SAN ANGELO, Texas, June 29 (TNSres) -- Angelo State University issued the following news: By Tom Nurre Angelo State University's chapter of the Phi Kappa Phi (PKP) national honor society has won a 2022 PKP Literacy Grant that will be used to support the San Angelo Independent School District's "San Angelo READS!" community-wide literacy initiative. The national office of PKP annually awards Literacy Grants of up to $2,500 to PKP chapters and individual members to fund ongoing literacy project  more

TEMPE, Arizona, June 29 (TNSpro) -- Arizona State University issued the following news: Fatimah Alexandria "Alex" Cornelius is finding fulfillment and empowerment as a student in the inaugural class of an online honors program now being offered by Barrett, The Honors College at Arizona State University. Cornelius, a 30-something mom of four and wife of a U.S. Coast Guard member, who lives in El Paso, Texas, is working on a bachelor's degree in anthropology with minors in political science and   more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, July 2 (TNSper) -- Benedict College issued the following news release: Benedict College proudly welcomes Dr. Robert N. Garner as the Dean of the School of Science and Engineering. Dr. Garner comes to Benedict from the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. At UIW, Dr. Garner served as Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. He is credited for leading his department in acquiring certification from the American Chemical Society and accredi  more

GEORGETOWN, Texas, June 22 -- Southwestern University issued the following news: On February 19, Southwestern swimmer Jesse Stovall wrapped up her final Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) Championship with the third SCAC Swimmer of the Meet Award in a program-defining collegiate career. The women's swimming & diving team sent multiple relay teams and Stovall to the NCAA Championships in a breakthrough season for the program. In the same school year, volleyball returned to the NCAA  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 2 (TNSreact) -- The Center for Gender and Refugee Studies issued the following news release on June 30, 2022: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Biden v. Texas that the Biden administration acted within its legal authority when it terminated the Trump-era Remain in Mexico policy last year. This case came before the Court after the states of Texas and Missouri filed suit against the termination and a district court judge in Texas ordered the government to restart t  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 1 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement on June 30, 2022: * * * Attorney General William Tong today praised the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Biden v. Texas affirming President Biden's authority to end President Trump's harmful "Remain in Mexico" program. Attorney General Tong had joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general filing an amicus brief urging the Court to reverse a lower court decision that had required the federal g  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 29 (TNSres) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: The Office of Cancer Clinical Proteomics Research at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, has reaffirmed its commitment to furthering proteogenomics research by announcing the next round of Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium (CPTAC) centers. As part of this new phase, Baylor College of Medicine will continue to serve as a Proteogenomic Data Analysis   more

DALLAS, Texas, June 29 (TNSper) -- Dallas College issued the following news release on June 28, 2022: New trustee-elect Dr. Catalina Garcia and trustee Paul Mayer, who was elected in May, will be representing Districts 1 and 3, respectively, as the newest board members to join the Dallas College Board of Trustees, while incumbent Phil Ritter, who also won re-election in May, will represent District 2 for another six years. Dr. Garcia was sworn in at a special meeting of the Dallas College Boar  more

DALLAS, Texas, June 29 -- The Dallas Independent School District issued the following news release: Dr. Michael Hinojosa will be inducted into the fifth class of the Dallas ISD Athletic Hall of Fame along with six other impressive individuals who have made significant contributions to the district's athletics programs. This year's Hall of Fame nominees also include an Olympic swimming gold medalist, the winningest football coach at South Oak Cliff High School, the first female athletic coordina  more

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, July 2 (TNSeco) -- Del Mar College issued the following news release: As construction continues to boom in the Coastal Bend, the need for technicians or mechanics to repair diesel engines and heavy equipment used in the industry is pertinent to keeping things running. A donation from one of Del Mar College's (DMC) Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) industry partners and area John Deere heavy equipment dealership, Doggett Heavy Machinery, LLC (Doggett), is now giving   more

DOVER, Delaware, July 1 -- Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control issued the following news: The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control continued to broaden the recreational appeal of Delaware's renowned artificial reef system by sinking the Texas Star, originally outfitted as a floating casino, at a reef site 16.5 miles offshore of the Delaware coast, with readings of 38.40.494/74.43.868 at a depth of 86 feet. Built in 1977 on a multi-purpose supp  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 28 (TNSres) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Frank Geurts, Wei Li lead university's heavy-ion physics work at Brookhaven, CERN * * * Two Rice University nuclear physicists have received Department of Energy backing to continue their research on the fundamental properties of matter in extreme conditions. Frank Geurts, and Wei Li, both members of Rice's T.W. Bonner Nuclear Laboratory, won a three-year, $1.8 million grant to pursue their study of  more

