A union of Penn State employees came to an agreement for a new contract just as its contract was set to expire and the possibility of a strike was on the horizon. Teamsters Local 8, a union of technical service employees at Penn State, posted on Facebook early Saturday that they reached a tentative four-year […]
Members in a union that represents thousands of Penn State employees overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike if needed once their current contract expires. Teamsters Local 8, a union of technical service employees at Penn State, has been in contract negotiations with the university since early May. Their contract expires midnight June 30. Between Tuesday […]
By Hernan Nessi and Aida Pelaez-Fernandez BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentina entered a technical recession in the first quarter of the year, official data showed on Monday, and job losses mounted amid a tough austerity drive by libertarian President Javier Milei who is prioritising restoring fiscal order. The South American country’s gross domestic product (GDP) shrank […]
A wide-bodied Boeing 777 aircraft returned to Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport for safety reasons on Sunday around 40 minutes after take-off. The aircraft operated by Dutch airline KLM was en route to Rio de Janeiro and was travelling over Belgium when a technical fault was reported, the ANP news agency reported Dutch air traffic control as […]
Reader question: We see student enrollment going down at many Wisconsin universities. What is happening to the enrollment at technical schools? Answer: As referenced above, enrollment at the Universities of Wisconsin declined for eight straight years before increasing 1.1% last fall to reach 162,528 students. Enrollment at the Wisconsin Technical College System followed a similar pattern. The […]
The Department of Energy is unlikely to meet a deadline set by a federal court for the next step to prepare the Hanford site’s vitrification plant to treat radioactive waste for disposal. On Thursday DOE notified the Washington state Department of Ecology that it was at risk of not meeting the Aug. 1 deadline to […]
Imagine keeping a laser beam trained on a dime that’s 200 miles away. Now imagine doing that continuously for 24 hours, while riding a merry-go-round. Seem difficult? Well, that’s basically what the Hubble Space Telescope does. After months of technical issues, NASA announced June 4 that Hubble would shift into one-gyroscope mode. This essentially means […]
NASA engineers have managed to get the long-running Voyager 1 space probe fully back in working order after some seven months of technical difficulties. In November 2023, the spacecraft — which is more than 15 billion miles from Earth — started sending back strange, , and the team has been working ever since to get […]
At New York City’s Thomas A. Edison CTE High School — a large, comprehensive high school in Queens — students are actively shaping their school’s future. Working alongside teachers, they’re contributing to projects that organically blend career and technical education with college preparation, setting a model for integrating academic content with career-connected learning. In a […]
A British Airways flight lasted nine hours but ended up back where it started after a technical issue. The Boeing 787 reached Newfoundland before turning back across the Atlantic to London Heathrow. The flight returned home as it is usually easier, and cheaper, to fix problems at a base airport. Dozens of British Airways passengers […]
Jun. 6—COLLEGE STATION — With funding provided by the 88th Texas Legislature, the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) has expanded its outreach efforts throughout Texas to offer training and assistance in three critical disciplines essential to Texas communities: Fire and Emergency Services; Law Enforcement and Protective Services; and Critical Infrastructure/Water and Wastewater Management and […]
Berkshire Hathaway, Chipotle, More NYSE Stocks Hit With Trading Halts Triggered By Technical Issues (UPDATED) Editor’s note: This story has been updated with additional details. Multiple stocks on the New York Stock Exchange experienced sudden trading halts after 9:40 a.m. ET Monday due to technical issues. The unexpected pauses in trading were triggered by a […]