IRVING, Texas, March 15 (TNSPer) -- ExxonMobil, an energy provider and chemical manufacturer, issued the following news release on March 14, 2022: ExxonMobil said today that Matt Furman has been elected vice president of public and government affairs, effective April 1, replacing Suzanne McCarron, who has elected to retire after 24 years of service. "We welcome Matt to ExxonMobil and will leverage his knowledge and experience to enhance our corporate communications," said Darren Woods, chief e  more

HOUSTON, Texas, March 14 (TNSPer) -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: Roland Garcia, a Litigation Practice shareholder in the Houston office of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, has been asked to serve on the regional selection panel for the White House Fellows program. As a regional panelist for the 2022-2023 application season, Garcia will be tasked with identifying and evaluating talent for the White House Fellowship who will advance to the National Fi  more

AUSTIN, Texas, March 15 (TNSPer) -- The Texas A&M Forest Service issued the following news: Wes Moorehead, former Assistant Director, has been promoted to Associate Director of Forest Resource Protection and Fire Chief at Texas A&M Forest Service. The forest resource protection division of the agency provides statewide leadership in the protection of the people, property and natural resources of Texas from wildfire and other disasters. "I am privileged to provide leadership and counsel to the   more

STEPHENVILLE, Texas, March 15 (TNSPer) -- Tarleton State University issued the following news release: Following a rigorous national search, Diane Stearns, PhD, has been named Tarleton State University's next Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, effective June 1, pending approval by The Texas A&M University System Chancellor. She replaces Dr. Karen Murray, who's stepping back after more than three decades of service. Dr. Stearns served as Provost and Vice President for A  more

COMMERCE, Texas, March 18 (TNSPer) -- Texas A&M University's Commerce Campus issued the following news: The Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD) elected A&M-Commerce faculty member Seung Won Yoon, Ph.D., to the position of president-elect for the term 2022-2024. He will serve a two-year term as president-elect, followed by two years as president and two years as past president. Yoon is a professor and the doctoral program coordinator in the Department of Higher Education and Learning T  more

AUSTIN, Texas, March 15 (TNSPer) -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Major General Thomas M. Suelzer as the Adjutant General of Texas, effective today, March 14, 2022. The Adjutant General is commander of the Soldiers and Airmen of the Texas Military Department, and reports directly to the Governor in matters pertaining to the Texas Army National Guard, Texas Air National Guard, and Texas State Guard. General Suelzer will replace M  more

AUSTIN, Texas, March 15 (TNSPer) -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Timothy Whitaker to the Peace Officers' Star of Texas Award Advisory Committee for a term to expire at the pleasure of the Governor. The committee advises the Governor on the issuance, design, and presentation of the Peace Officers' Star of Texas Award. This award is given to peace officers who are seriously injured in the line of duty and the surviving next of   more

AUSTIN, Texas, March 18 (TNSPer) -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has reappointed Kevin Barber to the Texas Veterans Commission for a term set to expire on December 31, 2027. The Texas Veterans Commission advocates for and provides services to veterans to improve the quality of life of all Texas veterans, their families, and survivors. Kevin Barber of Houston is the founder of Veteran Energy, LLC, 95 Bravo Resources, and the Power to Give   more

HOUSTON, Texas, March 16 (TNSPer) -- Texas Southern University issued the following news: Texas Southern University has named Tracy Clemons as its new Associate Vice President for Marketing and Communications. In this role, Clemons will manage and direct media, external communications, and branding working directly with the Vice President for communications and advancement. In addition, he'll be a member of the president's extended cabinet. "Tracy has demonstrated an impeccable ability to lead  more

VICTORIA, Texas, March 17 -- The University of Houston Victoria campus issued the following news release: University of Houston-Victoria alumni Bishop Gary Janak and Loveth Ohenhen have at least one thing in common: a passion to help others as much as they can. Now, the two alumni will be honored during the 2022 UHV Alumni Awards Banquet. Janak, an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of San Antonio, will receive the 2022 Distinguished Alumnus Award. Ohenhen, a systems engineer at Dell Technolo  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 16 (TNSAwa) -- City Colleges of Chicago issued the following news: City Colleges is proud to share that 13 members of our faculty and staff were recently recognized as 2022 Excellence Award recipients by the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD). Every year, the Excellence Awards honor individuals at NISOD member colleges who are doing extraordinary work on their community college campuses. In addition to other forms of recognition, this y  more

