ATHENS, Georgia, Sept. 14 (TNSPer) -- The University of Georgia College of Engineering issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2021: The University of Georgia College of Engineering has named Bjorn Birgisson, a professor at Texas A&M University and an accomplished educator with experience leading engineering education and research programs in the United States, the United Kingdom and Sweden, as the next chair of UGA's School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural and Mechanical Engineerin  more

LA JUNTA, Colorado, Sept. 15 (TNSPer) -- Otero Junior College issued the following news release: Heather Broussard, sophomore at Otero College, has been selected as the editor of the Chinook, a literary compilation that highlights student and community writings and art. This year marks the 50th year of the Chinook publication. Originally from Houston, Texas, Broussard graduated from Springwoods High School in 2012. She and her fiance moved to La Junta a little over a year ago. She is a busines  more

BROWNWOOD, Texas, Sept. 15 (TNSPer) -- Howard Payne University issued the following news: Susan Sharp, Howard Payne University's teacher certification officer, was elected president of the Texas Association of Certification Officers (TACO) for the 2021-2022 academic year. In this role, Sharp will conduct monthly Zoom sessions with certification officers across the state and preside over sessions at the annual Consortium of State Organizations for Texas Teacher Education (CSOTTE) Conference in S  more

STEPHENVILLE, Texas, Sept. 18 (TNSPer) -- Tarleton State University issued the following news release: Following a rigorous national search, Dr. Sherri Benn has been named Tarleton State University's inaugural Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, effective Oct. 11. As a member of the President's Executive Cabinet, Dr. Benn will play a crucial role in cultivating a climate that encourages diversity and inclusion throughout the Tarleton community, aligning with the university's co  more

RICHARDSON, Texas, Sept. 16 (TNSPer) -- The University of Texas Dallas campus issued the following news: Dr. Yvette E. Pearson never pictured herself as an engineer when she was growing up. However, she discovered that she loved engineering after her mother encouraged her to major in the subject in college. "What potential would have been wasted had I not had my mom be the person who said, 'You can do this. Why not you?'" said Pearson, who was born with cerebral palsy. "I entered my career as   more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Sept. 16 (TNSAwa) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Texas A&M: Industrial and Systems Engineering Faculty Receive Prestigious Awards Two faculty from the Wm Michael Barnes '64 Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Texas A&M University received awards from the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES), demonstrating their accomplishments in education, practice and professional service in human factors engin  more

COMMERCE, Texas, Sept. 15 (TNSEve) -- Texas A&M University's Commerce Campus issued the following news on Sept. 14, 2021: The Young Conservatives of Texas at Texas A&M University-Commerce will present a guest speaker on Tuesday, September 28 at 6 p.m. in the Ferguson Social Sciences Auditorium. Syndicated columnist, author and political pundit Richard Lowry will present a conservative viewpoint on issues and concerns facing the United States. Born and raised in Arlington, Virginia, Lowry atten  more

SAN ANGELO, Texas, Sept. 16 (TNSGra) -- Angelo State University issued the following news: Dr. Kenneth Carrell, an assistant professor of physics at Angelo State University, has been awarded a two-year, $105,535 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund an astrophysics research project that will also involve ASU undergraduate students. Also director of the ASU Planetarium, Carrell was awarded the grant through the NSF's new Launching Early-Career Academic Pathways in the Mathema  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 14 (TNSJou) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: Lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD, is a potent hallucinogen that alters the perception of reality. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have discovered changes in the brain, triggered by the drug, that may explain the profound altered behavior associated with LSD, helping to understand how the brain generates behavior. The researchers show in the journal Cell Reports that, compared with rats wi  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 14 (TNSJou) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: Studying the role genes play on basic biology and disease is now easier, faster and more efficient, say researchers at Baylor College of Medicine. They have developed a drug-based genetic platform that enables scientists to track genetic manipulations in the laboratory fruit fly without having to screen thousands of individual flies. The researchers describe in Cell Reports the fundamentals of this n  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 17 (TNSJou) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: Infectious diseases kill millions of people annually worldwide. However, vaccination has proven to be an effective measure to control infectious diseases, and the rapid emergence of COVID-19 has shown the importance of developing safe and effective vaccines in a minimal time frame. Published in Scientific Reports, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Amity University in Noida, India, have di  more

WACO, Texas, Sept. 14 (TNSOps) -- Baylor University issued the following news on Sept. 13, 2021: Baylor University announced its official fall enrollment today, including an overall enrollment that topped 20,000 for the first time amid rising diversity and graduation rates. According to official 12th class day statistics from Baylor's Office of Institutional Research and Testing, Baylor enrolled 20,626 students this fall. The University's overall student body also is the most diverse ever, wit  more

WACO, Texas, Sept. 18 (TNSMon) -- Baylor University issued the following news on Sept. 16, 2021: Baylor University today announced a $1.5 million gift from Jim and Tammy Snee of Austin, Minnesota, establishing an endowed faculty chair position to lead research efforts addressing food security through the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty (BCHP). The Jim and Tammy Snee Family Chair in Food Security is the 14th chair established through the Baylor Academic Challenge Initiative in the Gi  more

WACO, Texas, Sept. 14 (TNSRes) -- Baylor University issued the following news on Sept. 13, 2021: * * * Results from Baylor Religion Survey Wave 6 data show patterns of negative emotional responses to COVID-19 pandemic * * * Findings from the latest national Baylor Religion Survey (BRS) found that the COVID-19 pandemic has made Americans significantly angrier, sadder, lonelier and more worried. Wave 6 of the survey provided Baylor University researchers with a unique opportunity to examine th  more