IRVING, Texas, June 29 -- ExxonMobil, an energy provider and chemical manufacturer, issued the following news release on June 28, 2022: ExxonMobil said today that its Canadian affiliates, Imperial and ExxonMobil Canada, have entered into an agreement with Whitecap Resources Inc. for the sale of XTO Energy Canada, which is jointly owned by Imperial and ExxonMobil Canada. The sale, for a total cash consideration of about U.S. $1.47 billion, is expected to close before the end of the third quarte  more

IRVING, Texas, June 28 -- ExxonMobil, an energy provider and chemical manufacturer, issued the following news release: ExxonMobil, Shell, CNOOC, and Guangdong Provincial Development & Reform Commission have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to evaluate the potential for a world-scale carbon capture and storage project to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the Dayawan Petrochemical Industrial Park in Huizhou, Guangdong Province, China. * Agreement initiates joint study to identify carbon cap  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 (TNSres) -- George Washington University issued the following news: The Supreme Court is set to hand down a decision on a Trump-era policy requiring asylum-seekers to stay in Mexico until they could appear in U.S. immigration court. President Biden rescinded that policy shortly after taking office, only to re-impose it months later after a federal judge in Texas ordered its return, a decision the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld after the Biden administrati  more

DALLAS, Texas, June 28 -- Haynes and Boone, a law firm, issued the following news release: Haynes and Boone, LLP is serving as counsel to Earthstone Energy, Inc. in its acquisition of The New Mexico assets of Titus Oil & Gas Production, LLC and Titus Oil & Gas Production II, LLC and their affiliates (Titus) in a cash-and-stock transaction worth approximately $627 million, along with the associated committed financing of $400 million of incremental commitments to increase Earthstone's elected co  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, July 2 -- The Indiana House Democrats issued the following statement on July 1, 2022: * * * As gun violence continues to leave American communities reeling in heartbreak and horror, most recently with a shooting in a Texas elementary school, Indiana Republicans weaken state gun laws. Permitless carry goes into effect today despite law enforcement officials warning of its danger to public safety. House Democratic Leader Phil GiaQuinta (D-Fort Wayne) issued the following s  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 1 -- The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release: The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) has assessed a penalty of $22,360 against Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) of Dallas, Texas, for violations resulting from an oil release at a residential property in Charlton. In August 2013, an unknown quantity of oil was released in the basement of an abandoned home on Southbridge Road in   more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 2 -- McDermott Will and Emery, a law firm, issued the following news release: International law firm McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce the opening of a new office in Austin, Texas, with a team of eight intellectual property (IP) partners: Kevin Meek, Syed Fareed, Stephen Hash, Paula Heyman, Brian Oaks, Margaret Sampson, Nick Schuneman and Brett Thompsen. "Austin is a vibrant and exciting market for both clients and top talent and we are delighted to be part of i  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 1 (TNSjou) -- Texas A&M University's College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences issued the following news release: Dr. Ken Muneoka has been no stranger to disrupting the field of regeneration; for example, in a 2019 ground-breaking publication in Nature, the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS) professor proved for the first time that joint regeneration in mammals was possible. Now, his team is again challenging other c  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 30 (TNSres) -- Rice University issued the following news release: As incoming director Ruth Lopez Turley takes the helm of Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research July 1, the institute is announcing a new executive leadership team that will help implement a five-year expansion plan. The team comprises key leaders promoted from existing Kinder Institute staff. Terri Arellano will serve as senior director of operations, Dan Potter will serve as senior director   more

IRVING, Texas, July 1 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release on July 1, 2022: The Nexstar Media Charitable Foundation and KSWB-TV FOX5, the Nexstar television station serving San Diego and the surrounding area, today announced that the Foundation will donate $10,000 to the Armed Services YMCA San Diego. The donation will assist in providing social, educational, and recreational programs to meet the needs of more than 170,000 military service  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, June 29 (TNSpar) -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio issued the following news release: The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) Office for Graduate Medical Education, in collaboration with University Health and the promotores of San Antonio, will hold an immersive training experience that highlights existing challenges to addressing health-related social determinants in the current health care ecosystem  more

