UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Sept. 5 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Trustee emeritus Ira Lubert and his wife, Pam Estadt, have stepped forward with a $10 million commitment to name a new landmark space where thousands of University Park students will begin their Penn State experience each year. A key element of the Beaver Stadium Revitalization project, the Lubert Family Welcome Center will serve both as the entrance for fans on Penn State foo more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Sept. 5 -- Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute issued the following news: DevSecOps Days this week released the agenda for its upcoming conference in the Washington, D.C., area. Lt. Col. Christopher Hocking of the U.S. Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office will provide the keynote address. The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) will host this free, in-person event on September 18 in Arlington, Virginia. DevSecOps Days provides software develope more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on Sept. 4, 2024: Rob Mercuri's extremism is in good company with his special guest -- MAGA mascot Marjorie Taylor Greene, who spent yesterday campaigning in Western Pennsylvania. Like MTG, Mercuri has attacked Western Pennsylvanians' fundamental freedoms - from his anti-democratic efforts to rip away voting rights, to co-sponsoring a near total abortion ban without exceptions that would ja more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Sept. 5 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: SHARON, Pa. Jo Anne Carrick, the former campus director at Penn State Shenango, believes that collegiate athletics are a foundational aspect of a student's college experience and the backbone for campus pride, and that they can be a catalyst for change for a population of students who may not otherwise choose to attend college. It was with these principles in mind that in 2018, under Carrick's t more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Sept. 5 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on Sept. 4, 2024: * * * As students across the Commonwealth return to school, the 2024-25 budget signed by Governor Shapiro this summer includes a historic $1.1 billion increase for K-12 education -- marking the largest single-year investment in the Commonwealth's history Highlands School District will benefit directly from the new adequacy formula, receiving more than $740,000 through th more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Sept. 5 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on Sept. 4, 2024: * * * As students across the Commonwealth return to school, the 2024-25 budget signed by Governor Shapiro includes a historic $1.1 billion increase for K-12 education -- marking the largest single-year investment in the Commonwealth's history * * * Morrisville, PA - Today, Governor Josh Shapiro and Pennsylvania Department of Education Secretary Dr. Khalid N. Mumin visit more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Sept. 5 -- La Roche University issued the following news release: Recognizing this urgent moment for American higher education and our democracy, La Roche University President Christina Clark, Ph.D., has joined 91 other college presidents of diverse institutions from across the country to advance higher education's pivotal role in preparing students to be engaged citizens and to uphold free expression on campus. Through College Presidents for Civic Preparedness, a uni more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: Digital ads to run in key battleground states, targeted to Americans searching for back to school supplies As Americans across the country kick off another school year, the DNC is launching a new digital ad campaign to educate voters in key battleground states about the Trump-Vance ticket's Project 2025 plans to defund public schools and slash investments in America's children. As parents make back-to-s more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Sept. 5 -- Pennsylvania Auditor General Timothy DeFoor issued the following news release Sept. 4, 2024: Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor today announced the release of compliance audits of district courts and county government offices in Allegheny, Beaver, Berks, Blair, Butler, Carbon, Centre, Clinton, Dauphin, Delaware, Lackawanna, Lebanon, Monroe, Northampton, Schuylkill, Snyder, Westmoreland and York counties. "These compliance audits determine whether all funds t more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Sept. 5 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. As an incremental step toward raising Penn State's per-student state funding to match Pennsylvania's other public universities, Penn State leaders are requesting a $30 million increase in the University's 2025-26 general support appropriation. During its meeting today (Sept. 5), the Penn State Board of Trustees Committee on Finance and Investment recommended for approval a g more PR

WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, Sept. 5 -- The Pennsylvania College of Technology issued the following news: After back-to-back United East championships and trips to the NCAA Division III Championships the last two springs, Pennsylvania College of Technology men's golf coach Rob Lytle knows the importance of fall-season preparation. "This is the most aggressive fall tournament schedule Penn College has ever seen. The only thing it's going to do is make us better. I want our guys out there playing more PR

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Sept. 5 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: For more than a decade, University of Kansas researchers have shown that giving students, especially those with disabilities, ownership of their education improves their outcomes. The Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities' team recently concluded a project to implement the Self Determined Learning Model of Instruction in 15 schools in Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania. They have publishe more PR

GREENVILLE, Pennsylvania, Sept. 5 -- Thiel College issued the following news release: Thiel College Department of English faculty member Sheila Gross, Ph.D. '10 presented an academic paper at the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals Annual Conference hosted by the University of Stirling, Scotland, this past summer. Titled "Place in the Victorian Press," this year's international conference took place in Scotland and was held on June 13-15. The conference brought together presenters from  more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Sept. 5 (TNSres) -- The University of Pennsylvania's Stuart Weitzman School of Design issued the following news: * * * Domenic Vitiello, an urban and regional planning expert, teaches classes that invite students to locations in and around Philadelphia to better understand how its denizens dine. * * * Ever wonder where your food comes from and how it gets to your plate? The answer is far more complicated than you'd imagine, involving a network of systems that span more PR