SAN ANGELO, Texas, June 15 (TNSeco) -- Angelo State University issued the following news: By Tom Nurre Angelo State University has received a $2.3 million gift from prominent local philanthropist and arts enthusiast Elta Joyce McAfee to help fund the restoration and renovation of ASU's University Auditorium, which will be re-named the Elta Joyce Murphey Auditorium in her honor. Located inside ASU's Mayer Administration Building, the 8,205-square-foot auditorium will undergo extensive improvem  more

CINCINNATI, Ohio, June 15 -- The E.W. Scripps, a broadcasting company, issued the following news release: The 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee finals drew its largest television audience since 2015. Viewership of the finals live on June 2 was +147% higher than in 2021. Harini Logan, 14, from San Antonio, Texas, won this year's Bee in the event's first-ever spell-off. Overall, Spelling Bee programming across the Scripps networks was seen by 7.5 million viewers. That includes the finals, semi  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 15 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: Three faculty members of The University of Texas at Austin have received 2022-2023 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program awards from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. UT Austin's Paola Canova, Mitchell Pryor and Catherine Weaver will conduct research and/or teach abroad during the 2022-2023 academic year, thanks to the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program. Annually, more tha  more

FORT WORTH, Texas, June 14 -- American Airlines issued the following news release: For 22 years, American Airlines has partnered with the American Black Film Festival (ABFF) to help uplift Black filmmaker stories and connect customers to diverse representation throughout their travel journey. The ABFF recognizes Black talent and showcases quality film and television content by and about people of color in the entertainment industry. American recently launched the American Black Film Festival c  more

NEW YORK, June 15 -- Altice USA (formerly the Cablevision Systems) issued the following news release on June 15, 2022: Altice USA today announces the opening of two new Optimum stores in Texas, one in Lubbock and one in Amarillo, emblematic of the company's commitment to reconnect with its customers and communities to provide best-in-class service and support under one national brand, Optimum. "We are excited to bring the Optimum experience to our Suddenlink customers in Texas through these ne  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 14 (TNSres) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: The Baylor College of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Leadership Education in Adolescent Health (BCM-TMC LEAH) training program has been awarded a five-year grant totaling $2.3 million to support the goal of preparing diverse leaders in adolescent and young adult health through didactic, experiential and research-based interdisciplinary education and training in core health disciplines of medicine, nursi  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 16 (TNSjou) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news on June 15, 2022: Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine and collaborating institutions report today in the journal Nature that they have identified a molecule in the blood that is produced during exercise and can effectively reduce food intake and obesity in mice. The findings improve our understanding of the physiological processes that underlie the interplay between ex  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 14 (TNSres) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have been awarded a Technology/Therapeutic Development Award for more than $5 million over four years from the Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs to support late-stage preclinical testing of a viral gene therapy treatment for osteoarthritis. The award is focused on catalyzing innovative therapies into the commercial develop  more

WACO, Texas, June 17 (TNSfund) -- Baylor University issued the following news on June 15, 2022: The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded nearly $5 million to the Baylor University Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty (BCHP) to continue their innovative "Meals-to-You" (MTY) demonstration project this summer in Texas, New Mexico, Alaska, and Utah. In addition to USDA, Meals-to-You partners with the PepsiCo Foundation, and McLane Global to provide a stable and reliable food source  more

POTSDAM, New York, June 15 (TNSper) -- Clarkson University issued the following news: Amir Mousavian, Associate Professor and Director of Clarkson's Engineering and Management Program in the David D. Reh School of Business, has been named David M. Spatz '68 Director of Engineering and Management Endowed Chair, effective July 1, 2022. The Spatz Chair was endowed in 2020 by a generous gift from David M. Spatz '68 of West Hills Lake, Texas. He said he wanted to establish this endowment because, "  more