DENTON, Texas, June 30 (TNSres) -- The University of North Texas issued the following news release: A University of North Texas researcher is working to prove that a positive memory intervention may be an effective choice for PTSD treatment, especially in cases where patients may be hesitant to seek the available trauma-focused treatments. Researchers estimate that as many as 90% of people in the United States experience at least one traumatic event in their lifetime, and more than 70% of peop  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 1 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston issued the following news: By Wendy Cederberg Researchers at UTHealth School of Public Health have been selected to receive $1 million from a $3.4 million grant to address the opioid epidemic and identify overdose patterns. The five-year grant titled, "Predict to Prevent: Dynamic Spatiotemporal Analyses of Opioid Overdose to Guide Pre-Emptive Public Health Responses," is funded by the National Institut  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 28 (TNSres) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Rice University Paris Center will host students, faculty, researchers from Houston * * * Rice University will expand global education and research opportunities for its students and faculty with the opening of the Rice University Paris Center, which holds its ceremonial launch this week. In a historic 16th-century building in the heart of Paris, the new center will be home to student programs, indep  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 29 (TNSres) -- Rice University issued the following news release: Blockchain technology can give small businesses and entrepreneurs new avenues for funding their ventures and create opportunities for growth, according to a report from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. Blockchain, essentially a digital ledger, is giving rise to a new global financial system, writes Alexander Hernandez Romanowski, research analyst at the Baker Institute's McNair Center for  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 29 (TNSjou) -- Rice University issued the following news release on June 28, 2022: Increased flooding in the U.S. is exposing more people to industrial pollution, especially in racially marginalized urban communities, according to new research from Rice University, New York University and Brown University. Thomas Marlow, a postdoctoral fellow at NYU Abu Dhabi, said industrial activity has not only contributed to climate change, but also left behind enormous amounts of land  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 28 (TNSres) -- Rice University issued the following news release: Two experts from the Baker Institute for Public Policy's Center for Health and Biosciences at Rice University are available to explain the regulatory landscape of human embryo and embryoid research, especially in light of changes to federal policy after Roe v. Wade was overturned. Human embryo research takes places in the first 14 days after fertilization -- before the formation of the primitive streak, whic  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 29 (TNSres) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Renowned Houston businessman leaves extraordinary $57 million estate gift to Rice University * * * A self-made businessman who started out working in oilfields and ended up building an empire in energy and real estate investments will be memorialized at Rice University with a landmark new science and engineering building named in his honor. Ralph S. O'Connor was an urbane graduate of Johns Hopkins U  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 1 (TNSjou) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Rice, MD Anderson study highlights potential of mitochondria-targeted chemotherapies * * * Researchers from Rice University and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered potential new drugs that work in concert with other drugs to deliver a deadly one-two punch to leukemia. The potential drugs are still years away from being tested in cancer patients, but a recently published   more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 28 (TNSres) -- Rice University issued the following news release: Allowing more legal immigration and creating a workable solution for the millions of people living in the United States illegally is the only way to effectively address the nation's worsening labor shortage, according to a report from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. "American companies need workers and foreign-born people need jobs. It is an ideal match," wrote Jose Ivan Rodriguez-Sanche  more

RAPID CITY, South Dakota, July 1 (TNSres) -- The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology issued the following news release on June 30, 2022: If you had to put the work of Eirik Valseth, Ph.D., in a nutshell, you could say he uses math to save lives. Valseth is developing new mathematical methods to increase the state-of-the-art prediction capabilities for storm surges during hurricanes. When the National Weather Service predicts a hurricane, Valseth and his colleagues spin-up the supercomp  more

HUNTSVILLE, Texas, June 29 (TNSper) -- Sam Houston State University issued the following news: Sam Houston State University Health Center Director Erica Bumpurs has been elected President of the Southwest College Health Association (SWCHA), the regional affiliate of the American College Health Association (ACHA). "Any opportunity to learn a new system, make an improvement or test out a new system is something I want to be a part of," Bumpurs said. "I love the field I work in and I thrive on he  more

STEPHENVILLE, Texas, June 29 (TNSres) -- Tarleton State University issued the following news release: Tarleton State University Professor Dr. Fei Wang in the Department of Mechanical, Environmental and Civil Engineering and his collaborator, Dr. Jie Huang at UT San Antonio, were recently awarded a grant by the Texas Department of Transportation. The research team, which will include two Tarleton students, will generate design guidance for highway projects based on cost-benefit analyses involvi  more

