HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2022: * * * Leading experts in immunobiology to provide guidance on research and programs * * * The James P. Allison Institute at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today announced the establishment of its scientific advisory board to provide strategic guidance and evaluation of its research portfolio and programs. The 11-person advisory board,   more

FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 17 -- American Airlines issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2022: American Airlines and Boom Supersonic today announced the airline's agreement to purchase up to 20 Overture aircraft, with an option for an additional 40. American has paid a non-refundable deposit on the initial 20 aircraft. Overture is expected to carry passengers at twice the speed of today's fastest commercial aircraft. Boom Supersonic's Overture would introduce an important new speed advant  more

FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 15 -- American Airlines issued the following news release: American Airlines announced a donation of $1.5 million to the Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals (OBAP) Luke Weathers Flight Academy during the organization's 46th annual conference, held Aug. 10-12. American served as the title sponsor of OBAPs 46th annual conference, which included several notable industry speakers, aerospace professional development workshops and networking opportunities. "Our stre  more

SAN ANGELO, Texas, Aug. 16 (TNSpro) -- Angelo State University issued the following news: Angelo State University has added a new Doctor of Social Work (D.S.W.) in clinical social work degree program that is the first of its kind in Texas and the third doctoral degree now offered by ASU. The D.S.W. in clinical social work can be completed either on campus or totally online, and classes will begin this coming fall 2022 semester. It is offered through the Department of Social Work and Sociology   more

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 18 (TNSjou) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: A randomized, double blind human clinical trial conducted by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine reveals that supplementation with GlyNAC - a combination of glycine and N-acetylcysteine - improves many age-associated defects in older humans and powerfully promotes healthy aging. This is relevant because until now, there have been no solutions toward improving many of these age-related declines in  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 19 (TNSjou) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: A randomized, double blind human clinical trial conducted by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine reveals that supplementation with GlyNAC - a combination of glycine and N-acetylcysteine - improves many age-associated defects in older humans and powerfully promotes healthy aging. This is relevant because until now, there have been no solutions toward improving many of these age-related declines in  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 17 (TNSjou) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: Neuroblastoma, a childhood cancer that develops from neural cells on the adrenal glands, accounts for 15% of childhood cancer deaths. Almost half of children with high-risk neuroblastoma harbor extra copies of the gene MYCN (MYCN amplified), the primary driver of neuroblastoma and its resistance to therapy. "Treating neuroblastoma by directly targeting MYCN has been challenging," said Dr. Eveline Barb  more

WACO, Texas, Aug. 18 (TNSjou) -- Baylor University issued the following news on Aug. 17, 2022: * * * Scientists use old-fashioned art form and 3D printing to make major advance in eliminating exclusion of individuals with blindness or low vision from chemistry and other life sciences * * * A research team led by Baylor University chemists has taken a groundbreaking step forward in eliminating the exclusion of individuals with blindness from chemistry education and experiences. In an article   more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University's College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences issued the following news release: A treatment for a rare disease that was researched and developed in the laboratory of Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) associate professor Scott Dindot has not only produced encouraging interim data from a phase 1/2 clinical trial in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada but has become the subject  more

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University Corpus Christi campus issued the following news: History is built through archives. The hidden work in archival process and preservation is highlighted in a new manuscript published by Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. "Blucher: A Family, a Legacy, and a Research Resource at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi," by Dr. Tom Kreneck, highlights the tremendous impact the Charles F.H. von Blucher Family papers have made on the univ  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 17 (TNSawa) -- Bracewell, a law firm, issued the following news release: BMC Software's trial victory in its long-running dispute with IBM has been named the Major Litigation of the Year in the 2022 Magna Stella Awards, sponsored by the Texas General Counsel Forum (TGCF). Winners, including BMC Chief Litigation Counsel Sarah Menendez, will be honored at an awards dinner on November 3. Bracewell represented BMC in its lawsuit against IBM for fraudulently inducing and then v  more