BEAUMONT, Texas, June 14 (TNSper) -- Lamar University issued the following news: By Shelbe Rodriguez U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has appointed 25 new members to the Maritime Transportation System National Advisory Committee and among them is Erik Stromberg, executive director for the LU Center for Advances in Port Management. "This appointment is a wonderful recognition of Lamar University's commitment to advance education in port and terminal management. I'm gratified to be   more

IRVING, Texas, June 16 -- ExxonMobil, an energy provider and chemical manufacturer, issued the following statement on June 15, 2022: * * * ExxonMobil today released the following statement in response to a letter from President Biden. We have been in regular contact with the administration to update the President and his staff on how ExxonMobil has been investing more than any other company to develop U.S. oil and gas supplies. This includes investments in the U.S. of more than $50 billion ov  more

AMES, Iowa, June 17 (TNSres) -- Iowa State University's Computer Science Department issued the following news: Nok Wongpiromsarn, Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science, received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant in the amount of $599,854 for her collaborative research project titled, "Collaborative Research: CPS: Medium: Sharing the World with Autonomous Systems: What Goes Wrong and How to Fix It." The three-year project is a collaborative proposal with Ufuk Topcu f  more

BEAUMONT, Texas, June 16 (TNSper) -- Lamar University issued the following news on June 15, 2022: By Shelbe Rodriguez Lamar University President Jaime Taylor announced today the selection of Jeff O'Malley as the university's new Director of Athletics. O'Malley joins the Cardinal family after a highly successful 20-year tenure at Marshall University serving as the Associate Director of Athletics/Chief of Staff and liaison to the university's General Counsel. Taylor states, "Jeff O'Malley is a   more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 16 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release: * * * Featuring preclinical therapeutic advances, a novel in vivo gene activation model, and a deeper understanding of factors regulating anti-tumor immune responses * * * The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center's Research Highlights provides a glimpse into recent basic, translational and clinical cancer research from MD Anderson experts. Current advances inclu  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release on June 16, 2022: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Invectys, Inc. and the Cell Therapy Manufacturing Center (CTMC), a joint venture between MD Anderson and National Resilience, Inc., today announced a strategic collaboration to jointly develop a reliable, compliant and scalable process for human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-G targeted chimeric antigen receptor (  more

ROLLA, Missouri, June 14 (TNSper) -- Missouri University of Science and Technology issued the following news: Dr. Susan L. Murray, chair and professor of psychological science at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has been named acting vice provost and dean of the university's Kummer College of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development. She will assume her new role July 1, the date on which the college will be officially established. A national search will continue to i  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, June 14 -- The Texas A&M University System issued the following news release: From public outreach to powerful research, The Texas A&M University System has been a faithful partner for years with NASA to explore our place in the universe. Eight of the 11 Texas A&M System schools are space-grant institutions committed to participating in NASA's aeronautics and space projects. And on May 3, NASA Johnson Space Center and the Texas A&M System signed a Space Act Agreement, a  more

IRVING, Texas, June 16 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release on June 15, 2022: Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST) and altafiber (formerly Cincinnati Bell Inc.) announced today that they have reached a comprehensive multi-year distribution agreement covering WDTN-TV, the Nexstar television station serving Dayton, Ohio (DMA #64), and national cable news network, NewsNation. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The agree  more

IRVING, Texas, June 17 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release on June 16, 2022: The Nexstar Media Charitable Foundation and WAVY-TV/WVBT-TV, the Nexstar television stations serving Norfolk, Virginia, and the surrounding area, today announced that the Foundation will donate $10,000 to the Ida Barbour Early Learning Center in Portsmouth, Virginia, in connection with the stations' "Founders Day of Caring" activities. Established by Nexstar in 2  more

IRVING, Texas, June 16 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release on June 15, 2022: The Nexstar Media Charitable Foundation and the KELOLAND Media Group, today announced that the Foundation will donate $5,000 to the Special Olympics of South Dakota, to help facilitate the staging of a variety of competitive events, which take place across the state throughout the year. KELOLAND Media has had a long-standing relationship with the organization, su  more

