DYERSBURG, Tennessee, Dec. 22 (TNSPer) -- Dyersburg State Community College issued the following news release: President Karen Bowyer appointed Trenna Richardson as Director of Health Sciences at Dyersburg State Community College (DSCC) at the Jimmy Naifeh Center at Tipton County (JNC). Trenna has been a nursing educator at DSCC since 2010 with over 25 years of experience as a registered nurse (RN). Richardson graduated from Texarkana Community College with an Associate Degree in Nursing in 19  more

HUNTSVILLE, Texas, Dec. 21 (TNSAwa) -- Sam Houston State University issued the following news: The Sam Houston State University College of Arts & Media has named Dan Phillips as the recipient of the 2021 Legacy Award in celebration of his career accomplishments and commitment to a life of service in support of SHSU. Phillips is widely known for his many years of artistic innovation, inspirational leadership, and sustained engagement with local communities. He and his wife Marsha are integral m  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Dec. 23 (TNSPer) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: By Jennifer Reiley Dr. Frances Ligler will be joining the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University as a professor this spring. "I am looking forward to working with talented faculty and students in biomedical engineering and to building collaborations across the university," Ligler said. Ligler has published research in the fields of biosensors, microfluidi  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 22 (TNSPer) -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Himesh Gandhi to the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy for a term set to expire on January 31, 2025. The Texas State Board of Public Accountancy protects the public by ensuring that persons issued certificates as certified public accountants (CPAs) possess the necessary education, skills, and capabilities and that they perform competently in the profession   more

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 23 (TNSPer) -- The University of Texas System issued the following news release on Dec. 22, 2021: University of Texas System Chancellor James B. Milliken announced today that William R. "Billy" Murphy, Jr., vice president and executive officer of King Ranch, Inc., will be the new CEO of University Lands. Murphy has more than 15 years of legal and land management experience, including in the oil, gas, and mineral sector, as well as renewable resources. At King Ranch, he mana  more

COMMERCE, Texas, Dec. 22 (TNSEve) -- Texas A&M University's Commerce Campus issued the following news on Dec. 21, 2021: Texas A&M University-Commerce alumnus C. Collin Sutt was recently announced as the chair of the 2022 Advancing Construction Operational Excellence Conference to be held from March 7-9 in Denver, Colo. The conference bills itself as the only event in North America focused on achieving operational excellence in construction. The conference is organized by Hanson Wade, a compan  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 23 (TNSAwa) -- Rice University issued the following news release: Rice University mathematician Jo Nelson has won a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award to pursue her research of the dynamics, geometry and topology of manifolds. CAREER Awards, among the most competitive offered by the NSF, are typically given to fewer than 400 young scientists and engineers each year across all disciplines. According to the agency, they support "early career faculty who hav  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Dec. 21 (TNSPer) -- Taft, a law firm, issued the following news on Dec. 20, 2021: Taft welcomes three patent litigation attorneys to the firm's growing Washington, DC office. Brian Seal, Thomas Southard, and Shaun Gregory bring significant experience handling high stakes patent litigation throughout the U.S., including popular jurisdictions such as Virginia and Texas, and before the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board. The trio litigate patents across multiple industries  more

COMMERCE, Texas, Dec. 22 (TNSAwa) -- Texas A&M University's Commerce Campus issued the following news on Dec. 21, 2021: Two staff members from the Office of Career Development at Texas A&M University-Commerce earned prestigious awards at the recent Southern Association of Colleges and Employers (SoACE) annual conference. Amy Horton, career coach for special populations, was awarded the Champion of Diversity Award for her demonstrated commitment to the pursuit of diversity and inclusion in the   more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Dec. 21 (TNSAwa) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: By Rachel Rose Dr. P.R. Kumar is the 2022 recipient of one of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' (IEEE) most prestigious honors -- the IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal. It is the highest award by IEEE in communications and networking. Kumar was recognized for his seminal contributions to the modeling, analysis and design of wireless networks. Kumar's contrib  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 21 (TNSPer) -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2021: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Ian Shaw and reappointed Rebecca "Suzette" Tijerina and Jennifer "Jenny" Downing Yoakum to the Texas State Board of Pharmacy for terms set to expire on August 31, 2027. The board fosters the provision of quality pharmaceutical care to the citizens of Texas and regulates the practice of pharmacy in accordance with the highest standards of ethics, ac  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release on Dec. 21, 2021: The Democratic National Committee is unveiling a new billboard in Dallas, Texas highlighting how the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed by President Biden and Texas Democrats will create smoother future holiday travel with better airports and safer roads. The billboard is located on the TEXpress Stemmons Tollway just south of the interchange with LBJ Freeway near the Dallas-Fort Worth  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 18 -- Akin Gump, a law firm, issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2021: Vitol Green Gas LLC has completed a sale of a group of renewable natural gas (RNG) projects in Idaho to Amp Americas II, LLC, a company converting dairy waste into carbon-negative renewable transportation fuel and power. Vitol Green Gas is an affiliate of Vitol, one of the world's largest independent traders of energy and related commodities. A team from Akin Gump represented Vitol Green Gas in  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 24 -- Akin Gump, a law firm, issued the following news release on Dec. 23, 2021: Akin Gump represented Triller Hold Co LLC ("TrillerVerz"), a social media platform that uses proprietary artificial intelligence (AI) technology, in its announced merger agreement with SeaChange International, Inc. a publicly traded company focused on advanced digital advertising. Upon closing, SeaChange will change its name to TrillerVerz Corp and is expected to be a Nasdaq-listed company wit  more

FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 23 -- American Airlines issued the following news release on Dec. 22, 2021: American Airlines Group Inc. (the "Company" or "American Airlines") (NASDAQ: AAL) announced today that its Board of Directors has adopted a tax benefit preservation plan to help preserve the value of its net operating losses and other tax attributes. The Company estimates that its cumulative U.S. federal net operating loss carryforwards exceed $16.5 billion, which can be utilized in certain circu  more

WACO, Texas, Dec. 22 (TNSPar) -- Baylor University issued the following news on Dec. 21, 2021: Baylor University and the City of Waco have announced an initial agreement to partner on the riverfront location of the Paul and Alejandra Foster Pavilion, which like its football predecessor McLane Stadium will be in the highest visibility area of the city's growing Riverfront district. The new $185 million home for Baylor's championship men's and women's basketball teams will be located along the B  more

COMMERCE, Texas, Dec. 18 (TNSRes) -- Texas A&M University's Commerce Campus issued the following news on Dec. 17, 2021: Columbia Law School's blog recently published research by Regents Professor Srinivas Nippani from A&M-Commerce, and Associate Professor Nizan Geslevich Packin from Baruch College, City University of New York. Their research discusses efforts by the U.S. government to end discrimination by banks against minority families. Examples of these efforts include the Fair Housing Act  more

DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 23 -- Haynes and Boone, a law firm, issued the following news release on Dec. 22, 2021: A Haynes and Boone, LLP deal team represented ProPath in connection with its recent sale to Sonic Healthcare (Sonic). The transaction closed Dec. 17, 2021. ProPath is a physician led anatomical and clinical pathology (AP) practice, routinely diagnosing cases from 45 states and several foreign countries. ProPath is highly regarded as a pre-eminent AP practice, with an exceptionally stron  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Dec. 24 -- Holland and Knight, a law firm, issued the following news release on Dec. 23, 2021: Holland & Knight represented SkyKnight Capital, a San Francisco-based private equity firm, and the founders of WhiteWater Express Car Wash on their investment agreement with Freeman Spogli & Co. SkyKnight, which invested in WhiteWater in 2018, will retain significant ownership in the company as part of this transaction. The deal was completed on Dec. 23. Headquartered in Ho  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 21 -- Holland and Knight, a law firm, issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2021: Holland & Knight advised OnPeak Power in the sale of four U.S. solar projects totaling 1.1 GW to a new joint venture formed between two Israeli companies. The transaction also included the negotiation of a long-term development relationship with OnPeak. The joint venture is between Kenlov Renewable Energy, an international originator, investor and IPP headquartered in Tel Aviv, and As  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Dec. 22 -- Husch Blackwell, a law firm, issued the following news release on Dec. 21, 2021: Husch Blackwell is pleased to announce that Rufino Gaytan III has been elected to membership in the Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation (TBF). Gaytan, senior counsel in the firm's Houston office, represents clients in labor and employment matters and during the COVID-19 pandemic has helped employers navigate quickly changing federal, state and local employment laws. He also has ex  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Dec. 21 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release: Attorney General Aaron D. Ford has announced that the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated a lower court judgment, finding that Nevada should have been allowed to intervene to defend the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) requirement that employer-provided health insurance include birth control coverage. The decision was handed down on Dec.17. The class action lawsuit, filed in Texas, sought  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 22 (TNSJou) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: * * * Professor Jim Hawkins and 3L Student Tiffany Penner Call for Change to Advertising Practices and Regulations * * * A new study authored by University of Houston Law Center Professor Jim Hawkins and student Tiffany Penner and published in the Emory Law Journal indicates that the payday lending industry often targets Black and Latino communities in advertising their products, while the mainst  more

