AUSTIN, Texas, July 7 -- The Republican Party of Texas issued the following news release on July 6, 2022: The Republican Party of Texas released its 2022 platform today. The final platform is the culmination of work by grassroots delegates who are the lifeblood of the Texas Republican Party. The 2022 platform adopted all planks presented in the Committee Report at the statewide convention, plus 2 planks presented on the floor of the convention. Republican Party of Texas Chairman Matt Rinaldi s  more

SAN ANGELO, Texas, July 7 (TNSpro) -- Angelo State University issued the following news: By Tom Nurre Angelo State University has been selected by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to participate in the TEA's Principal Residency Grant initiative for 2023-24 through ASU's Master of Science (M.S.) in educational leadership with Texas principal certification online graduate degree program. As a Vetted Principal Residency Program, ASU will partner with public school districts and charter schools t  more

DALLAS, Texas, July 8 (TNSconf) -- Atmos Energy Corp. issued the following news release: Atmos Energy Corporation (NYSE: ATO) will host a conference call on Thursday, August 4, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern to review the company's Fiscal 2022 third quarter financial results. Atmos Energy will release these results on Wednesday, August 3, 2022, following the market close. To listen to the conference call, please dial either the toll-free or international number provided below. You may also listen  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 6 (TNSjou) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: While residency training is a critical time in a physician's career, there are various reasons why an extended leave might be necessary during this time. However, there is little data on how taking an extended leave during training can impact a resident's board exam scores. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, in collaboration with colleagues at the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabili  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 8 (TNSres) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: Baylor College of Medicine is recruiting volunteers, particularly from historically underrepresented populations, who believe they may have an atypical form of diabetes to participate in the Rare and Atypical Diabetes Network (RADIANT) study. This study discovers and classifies new and unusual forms of diabetes based on the experience of people diagnosed with diabetes who have had difficulty in managing  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 6 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: By Felysha Walker Texas A&M University is leading the second stage of a widely collaborative science mission to better understand elements of hypersonic flight. BOLT II, a suborbital sounding rocket, was designed to provide information about Boundary Layer Turbulence (BOLT II) during hypersonic flight. The flight experiment, managed by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)/Ai  more

DANVILLE, Kentucky, July 8 (TNSpar) -- Centre College issued the following news: By Kylie Wulf Centreworks, an innovation and collaboration venture at Centre College, recently launched the Urban Innovation Team, a new student-led program charged with working with Danville residents and visitors to identify challenges and suggest solutions to downtown navigation. CentreWorks submitted a proposal to the City of Danville for the project, which is being led by interns Isaiah Arroyo '22 (Austin, Te  more

SAN RAMON, California, July 6 -- Chevron, an energy company, issued the following news release: Chevron and partners Talos and Carbonvert plan to develop the Bayou Bend Carbon Capture and Sequestration hub, which is seeking to be one of the first offshore carbon dioxide storage projects in the United States. The offshore hub will be located in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Jefferson County in Southeast Texas. Why it matters Early estimates show a potential storage capacity between   more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, July 7 -- Discovery Education, a division of Discovery Communications, issued the following news release on July 6, 2022: Mesquite Independent School District (MISD) students in grades 5-8 will return to the classroom for the 2022-2023 school year with new edtech tools designed specifically for Texas classrooms that will enhance science education. Created by long-time district partner Discovery Education-the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platfor  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 7 (TNSres) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: * * * LSU alumna Diane Goyette and husband Henry's gift will advance research-to-practice pipeline to benefit Louisiana families * * * LSU alumna Diane Goyette and husband Henry of Houston, Texas, have made a $5 million gift to benefit the LSU Early Childhood Education Institute. The LSU College of Human Sciences & Education's ECE Institute, announced in March 2021, is a hub for the state  more

BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky, July 6 (TNSper) -- Western Kentucky University issued the following news: Governor Andy Beshear has appointed Melissa B. Dennison of Lexington and Gary L. Broady of Franklin to the WKU Board of Regents. Both will serve through June 30, 2028. Dennison, a WKU alumna, replaces Jason L. McKinney of Alvaton. She is a pediatrician who practices in Glasgow. Dennison graduated from WKU in 1980 before attending medical school at the University of Louisville and completing her p  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 8 (TNSper) -- The University of St. Thomas issued the following news release: Hanna Huston joins the University of St. Thomas-Houston Athletics Staff as the program's first-ever swim coach. Huston is responsible for building the brand new men's and women's swim programs. In her first year, she will recruit students to join her swim roster before beginning 2023-2024 NCAA competition. In addition, UST's NCAA provisional period ends this fall, immediately making the Celts eli  more

IRVING, Texas, July 6 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release on July 5, 2022: The Nexstar Media Charitable Foundation and KTLA 5, the Nexstar television station serving Los Angeles and the surrounding area, today announced that the Foundation will donate $10,000 to LA Family Housing to assist in the organization's efforts to combat homelessness. The donation caps a day-long KTLA 5 fundraising drive to benefit LA Family Housing (LAFH), highli  more

IRVING, Texas, July 6 (TNSres) -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release on July 5, 2022: Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST) announced today that it will report its 2022 second quarter financial results on Thursday, August 4, 2022. The Company will host a conference call and webcast at 10:00 a.m. ET that morning to review the results. To access the conference call, interested parties may dial +1 646-828-8073, conference ID 5103351 (dom  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 7 (TNSper) -- Rice University issued the following news release: The Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University has added nine faculty members with expertise ranging from management to marketing. It's a record number of new tenured and tenure-track professors for the school. Rice Business's fundamental strategy is securing the best talent, says Peter Rodriguez, dean of the Jones School. "Our programs have seen tremendous growth over the years -- including our ne  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 8 (TNSjou) -- Rice University issued the following news release on July 7, 2022: A new study has found a rise in racial apathy -- in other words, not caring about racial inequality -- among young white adults. Racial apathy and the belief that Black people no longer experience prejudice in today's world represent the "new racism," according to Tony Brown, professor of sociology at Rice University and lead author of the study, "Changes in Racial Apathy Among White Young Adu  more

HUNTSVILLE, Texas, July 8 (TNSres) -- Sam Houston State University issued the following news: Sam Houston State University associate professor Juan Diego Daza, in the Department of Biological Sciences, co-authored a new study with colleagues from Europe and the United States that involves the oldest species of gecko in Europe. Biologists generally accept the notion that evolution is not reversible, a process also referred to as devolution. Evolutionary biologists offer different interpretation  more

STEPHENVILLE, Texas, July 7 (TNSper) -- Tarleton State University issued the following news release on July 6, 2022: Tarleton State University President James Hurley has been appointed to the North Texas Commission Executive Committee following his year of service on the NTC Board of Directors. A public-private partnership established in 1971, the NTC champions the North Texas region and works to ensure that state and federal policies promote strong local governments, support excellence in pub  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 6 (TNSjou) -- Texas A&M University's Health Science Center issued the following news: * * * Research finds living against our internal body clocks can damage our long-term health by altering gut and brain interactions * * * As most Americans wind down for bed, 15 million people are just clocking into work. These hospital workers, emergency responders, factory operators and others are among the 20 percent of the world's population who do shift work. Their differen  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 5 (TNSjou) -- Texas A&M University issued the following news: * * * New research finds living against our internal body clocks can damage long-term health by altering gut and brain interactions. * * * By Lindsey Hendrix As most Americans wind down for bed, 15 million people are just clocking into work. These hospital workers, emergency responders, factory operators and others are among the 20 percent of the world's population who do shift work. Their different s  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 4 -- Texas A&M University issued the following news: By Luke Henkhaus Turn on a radio in the United Kingdom right now, and there's a good chance you'll hear the catchy but mournful tones of English artist Kate Bush's 1985 hit "Running Up That Hill," which recently topped the UK singles chart more than 30 years after the track's initial release, thanks to its use in the latest season of the American TV show "Stranger Things." The song's resurgent popularity on both  more

COMMERCE, Texas, July 6 (TNSper) -- Texas A&M University's Commerce Campus issued the following news release: Texas A&M University-Commerce has announced the hiring of Brittany Miller as the third softball coach in school history, said Interim Director of Athletics Eric Coleman on Friday. "Brittany Miller checked every box we were looking for when we started our search for the next leader of the storied Lion Softball program," said Coleman. "Her experience as a pitching coach along with her de  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 7 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: By Rachel Rose High-frequency wireless communication systems such as 5G millimeter wave (mmWave) and beyond are of particular interest to consumers as they can deliver data with extremely high speed and provide an upgraded experience to existing wireless communication systems. Despite the many advantages of mmWave communication, there are several basic challenges associated with   more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 8 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Attorney General Paxton is pleased to announce on June 30, 2022, after six hours of deliberations, a jury returned a capital murder guilty verdict in the case of State v. Freddie Lee Smith. Former Austin Police Officer Vontrey Clark hired Freddie Smith to kill Samantha Dean for $5,000 because she was pregnant with Clark's child and refused to have an abortion. Clark and Dean had been in a sporadic rela  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 7 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined an Indiana-led multistate amicus brief urging an en banc rehearing of a decision by the Boston-based U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals that threatens to allow one state--Rhode Island--to effectively set other states' climate policies. "Permitting 50 different state judiciaries to set global emissions standards would lead to utter chaos," the brief reads. "Th  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 9 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Attorney General Paxton joined an Arkansas-led amicus brief filed in the Atlanta-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit supporting Alabama's appeal of the district court's injunction of the state's Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act. The Act, which the brief sets out to defend, prohibits the use of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgery to medically "transition" chi  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 9 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a multistate coalition led by Montana in support of religious liberty in Fellowship of Christian Athletes v. San Jose Unified School District, in the San Francisco-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In this case, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) allows all students to attend meetings, but requires leadership to affirm statements of fait  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 8 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a Montana-led coalition supporting a petition for rehearing en banc in 350 Montana, et al. v. Dep't of Interior and Signal Peak, LLC, a case that has delayed the mining expansion plan for the Bull Mountain coal mine in Montana since 2013. Despite thorough research concluding that the coal mining project would not cause any significant adverse environmental imp  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 7 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined an Oklahoma-led multistate amicus brief urging an en banc rehearing of a decision by the Denver-based U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals that threatens the freedom of religious groups to select their own leaders and operate free from the entanglements of government overregulation. In that case, a faith-based K-12 religious school fired a chaplain who sued to ch  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 6 (TNSper) -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following news on July 5, 2022: The Texas Democratic Party is proud to announce several new hires for key leadership positions across the Party, including: * Koby Ahmed, Finance Director * Drew Corbitt, Digital Director * Vanessa Arslanian, Deputy Voter Protection Director * Ike Hajinazarian, Deputy Communications Director "We're incredibly proud to announce this slate of diverse, experienced professionals coming onboa  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 7 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following news on July 6, 2022: Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa released the following statement calling on Texas mayors and city council members to protect women: "Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last month, Texas women have - rightfully so - felt anxiety and fear over the new, draconian, and dehumanizing laws they now must live under: a brutal abortion ban stripping Texans of their bodily autonomy  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 8 (TNStalk) -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following statement on July 7, 2022: * * * Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa released the following statement on Governor Abbott's executive order today authorizing the Texas National Guard and the Texas Department of Public Safety to round up and "deport" undocumented migrants to U.S. Ports of Entry. "Today's bad-faith, unlawful political stunt of the day from Governor Abbott is just as bigoted as all hi  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 6 (TNSper) -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following news on July 5, 2022: The Texas Democratic Party and Beto for Texas are proud to announce that Lauren Harper will serve as the new Coordinated Campaign Director. "We're beyond thrilled to announce that Lauren Harper will be leading our 2022 Coordinated Campaign," said Jamarr Brown, Co-Executive Director of the Texas Democratic Party. "Lauren has proven herself as a leading political strategist, through years of e  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 7 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on July 6, 2022: Governor Greg Abbott today announced the results of a study completed by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts at the request of the Texas Military Preparedness Commission (TMPC) analyzing the impact on the state's economy of the U.S. military installations within Texas. The Comptroller estimates these military installations contributed at least $114.1 billion to the Texas economy in 2021 a  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 8 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on July 7, 2022: Governor Greg Abbott today announced more than $5.9 million in Texas Talent Connection grants to 18 innovative workforce skills training and job placement programs in communities across the state. These competitive grant awards are administered by the Texas Workforce Investment Council in the Governor's Office of Economic Development and Tourism. The grants support innovative education and wor  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 6 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on July 5, 2022: Governor Greg Abbott and the Governor's Office of Economic Development and Tourism today announced the opening of applications, beginning July 6, for the Texas Travel Industry Recovery Grant Program (TTIR) established by Senate Bill 8 and signed into law by the Governor following the 87th Legislative Session to administer $180 million of funds received from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recover  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 8 (TNSper) -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Stephanie Johnson to the San Jacinto River Authority Board of Directors for a term set to expire on October 16, 2025. The San Jacinto River Authority is a government agency whose mission is to develop, conserve, and protect the water resources of the San Jacinto River Basin. Stephanie Johnson of Montgomery is an executive search director at Richard, Wayne & Rober  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 8 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on July 7, 2022: Governor Greg Abbott today issued an executive order authorizing and empowering the Texas National Guard and the Texas Department of Public Safety to apprehend illegal immigrants who illegally cross the border between ports of entry and return them to the border. The Biden Administration's decision to end Title 42 expulsions and the Remain-in-Mexico policy has led to historic levels of illegal  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 9 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following proclamation: WHEREAS, I, GREG ABBOTT, Governor of the State of Texas, do hereby certify that exceptional drought conditions pose a threat of imminent disaster in Andrews, Aransas, Armstrong, Atascosa, Austin, Bailey, Bandera, Baylor, Bee, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Borden, Bosque, Brazoria, Brewster, Briscoe, Brown, Burnet, Caldwell, Calhoun, Callahan, Cameron, Camp, Castro, Chambers, Childress, Cochran, Coke, Coleman, Colorado  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 7 (TNSper) -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Abbott has made nine appointments to the Texas Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors for terms set to expire at the pleasure of the Governor. Additionally, the Governor has named Vicki Hollub as Chair. The corporation is the private side of a public-private partnership with the Governor's Office of Economic Development & Tourism tasked with marketing Texas, domestically and glo  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 8 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on July 7, 2022: Governor Greg Abbott today awarded 17 grants totaling nearly $1.3 million that will be distributed through the Governor's Summer Merit Program to Texas universities and community colleges for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) summer youth camps. Awarded by the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC), these funds will provide scholarships for 2,231 students ages 14 to 21 to attend the   more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 7 (TNSres) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: * * * $1.8 Million Grant Supports Work on New Virus to Improve Oncolytic Virotherapy * * * Among the most promising anti-cancer treatments in recent years, oncolytic virotherapy (OV) has emerged at the top of the pack of immunotherapy. Oncolytic viruses are those that can kill cancer cells while leaving nearby healthy cells and tissues intact. In oncolytic virotherapy, the treatment also exerts it  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, July 8 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: Lawrence, Kansas is growing tech jobs faster than any other city in America, according to data from a prominent national think tank. Researchers at the Brookings Institution found that jobs in the city grew by 16% during 2019-20 -- a faster rate than in industry hubs like San Francisco (4.3%) and Austin, Texas (3.4%). (A March report from Axios suggested the Lawrence number might be as high as 19%.) Local   more

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, July 6 (TNSper) -- The University of Kentucky issued the following news: The University of Kentucky Alumni Association recently announced its 2022-23 Board of Directors' officers during its annual Summer Workshop. This year's officers are Antoine S. Huffman, president; Janie C. McKenzie-Wells, president-elect, Robert "Rob" Crady III, treasurer; and Jill H. Smith, secretary. The new slate officially took office July 1, 2022, and will serve until June 30, 2023. Antoine S. Hu  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 6 -- The University of St. Thomas issued the following news release: "I need a lot of things going on." Dr. Tera Torres is not kidding. The remarkable Chair of the Pragmatic Studies Program at the University of St. Thomas-Houston's Kolbe School does not stop. Torres is all in for her full-time job at UST leading an associate degree program for students with learning differences. She runs a half-marathon every month. And believe it or not--this wife and mother to four teach  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, July 9 (TNSjou) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: By Heather Witt How can physicians identify children who may be at increased risk for severe complications due to COVID-19? Are there key social factors, such as poverty and unemployment, which could indicate an increased risk of hospitalization for COVID-19? These are the types of questions two researchers, Liam O'Neill, PhD, of the University of North Texas, and Neale R. Chumbl  more

DALLAS, Texas, July 7 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas's Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release: * * * UT Southwestern expert describes new standards for important diagnostic test in The Laryngoscope * * * Swallowing fluoroscopy is the most common diagnostic test for patients with swallowing problems caused by conditions such as stroke, head and neck cancer, neurodegenerative disease, or prolonged intubation. Despite widespread use, there has been no standard practi  more

DALLAS, Texas, July 9 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas's Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release: Interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features (IPAF) is a disease with many possible causes and no standard of care, making it particularly difficult to treat. While immunosuppressant drugs are primarily prescribed, they don't work for all patients. A new study of patients treated for IPAF at UT Southwestern offers insight into the disease, which can result in a reduced   more

ARLINGTON, Texas, July 8 (TNStalk) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: The University of Texas at Arlington hosted a day-long collaborative effort in the name of racial justice and equality. Presentations at the first Racial Justice and Equity Scholars Summit, organized by the Association of Public Land Grant Universities (APLU) and the Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (USU), highlighted initiatives demonstrating UTA's commitment to racial just  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, July 7 (TNSper) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: Kate C. Miller will serve as the next vice president for research and innovation at The University of Texas at Arlington, effective Oct. 1. Miller has more than two decades of leadership experience in higher education, most recently serving as the provost and vice president for academic affairs at the University of Wyoming and having spent time in Texas at both Texas A&M and UT El P  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, July 6 (TNSawa) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: The United States Distance Learning Association has named Jeremy Glass, a senior lecturer of mathematics at The University of Texas at Arlington, as the Gold Winner of its 2022 Award for Excellence in Distance Learning Teaching. The international award is given to an outstanding individual or team of individuals whose teaching demonstrates extraordinary achievements. Glass said he s  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, July 8 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: * * * UTA team investigating effects of hookah use in innovative study * * * A team of University of Texas at Arlington researchers has begun first-of-its-kind research on the health effects of hookah use. Led by Ziyad Ben Taleb, assistant professor of public health in the College of Nursing and Health Innovation and director of UTA's Nicotine and Tobacco Research Laboratory (NTR  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 9 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release on July 8, 2022: Many young people today suffer from stress-related anxiety and depressive symptoms. A new study by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin finds that a 30-minute online training on how to think about stress and adversity can reduce both short- and long-term mental health symptoms, offering a potential low-cost treatment to combat a growing adolescent mental health crisis. The s  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 6 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: Russian state media has been significantly inflating the reported number of Ukrainian refugees entering the country, perhaps by as much as thousands a day. That's the finding from the Global (Dis)Information Lab (GDIL), an interdisciplinary research lab at The University of Texas at Austin that recently released a new intelligence report on the subject. The report was completed in collaboration with the  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 8 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release on July 7, 2022: For more affordable, sustainable drug options than we have today, the medication we take to treat high blood pressure, pain or memory loss may one day come from engineered bacteria, cultured in a vat like yogurt. And thanks to a new bacterial tool developed by scientists at The University of Texas at Austin, the process of improving drug manufacturing in bacterial cells may be coming soo  more

RICHARDSON, Texas, July 7 (TNSper) -- The University of Texas Dallas campus issued the following news on July 6, 2022: Dr. Francesca Filbey, professor of psychology in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences and associate provost for faculty mentoring, has been elected to the board of directors of The College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) -- the longest-standing advocacy organization in the U.S. that addresses issues related to drug use and dependence. "It's an honor to have been e  more

RICHARDSON, Texas, July 7 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas Dallas campus issued the following news: By Stephen Fontenot One of the main signs of cognitive aging is the fading ability to retrieve details of one's experiences. This phenomenon has now been tied to the so-called anterior shift: When a memory is retrieved, the region of the brain that is most active is farther forward than when the memory was encoded. Researchers from The University of Texas at Dallas' Center for Vital Longevit  more

TYLER, Texas, July 7 (TNSeco) -- The University of Texas's Tyler Campus issued the following news release: The University of Texas at Tyler has announced the opening of a new Media and Communication Research Laboratory within the College of Arts and Sciences. The MCRL, which officially opened earlier this year, has space to conduct different types of media and communication research studies and includes equipment for studies in media psychophysiology and neuroscience. Dr. Terry Britt, PhD, ass  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 7 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: In new polling conducted primarily during the week prior to the U.S. Supreme Court's opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, a University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll finds only 15% of Texans support a complete ban on abortion access. Although 37% of Texas voters support the state's trigger law that would ban abortion in most cases in the wake of the Supreme Court's ruling, no more than 36% would forec  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, July 8 (TNSper) -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: David Ford, a professor of civil engineering at Texas A&M University who will join the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech this fall, has been named the Vecellio Professor of Construction Engineering and Management by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors. Established in 2000, the Vecellio Professorship in Construction Engineering and Management is a gift from the Vecellio Family Foundation and individual membe  more

CANYON, Texas, July 6 (TNSres) -- West Texas A&M University issued the following news: A West Texas A&M University agriculture professor is one of only 20 educators from Hispanic Serving Institutions around the country selected for an esteemed fellowship with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Dr. Guillermo Marcillo, assistant professor of agricultural statistics in WT's Paul Engler College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, was named this month as an E. Kika De La Garza Education, High Sch  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 8 (TNSfund) -- Western Governors University-Texas issued the following news release: Western Governors University (WGU) and WGU Advancement--the university's fundraising arm--announced today a new grant provided by Greater Texas Foundation designed to help support degree access among rural West Texas' underserved and underrepresented students and adults who want to return to school. Increasing Postsecondary Attainment Rates in Rural West Texas - A Place Based Approach grant   more