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Aug. 18 (TNSawa) -- Bryn Mawr College issued the following news: Associate Professor of Mathematics Erica J. Graham, a founder of the Mathematically Gifted and Black (MGB) website, is a winner of the Association for Women in Mathematics' 2022 AWM Presidential Recognition Award. Graham, along with MGB website co-founders Reagan Higgins, associate professor of mathematics at Texas Tech University, Candice Price, associate professor of mathematics and statistics at Smith  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 18 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: California Attorney General Rob Bonta and New York Attorney General Letitia James led a coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief supporting the federal government's defense of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) against Texas' attempt to broadly exempt abortion care from emergency healthcare. Following the U.S. Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade,  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 18 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Aug. 17, 2022: Attorney General William Tong this week joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general filing two amicus briefs in USA v. Idaho and Texas v. Becerra defending access to emergency abortion care. The cases involve the federal government's interpretation and enforcement of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), which requires hospitals to provide stabilizing  more

DOVER, Delaware, Aug. 16 (TNSconf) -- Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control issued the following news: The Galveston Bay Foundation and managing living shorelines in a Texas estuary are the topic of a free webinar at 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 25, presented by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, in partnership with the Delaware Living Shorelines Committee. The webinar speaker is Hallie Leija, habitat restoration manager for the Galves  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 16 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: Contact tracing programs were deployed around the globe to slow the spread of COVID-19, but these programs could not prevent the multiple waves of transmission and loss of life that have occurred since March 2020. In a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin found that a five-day delay between identifying a case and is  more

WACO, Texas, Aug. 18 (TNSper) -- Baylor University issued the following news: Forest Kim, Ph.D., director of the Robbins MBA Healthcare Program, part of the Robbins Institute for Health Policy and Leadership within Baylor University's nationally ranked Hankamer School of Business and clinical associate professor of economics, was recently appointed board chair of the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare and Management Education (CAHME). With his appointment, he becomes the first Asian Amer  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 19 (TNSawa) -- The University of St. Thomas issued the following news release: At Opening Day celebrations for the fall semester, three of UST's outstanding faculty were honored for demonstrating remarkable dedication and excellence. Award categories corresponded to teaching, service and research. Saint Thomas Aquinas Excellence in Teaching Award Passionate educator Dr. Maia Larios-Sanz was honored with the Saint Thomas Aquinas Excellence in Teaching Award for exemplifyin  more

DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 17 -- Haynes and Boone, a law firm, issued the following news release: Haynes and Boone, LLP has committed to pursuing the latest certification under the Mansfield Rule, which aims to boost the representation of diverse lawyers in law firm leadership by broadening the pool of candidates considered for such opportunities. Now entering its sixth year, the Mansfield Rule has become the standard by which law firms track and measure their commitment to being a market leader in d  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Aug. 16 (TNSjou) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news on Aug. 15, 2022: * * * Most comprehensive study to date on water storage in Tibetan Plateau projects dramatic losses of freshwater storage in parts of Asia by mid-century under modest climate policy scenario * * * The Tibetan Plateau, known as the "water tower" of Asia, supplies freshwater for nearly 2 billion people who live downstream. New research led by scientists at Penn State, Ts  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 16 (TNSpro) -- The University of St. Thomas issued the following news release: University of St. Thomas-Houston is helping students to jumpstart their careers in the information tech field with its Associate of Applied Science in Networking Technology program. The 100% online plan (except for cutting-edge simulation lab work) makes this two-year degree program irresistibly attractive for its flexibility and convenience. Preparation for Exciting, In-demand Jobs The AAS in   more

BEAUMONT, Texas, Aug. 19 (TNSacc) -- Lamar University issued the following news: The Lamar University College of Education and Human Development has a mission to inspire, innovate and impact students in the Southeast Texas region, the state and beyond. In early July, the CoEHD received news from the Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation (AAQEP) that the undergraduate Interdisciplinary Studies program in the CoEHD met standards for accreditation. "Obviously, my reaction to t  more

BEAUMONT, Texas, Aug. 20 (TNStalk) -- Lamar University issued the following Q&A on Aug. 19, 2022, with Student Government Association President Christian Guillory and Vice President Luiz Ramirez: * * * The Lamar University Student Government Association represents the voice of students, facilitates new and improved student services and programs, and serves an important role in student judicial proceedings. In this Q&A, Christian Guillory, SGA president, and Luiz Ramirez, SGA vice president, sh  more