NACOGDOCHES, Texas, Sept. 17 (TNSAwa) -- Stephen F. Austin State University issued the following news: * * * Stephen F. Austin State University: Dr. Brian Oswald Receives Top Recognition From Alma Mater Dr. Brian Oswald, Joe C. Denman Distinguished Professor of Forestry at Stephen F. Austin State University, received the Dwight Patterson Alumnus of the Year Award from Northern Arizona University in recognition of the outstanding success he has achieved throughout his professional career. Osw  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 14 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a coalition of 24 state attorneys general in support of the United States Department of Justice's lawsuit to block enforcement of Senate Bill 8 (SB 8) - Texas' blatantly unconstitutional abortion ban. In an amicus brief filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, the coalition urged the Court to grant the federal   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 17 (TNSPol) -- The Center for Gender and Refugee Studies issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2021: Today a federal court blocked the government from expelling families seeking safety under Title 42, granting a preliminary injunction in Huisha-Huisha v. Mayorkas, a class action lawsuit brought by the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (CGRS), American Civil Liberties Union, Oxfam America, RAICES, and Texas Civil Rights Project. The court ruled the pla  more

ADA, Oklahoma, Sept. 17 -- The Chickasaw Nation, a federally-recognized Native American tribe, issued the following news release: The Chickasaw Nation Productions' movie "Pearl" and documentary "Pearl Carter Scott: On Top of the World," from the Chickasaw Heritage Series, will be shown in Abilene, Texas, on Abilene Television Network. "Pearl" will be broadcast Thursday, Sept. 16, and Thursday, Sept. 23, at 6:30 a.m., and Saturday, Sept. 25, at 9 p.m. "Pearl Carter Scott: On Top of the World"   more

DENVER, Colorado, Sept. 18 -- Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2021: Attorney General Phil Weiser today joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general in filing a court brief in support of the U.S. Department of Justice's challenge to Texas' unconstitutional six week ban on abortions, and the department's motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction of the law, which went into effect earlier this month. "I am committed to d  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 17 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2021: Attorney General William Tong has joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general in a court brief challenging the Texas six-week abortion ban as an unconstitutional effort to overturn nearly five decades of Supreme Court precedent. With additional states across the country seeking to impose additional barriers to safe access to reproductive healthcare, Attorney General T  more

DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 15 -- The Dallas Independent School District issued the following news release: With the safety and well-being of our staff and students in mind, the district is offering a one-time $50 vaccination incentive to students ages 12 and older who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. To apply for the incentive, families must fill in the application and provide proof of vaccination for each eligible student by Nov. 15. The student's vaccination status will be used to process th  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 16 -- The Democratic Party of Georgia issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2021: The Democratic Party of Georgia held a virtual press conference to discuss what's at stake for Georgians after the Supreme Court failed to block Texas's dangerous six-week abortion ban -- which makes no exceptions for cases of rape or incest and allows citizens to file lawsuits against anyone who "aids or abets the performance or inducement of an abortion." Congresswoman Nikema Wi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2021: In response to Texas' six-week abortion ban, health care providers, voters and Democrats in key Senate battlegrounds are calling out Republicans' toxic agenda on reproductive health care and the GOP's ongoing efforts to try and strip away health care coverage from women and families--ensuring that this issue will be front and center in the 2022 Senate elections. Take a look  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Sept. 16 (TNSAwa) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Texas A&M: Bullard Receives NSF Graduate Fellowship First-year biomedical engineering doctoral student Elizabeth Bullard expected to hear whether she'd made it into the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) from the foundation. However, as an additional surprise, the first email she saw didn't come from the NSF but rather from he  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Sept. 17 (TNSGra) -- Florida State University issued the following news: Along the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico, communities from Texas to Florida are particularly at risk for coastal hazards, including hurricanes, tsunamis, coastal storm surges, flooding, sea-level rise and erosion. Now, a Florida State University anthropologist is part of a team of researchers from five institutions across the country that will conduct fundamental research in support of holistic  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 18 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following news release: Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in support of the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) challenge to Texas' new unconstitutional six week ban on abortions. The brief specifically supports DOJ's motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction of the law, which went into effect earlier this month.   more

HILLSBORO, Texas, Sept. 14 (TNSGra) -- Hill College issued the following news: Hill College is working to make courses more affordable and accessible for students through a variety of avenues this year, including its annual Faculty Study Grant Program. The program awards up to $2,500 to selected faculty members each summer to pursue professional development opportunities aimed at enhancing course curriculum and enriching learning for students. The grants fund the technology and resources facul  more

BROWNWOOD, Texas, Sept. 17 (TNSMon) -- Howard Payne University issued the following news: Howard Payne University's Jacket Alums in Ministry (JAM) raised $2,000 to purchase new Bibles for incoming students at HPU in the fall 2021 semester. The Bibles were delivered to university's three residence halls for students to receive as they moved in on Thursday, August 19. "It was our privilege to provide this gift to all incoming freshman and transfers," said Dr. Chris Liebrum '73, HPU vice presiden  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Sept. 17 (TNSAwa) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Texas A&M: Peddicord Awarded Alvin M. Weinberg Medal From the American Nuclear Society Dr. Kenneth Peddicord, professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been awarded the 2021 Alvin M. Weinberg Medal from the American Nuclear Society (ANS). The award recognizes an individual for outstanding international technical and policy leadership  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Sept. 16 -- Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2021: Attorney General Aaron M. Frey today joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in support of the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) challenge to Texas new unconstitutional ban on abortions after six weeks. The brief specifically supports DOJ's motion for a preliminary injunction of the law, which went into effect earlier this month. "The unconstitutional  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 16 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2021: Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey today led a coalition of 24 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in support of the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) challenge to Texas' new unconstitutional six-week ban on abortions. The brief specifically supports DOJ's motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction of the law, which went i  more

