PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, May 7 -- Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute issued the following news on May 6, 2024: While DevSecOps practices can help solve difficult service problems related to resilience, security, scale, and agility, they may lead to complex deployment pipelines that are built from many different solutions and tools, each of which comes with its own inherent complexity and cost to adopt. To help DevSecOps teams deal with this complexity, the Software Eng  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 7 (TNSres) -- Drexel University issued the following news release: Researchers from Drexel University's College of Engineering and College of Computing & Informatics are among the first cohort tapped by the U.S. National Science Foundation to approach the challenge of advancing safe, secure and trustworthy artificial intelligence programs. In a ceremony at the White House on May 6, the president's Office of Science and Technology Policy introduced Drexel's effort  more

EAST STROUDSBURG, Pennsylvania, May 7 -- East Stroudsburg University issued the following news release: Graduating seniors Sierra DiCupe and James Shupp have spent their years at East Stroudsburg University with a desire to lead and serve others. DiCupe, an exercise science major from Philadelphia, Pa., was awarded the University Leadership Award for the 2023-24 academic year. Shupp, a special education early childhood education major from Easton, Pa., was awarded the University Service Award.  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, May 7 -- Faegre Drinker, a law firm, issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: Faegre Drinker announced today that Thomas (Tom) Duncan has joined the firm as a partner in the government and regulatory practice in Philadelphia. Duncan joins from a Pennsylvania-based environment and energy boutique law firm. Duncan represents clients ranging from private individuals through major international corporations in environmental and energy transactional matters, regulat  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 6 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Penn State University Libraries' Walter and Doris Goldstein Music and Media Center, on the second floor of West Pattee Library at the University Park campus, offers access to a vast collection of music and video resources for teaching, research and personal enjoyment. The collection includes 40,000 audio recordings and more than 10,000 video recordings. The music collection includes recordings of j  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 7 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: Last week, Governor Josh Shapiro and Lieutenant Governor Austin Davis traveled to Wilkes-Barre and Philadelphia to meet with bipartisan elected officials and members of the General Assembly , gun violence survivors and victims' loved ones, and advocates to hear how the proposed investments in the 2024-25 budget proposal would invest in community groups focused on reducing gun   more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 7 -- The University of Pennsylvania Libraries issued the following news release: Penn students, faculty, and staff can book appointments starting on June 3, 2024. Two newly soundproofed recording studios in the Albrecht Music Library's Ormandy Music and Media Center provide expanded opportunities for the Penn community to make recordings of their creative work. Responding to an ongoing need on campus for recording spaces available to students, two studio spaces  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 6 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: A research team in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences has received a grant of nearly $1 million from the U.S. National Science Foundation to fund a novel project investigating the molecular and physiological processes that support corn kernel development. Corn kernels are a global source of food, animal feed, biofuel, starches/sugars and ingredients in many food products. With the $974,8  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 7 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry issued the following news: Attorney General Michelle Henry announced that nearly 18,000 Pennsylvania students who attended The Art Institute between 2004 and 2017 will receive discharges of loan balances -- as part of a recent federal action to discharge more than $6 billion in student loan debt nationwide. Altogether, the federal action involves more than $6.1 billion in automatic student loan relief to nearly 317  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 7 -- Pennsylvania Auditor General Timothy DeFoor issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor today announced the release of audits of 41 municipal and police pension plans in Allegheny, Berks, Bucks, Centre, Cumberland, Delaware, Greene, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Luzerne, Mifflin, Montgomery, Northampton, Venango, Washington, Westmoreland and York counties. "Our audits make sure state pension aid is used as required by law, which   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 7 -- The Pennsylvania House Democrats issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: A bill (H.B. 98) introduced by state Reps. Donna Bullock, Melissa Shusterman and Jenn O'Mara known as the Equal Pay Law, which would expand protections against wage discrimination, was passed by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives today. The legislation would prohibit employers from discriminating and paying workers less because of their gender, race or ethnicity. It woul  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 7 -- The Pennsylvania House Democrats issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: PA House lawmakers today passed legislation authored by state Rep. Morgan Cephas, D-Phila., that would extend Medicaid coverage to doula services in the state. Under Cephas' bill (H.B. 1608), Medicaid would reimburse certified doulas for providing childbirth education and support services, including physical and emotional support, during pregnancy, labor and delivery and up to   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 7 -- The Pennsylvania House Democrats issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: Individuals who buy health insurance through Pennie could receive a new state subsidy to help pay for their insurance premiums under a proposal introduced by state Rep. Patty Kim, chair of the PA House Insurance Committee. Today, that proposal, H.B. 2234, was favorably voted out of that committee and is ready for a full House vote. Pennie provides excellent health care coverag  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 7 -- The Pennsylvania House Democrats issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: Medically necessary at-home blood-pressure monitors would be covered as a pregnancy-related service through Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program under a bill passed today by the Pennsylvania House, state Rep. La'Tasha D. Mayes, D-Allegheny, announced. "Preventing high blood pressure or hypertension during pregnancy is vital to addressing maternal mortality, morb  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 7 -- The Pennsylvania Senate Republicans issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: The state Senate today approved legislation introduced by Sen. Doug Mastriano (R-33) to help the grieving families of deceased U.S. military veterans access their federal Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) burial benefits. "The men and women who served our country in the military deserve to be laid to rest with dignity and respect," Mastriano said. "Many families are unawar  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 7 -- The Pennsylvania Senate Republicans issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: Korean Americans who served in the Vietnam War with the Korean Armed Forces would receive the same state veterans benefits as their U.S. counterparts under legislation unanimously approved today by the Senate, said sponsor Sen. Tracy Pennycuick (R-24). The Senate Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee approved Senate Bill 973 to grant the same rights, benefits  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 7 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news: Following a New York Times report (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/19/us/politics/dave-mccormick-farm-pennsylvania.html?smid=tw-share) last month that exposed David McCormick for giving "a misleading impression about key aspects of his background," the York Dispatch editorial board gave McCormick a "thumbs down" for refusing to "play it straight" with Pennsylvanians. ICYMI: York Dispatch: Candidate   more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, May 7 -- The University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering issued the following news: Mohamed Ibrahim and Vahid Seresht, two PhD students in the University of Pittsburgh Department of Industrial Engineering, put the heart and nervous system at the center of their work. Both received the SPIE Smart Structures and NDE Student Travel Grant Award and presented their latest research at the March SPIE Conference in British Columbia. Mohamed Ibrahim Ibrahim del  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, May 7 (TNSres) -- The University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Pitt, Drexel, and Brookhaven engineers solve the "catalysis vs corrosion" mystery in electrochemical ozone production * * * Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Drexel University in Philadelphia, along with Brookhaven National Laboratory, are working to solve a multipart mystery to make water disinfection treatments more sustainable. Scalable ele  more