BEAUMONT, Texas, Aug. 19 (TNSfund) -- Lamar University issued the following news: Lamar University will receive more than $259,000 in grant funding to support its Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program scholars. The U.S. Department of Education recently announced that the program has been renewed and will receive a grant in the amount of $259,198 each year for the next five years, totaling more than $1 million. McNair program director Pamela Comer said that she, along with a   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 17 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2022: Attorney General Maura Healey today joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general led by California and New York in filing two amicus briefs supporting the federal government's defense of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) to preserve abortion access in Idaho and Texas. The first brief, filed in United States of America v. Idaho, argues that Idaho's  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (TNStalk) -- Arizona State University's McCain Institute for International Leadership issued the following commentary: * * * By Andrea Villagran, McCain Institute McCain Global Leader Pascual Melvin Guachiac Sipac, a 13-year-old Guatemalan, was one of 51 migrants who died in an abandoned truck in San Benito, Texas on June 27/[1]. Melvin decided to migrate by himself; his dream was to get out of poverty and continue his studies to help his family have a better life. This is  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 18 (TNSfund) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release on Aug. 17, 2022: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today was awarded $2.5 million in continued funding from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) to support the expansion of cervical cancer prevention services to rural and medically underserved populations. While cervical cancer rates have fallen by 70% in the U.S. due to widespread  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Aug. 17 -- Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2022: Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh today joined a multistate coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing briefs supporting the federal government in two actions in which women's rights to emergency healthcare, including abortion, are threatened. In the first amicus brief, the coalition supports the federal government's defense of the Emergency Medical Treatment and  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 18 -- Entergy issued the following news release: The Woodlands - No one should ever have to choose between paying their electricity bill or purchasing essential needs such as medications or childcare. That is why The Power to Care is an important program for Entergy, allowing us to identify and distribute funds to customers across our service area in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas for more than 20 years. Entergy Texas customers, employees and shareholde  more

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 17 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2022: New York Attorney General Letitia James today continued her fight to protect nationwide reproductive health care access and limit the effect of dangerous abortion bans. Co-leading a multistate coalition with California, Attorney General James filed two amicus briefs in U.S. District Courts in Idaho and Texas arguing that near total bans on abortion conflict with the federal E  more

IRVING, Texas, Aug. 15 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2022: Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXST) ("Nexstar") (the "Company") announced today that it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a 75 percent ownership interest in The CW Network, LLC ("The CW" or the "Network"). Warner Bros. Discovery (Nasdaq: WBD) and Paramount Global (Nasdaq: PARA, PARAA), the current co-owners of The CW, will each retain a 12.5 per  more

IRVING, Texas, Aug. 15 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release: Nexstar television stations across the country today concluded a ten-day fundraising drive to assist victims affected by the recent flooding that has devastated eastern Kentucky. The participating stations collectively raised more than $300,000 for the effort, capped off with a $25,000 donation from the Nexstar Media Charitable Foundation to the Kentucky Flood Relief Fund of the   more

SALEM, Oregon, Aug. 17 -- Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2022: Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum today joined 21 state Attorneys General in filing two "friend of the court" briefs--one in Idaho and one in Texas courts -- defending abortion access for millions of Americans. One supports the federal government's lawsuit to prevent Idaho's near-total abortion ban from interfering with medically necessary emergency abortions. The other opposes a  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Faculty can address lasting impacts, lingering questions about 2017 hurricane * * * As the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Harvey approaches, Rice University experts are available to discuss the storm's ongoing impact. Hurricane Harvey remains the most intense rainfall event in U.S. history . It struck Texas Aug. 25 and stalled for four days, producing catastrophic flooding and claiming 68 lives. Har  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 19 (TNSres) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * National Science Foundation backs effort to turn living cells into equivalent of computer RAM * * * Remember Escherichia coli? Pretty soon, these handy bacteria may remember you too, now that Rice University synthetic biologists have won National Science Foundation (NSF) support to modify living cells to act as memory-storage devices. The agency will send $1.5 million to Rice for research by princi  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 17 (TNSjou) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Rice lab leads effort to generate thickness-independent piezoelectricity in atom-thick materials * * * There's still plenty of room at the bottom to generate piezoelectricity. Engineers at Rice University and their colleagues are showing the way. A new study describes the discovery of piezoelectricity -- the phenomenon by which mechanical energy turns into electrical energy -- across phase boundarie  more