SAN ANGELO, Texas, March 17 (TNSAwa) -- Angelo State University issued the following news: The Angelo State University Handball Club men's team brought home both a team and an individual national title from the recent 69th U.S. Handball Association National Collegiate Championships at Missouri State University. The ASU team took first place in the Men's B Division to win the national championship ahead of runner-up Texas A&M University. ASU's Jacob O'Dell of San Angelo won an individual nation  more

FORT DAVIS, Texas, March 17 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Texas at Austin's McDonald Observatory issued the following news release: Astronomer Stella Offner of The University of Texas at Austin has been awarded the NCU-Delta Young Astronomer Lectureship Award by Taiwan's National Central University and the Delta Electronics Foundation. Each year, the award is given to one or two international scholars under the age of 45. It includes an invitation to deliver a series of prize lectures in Taiwa  more

DALLAS, Texas, March 16 (TNSPer) -- Barnes and Thornburg, a law firm, issued the following news release: Barnes & Thornburg has added corporate and litigation attorneys to its Dallas and Los Angeles offices. An associate in the Los Angeles office, Sarah Abeson assists and advises entertainment clients with copyright issues, including assignments, infringement, and termination, as well as with catalog licensing and sales. Along with her colleagues, Abeson helps clients realize the risks and re  more

AUSTIN, Texas, March 18 (TNSPer) -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Kathy Kabell and Rev. Moises Molina and reappointed Benjamin A. Montanez to the OneStar Foundation for terms set to expire on March 15, 2025. Additionally, the Governor appointed Sara Ramirez and reappointed Michael Parker and Robert G. "Bob" Wright, II for terms set to expire on March 15, 2024. The OneStar Foundation provides technical assistance, education, info  more

AUSTIN, Texas, March 15 (TNSPer) -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Samuel McGee and Robert Moore to the Firefighters' Star of Texas Award Advisory Committee for terms at the pleasure of the Governor. The committee advises the Governor on the issuance, design, and presentation of the Firefighters' Star of Texas Award. This award is given to firefighters who are seriously injured in the line of duty and the surviving next of kin of  more

AUSTIN, Texas, March 19 (TNSPer) -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has reappointed Jennifer Harris to the Governor's Broadband Development Council for a term set to expire on August 31, 2024. Additionally, the Governor has named Marty Lucke as chair of the council and Harris as vice-chair. The council was created by the 86th Legislature in 2019 and expanded by the 87th Legislature in 2021. The council works to study and identify ways to provid  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March 18 (TNSAwa) -- University of Mount Union issued the following news: Dr. Kanika Bansal, assistant professor of physical therapy at the University of Mount Union, was recently presented with the 2022 Post Professional Student Research Award at the American Physical Therapy Association's Combined Sections Meeting. Bansal earned this prestigious honor from the National Physical Therapy Association for her research titled, "Objective Measurement of Perceived Walking Chall  more

HOUSTON, Texas, March 16 (TNSPer) -- The University of St. Thomas issued the following news release: Two leaders with strong ties to the University of St. Thomas-Houston have been named to Greg Abbott's Governor's Commission for Women. The two are Denise Castillo-Rhodes, UST Board Member and CFO for the Texas Medical Center, and Gita Bolt, J.D., UST's chief legal counsel. Both said they are honored to have been considered and selected. Only 14 members sit on the Texas statewide commission. The  more

NEW YORK, March 15 -- ABC News, the news division of Walt Disney Television, issued the following news: Two months after his death, a new "20/20" reports on Robert Durst, the fugitive multimillionaire New York real estate heir, and his shocking trial that led to a murder conviction. Over the course of 40 years, authorities suspected Durst's involvement in the deaths or disappearances of his first wife, Kathleen Durst; his long-time friend, Susan Berman; and his neighbor in Galveston, Texas, Mor  more

SAN ANGELO, Texas, March 15 -- Angelo State University issued the following news: By Tom Nurre Three Angelo State University graduate students who are intern school counselors in the Brownwood Independent School District earned Counselors Reinforcing Excellence for Students in Texas (CREST) Awards for their respective schools at the Texas School Counselor Association's (TSCA) recent Professional School Counselor Conference in Round Rock. ASU graduate students Angie Bertrand, Marci Reagan and   more

HOUSTON, Texas, March 16 (TNSJou) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: About 1 in 44 children in the U.S. are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by the age of 8, according to the 2018 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention surveillance. How a child's DNA contributes to the development of ASD has been more of a mystery. Recently, clinicians and scientists have looked more closely at new, or de novo, DNA changes, meaning they only are present in affected ind  more

HOUSTON, Texas, March 15 (TNSJou) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: An exciting study by researchers in the laboratory of Dr. Huda Zoghbi, distinguished service professor at Baylor College of Medicine and director of the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas Children's Hospital, has discovered that diminished memory recall in Rett syndrome mice can be restored by activating specific inhibitory cells in the hippocampus. The findings a  more

OAKLAND, California, March 18 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced a stipulated judgment against UVO to resolve allegations of wrongdoing related to the marketing and sale of a "drinkable sunscreen" product. UVO claimed that its product, when ingested, would help protect against the sun's harmful rays. This settlement, which is subject to court approval, arises out of a lengthy investigation by the Atto  more

DENVER, Colorado, March 16 -- The Colorado Senate Democrats issued the following news release: The Senate State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee today cleared landmark legislation championed by members of the Black Democratic Legislative Caucus of Colorado to make Juneteenth a Colorado State Holiday. The bill - SB22-139 - is sponsored by Senators James Coleman (D-Denver) and Janet Buckner (D-Aurora). Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union Soldiers, led by Major General Gor  more

JUNO BEACH, Florida, March 16 -- Florida Power and Light, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy, issued the following news release: Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) today welcomes 14 entrepreneurs in seven startup companies into the 35 Mules program - the first-ever in-house innovation hub powered by a global energy leader. The incubator is located at FPL's Juno Beach headquarters, where the seven startups will work on their ventures for the next 12-18 months. The startups are from Australia, Texa  more

NEW YORK, March 15 -- Fox News Media, a business unit of Fox, issued the following news release: FOX Nation will debut a new docuseries entitled Freed to Kill on Friday, March 18th, fronted by investigative reporter and True Crime Reporter podcast host Robert Riggs. Over the course of five episodes, the haunting program will explore the harrowing acts of serial killer Kenneth McDuff known as "The Broomstick Killer," suspected of at least 14 murders. Based in Central Texas, the violent killer wa  more

HASTINGS, Nebraska, March 16 (TNSRes) -- Hastings College issued the following news release: Three Hastings College students traveled to College Station, Texas to present at the 12th Annual Texas A&M History Conference last month. The conference featured graduate and undergraduate work from a wide variety of institutions under this year's theme, "Exploring the Margins of History." In selecting this theme, the conference organizers sought to honor the evolution of historical scholarship that ha  more

FORT WORTH, Texas, March 16 (TNSfund) -- The University of North Texas Health Science Center issued the following news: When graduate students tell someone they are getting their doctoral degree, many times they are met with the response, "What are you going to do with that?" To help answer that question, students involved in The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) chapter set out t  more

HILLSBORO, Texas, March 16 (TNSPro) -- Hill College issued the following news: Hill College is now offering a hybrid option for its Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) and Paramedic Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) Transition programs, which will run from June to May. The first cohort begins June 6, and the application deadline is April 1. The college was recently approved to offer the program in a hybrid format to offer more flexibility for its students and is only one of few hybrid programs off  more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, March 18 (TNSRes) -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine students took the two top spots at the Oklahoma Osteopathic Association's Research Poster Competition earlier this year. Savannah Nicks, a fourth-year medical student, along with Dr. Ben Greiner, an OSU-COM alum and current resident at University of Texas Medical Branch, was awarded first place and $2,500. Sadie Schiffmacher, a first-year medical student at OSU-C  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, March 15 -- The Maine Democratic Party issued the following news release: Last week, national outcry erupted as Republicans in Florida and Texas passed draconian anti-LGBTQ legislation. The two bills, which cruelly target gay and trans children and have led to businesses threatening to leave the states, are just the latest in a national tide of Republican-led bills attacking the rights and safety of LGBTQ+ Americans. As this cruel legislative trend spreads around the country, Ma  more

HOUSTON, Texas, March 18 (TNSRes) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release on March 17, 2022: Space exploration, medical research and Tex-Mex cuisine - Houston is known for many contributions to society. But almost four decades ago, the Bayou City left a different, though equally profound, mark on U.S. history. On Nov. 18, 1977, a cloudy-but-pleasant autumn day, thousands of elected delegates and observers convened at the National Women's Conference (NWC). The gathering w  more

HOUSTON, Texas, March 18 -- Paul Hastings, a law firm, issued the following news on March 17, 2022: Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that it advised Metals Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, in a definitive sale and purchase agreement with Glencore to acquire the CSA copper mine in New South Wales, Australia for $1.1 billion. CSA is an established, high-grade producing copper mine that is expected to produce more than 40kt of c  more

VICTORIA, Texas, March 18 (TNSconf) -- The University of Houston Victoria campus issued the following news release: One of the most famous medieval scholars in the world will soon be addressing members of the University of Houston-Victoria community. William Chester Jordan, a Princeton University history professor, is an expert on the Crusades and the history of the medieval world. He is slated to speak at UHV's annual History Day later this month. "Our community members and students don't wa  more

HOUSTON, Texas, March 18 (TNSRep) -- Rice University issued the following news release: Amid Russia's war on Ukraine, Rice University experts are available to discuss how alternative energy sources could ease the United States' dependence on foreign oil. President Biden's executive order banning oil imports from Russia cut off just one of a number of foreign energy sources for the U.S. According to a recent report from the Center for Energy Studies at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy,   more

HOUSTON, Texas, March 15 (TNSRes) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * New joint collaboration will benefit everyone from elite athletes to older adults * * * Rice University and Houston Methodist are joining forces to create a premier center where physicians, academic researchers and university students work side by side with student athletes, trainers and coaches to advance research and education in human performance. The Houston Methodist-Rice University Center for  more

HOUSTON, Texas, March 15 (TNSRes) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Rice computer scientists develop program to find 'low-frequency' variants in sequence data * * * Details about variants hiding in the deluge of genetic SARS-CoV-2 sequences would be good to know, if only researchers can get to them. A new program developed at Rice University's George R. Brown School of Engineering will make it possible, at least for "intrahost variants," those that appear in genome  more

HOUSTON, Texas, March 16 (TNSJou) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Rice engineers show spinning magnetic particles surprisingly follow thermodynamic laws * * * Small spheres suspended in a liquid move enough like molecules that the physics for one can be used to mimic the physics of the other. That's why the discovery of some unusual physics in colloids (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colloid) -- particles dispersed in a solution such as milk (https://www.sciencene  more

HOUSTON, Texas, March 17 -- Rice University issued the following news release: A new dashboard developed by Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research with support from Chevron offers a road map for people, organizations and governments in the Houston area who need help after disaster strikes. The Resilience and Recovery Tracker (https://resilience.rice.edu/), launched today, provides information on resources available for recovery efforts after a wide variety of disasters, such as   more

BEAUMONT, Texas, March 17 (TNStalk) -- Lamar University issued the following Q&A with Economics Instructor Agim Kukeli on March 16, 2022: * * * Consumers across the nation are feeling the pain at the pumps as gas prices rise to an all-time high. While Beaumont locals reluctantly fill up their gas tanks, Dr. Agim Kukeli, an instructor of economics in the LU College of Business, chimed in to shed light on the cause for the rise in gasoline and when, if at all, consumers can expect to see a decre  more

LAREDO, Texas, March 18 (TNSConf) -- Texas A&M International University, a member of the Texas A&M University System, issued the following news release: What caused the extinction of the dinosaurs? That question will be at the center of an upcoming lecture dedicated to the effects of the Chicxulub Asteroid's impact on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. The exciting presentation, "Asteroid Impact: The Chicxulub Asteroid and the Death of the Dinosaurs," happens Wednesday, March 30 at 7 p.m. at Texas   more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 17 (TNSJou) -- Texas A&M University's Health Science Center issued the following news: * * * The experimental model represents a critical platform for developing new medicines for military persons with traumatic brain injuries * * * When military soldiers go into combat, they put themselves at risk of a traumatic brain injury (TBI), which is caused by a bump, blow or jolt to the head. Explosions experienced during combat or training exercises can cause a soldier  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 16 (TNSJou) -- Texas A&M University's Health Science Center issued the following news: * * * Analysis of a large insurer shows that slightly more than one-third of people re-enrolled within five years of leaving * * * A new study published in JAMA explores churn in the health insurance coverage in a large private health insurer to gain a better understanding of how people change insurance plans. Access to preventive care and continuity of health care services a  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 18 -- The Texas A&M University System issued the following news release: Leaders of Texas A&M University System welcomed President George W. Bush Wednesday afternoon to the George H.W. Bush Combat Development Complex (BCDC) on the RELLIS campus.The 43rd president was briefed at the BCDC headquarters, the Research Integration Center (RIC), about the new cutting-edge ecosystem for military technology innovation named in tribute to his late father, the 41st president.  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 18 -- The Texas A&M University System issued the following news release: The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents on Thursday approved several construction items, including projects in Fort Worth, Bryan, Prairie View and San Antonio. The Regents gave the OK to construct a second education building on Tarleton State University's Fort Worth campus at a total cost of $66 million. Board members also authorized $7.7 million in infrastructure improvements - wate  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 14 (TNSRes) -- The Texas A&M University's Engineering Experiment Station issued the following news: Smart manufacturing -- or the use of emerging, advanced technologies to increase the efficiency of traditional manufacturing processes -- is creating a more agile and productive industrial base. Experts with the SecureAmerica Institute (SAI) and Texas A&M University College of Engineering explain why leveraging these innovations is crucial to advance the industry for  more

COMMERCE, Texas, March 15 (TNSRes) -- Texas A&M University's Commerce Campus issued the following news: A&M-Commerce student Su Gordh presented her research, "How to help couples who are covert narcissists," at the 17th annual Texas A&M University System Pathways Student Research Symposium held March 3-4 in College Station. Gordh is a first-year graduate student in the Department of Counseling. She is pursuing her master's degree in clinical mental health counseling. Her research seeks to enh  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 15 (TNSRes) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: By Alyson Chapman Saheli Majumdar, a doctoral candidate in the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Texas A&M University, was awarded a 2021 Robert Farvolden Scholarship from The Groundwater Foundation for her presentation at the 2021 Virtual Groundwater Summit. Majumdar's presentation, "Managed Aquifer Recharge using Enhanced Infiltration Systems in Hou  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 18 -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: By Danielle Sullivan The fifth annual Lockheed Martin Ethics in Engineering Case Competition took place on Feb. 28 and March 1. In this competition, students are given a fictional case based primarily on ethical, business and engineering dilemmas and must present their solutions in hopes of advancing to the next round. In this year's remote event, 24 institutions participated, with two  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 15 (TNSRes) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: By Lauren Thompson Smart manufacturing -- or the use of emerging, advanced technologies to increase the efficiency of traditional manufacturing processes -- is creating a more agile and productive industrial base. Experts with the SecureAmerica Institute (SAI) and Texas A&M University College of Engineering explain why leveraging these innovations is crucial to advance the indu  more

AUSTIN, Texas, March 19 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Attorney General Ken Paxton has joined a multi-state amicus brief opposing efforts to obtain a judicial ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) of 1972. The main goals of the ERA were to allow equal opportunities for women. Since 1972, great progress has been made through application of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title   more

AUSTIN, Texas, March 15 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, along with 22 other states, sent a letter to the Biden Administration demanding that it immediately rescind the Head Start mask mandate. The mandate contradicts guidance from the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund - both of whom agree that children aged 5 years and under should not be required to wear masks. "We are at a point where  more

AUSTIN, Texas, March 15 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Attorney General Paxton has joined a multistate amicus brief supporting South Carolina's pro-life law, the Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act, against a decision by a panel of the United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals that affirmed the district court's preliminary injunction. "States across the country are trying to protect the unborn, just as I have successfully fought to save  more

AUSTIN, Texas, March 19 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following news: On Saturday, March 19, Democrats across Texas will set the stage for one of the biggest showdowns in Texas politics, the 2022 midterm election. The Democratic County and Senate District conventions will bring together County party chairs, precinct chairs , candidates, elected officials, and activists to unite behind the mission of winning in November. Important party business will be discussed, resolutions for Dem  more

AUSTIN, Texas, March 16 -- The Texas Education Agency issued the following news release on March 15, 2022: The Texas Education Agency (TEA) today announced an immediate expansion of the Teacher Vacancy Task Force to ensure equal representation of teachers and school system administrators. Launched on March 10, the Teacher Vacancy Task Force is designed to better understand the significant staffing challenges facing Texas public schools and to make comprehensive recommendations to address these  more

AUSTIN, Texas, March 18 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on March 17, 2022: Governor Greg Abbott today held a roundtable at Pieper-Houston Electric to discuss Texas' strong business climate and its continuing rapid growth. Representative Lacey Hull, Annie Spilman of the National Federation of Independent Business Texas, and leadership from Pieper-Houston Electric joined the Governor's roundtable. "People often ask how we get so many companies to move to Texas and  more

AUSTIN, Texas, March 17 (TNStalk) -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following statement on March 16, 2022: * * * Governor Greg Abbott today issued a statement on the fatal vehicle crash near Andrews in West Texas that killed nine people and critically injured two others last night. Among the victims were members and a coach of the University of the Southwest men's and women's golf teams who were visiting Texas from New Mexico for a tournament. "We grieve with the loved ones of the ind  more

AUSTIN, Texas, March 17 (TNSRep) -- The office of the Texas State Auditor issued the following audit report (No. 22-702) in March 2022 entitled "An Annual Report on Classified Employee Turnover for Fiscal Year 2021": * * * Here is the summary of the report: The fiscal year 2021 statewide turnover rate for classified regular full- and part-time employees was 21.5 percent. This rate is based on 31,665 employee separations and an average headcount of 147,144.50. Key Points: * Voluntary separat  more

AUSTIN, Texas, March 18 (TNSRep) -- The office of the Texas State Auditor issued the following audit report (No. 22-021) in March 2022 involving the Health and Human Services Commission's oversight of the Medical Transportation Program: * * * Here is the summary of the report: The Health and Human Services Commission (Commission) established various monitoring processes for its nonemergency Medical Transportation Program (transportation program). Transportation Claims. The Commission's proce  more

DENTON, Texas, March 15 (TNSBook) -- Texas Woman's University issued the following news: Texas Woman's University is celebrating the publication of Making Space for Women: Stories from Trailblazing Women of NASA's Johnson Space Center, the first book in the TWU Book Series, with a reading and talk by author Jennifer M. Ross-Nazzal on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, at 6 p.m. in the Student Union at Hubbard Hall Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. From the creation of the Manned Space  more

HOUSTON, Texas, March 16 (TNSPar) -- Texas Southern University issued the following news: Officials from United Airlines visited Texas Southern University on Wednesday, March 9, to announce a partnership with the university's Aviation Science and Technology program, including the Professional Pilot concentration. United Houston Hub Vice President Phil Griffith presented the university with a $100,000 check for the first two years of the scholarship program. The partnership also includes ongoin  more

HOUSTON, Texas, March 16 (TNSJou) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: * * * Study Finds Females Reported Significantly Higher Mental Stress * * * Since the Syrian civil war began in 2011, approximately 20,000 Syrian refugees have resettled in the United States, with an estimated 130 families resettling in Houston. Prior to their resettlement, most Syrian refugees reported experiencing traumatic events including torture of self or loved ones, death of family member  more

HOUSTON, Texas, March 18 (TNSPar) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: Student success is at the heart of Houston Guided Pathways to Success (Houston GPS), a consortium of Gulf Coast-Houston metro area universities and community colleges working together to help students graduate on time and without excess credit hours or additional debt. Now, Houston GPS expands its support of students by addressing those equity gaps that create barriers to success in the classroom   more

HOUSTON, Texas, March 18 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston issued the following news: Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are 160 times more likely to die from drowning than the general pediatric population, according to research published in the December 2017 issue of Injury Epidemiology. That is why Heather McCrackin, RN, a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) student at Cizik School of Nursing at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston  more

AUSTIN, Texas, March 15 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs issued the following news: Essential workers, low-income earners and people living in dense environments faced higher risk of COVID-19 infection and hospitalization, even amid COVID-19 shelter-in-place policies, according to a new study from public policy researchers at The University of Texas at Austin. The study, appearing in Plos One, showed that these individuals faced more challenges to c  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, March 17 -- The University of Texas System issued the following news release: As part of its ongoing commitment to support UT Arlington and its rise as a top-tier public research university, the UT System Board of Regents has approved the creation of a new $300 million endowment to reduce the cost of higher education for undergraduate students and their families at all UT academic institutions, including UT Arlington. UT System and UT Arlington leaders joined elected official  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, March 17 (TNSfund) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: UT System Board, Chancellor announce details of 'Promise' to help UT Arlington students pay for Colle As part of its ongoing commitment to support UT Arlington and its rise as a top-tier public research university, the UT System Board of Regents has approved the creation of a new $300 million endowment to reduce the cost of higher education for undergraduate students and their fam  more

AUSTIN, Texas, March 15 -- The University of Texas System issued the following news release: As part of its ongoing commitment to support The University of Texas at San Antonio and its rise as a nationally recognized public research university, the University of Texas System Board of Regents recently approved the creation of a new $300 million endowment to reduce the cost of higher education for undergraduate students and their families at UTSA and six other UT academic institutions. UT System  more

AUSTIN, Texas, March 17 -- The University of Texas System issued the following news release: As part of its ongoing commitment to support UT Dallas and its status as a top-tier public research university, the UT System Board of Regents has approved the creation of a new $300 million endowment to reduce the cost of higher education for undergraduate students and their families at all UT academic institutions, including UT Dallas. UT System and UT Dallas leaders joined elected officials and mem  more

ODESSA, Texas, March 16 -- The University of Texas System issued the following news release: As part of its ongoing commitment to support UT Permian Basin and its mission to serve the education, health care and work force needs of West Texas, the UT System Board of Regents has approved the creation of a new $300 million endowment to reduce the cost of higher education for undergraduate students and their families at seven UT academic institutions, including UTPB. UT System and UTPB leaders joi  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, March 16 (TNSPro) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: Under its newly announced Blaze Forward program, The University of Texas at Arlington will make a college education more accessible by covering 100% of tuition and mandatory fees for undergraduate students who meet all eligibility requirements and are from families with adjusted gross incomes up to $85,000. The Blaze Forward program covers tuition and mandatory fees for new studen  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, March 16 (TNSRes) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: * * * In bioethics course, Mavericks provide comfort, friendship to patients in hospice care * * * What is a "good death?" It's one of the questions that students must consider in their biomedical ethics class taught by Eli Shupe, assistant professor of philosophy and humanities and program coordinator for the Medical Humanities and Bioethics program at The University of Texas   more

ARLINGTON, Texas, March 18 (TNSRes) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: * * * Space physicist's research will change understanding of earth's upper atmosphere * * * NASA has selected a space physicist from The University of Texas at Arlington to play a leading role in a new project that will change our understanding of Earth's upper atmosphere. The Geospace Dynamics Constellation (GDC) mission will utilize satellites to study Earth's upper atmosphe  more

AUSTIN, Texas, March 16 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: The climate pattern El Nino varies over time to such a degree that scientists will have difficulty detecting signs that it is getting stronger with global warming. That's the conclusion of a study led by scientists at The University of Texas at Austin that analyzed 9,000 years of Earth's history. The scientists drew on climate data contained within ancient corals and used one of the world's most powe  more

AUSTIN, Texas, March 16 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: Essential workers, low-income earners and people living in dense environments faced higher risk of COVID-19 infection and hospitalization, even amid COVID-19 shelter-in-place policies, according to a new study from public policy researchers at The University of Texas at Austin. The study, appearing in Plos One, showed that these individuals faced more challenges to comply with pandemic lockdowns. Res  more

AUSTIN, Texas, March 15 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release on March 14, 2022: Some of the same researchers at The University of Texas at Austin who created a key to all coronavirus vaccines used in the U.S. have made a similar advance against the human metapneumovirus (hMPV), one of a handful of remaining respiratory viruses for which there is currently no vaccine. The work is described in a paper published today in Nature Communications. For elderly people,  more

RICHARDSON, Texas, March 19 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas Dallas campus issued the following news: By Stephen Fontenot An investigation into how human nerve cells differ from animal cells has provided researchers from The University of Texas at Dallas' Center for Advanced Pain Studies (CAPS) with important clues in the pursuit of more effective treatments for chronic pain. Dr. Ted Price BS'97, Ashbel Smith Professor of neuroscience in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS) an  more

TYLER, Texas, March 18 (TNSRes) -- The University of Texas's Tyler Campus issued the following news release on March 17, 2022: The University of Texas at Tyler announced today that faculty within the College of Engineering have received National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding to study signs of opioid exposure in infants. Premananda Indic, PhD, UT Tyler associate professor of electrical engineering, and Pravitha Ramanand, PhD, UT Tyler assistant research professor of electrical engineering,  more

AUSTIN, Texas, March 16 -- Verizon, a communications and technology solutions company, issued the following news release: Verizon and Doug Liman's 30 Ninjas, in association with France-based immersive studio Novelab, announced at SXSW that they are working together on an Augmented Reality (AR) Adventure Thriller that will take full advantage of the power of 5G Ultra Wideband for an unbelievable immersive experience. The result of this collaboration is Helios (which translates to Sun in Greek),  more