ARLINGTON, Texas, June 3 -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following statement by President Teik C. Lim: I am writing with a shared sense of shock, fear, outrage and sadness as we reflect upon the senseless killing of George Floyd as well as recent incidents of hatred, inequality and ensuing violence. This touches me deeply as it brings back scarred memories of years of racism and bullying I endured during my youth simply because of my ethnicity. I am forever grateful to my  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, June 6 -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: As health care workers have fought on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, they simultaneously have been rapidly investigating how best to detect and treat the disease. Effectively evaluating this sea of information in a time of heightened care and precautions can be a challenge. That's why The University of Texas at Arlington partnered with the University of Texas Health Science Center  more

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, June 2 -- Texas A&M University Corpus Christi campus issued the following statement: The recent death of George Floyd, a former Texas A&M-Kingsville student, weighs heavily upon us and the nation. We join Governor Abbott, Chancellor John Sharp, and the many others who condemn the actions that led to this tragedy. As a University, we remain steadfast in our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We provide educational experiences that include the development of   more

SAN ANGELO, Texas, June 2 -- Angelo State University issued the following statement by Interim President Angie Wright: The tragic events of a week ago in Minneapolis have left an imprint on the nation, including the students, faculty and staff of Angelo State University. For our very diverse student population, these images don't feel like a faraway event, because they represent a constant fear they live with daily. Virtually everyone in our community has stopped to reflect on these events and   more

SAN ANGELO, Texas, June 6 -- Angelo State University issued the following news release: Angelo State University has made the decision to begin the Fall 2020 semester one week early and dismiss students following final exams at Thanksgiving. The semester will begin for all classes, including online classes, on Monday, Aug. 17, and conclude for all classes on Tuesday, Nov. 24. Dual-credit courses taught in high schools will be subject to their respective high schools' schedules. This decision  more

AUBURN, Alabama, June 6 -- Auburn University issued the following news article: Auburn University Associate Professor of Geosciences Chandana Mitra will be part of a NASA-funded national team tasked with studying whether cities can, via urban landscapes and/or associated aerosol processes, initiate or modify precipitating cloud systems. Mitra will use a $185,400 segment of NASA's $1.7 million grant to contribute research to the team, which includes representatives from the University of Georgi  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 3 -- The Austin Community College District issued the following statement by President and CEO Richard M. Rhodes: This week, we begin classes for the summer 2020 semester amid a global pandemic and a growing national crisis. I usually send a welcome message at this point of the semester, but our reality demands something different. What is happening in our communities and across the nation cannot go unnoticed. Last night, I had the opportunity to speak with our Board of Tru  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 6 -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news release: Stephanie L. Young has been named Senior Vice President for Institutional Advancement at Baylor College of Medicine. In this capacity, she also will assume the role of President of the Baylor Medical Foundation. Young's 25 year career includes advising family foundations on philanthropy and governance, building collaborative partnerships, marketing communications, stakeholder engagement and more than 20  more

HOUSTON, Texas, May 29 -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news release: Scientific studies suggest that children with birth defects are at increased risk of cancer. However, it has not been assessed whether the type of cancer, the age at which they are diagnosed or the extent of cancer spread at the time of diagnosis, is different for children with birth defects compared to children without birth defects. In this study led by Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's   more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 6 -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news release: For a sperm produced in the testis of a man to fertilize a woman's egg, the sperm must first mature in a man's epididymis, a duct that helps to transport and store sperm. However, the exact mechanisms of this maturation process are not fully known. Now, an international team of researchers from Baylor College of Medicine and Osaka University has identified a chain of events that matures the sperm and ena  more

