HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 1 (TNSPer) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2021: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today named Caroline Chung, M.D., associate professor of Radiation Oncology and Diagnostic Radiology, the new vice president and chief data officer (CDO), effective Oct. 1. As the institution's first-ever CDO, Chung will be responsible for shaping MD Anderson's data strategy and leading its implementation f  more

HUNTSVILLE, Texas, Sept. 30 (TNSPer) -- Sam Houston State University issued the following news on Sept. 29, 2021: Derrick Birdsall has been named the director of the Sam Houston Memorial Museum, effective Oct. 1. He succeeds Mac Woodward, who retired from the position on Aug. 31. With a love of history that started as a child, Birdsall's vision of turning his passion into a professional career happened at Sam Houston State University as a graduate student. "My fascination with Texas history   more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 2 (TNSPer) -- Rice University issued the following news release: Ambassador Edward Djerejian, director of Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy, this week announced his retirement effective at the conclusion of his 28th year, on June 30, 2022. Ambassador Djerejian's statement: "It was back in 1994, at the request of Secretary James A. Baker III, that my wife, Francoise, and I arrived to establish Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy," Djerejia  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 1 (TNSAwa) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: Two students in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University received best paper awards in the Aerospace Sciences Group at the 2021 Aerospace Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) AVIATION Forum. Doctoral student Anuj Rekhy won the AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Student Paper Competition with his submission titled "LIDAR Requirements and Approaches f  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 1 (TNSEve) -- The University of Houston Law Center issued the following news release: Law school deans, professors and other leaders from legal academia and the profession will convene for the 2021 Black Lawyers Matter Conference, "Building Inclusive Excellence in Legal Education and Employment" from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Central on Oct. 15. The event is being held by the University of Houston Law Center, SMU Dedman School of Law, and the Law School Admission Council. Building   more

DENTON, Texas, Sept. 28 (TNSEve) -- The University of North Texas issued the following news release: The 17th annual Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, hosted by the University of North Texas Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism and Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism, will feature a line-up of award-winning journalists and authors in an effort to dissect and discuss the stories behind the headlines of the past year. One of the nation's premier conferences for aspiring and e  more

NACOGDOCHES, Texas, Sept. 29 (TNSEve) -- Stephen F. Austin State University issued the following news: Dr. Douglas Brinkley, CNN presidential historian and professor of history at Rice University, will present "Discovering America from the Road" from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 26, at Stephen F. Austin State University in the Baker Pattillo Student Center Theater. Originally slated for Sept. 14, the event was postponed due to inclement weather. Brinkley, whom CNN declared, "a man who know  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Oct. 1 (TNSEve) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2021: The University of Wyoming's Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute (EORI) is one of the sponsors of a Dec. 6-9 conference in Midland, Texas, that will focus on carbon capture best practices and field-tested innovations. The Midland CO2 Conference is being organized by EORI Technical Advisory Board member Steve Melzer, and one of the guest speakers is Wyoming Energy Authority Executive D  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 29 -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2021: Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has 25 lawyers representing a wide variety of practice areas on the 2021 Texas Super Lawyers list, which includes some of the top lawyers in the state. Of those honored, four Greenberg Traurig lawyers also earned recognition on Super Lawyers' supplemental "Top Lists." Mary-Olga Lovett, the firm's Senior Vice President, and Shareholder Michael L.  more

RICHARDSON, Texas, Sept. 30 (TNSPer) -- The University of Texas Dallas campus issued the following news: The University of Texas at Dallas welcomed 25 new tenured and tenure-track faculty members in 2021, with many of them joining the University this fall. The professors bring an array of expertise in disciplines ranging from visual and performing arts, psychology, and bioengineering to computer science, marketing, biological sciences and mathematics. "We are delighted to welcome this stellar  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- District of Columbia Attorney General Karl A. Racine issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2021: Ahead of Saturday's Rally for Abortion Justice in the District, Attorney General Karl A. Racine today sent a message to patients across the District and the country that if they need abortion care, they can safely and legally access it here. As some states have passed legislation limiting access to reproductive rights or banning abortion - as Texas' law, SB 8, would  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Akin Gump, a law firm, issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2021: Akin Gump partner emeritus Christine "Chris" LaFollette sat down with Texas Lawbook to discuss her illustrious career as a corporate and energy lawyer in the feature article "Chris LaFollette: 'Just a Lucky Girl From South Texas'." To start, the publication depicts LaFollette standing on a shaking oil rig during a simulated blowout. It is a memory, LaFollette says, from early in her career that he  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Sept. 29 -- The city of Albuquerque issued the following news: The ABQ BioPark is part of an exciting initiative that could help both wild and zoo-based ocelots by bringing some new DNA into the captive genepool for this endangered species. This July a team of veterinarians from the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden visited the ABQ BioPark to perform artificial insemination on the BioPark's female ocelot, Lucy. This procedure, performed in collaboration with the BioPar  more