IRVING, Texas, Dec. 22 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release on Dec. 21, 2021: The Nexstar Media Charitable Foundation and WANE-TV, the Nexstar Media Inc. television station serving Fort Wayne, Indiana, and the surrounding area, announced today that the Foundation will donate $5,000 to The Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne, Indiana. Originally established in 1922, The Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne, Indiana, is a tax-e  more

IRVING, Texas, Dec. 22 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release on Dec. 21, 2021: The Nexstar Media Charitable Foundation and WRTF-TV, the Nexstar Media Inc. television station serving Wheeling, West Virginia, and the surrounding area, announced today that the Foundation will donate $5,000 to the Easter Seals Rehabilitation Center of Wheeling. Established in 1937, the Rehabilitation Center serves 17 local counties in Northern West Virginia an  more

IRVING, Texas, Dec. 22 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release on Dec. 21, 2021: Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXST) today announced that WHTM-TV, the Nexstar television station serving Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, has begun broadcasting with NEXTGEN TV, a revolutionary new digital broadcast technology, powered by ATSC 3.0. Harrisburg is Nexstar's 17th market to begin broadcasting with ATSC 3.0 in 2021. Over the course of the year, Nexstar   more

COMMERCE, Texas, Dec. 21 -- Texas A&M University's Commerce Campus issued the following news on Dec. 20, 2021: Representatives from the Department of Engineering and Technology at A&M-Commerce attended a Dec. 15 luncheon at Paris Regional Medical Center (PRMC), where the department was recognized for providing personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic. A&M-Commerce attendees included Brent Donham, Ed.D., dean of the College of Science and Engineering; Perry Moler, Ph.D., assis  more

DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 21 -- Haynes and Boone, a law firm, issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2021: Haynes and Boone, LLP has released the latest edition of the firm's alumni magazine, HB Connections, which features articles about distinguished alums and their inspiring accomplishments and journeys. Serving the community is a dominant theme in this edition, highlighting Haynes Boone alums like Luke Murumba, Sara Melnick Albert, Rabecca Cross, and Darrel Rice who are dedicating their ca  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 23 (TNSJou) -- Rice University issued the following news release on Dec. 22, 2021: * * * Puzzling result forces physicists to rethink 'spin-triplet' superconductivity * * * A Rice University-led study is forcing physicists to rethink superconductivity in uranium ditelluride, an A-list material in the worldwide race to create fault-tolerant quantum computers. Uranium ditelluride crystals are believed to host a rare " spin-triplet" form of superconductivity , but puzzling  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 21 (TNSJou) -- Rice University issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2021: * * * Glacial erosion likely caused atmospheric oxygen levels to dip over past 800,000 years * * * An unknown culprit has been removing oxygen from our atmosphere for at least 800,000 years, and an analysis of air bubbles preserved in Antarctic ice for up to 1.5 million years has revealed the likely suspect. "We know atmospheric oxygen levels began declining slightly in the late Pleistoce  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 23 (TNSJou) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Rice scientists calculate how carbon nanotubes and their fibers experience fatigue * * * Up here in the macro world, we all feel fatigue now and then. It's the same for bundles of carbon nanotubes, no matter how perfect their individual components are. A Rice University study calculates how strains and stresses affect both "perfect" nanotubes and those assembled into fibers and found that while fibe  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 21 (TNSRes) -- Rice University issued the following news release: What happened to electrical power in Texas during last February's freeze? A new time-lapse video of electricity generation created by experts at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy offers an hour-by-hour picture of power plant and customer outages across the state during the devastating storm. The freeze crippled the Texas power grid, which is managed by the Electric Reliability Council of Te  more

COMMERCE, Texas, Dec. 22 (TNSOps) -- Texas A&M University's Commerce Campus issued the following news on Dec. 21, 2021: Texas A&M University-Commerce alumni Sandra Lyday Fernandes and Gary Fernandes of Dallas and Honey Grove, Texas, made Lion history this month as the university's first donors with a cumulative lifetime giving amount over $1 million. The couple's most recent gift, the Lyday Fernandes Scholars, is a $1 million endowment that includes a student scholarship fund for first-generat  more

STEPHENVILLE, Texas, Dec. 23 (TNSOps) -- Tarleton State University issued the following news release: A $247,134 grant from the Sid Richardson Foundation will help Tarleton State University continue to scale up its successful teacher residency program to a full year from a single semester, benefiting future educators, their mentors and partner school districts. "We are extremely grateful to the Sid Richardson Foundation for its confidence in our efforts to improve the preparation of future tea  more