HOUSTON, Texas, May 28 -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news release: A team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in collaboration with Medterra CBD conducted the first scientific studies to assess the potential therapeutic effects of cannabidiol (CBD) for arthritic pain in dogs, and the results could lead the way to studying its effect in humans. Researchers focused first on these animals because their condition closely mimics the characteristics of human arth  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 1 -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news release: Scientific evidence suggests that cancer can metastasize to other organs when either a single cell or a cluster of cells detaches from the original tumor and travels through the blood to another location, where it grows into a new tumor. Clusters seem to have a higher metastatic potential than single cells, and a report published in Nature Cancer (https://www.nature.com/articles/s43018-020-0068-9) shows   more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 1 -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news release: Dr. Nuo Li, assistant professor of neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine, has been awarded the 2020 McKnight Scholar Award from the McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience. This highly competitive award recognizes young scientists who are in the early stages of their research careers and who are working on research that has immediate and significant impact on clinically relevant issues. Li, who al  more

HOUSTON, Texas, May 28 -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news release: Baylor College of Medicine faculty are honored annually through the Michael E. DeBakey M.D. Award for Excellence in Research for their outstanding published scientific contributions to clinical and basic science research over a three-year period. The 2020 recipients of the DeBakey Research Awards are Dr. Christine Eng, professor of molecular and human genetics; Dr. Dennis Villareal, professor of medicin  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 2 -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news release: Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development announced an extension of their ongoing collaboration with Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI) to advance its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, pursue a key manufacturing step and fill sufficient vials to accelerate the transition into Phase 1 clinical trials. IDRI, a nonprofit global health organization, has expe  more

SAN BERNARDINO, California, June 4 -- California State University San Bernardino campus issued the following news: While their work revolves around the development of a mobile EEG device to monitor the brain activity of astronauts in space, like many NASA innovations, there are spinoff benefits, not just for the students, but the university as well. At the end of their junior year in May 2019, Cal State San Bernardino psychology students Constance Greenwood and Raechel Marino traveled to Houst  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 6 -- CenterPoint Energy issued the following news release: CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC (Houston Electric), an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP),closed a registered public offering of $300 million principal amount of 2.90% general mortgage bonds due July 1, 2050. The net proceeds from the offering will be used for general limited liability company purposes, including capital expenditures and the repayment of a portion of   more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 1 -- CenterPoint Energy issued the following news release: CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) and Energy Capital Partners, LLC, (ECP), a private equity and credit investor specializing in energy infrastructure projects, announced that they have closed on the sale of CenterPoint Energy Services, Inc. (CES) to an affiliate of ECP. Net proceeds of the sale will be used to repay a portion of outstanding CenterPoint Energy debt. In connection with the closing of the transacti  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, June 1 -- Community Newspaper Holdings issued the following news: Jeffrey Gerritt, recipient of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing, has been appointed editor of the Sharon Herald and New Castle News, effective July 13. The appointment was announced by Sharon Sorg, publisher of the newspapers. Gerritt has been the editor of the Palestine, Texas, Herald-Press, a sister CNHI newspaper, for the last three years. His Pulitzer editorials exposed how pre-trial inmate  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 3 -- The University of Texas issued the following news release on June 2: A new study from researchers at The University of Texas at Austin has found that some antivirals are useful for more than helping sick people get better -- they also can prevent thousands of deaths and hundreds of thousands of virus cases if used in the early stages of infection. The study, published today in the journal Nature Communications, focused on influenza and has implications for the coronavi  more

ARKANSAS CITY, Kansas, June 3 -- Cowley College issued the following news release: Dr. Tina Grillot, Cowley College associate vice president for workforce and community education, recently announced that Cowley College has been contracted by Wichita State University's FirePoint Innovations Center to provide accelerated nondestructive testing (NDT) training at the Corpus Christi Army Depot in Texas. FirePoint, a partnership between Wichita State and the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 2 -- Entergy issued the following news release: June 1 officially marks the start of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, and with the potential tropical disturbance in the Gulf, this season is already living up to predictions of an active season. Entergy Texas is ready to respond this hurricane season and wants customers to be prepared too. "While we don't know when or where a hurricane or tropical storm may strike, Entergy Texas remains ready to safely and quickl  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 2 -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: A new analysis of COVID-19 outbreaks in 58 cities has found that places that took longer to begin implementing social distancing measures spent more time with the virus rapidly spreading than others that acted more quickly. In a new paper from epidemiological researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, now in press with the CDC's journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, researchers studied cities throughout   more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 6 -- Houston Baptist University issued the following news release: HBU students returning to campus in the fall of 2020 will have a greater ability to focus upon their education without worry of food insecurity thanks to a $100,000 grant from The Cullen Trust for Higher Education. The Cullen Trust, with The Spirit Golf Association's Spirit Food Fund, will provide an opportunity for the University community to benefit from Houston Food Bank resources, including receiving muc  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 3 -- Houston Baptist University issued the following statement by President Robert Sloan: As I've watched the news this week, I have mourned the injustice we've seen, as well as the violent response across our nation. In these troubling times, my mind has turned to Jesus and what the Scriptures teach us concerning racism, injustice, hatred, and violence. The appearance of Jesus, announcing the loving and restorative reign of God in his person, teaching, and miracles, tragi  more