FORT WORTH, Texas, June 23 (TNSper) -- Tarrant County College issued the following news release: At a meeting of the Tarrant County College Board of Trustees this evening, Board President Teresa Ayala issued the following statement: "Dr. Gene Giovannini has resigned as Chancellor of Tarrant County College District. Accordingly, the Board today voted to direct Dr. Giovannini to immediately vacate his position as Chancellor. We have also today appointed Dr. Elva LeBlanc as Interim Chancellor an  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, June 29 (TNSjou) -- The Texas A&M University's Engineering Experiment Station issued the following news on June 28, 2022: By Nat Levy Blood pressure is one of the most important indicators of heart health, but it's tough to measure outside of a clinical setting frequently and reliably. For decades, cuff-based devices that constrict around the arm to give a reading have been the gold standard. Researchers at Texas A&M University and The University of Texas at Austin are  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, June 30 (TNSres) -- The Texas A&M University's Engineering Experiment Station issued the following news: By Rachel Rose According to the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center, approximately 18,000 new spinal cord injuries occur each year in the United States. Spinal cord injuries often lead to serious constipation or incontinence, which can lead to decreased quality of life and may even be life-threatening. After a spinal cord injury, 41% of patients rated bowe  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, June 30 (TNSjou) -- The Texas A&M University's Engineering Experiment Station issued the following news: By Alleynah Veatch Cofas Extrusion-based 3D printing/bioprinting is a promising approach to generating patient-specific, tissue-engineered grafts. However, a major challenge in extrusion-based 3D printing and bioprinting is that most currently used materials lack the versatility to be used in a wide range of applications. New nanotechnology has been developed by a t  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 1 (TNSjou) -- The Texas A&M University's Engineering Experiment Station issued the following news: By Alyson Chapman A white mineral ring as tall as the Statue of Liberty creeps up the steep shoreline of Lake Mead, a Colorado River reservoir just east of Las Vegas on the Nevada-Arizona border. It is the country's largest reservoir, and it's draining rapidly. With much of the country experiencing above-normal temperatures, below-average rainfall and a changing clim  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, June 29 (TNSjou) -- Texas A&M University issued the following news: * * * Texas A&M researchers have created a new dataset that quanitifes trends of evaporative water loss from 1.4 million global lakes and artificial reservoirs. * * * By Alyson Chapman A white mineral ring as tall as the Statue of Liberty creeps up the steep shoreline of Lake Mead, a Colorado River reservoir just east of Las Vegas on the Nevada-Arizona border. It is the country's largest reservoir, a  more

COMMERCE, Texas, July 1 (TNSconf) -- Texas A&M University's Commerce Campus issued the following news release: The Department of Health and Human Performance at Texas A&M University-Commerce will present an Elite Combined Event High-Performance Summit on Monday, July 11 at the A&M-Commerce at Dallas site located at 8750 N. Central Expressway. In conjunction with the Thorpe Cup--an international track and field competition presented by USA Track & Field in Dallas on July 9-10 between the United  more