FORT DAVIS, Texas, Sept. 15 (TNSOps) -- The University of Texas at Austin's McDonald Observatory issued the following news release: McDonald Observatory and its community partners (Big Bend National Park, Big Bend Ranch State Park, the Davis Mountains Preserve, and others) are close to sending in their application to create an International Dark Sky Reserve in the Big Bend, and need your help. The group is asking for letters of support to accompany their application to the International Dark Sk  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 14 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2021: * * * Research focused on improving immunotherapy-related side effects for patients with cancer * * * The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and SNIPR BIOME today announced a strategic collaboration to advance new CRISPR-based microbiome therapeutics to reduce immune-related adverse events (irAE) in patients being treated with combined immun  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 18 (TNSRes) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release: * * * Key presentations to focus on novel cell therapies, antibody-drug conjugates and neoadjuvant immunotherapy * * * The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center's Research Highlights provides a glimpse into recent studies in basic, translational and clinical cancer research from MD Anderson experts. This special edition features oral presentations by MD Anderson  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 16 (TNSEve) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2021: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center will celebrate the life of trailblazing oncologist Emil J Freireich, M.D., in a virtual tribute on Sept. 23. The hour-long event will be available for viewing starting at 4 p.m. CT at mdanderson.org/FreireichTribute. Freireich died Feb. 1 at the age of 93. He is recognized as a founding father of modern c  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sept. 16 -- Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2021: Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh today joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in support of the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) challenge to Texas' new unconstitutional ban on most abortions. The brief specifically supports DOJ's motion for a preliminary injunction of the law, which went into effect earlier this month. The brief  more

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 17 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a coalition of 23 other attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in support of the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) challenge to Texas' new unconstitutional ban on abortions. The brief specifically supports DOJ's motion for a preliminary injunction of the law, which went into effect earlier this month. "My sentiments on this issue have never  more

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 17 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: This month, Texas became the center of the anti-choice crusade after drastic legislation banning abortions of pregnancies past 6 weeks in all instances -- including rape and incest -- was allowed to go into effect. As the enactment of Texas' law spurs state legislators across the country to ram similar bills through their chambers, naturally Michiganders' eyes are pointing to the now 12 candidates c  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Sept. 16 -- Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison issued the following news on Sept. 15, 2021: Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison today joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in support of the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) challenge to Texas' new unconstitutional six-week ban on abortions. Attorney General Ellison and the coalition specifically support DOJ's motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction of th  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Sept. 16 -- Minnesota's Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party issued the following news release: Republican State Representative Tim Miller has pledged to introduce a Texas-style abortion ban in Minnesota during the next state legislative session, according to recent reporting from the Minnesota News Network. In a recent legislative update, Miller praised the Texas abortion ban, bragged about authoring similar bills in Minnesota, and promised to introduce further restrictions on ab  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Sept. 14 -- The North Carolina Democratic Party issued the following news: After the Supreme Court's refusal to block Texas' six-week abortion ban and Republicans' continued threats to reproductive health care, leaders of Planned Parenthood Votes! South Atlantic, NARAL Pro-Choice North Carolina, and the North Carolina Democratic Party released the following statements underscoring the stakes of the 2022 midterms and defeating anti-choice candidates in the U.S. Senate ra  more

NEW YORK, Sept. 16 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2021: New York Attorney General Letitia James today continued her fight to safeguard the health care and reproductive rights of patients across New York and the rest of the nation. As part of a coalition of 24 attorneys general, Attorney General James today filed an amicus brief in support of the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) challenge to Texas' new, unconstitutional six-week ban on  more

ALBANY, New York, Sept. 14 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2021: In response to anti-abortion laws in Texas and across the country, Governor Kathy Hochul today announced an agenda to affirm abortion rights and cement New York's status as a place to welcome women seeking abortion care. Governor Hochul was joined by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand to lay out their combined efforts to fight for reproductive rights. As part of these efforts, the Governor   more

ALBANY, New York, Sept. 14 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following transcript on Sept. 13, 2021: * * * In response to anti-abortion laws in Texas and across the country, Governor Kathy Hochul today announced an agenda to affirm abortion rights and cement New York's status as a place to welcome women seeking abortion care. Governor Hochul was joined by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand to lay out their combined efforts to fight for reproductive rights. As part of these efforts, the Gove  more

ALBANY, New York, Sept. 17 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following transcript of an interview on MSNBC's the Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell: * * * Lawrence O'Donnell: Thank you very much for joining us tonight, Governor. I really appreciate it. Governor Hochul: Thanks for having me on. Been looking forward to this. Lawrence O'Donnell: Governor, I want to begin where you just left off in your comments about the Texas abortion law. What can New York do for women in Texas? I  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Sept. 13 -- The Nebraska Democratic Party issued the following news release: Top Democrats across the country criticized Gov. Pete Ricketts and other GOP officials planning to attend his steak fry event Sunday in Nebraska City as COVID continues to ravage the state while Ricketts continues to hide the data from the public. Those attending include Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and former Vice President Mike Pence of Indiana. "Pete Ricketts is becoming   more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Sept. 16 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2021: Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford today joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in support of the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) challenge to Texas' new unconstitutional six week ban on abortions. The brief specifically supports DOJ's motion for a preliminary injunction of the law, which went into effect earlier this month. "Let me mak  more