BROWNWOOD, Texas, June 4 -- Howard Payne University issued the following news: Howard Payne University recently received a $10,000 Texas Emergency Aid Grant from the Texas Higher Education Foundation. The grant is offered through the Texas Emergency Aid Program, initiated by the foundation in partnership with the Greater Texas Foundation and the Trellis Foundation to aid institutions during the COVID-19 crisis. HPU is one of the 57 initial grant recipients, comprised of public and private inst  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, June 2 -- iHeartMedia issued the following news release on June 1: iHeartMedia announced that it will celebrate Black Music Month with exclusive audio vignettes from some of today's top Urban artists. The celebration will honor the incredible achievements of Black musicians and their influential contribution to the world of music. Beginning June 1, iHeartMedia will air special audio messages from artists including H.E.R, Flipp Dinero and Russ and many more as they celebrate   more

BEAUMONT, Texas, June 5 -- Lamar University issued the following news: The American Chemical Society awarded Sylvestre Twagirayezu, assistant professor of chemistry, a $70,000 grant to develop an advanced analytical technique that could have a tremendous impact on the Southeast sylvestretwagTexas petrochemical industry. The ACS' Committee on Petroleum Research Fund awarded the highly-sought after and competitive grant for Twagirayezu's research proposal titled, "Spectroscopic Studies and Chemi  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 2 -- The University of Texas Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs issued the following statement by Dean Angela Evans: We are in the midst of an extraordinary set of circumstances in this country that challenge every notion of what it should be: How we expect to live together, how we expect to be governed, how we expect to be protected from harm -- whether it be man-made or born of nature -- and how we expect to care for the well-being of our communities, and all of ou  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 4 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: A recent forecast of the size of the "Dead Zone" in the northern Gulf of Mexico for late July 2020 is that it will cover 7,769 square-miles of the bottom of the continental shelf off Louisiana and Texas. The coronavirus pandemic has had no impact on the Gulf of Mexico dead zone. The unusually high Mississippi River discharge in May controls the size of this zone, which will likely be the 7th largest   more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 5 -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Rakuten Medical, Inc. announced a strategic alliance collaboration agreement to advance the development of new cancer therapies based on Rakuten Medical's proprietary IlluminoxTM technology platform. Under the terms of the agreement, Rakuten Medical and MD Anderson will collaborate to conduct studies based on the Illuminox techno  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 2 -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following statement by President Peter WT Pisters: At MD Anderson, we are filled with anguish and deep sorrow over the senseless acts of racism and violence in our country and the tragic death of George Floyd. This is particularly poignant for Houstonians as he was a member of our community. His family mourns, and we grieve alongside them as he is laid to rest in our city. Houston is known as one of the mo  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, June 5 -- The North Carolina Utilities Commission issued the following order (Docket No. W-1305): In the Matter of Application by Pluris Hampstead, LLC, 5950 Berkshire Lane, Suite 800, Dallas, Texas, 75225 for Approval of Bond and Surety to Replace Bond and Surety Previously Filed: ORDER APPROVING BOND AND SURETY AND RELEASING BOND AND SURETY BY THE COMMISSION: On November 5, 2015, in Docket No. W-1305, Sub 0, the Commission issued an Order Granting Franchise and Appro  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 3 -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: In response to high demand for professionals with scientific and technical training to understand and work with massive amounts of data, The University of Texas at Austin is set to launch a new online master's degree program in data science. Pending final approval by UT System and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the new program will be a collaboration between the Department of Computer Science, ra  more

