NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 28 (TNSEve) -- Loyola University issued the following news release: The College of Nursing and Health at Loyola University New Orleans is pleased to announce that the award-winning New York Times food correspondent Brett Anderson will deliver its fall lecture entitled "Gravy Runs Through It: The Mystique, Mistakes and Magic of New Orleans Restaurants." The lecture, which will address offer perspectives on the complexities of restaurants and food, what they might sa  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 30 (TNSEve) -- The University of New Orleans issued the following news release: Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and University of New Orleans alumnus Jericho Brown will serve as the principal speaker at the University's fall 2021 undergraduate commencement ceremony. UNO will also present Brown with an honorary doctorate. The University will hold two commencement ceremonies in the UNO Lakefront Arena on Friday, Dec. 10: a graduate student ceremony at 11 a.m. and an unde  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 28 -- ABC News, the news division of Walt Disney Television, issued the following news on Oct. 27, 2021: ABC News announced today a month-long climate change coverage series spanning seven continents on the eve of world leaders gathering in Glasgow and joining forces to mitigate further damage from the climate crisis facing the world. ABC News will commit unprecedented resources, deploying anchors and correspondents worldwide from Louisiana and the Amazon to India and Antarctica,  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 29 -- Entergy issued the following news release: After several months of review, Entergy New Orleans and the New Orleans City Council have reached a successful conclusion on Entergy New Orleans' Formula Rate Plan. Under the terms of the Formula Rate Plan tariff, Entergy New Orleans will not challenge the Council Advisors' rate increase adjustment of $49.5 million. The Company's original filing requested a $64 million rate increase. In addition, the New Orleans City  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 27 -- The Georgia House of Representatives issued the following news release on behalf of State Rep. Lynn Smith, R-Newnan: State Representative Lynn Smith (R-Newnan), chair of the House Natural Resources and Environment Committee, recently participated in a water management policy forum hosted by the Southern Legislative Conference (SLC) of The Council of State Governments (CSG). Rep. Smith previously served as chair of the SLC's Energy & Environment Committee and was inv  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 27 (TNSEco) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Richardson Memorial Hall, the 113-year-old building that houses the Tulane University School of Architecture, is gearing up for a renovation that promises to bring the school to the next level of architecture and design education. Groundbreaking on the construction project is scheduled for early spring 2022, with the building open again in fall 2023. Plans call for the renovation to restore histor  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Oct. 30 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards announced his appointments to several Louisiana boards and commissions. Governor's Advisory Board of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention The Governor's Advisory Board of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention encourages and assists the state, units of local government, and private non-profit agencies in the comprehensive improvement of the juvenile justice syste  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Oct. 27 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on Oct. 26, 2021: Gov. John Bel Edwards announced today that Louisiana will receive $594,931,000 in Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the state's long-term recovery from Hurricanes Laura and Delta in 2020. "This is a step in the right direction and we are thankful to our congressional delegation for their help i  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Oct. 26 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on Oct. 25, 2021: Gov. John Bel Edwards has issued a proclamation declaring the week of October 24 as Respiratory Care Practitioners Week in Louisiana. This recognizes the thousands of trained medical professionals who are on the frontlines and have been continuously serving our state during the COVID-19 pandemic. Respiratory care practitioners are trained specifically to provide ventilation and aer  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Oct. 27 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards announced he will lift Louisiana's statewide mask mandate in all settings except for K-12 schools, after sustained improvement across the state in terms of new cases, test positivity and hospitalizations. The Governor's updated order allows school districts to opt out of the mask mandate as long as they continue to follow the existing quarantine guidelines recommended by the C  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Oct. 26 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on Oct. 25, 2021: On the heels of joining the international Race to Zero campaign and after announcing that the largest permanent carbon sequestration project in the world will begin construction in Louisiana, Gov. John Bel Edwards will travel to Scotland this week for the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties to make the case that while Louisiana is suffering severe consequen  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Oct. 28 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following statement: * * * Gov. John Bel Edwards issued a statement on the ruling by the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal upholding his appointment of Ronald Lattier as a member of the Red River Waterway Commission representing Caddo Parish. In 2018, Gov. Edwards appointed Mr. Lattier, who was also confirmed by the Louisiana State Senate, to serve out the remainder of the term for the seat that had become   more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Oct. 30 -- The Louisiana State University's Pennington Biomedical Research Center issued the following news release: A consortium of Louisiana's leading biomedical research institutions, headed by the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, partnered with LSU Health New Orleans and Tulane University School of Medicine, will investigate the mysteries of "long COVID" under a National Institutes of Health award. The new award is part of the National Institutes of Health's R  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Oct. 28 (TNSRes) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2021: Estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer is the most common type of breast cancer diagnosed today. When someone has ER+ breast cancer, the cancer cells' growth is facilitated by the estrogen receptor. In breast cancer, hormone receptors (proteins located in and around breast cells) signal cancerous cells to grow uncontrollably, resulting in a tumor. According to the   more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Oct. 29 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2021: The LSU National Center for Biomedical Research and Training/Academy of Counter-Terrorist Education (LSU NCBRT/ACE) has received a one-year, $99,985 cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's National Institute of Corrections. The award will allow LSU NCBRT/ACE to work in tandem with federal partners to convert the NIC's current Learning Professional curricul  more