STEPHENVILLE, Texas, Dec. 24 (TNSOps) -- Tarleton State University issued the following news release: A $247,134 grant from the Sid Richardson Foundation will help Tarleton State University continue to scale up its successful teacher residency program to a full year from a single semester, benefiting future educators, their mentors and partner school districts. "We are extremely grateful to the Sid Richardson Foundation for its confidence in our efforts to improve the preparation of future tea  more

STEPHENVILLE, Texas, Dec. 23 (TNSPer) -- Tarleton State University issued the following news release: Dr. Daniel Marble in the Department of Chemistry, Geoscience and Physics at Tarleton State University has been named a Texas A&M System Regents Professor. The Board of Regents recently designated 12 A&M System faculty members as Regents Professors and Regents Fellows for the academic year 2020-2021. The board established the Regents Professor Awards in 1996 and the Regents Fellow Service Awar  more

STEPHENVILLE, Texas, Dec. 21 (TNSPar) -- Tarleton State University issued the following news release: * * * Tarleton Partners With Milford ISD on Admission, Scholarships Beginning with the 2021-22 school year, Tarleton State University will provide annual scholarships and guarantee admission to Milford High School seniors who graduate in the top 25 percent of their class. The Milford Independent School District and Tarleton leaders finalized the agreement with a memorandum signed at the Nove  more

LAREDO, Texas, Dec. 24 (TNSOps) -- Texas A&M International University, a member of the Texas A&M University System, issued the following news release on Dec. 22, 2021: This past year, Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) students were able to tap into over $11.5 million in student support from the federal Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) appropriations, formerly known as the CARES grant. This Spring 2022, eligible students will be able to benefit from over $7.5 million in st  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Dec. 22 (TNSJou) -- Texas A&M University's Health Science Center issued the following news: * * * Study shows that despite the shift in administration, the gains in coverage that were documented in 2016 and earlier remained stable in 2017 and 2018 * * * The Affordable Care Act (ACA), a landmark comprehensive health care reform law, was enacted in 2010 and increased insurance coverage nationwide. However, the 2016 election established uncertainty in regard to the ACA w  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Dec. 22 -- The Texas A&M University System issued the following news release: Prairie View A&M University and Tarleton State University have attained the prestigious R2 Carnegie Classification, recognizing both campuses for their high level of research activity. Prairie View A&M University's research expenditures topped $105 million over the past five years, placing them in the Top 10 for historically black colleges and universities across the nation. Prairie View A&M -  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Dec. 17 (TNSAwa) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: By Bariha Askery In November of this year, Texas A&M University's chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, or SHPE, received the National Large Chapter of the Year Award. "The overwhelming amount of support and opportunities I found by being involved have helped me learn how to succeed both in school and post-graduation," said SHPE member Anais Baca '21. SHPE  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 22 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: On behalf of the State of Texas, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, along with the State of Missouri, has submitted their motion for a preliminary injunction asking a federal court to order the Biden Administration to immediately resume the building of the southern border wall. This is a follow-on pleading to Attorney General Paxton's border wall lawsuit filed in October. The lawsuit claims that the  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 14 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a preliminary injunction against the Biden Administration to stop the implementation of the vaccine mandate for all staff and volunteers of the Head Start program. The filing also seeks to enjoin the new mask mandate for all children who attend the program - of two years of age and older -- and any individual in a Head Start facility, such as parents picking up or dro  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 21 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2021: Governor Greg Abbott today announced the State of Texas will invest an additional $123.3 million in federal funds to support education. The final allocation of the Governor's Emergency Education Relief (GEER) funds comes to the state through the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSAA). This distribution brings the total to more than $362 million in GEER fundi  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 21 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2021: Governor Greg Abbott today announced that his Public Safety Office (PSO) will award an additional $38.4 million for law enforcement, jail operations, and court administration activities in direct support of Operation Lone Star (OLS). The Governor's PSO has awarded $74.8 million in OLS funds to cities and counties in proximity to the Texas-Mexico border since the operation was launched in Mar  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 20 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Dec. 18, 2021: Governor Greg Abbott today held a press conference debuting the construction of the Texas border wall in Rio Grande City -- just six months after he announced Texas would build its own border wall. The press conference took place in front of the first phase of the wall being built on state land managed by the Texas General Land Office (GLO). The Governor was joined by GLO Commissioner Geor  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 24 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Dec. 23, 2021: Governor Greg Abbott today granted pardons and restoration of civil rights to the following eight Texans recommended by the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles: * David Boyd Pool, 74, for theft in 1965 (Galveston County). Pool was sentenced to 2 years of probation. * Gary Lynn Dickey, 42, for burglary of a vehicle in 1997 (Washington County). Dickey was sentenced to 2 years of deferred adju  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 25 -- 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 procla  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 25 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following proclamation on Dec. 23, 2021: 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 declarati  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 23 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Dec. 22, 2021: Governor Greg Abbott today directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) to ready resources ahead of elevated conditions for critical wildfire danger in the Texas Panhandle, South Plains, and West Texas. These resources will support local officials' response to wildfires if they exceed local response capabilities. The Texas A&M Forest Service warns that elevated to critical fir  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 23 (TNSJou) (TNSRep) -- The University of Houston Law Center issued the following news release: * * * Published Paper Co-Authored by UH Law Professor Finds Popular Social Media App Often Provides Misinformation to Adolescents * * * Teenagers and young adults who turn to TikTok for sexual education may be vulnerable to misinformation, according to an article co-authored by University of Houston Law Center Research Assistant Professor Leah Fowler of the Health Law & Policy  more

