UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Jan. 14 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * 'Cut from a different cloth': Penn State mourns passing of Anthony Leach UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Anthony T. Leach, professor emeritus of music and music education and founding director of Essence of Joy, died on Jan. 8, leaving a legacy at Penn State and in the local community, where he touched the lives of thousands of students, alumni, University colleagues and community members through   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Jan. 14 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Military community can access Penn State Extension resources for free UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- At the Pennsylvania Farm Show on Military Appreciation Day, Jan. 9, Penn State Extension announced the launch of its Military Program. Running through March 31, the program provides active military members and veterans with free access to eligible workshops, webinars, conferences, online courses,   more

WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pennsylvania, Jan. 15 [Category: Materials Management] -- ASTM International, formerly the American Society for Testing and Materials, which develops and publishes voluntary consensus technical standards for materials, products, systems and services, issued the following news release: * * * New Standard Will Aid Stormwater Control Measures Industry Standard will enable assessment of pollutant removal ability. A new ASTM International standard, soon to be published as E340  more

WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pennsylvania, Jan. 15 [Category: Materials Management] -- ASTM International, formerly the American Society for Testing and Materials, which develops and publishes voluntary consensus technical standards for materials, products, systems and services, issued the following news release: * * * Richard Szecsy Begins Term on ASTM International Board of Directors Richard Szecsy, PhD, PE, CEO of Big Town Concrete, has started his three-year term on the ASTM International board of   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Jan. 14 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters -- Jan. 14 As part of our regular "We Are!" feature, we recognize 21 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: * Rachel Avila, administrative support coordinator in the Office of Planning, Assessment,   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Jan. 14 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Spring 2025 Sustainability events highlight resilience and community building UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Penn State Sustainability (SustainPSU) is kicking off its spring 2025 programming with the latest film in its Intersections film program, " An Injury to One," which uses the 1917 murder of a labor activist in Butte, Mont. to highlight the intersection of labor rights and environmental degra  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Jan. 14 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Transportation Services announces MLK Day holiday service changes on Jan. 20 University Park, Pa. - In observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day holiday, the following changes to Transportation Services office hours, transit services, and parking operations will be in effect on Monday, Jan. 20: * The Transportation Services Office will be closed. * Fleet Operations will be closed  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Jan. 16 (TNSjou) -- The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center issued the following news release: In patients with high-risk HER2-positive breast cancer, post-surgery, or adjuvant, treatment with trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) reduced the long-term risk of death or invasive disease by 46% and improved survival compared to trastuzumab alone, according to the final results of the phase 3 KATHERINE clinical trial led by researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and UP  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Jan. 16 (TNSres) -- The University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine issued the following news release on Jan. 15, 2025: * * * A new AI tool can search through data and histology images for exponentially more precise information on cancer treatment effectiveness than what can be gleaned from CT or MRI scans * * * A new artificial intelligence-powered tool called MISO (Multi-modal Spatial Omics) can detect cell-level characteristics of cancer by lookin  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Jan. 16 (TNSjou) -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences issued the following news: Penn Physicist Andrea Liu and collaborators modeled the behavior of tissue during a stage of fly development and found, surprisingly, it doesn't fluidize as it shrinks but stays solid. Their approach could offer insights physical systems with complex functionality. During the last century, biologists have extensively studied Drosophila melanogaster, the common   more