UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Jan. 22 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * '50 Forward: Beethoven's Ninth Revisited' to conclude Eisenhower's 50th anniversary UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Soon-to-be-announced members of the Penn State choral community will join in song for "50 Forward: Beethoven's Ninth Revisited" to conclude Eisenhower Auditorium's 50th anniversary season. The Penn State artists will relive opening night of the Center for the Performing Arts' home ba  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Jan. 21 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Biosensing platform simultaneously detects vitamin C and SARS-CoV-2 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- In the COVID-19 pandemic era, at-home, portable tests were crucial for knowing when to wear a mask or isolate at home. Now, Penn State engineering researchers have developed a portable and wireless device to simultaneously detect SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and vitamin C, a critical   more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Jan. 23 -- Berger Montague, a law firm, issued the following news: The $20 million class action settlement in the In re: Platinum and Palladium Antitrust Litigation has been granted final approval by the court. Berger Montague is co-lead counsel and obtained the settlement in these consolidated class actions on behalf of traders of platinum and palladium-based derivative contracts, physical platinum and palladium, and platinum and palladium-based securities against B  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Jan. 23 -- Dechert, a law firm, issued the following news: Dechert advised Fasanara Capital Ltd (Fasanara), a London-based institutional investment manager with over US$4 billion in assets, on launching its first tokenized money market fund. This innovative product combines the stability of traditional money market investments with the operational efficiency of blockchain technology. Our team worked closely with Fasanara and key service providers on all aspects of th  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Jan. 23 -- Dechert, a law firm, issued the following news: Dechert is advising Mount Logan Capital Inc. (Cboe Canada: MLC) (Mount Logan) on a definitive agreement to combine with 180 Degree Capital Corp. (Nasdaq: TURN) (180 Degree Capital) in an all-stock transaction. The surviving entity is expected to be a Delaware corporation operating as Mount Logan Capital Inc. (New Mount Logan) and listed on Nasdaq under the symbol MLCI. Mount Logan shareholders will receive p  more

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania, Jan. 23 -- Westinghouse Electric issued the following news release: * * * Enhanced simulation capability allows utilities to validate and train on new uses for thermal energy created by nuclear reactors * * * IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, Jan. 22, 2025 - Westinghouse Electric Company and Idaho National Laboratory (INL) today announced the successful demonstration of a new simulator that shows how a nuclear power plant can be leveraged for applications beyond electrici  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Jan. 21 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Getting over the hump to improve fuel cell manufacturing UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Fuel cells offer a form of clean energy across many sectors and are of particular interest in vehicles, where they produce no emissions. The production of fuel cells requires the use of a rapid laser welding process; however, welding at too high a speed results in humping, marked by surface irregularities on t  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Jan. 22 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development issued the following news on Jan. 21, 2025: * * * Since day one, Governor Josh Shapiro has made it a priority to position the Commonwealth as an economic development and innovation leader -- securing $20 million in his bipartisan 2024-25 budget to create the Main Street Matters program to invest in small businesses and commercial corridors. The Shapiro Administration is continuing to focus o  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Jan. 23 -- PNC Financial Services Group issued the following news release: * * * Matt Corcoran named PNC Regional President and Head of Corporate Banking for St. Louis * * * ST. LOUIS, Jan. 22, 2025 - PNC Bank announced today that Michael J. Scully, a highly respected banking executive and community champion, will retire April 11, 2025, as PNC regional president for St. Louis. Scully retires following a distinguished 42-year career in banking, including more than a   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Jan. 23 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General David W. Sunday issued the following news on Jan. 22, 2025: Today, following his swearing-in ceremony as the Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Attorney General Dave Sunday delivered his inaugural address to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The following is the address as prepared for delivery: Words can't express the gratitude I have to stand here today as the Attorney General of Pennsylvania. This office, which has a rich his  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Jan. 23 (TNSjou) -- The University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy can progress slower and cause less impairment of cognitive functions than other types of dementia * * * New guidelines will help doctors identify patients with a common memory-loss syndrome that is often misdiagnosed as Alzheimer's disease in older adults. The diagnostic criteria for limbic-  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Jan. 21 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Penn State leaders voice support for performance-based funding at campus hearing UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Pennsylvania General Assembly's Performance-Based Funding Council held its first statutorily required on-campus hearing at Penn State's University Park campus on Jan. 21 as part of its charge to develop a new performance-based funding model for Pennsylvania's state-related universit  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Jan. 21 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Photo contest: Share your best picture of winter at Penn State Penn State Today is holding a photo contest for winter images on a University campus. The contest is open to students, faculty, staff, alumni, friends and local community members from all Penn State locations. Our team will announce the winning photo and the top images will be featured on Penn State Today, Penn State News and o  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Jan. 23 (TNSjou) -- The University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering issued the following news on Jan. 22, 2025: * * * Pitt and CMU engineers use BCI technology to find out how neural activity changes over time * * * Understanding how the 100 trillion neural pathways in the brain function is the key to both treatment of disease and advancing artificial intelligence. Thanks to advances in brain-computer interfaces (BCI), researchers at the University of Pit  more

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Jan. 22 -- Bryn Mawr College issued the following news: * * * Positioning Project Lights the Way for Bryn Mawr's Look and Language Bryn Mawr has completed its first-ever comprehensive Institutional Positioning project, which unifies how the College presents its key qualities, values, and personality to our community, prospective students, and the wider world through both words and visual design. Launched in the fall of 2023, this project was led by the College's Off  more

GREENVILLE, Pennsylvania, Jan. 23 (TNSres) -- Thiel College issued the following news release: Thiel College Professor of English and Department Chair Jared Johnson, Ph.D. recently spoke at the 47th Annual Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference. The conference, titled "Shakespeare and the Mind," featured national and international speakers on a wide range of Shakespeare-related issues, including teaching, adaptation, psychoanalysis, and cognitive literary studies. Johnson's paper, entitled "'Rede  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Jan. 22 -- Pennsylvania Auditor General Timothy DeFoor issued the following news release on Jan. 21, 2025: Timothy L. DeFoor today was sworn in for a second term as Pennsylvania's Auditor General. During his inaugural speech, Auditor General DeFoor reflected on the past four years and highlighted his department's successes since he took office. "I strive to be a leader who does the job the way it is supposed to be done--someone who draws conclusions based on facts, no  more

MALVERN, Pennsylvania, Jan. 23 -- Vishay Intertechnology Inc. issued the following news release on Jan. 22, 2025: Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) today introduced a new series of multi-turn, surface-mount cermet trimmers. Designed for space-constrained industrial, consumer, and telecom applications in harsh environments, the TSM3 series devices combine a compact 3 mm by 4 mm by 4 mm footprint with a wide temperature range of -65 C to +150 C and IP67 sealing. Compared to previous-gener  more