UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Aug. 19 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. The Penn State Alumni Association invites all Penn Staters to the University Park campus to celebrate Homecoming Weekend 2024, set for Sept. 27-28. This year's theme, "In Every Roar, Tradition Soars," will highlight a week of events culminating with Saturday's football game vs. Illinois. Here's what you can expect if you're in town for the weekend: Student-Alumni Ice Cream S  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2024: Today, Marjorie Taylor Greene is hosting an "election integrity virtual training" to recruit "poll watchers" in the Lehigh Valley. While Greene helps set the stage for another "Big Lie 2.0," fellow election-denier Ryan Mackenzie is still trying to hide his efforts to overturn the will of Pennsylvania voters in 2020. Still a sitting legislator at the time, Mackenzie signed   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Aug. 19 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Ten Penn State students, including nine associated with the College of Agricultural Sciences, have been awarded predoctoral fellowships by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA), securing over $1.4 million in total funding. Penn State is tied for first place nationally with Cornell University for the highest number of USDA-  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Aug. 19 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Penn State's finances and long-term outlook remain strong, according to recently released reports from Moody's Investors Service and S&P Global Ratings. Both services gave the University's credit rating a "stable" outlook, with Moody's extending Penn State's Aa1 stable rating and S&P continuing the University's AA long-term rating with a stable outlook. The ratings, which ar  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Aug. 20 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on Aug. 19, 2024: * * * Administration funds 66 transportation projects in 32 counties; the next round of applications opens September 23. * * * Today, Governor Josh Shapiro announced a significant investment of over $51 million in funding from the Multimodal Transportation Fund to support 66 crucial transportation projects across 32 counties in Pennsylvania. The funding will be allocate  more

GREENVILLE, Pennsylvania, Aug. 20 -- Thiel College issued the following news release: Thiel College Associate Professor of Neuroscience Neil C. Lax, Ph.D. was recently awarded tenure. Lax has been with Thiel College since 2018. He was named chair of the Department of Neuroscience in 2020. After earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and Chemistry from The University of Pittsburgh (2012), he received his doctoral degree from Duquesne University (2018), where he specialized in animal b  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Aug. 19 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Some veterans continue to struggle with underemployment and dissatisfaction with their pay up to four years after leaving the military, according to a recent survey study by researchers in the Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness at Penn State (Clearinghouse). Published in the Journal of Veterans Studies, the study of approximately 3,000 post-9/11 veterans analyzed dat  more