WACO, Texas, Oct. 6 (TNSawa) -- Baylor University issued the following news: The John F. Baugh Center for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise in Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business has announced the winners of the second annual Baylor Impact Awards. The Baylor Impact Awards program was created to recognize successful Baylor alumni-led businesses and Texas family-owned businesses. For the second year in a row, businesses were presented with an ward in recognition of the transformat  more

FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 13 -- Akin Gump, a law firm, issued the following news release: Akin Gump advised FireBird Energy LLC, a private Midland Basin operator, on its agreement to sell all of its leasehold interests and related assets to Diamondback Energy Inc. in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at roughly $1.6 billion. The Akin Gump team advising FireBird was led by corporate partner Cole Bredthauer and included corporate partner Wesley Williams, litigation partner Gorav Jindal, tax par  more

FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 11 -- American Airlines issued the following news release on Oct. 10, 2022: American Airlines today announced its strategic equity investment in Universal Hydrogen Co., a company building a green hydrogen distribution and logistics network for aviation. The investment supports American's science based targets to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2035, and ultimately its commitment to achieve net zero GHG emissions by 2050. This investment makes American the first   more

FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 13 -- American Airlines issued the following news release: The oneworld(R) Alliance will relocate its global headquarters to Fort Worth, Texas, joining oneworld founding member American Airlines and strengthening the Dallas-Fort Worth region as a centre of aviation excellence. Currently located in New York City, the oneworld global headquarters will move to Fort Worth effective December 2022, joining American on its 300-acre, state-of-the art Robert L. Crandall Campus a  more

SAN ANGELO, Texas, Oct. 13 (TNSawa) -- Angelo State University issued the following news: Angelo State University, in conjunction with the Ballinger Independent School District, has received a 2022 Exemplary School Partnership Award from the Texas Association of Teacher Educators (TxATE). Exemplary School Partnership Awards honor initiatives that have been developed and collaboratively implemented between university teacher preparation programs and school districts with the goal of supporting   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 12 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release: Attorney General Josh Stein won a consent judgment against Cornelius resident Gordon Scott Engle and his Texas-based debt collection companies Turtle Creek Assets Ltd. (TCA), Turtle Creek Rentals LLC (TCR), and Royal Park Holdings Inc., that will result in $22,934,075.17 in consumer debt forgiveness for more than 20,000 people and full refunds of $223,018.98 to more than 650 people.  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 15 (TNSjou) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news on Oct. 14, 2022: Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions discovered that the rheumatoid arthritis drug auranofin can potentially be repurposed to improve diabetes-associated symptoms. The study, which was conducted in mice, appeared today in the journal Cell Metabolism. Although scientists have identified definitive associations between inflammation in white adipose ti  more

WACO, Texas, Oct. 12 (TNSper) -- Baylor University issued the following news: Jeff Nagel, M.A. '17, Ph.D., assistant professor of communication at Baylor University, has returned to his alma mater as The Glenn R. Capp Chair of Forensics and director of the University' premiere debate program, the Glenn R. Capp Debate Forum. He follows in the footsteps of Matthew Gerber, Ph.D., associate professor of communication and Baylor debate coach, who is returning to the classroom after 19 years in the r  more

WACO, Texas, Oct. 14 (TNSres) -- Baylor University issued the following news: Many people use consumer-to-consumer web sites for common household transactions. These sites, like Craigslist, connect buyers and sellers for a variety of legal transactions. Unfortunately, criminals likewise utilize these consumer-to-consumer websites but do so to facilitate illicit business in human trafficking, the sale of stolen goods and more. It's these types of transactions that two Baylor University professor  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 15 (TNSper) -- Bracewell, a law firm, issued the following news release: The American College of Bond Counsel (ACBC) announced that W. Glenn Opel, co-chair of Bracewell's public finance practice, has been elected president, effective October 13, 2022. In addition, Bracewell partners Jonathan K. Frels and Victoria N. Ozimek have been elected Fellows. Opel, a partner in Bracewell's Austin office, currently serves on the ACBC board of directors and is a past ACBC treasurer. H  more