IRVING, Texas, Sept. 16 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2021: Nexstar Digital today announced the launch of STELLAR, a proprietary data-driven audience platform that gives advertisers the ability to seamlessly purchase digital and linear advertising across Nexstar's network of 199 owned or operated television stations, 120 local web sites and 284 local news and weather mobile apps. Nexstar Digital is a division of Nexstar  more

IRVING, Texas, Sept. 17 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2021: The Nexstar Media Charitable Foundation announced today it will donate $5,000 to the Izzo Legacy Foundation in Lansing, Michigan, on behalf of WLNS-TV, the Nexstar Media Inc. television station serving Lansing, Michigan, and the surrounding area. Created and developed by the family of legendary Michigan State University college basketball coach Tom Izzo, inclu  more

IRVING, Texas, Sept. 15 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2021: Nexstar Media Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXST), announced today that it has named Lloyd Bucher as Vice President and General Manager of its broadcast and digital operations in Charlotte, North Carolina (DMA #22), overseeing WJZY-TV (FOX), WMYT-TV (MyNet) and fox46.com. Mr. Bucher will assume his new responsibilities on  more

IRVING, Texas, Sept. 14 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2021: Nexstar Media Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXST), today announced that it has promoted Fran McRae to Vice President and General Manager of its broadcast and digital operations in Memphis, Tennessee (DMA #51), and Jackson, Tennessee (DMA #175), overseeing WREG-TV (CBS), WJKT-TV (FOX), wreg.com, and their related mobile an  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, Sept. 16 (TNSRes) -- Northwestern University issued the following news release: A trans man living in Texas may choose to conceal his transgender status to coworkers, friends and even in-laws to protect himself from violence and gender dysphoria. As his abdomen grows due to a pregnancy for which he can no longer legally get an abortion, however, keeping identity private in public spaces may become next to impossible. The abortion ban in Texas imposes the burden of pregnancy  more

SALEM, Oregon, Sept. 16 -- Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2021: Attorney General Rosenblum and 23 other Attorneys General filed an amicus brief in support of the U.S. Department of Justice's (US DOJ) challenge to Texas' unconstitutional ban on abortions after six weeks. The brief, filed today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, supports US DOJ's motion for a preliminary injunction to put a stop to the new  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Sept. 16 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2021: Attorney General filed an amicus brief in support of the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) challenge to Texas' new unconstitutional six week ban on abortions. The brief, filed by a coalition of 24 attorneys general, specifically supports DOJ's motion for a preliminary injunction of the law, which went into effect earlier this month. "The Texas law defies the Co  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 14 (TNSRes) -- Rice University issued the following news release: Cryptocurrency -- an estimated $2 trillion market -- has created an estimated $1 trillion tax gap and become too big to avoid regulatory oversight, according to a new blog post from an expert at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. Joyce Beebe, fellow in public finance, explains how the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) plans on cracking down on cryptocurrency tax avoidance. She is available to  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 16 (TNSRes) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Rice expert available for interviews on research about residents' decisions after disasters * * * The flooding and destruction from hurricanes Ida and Nicholas pose a difficult choice for residents of the Gulf Coast, many of whom will choose to stay in their homes even after suffering significant damage. Anna Rhodes, an assistant professor of sociology at Rice University, is available to discuss wha  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 14 (TNSJou) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Warmer climate will make diamondback moths more widespread, harder to control * * * Climate change in this century will allow one of the world's costliest agricultural pests, the diamondback moth, to both thrive year-round and rapidly evolve resistance to pesticides in large parts of the United States, Europe and China where it previously died each winter, according to a study by U.S. and Chinese re  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 14 (TNSJou) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Frustration in amyloid fibrils as they form shows it may be possible to stop their growth * * * Progress on treating Alzheimer's disease has been frustratingly slow. A group of scientists in Houston suggest frustration at a very small scale may lead to a new path toward treatment. Researchers at the University of Houston (UH) and at Rice University, associated with the Rice-based Center for Theoret  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 17 (TNSJou) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Rice chemists' analysis advances research on alternatives to antibiotics * * * Peptides could be primed to solve the knotty problem of antibiotic resistance among humans. Rice University scientists believe they can help. The Rice lab of chemist Anatoly Kolomeisky modeled a range of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), natural and varied molecules that aid biological systems, to evaluate the mechanisms th  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 18 (TNSRes) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Experts say stress levels could have negative long-term impact on children * * * Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, students in the Houston Independent School District (HISD) struggled to manage stress, reporting low levels of stress resistance that could have a lasting impact on their academic achievement, employment, health and overall well-being. Rice University's Houston Education Research Cons  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 18 (TNSGra) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Rice's B.J. Fregly and team developing open-access software to aid individual patients * * * Existing treatments for movement impairments are "off the rack" rather than "custom-tailored," but B.J. Fregly, a Rice University professor of mechanical engineering and bioengineering, wants to change that situation. Fregly's lab in the George R. Brown School of Engineering has received a National Institut  more

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, Sept. 17 (TNSMon) -- South Dakota State University issued the following news on Sept. 16, 2021: The legacy of Maxine Wilcox can be found throughout the decades of her life and across the globe--from the 27 countries spanning six continents that benefited from her Christian ministry work, to a burning wreckage in Texas where she once heroically saved three lives and most recently to the South Dakota State University College of Nursing. A true trailblazer in the field of  more