NACOGDOCHES, Texas, Aug. 19 (TNSres) -- Stephen F. Austin State University issued the following news: Stephen F. Austin State University's Dr. Heather Olson Beal, a professor in the James I. Perkins College of Education's Department of Education Studies, was recently selected by the American Educational Research Association to serve as a congressional fellow. Olson Beal heads to Washington soon to work alongside staff for either a congressional office or committee, where she'll serve as an exp  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 18 -- Squire Patton Boggs, a law firm, issued the following news: Squire Patton Boggs scored a victory for International Marine & Energy ("IME), a UAE based marine and offshore services company, in an action to enforce a maritime lien by arresting a ship known as the M/V Sadlers Wells at the Port of Houston. In IME Int'l Marine & Energy DMVV vs. M/V Sadlers Wells, S. D. Texas Case No. 4:20-CV-00395, the ship's owner, St. Leger Shipping Ltd., a UK-based charterer, attempted  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 16 (TNSpro) -- St. Edward's University issued the following news release: St. Edward's University launched two new majors this fall aimed at bringing a bachelor's degree within reach of re-entering students, working professionals, and transfer students. The university is working to meet the needs of re-entering students (individuals who have stopped out of their education for a time and go back) and transferring students who want to complete their four-year degrees to move   more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Aug. 18 -- Taft, a law firm, issued the following news: Taft is pleased to have acted as legal counsel to Heartland Veterinary Partners (Heartland) in its acquisition of Family Vet Group (FVG). Heartland is one of the highest-quality and fastest-growing veterinary support organizations in the U.S. and is backed by Gryphon Investors, a leading private equity firm focused on profitably growing and competitively enhancing middle-market companies in partnership with experie  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 17 (TNSpar) -- Texas Southern University issued the following news: Tellepsen and Texas Southern University announced a new partnership agreement focused on positively impacting the success of TSU students focused on career pathways in the construction industry. "Together with Tellepsen, we will transform lives," said TSU president Lesia L. Crumpton-Young. "A partnership done well is a win for our students, the companies that partner with us, and most importantly for the U  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Aug. 20 (TNSjou) -- Texas A&M University's Health Science Center issued the following news on Aug. 19, 2022: * * * Researchers discover how the nucleus of a cell preserves its shape, allowing normal and cancer cells to squeeze past pores and fibers in body tissues * * * For years, the nucleus within a cell was thought to be elastic like a rubber ball, deforming and snapping back into shape as the cell navigated through pores and between fibers inside the human body.   more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Aug. 19 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University's College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences issued the following news release: One of the primary research areas for the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences' (VMBS) Veterinary Research, Education, and Outreach (VERO) program is trying to solve the complex problem of Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD). Though research has been ongoing for decades, BRD still accounts for more than half of all fe  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- The Texas A&M University's Engineering Experiment Station issued the following news: By Joya Mannan The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the inability of national supply chains to quickly shift production and reconfigure their logistics networks to meet customer demand surges during major disruptive events. The desperate scramble for items such as ventilators, face masks and even toilet paper won't soon be forgotten, but the recent baby formula shortage poi  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Aug. 16 -- Texas A&M University issued the following news: * * * A Texas A&M epidemiologist explains how the outbreak has evolved and how the virus is transmitted. * * * By Caitlin Clark As the viral disease monkeypox continues to spread around the world, the U.S. earlier this month declared the outbreak a national health emergency. For most people, though, the risk of infection remains low. "This isn't like COVID - the virus is not highly transmissible through casu  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Aug. 17 (TNSrpt) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the inability of national supply chains to quickly shift production and reconfigure their logistics networks to meet customer demand surges during major disruptive events. The desperate scramble for items such as ventilators, face masks and even toilet paper won't soon be forgotten, but the recent baby formula shortage points to a larger underlying p  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Aug. 17 (TNSawa) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news on Aug. 16, 2022: Dr. Judy Amanor-Boadu, a former student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, was awarded the 2022 Distinguished New Engineer Award and the Patent Recognition Award from the Society of Women Engineers (SWE). The Distinguished New Engineer Award is a prestigious honor given to an SWE member who has demonstrated outstand  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Aug. 19 (TNSfund) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: Datagration Solutions Inc. recently donated software to the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University. Former student George W. Voneiff '83 coordinated the contribution, which will provide current students and instructors with a cutting-edge educational experience. Voneiff, a senior vice president of Datagration, is making the company's premiere s  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Aug. 18 (TNSjou) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: For years, the nucleus within a cell was thought to be elastic like a rubber ball, deforming and snapping back into shape as the cell navigated through pores and between fibers inside the human body. Researchers at Texas A&M University and the University of Florida have discovered that the nucleus is more complex than originally believed, behaving more like a liquid drop than a   more