FRONT ROYAL, Virginia, Oct. 14 (TNSawa) -- Christendom College issued the following news on Oct. 13, 2022: Freshman John Hill was named the 2022 winner of the National Christopher Columbus Essay Contest by the National Italian American Foundation and the National Christopher Columbus Association, as announced by both organizations this past Columbus Day. Hill earned a scholarship and was honored in Washington, D.C., for his essay, which spoke on how Columbus' expeditions served as a catalyst fo  more

MCKINNEY, Texas, Oct. 13 (TNSacc) -- Collin College issued the following news release: Collin College earned an Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) Master collision accreditation for its Collision Technology program. The program fulfilled its Master collision accreditation - the highest level of program accreditation recognized by the National Institute for ASE - by meeting strict industry standards in the areas of damage analysis/estimating/customer service; painting and refinishing; non-stru  more

ALPINE, Texas, Oct. 11 (TNSfund) -- Sul Ross State University issued the following news: The U.S. Dept. of Education has awarded a five-year, $2,990,971 grant for Sul Ross State Univ. Rio Grande College to implement a project that will significantly expand educational opportunities and academic advancement for Hispanic students. "Creating a Culture of Care" addresses three goals including ensuring that RGC provides an environment in which students can thrive; increase enrollment and the number  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee issued the following news: Fox News reports Henry Cuellar told reporters at his San Antonio office opening that "My first vote is for Nancy Pelosi -- no ifs, no but..." Henry Cuellar votes with Nancy Pelosi 94% of the time. And he even voted for the trillions in spending that economists say, "stoked inflation." NRCC COMMENT: "Henry Cuellar always puts Nancy Pelosi before South Texas. Voters who want change will vote for Ca  more

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Oct. 13 (TNSconf) -- Del Mar College issued the following news release: Hablas Espanol? No? If you work in a medical setting and come into contact with Spanish-speaking patients, you now have the opportunity to brush up on medical terms in Spanish for FREE! Refresh your language skills during the Del Mar College's (DMC) "Spanish for Medical Fields" workshop scheduled for Friday, Oct. 21. This training opportunity is designed to build attendees' speaking and listening ski  more

ROUND ROCK, Texas, Oct. 13 -- Dell issued the following news release: Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) introduces Project Frontier, which will deliver an edge operations software platform, integrated with Dell's edge portfolio, for customers to more securely manage and orchestrate edge applications and infrastructure for deployments at global scale. - The complexities of edge operations--in locations from manufacturing floors and retail stores to remote wind turbines--are growing as more organiza  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 15 -- Texas Southern University issued the following news: Dr. Robert D. Bullard, Distinguished Professor of Urban Planning and Environmental Policy in the Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University, is among six luminaries who will be conferred with Honorary Doctorates from the University of Johannesburg. Included in the group of six recipients are two Nobel Prize laureates - one in Literature (2021) and another in Chemistry (2013).  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release on Oct. 10, 2022: This weekend Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Austin, Texas where she emphasized the choice that voters have when it comes to reproductive rights this November. While the Biden-Harris administration and Democrats work to expand reproductive health access, Republicans like Greg Abbott are bringing Texas backward on abortion. KVUE: Vice President Kamala Harris discusses reproducti  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 11 (TNSres) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Leal hopes to discover interventions that prevent or slow progression * * * More than 6 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease, for which there is no cure. Early detection is critical to managing symptoms. A new research project led by Rice University cognitive neuroscientist Stephanie Leal will focus on improving early detection methods through the use of highly sensitive memory task  more

CANYON, Texas, Oct. 13 (TNSper) -- West Texas A&M University issued the following news on Oct. 12, 2022: One of West Texas A&M University's longest-serving deans will return full-time to the classroom. Dr. Eddie Henderson, longtime dean of the Terry B. Rogers College of Education and Social Sciences, will step down Aug. 31, 2023, unless a successor is appointed sooner. The position will be advertised nationally beginning in November, with interviews expected to begin in late February. A 14-pe  more

BEAUMONT, Texas, Oct. 13 (TNSres) -- Lamar University issued the following news on Oct. 12, 2022: Junior civil and environmental engineering major Melissa Tan's research was recently accepted into the 14th annual Gulf Coast Undergraduate Research Symposium (GCURS), hosted by the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies at Rice University held on Oct. 8. GCURS provides current undergraduates the opportunity to present their original research discoveries to scholars from around the world. Ta  more

THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Oct. 11 (TNSper) -- Entergy issued the following news release: Two Entergy Texas employees were recently promoted to leadership positions. Benjamin Crain has been named manager of industrial accounts, and Michelle Armstrong has been named manager, region customer service in the east. Both will oversee the company's engagement with customers and other key stakeholders as Entergy Texas works to deliver new, sustainable solutions for customers while maintaining reliable and   more

IRVING, Texas, Oct. 13 -- ExxonMobil, an energy provider and chemical manufacturer, issued the following news release: CF Industries, a leading global manufacturer of hydrogen and nitrogen products, has entered into the largest-of-its-kind commercial agreement with ExxonMobil to capture and permanently store up to 2 million metric tons of CO2 emissions annually from its manufacturing complex in Louisiana. Start-up for the project is scheduled for early 2025 and supports Louisiana's objective of  more

BOCA RATON, Florida, Oct. 12 (TNSjou) -- Florida Atlantic University, a component of the state university system in Florida, issued the following news release: Firearm-related deaths in school-age children are dramatically increasing in the United States where homicide rates are about six to ninefold higher than those in comparably developed countries. Firearm-related deaths also are the second-leading cause of death in children ages 5 to 18. This epidemic poses increasing major clinical, publi  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 11 (TNSawa) -- The Alamo Colleges District issued the following news release: Four of the Alamo Colleges were among 14 institutions of higher learning across the state receiving the 2022 Veteran Education Excellence Recognition Gold Award by the Texas Veterans Commission's (TVC) Veterans Education Program. Northeast Lakeview College, Palo Alto College, St. Philip's College, and San Antonio College all earned this year's gold award, the highest of three levels of recogn  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 12 (TNSawa) -- Frost and Sullivan, a provider of market research and analysis, growth strategy consulting and corporate training services across multiple industries, issued the following news release: Frost & Sullivan recognizes Grip Security with the 2022 Global New Product Innovation Award for its SaaS Security Control Plane solution. The company offers a new security approach that provides comprehensive protection and eliminates the blind spots created by other produ  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 12 (TNStalk) -- Frost and Sullivan, a provider of market research and analysis, growth strategy consulting and corporate training services across multiple industries, issued the following commentary on Oct. 10, 2022: * * * By Amanda Fernandez How To Build Next-Generation Workplaces And Empower Employee Mental Health As we commemorate World Mental Health Day and this year's theme, "Make mental health & well-being for all a global priority," Frost & Sullivan joins worl  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 13 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Oct. 12, 2022: Governor Greg Abbott today announced the next in the statewide 2022 Governor's Small Business Series to be held in-person in Kerrville on Thursday, October 27. The Governor's Small Business Series connects small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs with the resources and information needed to start, strengthen, and grow a business. "Small businesses are the backbone of our economy," s  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 12 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Oct. 11, 2022: Governor Greg Abbott today announced that Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. ("Wells Fargo") will create a new campus in Irving, Texas. Wells Fargo is a leading financial services firm that provides a diversified set of banking, investment, and mortgage products and services, as well as consumer and commercial finance. The project will create 650 new jobs and $455 million in capital investment. A Texas   more

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 14 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Oct. 13, 2022: Governor Greg Abbott today highlighted the abundance of economic opportunity across Texas and outlined examples of surging economic growth in San Antonio during his keynote address at the Asian American Alliance of San Antonio (AAASA) luncheon. "From its large Toyota manufacturing facility to its growing, cutting edge defense and technology workforce, San Antonio plays a key role in Texas'   more

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 15 -- 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 which 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, B  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 13 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following news: In honor of National Farmers Day, Texas Democrats, including statewide candidates Susan Hays, Democratic Nominee for Agriculture Commissioner and Jay Kleberg, Democratic Nominee for Land Commissioner, are banding together in gratitude of -- and continued support for -- our Texas' farming and ranching communities. "Too often, government leaders pay lip service to honoring farmers and don't do the work to actually he  more

DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 14 (TNSrpt) -- Haynes and Boone, a law firm, issued the following news release: Haynes and Boone, LLP and EnerCom, Inc. have released the fourth edition of their Oil & Gas ESG Tracker, which shows the extent to which the environmental, social and governance (ESG) movement has prompted U.S. onshore oil and gas producers to disclose their ESG policies and adopt procedures designed to demonstrate their commitment to ESG. The fall 2022 ESG Tracker summarizes findings from a rev  more