VALLEY FORGE, Pennsylvania, May 7 -- PJM Interconnection, a regional transmission organization that coordinates the movement of wholesale electricity, issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: PJM Interconnection announced today that its members have elected Paula Conboy, David E. Mills and Vickie A. VanZandt to serve additional three-year terms on the PJM Board of Managers. Conboy first joined the PJM Board in 2021. She is an energy economist with more than 25 years of experience as a  more

GREENVILLE, Pennsylvania, May 7 -- Thiel College issued the following news release: The Thiel College Office of Communications and Marketing was recently recognized for a strategic communication collaboration with the Department of Athletics by a regional communications organization. Thiel College was awarded silver recognition for the "Energize" campaign in Communication Outreach materials for athletics by The College and University Public Relations and Associated Professionals at its annual   more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 6 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: Karen A. Thole Karen A. Thole has been named dean of the University of Michigan College of Engineering, effective Aug. 1. Thole currently is a University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and director of the START Lab at The Pennsylvania State University, and director of the Engineering Ambassadors Network. Her five-year appointment was authorized by Laurie McCauley, provost   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 6 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Each year, immediately following spring commencement ceremonies, Penn State's Office of Physical Plant (OPP) begins its annual summer construction and renovation projects at the University Park campus. This year, OPP along with Penn State Transportation Services and project contractors will work to minimize disruptions to the campus community wherever possible. OPP updates an interactive constructi  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 7 (TNSres) -- The University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing was found to be safe and largely effective in addressing a form of inherited blindness in a group of patients that, for the first time, included children. In a multi-site clinical trial called BRILLIANCE that included researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Children's H  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 7 -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences issued the following news: Tyshawn Sorey, a Presidential Assistant Professor of Music in the School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, has won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize in Music. Sorey received the Prize for his musical composition "Adagio (For Wadada Leo Smith)." The Pulitzer Prize in music recognizes a distinguished musical composition by an American that has had its first perform  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, May 7 -- Wabtec, a provider of technology-based products and services for rail and industrial markets, issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: Wabtec Corporation (NYSE: WAB) announced today that it achieved the IEC 62443-4-1 certification, a benchmark for cybersecurity development lifecycle processes used on industrial automation and control systems (IACS) products. The certification from LCIE - Bureau Veritas attests to Wabtec's secure product development pr  more