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, Oct. 27 (TNSAwa) -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release on Oct. 26, 2021: * * * ULS Honors Nicholls Administrator with Servant Leader Award The University of Louisiana System has recognized the career of Renee Hicks (BS '89, MEd '03) by giving her the James Callier Servant Leader Award. The award recognizes individuals who demonstrate servant leader qualities and characteristics that inspire others to develop their leadership potential. Hicks, a  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 28 (TNSOps) -- Loyola University issued the following news release: RNL (Ruffalo Noel Levitz), the leading provider of higher education enrollment management, student success, and fundraising solutions, has honored three colleges and universities with awards for their achievements in college student recruitment and student success. Loyola University New Orleans and Louisiana State University have been honored for their recruitment efforts, while Utica College has be  more

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, Oct. 30 -- Southwestern Electric Power, an American Electric Power company, issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2021: Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) today announced that the American Electric Power Foundation has awarded a $100,000 grant to the Rogers Development Foundation to promote academic success among Latino students in Rogers, Ark., high schools. The grant will support the Leadership, Education, Advancement & Development (L.E.A.D.) project,  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 28 (TNSGra) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: For coffee drinkers, there's nothing like that first sip in the morning. For Tulane University researchers studying the sustainability of coffee in Honduras, the stakes are far higher than a tempting cup of joe. Honduras is one of the world's top coffee producing countries, but the growing global demand for coffee is contributing significantly to deforestation, biodiversity loss and climate change.  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 27 (TNSGra) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: More than 38 million people worldwide currently live with HIV and among them are women who become infected with malaria during pregnancy. These women and their fetuses tend to have very poor health outcomes, but the specific mechanism for how these two diseases interact -- particularly during the unique state of pregnancy -- has not yet been studied or understood. Jennifer Manuzak, an assistant pro  more

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, Oct. 27 (TNSOps) -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette Campus issued the following news story: The University of Louisiana at Lafayette's eco-friendly programs and initiatives have been recognized by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. UL Lafayette earned a "silver" designation as part of the association's Sustainability, Tracking, Assessment, and Rating System, or STARS. The system provides a transparent framework for colleges   more

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, Oct. 28 (TNSOps) -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette Campus issued the following news story: A new service at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette is dishing the dirt on soil health. The Delta Urban Soils Laboratory can help small production farmers, gardeners, landscape designers and architects, homeowners and environmental firms better understand what's in their soil. And healthy soil produces healthy plants and crops, said Dr. Anna Paltseva, an assistant pr  more