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 16 -- The Texas Education Agency issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2022: The Texas Education Agency (TEA) today released 2022 A-F accountability ratings for districts and campuses, the first to be issued since 2019 due to two years of COVID-related pauses. 1,195 districts and 8,451 campuses were rated this year, with returns showing promising signs of progress in Texas's efforts to catch students up academically. Driven by significant gains in student academic   more

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 18 (TNSper) -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Tom Sellers to the State Cemetery Committee for a term set to expire on February 1, 2027. Additionally, the Governor named him Chair of the Committee. The Committee works with the State Preservation Board to adopt rules to manage oversight of the Texas State Cemetery. Tom Sellers of Austin is retired after 41 years of service with ConocoPhillips. He is a current  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 16 (TNSper) -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Lance Etcheverry to the Texas Public Finance Authority for a term set to expire on February 1, 2025. The Authority issues and sells bonds for designated state agencies in order to finance the acquisition or construction of buildings. Lance Etcheverry of Dallas is the Founder and Managing Partner of Flat Creek Capital Management, LP. He is a member of the Salesmans  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 19 (TNSper) -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Wade Faulkner to the 478th Judicial District Court in Bell County for a term set to expire on December 31, 2022, or until his successor is duly elected and qualified. Wade Faulkner of Salado is an Attorney and Partner at the Law Office of Wade Faulkner, PLLC, and is a former U.S. Army Judge Advocate with more than 20 years of experience in criminal law. He is a   more

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 17 (TNSper) -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has named Arun Agarwal as Vice Chairman of the Texas Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors. 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 globally, as the best state for business. Arun Agarwal of Dallas is the CEO of Nextt and has busi  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 16 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following proclamation: WHEREAS, I, GREG ABBOTT, Governor of the State of Texas, issued a disaster proclamation on March 18, 2022, as amended and renewed in a number of subsequent proclamations, certifying that the wildfires that began on February 23, 2022, posed an imminent threat of widespread or severe damage, injury, or loss of life or property in Andrews, Aransas, Archer, Bee, Bell, Blanco, Borden, Bosque, Brewster, Brooks, Br  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 13 -- Texas Southern University issued the following news: Texas Southern University is poised to welcome one of the largest incoming classes in the history of the University. "We await these new students with great anticipation," said TSU vice president for enrollment and student success Dr. DeNeia Thomas. "We look forward to the way in which their lives will be transformed as a result of their decision to continue their education at Texas Southern University, in fulfillm  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 17 (TNSRep) -- The office of the Texas State Auditor issued the following audit report (No. 22-039) on Aug. 16, 2022, entitled "An Audit Report on the Department of Public Safety's Texas Gang Intelligence Database." Here is the summary of the report: * * * The Department of Public Safety's (Department) Texas Gang Intelligence Database (TxGANG) contained 15,368 records that were at least 10 years old as of February 1, 2022. Of those records, 8,539 (56 percent) were validat  more

