HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 2 -- The Pennsylvania Bar Association issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: Jacqueline B. Martinez, founder of JBM Legal LLC, Pittsburgh, will begin the third year of a three-year term as secretary on the Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) Board of Governors at the conclusion of the association's Annual Meeting on May 10 in Hershey. In addition to her PBA Board of Governors role, Martinez is the vice chair of the Bylaws Committee, co-chair of the Immig  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 2 -- The Pennsylvania Bar Association issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: Kelly A. Mroz, assistant general counsel, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, will begin the second year of a three-year term as treasurer on the Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) Board of Governors at the conclusion of the association's Annual Meeting on May 10 in Hershey. Within the PBA, Mroz is chair of the Planning Committee and a member of the Commission on   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 2 -- The Pennsylvania Bar Association issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: Kristen B. Hamilton of the Law Office of Matthew S. Militello, Chambersburg, will become president-elect of the Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) at the conclusion of the association's Annual Meeting on May 10 in Hershey. Within the PBA, Hamilton is completing her service as co-chair of the Bar Leadership Institute (BLI), which develops future leaders of the association. She i  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 1 -- The Pennsylvania Bar Association issued the following news release on April 30, 2024: The Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) Administrative Law Section will present its James S. Bowman Award to Jonathan W. Kunkel, an attorney for the Governor's Office of General Counsel, Harrisburg, at an awards ceremony on May 9 during the PBA Annual Meeting in Hershey. The James S. Bowman Award honors a lawyer who is making a significant impact on the practice of administra  more

WESTPORT, Connecticut, May 2 (TNScapv) -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, issued the following joint letter on April 30, 2024, with 46 organizations: In response to the announcement of a potential incursion into Rafah, Gaza, Save the Children US has joined 46 peer organizations in signing the following letter addressed to President Biden: April 30, 2024 To: President Joseph R. Biden, The  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 2 -- The Pennsylvania Bar Association issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: Lackawanna County lawyer Michael J. McDonald, a founding partner in the Scranton law firm of McDonald and MacGregor LLC, will become immediate past president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) at the conclusion of the association's Annual Meeting May 10 in Hershey. As immediate past president, McDonald will continue to serve as an officer on the PBA Board of Governors.   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 2 -- The Pennsylvania Bar Association issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: Nancy Conrad, a partner with Philadelphia-based White and Williams LLP, managing partner of White and Williams' Lehigh Valley office and a resident of Lehigh County, will become president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) at the conclusion of the association's Annual Meeting on May 10 in Hershey. During her year as president, Conrad will build on what she identifies as   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 2 -- The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center issued the following news release: UPMC in Central Pa. and the Mario Lemieux Foundation have opened Austin's Playroom at UPMC Children's in Harrisburg, the first in central Pennsylvania. The playroom will provide comfort to patients and siblings as families focus on health and healing. Each Austin's Playroom has a similar look and activities to keep kids entertained. "We are delighted to have this one-of-a-kind Aust  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 2 (TNSres) -- The Wistar Institute issued the following news release: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), or liver cancer, is an aggressive malignancy with limited treatment options. An immunologically cold cancer -- meaning the tumors can effectively hide themselves from the immune system -- liver cancer can escape or not respond to first-line treatment options, resulting in a poor prognosis. The results of a new clinical trial published in Nature Medicine show that  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 2 -- The Pennsylvania Bar Association issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: James R. Antoniono of DeBernardo, Antoniono, McCabe and Davis PC, Greensburg, will begin his term as vice president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) at the conclusion of the association's House of Delegates meeting on May 10 in Hershey. Antoniono previously served a three-year term as PBA treasurer. He is a member of the PBA LGBTQ+ Rights, Minority Bar and Quality of L  more