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, June 2 -- Texas A&M University Corpus Christi campus issued the following news: At the peak of quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic, an image went viral on social media of the canals in Venice. As people stayed home, without the usual bustling human traffic of tourists, the city's waters were left clear and shimmering, the bottom clearly visible - a picture that left many people around the world wondering if nature was doing better without us. Dr. Michael Wetz, Chair   more

IRVING, Texas, June 2 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release: Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXST), announced that it has named Ron Romines as Vice President and General Manager of its broadcast and digital operations in Charlotte, NC (DMA #21), overseeing WJZY-TV (FOX), WMYT-TV (MyNet) and fox46.com. Mr. Romines will assume his new responsibilities immediately and report to Doug D  more

IRVING, Texas, June 4 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release: Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXST), announced that it will host an exclusive live virtual Town Hall meeting, "Rocky Mountain Recovery," featuring Colorado's Governor, members of the state's Congressional delegation, and other state and local officials and policy experts, on Thursday, June 4, 2020, at 7:00 p.m. MDT. The  more

IRVING, Texas, June 2 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release: Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Nexstar Media Group, announced that it will host an exclusive live virtual Town Hall meeting, "Vermont Virtual Town Hall," featuring Vermont's Congressman, Peter Welch, on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, at 7:00 p.m. ET. The Town Hall will also include Tom Torti, President & CEO of the Lake Champlain Chamber of Commerce, Claudio Fo  more

IRVING, Texas, June 2 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release: The Nexstar Media Charitable Foundation announced it will donate $20,000 to The Virginia Beach Tragedy Fund, established by the United Way of South Hampton Roads to assist the families of those killed or wounded during a shooting at the Virginia Beach Municipal Center last year. The contribution will be made on behalf of WAVY-TV and WVBT-FOX43, Nexstar Broadcasting's television st  more

IRVING, Texas, June 2 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release: WGN America, Nexstar Media Group, Inc.'s wholly owned cable network reaching 75 million television households across the country, announced the anchor teams and correspondents for its live three-hour prime-time national newscast, News Nation, which debuts Tuesday, September 1st. The team is led by veteran journalists and weekday anchors, Joe Donlon and Marni Hughes, breaking news   more

COMMERCE, Texas, June 5 -- Texas A&M University's Commerce Campus Faculty Senate issued the following proclamation: WHEREAS the senseless killing of unarmed Black people is unjust and wrong WHEREAS these killings are symbols of a much larger, pervasive problem that is not always visually recorded for the world to see WHEREAS the events of May 25, 2020 and the days after have brought racism to the forefront, revealing again systemic flaws in our justice system WHEREAS these events demand, tha  more