SAN ANGELO, Texas, Sept. 28 (TNSBook) -- Angelo State University issued the following news: Dr. Jeffrey Dailey of the Angelo State University security studies faculty has co-authored a new textbook titled "Intelligence for Homeland Security: An Introduction" through Colorado-based Lynne Rienner Publishers, an independent publisher of scholarly texts. Since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks - considered one of the worst intelligence failures in U.S. history - the many agencies that constitu  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Arnold and Porter, a law firm, issued the following news on Sept. 30, 2021: Arnold & Porter advised RLS Partners LLC, an affiliate of RLS Logistics, in its acquisition of Premier Refrigerated Warehouse, a cold storage logistics company based in Fort Worth, Texas. This is the latest acquisition in RLS Partners' strategy to create a national platform of family-owned, temperature-controlled supply chain solutions providers. The acquisition closed on September 20, 2021. The   more

NACOGDOCHES, Texas, Sept. 29 (TNSPro) -- Stephen F. Austin State University issued the following news: * * * Stephen F. Austin Offers Accountancy Pathway to CPA for Working Professionals Business professionals who want to reap the benefits of licensure as a CPA have the opportunity through a new program offered by Stephen F. Austin State University's Rusche College of Business. The Accountancy Pathway to CPA, an online and online-interactive curriculum, is designed for experienced, working p  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 29 (TNSJou) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: When people think of DNA, they visualize a string-like double helix structure. In reality, the DNA double helix in cells is supercoiled and constrained into loops. This supercoiling and looping are known to influence every aspect of DNA activity, but how this happens has not been clear. Published in the journal Nature Communications, a study by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine shows that sup  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 29 (TNSRes) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: The International Vaccine Institute (IVI), the Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, and Baylor College of Medicine's National School of Tropical Medicine signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote and further academic research collaborations. The collaboration is envisioned to include: (1) exchange of scientists between institutions; (2) collaborative research in vaccine dev  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 29 (TNSGra) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have received a $7.8 million, five-year grant to focus on the impact of prenatal exposure to metformin, a drug prescribed to lower blood sugar in patients with type 2 diabetes. Metformin is prescribed to 50 million Americans annually, including widespread use during pregnancy. The research team will study primates and review the impact of metformin exposure du  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 30 (TNSRes) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: The Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) at Baylor College of Medicine celebrates the success of an innovative medical imaging technology demonstration aboard the International Space Station (ISS). During space exploration missions, the medical kit must feature tools with reduced mass and enhanced and self-reliant usability by the crew. Astronauts tested use of the Butterfly iQ -   more

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 30 (TNSRes) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: This school year has seen concerns about the spread of COVID-19, and soon the start of influenza season brings another potential illness that may spread among classmates, teachers and their families outside of school. Fortunately, there are a variety of flu vaccination options that are available to almost everyone, according to an expert at Baylor College of Medicine. "In the United States, it is rec  more