BROWNWOOD, Texas, Oct. 12 (TNSbook) -- Howard Payne University issued the following news: Dr. Don Newbury, Howard Payne University chancellor, will sign copies of his new biography this Friday and Saturday, October 14-15, as part of the university's Stinger Spectacular. The book, titled Faith, Fervor and Fun: The Life and Legacy of Dr. Don Newbury, Howard Payne University's Popcorn President, was commissioned by friends of Dr. Newbury and written by Loretta Fulton, award-winning journalist and   more

BEAUMONT, Texas, Oct. 13 (TNStalk) -- Lamar University issued the following Q&A on Oct. 12, 2022, with Angela Clavijo, Hispanic mentor and instructor of social work: * * * Hispanic Heritage Month is an international celebration held from Sept. 15-Oct. 15. This month, we've asked faculty, staff and students to share what their Hispanic heritage means to them, as well as how the culture has shaped who they are and how others can learn from their experience. In this Q&A, Hispanic mentor and inst  more

BEAUMONT, Texas, Oct. 14 (TNStalk) -- Lamar University issued the following Q&A on Oct. 13, 2022, with April Loya-Boggs, Hispanic mentor and instructor of social work: * * * Hispanic Heritage Month is an international celebration held from Sept. 15-Oct. 15. This month, we've asked faculty, staff and students to share what their Hispanic heritage means to them, as well as how the culture has shaped who they are and how others can learn from their experience. In this Q&A, Hispanic mentor and in  more

BEAUMONT, Texas, Oct. 12 (TNSper) -- Lamar University issued the following news: Freshly mowed grass, the early morning dew settling in, the net waving in the wind -- it's called the pitch, a home away from home for Cardinal women's soccer Nathan Kogut, who's been playing soccer since 1996. What he didn't know then was that he would lead Lamar University into the most successful season in the program's history. Through the years, Kogut played in various soccer clubs and worked as a coach throu  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 13 (TNSres) -- Marymount Manhattan College issued the following news: Senior Iris Parke spent the summer on a prestigious REU fellowship in Oceanography at Texas A&M University and won a prize for best student research project. This past summer, Iris Parke '23, a senior double-majoring in Biomedical Sciences and Dance, spent ten weeks conducting geochemistry research at Texas A&M University. Iris was one of ten students selected to participate in the Research Experience for Un  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 (TNStalk) -- Arizona State University's McCain Institute for International Leadership issued the following commentary on Oct. 13, 2022: * * * Kristen Abrams is the Senior Director of the McCain Institute's Combatting Human Trafficking Program. Dr. Evelyn Farkas is the Executive Director of the McCain Institute. Two weeks ago, about 50 mostly Venezuelan migrant adults and children were lured onto planes in Texas with promises of expedited work papers, housing and jobs in Bo  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 15 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release: * * * Virtual event features presentations, panel discussions and a poster session * * * The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center will host its virtual Leading Edge of Cancer Research Symposium from November 17-18, 2022, featuring presentations and discussions on important topics in discovery and translational research that will drive the next wave of cancer bre  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 14 -- Frost and Sullivan, a provider of market research and analysis, growth strategy consulting and corporate training services across multiple industries, issued the following news release: Frost & Sullivan recently assessed the sustainability and circularity in the cloud services industry and, based on its findings, recognizes Microsoft with the 2022 Global Company of the Year Award. The company provides cutting-edge cloud services and solutions enabling organization  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee issued the following news: Two migrants were arrested in Maverick County, Texas earlier this week for trespassing on a private ranch, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. One of the migrants had an active Interpol warrant for murder in his home country of Honduras. NRCC COMMENT: "President Biden allowing hundreds of thousands of people to sneak into the United States undetected is a national security and pub  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 13 -- NetChoice issued the following news: The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals approved NetChoice and the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA)'s unopposed motion to stay Texas HB 20 pending a ruling on a future petition of certiorari from the U.S. Supreme Court in our case, NetChoice & CCIA v. Paxton. Now granted, HB 20 will stay enjoined as the case proceeds through the courts. "Because Texas HB 20 would bury the internet in vile content, we're   more