CANYON, Texas, June 4 -- West Texas A&M University issued the following news: A regional native and nationally prominent researcher in plant breeding has taken over as director of the Semi-Arid Agricultural Systems Institute. Dr. Craig Bednarz, an Idalou native, began May 1 in a joint appointment by West Texas A&M University and Texas A&M AgriLife Research. Bednarz will serve as an associate professor of plant, soil and environmental sciences at WT and will lead and expand the research, instr  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 2 -- Rice University issued the following news release: With the help of a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, Rice University geoscientist Laurence Yeung and his team intend to improve scientific analysis of oxygen isotopes recovered over the past few decades from Earth's rocks, oceans and atmosphere. But their interests truly stretch back more than a billion years. Yeung, an assistant professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences, has earned a five-year,  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 5 -- Rice University issued the following news release: Eggs that would otherwise be wasted can be used as the base of an inexpensive coating to protect fruits and vegetables, according to Rice University researchers. The Brown School of Engineering lab of materials scientist Pulickel Ajayan and colleagues have developed a micron-thick coating that solves problems both for the produce and its consumers, as well as for the environment. When the coating was applied to produ  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 3 -- Rice University issued the following news release: Boron nitride nanotubes are anything but boring, according to Rice University scientists who have found a way to watch how they move in liquids. The researchers' method to study the real-time dynamics of boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) allowed them to confirm, for the first time, that Brownian motion of BNNTs in solution matches predictions and that, like carbon nanotubes of comparable sizes, they remain rigid. Those  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 2 -- Rice University issued the following news release: The United States needs innovative approaches to solve the pressing issue of immigrants living in the country illegally -- and should use existing programs as a guide -- according to experts at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. A new brief from the institute's Center for the United States and Mexico says three existing programs may provide a path toward a solution: Deferred Action for Childhood Arri  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 6 -- S&P Global Platts, a subsidiary of S&P Global, issued the following news: Energy producers shut about 30% of the US Gulf of Mexico's crude oil production and more than 20% of natural gas supplies as Cristobal strengthened back into a tropical storm and began its projected trek from southern Mexico to Louisiana. About 545,000 b/d of crude oil volumes and 601 MMcf/d of gas were shut with more expected to come offline late June 5 and through the weekend, according to the  more

FORT WORTH, Texas, June 2 -- Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary issued the following news release: The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary's School of Church Music and Worship brought together more than 400 worship leaders across the nation in a May 29 webinar to hear faculty and state worship leaders discuss strategies for reopening in-person worship and related concerns. As churches begin to consider when and how they will welcome people back to their church facilities in the co  more

SPRING, Texas, June 5 -- Southwestern Energy, an energy company, issued the following news release: Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE: SWN) announced the retirement of John Ale, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, effective June 30, 2020, following more than six and half years leading the Company's legal and governance functions. Current Associate General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary, Chris Lacy, who has been with the Company since 2014, will be promoted to Vice President, Gen  more

GEORGETOWN, Texas, June 3 -- Southwestern University issued the following statement by Interim President Dale Knobel: Charles Wesley, the Oxford-educated clergyman who with his more famous brother John founded the Methodist movement that, ultimately, sponsored the founding of Southwestern University, wrote these words in a prayer for youth: Unite the pair so long disjoined. Knowledge and vital piety; Learning and holiness combined, And truth and love, let all men see Today's Southwestern w  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 1 -- St. Edward's University issued the following statement by President George E. Martin: I've been asked from time to time why I frequently talk about understanding the meaning of social justice as one of the goals St. Edward's has in educating all of our students. To explain, I remind my audience of the Catholic, Holy Cross origins of the university and the religious mission bequeathed to us by Blessed Basil Moreau, CSC, the founder of the Holy Cross Congregation. A defi  more

COMMERCE, Texas, June 5 -- Texas A&M University's Commerce Campus issued the following statement: The Texas A&M System condemns all racist behaviors, actions, and comments that tear at the moral fabric of our nation. The System is appalled at the deplorable and egregious acts of brutality by some police officers against African Americans. As the nation grieves, the A&M System is also experiencing sorrow and has devoted its platform to stand up against unjust racial disparities. Based on divers  more

IRVING, Texas, June 6 -- ExxonMobil, an international energy company, issued the following news release: Steve Greenlee, president of ExxonMobil Upstream Business Development Company, has elected to retire on July 1 after more than 38 years of service. Exxon Mobil Corporation's board of directors has appointed Linda DuCharme as president of ExxonMobil Upstream Business Development Company and elected her vice president of Exxon Mobil Corporation. She will retain her current position as preside  more

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, June 6 -- AEP Texas, a subsidiary of American Electric Power, issued the following news release: Judith E. Talavera, AEP Texas president and COO, has named Jeff Stracener vice president Distribution Region Operations effective June 13. He will be responsible for the electric distribution system and all construction, maintenance and operations activities for the company. He will replace Tom Coad who will retire in July. Stracener brings over 36 years of experience in vari  more