GEORGETOWN, Texas, Sept. 15 (TNSAwa) -- Southwestern University issued the following news: * * * The Arbor Day Foundation Program Honors Southwestern University with a 2020 Tree Campus USA Award Southwestern University was recognized as a 2020 Tree Campus USA(R)️ for promoting healthy trees and engaging students and staff in the spirit of conservation. The Tree Campus USA Program recognizes higher-education campuses for effective urban forest management and engaging students and staff in c  more

NACOGDOCHES, Texas, Sept. 17 (TNSOps) -- Stephen F. Austin State University issued the following news: For the second consecutive year, Stephen F. Austin State University's student chapter of The Wildlife Society was named Student Chapter of the Year by the national office of The Wildlife Society. "It's a great feeling of satisfaction," said Cassandra Kapp, SFA forestry student and student chapter president. "We worked so hard and didn't think it was possible to win it again." Kapp credits wi  more

LAREDO, Texas, Sept. 18 (TNSJou) -- Texas A&M International University, a member of the Texas A&M University System, issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2021: An academic paper authored by three Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) A. R. Sanchez, Jr. School of Business doctoral students exploring critical determinants of death rates in pandemics such as COVID-19 has been published in the prestigious International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. TAMIU Ph.D. in International  more

LAREDO, Texas, Sept. 18 (TNSOps) -- Texas A&M International University, a member of the Texas A&M University System, issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2021: Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) has been selected as a lead institution representing Texas in the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE)'s Consortium for Research-Based and Equitable Assessments (CREA), which will engage 14 states in a study of their state-level tests and qualifying scores for  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Sept. 16 (TNSJou) -- Texas A&M University's Health Science Center issued the following news: * * * The approach might also be beneficial for anyone exposed to lethal chemical agents, including those involved in the pest control and agricultural industries * * * What do pest control, agricultural workers, and members of the armed forces have in common? It may not be obvious, but these three important groups are all at increased risk of toxic exposure to organophosphate  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Sept. 16 -- The Texas A&M University System issued the following news release: The Texas A&M University System is set to begin nearly $5.9 million worth of work to make Easterwood Airport safer. The work will realign one of the airport's main taxiways, Taxiway Alpha, to support large aircraft. The taxiway is currently too close to an aircraft parking apron for large aircraft to use. The project will also allow for more aircraft parking. The work will be paid for by a gr  more

COMMERCE, Texas, Sept. 18 (TNSRes) -- Texas A&M University's Commerce Campus issued the following news on Sept. 17, 2021: A&M-Commerce Professor Carlos Bertulani is co-leading a new physics research project. The project is lead by principal investigator Tapia Takaki from the University of Kansas. Bertulani is a co-principal investigator alongside Jean Delayen of Old Dominion University, Christine Aidala from the University of Michigan, and Abhay Deshpande of Stony Brook University. Acceleratin  more

COMMERCE, Texas, Sept. 14 (TNSbook) -- Texas A&M University's Commerce Campus issued the following news: A&M-Commerce alum Al Craig Fleming recently published a new book on corporate responsibility. The work discusses the implications of corporate greed for the economy. His book, "Corporations' Responsibility to Society," was released by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc. Fleming earned his Bachelor of Business Administration degree in accounting from A&M-Commerce and has worked as an account and  more

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Sept. 17 (TNSOps) -- Texas A&M University Corpus Christi campus issued the following news: University students face unique stressors. They often balance challenging coursework, part-time or full-time jobs, and a vibrant social life while living in an unfamiliar place. Sometimes the stress can feel like too much, and students need more support than only their friends or roommates can provide. To answer that need, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi has partnered with Toget  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Sept. 14 (TNSJou) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: What if both the water and carbon dioxide (CO2) produced from a vehicle's exhaust system could be captured and used for growing food? Repurposing these two wasted products would be a game changer for reducing the carbon footprint of roadway traffic and helping the agricultural industry feed a growing human population. Three faculty members at Texas A&M University, Dr. Maria Bar  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Sept. 14 (TNSGra) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: Shape memory alloys have been in use for a few decades, especially in the biomedical industry. They are also incorporated in a number of advanced technologies and applications, ranging from jet engine exhaust nozzles to solar panels on the Mars rover. Unfortunately, current alloys have been found to have significant limitations in their temperature range of operation, preventin  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Sept. 15 (TNSJou) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: By Vandana Suresh In their roughly 3.5 billion years on Earth, bacteria have fine-tuned the art of colonizing all kinds of habitats, from the inner lining of digestive tracts to the blistering hot waters of geysers. But in their quest for world domination, bacteria face a critical snag when moving across diverse environments -- preserving their navigational apparatus. In a new  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 15 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: In a letter to congressional leaders, Attorney General Ken Paxton and 22 other attorneys general warn that a reckless piece of legislation under consideration on Capitol Hill would essentially establish the U.S. Department of Justice as a national election czar dictating to states exactly how they must administer their elections. The letter opposing the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act - or   more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 17 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a multistate coalition to stop President Biden from unlawfully forcing millions of private sector employees to get a COVID-19 vaccine or submit to weekly testing as a condition of keeping their jobs - regardless of whether they work remotely, have religious objections or health concerns about receiving the vaccine, or have already obtained natural immunity as a resu  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 15 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that a Lamar County district court issued a temporary restraining order against Paris ISD regarding its unlawful mask mandate. The court agreed with General Paxton that the district lacks "authority to issue or enforce a facemask mandate in light of Governor Abbott's executive order GA-38" and prohibited the district from enforcing its mandate as long as GA-38 re  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 14 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Attorney General Paxton has filed a lawsuit against the San Antonio Independent School District and Superintendent Pedro Martinez for mandating that all district employees must be vaccinated against COVID-19. This mandate violates Executive Order GA-39, which Governor Abbott implemented to prohibit governmental entities like San Antonio ISD from compelling individuals to be injected with a COVID-19   more

BASKING RIDGE, New Jersey, Sept. 16 (TNSRep) -- Verizon, a communications and technology solutions company, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2021: Verizon Business today announced its newest customer: burgeoning Wylie, Texas-based marketing and advertising firm Speak Loud Media. "We are honored to count Speak Loud Media and owner DJ Shirley with his small but mighty team as a new Verizon Business customer," said Sampath Sowmyanarayan, Chief Revenue Officer for Verizon Business. "  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 18 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following news on Sept. 17, 2021: Wednesday night on Fox News, Texans saw our despicable Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick return to his time-worn practice: spewing racist disinformation and attacking the majority of Texans. Back in August, Patrick was peddling a patently false narrative blaming Black Texans for the COVID-19 surge clearly caused by the callous policies of Patrick's own party. This time, Patrick turned to another false, racist,  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 14 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following news: Earlier this year, President Biden and Democrats in Congress successfully passed the $46.5 billion Emergency Rental Assistance Program, the largest program of its kind, to help Americans and avoid millions of home evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. No other administration in U.S. history has attempted to halt evictions, especially on such a massive scale. Yet, despite the funds being there, states, local gove  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 14 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following news on Sept. 14, 2021: Tuesday, Texas Democrats celebrated the announcement of U.S. Senate Democrats' new voting rights bill, the Freedom to Vote Act. The new legislation is a key step forward to breaking an impasse on voting rights legislation desperately needed to protect the cornerstone of our democracy and millions of Americans' right to be heard at the ballot box. After earlier voting rights legislation stalled in  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 18 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following news: This week, failed and flailing Gov. Greg Abbott is doing what he always does when his approval ratings are underwater: attempting to distract from his catastrophic failures by stoking fear around immigration. On Friday, Abbott signed into law Republicans' new bill allocating almost $2 billion in taxpayer money to further militarizing the border and making life harder for Texans who live there -- a political stunt   more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 14 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following news on Sept. 13, 2021: In the latest power-grab from the failed and flailing Texas Republican, disgraced Gov. Greg Abbott's third irregular extra legislative session starts one week from today. However, while Abbott hasn't finished with his attacks on Texans -- or his new heights of government overreach -- Texas Democrats are just getting started on our fight to hold Abbott accountable and take back our state. As if hi  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 17 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following news on Sept. 16, 2021: Yesterday, people around the world came together to celebrate International Day of Democracy. Except Republicans, who do not appear to give a hoot whether American democracy succeeds or fails. For this week's throwback Thursday, we would simply like to remind folks of the following ways the Republican Party undermined our democracy this year. This list is not exhaustive: * Republicans (including   more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 15 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2021: During a briefing at the State Operation Center today, Governor Greg Abbott updated the action that Texas is taking to help communities respond to Hurricane Nicholas. To accelerate the response, the Governor temporarily waived the limit on commercial drivers' hours of service and the oversize and overweight permitting requirements. Governor Abbott also added Liberty and Wharton counties t  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 16 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2021: Governor Greg Abbott today announced that Port Aransas, having completed the multi-step certification process, has been designated as a Music Friendly Community by the Texas Music Office (TMO). The Music Friendly Community program seeks to foster music business-related economic development in Texas cities and communities. "With support from the Texas Music Office, in 2019 the Texas music   more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 16 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Abbott has appointed Cynthia Stinson and reappointed Paula E. Anthony-McMann, Ph.D., Victoria Ai Linh Bryant, Pharm.D., Shannon S. Calhoun, Salil V. Deshpande, M.D., Emily F. Hartmann, Kenneth S. James, Jerome P. Lisk, M.D., Leticia C. Rodriguez, Jonathan J. Sandstrom Hill, Siobhan Shahan, and Carlos J. Vital, M.D. to the Texas Health Services Authority Board of Directors for a term set to expire o  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 14 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Lourdes Cuellar to the Council on Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke for a term set to expire on February 1, 2027. The council is charged with developing an effective and resource-efficient plan to reduce the morbidity, mortality, and economic burden of cardiovascular disease and stroke in the State of Texas. Lourdes Cuellar of Houston recently retired as the Administrati  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 14 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Robert Gauntt and Richard Clemmer to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for terms set to expire on August 31, 2027 and August 31, 2023, respectively. The board provides leadership and coordination for the Texas higher education system. Robert Gauntt of Austin is Founder of Capital Creek Partners. He is a Trustee of UTIMCO and former Trustee of Texas Teachers R  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 16 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Lizzy de la Garza Putegnat and reappointed Tony Abad and Curtis Cleveland to the Texas State Technical College (TSTC) System Board of Regents for terms set to expire on August 31, 2027. Lizzy de la Garza Putegnat of Harlingen has been an Account Executive for Schneider Electric, a Fortune Global 500 company, for eight years. She previously worked for the Brownsville Econo  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 16 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2021: Governor Greg Abbott and Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) Chief Nim Kidd today called county judges to determine what further support is needed following Hurricane Nicholas. The Governor thanked the county judges for guiding their communities through the storm and reinforced the state's commitment to helping them recover. While there were reports of road damage in Newton Coun  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 16 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2021: Governor Greg Abbott and Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) Chief Nim Kidd today called county judges to determine what further support is needed following Hurricane Nicholas. The Governor thanked the county judges for guiding their communities through the storm and reinforced the state's commitment to helping them recover. While there were reports of beach road debris in Arans  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 16 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2021: Governor Greg Abbott and Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) Chief Nim Kidd today called county judges to determine what further support is needed following Hurricane Nicholas. The Governor thanked the county judges for guiding their communities through the storm and reinforced the state's commitment to helping them recover. While there were reports of wind and water damage, no c  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 16 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2021: Governor Greg Abbott and Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) Chief Nim Kidd today called county judges to determine what further support is needed following Hurricane Nicholas. The Governor thanked the county judges for guiding their communities through the storm and reinforced the state's commitment to helping them recover. While there were reports of wind and water damage in Ca  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 14 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2021: Governor Greg Abbott today held a briefing at the Alternate State Operations Center in Austin where he provided an update on the state's response to Tropical Storm Nicholas. This storm is expected to bring significant rainfall and flooding to the entire Gulf Coast as it moves slowly across the state. The Governor also issued a state disaster declaration in response to Tropical Storm Nicho  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 14 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2021: In response to severe weather threats along the Gulf Coast due to Tropical Storm Nicholas, Governor Greg Abbott today ordered the Texas State Operations Center (SOC) to increase its readiness to Level II (Escalated Response) beginning tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. central. The SOC will operate at Level II to coordinate the state's response in support of local officials. Tropical Storm Nichola  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 18 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has reappointed Keven Ellis, D.C. as Chair of the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) for a term set to expire on September 16, 2023. Keven Ellis, D.C. of Lufkin is the District 9 Representative on the State Board of Education (SBOE), and has served as Chairman of the SBOE since September 2019. He was elected to a four-year term of office in November 2016, and represents 31 Northeast  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 17 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has reappointed Lynn Criner, D.V.M., Keith Pardue, and Jessica Quillivan, D.V.M. to the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners for terms set to expire on August 26, 2027. The mission of the Board is to establish and enforce policies to ensure the best possible quality of veterinary and equine dental provider services for the people of Texas. Sandra "Lynn" Criner, D.V.M. of Needvil  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 17 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Abbott has reappointed Lonnie Grissom, Jr., Ivy Pate, and Jeanie Turk to the Lower Neches Valley Authority (LNVA) Board of Directors for terms set to expire on July 28, 2027. The LNVA has a duty to conserve, control and utilize the waters of the Neches River and its tributaries including storm and floodwaters. It also authorizes the storing, controlling, conservation and distribution of storm and f  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 14 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2021: Governor Abbott today signed Senate Bill 6, the Damon Allen Act, into law at the Texas Pastor Council's Safer Houston Summit. The Damon Allen Act will keep Texas communities safe and secure by prohibiting the release on personal bond of defendants charged with a violent offense or who are charged while released on bail. The bill also requires a defendant be granted or denied bail within 48  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 17 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following statement on Sept. 16, 2021: * * * Governor Greg Abbott today issued a statement after the Biden Administration reversed their decision to close ports of entry after a massive influx of migrants arrived at the Texas border: "Six hours after U.S. Customs and Border Protection requested help from Texas to close ports of entry and secure the border, the Biden Administration has now flip-flopped to a different strategy tha  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 18 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Sept. 17, 2021: Governor Greg Abbott today discussed Texas' vibrant economy and business environment at a small business roundtable hosted by Goldman Sachs in Dallas. Governor Abbott joined Desiree and Calvin Wineland of American Butchers and Beyond the Butchers, along with 13 additional small business owners and alumni of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Businesses program, to discuss COVID-related business chal  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 16 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2021: Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) has received federal approval to provide replacement benefits for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients for food lost or destroyed due to Hurricane Nicholas. "Texans along the Gulf Coast whose groceries were lost or destroyed by Hurricane Nicholas will not be left without   more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 16 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2021: Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is receiving up to $5 million in federal funding from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as part of an innovative program to help serve underserved Texans in rural hospitals throughout the state. "This funding will help Texans living in rural communities access medical care an  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 18 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Shelley Sweatt, Ed.D. to the Texas Woman's University Board of Regents for a term set to expire on February 1, 2027. Shelley Sweatt, Ed.D. of Wichita Falls is the President and CEO of The Priddy Foundation and President and former Trustee for The Priddy Foundation Board of Trustees. Previously, she has held numerous positions within the Burkburnett Independent School Dist  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, Sept. 15 (TNSRes) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: * * * UTA working with USDA to track movements of tarnished plant bugs via miniature sensors * * * The University of Texas at Arlington is helping develop tiny sensors that attach to insects, tracking their movements and life cycles in an effort to combat infestations and increase farm production. The project is led by computer science Professor Gautam Das and electrical engine  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 14 (TNSRes) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: * * * Frustration in Amyloid Fibrils as They Form Shows it May be Possible to Stop Their Growth * * * Progress on treating Alzheimer's disease has been frustratingly slow. A group of scientists in Houston suggest frustration at a very small scale may lead to a new path toward treatment. Researchers at the University of Houston (UH) and at Rice University, associated with the Rice-based Center f  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 16 (TNSJou) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: * * * COVID-19 Nasal Vaccine Candidate Effective at Preventing Disease Transmission * * * Breathe in, breathe out. That's how easy it is for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, to enter your nose. And though remarkable progress has been made in developing intramuscular vaccines against SARS-CoV- 2, such as the readily available Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, nothing yet   more

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 17 (TNSJou) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: People living in low-income, urban neighborhoods suffer higher rates of gastrointestinal illness, but the reasons behind this troubling disparity have been difficult to pinpoint. Food safety researchers at the University of Houston are shedding light on a possible cause after finding a significant disparity in the quality and safety of romaine lettuce available in low- versus high-income communitie  more

DENTON, Texas, Sept. 18 (TNSMon) -- The University of North Texas issued the following news release: The UNT Kuehne Speaker Series is expanding its support of academic excellence at the University of North Texas through a transformative new scholarship program. With more than $3 million raised for scholarships since 2013, the series board of directors has launched the Kuehne Speaker Series Scholarship Program. For the 2021-22 academic year, the program's first three Kuehne Scholars were awarde  more

DENTON, Texas, Sept. 16 (TNSJou) -- The University of North Texas issued the following news release: In 2019, Calvin Henard's transitioned from a researcher at the National Renewable Energy Lab in Colorado back to his home state of Texas, where he joined the University of North Texas Department of Biological Sciences as an assistant professor and a researcher at the BioDiscovery Institute. His research and teaching center around microbiology, and the focus of his lab is to use methanotrophic b  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 14 (TNSPar) -- The University of St. Thomas issued the following news release: * * * University of St. Thomas Forges International Partnership With Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages - Taiwan, Launches Mandarin Center of UST & WZU University of St. Thomas-Houston and Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) launched a pioneering joint collaboration on September 8, 2021. The Mandarin Center of the Universities of St. Thomas and Wenzao Ursuline is t  more

RICHARDSON, Texas, Sept. 18 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas Dallas campus issued the following news: A study by a University of Texas at Dallas researcher published Sept. 17 in the journal Science Advances identifies a pattern of racial attention deficit, shedding light on why diversity efforts in organizations often fail. It also suggests a remedy: When white workers can witness the accomplishments of Black peers -- rather than being told about them -- the attentional gap subsides. Dr. Sh  more

RICHARDSON, Texas, Sept. 18 (TNSRes) -- The University of Texas Dallas campus issued the following news: When the COVID-19 pandemic limited ways to conduct in-person developmental psychology studies, researchers pivoted to create an innovative solution that now, with new National Science Foundation (NSF) support, could transform the field into a more collaborative science with more diverse research participants. Dr. Candice Mills, associate professor of psychology in The University of Texas at  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 16 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2021: * * * Study identifies four novel subgroups that predict drug response * * * Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered that grouping epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations by structure and function provides an accurate framework to match patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) to the right dr  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 17 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2021: * * * Study finds pancreatic cells are reprogrammed in response to inflammation, activating pathways that cooperate with mutant KRAS to promote tumor formation * * * A new discovery from researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has clarified the long-established connection between inflammation and pancreatic cancer development.   more

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 15 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release: A new study from researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center showed that stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) was as effective as surgery at providing long-term benefits to patients with operable early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and generated minimal side effects. The study is the first of its kind to compare long-term results of SAB  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, Sept. 16 (TNSRes) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following Q&A with Becky Garner, director of undergraduate public health programs and Erin Carlson directs the graduate public health programs: * * * UTA public health experts urge community to vet sources, improve health literacy * * * With the recent surge of COVID-19 cases nationwide, two public health experts and associate professors at The University of Texas at Arlington's College of Nursing and   more

RICHARDSON, Texas, Sept. 16 (TNSOps) -- The University of Texas Dallas campus issued the following news: A program at The University of Texas at Dallas is helping teachers spark curiosity and provide real-world applications to scientific concepts via a small addition to their classrooms -- zebrafish. Dr. Vinita Hajeri, assistant professor of instruction in the Department of Science/Mathematics Education in the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, started the Zebrafish Summer Institute i  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 15 (TNSMon) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: The University of Texas at Austin will collaborate with UT Southwestern Medical Center on the nation's first study of suicide prevention for LGBTQ+ young adults - a group at higher risk for depression and suicide. The study, supported by a $5.4 million award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), is aimed at identifying whether interventions tailored to this population may red  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 16 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: In 2019, a hydrology professor at The University of Texas at Austin set out on a research project to see if he could identify harmful nutrients flowing through groundwater into a delicate coral reef sanctuary in the Philippines. He achieved this goal, but following the long history of accidental scientific discoveries, he instead stumbled upon something completely unexpected: a region of possible "sup  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Sept. 16 -- Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2021: Attorney General Mark R. Herring today joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in support of the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) challenge to Texas' new unconstitutional six-week ban on abortions. Attorney General Herring's brief specifically supports DOJ's motion for a preliminary injunction of the law, that went into effect earlier this  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Sept. 16 -- Vermont Attorney General Thomas J. Donovan issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2021: Attorney General Donovan today joined 24 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in support of the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) challenge to Texas' new unconstitutional six-week ban on abortions. The brief specifically supports DOJ's motion for a preliminary injunction of the law, which went into effect earlier this month. "This law is unconstitutional, pla  more

SEATTLE, Washington, Sept. 16 -- Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson issued the following statement: * * * Attorney General Bob Ferguson offers the following statement on joining a coalition of 24 attorneys general in filing an amicus, or "friend of the court," brief asking the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas to put Texas' law banning virtually all abortions on hold pending appeals: "Supreme Court precedent is clear - access to an abortion is a constitutional   more