameral bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to prohibit egg "alternatives" from using misleading t more PR

DANVILLE, Pennsylvania, Oct. 7 [Category: BizHospital] -- Geisinger Health posted the following news release: * * * Geisinger Health Plan and Geisinger Indemnity Insurance Company, together known as GHP, are two of the highest-rated Medicare plans in the nation with Ratings of 4.5 out of 5 in NCQA's Medicare Health Plan Ratings 2025 * Geisinger Health Plan, also known as Geisinger Gold and Geisinger Gold Secure Rx (HMO D-SNP), and Geisinger Indemnity Insurance Company, also known as Geisinge more PR

DANVILLE, Pennsylvania, Oct. 7 [Category: BizHospital] -- Geisinger Health posted the following news release: * * * Geisinger Nurse Residency Program expands accreditation * DANVILLE, Pa. - The Geisinger Nurse Residency Program recently received accreditation with distinction from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). The ANCC's Practice Transition Accreditation Program (PTAP) sets the global standard for residency or fellowship programs that transition registered nurses and advan more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 7 [Category: BizInsurance] -- Highmark, a health insurance company, issued the following news release: * * * Grassroots Gardens Honored as Highmark Community Hero at Oct. 5 Huddle for Hunger Game * Buffalo, N.Y. (October 7, 2025) - As part of the Buffalo Bills' Huddle for Hunger initiative, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield recently honored Grassroots Gardens of Western New York as a Highmark Community Hero during the October 5th game. This recognition not only  more PR

GROVE CITY, Pennsylvania, Oct. 8 -- The Grove City College issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2025: * * * Ronald Reagan Lecture features former speaker Paul Ryan The Institute for Faith & Freedom at Grove City College will welcome Paul Ryan, former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, as the featured guest at the 18th annual Ronald Reagan Lecture at 7 p.m. Nov. 6 in the auditorium of Crawford Hall on campus. Ryan represented Wisconsin's 1st District for 20 years and served more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Boyle Joins Federal Workers in Philadelphia to Demand End to Trump-Republican Shutdown and Health Care Crisis * PHILADELPHIA, PA - Today, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, stood with members of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Region 3 and local labor leaders at Independence Mall to demand an end to the Republican go more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 7 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * New seed grant program accepting proposals for multi-disciplinary research * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences is accepting proposals for its new initiative: the Mid-Scale Seed Grant Program. The program is designed to accelerate multi- and interdisciplinary research collaborations involving computational and data sciences methodologies, e more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 7 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Penn State selected to lead Pennsylvania's climate network * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State has been selected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to lead its climate network. Named Prepare PA, the program aims to equip Pennsylvanians with the knowledge, tools and resources they need to adapt, respond and thrive in the face of a changing climate and environmental uncertainty. Prepare PA more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Oct. 8 -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release: * * * Pennsylvania American Water Unveils $21 Million Upgrades at New Castle Water Treatment Plant Local leaders join the company to celebrate enhanced water quality, reliability and emergency preparedness * NEW CASTLE, Pa. (Oct. 7, 2025) - Today, Pennsylvania American Water representatives along with local officials and community leaders gathered at the company's New Castle Wate more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 8 -- PNC Bank, a member of PNC Financial Services Group, issued the following news release: * * * PNC Bank Deploys Mobile Branch in Birmingham The 30-foot "branch on wheels" is first in the region, offers financial resources, education in underserved areas * BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - PNC Bank officially debuted its mobile branch program in Birmingham across several areas, underscoring PNC's commitment to positively impacting the communities it serves by making banki more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 7 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Promotion and Tenure Modernization Committee offers final chance for input * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Two final opportunities for tenure-line faculty to provide input to the Promotion and Tenure Modernization Committee will be available in October. These include an open listening session to be held at 10 a.m. Oct. 15 over Zoom and an anonymous survey. Any tenure-line faculty member who wa more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Summer Lee Statement on the Anniversary of October 7 Attack * PITTSBURGH, PA - OCTOBER 7, 2025 -- Today, Congresswoman Summer L. Lee (PA-12) issued the following statement marking the second anniversary of the horrific October 7th attack: "As we mark another year since the horrific October 7th attacks, we grieve for every life stolen and irrevocably changed - for the Israeli civilians kille more PR

DANVILLE, Pennsylvania, Oct. 7 [Category: BizHospital] -- Geisinger Health posted the following news release: * * * U.S. News & World Report names Geisinger Lewistown Hospital a Best Hospital * LEWISTOWN, Pa. - Geisinger Lewistown Hospital has been recognized for high performance in the 2025-2026 U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals rankings and ratings. The publication ranks hospitals for excellent care in 15 adult specialties and evaluates their performance in certain surgical procedure more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 (TNSLrpt) -- The report, 'Potentiometric Surface Maps and Groundwater-Level Hydrographs for Confined Aquifers of the New Jersey Coastal Plain, 2018,' was prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP). The authors are Alex R. Fiore, Stephen J. Cauller, and Eileen J. Brown. The document is designated as Scientific Investigations Report 2025-5080 and was issued in 2025. The project involved measuri more PR

MALVERN, Pennsylvania, Oct. 8 -- Vishay Intertechnology Inc. issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2025: * * * Vishay Intertechnology Delivers on Inductor Portfolio Expansion With More Than 2000 New SKUs and Ongoing Capacity Growth Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) today announced that it has successfully delivered on the ambitious expansion of its inductor and frequency control device (FCD) product lines announced in September 2024, significantly increasing the breadth and avai more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 7 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Wild mushrooms harvesters in Mid-Atlantic region collect fungi, build community * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Foragers have been harvesting wild mushrooms in what is now Pennsylvania and the rest of the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region for centuries, but the extent and specifics of the practice in the region had not been formally studied. New research conducted by ethnobiologists -- scientists who stu more PR