STEPHENVILLE, Texas, June 5 -- Tarleton State University issued the following news release on June 4: Cleburne Independent School District seniors could find it easier to obtain a college education after Tarleton State University and CISD trustees signed an agreement to benefit the school's top graduates. The Cleburne ISD Board of Trustees and Tarleton leaders recently finalized a memorandum of understanding offering annual scholarships and guaranteed admission for the top 25 percent of Clebur  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 3 -- The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation issued the following news release: The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation released its 2021-2025 Strategic Plan and Supplemental Schedule which can be found at: https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/StratPlan/2021/TDLR%20Strategic%20Plan%20FY%202021-25.pdf https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/StratPlan/2021/TDLR%20Strategic%20Plan%20FY%202021-25%20Supplemental%20Schedules.pdf] The TDLR Strategic Plan covers five agency goals for t  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 6 -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news release: Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine are recommending that all COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU undergo a thromboelastography (TEG) to test for the risk of forming blood clots. This recommendation comes after they found that more than half of the patients tested under these same conditions developed clinically significant blood clots that went undetected using routine screenings. The findings  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, June 5 -- Texas A&M University's College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences issued the following news release: Well-being involves the mind, body, and spirit, says Dr. Nance Algert, a member of the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences' (CVM) Office for Diversity & Inclusion. "Well-being is staying connected to ourselves and knowing ourselves well enough to know what we need," Algert said. "Well-being is also being mindful about bein  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, June 5 -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: Dr. M. Katherine Banks, vice chancellor and dean of engineering, has appointed Dr. Arul Jayaraman head of the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University. The appointment was effective June 1. Jayaraman has served as the interim department head since June 2019, and served as acting department head from March-May 2019. Prior to that, he served as associate dep  more

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, June 2 -- Texas A&M University Corpus Christi campus issued the following news: While in some cases, it seems as though the world has stopped due to COVID-19, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi's faculty has remained engaged in digital instruction, scholarly research, and creative activity related to the pandemic. One such faculty member is Dr. Kelly Bezio, newly promoted Associate Professor of English, who has contributed an essay as part of a special forum on American  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, June 3 -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: Subtle variations in the architecture of the 22 bones of the skull give each one of us a unique facial profile. Hence, repairing the shape of skull defects, in the event of a fracture or a congenital deformity, calls for a technique that can be tailored to an individual's face or head structure. In a new study, researchers at Texas A&M University have combined 3D printing, biomaterial eng  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, June 3 -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: Dr. Chabum Lee was awarded the 2020 Blackall Machine Tool and Gage Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Lee, who serves as assistant professor in the J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University, received the award for his paper titled "Precision Cutting Tool Wear Monitoring Method by Knife-Edge Diffraction Interferometry." Th  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 1 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott declared a State of Disaster for all Texas counties in the midst of violent protests that endanger public safety and threaten property loss and damage. Under this declaration, the Governor has the ability to designate federal agents to serve as Texas Peace Officers. "Every Texan and every American has the right to protest and I encourage all Texans to exercise their First Amendment right  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 1 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: "Texas and America mourn the senseless loss of George Floyd and the actions that led to his death are reprehensible and should be condemned in the strongest terms possible," said Governor Abbott. "As Texans exercise their 1st Amendment rights, it is imperative that order is maintained and private property is protected." To ensure peaceful protest, Governor Greg Abbott has sent state resources to the cities   more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 6 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott held a press conference in Austin where he provided an update on Tropical Storm Cristobal, as well as hurricane preparedness and special COVID-19 considerations. Prior to the press conference, the Governor was briefed on Tropical Storm Cristobal, a weather formation in the Gulf expected to regain strength and potentially make landfall in Louisiana with possible impact to parts of deep eas  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 3 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott held a press conference in Dallas where he provided an update on Texas' response to protest violence across the state. In his remarks, the Governor called for swift justice in the case of George Floyd's death, and discussed the ways Texas is working with local law enforcement to maintain order and uphold public safety so that peaceful protestors can continue to make their voices heard.   more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 5 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott announced that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) will provide approximately $177 million in emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits for the month of June in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. HHSC received federal approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to extend the maximum, allowable amount of SNAP benefits to recipients base  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 2 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on June 1: Governor Greg Abbott, along with all four United States Attorneys in Texas, announced that individuals who come to Texas from out of state to engage in looting, violence, or other destructive acts in violation of federal law will be subject to federal prosecution. Anyone who is arrested and charged with such offenses will be transferred to federal custody. The United States Attorneys will be worki  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, June 6 -- Trinity University issued the following news: Trinity University's Reading TUgether program presents an opportunity for the larger Trinity community of students, faculty, staff, parents, and alumni to engage with literature as a joint reading experience this summer. Though life looks a little different for everyone this year, the Reading TUgether program is the perfect way to spend your extra time and encounter Thi Bui's world as she showcases her family's exodus f  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 6 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $10 million to the Pervasive Technology Institute at Indiana University (IU) in collaboration with University of Hawai'i, University of Texas at Austin's Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC), Arizona State University (ASU) and Cornell University to deploy Jetstream 2, a nationwide distributed cloud computing system that supports on-demand research, artifici  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 5 -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: The explosion of mobile electronic devices, electric vehicles, drones and other technologies have driven demand for new lightweight materials that can provide the power to operate them. Researchers from the University of Houston and Texas A&M University have reported a structural supercapacitor electrode made from reduced graphene oxide and aramid nanofiber that is stronger and more versatile than conventiona  more

CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, June 5 -- The University of Illinois System Urbana-Champaign campus issued the following news release: Researchers report that the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, has become more abundant across Illinois in the past three decades. Its spread is problematic, as the mosquito can transmit diseases - like chikungunya or dengue fever - to humans. The Asian tiger mosquito originated in the forests of southeast Asia. It found its way to Texas around 1985 and very quickly   more

DENTON, Texas, June 4 -- The University of North Texas issued the following news release: Alyssa Sarvadi, a recent graduate of the University of North Texas College of Engineering, believes they have found a better way to clean the air aboard space ships. And, NASA agrees. Sarvadi and their mentor, associate professor of engineering technology Huseyin Bostanci, are part of a 10-year-old NASA program that sponsors graduate students and their professors who show significant potential to contribu  more

DENTON, Texas, June 3 -- The University of North Texas issued the following news release: University of North Texas professor and computational chemist G. Andres Cisneros, along with his research group, are running computer simulations using four U.S. supercomputers, including the world's most powerful, Summit, at the Oak Ridge National Lab in Tennessee, to investigate inhibitor mechanisms of existing drugs and provide insights that could serve to improve treatment options for COVID-19. Cisner  more

DENTON, Texas, June 4 -- The University of North Texas issued the following news release: The University of North Texas is using 3D printing technology to make ventilator splitters that will allow doctors to use a single ventilator to treat two patients. In response to the possible need for more ventilators to treat critically ill COVID-19 patients, a team from UNT's College of Engineering collaborated to adapt a design and manufacture ventilator splitters in the college's digital manufacturin  more

DENTON, Texas, June 4 -- The University of North Texas issued the following news release: As the global pandemic lingers on, news about the virus and images of people wearing masks to slow the spread are a mainstay on the news and social media. For Martha Samaniego Calderon's 7-year-old daughter, seeing people with masks has been a little scary and prompted her to ask questions. Calderon figured she wasn't the only parent facing these difficult conversations. As a graduate student in the Coll  more

FORT WORTH, Texas, June 5 -- Tarrant County College issued the following news release: University of Phoenix and Tarrant County College District (TCCD) have announced an agreement that will allow graduates of TCCD to seamlessly transfer their credits to the University and pursue a bachelor's degree. The 3+1 program will allow students to save on the cost of their education by spending three years completing general course requirements at TCCD, with a final year at the University to secure a BS   more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 5 -- The University of Texas at Austin's Texas Advanced Computing Center issued the following news release on June 4: The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $10 million grant to deploy Jetstream 2, a distributed cloud computing system to support on-demand research, artificial intelligence, and enhanced large-scale data analyses for the nation. The project is led by the Pervasive Technology Institute (PTI) at Indiana University with the Texas Advanced Computing C  more