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, June 29 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University Corpus Christi campus issued the following news: Fishermen who haul in greater amberjack may also get an unexpected $250 and an opportunity to contribute to the Greater Amberjack Count. The Gulf of Mexico greater amberjack recreational fishing season will reopen later this year pending a final decision by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council. Dr. Sean Powers of the University of South Alabama is leading a "Dream Team" of   more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, June 30 (TNSjou) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: By Jennifer Reiley Despite more than a century of studies, the origin and effects of mental fatigue are still under debate in the research community. Mental fatigue is associated with reduced effort on demanding tasks, causing performance and efficiency to decline. Researchers in the Wm Michael Barnes '64 Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Texas A&M University,   more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, June 28 (TNSjou) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: By Alleynah Veatch Cofas Extrusion-based 3D printing/bioprinting is a promising approach to generating patient-specific, tissue-engineered grafts. However, a major challenge in extrusion-based 3D printing and bioprinting is that most currently used materials lack the versatility to be used in a wide range of applications. New nanotechnology has been developed by a team of resea  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, June 29 (TNSjou) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: By Alyson Chapman A white mineral ring as tall as the Statue of Liberty creeps up the steep shoreline of Lake Mead, a Colorado River reservoir just east of Las Vegas on the Nevada-Arizona border. It is the country's largest reservoir, and it's draining rapidly. With much of the country experiencing above-normal temperatures, below-average rainfall and a changing climate, it is   more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 1 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: The U.S. Supreme Court just delivered Texas, several allied states, and millions of Americans and businesses a significant victory for energy independence, efficiency, and economy. In West Virginia, et al. v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. (No. 20-1530), the Court held 6-to-3 that the Clean Air Act does not vest the EPA with industry-transforming, state-displacing power; the EPA cannot restruc  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 1 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release on June 30, 2022: Attorney General Paxton filed a petition for review challenging the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) corporate average fuel economy standards (CAFE) for certain cars and light trucks. The regulation seeks to impose substantial increases in the number of electric vehicles on roads nationwide, with ramifications that will be felt throughout the automobile industry  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 1 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release on June 30, 2022: In response to the U.S. Supreme Court's narrow decision to reverse lower-court wins against the Biden Administration on the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), also known as the Remain-in-Mexico Program, Attorney General Paxton made the following statement: "Today's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court is an unfortunate one, and I believe it was wrongly decided. Over a year ago, Texas a  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 1 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: This week Attorney General Paxton asked the Supreme Court of Texas to vacate a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement Texas's pre-Roe criminal prohibitions on elective abortion. A Harris County district court previously issued the restraining order at the request of a group of abortion clinics that wish to immediately violate these criminal prohibitions by performing criminal abortions up unt  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 2 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Attorney General Ken Paxton filed two related Florida-led amicus briefs--one before the New Orleans-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and another before the St. Louis-based Eighth Circuit. The briefs oppose President Biden's use of executive power to mandate that millions of federal contractors and their employees be forced to accept COVID-19 vaccines. The lower courts correctly enjoi  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 29 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release on June 28, 2022: Today Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a Civil Investigative Demand (CID) to Walmart for potential violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA) relating to the promotion, sale, dispensing, and distribution of prescription opioids. Walmart is required to report documentation of orders from January 2006 to the present to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and   more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 29 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Attorney General Ken Paxton celebrated a major win for religious liberty as the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of Coach Joseph Kennedy's claim against a school district that fired him for engaging in public prayer after football games at Bremerton High School in Washington state -- sometimes including athletes who wished to participate. The school district claimed that Coach Kennedy's on-f  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 28 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release and letter : Attorney General Paxton joined a comment letter led by Ohio, addressed to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, urging him to investigate the barrage of threats and attacks made against pro-life judges and pro-life organizations. In a pointed letter, Texas along with 18 other states, urged Garland to take swift action in response to recent terrorist acts against anti-abortion organizati  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 30 -- The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality issued the following news release on June 29, 2022: The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality today approved penalties totaling $529,644 against 27 regulated entities for violations of state environmental regulations. Agreed orders were issued for the following enforcement categories: eight air quality, one multi-media, three municipal wastewater discharge, six petroleum storage tanks, six public water system, and one   more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 2 -- The Texas Education Agency issued the following news release: The Texas Education Agency (TEA) released spring 2022 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR(R)) results for Grades 3-8. The results include exams in mathematics and reading for grades 3-8, 5th and 8th grade science, and 8th grade social studies. This year's STAAR results show across-the-board improvements in all grades and subjects from 2021, with significant gains in reading. Texas Educati  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 28 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on June 27, 2022: Governor Greg Abbott today announced GlobiTech, Incorporated ("GlobiTech") will establish an additional manufacturing facility in Sherman, Texas. GlobiTech, a subsidiary of Taiwan-based GlobalWafers Co., Ltd., provides silicon epitaxy products and services to the worldwide semiconductor industry. This project will create 1,500 new jobs and generate billions of dollars in capital investment.   more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 28 (TNSper) -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has reappointed Bob Borochoff, Phillip Holt, and Deborah Scanlon and appointed Marty Green to the Finance Commission of Texas for terms set to expire on February 1, 2028. The Finance Commission is responsible for overseeing and coordinating the Texas Department of Banking, the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending, and the Office of the Consumer Credit Commissioner and serv  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 1 (TNSper) -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Steven Golla, D.V.M. to the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners for a term set to expire on August 26, 2027. The mission of the Board is to establish and enforce policies that ensure the best quality of veterinary and equine dental provider services for the people of Texas. Steven Golla, D.V.M. of New Braunfels is the Medical Operations Veterinarian at In  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 30 (TNSper) -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Lori High and reappointed Rick Figueroa to the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation for terms set to expire on February 1, 2027. The Commission oversees the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Lori High of Spicewood is a retired Nurse Practitioner. She is a former member of the North Texas Nurse Practitioners Association, American Association of   more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 1 (TNSper) -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Dan West to the Economic Incentive Oversight Board for a term to expire at the pleasure of the Governor. The Board examines the effectiveness and efficiency of programs and funds administered by the Office of the Governor, Comptroller, or Department of Agriculture that award state monetary or tax incentives to business entities and other persons. Dan West of Hous  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 28 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release and letter on June 27, 2022: Governor Greg Abbott today sent a letter to President Joe Biden on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) plan that could jeopardize a quarter of the nation's gas supply. The EPA recently announced it may impose a discretionary re-designation of the Permian Basin, which accounts for approximately 40% of all oil produced in the U.S. If allowed to proceed, the EPA's action  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 29 (TNSper) -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has reappointed Clifton "Cliff" Bickerstaff and Erin Lunceford to the Board for Lease of Texas Parks and Wildlife Lands and the Board for Lease of Texas Department of Criminal Justice Lands, respectively, for terms set to on expire on September 1, 2023. Boards for Lease are created to lease land owned by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Texas Department of Crimina  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 28 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following proclamation: WHEREAS, I, GREG ABBOTT, Governor of Texas, do hereby certify that the shooting that occurred on May 24, 2022, at Robb Elementary School in the City of Uvalde has caused widespread and severe damage, injury, and loss of life in Uvalde County, Texas; and WHEREAS, those same conditions continue to exist in Uvalde County; NOW, THEREFORE, in accordance with the authority vested in me by Section 418.014 of the   more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 1 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following statement on June 30, 2022: * * * Governor Greg Abbott today issued a statement after the Supreme Court upheld the Biden Administration's decision to terminate the Remain-in-Mexico policy in Biden v. Texas: "The Supreme Court's decision upholding DHS's termination of the Remain-in-Mexico policy will only embolden the Biden Administration's open border policies. "More than fifty people recently died in a trailer--people  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 1 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following statement on June 30, 2022: * * * Governor Greg Abbott today issued a statement after the Supreme Court ruled against EPA overreach in West Virginia v. EPA: "I applaud the Supreme Court's decision to invalidate the EPA's power grab and rein in this lawless Biden Administration. "Texas joined other States in this case to stop D.C. bureaucrats from imposing costly regulations without any authority from the people's elect  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 2 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on July 1, 2022: Governor Greg Abbott today announced the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is providing more than $301.8 million in emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits for the month of July. The allotments are expected to help about 1.4 million Texas households. "With the extension of emergency SNAP benefits, Texans across the state will continue receivin  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 30 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on June 29, 2022: Governor Greg Abbott today announced the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is launching a new website to serve as a comprehensive resource for Texas families, including expectant mothers, new parents, and families at all stages of life. FamilyResources.texas.gov is now available as a one-stop source of information from Texas state agencies on the Alternatives to Abortion prog  more

SAN MARCOS, Texas, July 2 (TNSres) -- Texas State University issued the following news release: Texas State University has been awarded a $25,000 research grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to support undergraduate and graduate students in the study of environmental challenges as part of the People, Prosperity, and the Planet (P3) Program. The EPA awarded a total of $400,000 to 16 student teams for their research and innovative solutions. Gwendolyn Hustvedt, Ph.D., prof  more

DENTON, Texas, July 1 (TNSper) -- Texas Woman's University issued the following news: Veteran communications professional Kristina Kaskel-Ruiz will lead marketing and communications efforts for Texas Woman's three campuses beginning July 1. Kaskel-Ruiz, who previously served Sam Houston State University in an equivalent role, was named Texas Woman's vice president for marketing and communication in May. She will oversee the university's marketing and communications activities in Denton, Dallas  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, June 28 -- The Tennessee Military Department issued the following news release: Nearly 35 Soldiers from the Tennessee National Guard's 1-107th Airfield Operations Battalion, headquartered in Tullahoma, returned home June 24-26, after a successful 10-month deployment to the Horn of Africa. The Soldiers flew into various airports throughout Tennessee over the weekend and were greeted by fellow Soldiers, family, and friends. The unit has been out-processing at Fort Hood, Te  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 1 (TNSres) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: While the U.S. Department of Justice recently updated its policy requiring federal officers to intervene if colleagues are using excessive force, Zachary D. Kaufman, an associate professor of law and political science and co-director of the Criminal Justice Institute at the University of Houston Law Center, argues that this "necessary, overdue initiative... doesn't go far enough." In a forthcoming l  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 1 (TNSpol) -- The University of Houston Law Center issued the following news release: While the U.S. Department of Justice recently updated its policy requiring federal officers to intervene if colleagues are using excessive force, Zachary D. Kaufman, an associate professor of law and political science and co-director of the Criminal Justice Institute at the University of Houston Law Center, argues that this "necessary, overdue initiative . . . doesn't go far enough." In   more

VICTORIA, Texas, July 1 (TNSpro) -- The University of Houston Victoria campus issued the following news release on June 29, 2022: In the fall, University of Houston-Victoria students will have access to a range of new business concentrations and graduate certificates in areas that will enable graduates to pursue careers in area industries. The UHV College of Business is adding four new graduate certificates and concentrations in business analytics, human resources management, nonprofit leaders  more

VICTORIA, Texas, June 30 (TNSres) -- The University of Houston Victoria campus issued the following news release: A University of Houston-Victoria faculty member and UHV students are helping to conduct research on technologies including artificial intelligence for the U.S. Department of Energy, thanks to a $300,000 federal contract awarded to the faculty member and other national laboratories. Hardik Gohel, a UHV assistant professor of computer science, was awarded a $300,000 federal contract   more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 29 (TNSres) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release on June 28, 2022: * * * UH Hobby School of Public Affairs Survey Found Financial Incentives and Vaccine's Approval Status to Have Less Influence * * * Some Americans still say no to getting any COVID-19 vaccination even as others are currently committing to their fourth shot. What accounts for differences in attitude between the fully vaccinated and those who opt out? The biggest factor could be p  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 30 (TNSres) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: * * * Brain-Controlled Exoskeleton Developed at UH in Clinical Trials * * * When 66-year-old Oswald Reedus had a stroke in 2014, he became one of 795,000 people in the United States who annually suffer the same fate. This year he also became the first stroke patient in the world to use a robotic arm controlled by his brainwaves - at home - to recover the use of a limb. Reedus was lucky to live i  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 28 (TNSjou) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: What is the common thread among mRNA vaccines, genomic drugs, NASA's mission to the moon and the harnessing of nuclear power? They all have been products of science convergence, where knowledge from multiple scientific disciplines is integrated into new overarching knowledge that propels modern civilization. In the last 70 years, convergence achieved more than what science achieved in all its previo  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 29 (TNSjou) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: * * * Black and Hispanic Populations Have High Rates of Deficiency * * * Results from a University of Houston College of Nursing study indicate that 61% of otherwise healthy Black and Hispanic adolescents have low vitamin D levels, that drop even lower with age. The research fills a knowledge gap on groups of people who suffer from vitamin D deficiency. "Black and Hispanic populations have a mar  more

FORT WORTH, Texas, July 1 (TNSres) -- The University of North Texas Health Science Center issued the following news: Dr. Dimitrios Karamichos was paying particularly close attention to the NBA finals this year. The executive director and endowed chair of The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth's North Texas Eye Research Institute is a huge basketball fan, but the reason he was watching closer than usual was related to his research. After the Golden State Warriors were  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, June 29 (TNSres) -- The University of South Carolina issued the following news on June 28, 2022: * * * Khalid Ballouli looks at lives of aspiring young ballplayers, which he used to be * * * Khalid Ballouli knows first-hand what life is like for an aspiring professional ballplayer. It was his personal experience, which included six years as a pitcher in the minor leagues after playing for the Southeastern Conference's Texas A&M University, that led him to his 10-yea  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 29 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston issued the following news: By Halle Jones A large multicenter, randomized clinical trial revealed no difference in the risk of endotracheal intubation requirement at 30 days between awake prone positioning and standard positioning for patients with COVID-19 who suffered from acute hypoxemic respiratory failure, according to research published in JAMA by researchers at UTHealth Houston. Given the conce  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 30 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston issued the following news on June 29, 2022: By Caitie Barkley Younger adults living in the U.S. are less likely to be screened for colorectal cancer than older U.S. adults, despite now being eligible under new screening guidelines, and face greater disparities than older U.S. adults who are eligible for screening, according to research from UTHealth Houston. A study led by Caitlin Murphy, PhD, MPH, an  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 30 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston issued the following news: By Jeannette Sanchez Providing caregivers easy access to produce and flexible resources can lead to improvements in kids' diets in a short time, according to a new study co-authored by researchers with UTHealth School of Public Health together with researchers from Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin. The study was published in JAMA Network Open. The re  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 2 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston issued the following news: By Sherri Green Young adults living with HIV often have trouble transitioning from pediatric to adult care, and a new study from UTHealth Houston looks at whether and how telehealth can help. Emily Barr, PhD, RN, an assistant professor with Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston, began working with children living with HIV in the early 1990s, focusing her research on tre  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 29 -- The University of Texas System issued the following news release: The University of Texas System Board of Regents reaffirmed its long-standing commitment to prioritize student mental health and safety today in a special called meeting, approving the allocation of $16.5 million over the next five years to expand and enhance student mental health, student safety and alcohol education resources at all 13 UT academic and health institutions. UT has been at the forefront of  more