WACO, Texas, Sept. 29 (TNSPro) -- Baylor University issued the following news on Sept. 28, 2021: * * * Baylor's Math for Early Learners Academy Begins Curriculum Testing After a 2020 hiatus due to COVID, Baylor University's Mathematics for Early Learners Academy (MELA), sponsored by the Baylor School of Education (SOE), returned for the summer of 2021. The program, which has helped young students ages 4-6 to achieve or exceed grade level in early math skills and number fluency, also began pil  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 1 -- Bracewell, a law firm, issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2021: Bracewell LLP's Paul S. Maco will receive the National Association of Bond Lawyers' Frederick O. Kiel Distinguished Service Award in recognition of his extraordinary service to the NABL. The award will be presented at the NABL U's The Workshop in Chicago on October 13, 2021. Maco served on the NABL board from 1989 to 1992. He was also awarded The Carlson Prize by the NABL in 2009. A frequent s  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 1 (TNSPol) -- The Center for Gender and Refugee Studies issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2021: The Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (CGRS) welcomes the Biden administration's announcement that it will issue a new memorandum terminating the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), the illegal Trump-era policy that forced asylum seekers to await their U.S. court dates in perilous conditions in Mexico. The administration formally terminated MPP in June b  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 28 (TNSPol) -- The Center for Gender and Refugee Studies issued the following news release: On Friday night, a diverse coalition of 29 immigrants' rights organizations filed an amici curiae ("friends of the court") brief illustrating the particular harm and suffering Title 42--a racist Trump-era policy that uses the pretense of the pandemic to expel migrants--inflicts on children and their families. The brief was filed in response to a motion earlier this month   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 1 (TNSPol) -- The Center for Gender and Refugee Studies issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2021: Today the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals granted the Biden administration's request for stay in Huisha-Huisha v. Mayorkas, a class action lawsuit brought by the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (CGRS), American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Oxfam America, RAICES, and Texas Civil Rights Project. The ruling blocks a lower court injunction slated to take ef  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, Oct. 1 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: * * * University of Texas-Arlington: Public Health Professor Receives Mujeres Legendarias Award Denise Hernandez, a public health adjunct professor in the College of Nursing and Health Innovation at The University of Texas at Arlington, said a passion for helping her community led her to a career in public health. Her research focuses on how Community Health Workers (CHW) can brid  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee issued the following news release: Following the Supreme Court decision that allowed the Texas law restricting access to abortion to stand, new reporting from Axios and Bloomberg highlights the central role that Republicans' attacks on women's reproductive health care and the GOP's efforts to overturn Roe v. Wade will play in Senate races in 2022. Read more: Axios: Democrats putting Texas on the ballot in New Hampshire and N  more

IRVING, Texas, Sept. 30 -- ExxonMobil, an energy provider and chemical manufacturer, issued the following news release: ExxonMobil and Rosneft have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate on the assessment of lower-carbon technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from their operations. The companies will consider the prospects of new projects initially focused on carbon capture and storage (CCS) and the development of lower-carbon fuels, such as hydrogen and ammonia. The MOU co  more

BEAUMONT, Texas, Oct. 2 -- Lamar University issued the following news: Gov. Greg Abbott has appointed 14 people to the Texas Health Services Authority Board of Directors and among them is Dr. Cynthia Stinson '75, JoAnne Gay Dishman School of Nursing associate professor and department chair. The Texas Health Services Authority is responsible for coordinating the implementation of health information exchange in Texas for a term set to expire on June 15, 2023. "What I'm looking forward to the mo  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 29 -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2021: Mary-Olga Lovett, Senior Vice President of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, is the 2021 recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award from South Texas College of Law (STCL) Houston. This is the highest award presented by the STCL Alumni Association. It is given annually to a single recipient who has demonstrated a significant commitment to STCL, the legal profession, and the comm  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 28 (TNSAwa) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Rice University: American Chemical Society Honors Gustavo Scuseria Gustavo Scuseria, the Robert A. Welch Professor of Chemistry and a professor of physics and astronomy and of materials science and nanoengineering at Rice University, is the winner of the 2022 American Chemical Society (ACS) Award in Theoretical Chemistry. Scuseria was honored "for his contributions in the areas of coupled cluster an  more

BEAUMONT, Texas, Oct. 2 (TNSOps) -- Lamar University issued the following news: Charlie Cooper, Founder & CEO of Americom Marketing, spoke to students on Sept. 28 as part of the college's Executive in Residence Speaker Series. The series functions to enrich LU students' learning experience by connecting them with business leaders whose roots started at the College of Business. Cooper graduated from Lamar University in 1983 with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing. He remembers h  more

BEAUMONT, Texas, Sept. 29 (TNSOps) -- Lamar University issued the following news: High school senior, Kristin Hebert, joined the Showcase of Southeast Texas marching band this fall as a feature twirler -- one of the most prestigious positions in baton twirling. It's an honor that she has dreamed of reaching since the age of four and was able to achieve sooner than expected, thanks to the Lamar University Texas Academy of Leadership in the Humanities program. TALH is an early entrance college r  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 2 -- Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose issued the following news release on Oct. 1, 2021: With Ohio's early industrialization in the 1800's spurred by our agricultural roots and robust transportation infrastructure, Ohio cities became manufacturing hubs that drew thousands to migrate to Ohio from other states and abroad. Today more than 700,000 Ohioans work as machinists, engineers, technicians, and other manufacturing jobs at businesses throughout the state, making Ohio  more

RUSTON, Louisiana, Sept. 28 -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Dr. Mary Caldorera-Moore, Associate Professor and Chair for Biomedical Engineering at Louisiana Tech University's College of Engineering and Science, joined the editorial team of the Journal of Applied Polymer Science. Caldorera-Moore was invited to become an executive editor after guest-editing a special issue entitled "Intelligent/Responsive Polymers as Biomaterials," in honor of her postdoctoral advisor, Dr.  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 29 (TNSRes) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2021: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and BostonGene Corporation today announced a strategic alliance to advance the development and clinical integration of multiplatform biomarker signatures. The alliance brings together BostonGene's innovative computational platform and CLIA-certified and CAP-accredited high complexity molecular laboratory   more