GALVESTON, Texas, June 2 -- The University of Texas Medical Branch issued the following news release: A team of researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, led by Dr. George Saade, are active partners in the National Institutes of Health's newly launched study to learn more about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pregnancy and post-partum care. The study is conducted within UTMB and the other 11 health care sites across the U.S. that encompass the Maternal Fetal   more

ARLINGTON, Texas, June 5 -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: A researcher at The University of Texas at Arlington has teamed up with a colleague at UT Southwestern Medical Center on a biopsy image analysis that will help pinpoint care for lung cancer patients. Junzhou Huang, associate professor of computer science and engineering, is working with UT Southwestern's Guanghua Xiao on a Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) project usi  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 3 -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: The country's first peer-reviewed study of a COVID-19 treatment that transfuses blood plasma from recovered patients into critically ill patients shows 19 out of 25 patients improving, including 11 discharged from the hospital. On March 28, Houston Methodist Hospital became the first academic medical center in the U.S. to transfuse plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients into two critically ill patients. Collab  more

FORT DAVIS, Texas, June 3 -- The University of Texas at Austin's McDonald Observatory issued the following news release: Fritz Benedict has used data he took over two decades ago with Hubble Space Telescope to confirm the existence of another planet around the Sun's nearest neighbor, Proxima Centauri, and to pin down the planet's orbit and mass. Benedict, an emeritus Senior Research Scientist with McDonald Observatory at The University of Texas at Austin, will present his findings in a scientif  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 4 -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: Coinciding with calls to #stayhome and #stayhealthy comes some new advice: #stayconnected with your doctor through online patient portals. People who engage with health care providers through online patient portals spend less time in the hospital, cutting medical costs, according to a new study published in the June 2020 issue of MIS Quarterly. In the first large-scale, longitudinal analysis to explore how use  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 4 -- The University of Texas issued the following news release on June 3: Businesses that want to thrive in the 21st century need to throw out the old marketing playbook that puts the customer first, according to new research from the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin. The most successful marketers of the past few years were less focused on their customers than they were on building relationships across industries and carefully considering thei  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 4 -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: As COVID-19 continues to spread across Texas and the nation, scientists from the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering & Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Houston have created a mapping tool for determining which populations in Houston and the city's surroundings appear most vulnerable to the infection. The tool takes a holistic approach to health, with access to medical  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 3 -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: Beyond fame and fortune, certain traits and behaviors may have pervasive influence in climbing the social ladder, according to a study by evolutionary psychologists at The University of Texas at Austin. The study of 2,751 individuals in 14 nations identified universally valued qualities, such as intelligence and honesty, that can heighten a person's social status. It also identified universal double-standards t  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 5 -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: When the novel coronavirus began spreading during the early months of 2020, it put kinks in multinational production chains -- first in China and then around the globe. But it didn't have to happen that way, according to Francisco Polidoro, associate management professor at the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin. In a forthcoming paper published online in advance by the Academy of M  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, June 4 -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio issued the following news release: A team of researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio confirmed the role of a certain protein in the development of high-grade kidney cancer. The researchers also showed that a higher level of the protein can be used as a marker to predict which tumors will develop treatment resistance and progress more rapidly. Dharam Kaushik, MD, led   more

IRVING, Texas, June 3 -- Vistra Energy issued the following statement by Carrie Kirby, chief administrative officer and executive vice president on June 2 regarding racial injustice: "Yesterday, CEO Curt Morgan addressed employees via our weekly COVID-19 live stream and felt compelled to discuss racial injustice in our country. "I feel it's important to more broadly share his sentiments. Watch here: https://vimeo.com/425240682/6e972a6eb7 "We are appalled by the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, June 2 -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: With $2 million in support from the Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), The University of Texas at Arlington has added an emerging leader in cancer biology to its faculty and fortified its cancer research enterprise. Piya Ghose, assistant professor of biology, came to UTA in January 2020 with an established portfolio of investigations into programmed cell death, which ha  more