PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 10 [Category: Sociological] -- The American Friends Service Committee posted the following statement on Oct. 9, 2025: * * * AFSC's statement on Gaza cease-fire * AFSC welcomes the announcement of a ceasefire in Gaza and a potential end to the genocide. For two years we have called for an end to Israeli attacks, the release of all people held captive, and full humanitarian access to Gaza. The agreement announced yesterday is a move towards achieving those goal more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 10 [Category: Medical] -- The American Association for Cancer Research posted the following news release: * * * Armando E. Giuliano, MD, Honored With 2025 William L. McGuire Memorial Lecture Award * SAN ANTONIO - Armando E. Giuliano, MD, will receive the William L. McGuire Memorial Lecture Award during the 2025 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS), to be held December 9-12 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas. The William  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 -- Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pennsylvania, ranking member of the House Budget Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Boyle Statement on Trump-Vought Illegal Firings Amid Shutdown Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, released the following statement after Donald Trump and Russell Vought moved to illegally fire federal workers during the Republican shutdown: "Republicans would rather shut down the government than help  more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 10 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Center for Glass Research launched to revitalize innovation in glass science * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Building on a legacy of excellence in glass science and engineering, the new Center for Glass Research (CGR) was recently launched at Penn State. It brings together the expertise of researchers from Penn State, Alfred University, and the Missouri University of Science and Technology (Mis more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 [Category: Financial Services] -- America's Credit Unions posted the following news: * * * CrossState partnership launches new financial planning month contest * As part of Financial Planning Month in October, CrossState Credit Union Association joined with Pennsylvania Auditor General Timothy DeFoor and other partners to launch a new financial literacy contest for youth. Students in kindergarten through Grade 12 can submit a design for the cover of the state's Be Money $ more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: * * * IN THE STATES: Democrats Are On Offense Across the Country The DNC launched a new ad and organizing campaign that targets vulnerable Republicans in Texas, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, and Michigan and holds them accountable for refusing to extend the ACA tax credits. Through this campaign, the DNC is making sure voters know that Republicans are to blame for this health care crisis. * Nati more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 10 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Education awarded grant to launch student-athlete financial literacy program * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Penn State College of Education has been awarded a four-year, $320,000 grant from Robinhood to launch a set of courses for a financial literacy program designed for NCAA Division I student-athletes in partnership with the Sokolov-Miller Family Financial and Life Skills Center. Thro more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- Rep. Rob Bresnahan, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Bresnahan Holds Telephone Town Hall with 15,000+ Constituents on Government Shutdown * WASHINGTON, DC: Last week, U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan, Jr. (PA-08) hosted a telephone town hall to update Pennsylvania's Eighth Congressional District of the current government shutdown. Over 15,000 constituents tuned in to learn how the shutdown could affect their daily lives and where to turn more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 9 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Morgan Lewis, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * New England Legal Awards 2025: Q&As With Regional Managing Partner of the Year Finalists, Law.com * Partner Rachelle Dubow, managing partner of the firm's Boston office, was featured in a Law.com Q&A as a finalist for the 2025 New England Legal Awards Regional Managing Partner of the Year. In the interview, she reflected on her successes in her tenure, leadership more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 10 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Physics professor named to 2025 cohort of national experimental investigators * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Bryce Gadway, professor of physics at Penn State, was selected to the 2025 cohort of Experimental Physics Investigators by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. This cohort is a distinguished group of mid-career researchers pushing the boundaries of experimental physics. The Experime more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 10 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Power plants may emit more pollution during government shutdowns * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Power plants may emit higher amounts of pollution during lapses in federal monitoring and enforcement, such as during a government shutdown, according to a new study led by researchers at Penn State. The study, published in the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, d more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 10 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following Q&A with Vishal Singh, associate professor of nutritional physiology and microbiome: * * * Q&A: How does processed fiber impact human health? * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The rate of Americans diagnosed with digestive disorders and gastrointestinal cancers is rising, especially in those ages 50 and younger, so researchers in the Penn State Department of Nutritional Sciences are studying how processed fo more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. McCormick Votes to Pass Annual Defense Bill * WASHINGTON, D.C., October 9, 2025 -- Senator Dave McCormick (R-PA) voted in favor of S.2296, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026, which invests in defense infrastructure as well as aircraft, ships, and missiles to bolster our nation's military readiness; addresses national security threats presented by emerging t more PR

SHIPPENSBURG, Pennsylvania, Oct. 11 -- Shippensburg University issued the following news: * * * Shippensburg University leads Historic Preservation Workforce Summit By Emma Durnin Last week, Shippensburg University proudly served as one of the organizers for the inaugural Historic Preservation Workforce Summit, held in Harrisburg. The event brought together academic institutions, government agencies and private sectors to explore careers in archaeology, anthropology, public history and cultu more PR

VILLANOVA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 11 (TNSjou) -- Villanova University issued the following news release: * * * Villanova Astrophysicist Joey Neilsen, PhD, Plays Prominent Role in Groundbreaking XRISM Collaboration Study A global team of researchers using the new X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) telescope, launched in fall 2023, discovered something unexpected while observing a well-studied neutron star system called GX13+1. Instead of simply capturing a clearer view of its usual, pr more PR

VILLANOVA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 11 -- Villanova University issued the following news release: * * * Villanova University's Mother Cabrini Institute on Immigration to Host Global Summit in Rome, Italy, to Address Critical Issues Facing Migrants and Refugees Participants from more than 40 countries will gather Oct. 1-3, to create an Action Plan to unite universities and community partners in addressing global migration and refugee challenges * Villanova University's Mother Cabrini Institute on  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 [Category: ThinkTank] -- Common Cause posted the following news release: * * * Voters, Civil Rights Groups Seek to Halt DOJ Attempts to Seize Pennsylvania Voter Data * Today, the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania, Common Cause, and seven Pennsylvania voters announced their move to intervene in United States v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a lawsuit the Department of Justice brought against Pennsylvania and its Secretary of the Commonwealth, Al Schmidt. The case is p more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 [Category: Political] -- The League of Women Voters issued the following news release: * * * Voters, Civil Rights Groups Seek to Halt DOJ Attempts to Seize Pennsylvania Voter Data * Pittsburgh - Today, the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania, Common Cause, and seven Pennsylvania voters announced their move to intervene in United States v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a lawsuit the Department of Justice brought against Pennsylvania and its Secretary of the Commonwealth more PR