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 30 (TNSRes) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2021: * * * Strategic alliance initially focused on knowledge dissemination, protocol standardization and remote monitoring approaches to enable personalized medicine for patients * * * The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Siemens Healthineers today announced the collaborative development of a global education program focused on enabling the  more

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 29 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: Over the weekend on Mackinac Island, gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon was asked by MIRS' Kyle Melinn where she stands on Michigan's draconian abortion law from 1931 that the state would immediately revert to if Roe v. Wade were overturned. Dixon offered her full-throated, unequivocal support for a law that criminalizes abortion and makes felons out of reproductive health care providers. It's far   more

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 24 (TNSEco) -- The University of St. Thomas issued the following news release: The Psychology Department is showcasing its new neuroimaging research environment--a Psych EEG Lab and equipment installed this summer and first utilized by students this fall. Students have the opportunity to conduct individual, group and faculty-led research under the tutelage of Assistant Professor of Psychology Victoria Wagner. "We are aiming for students to start out on faculty-led project  more

NOTRE DAME, Indiana, Oct. 2 (TNSPol) -- The University of Notre Dame issued the following news: U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito Jr. on Thursday (Sept. 30) dismissed "silly" criticisms of the United States Supreme Court's use of a method for fast-tracking urgent cases, including its recent refusal to block a Texas ban on most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. Alito's nearly hour-long speech, titled "The Emergency Docket," was presented by the Kellogg Institute for Intern  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 28 (TNSRes) -- Rice University issued the following news release: The Physics of Living Systems (PoLS) graduate research network administered by Rice University's Center for Theoretical Biological Physics (CTBP) has been renewed for five years by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The program, one of several funded by NSF, was established at Rice in 2011 to connect graduate students and educators across institutions working in both theoretical and experimental physics  more

ORLANDO, Florida, Sept. 30 -- The Orlando Utilities Commission issued the following news: On Tuesday, September 28, 2021, OUC completed its purchase of the Osceola Generating Station, a 510-megawatt (MW) single-cycle natural gas-fired power plant located near Harmony in Osceola County. OUC announced plans to purchase the facility last month. The nearly $100 million deal to purchase and upgrade the inactive plant from Genova, a Texas-based private ownership group, does not change OUC's commitme  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Sept. 27 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news on Sept. 27, 2021: The Pennsylvania March for Life rally brought anti-choice activists to Harrisburg, but the majority of Americans oppose key provisions in Texas' abortion ban -- a reality that's putting the "Super-MAGA" primary contestants in a tough spot. As the 2022 Republican primary heats up, the far-right PA-Gov candidates are putting Donald Trump and the far-right anti-choice litmus tests   more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 1 (TNSRes) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Grant to Rice enables expansion of discovery that produced graphene from food, plastic * * * Where others see a pile of trash, Rice University chemist James Tour sees a figurative gold mine. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers agrees, and it will work with Tour and his collaborators through a $5.2 million, four-year grant to reclaim valuable materials from waste through flash Joule heating. Among the i  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 28 (TNSJou) -- Rice University issued the following news release: Maryland's innovative health care reimbursement model that sets annual caps for hospital services has been shown to reduce costs as well as the incidence of avoidable complications patients experience while they're hospitalized, according to a new study published in the journal JAMA Network Open. Health care expenditures account for nearly one-fifth of U.S. economic productivity, but the nation lags behind   more

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 28 (TNSGra) -- Rice University issued the following news release: Jackson State University, Prairie View A&M University, Rice University and Texas Southern University will share a grant of nearly $5 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support scholarships for students seeking master's degrees in engineering and related fields. The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) in Vicksburg, Mississippi, is also a key partner. The NSF project,  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 30 (TNSRes) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Rice, Houston Methodist, Baylor College of Medicine designing noninvasive tech to aid removal of metabolic waste * * * How well does your sleeping brain prepare you for a new day? Researchers at Rice University backed by the U.S. Army Military Operational Medicine Research Program (MOMRP) are poised to find out. Engineers at Rice University's NeuroEngineering Initiative in partnership with the Inst  more

HUNTSVILLE, Texas, Oct. 1 (TNSBook) -- Sam Houston State University issued the following news: Students at Sam Houston State University are always working to fulfill the university motto, "The measure of a Life is its Service." Recently, many SHSU graduate students and alumni collaborated with Montse Feu Lopez, associate professor of Hispanic Studies at SHSU and other experts to write "Serving Refugee Children: Listening to Stories of Detention in the USA." The book centers around stories of u  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Sept. 30 (TNSPol) -- Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs issued the following news: Thousands of Haitian migrants flocked to Del Rio, Texas, in recent weeks to attempt border crossing into the U.S. Since then, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Mexico have loaded more than 300 planes with migrants, sending Haitians back to the war-torn country. Labeling the situation as "inhumane," some are pointing a strong finger at the Biden ad  more

WACO, Texas, Oct. 1 (TNSMon) -- Baylor University issued the following news on Sept. 30, 2021: Two years ago, Baylor University announced a $100 million gift from an anonymous donor to the Give Light Campaign - the largest current gift in University history - with a significant portion establishing the Baylor Academic Challenge (BAC), a dollar-for-dollar matching program to fuel the University's academic enterprise. Today, Baylor announced the successful completion of the BAC, which generated s  more

STEPHENVILLE, Texas, Sept. 30 -- Tarleton State University issued the following news release: Tarleton State University communication studies Instructor Prairie Endres-Parnell has completed an unusual two-year presidency of the International Society for Educational Biography. Endres-Parnell, the organization's 35th president, never planned on back-to-back one-year terms. "When COVID-19 emerged, I realized we couldn't ethically hold an in-person conference, which meant not voting in new leaders  more

STEPHENVILLE, Texas, Oct. 1 -- Tarleton State University issued the following news release: Tarleton State University communication studies Instructor Prairie Endres-Parnell has completed an unusual two-year presidency of the International Society for Educational Biography. Endres-Parnell, the organization's 35th president, never planned on back-to-back one-year terms. "When COVID-19 emerged, I realized we couldn't ethically hold an in-person conference, which meant not voting in new leadershi  more

STEPHENVILLE, Texas, Oct. 1 (TNSPar) -- Tarleton State University issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2021: * * * Tarleton Partners With OnRamps to Offer Dual Enrollment Courses Beginning fall 2022, high school students in some 50 school districts across North Central Texas will be able to earn Tarleton State University credit for precalculus and college algebra classes before they graduate, thanks to a new partnership with OnRamps, a University of Texas at Austin program that incr  more

DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 28 -- The Dallas Independent School District issued the following news release: Thanks to a team collaborating and working together, Dallas ISD has successfully eliminated a backlog of about 2,000 unprocessed referrals for Special Education services. Nearly 400 Dallas ISD employees have worked since late May to process the backlog. As part of the district's ongoing commitment to educate all students, last spring, Dallas ISD discovered the backlog of about 2,000 unprocesse  more

COMMERCE, Texas, Oct. 1 (TNSOps) -- Texas A&M University's Commerce Campus issued the following news on Sept. 30, 2021: Joe and Nancy Owens of Santa Monica, California, recently established a planned gift--a bequest intention through their will--in support of the William A. Owens Memorial Endowment at Texas A&M University-Commerce. The endowment, which the couple created in 2005, honors Joe's uncle, William (Bill) Owens. Born in 1905, Bill was a renowned folklorist, author and professor. He va  more