IRVING, Texas, Oct. 14 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release on Oct. 13, 2022: Nexstar Media Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXST), announced today that its owned and partner stations are delivering unprecedented political coverage this mid-term election season, hosting nearly 50 local and statewide candidate debates and forums from the primaries through election day. Nexstar owns America's largest loca  more

DENTON, Texas, Oct. 13 (TNSres) -- The University of North Texas issued the following news release: On Tuesday afternoon, researchers and a nationwide partnership of companies and government agencies took a giant step toward next generation air travel with a successful live flight test of emerging Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) technologies, including future airspace system automation, advanced communications infrastructure, a surrogate electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft and a  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 15 (TNSawa) -- Frost and Sullivan, a provider of market research and analysis, growth strategy consulting and corporate training services across multiple industries, issued the following news release: Based on its recent analysis of the global decentralized clinical trials (DCT) industry, Frost & Sullivan has recognized leading global clinical research organization (CRO) Parexel with the 2022 Global Customer Value Leadership Award. Parexel combines in-house expertise, p  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 11 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Attorney General Paxton has joined an Arizona-led cert-stage amicus brief petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down a recent decision by the San Francisco-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that threatens public safety across the country. In United States v. Hansen, the Ninth Circuit struck down a federal statute that makes it illegal for an individual to "encourage" or "induce  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 12 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Attorney General Paxton has joined a Kentucky-led amicus brief filed in the Cincinnati-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, seeking judicial protection for members of the Air Force who are being coerced to take the Covid-19 vaccine against their will and in violation of their religious beliefs. A district court previously granted a narrow preliminary injunction protecting the Airmen seek  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 14 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: The New Orleans-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has affirmed that the President lacked the legal authority to institute the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program after the policy was challenged by a coalition led by Attorney General Ken Paxton. The Fifth Circuit's ruling came after a district court previously recognized the unlawful nature of DACA, a program that al  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 11 -- The Public Utility Commission of Texas issued the following news release on Oct. 10, 2022: Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) Chairman Peter Lake today toured the North Edinburg Substation in Edinburg, Texas for an update on the Rio Grande Valley Transmission Reliability Project. He also met with dozens of local business and civic leaders to provide to update them on statewide reliability reforms that are enhancing electric grid reliability in the region and the  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 12 -- The Republican Party of Texas issued the following news release: With less than 30 days until the midterm election, the Republican Party of Texas has received numerous reports of mailers from Planned Parenthood and other groups asking people to register to vote that are deceased. In one notable example from Harris County, the mailer was addressed to an individual who has been deceased for over 11 years. Republican Party of Texas Chairman said "Voter fraud is real and   more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 13 (TNSres) -- Rice University issued the following news release: How much you pay for medical procedures and hospital admissions in Houston varies widely depending on where you go for treatment, according to a new report from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. A previous Baker Institute report (https://www.bakerinstitute.org/research/are-texas-hospitals-practicing-price-transparency) found that Texas hospitals, particularly in Houston, have been slow to   more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 12 (TNSres) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Rice scientists, engineers developing method to get immediate results from wastewater plants * * * Rice University researchers have received National Science Foundation support to speed the analysis of wastewater for coronaviruses from hours to seconds. The team led by Rafael Verduzco of Rice's George R. Brown School of Engineering won a four-year, $2 million grant to develop bioelectric sensors tha  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 12 (TNSjou) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Strong electron interactions allow topological state to be switched on and off * * * For the first time, U.S. and European physicists have found a way to switch the topological state of a quantum material on and off. Because they are extremely stable and have immutable features that cannot be erased or lost to quantum decoherence, topological states play an important role in materials research and q  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 13 (TNSres) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Renowned Black Southern writer is university's second recipient of prestigious prize * * * Rice University English professor and acclaimed author Kiese Laymon has been awarded a MacArthur Fellowship, the prestigious honor popularly known as the "genius grant." A Black Southern writer from Jackson, Mississippi, Laymon's work bears witness to the forms of violence that mark the Black experience. His w  more