VICTORIA, Texas, Dec. 22 (TNSBook) -- The University of Houston Victoria campus issued the following news release on Dec. 21, 2021: Mark Ward Sr., an associate professor of communication at the University of Houston-Victoria, has authored a new textbook on public speaking that brings a different approach to a course millions of college students take as part of their general education. "Introduction to Public Speaking: An Inductive Approach" was published in December by FlatWorld, a leading Bos  more

VICTORIA, Texas, Dec. 22 (TNSOps) -- The University of Houston Victoria campus issued the following news release: The University of Houston-Victoria will continue to host public events and youth camps focused on math, computer science and robotics for middle and high school students in the Crossroads, thanks to a $30,000 grant from Alcoa Foundation. Kevin Riggs, location manager at Alcoa, Point Comfort said, "The Alcoa Foundation is proud of the longstanding relationship with UHV and excited t  more

VICTORIA, Texas, Dec. 22 (TNSOps) -- The University of Houston Victoria campus issued the following news release: Nursing students at Texas State Technical College will have a new academic pathway into the University of Houston-Victoria's nursing program, thanks to an expansion to the transfer credit agreement between the two institutions. UHV and TSTC recently updated their transfer agreement to include a transfer pathway for students in the TSTC Associate of Applied Science Degree in Nursing  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 21 (TNSJou) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: * * * Clears the Way for Drug Development for Skeletal Muscle Diseases * * * A researcher at the University of Houston College of Pharmacy has identified the proteins necessary for efficient regeneration of skeletal muscles after acute injury and in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). Ashok Kumar, Else and Philip Hargrove Endowed Professor of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, is reporti  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 21 (TNSRes) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: * * * University of Houston Findings Could Lead to Better Balance in Relief Allocations During Future Crises * * * Many small and large U.S. businesses owe their COVID-era survival to low-interest loans offered as part of the federal Paycheck Protection Program. The PPP safety net, however, did not equally cover all neighborhoods suffering through pandemic-related economic challenges in 2020 and   more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Dec. 21 (TNSRes) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news on Dec. 20, 2021: By Herb Booth Researchers from The University of Texas at Arlington and Texas A&M University have received a three-year, $500,000 grant from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to conduct experiments and simulations of liquid metal heat pipes (LMHPs) for micro nuclear reactors. The microreactor is a compact nuclear reactor design generating up to 20 megawat  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 24 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release: * * * Strongest correlation seen in patients not using probiotic supplements * * * Patients with melanoma who reported eating more fiber-rich foods when they began immunotherapy treatment survived longer without cancer growth than patients with insufficient dietary fiber intake, according to new research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center published to  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 22 -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: Hans Mark, a world-renowned aerospace engineer who was in Mission Control during the first moon landing and who served as chancellor of the University of Texas System for nearly a decade, died on Saturday, Dec. 18 at the age of 92. Mark leaves a legacy of exploration and discovery, warmth and inspiration, and leadership and innovation. In addition to being a champion of research and technology, he was known for  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Dec. 21 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio issued the following news release: * * * Mice missing one copy of the Tbx1 gene exhibit slower cognitive processing. * * * Myelin, a sheath of insulation around nerves that enables electrical impulses to efficiently travel through the central nervous system, is diminished in mice that have a gene deletion associated with autism spectrum disorder, new research finds. Scientists at The Univers  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Dec. 24 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio issued the following news release: * * * UT Health San Antonio researchers compared results in less-severe and severe COVID-19 cases one and five months after symptom onset. * * * Infection-fighting B cells retain better memory of the coronavirus spike protein in University Hospital patients who recover from less-severe cases of COVID-19 than in those recovering from severe COVID-19, a new st  more