IRVING, Texas, June 14 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release on June 13, 2022: Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST) today announced that at its 2022 Annual Shareholders' Meeting (the "Meeting"), shareholders voted in favor of all proposals recommended by the Board of Directors, including the amendment of the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate the Company's Class B Common Stock and Class C Common Sto  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 17 (TNSjou) -- Rice University issued the following news release on June 16, 2022: * * * Apparatus shows how parts of electrons move at different speeds in 1D * * * A quantum simulator at Rice University is giving physicists a clear look at spin-charge separation, the quantum world's version of the magician's illusion of sawing a person in half. Published this week in Science, the research has implications for quantum computing and electronics with atom-scale wires. El  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 15 (TNSper) -- Rice University issued the following news release on June 14, 2022: Stefanie Johnson, acclaimed leadership author, professor and keynote speaker, has been named the new director of the Doerr Institute for New Leaders at Rice University. She will take over for outgoing director Tom Kolditz July 1. The Doerr Institute is a large-scale development program committed to providing Rice students with evidence-based training and tools to reach their full leadership   more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 16 (TNSres) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Computer scientists' interactive program aids motion planning for environments with obstacles * * * Just like us, robots can't see through walls. Sometimes they need a little help to get where they're going. Engineers at Rice University have developed a method that allows humans to help robots "see" their environments and carry out tasks. The strategy called Bayesian Learning IN the Dark -- BLIND,   more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 14 (TNSjou) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * New Rice research finds large increase in inflammation when grief is intense * * * Widowed individuals experiencing intense grief after the loss of their spouse experience a significant increase in body inflammation following other stressful events, according to new research from Rice University. It's a concerning finding for the research team, since body inflammation is linked to a host of health   more

HUNTSVILLE, Texas, June 16 (TNStalk) -- Sam Houston State University issued the following Q&A with Deputy Chief of Staff Walter William Hambrick: * * * Walter William Hambrick Jr. received his bachelor's degree in agriculture from Sam Houston State University in 2001. After graduation, Hambrick accumulated 16 years of experience in the public sector and has now been appointed as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Mayor Sylvester Turner in the City of Houston. "I was honored to take this next step   more

COMMERCE, Texas, June 16 (TNSpro) -- Texas A&M University's Commerce Campus issued the following news release: The College of Innovation and Design at Texas A&M University-Commerce has announced its new slate of signature course offerings for the upcoming fall and spring semesters. With an emphasis on student engagement and retention, signature courses are about more than completing a class to earn a degree. These unique courses encourage students to explore academia while getting involved wit  more

FORT WORTH, Texas, June 16 -- Tarrant County College issued the following news release: S&P Global Ratings, a leading credit rating agency, recently assigned its 'AAA' long-term rating--the highest level--to Tarrant County College's $352 million in series 2022 general obligation (GO) bonds and the College's outstanding general obligation bonds. S&P states that the outlook is stable. Following this issuance, total GO-supported long-term debt will be approximately $608 million. TCC will use the   more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, June 15 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University's Health Science Center issued the following news: * * * The two organizations will work together to study optimal methods of training remote workers about ergonomics * * * The Texas A&M University Ergo Center has teamed up with Nokia to provide its United States-based remote workers with online ergonomics training for one year. "Given the rapid rise of remote office work, it is critical for companies to learn the best methods  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, June 16 (TNSjou) -- The Texas A&M University's Engineering Experiment Station issued the following news: Millions of shipments of nuclear and other radiological materials are moved in the U.S. every year for good reasons, including health care, power generation, research and manufacturing. But there remains the threat that bad actors in possession of stolen or illegally produced nuclear materials or weapons will try to smuggle them across borders for nefarious purposes.   more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, June 14 (TNSres) -- The Texas A&M University's Engineering Experiment Station issued the following news: By Lauren Thompson Additive manufacturing is transforming the world with the creation of objects not possible before. Due to the rapidly changing 3D printing landscape, new engineering standards for this technology must be envisioned. Dr. Darrell Wallace, chief technology officer for the SecureAmerica Institute (SAI), helped found American Society of Mechanical Engin  more

COMMERCE, Texas, June 10 (TNSper) -- Texas A&M University's Commerce Campus issued the following news release: Texas A&M University-Commerce welcomes Devin Girod as the university's new Vice President for Philanthropy and Engagement. Mr. Girod was selected following a national search. Girod comes to A&M-Commerce from the Trust for Public Land (TPL), a U.S. non-profit organization. He began working with TPL in 2017 as the Texas Director of Philanthropy before transferring to Atlanta, Georgia, t  more

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, June 17 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University Corpus Christi campus issued the following news on June 15, 2022: As elected officials and education leaders continue to work to address the issue of significant early-career attrition among Texas teachers, a new one-day conference hosted by the College of Education and Human Development at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi sought to provide support and continuing educational resources for alumni educators who teach early childho  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, June 16 (TNSjou) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: Automation uses various technologies that minimize human intervention in processes and control systems, including factory production lines, chemical processes and self-driving vehicles. Human interaction within these systems is reduced by using the outcomes of mathematical models to program systems to be more efficient and precise. Dr. Aldo J. Munoz-Vazquez, instructional assis  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, June 15 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: By Steve Kuhlmann Although widely used, polymers bring with them challenges often determined by the processing conditions in which they are made. With the ability to understand the factors of how these materials are influenced in their creation, researchers at Texas A&M University could unlock great control and customization of polymer performance. Dr. Anastasia Muliana, profes  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, June 16 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: By Alleynah Veatch Cofas A team made up of a Texas A&M University professor and students in the College of Engineering teamed up to address vision loss in diabetes by creating an ocular camera and artificial intelligence (AI)-powered imaging system to assist primary care physicians in diagnosing diabetic retinopathy. The organization, Ai-Ris, was founded by biomedical engineeri  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 15 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release and letter: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a letter to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) yesterday urging it to press forward with its original plan to build a border wall in Webb and Zapata Counties. The Biden Administration is currently conducting an "Environmental Assessment" of the wall, the construction of which was directed by Congress in 2020 and has since been stalled by the   more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 14 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Last Friday, Texas Attorney General Paxton--in partnership with Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry--brought home yet another victory against the Biden Administration in federal court. In early 2021--and then again in late 2021--Biden's Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a rule purporting to give immigration law enforcement officials discretion over detaining certain classes of criminal  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 16 -- The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality issued the following news release on June 15, 2022: The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality today approved penalties totaling $370,621 against 21 regulated entities for violations of state environmental regulations. Agreed orders were issued for the following enforcement categories: nine air quality, one industrial hazardous waste, two industrial wastewater discharge, two municipal wastewater discharge, one petroleum  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 16 (TNSper) -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Kelty Garbee, Ph.D. to the Texas Nonprofit Council for a term set to expire on 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 that could be filled by faith-based organizations. Kelty Garbee, Ph.D. of Austin is the Executive Director  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 14 (TNSper) -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Lindy Rydman and reappointed Ashok "A.K." Mago and Laura Wright to the University of North Texas System Board of Regents for terms set to expire on May 22, 2027. Lindy Rydman of Houston is the Co-Owner of Spec's Wines, Spirits and Finer Foods, a position she has held since 1996. Prior to her current position with Spec's, she held various roles with the company sin  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 15 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on June 14, 2022: Governor Abbott today directed state agencies, through the Texas Division of Emergency (TDEM), to coordinate and deploy resources in response to a disaster declaration issued by Ector County Judge Debi Hays resulting from the City of Odessa main water line failure currently impacting approximately 165,000 Texans in the area. The loss of potable water supply in Odessa is being addressed local  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 17 (TNSper) -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has reappointed Kristofer Monson as the Chief Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) for the State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH) for a term set to expire on May 15, 2024. The Chief ALJ oversees SOAH, which is a forum for the conduct of adjudicative hearings in the executive branch of state government. Kristofer Monson of Driftwood has served as the Chief ALJ since April 20  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 15 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following statement on June 14, 2022: * * * Governor Greg Abbott today issued a statement celebrating Caterpillar Inc.'s (Caterpillar) announcement that the company will be moving its global headquarters from Deerfield, Illinois to their existing office in Irving, Texas. Caterpillar is not currently receiving any incentives from the State of Texas for the relocation. "Caterpillar's global headquarters relocation is a major win fo  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 15 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release and letter on June 14, 2022: Governor Greg Abbott today sent a letter urging Texas District & County Attorneys Association (TDCAA) Executive Director Robert Kepple to highlight the lie-and-try law as a new tool for Texas prosecutors and provide training for prosecutors and investigators regarding best practices for prosecuting such offenses to help protect their communities. The Governor signed lie-and-try le  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 17 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on June 16, 2022: Governor Greg Abbott today announced the Texas Driving with Disability (DWD) Program that provides an opportunity for law enforcement personnel to interact more appropriately and successfully with Texans who may have a communication challenge. This first-in-the-nation program is a statewide collaborative effort between the Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities (GCPD), Texas Depar  more

HAMDEN, Connecticut, June 17 (TNSres) -- Quinnipiac University Poll has issued the following news release: In the race for Texas governor, 48 percent of voters support Republican incumbent Greg Abbott, while 43 percent support Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack) University poll of Texas registered voters released today. This compares to a Quinnipiac University poll in December 2021 when 52 percent of voters supported Abbott and 37 percent supported  more

SEGUIN, Texas, June 17 (TNSfund) -- Texas Lutheran University issued the following news: The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has awarded TLU an $11,000 grant to lead the first-ever Big Read Seguin. According to the NEA, The Big Read program broadens our understanding of our world, our neighbors, and ourselves through books. Showcasing a diverse range of themes, voices, and perspectives, the project aims to inspire meaningful conversations, artistic responses, and new discoveries and conne  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 15 (TNSpar) -- Texas Southern University issued the following news: Texas Southern University and NASA Johnson Space Center signed a Space Act Agreement that will expand opportunities for education, workforce development, and research. Under the agreement, TSU and NASA will work collaboratively to facilitate joint research, technology transfer, technology development, and educational and outreach initiatives. The overarching goal is to create a sustained pipeline of divers  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 16 (TNSres) -- Texas Southern University issued the following news: Texas Southern University Executive Master of Public Administration Program student, Joseph Washington, has been awarded a $15,000 by the Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation. For over 40 years, the Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation has helped to recognize business leaders in the private sector who are making significant contributions in their respective field and through their humanitarian efforts.  more

SAN MARCOS, Texas, June 17 (TNSawa) -- Texas State University issued the following news release: The Texas State Alumni Association has selected Dr. Cindy Royal, professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, as the 2022 Teaching Award of Honor recipient. This award is presented annually to a Texas State professor, lecturer, associate professor, assistant professor, or instructor nominated by their peers and past students. All nominees are evaluated on excellence in instructiona  more

SAN MARCOS, Texas, June 11 (TNSres) -- Texas State University issued the following news release: Tanzima Islam, an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at Texas State University, has been named recipient of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science's Early Career Research Program, which bolsters the nation's scientific workforce by supporting exceptional researchers at the outset of their careers, when many scientists do their most formative work. The five-year, $7  more

GEORGETOWN, Texas, June 10 (TNSres) -- Southwestern University issued the following news: Emma Astad '21 has joined Catherine Hiebel '22 and Melina Boutris '22 as one of Southwestern University's newest Fulbright award recipients. Astad, a biology major and Spanish minor, will serve as an English teaching assistant in Galicia, Spain. The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is the federal government's flagship international educational exchange program. Since 1946, the program has provided more than  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, June 15 (TNStalk) -- Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge issued the following statement on June 14, 2022: * * * Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge issued a statement following the U.S. Supreme Court's announcement scheduling oral argument in Arkansas v. Delaware. The announcement comes after the U.S. Supreme Court Special Master, Judge Pierre N. Leval, submitted a report recommending that the Supreme Court rule in favor of a bipartisan, 29-state coalition le  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 15 (TNSpar) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: The University of Houston System and NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) are expanding a longtime partnership to work collaboratively on joint research, technology development, technology transfer, training and educational and outreach initiatives. As NASA endeavors to travel deeper into space, these efforts will be carried out through the undergraduate, graduate, and joint research programs at the f  more

VICTORIA, Texas, June 16 (TNSres) -- The University of Houston Victoria campus issued the following news release: Toward the end of 2021, Morgen Glenn sent out applications for several summer fellowships and internships and hoped for the best. What the University of Houston-Victoria student didn't expect was to receive two offers. Glenn, a UHV senior biology and pre-med student, was chosen as a research fellow for the Laney Graduate School Summer Opportunity for Academic Research at Emory Univ  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 17 (TNSjou) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: * * * Discovery has Potential to Become 'Powerful Clinical Strategy' for Treating Heart Disease * * * Researchers at the University of Houston are reporting a first-of-its-kind technology that not only repairs heart muscle cells in mice but also regenerates them following a heart attack, or myocardial infarction as its medically known. Published in the Journal of Cardiovascular Aging, the ground  more

FORT WORTH, Texas, June 16 (TNSres) -- The University of North Texas Health Science Center issued the following news: The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth Ph.D. graduate Noah Peeri is off to an exciting postdoctoral fellowship program with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York -- one of the world's leading institutions in patient care, research and education. Peeri graduated from the HSC School of Public Health with a Ph.D. in Epidemiology in May and   more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 14 (TNSawa) -- The University of St. Thomas issued the following news release: In the biggest championship college esports can offer, the University of St. Thomas-Houston's League of Legends (LoL) esports team took first place in the 2022 College LoL Championship in Los Angeles over the weekend, winning $50,000 in prize money. St. Thomas dominated the field. The other seven top teams were Maryville University, Western University, Bay State College, Converse College, Univers  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 17 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston issued the following news on June 16, 2022: By Jeannette Sanchez A new study shows targeting a protein in smooth muscle cells can block and decrease buildup of atherosclerotic plaque in mouse models, according to researchers with UTHealth Houston. The study was published today in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. Atherosclerosis is a common condition that develops when plaque builds  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 16 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release on June 15, 2022: * * * Inhibiting androgen receptor improved treatment response in preclinical study * * * Androgen receptor (AR) signaling affects response to BRAF/MEK inhibitor therapy in both males and females with melanoma, researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center showed in a study published today in Nature. The findings provide a new target  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 14 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release on June 13, 2022: * * * Study reports first mathematical approach to measure total tumor-specific mRNA from mixed tumor samples * * * Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have developed a new approach to quantify tumor-specific total mRNA levels from patient tumor samples, which contain both cancer and non-cancer cells. Using this technique on   more

DALLAS, Texas, June 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas's Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release: * * * Funding aims to gather international teams to solve cancer's biggest problems * * * UT Southwestern researchers Zhijian "James" Chen, Ph.D., and Sihan Wu, Ph.D., are part of a team that has been awarded a Cancer Grand Challenges grant, a unique award that aims to solve some of cancer's toughest problems by bringing together global teams with diverse areas of exper  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, June 15 (TNSper) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: The University of Texas at Arlington has selected Jon Fagg to serve as its next director of athletics. Fagg, currently deputy athletics director at the University of Arkansas, will join UTA on Aug. 1, one month after the University joins the Western Athletic Conference. At Arkansas, Fagg assisted the vice chancellor and director of athletics in the daily administration of the depar  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, June 14 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: * * * UTA anthropology students complete field school at Way Ranch * * * Northeast of San Marcos, where the Blanco River snakes through Texas Hill Country, 14 students from The University of Texas at Arlington camped for 14 days, their tents forming a circle near the river with a UT Arlington flag waving in the breeze. The Summer Field School in Anthropology Practicum is a two-w  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, June 16 (TNStalk) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following Q&A with Greg Pandelis, curator of the Amphibian and Reptile Diversity Research Center: * * * As average temperatures blaze into the mid-90s, Texas residents venturing outdoors may spot a few snakes slithering across their backyards or local walking trails. It's snake season, and Greg Pandelis, curator of the Amphibian and Reptile Diversity Research Center at The University of Texas at Arlingt  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 14 (TNSper) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: The University of Texas at Austin has named Justin Dyer as the executive director of the newly formed Civitas Institute, referred to in early planning stages as the Liberty Institute. The Civitas Institute will focus on the teaching, understanding and appreciation of American values that serve as the foundation for a free and enduring society, including constitutionalism, limited government, free ente  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 16 (TNSper) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: The University of Texas at Austin has named Lydia Contreras as its new vice provost for faculty diversity, equity and inclusivity, effective immediately. Contreras, who currently holds the Jim and Barbara Miller Endowed Faculty Fellowship in Chemical Engineering, has served for the past two years as the managing director of diversity in the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost. She succe  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 15 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: Companies that conduct and publish research with universities can implement a "knowledge protection effect" strategy to guard against business rivals poaching their ideas, according to a new study from a business researcher at The University of Texas at Austin. When companies forge partnerships with institutions of higher learning, they often reap substantial benefits from the innovations that arise.   more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 14 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: Counties that don't cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) - also known as "sanctuary counties" - have seen their crime rates decrease after implementing sanctuary policies, according to a new study from a researcher at The University of Texas at Austin. Sanctuary policies, which are in place in more than 200 local jurisdictions in the U.S., typically prevent local law enforcement fr  more

RICHARDSON, Texas, June 16 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas Dallas campus issued the following news: By Jessica Good As the U.S. population ages, so too do community volunteers, and that creates a challenge for nonprofits and public agencies as older volunteers -- who are a significant part of the volunteer workforce -- sometimes become unable to perform their roles effectively yet often don't want to quit. With 1 in 5 Americans projected to be over the age of 65 by 2030, according to the   more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, June 14 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio issued the following news release: In late April, American Cancer Society (ACS) awarded the Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center, two check donations in the amounts of $480,000 for an institutional research grant and $65,000 for cancer support grants. Both checks were presented by American Cancer Society CEO Dr. Karen E. Knudsen during a recent visit to th  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, June 16 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio issued the following news release: * * * Drug conceived at UT Health San Antonio was safe, effective in animal studies * * * An experimental brain injury medication conceived in laboratories at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) was tested Tuesday, June 14, in the first human subject, a clinical trial participant in Hungary. If the drug, calle  more

DALLAS, Texas, June 15 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas's Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release: * * * Findings explain immunodeficiency in rare syndrome and could offer new ways to treat autoimmune diseases * * * New research from UT Southwestern suggests that RNA exosomes - the cellular machines that degrade old molecules of RNA - play a key role in the development of B cells, which are critical to the immune system's ability to protect against infection. The fin  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, June 15 -- The University of Virginia issued the following news release: The passenger jet banked into its final approach at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas. Outside the windows raged "a truly biblical thunderstorm," Nora Neus remembered. The plane touched down at midnight. Neus, a University of Virginia graduate, was part of a CNN crew due to be on the air in Uvalde, Texas, in three hours. And Uvalde was a three-hour drive from the Austin airport. "  more

PLAINVIEW, Texas, June 14 (TNSper) -- Wayland Baptist University issued the following news: The Wayland Baptist University administration selected a familiar face as the new Executive Director of the San Antonio campus. Dr. Clinton Lowin graduated from Wayland with a Bachelor of Arts degree in religion and psychology in 1996 and previously served the university as Dean of the School of Religion and Philosophy, now called the School of Christian Studies, from 2016-18. Dr. Lowin is taking over f  more