Order, obedience, and outdated rules: The real cost of control in our classrooms

By Marcia Ashong-Sam, MCIArb The debate over hair in schools is about more than grooming; it’s about the unfinished work of decolonising education and redefining discipline for a new generation. A video recently went viral of a teenage girl...

CONTRIBUTOR’S VIEW – John Tures: Student Research Into Scientific Evidence Of Gerrymandering

CONTRIBUTOR’S VIEW – John Tures: Student Research Into Scientific Evidence Of Gerrymandering Published 8:45 am Saturday, October 4, 2025 Texas conducted an unusual mid-decade redrawing of Congressional districts for the state. California responded...

Boulder’s Integral Consulting acquires Pennsylvania firm

Integral Consulting Inc., an environmental, scientific, and engineering consulting firm, recently acquired Brownfield Science & Technology Inc.,a company based in Cochranville, Pennsylvania, that provides remediation, environmental compliance,...

E-foils? Jetboards? Pennsylvania looks to catch up boating rules to new water rides

These aren’t your uncle’s rowboat with electric trolling motor. E-foils and jetboards are becoming increasingly popular with thrill-seekers on Pennsylvania’s waterways, and lawmakers are looking to catch boating regulations up to the new...

NIU named 2025 Excellence in Student Success Award finalist

Northern Illinois University recently was named a finalist in the inaugural Association of Public and Land-grant Universities 2025 Excellence in Student Success Award. The award honors institutions demonstrating a comprehensive and systemic...

AI Set to Transform Pediatric Neuro-Oncology: A New Era in Treatment and Assessment

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Center for Data Driven Discovery in Biomedicine finds AI in Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Surpasses Manual Measures PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia...

Art educators, researchers from across the U.S. gather at Penn State for symposium

Art education researchers from across the country are gathering this week at Penn State’s University Park campus, as universities nationwide grapple with federal funding challenges for research. This year’s symposium marks the 10th anniversary of...

Water Center at Penn partners with Amazon, industry leaders to launch water-AI research center

Credit: Hans Bode The Water Center at Penn has announced an international collaboration with Amazon Web Services, the Water Environment Federation, and the Leading Utilities of the World to create the Water-AI Nexus Center of Excellence. This...

Kerry Group opens Pennsylvania coffee plant to support refrigerated production and distribution

Kerry Group recently announced it will open its first Pennsylvania manufacturing plant in Hanover Township, Northampton County. The company, which produces coffee roasting and extraction products for the global food and beverage market, aims to...

Kerry Group selects Pennsylvania for new coffee roast and extraction plant

Kerry Group is expanding its North American footprint with a new coffee roasting and extraction facility in Bethlehem, Pa. The Ireland-based company plans to invest several million dollars in the operation, creating at least 61 new full-time jobs...

Study Results from University of Pennsylvania in the Area of Managed Care Reported (Grading Hospitals Using Multivariate Matching): Managed Care

2025 OCT 03 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Data detailed on Managed Care have been presented. According to news reporting originating from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by NewsRx correspondents, research...

Business Licenses: October 28, 2025

The following business licenses were issued between September 29 and October 24, 2025: Anderson, Kevin N, 3654 Kasinger Ln, Owensboro, KY, All Other Personal Services Appalachian Foothills Contracting I, 959 Enterprise Ct, Lexington, KY, Site...

Lee Hamilton: Why voting matters more than ever

Many states around the country next month will be holding municipal and (in some cases) state elections. Whether that’s true for your state or not, I want to make a case for why turning out to vote, even in what might seem to be minor local...

Bay Hypoxia Drops Below Average in Late 2025 Summer

Hypoxia volumes in the Chesapeake Bay mainstem, spanning Maryland and Virginia, peaked above average in early summer 2025 before declining to below-average levels by late August and September, according to data from the Maryland Department of...

Editorial: What is the point of a fight in the Pennsylvania state House?

Every day is a new fight in Harrisburg. Lately, it’s been about the three-months-overdue budget. Discussions on the contentious spending plan are an all-too-familiar battleground. It’s a long-running soap opera that has gotten even more dramatic...

Advanced Cooling Technologies Acquires Canyon Composites to Improve Thermal Control Offering

ACT acquires Canyon Composites. ACT Anaheim employees inspect a custom composite structure. Photo: ACT Advanced Cooling Technologies (ACT), which provides thermal management solutions for spacecraft, has acquired Canyon Composites, a move that...

Dr. Behnam Shakibaie, team at Pennsylvania varsity develop novel microscopic dentistry technique

Dr. Shakibaie, author of numerous treatment methods in Microscopic and Digital Dentistry, along with his research team at the Department of Preventive and Restorative Dentistry Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, have newly published the...

Penn researchers work with NASA to design robot systems for extraterrestrial environments

Penn’s Sung Robotics Lab is working with NASA on a project named “Temporarily, Robots Unite to Surmount Sandy Entrapments, then Separate." Credit: Chenyao Liu Penn’s Sung Robotics Lab is working with NASA to lead an initiative investigating how...

Mamdani’s dad claimed ‘moral equivalence’ between U.S. and Al-Qaeda, compared Afghan war to 9/11

Zohran Mamdani’s father Mahmood — a prominent leftist in his own right — penned a book in the wake of the terrorist attacks of 9/11 where he argued that there was a “moral equivalence” between the United States and al-Qaeda, compared the U.S....

Penn Perelman School of Medicine researchers develop overdose prediction tool

Penn Perelman School of Medicine researchers developed an overdose risk prediction tool for cocaine and other stimulants. Credit: Roger Ge Researchers at Penn's Perelman School of Medicine have developed an overdose prediction tool for cocaine and...