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Oct. 1 (TNSGra) -- Texas A&M University Corpus Christi campus issued the following news: Understanding the environmental factors at work during shell formation could help create a hardier oyster, one that can continue to thrive in increasingly adverse coastal conditions. This information would undoubtedly be a boon to the Lone Star State's emerging aquaculture industry and would also contribute to the restoration of the oyster population on the Gulf Coast. Dr. Wei Xu, Te  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 1 (TNSRes) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: While medical materials have come a long way toward treating conditions in the body, sometimes they're a bit too stiff to be a perfect fit. Research at Texas A&M University aims to engineer new biomaterials that will provide effective treatment while also moving better with the body. "I think at the biggest picture, what gets me excited, is to build dynamic, responsive materials   more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Sept. 29 (TNSOps) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: For the first time in nearly two years, Texas A&M University engineering students gathered in person for Aggies Invent. Sponsored by the National Security Agency (NSA), this 48-hour design competition enabled students from all educational backgrounds to form teams and develop solutions for pressing societal issues. With the common theme of utilizing technology as a real-time as  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Sept. 29 (TNSJou) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: Turbomachinery is a crucial component in many applications requiring high power density equipment such as rockets, planes and power plants. A critical part of their success is the bearings that help keep their rotors spinning. Texas A&M University researchers are working to improve this rotation. Advances in process fluid-lubricated bearings used in turbomachinery technology co  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Sept. 28 (TNSJou) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: In the last few decades, metal 3D printing has spearheaded the efforts in creating custom parts of intricate shapes and high functionality. But as additive manufacturers have included more alloys for their 3D printing needs, so have the challenges in creating uniform, defect-free parts. A new study by Texas A&M University researchers has further refined the process of creating   more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 1 (TNSOps) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news on Sept. 30, 2021: Ritika Bhattacharjee, senior in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, has a rare perspective on life at Texas A&M University. As both a student blogger and student podcast host, she views the world as an aspiring engineer and someone who actively seeks out stories in others. Ingenium, the official student blog of the College of Engineering at Te  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 30 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Attorney General Ken Paxton continues to fight in court to defend Governor Abbott's Executive Order GA-39, which prohibits local entities from enforcing vaccine mandates. San Antonio ISD blatantly violated the law by forcing employees to get vaccinated or be terminated from employment. "The governor has made it very clear - the way through the pandemic is through personal responsibility, not gover  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 2 (TNSRes) -- The University of Texas at Austin's Texas Advanced Computing Center issued the following news release on Oct. 1, 2021: * * * Leading supercomputing center at UT Austin marks two decades at the forefront of technological innovation * * * Twenty years ago, a handful of computing experts with a hand-me-down Cray computing cluster began the journey of building the Texas Advanced Computing Center, or TACC, at The University of Texas at Austin into a research orga  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 1 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following statement on Sept. 30, 2021: * * * The state's initial map proposal for the Texas House of Representatives was filed by Texas House Redistricting Committee Chair Todd Hunter (R-Corpus Christi). Texas Democratic Party Chair Gilberto Hinojosa issued the following statement: "Texans of color, specifically Latinos, accounted for an overwhelming majority of our state's population growth in the last decade. What we are seeing  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 1 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following news on Oct. 1, 2021: Today is October 1, 2021, and despite the death of as many as 978 Texans, as much as $200 billion in damages, and weather predictions that warn this winter will be similar to the last one, the state's electrical grid is in no better shape than when it failed back in February. During the last regular state legislative session, Republican lawmakers authored and sponsored SB 3, which they said addressed  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 1 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following news: As Texas lawmakers work this session to redraw the state's legislative and congressional maps to reflect a decade's worth of population growth, Texans are being cheated out of fair representation by a disgraced out-of-state redistricting operative hired by Republicans to manipulate and discriminate against communities of color. Adam Foltz, a key Republican player in an unscrupulous Wisconsin redistricting scandal, h  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 30 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following news on Sept. 29, 2021: Texas Democratic Party Chair Gilberto Hinojosa issued the following statement on Frank Ramirez's success in Tuesday's House District 118 election: "Tonight, I am delighted to congratulate Frank Ramirez on winning the votes to advance to the runoff election for House District 118. "As a lifelong San Antonian and longtime progressive advocate with legislative experience as a Legislative Director a  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 1 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2021: Governor Greg Abbott today submitted a message to the Secretary of the Senate identifying legislation to increase the penalties for illegal voting as an additional agenda item for the Third Special Session that began on Monday, September 20. These penalties were reduced in Senate Bill 1 that passed in the second special session. "The State of Texas has made tremendous progress in upholdin  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 29 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2021: Governor Greg Abbott today announced that Dallas, 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 indust  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 30 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2021: Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the State of Texas will appeal the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) denial of Texas' Federal Emergency Declaration request as a result of the escalating crisis at the Texas-Mexico border. Earlier today, the Biden Administration denied the state's emergency declaration request related to the border crisis. Specifically, the Biden Adminis  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 2 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Oct. 1, 2021: Governor Greg Abbott today announced at a press conference that Leprino Foods Company ("Leprino Foods") will establish a new dairy products manufacturing facility in Lubbock, Texas. Leprino Foods produces mozzarella cheese and other dairy products. The Governor was joined in Lubbock by Mayor Dan Pope, Councilwoman Shelia Harris-Patterson, County Judge Curtis Parrish, Leprino Foods CEO and Pres  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 2 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed 11 members to the Texas Nonprofit Council for terms ending October 1, 2024. The Council shall make recommendations for improving contracting relationships, develop best practices, and identify and address gaps in services provided by and could be filled by faith-based organizations. Kile Bateman of Wichita Falls is Senior Pastor of Evangel Church. He serves as the Director  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 1 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Carla Reyes, William Henning, Jennifer Buaas, and Dan Teczar to the Work Group on Blockchain Matters. Additionally, he named Carla Reyes as Chair. The work group will develop a master plan for the expansion of the blockchain industry in Texas and recommend policies and state investments in connection with blockchain technology. Carla Reyes of Allen is an Assistant Professor  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 29 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Brad Jones, Nate Murphy, George Presses, Edward Stones, Jon Taylor, and Melissa Trevino to the Texas Energy Reliability Council for terms at the pleasure of the Governor. The Texas Energy Reliability Council was established to ensure that the energy and electric industries in this state meet high priority human needs and address critical infrastructure concerns, and enhanc  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 30 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott appointed Brigadier General Monie R. Ulis to serve as the Deputy Adjutant General for Army for a term to expire at the pleasure of the Governor. The Deputy Adjutant General for Army shall coordinate activities of the Texas Military Forces with the National Guard Bureau to ensure funding and compliance occurs with other federal, state, and local jurisdictions in matters relating to missi  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 29 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following proclamation: WHEREAS, I, Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, issued a disaster proclamation on May 31, 2021, certifying under Section 418.014 of the Texas Government Code that the surge of individuals unlawfully crossing the Texas-Mexico border posed an ongoing and imminent threat of disaster for a number of Texas counties and for all state agencies affected by this disaster; and WHEREAS, I amended the aforementioned procl  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 29 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following proclamation: WHEREAS, I, Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, issued a disaster proclamation on March 13, 2020, certifying under Section 418.014 of the Texas Government Code that the novel coronavirus (COVID- 19) poses an imminent threat of disaster for all counties in the State of Texas; and WHEREAS, in each subsequent month effective through today, I have issued proclamations renewing the disaster declaration for all Texa  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 1 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2021: Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is providing almost $294 million in emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits for the month of October as the state continues its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The allotments are expected to help more than 1.4 million Texas households. "Thank you to the USDA fo  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 29 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2021: Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM), in partnership with local officials, launched a new COVID-19 therapeutic infusion center in Nash, a suburb of Texarkana. The infusion center began accepting patients today and has been provided with monoclonal antibodies to treat outpatient cases of COVID-19 with a doctor's referral. This treatment  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 29 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2021: Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM), in partnership with local officials, will launch a new COVID-19 therapeutic infusion center in Waco. The infusion center will begin accepting patients tomorrow and has been provided with monoclonal antibodies to treat outpatient cases of COVID-19 who have a referral from a doctor. This treatment i  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 1 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2021: Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM), in partnership with local officials, will open a new COVID-19 therapeutic infusion center in Burnet. The facility opens to the public tomorrow and has been provided with monoclonal antibodies to treat outpatient cases of COVID-19 with a doctor's referral. This treatment is available at no cost to the  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 30 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2021: Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM), in partnership with local officials, launched a new COVID-19 therapeutic infusion center in College Station. The infusion center opens to the public tomorrow and has been provided with monoclonal antibodies to treat outpatient cases of COVID-19 with a doctor's referral. This treatment is available   more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 1 (TNSMon) -- Trinity University issued the following news: Trinity University is excited to announce that it has received $25 million from Michael Neidorff '65 and the Neidorff Family Trust for the University's AACSB-accredited business school. This transformational donation is the single largest in the University's history. In appreciation of the gift, Trinity's business school will be named the Michael F. Neidorff School of Business. The funds will ensure that Trini  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 1 (TNSGra) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: The University of Houston is part of a new consortium of Tier One Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) that has received a $5 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to enhance teaching, research, cultural programming and archives in the area of Latino humanities studies as well as prepare rising Latino researchers and scholars for faculty positions in humanities studies. "University of Ho  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 28 (TNSRes) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: * * * Researchers Studying Effects of Aerosols on Storms in Houston Area * * * A team of atmospheric scientists from around the nation is descending on the Houston area for the next 14 months to seek answers to a vexing question: Do tiny specks of soot, dust, smoke and other particles suspended in Earth's atmosphere help determine the severity of thunderstorms? The knowledge gained may make weat  more

