WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, July 30 -- The Pennsylvania College of Technology issued the following news: Christopher J. Holley, assistant professor of automotive technology at Pennsylvania College of Technology, was featured in a July 25 report by Spectrum News 1 , of Columbus, Ohio. The cable television news outlet covered the 2024 Battery Electric Vehicle Summer Institute at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio, attended by Holley and his Penn College colleague, Charles F. Probst, aut more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 30 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news: * * * Casey Introduces Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill to Resolve Local Prosecutor Hiring and Retention Issues Helping Improve Recruitment and Retention Efforts for Prosecutors Act would establish a competitive grant program to help hire, train, and retain local prosecutors Despite 93% of prosecutors reporting high job satisfaction, inadequate pay and heavy caseloads drive prosecutor shortage and low more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 29 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: HERSHEY, Pa. Penn State College of Medicine's Liza Rovniak has been awarded nearly $6 million by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). The funding will be used to study approaches to encourage seniors with osteoarthritis to use the SilverSneakers benefits offered by Medicare Advantage and assess physical functioning and other patient-reported outcomes associated with long-term  more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, July 30 -- Morgan Lewis, a law firm, issued the following news release on July 29, 2024: WASHINGTON, DC, July 29, 2024: Morgan Lewis's Senior Director of Diversity and Inclusion Malaika Lindo has been named an "Ally of the Year" as part of the Women, Influence & Power in Law (WIPL) Awards. She will be recognized at an awards dinner on September 24 in Chicago. These awards honor the trailblazers, advocates, and leaders who have demonstrated exceptional skill, dedicati more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, July 30 -- Dechert, a law firm, issued the following news: Dechert advised Select Medical Holdings Corporation (Select Medical) and Concentra Group Holdings Parent, Inc. (Concentra), a wholly owned subsidiary of Select Medical, on Concentra's IPO. Select Medical is a leading operator of critical illness recovery hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals, outpatient rehabilitation clinics, and occupational health centers in the United States. Concentra is one of the larges more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, July 30 -- Duane Morris, a law firm, issued the following news release: Duane Morris partner Erin Duffy has been named a 2024 Healthcare Trailblazer by City & State Pennsylvania. The award recognizes the most influential individuals in the Pennsylvania healthcare industry. City & State Pennsylvania is a multimedia news organization that dedicates its coverage to Pennsylvania's state and local government, including all things politics and public policy. Duffy is cha more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 29 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Global sustainability initiatives like the environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing principle may lead to greater financial gains for hospitality firms in high-income countries but not in low-income nations, according to new findings from researchers in the Penn State School of Hospitality Management. Penn State doctoral student Samantha Hwang and Professor of Hos more PR

ITHACA, New York, July 29 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Two Medicaid policies can interact to increase oncology clinical trial enrollment among Black and Hispanic patients, according to a new study by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine, the University of Pennsylvania and Medidata AI. Black and Hispanic patients are historically underrepresented in cancer clinical trials. Equitable enrollment helps ensure the knowledge gained from trials generalizes to the entire populat more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, July 30 -- The Pennsylvania Senate Democrats issued the following statement on July 29, 2024: * * * State Rep. Dan Frankel and state Sen. Jay Costa issued the following joint statement today regarding Chabad of Squirrel Hill and the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh being vandalized: "Vandalizing Chabad of Squirrel Hill and the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh is an attack on the values of tolerance, respect and community that we as Pittsburghers hold  more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 29 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: As part of our regular "We Are!" feature, we recognize 12 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what's asked of them in their work at the University. This week, on behalf of the entire Penn State community, we'd like to say thank you to: Mikala Andino-Dockter, executive assistant to the dean in Penn State University Libraries, whose nominator wrote: "I'd like to express my gratitude to M more PR

UNIVERSITY CITY, Pennsylvania, July 30 (TNSres) -- The University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * A large trial of strategies to reduce distracted driving showed that those that were "gamified" yielded a lasting reduction in handheld phone usage while driving * * * PHILADELPHIA-- If you're trying to keep drivers from picking up their phones, make it a game, according to a new Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) study l more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 30 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news: * * * TribLive Letter to the Editor: "We Can't Trust McCormick. Pennsylvanians Deserve Better." PennLive Letter to the Editor: "Would You Trust A Multi-Millionaire Hedge Fund Manager to Represent Your Interests in the Senate? I Don't." * * * Pennsylvanians are calling out Connecticut hedge fund CEO and mega-millionaire David McCormick for lying about being a job creator following a recent repor more PR

WILKES-BARRE, Pennsylvania, July 30 (TNSres) -- Wilkes University issued the following news release: Zbigniew J. Witczak, emeritus professor of pharmaceutical sciences at Wilkes University, was honored by the University of Lodz in Poland with the prestigious Universitatis Lodziensis Amico medal. The award recognizes service to the institution by individuals deemed friends of the university. Since the University of Lodz established the honor in 2005, it has awarded 115 medals, with one of the f more PR