LUBBOCK, Texas, Aug. 16 (TNStalk) -- Texas Tech University issued the following news release: * * * The FDA has approved intradermal delivery for monkeypox vaccines. Pitch U.S. health officials are planning to use intradermal injections, a method requiring a smaller dose of a vaccine, to help increase the impact of the monkeypox vaccines currently available. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued emergency use authorization to administer the Jyennos monkeypox vaccine through intra  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 19 (TNSper) -- Trinity University issued the following news: Trinity University's Juan Sepulveda, J.D., now works for not one, but two presidents: University president Vanessa B. Beasley, Ph.D., and United States president Joe Biden, J.D. At Trinity, Sepulveda is the President's Special Advisor for Inclusive Excellence and the Ron Calgaard Distinguished Professor of Practice in the political science department. At the White House, President Biden recently appointed Sepu  more

DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 18 -- Dallas College issued the following news release: Dr. Kathaleen Acosta, Dallas College senior director for workforce advancement and development, and Dr. Carlos Cruz, dean of Dallas College's Student Care Network, were selected to the fourth cohort of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) Leadership Academy/La Academia de Liderazgo this fall. The one-year fellowship program prepares senior higher education administrators at colleges and universi  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 18 (TNSjou) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release on Aug. 17, 2022: * * * Dr. David Buck's Passion for Helping Underserved Populations Inspired by Encounter with Mother Teresa * * * While volunteering at an Indian orphanage in 1984, Dr. David Buck found his passion for helping those most in need during an encounter with the greatest humanitarian in human history - Mother Teresa. That unforgettable experience put him on a decades-long path to resh  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 16 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: Below Europa's thick icy crust is a massive, global ocean where the snow floats upwards onto inverted ice peaks and submerged ravines. The bizarre underwater snow is known to occur below ice shelves on Earth, but a new study shows that the same is likely true for Jupiter's moon, where it may play a role in building its ice shell. The underwater snow is much purer than other kinds of ice, which means E  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 16 (TNSconf) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: In a city that is a global center for innovative approaches to the arts, health care and medical education, the Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts and the Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine at the University of Houston are continuing their partnership with the World Health Organization and the London-based non-profit CULTURUNNERS on their multi-year, international initiative entitl  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 17 (TNSrpt) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: Hate crime data from the FBI is alarming. Since 2020, hate crimes have surged and continue their rancid ascent. As they continue to permeate the fabric of society, the University of Houston has been called upon by the Houston Coalition Against Hate (HCAH) to guide community-based organizations, which are on the front lines in leading communities through crisis, to come together to form a consolidate  more

FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 17 (TNSper) -- The University of North Texas Health Science Center issued the following news: By Steven Bartolotta It was the summer of 2015 and Luke Cooksey had just begun a research internship at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston as an undergrad student. Each day he rode the bus to work. It was there he met a man from Georgia, the same age as Cooksey, who was getting treatment for Leukemia. The man had beaten cancer once before, but it came back again, and M.D. A  more

FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 19 (TNSres) -- The University of North Texas Health Science Center issued the following news: By Steven Bartolotta Dr. Janet Lieto, the director of Health Systems Science, Leadership and Innovation and an Associate Professor at the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine was selected to participate in the highly esteemed American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine's Osteopathic Health Policy Fellowship. The Osteopathic Health Policy Fellowship is a year-lon  more

DENTON, Texas, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of North Texas issued the following news release: Researchers in the University of North Texas BioDiscovery Institute have secured a $1.4 million grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation -- the first Keck grant in UNT history -- to explore the potential to develop fungal-derived pharmaceuticals like penicillin in plant hosts for more accessible and environmentally sustainable medicine. This first-of-its-kind study will establish a new concept for p  more

DENTON, Texas, Aug. 16 (TNSconf) -- The University of North Texas issued the following news release: Continuing its tradition of celebrating great storytellers, the 18th annual Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, hosted by the University of North Texas Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism and Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism, will be back in person this year in a new location in downtown Dallas. The Oct. 28-29 conference, "Diary of a Storyteller: Crafting Words that Matter  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 18 (TNSper) -- The University of St. Thomas issued the following news release: International Studies Professor and East Asia Scholar Dr. Hans Stockton will start a new professional chapter taking on a newly expanded leadership role as Associate Vice President for International Relations and Engagement at University of St. Thomas. The development of this post coincides with UST's launching of its eight-year strategic plan "Greater Things." Two of the four focal points of tha  more

DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 18 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas's Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release: * * * With antibiotic-resistant bacteria on the rise, scientists have been searching for ways to shut down the Type IV secretion system (T4SS), a protein complex on the outer envelope of bacterial cells that helps them to exchange DNA with neighboring bacteria and resist antibiotics. Now a collaboration between UT Southwestern computational biologist Qian Cong, Ph.D., an  more

DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 17 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas's Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release: * * * Atomic-resolution pictures could eventually lead to better cancer drugs, researchers say * * * Using UT Southwestern's Cryo-Electron Microscopy Facility, researchers have captured images of an enzyme for Wnt lipidation, which is pivotal to human development and cancer and crucial for Wnt signaling activation. The findings, reported in Nature, shed light on the mec  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, Aug. 17 (TNSconf) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: On Friday, Sept. 9, The University of Texas at Arlington will be the center of the Texas health informatics community. UTA will host the second annual Texas Health Informatics Alliance (THIA) Conference in the Bluebonnet Ballroom inside the E.H. Hereford University Center. This marks the first time the conference--a collaboration with UT Health Science Center at Houston and UT Sou  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, Aug. 19 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: * * * Kermanshachi examines e-ticketing technology for managing transportation infrastructure * * * Sharareh "Sherri" Kermanshachi, associate professor of civil engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington, has earned a grant to study the effectiveness of electronic ticketing technology in transportation projects. Kermanshachi received a $108,000 federal grant from the U.  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, Aug. 18 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: * * * UTA civil engineer earns grant to explore commercialization of water infrastructure assessment tool * * * Mohsen Shahandashti, associate professor of civil engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington, is assessing the market potential of a risk-based assessment framework for urban water infrastructure after natural disasters. For his project, he received a grant fr  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, Aug. 19 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: * * * UTA developing bilingual immersive learning platform in additive manufacturing * * * A University of Texas assistant professor is using virtual reality technology to develop a bilingual (English/Spanish) immersive learning environment for students to better understand the field of additive manufacturing. Shuchisnigdha Deb, assistant professor in the Department of Industria  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, Aug. 12 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: * * * UTA researcher explores integration and power electronic regulation of batteries for Navy * * * As the U.S. Navy looks to the future, it continues to seek ways to integrate AC and DC sources and loads on board its next-generation power systems. David Wetz, professor of electrical engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington and an expert on batteries and energy stor  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 19 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: Even though they often enhance happiness, acts of kindness such as giving a friend a ride or bringing food for a sick family member can be somewhat rare because people underestimate how good these actions make recipients feel, according to new research from The University of Texas at Austin. The study by UT Austin McCombs School of Business Assistant Professor of Marketing Amit Kumar, along with Nicho  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 19 (TNSper) -- The University of St. Thomas issued the following news release: The University of St. Thomas-Houston names longtime Admissions Officer Arthur Ortiz as Chief Strategic Partnerships and Community Engagement Officer (SPACE). Ortiz takes on this new position to support initiatives in UST's recently launched "Greater Things 2030 Strategic Vision." UST President Richard Ludwick, a visionary and innovator in Catholic higher education, appointed Ortiz to this role sa  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 17 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio issued the following news release: Kidney cancer is not always confined to the kidney. In advanced cases, this cancer invades the body's biggest vein, the inferior vena cava (IVC), which carries blood out of the kidneys back to the heart. Via the IVC, cancer may infiltrate the liver and heart. The Mays Cancer Center at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San A  more

CANYON, Texas, Aug. 18 -- West Texas A&M University issued the following news: One of West Texas A&M University's most prestigious academic programs recently was awarded more than $1.3 million from the U.S. Department of Education. The Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program, or the McNair Scholars Program, at WT prepares underrepresented, low-income and first-generation undergraduate students for doctoral study through research and other scholarly activities. The grant provides  more

CANYON, Texas, Aug. 17 (TNSfund) -- West Texas A&M University issued the following news: A grant from Center City has helped West Texas A&M University tackle one of the biggest challenges for the University's Amarillo location--parking availability. WT and Center City officials announced Aug. 16 that the Amarillo-based nonprofit has given the University a total of $89,500 in grants, the latest of which helps complete a parking lot adjacent to Harrington Academic Hall WTAMU Amarillo Center, 720  more