DENTON, Texas, Sept. 30 (TNSRes) -- The University of North Texas issued the following news release: University of North Texas faculty members Shobhana Chelliah, Distinguished Professor of linguistics and associate dean of research and development in the College of Information, and Julie Leventhal, principal lecturer in UNT's Honors College, have been named award winners in the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program. Chelliah and Leventhal received their awards in 2020 but deferred their p  more

DENTON, Texas, Sept. 29 (TNSRes) -- The University of North Texas issued the following news release: A University of North Texas professor is working to help adults with intellectual disabilities, who may not be able to verbalize their feelings, through trauma-informed research and treatment plans. Joe Dracobly, director of the Behavior Analysis Resource Center and assistant professor of behavior analysis in the College of Health and Public Service, is working to establish physiological and be  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 28 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs issued the following news: In the United States and Mexico, pandemic and climate-related news headlines have demonstrated a lack of preparedness for vulnerable populations, especially the number of seniors over age 65. In Texas, the number of seniors is expected to more than double from 3.9 million in 2020 to 8.3 million by 2050. In Mexico, it is nearly the same story. These increases are driv  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 1 (TNSPar) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2021: * * * MD Anderson and the Rare Cancer Research Foundation Launch Collaboration to Accelerate the Development of Treatments for Rare Cancers The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and the Rare Cancer Research Foundation today announced the launch of a collaboration designed to accelerate the development of new treatments for rare cancers by empo  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, Sept. 29 (TNSGra) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: The University of Texas at Arlington is one of just 10 universities nationwide to receive a three-year, $800,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant through the Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) program and Northwestern University's Materials Research Science and Engineering Center to develop new functional materials for energy and semiconductor applic  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, Oct. 2 (TNSRes) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: * * * Social scientist explores impact of sustainable products on communities from which they came * * * A social scientist at The University of Texas at Arlington is exploring consumer demand for sustainable products and whether they actually improve sustainability in the communities from which they originate. The National Science Foundation awarded Christian Zlolniski, professo  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, Sept. 30 (TNSRes) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: * * * UTA student engineers learn to partner with mining communities from Colorado to Colombia * * * When Michelle Schwartz began her first field session in Colombia to work with artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) communities, she expected, based on her previous research, to find miners who were indifferent to the health and environmental consequences of their work. I  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, Sept. 30 (TNSRes) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: * * * UTA researcher studying effects of traumatic brain injury on neural cells * * * A University of Texas at Arlington researcher is studying how traumatic brain injuries (TBI) affect the ability of neural cells and surrounding cells to communicate with each other. Ashfaq Adnan, professor of mechanical engineering, received a three-year, $475,800 grant funded by the Office of  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, Oct. 1 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2021: * * * UTA physicist develops next-generation cancer photodrug * * * Wei Chen, professor of physics at The University of Texas at Arlington, is the senior author of two papers detailing the effects of copper cysteamine, a next-generation cancer photodrug invented in Chen's laboratory. The first article, "A new type of cuprous-cysteamine sensitizers: Synthesis, op  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 1 (TNSPar) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: * * * OnRamps Partnership Brings Together University of Texas-Austin and Tarleton State University to Help Students, Teachers Beginning fall 2022, high school students in around 50 school districts across North Central Texas will be able to earn Tarleton State University credit for precalculus and college algebra classes before they graduate, thanks to a new partnership with The University of Texas at  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 1 (TNSEco) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2021: Twenty years ago, a handful of computing experts with a hand-me-down Cray computing cluster began the journey of building the Texas Advanced Computing Center, or TACC, at The University of Texas at Austin into a research organization that today stands at the pinnacle of academic supercomputing. On Sept. 30, the center and its longest partners -- the National Science Foundation (NSF) a  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 30 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: On Earth, river erosion is usually a slow-going process. But on Mars, massive floods from overflowing crater lakes had an outsized role in shaping the Martian surface, carving deep chasms and moving vast amounts of sediment, according to a new study led by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin. The study, published Sept. 29 in Nature, found that the floods, which probably lasted mere weeks  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 29 (TNSGra) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: Monica Munoz Martinez, a historian at The University of Texas at Austin, has been awarded a MacArthur fellowship, often referred to as the "genius grant." The award recognizes her work to recover untold histories of racial violence along the U.S.-Mexico border. Martinez is one of 25 individuals selected for the five-year fellowship -- a no-strings-attached, $625,000 "investment in a person's original  more

RICHARDSON, Texas, Sept. 30 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas Dallas campus issued the following news: The way incarcerated people serve their time and the struggles they face when they are released, including the stigma associated with the criminal label, are well-studied topics. Less is known, however, about the extension of that stigma to their romantic partners. In a study published online Aug. 17 in the journal Criminal Justice Studies, a researcher from The University of Texas at Dalla  more

CANYON, Texas, Oct. 1 (TNSPar) -- West Texas A&M University issued the following news: * * * Pantex, West Texas A&M Partner on New Fire Protection Engineering Specialization A new program to provide highly trained fire safety engineers will launch in Spring 2022, thanks to a new partnership between Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC and West Texas A&M University's College of Engineering. The entities announced a collaboration on a fire protection engineering specialization within WT's mechan  more