DALLAS, Texas, July 1 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas's Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release: * * * Determining patient's strain previously required lengthy whole genome sequencing * * * In just a few hours, UT Southwestern scientists can tell which variant has infected a COVID-19 patient - a critical task that can potentially influence treatment decisions but takes days or weeks at most medical centers. Last year, pathologist Jeffrey SoRelle, M.D., and colleagu  more

DALLAS, Texas, July 1 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas's Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release: * * * Novel discovery by molecular biologists could help fight GI infections * * * Using artificial intelligence, UT Southwestern researchers have discovered a new family of sensing genes in enteric bacteria that are linked by structure and probably function, but not genetic sequence. The findings, published in PNAS, offer a new way of identifying the role of genes in un  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, July 2 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: * * * Space physicist's research will measure temperature, density of earth's upper atmosphere * * * A space physicist at The University of Texas at Arlington will play a key role in NASA's Geospace Dynamics Constellation (GDC) mission. GDC is a coordinated group of satellites that will provide the first direct global measurements of the region of space enveloping earth known as   more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 28 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: Since 2009, earthquakes have been rapidly rising in the Delaware Basin - a prolific oil-producing region in West Texas and New Mexico. According to a study led by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, the majority of them can be linked to oil and gas production. The researchers looked back on data that tracked seismicity and oil and gas production in the region from 2017 to 2020 and found   more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 28 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: he first discovery of viruses infecting a group of microbes that may include the ancestors of all complex life has been found, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin report in Nature Microbiology. The discovery offers tantalizing clues about the origins of complex life and suggests new directions for exploring the hypothesis that viruses were essential to the evolution of humans and other com  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, June 29 (TNSper) -- The University of the Incarnate Word issued the following news release: From being a student of Incarnate Word College to serving as Provost of the University of the Incarnate Word (UIW), you might say the career of Dr. Barbara Aranda-Naranjo has come full circle. The dedicated servant and educator announced she will retire from her position as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost at UIW at the end of July 2022. "It has been such a blessing to  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, June 29 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio issued the following news release: How much is an "acceptable dose" of a pollutant? Are existing studies to measure safety adequate? A systematic literature review by The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) suggests that the current system of chemical risk assessment is inadequate and contradictory. The result, say the authors, is an underestimation o  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, June 28 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio issued the following news release on June 27, 2022: The first therapy to be developed specifically for post-traumatic headache significantly reduced related disability in veterans following a traumatic brain injury (TBI). It also reduced co-occurring symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) comparably to a gold-standard PTSD treatment. Moreover, the innovative treatment, Cognitive Beha  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, June 30 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio issued the following news release: Telehealth consultations with a pediatric infectious disease specialist at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio reduced the number of newborns receiving antibiotics by 32% in eight geographically distant nurseries that serve rural and medically underserved areas of South Texas, a study shows. Decreasing antibiotic usage in infants is vi  more

NEW YORK, July 1 -- White and Case, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised private equity firm Ara Partners on its acquisition of beverage packaging producer Petainer Group. "The investment by Ara Partners will support Petainer's growth and, importantly, enhance its ability to influence manufacturers globally on their carbon reduction strategies," said White & Case partner Richard Jones, who led the Firm's deal team. Ara Partners is a US-h  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Wiley, a law firm, issued the following news release: Wiley, a preeminent Washington, DC law firm, filed separate amicus briefs for the case, Torres v. Texas Department of Public Safety, that were used to help the U.S. Supreme Court hold that states cannot assert sovereign immunity from suits for employment discrimination under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA). The briefs were filed on February 8, 2022 on behalf of Professor Jeffrey M  more