NACOGDOCHES, Texas, Oct. 12 (TNSres) -- Stephen F. Austin State University issued the following news: SFA Gardens recently received grant support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service to investigate the potential of pineapple guava as a new, low-input fruit and ornamental crop for production in Texas. The project, funded through 2024, is a collaborative effort between SFA Gardens and Dr. Tim Hartmann, Texas AgriLife extension specialist based in College Stati  more

ALPINE, Texas, Oct. 14 (TNSres) -- Sul Ross State University issued the following news: Del Rio--Robin Alvarez heard the thrilling news that one of her novels would be published in September 2023, and then discovered another novel she wrote was being fast tracked for publication in next May. Alvarez earned a master's degree in English with a focus on creative writing from Sul Ross State University. While in Dr. Laura Payne's graduate creative writing courses, she wrote two papers that she even  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Oct. 13 -- The West Virginia Board of Education issued the following news: The West Virginia Board of Education (WVBE) reviewed the newly released School Safety Initiative during the October meeting in Charleston on Wednesday. West Virginia Department of Homeland Security (WVDHS) Deputy Secretary Rob Cunningham presented details about the uniform crisis prevention and response protocols in place among schools statewide. Soon after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary  more

ALPINE, Texas, Oct. 12 (TNSfund) -- Sul Ross State University issued the following news: The U.S. Department of Education authorized a $2.9 million grant to Sul Ross State University last month for the Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans (PPOHA) Program. Through the project, entitled "Accelerating Access and Opportunity in West Texas," SRSU will implement ways to significantly strengthen and expand postbaccalaureate education opportunities for Hispanic students. G  more

FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 11 (TNSeco) -- Tarrant County College issued the following news release: As construction continues at TCC Northwest, new steps are being implemented to help reduce problems caused by the scheduled closure of the South Parking Lot. These actions include: * Addition of more than 100 parking spaces to the temporary overflow lot on the right side of College Drive (for those entering from the main entrance of Marine Creek Parkway). * Addition of six additional temporary ac  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 11 (TNSawa) -- Texas A&M University's Health Science Center issued the following news: The Academy on Violence and Abuse is honoring the Texas A&M University School of Nursing's Nora Montalvo-Liendo, PhD, RN, FAAN, by naming its top research and leadership award in her honor. The AVA Nora Montalvo-Liendo Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Leadership recognizes a scholar who has made significant contributions to advance research on the health effects of violenc  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 14 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University issued the following news: * * * Long waits can discourage future voting, a Texas A&M professor of history says. * * * Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the November 2020 election brought out about 155 million voters. That represented 67% of Americans over 18, and it was the highest voter turnout of any modern election. Americans also set records in the percent and number of people voting early and by mail, continuing a decadeslo  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 14 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: Dr. Arum Han, Texas Instruments Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, was honored with the Regional Solid Waste Management Award for Environmental Education and Outreach by the Brazos Valley Council of Governments (BVCOG) for his innovative plastic waste biodegradation strategy. He began working on this strategy last year as p  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 14 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: The ground rumbles and buildings shake as energy waves travel through the earth's crust. An average of 55 earthquakes happen every day worldwide. But while some include tiny shocks and tremors that reoccur throughout an area, others have the potential to be severe and devastating. Dr. Maria Koliou, assistant professor in the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineeri  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 12 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: Drying is an essential part of the product manufacturing industry, which accounts for up to 25% of the national energy consumption of developed countries. With the support of the U.S. Department of Energy, researchers from the J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University are employing their expertise to significantly reduce energy consumption in  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 14 (TNSjou) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: The future of work is here. As industries begin to see humans working closely with robots, there's a need to ensure that the relationship is effective, smooth and beneficial to humans. Robot trustworthiness and humans' willingness to trust robot behavior are vital to this working relationship. However, capturing human trust levels can be difficult due to subjectivity, a challeng  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 11 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: Hypersonic technology presents a vast number of revolutionary opportunities, including the advancement of future commercial flight travel with the potential to reach speeds of 4,000 miles per hour -- nearly eight times faster than current average cruising speeds for commercial airliners. Before implementation, however, researchers must ensure the vessels themselves can withstand  more

SAN MARCOS, Texas, Oct. 13 (TNSawa) -- Texas State University issued the following news release: Bahram Asiabanpour, professor and manufacturing engineering program coordinator in the Ingram School of Engineering at Texas State University, has been named Distinguished Faculty Advisor for 2022 by SME in recognition of his service to the organization and the student chapter. Established in 2011, the award is presented to SME student chapter faculty advisors to recognize their continued oversight  more

SAN MARCOS, Texas, Oct. 13 (TNSjou) -- Texas State University issued the following news release: New findings suggest children who tell blunt truths such as "I don't want this present - it's ugly!" are judged more harshly by adults than those who bend the truth to be polite or protect others. Published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Moral Education, the research demonstrates the mixed messages that adults are giving children about lying versus telling the truth in different contexts. "This r  more

SAN MARCOS, Texas, Oct. 12 (TNSres) -- Texas State University issued the following news release: Ahn Adams is a senior history and geography major who found a mentor in Jessica Pliley, professor of the History of Women, Gender, and Sexualities and the interim director of Women's and Gender Studies at Texas State University. Adams was part of a panel sponsored by the IDEA Center (Innovation, Discovery, Exploration, and Analysis). She was asked to speak about doing research and working with facu  more

SAN MARCOS, Texas, Oct. 14 (TNSawa) -- Texas State University issued the following news release: Stephen Frayser, executive director of STAR Park at Texas State University, was honored with the AURP Appreciation Award at the 2022 Association of University Research Parks International Conference. The award goes to an individual who has, through the course of his or her career, made a significant contribution to the advancement and recognition of the industry. Frayser has served on the AURP Boar  more

SAN MARCOS, Texas, Oct. 15 (TNSawa) -- Texas State University issued the following news release: Texas State University's Psi Chi chapter, the international honor society in psychology, has been honored with the Model Chapter Award for 2021-2022. The Texas State chapter was among 31 so honored this year, out of nearly 1,200 chapters globally. The Model Chapter Award is intended to recognize, designate and reward healthy and active chapters that demonstrate communication and cooperation with t  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 15 (TNSfund) -- Trinity University issued the following news: The National Science Foundation has awarded Trinity University and three other private liberal arts universities in San Antonio a grant of nearly $2.5 million to increase the number of historically underrepresented students and those from lower-income backgrounds obtaining bachelor's degrees in the science, technology, engineering, and math fields. St. Mary's University will administer this $2,478,170 grant  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 13 (TNSeco) -- Trinity University issued the following news: If you know how to listen, you can hear Trinity University's buildings talking to each other. And no, not in a spooky way. It is October, but that means it's Humanities Month, and this year's theme at Trinity is "Building," in both an architectural and humanistic sense. Trinity's architectural legacy speaks volumes about its storied past and promising future, says Trinity art history professor Kathryn O'Rou  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 12 (TNSres) -- Trinity University issued the following news: * * * Meet the current and past Public Humanities Faculty Fellows * * * Since 2017, Trinity University's Humanities Collective has advocated for the centrality of the humanities to intellectual and cultural life on campus and throughout the wider San Antonio community. The Collective serves as Trinity's hub for the humanities on campus, supporting nine departments and humanities-related programs. The Colle  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 11 (TNSres) -- Trinity University issued the following news: * * * Trinity researchers examine Shakespeare as told from the U.S.-Mexico border * * * There have been times in the life of Paloma Diaz-Minshew '24 when she's felt like the only Mexican American "theater kid" in the world. After all, the theater stage, especially in English-speaking countries, has historically been a space dominated by English-speaking voices and Anglo-centric perspectives and politics. A  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 13 (TNSfund) -- Texas Southern University issued the following news on Oct. 12, 2022: Aflac and Texas Southern University's Center for Biomedical and Minority Health Research (CBMHR) announced the awarding of a $200,000 Aflac CareGrant. The grant will help to advance health equity for diseases that disproportionately impact underrepresented communities and will be split between community support/education and health-related research. Aflac selected Texas Southern Universit  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 7 (TNSfund) -- The University of the Incarnate Word issued the following news release: The University of the Incarnate Word (UIW), along with St. Mary's University, Trinity University and Our Lady of the Lake University, have been awarded an almost $2.5 million grant by the National Science Foundation. The goal of the grant-funded project from the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation program is to increase the number of historically underrepresented students  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 12 (TNSjou) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: * * * Katy, