BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 22 (TNSawa) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Four LSU researchers have been awarded the National Science Foundation's most prestigious grant for early-career faculty, who exhibit potential to serve as academic role models in research and education. This highly competitive grant supports an individual's research helping build a firm foundation for a lifetime of research and academic leadership. The following faculty at LSU have receiv  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 20 (TNSfund) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: A Tulane University alumna who has dedicated her life to counseling patients with mental illness is now giving back further to the university with a $1 million bequest to the School of Social Work. The estate gift from social worker Cheryl A. Verlander (NC '70, SW '75) and her husband, Charles "Chuck" N. Bracht, will bolster the Verlander-Bracht Scholarship Endowed Fund, which they created in 2008  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 18 -- Emory University issued the following news release: Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Emory University School of Medicine and Grady Memorial Hospital mourn the loss of Jerome Carl Landry, MD, MBA, professor of radiation oncology. Landry was born and raised in Louisiana. After overcoming neurologic complications of polio at a young age, he graduated magna cum laude from Xavier University in New Orleans and then earned his medical degree from Harvard Medi  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 22 -- Louisiana Economic Development issued the following news release: Bercen, a division of specialty ingredients manufacturer Vertellus, is announcing a $17.5 million expansion of its Denham Springs facility that will allow the company to retain 55 jobs and create eight new jobs with an average annual salary of $75,000 plus benefits. Louisiana Economic Development estimates the expansion will result in 23 indirect jobs, for a total of 31 new jobs in Louisiana's C  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 19 -- Louisiana Economic Development issued the following news release: Registration is now open for an LED FastStart online career fair that will connect job seekers with Louisiana companies filling a wide range of business operations and customer service positions. The online event will take place Wednesday, July 27, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission is free, and participants can register in advance or at the start of the event. Business operations encompasses a w  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 20 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards, joined by Deputy Secretary Bill Sommers of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Sec. Jimmy LeBlanc of the Department of Corrections, announced an ongoing internal investigation into security failures that led to escapes from the Bridge City Center for Youth this past weekend and comprehensive plans, both short and long-term, to address these recent disturbances and the disrepai  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 21 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Governor John Bel Edwards was joined by Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development Secretary Shawn D. Wilson to discuss the Department's updated Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP). The SHSP, which is updated every five years, identifies emphasis areas, strategies and tactics for reducing fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads across the state. This is developed with inpu  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 19 (TNSfund) -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news: The LSU AgCenter Food Innovation Institute has received a five-year, $1.5 million U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration grant to update and expand its facility adjacent to the LSU campus in Baton Rouge. Along with $2.5 million in state funding, the grant will allow the institute, known as FOODii, to unify its operations and further its mission of connecting  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 19 (TNSfund) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: The LSU AgCenter Food Innovation Institute has received a five-year, $1.5 million U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration grant to update and expand its facility adjacent to the LSU campus in Baton Rouge. Along with $2.5 million in state funding, the grant will allow the institute, known as FOODii, to unify its operations and further its mission of connecting Louis  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 23 (TNSres) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: * * * Linguistic research published in the journal, "American Speech" * * * There is a substantial variety of English dialects spoken in Louisiana, including Southern White American English, African American English, Cajun English, Creole African American English, and New Orleans English or "Yat." Eunice native Lauren Vidrine, a 2019 LSU graduate, heard her family members speak both Caju  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 23 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Faculty from the LSU College of Art and Design are using robots and artificial intelligence in combination with art and landscape. Associate Professor of Art Hye Yeon Nam and Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture Brendan Harmon are collaborating on two different projects. The first is through a series of robotic drawings. The project, called "Contingent Dreams," uses algorithms to generate  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 23 (TNSres) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Mark Wagner, professor of Arabic in the LSU Department of World Languages, Literatures & Cultures, has been awarded a fellowship at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS). Wagner will undertake the research project titled, "The Rothschilds of Arabia and Africa: The Rise and Fall of a Jewish Mercantile Empire Under the British Raj." "The NI  more

LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana, July 23 (TNSper) -- McNeese State University issued the following news: Dr. Frederick "Chip" LeMieux has been named provost and vice president for academic affairs and enrollment management at McNeese State University, according to Dr. Daryl Burckel, McNeese president. LeMieux has been serving in the interim role since July 2021. His appointment has received approval from the University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors. "Dr. LeMieux is an outstanding educator w  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, July 21 -- Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt issued the following news release on July 19, 2022: Yesterday, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry served discovery requests on top Biden Administration Officials and today served third-party subpoenas on social media giants Twitter, Meta, Youtube, Instagram, and LinkedIn. The discovery requests and subpoenas come as part of Missouri's and Louisiana's lawsuit against the Bid  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 22 (TNSawa) -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on July 21, 2022: On Wednesday, the National Guard Association of the United States named Gov. John Bel Edwards the recipient of the 2022 Harry S. Truman Award for Distinguished Service in Support of National Defense, which is the group's highest recognition. Gov. Edwards was selected for his consistent leadership and support of LANG as well as his numerous accomplishments including leadin  more

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, July 20 (TNSpar) (TNSpro) -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release: Nicholls State University and Louisiana State University Health Science Center- N.O. School of Medicine partnered to host the annual Culinary Medicine Program at the Chef John Folse Culinary Institute. The program, sponsored by Thibodaux Regional Health System and Cardiovascular Institute of the South, ran from July 5-15. Thirteen third-year medical students from LSUHSC New Orleans   more

HAMMOND, Louisiana, July 21 (TNSres) -- Southeastern Louisiana University issued the following news release: In early July 2022 an impressive and extraordinarily rare batch of documents, previously a part of the Thomas W. Streeter Collection, went up for auction. Sam Hyde, Leon Ford Endowed Chair and director of the Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies at Southeastern Louisiana University, said he was contacted by one of the center's biggest benefactors who notified him about the documents.   more

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, July 20 (TNSeve) -- Southwestern Electric Power, an American Electric Power company, issued the following news release on July 19, 2022: Southwestern Electric Power Co., an American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP) company, in collaboration with Shreveport Green and EPRI, today announced the first harvest of Shreveport Green's Urban Farm, an indoor agriculture facility that utilizes new technology to grow nutritious food year-round. The Urban Farm on Sprague Street near down  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 21 (TNSres) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: A group of faculty and staff from the Tulane University School of Liberal Arts has received a five-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Academy of Sciences Gulf Research Program to create an environmental justice curriculum for Louisiana K-12 schools. The project is being spearheaded by the Louisiana Environmental Action Network (LEAN), a nonprofit organization in Baton Rouge that fosters coo  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 21 (TNSres) -- The University of New Orleans issued the following news release: The current transportation systems in the United States were planned and built decades ago primarily for automobiles, which makes mobility difficult for people who don't have vehicles, University of New Orleans transportation professor Guang Tian said. Tian said such auto dependency has resulted not only in highway congestion, physical inactivity and obesity, air pollution and climate c  more

PLATTEVILLE, Wisconsin, July 21 (TNSres) -- The University of Wisconsin-Platteville issued the following news: By Kristie Reynolds Two University of Wisconsin-Platteville Department of Health and Human Performance seniors recently presented at the National Strength and Conditioning Association's annual conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. Ann Larson and Lauren Guy presented a poster presentation titled "Analysis of Hydration Practices and Sweat Rates of Division III Men's Collegiate Basketba  more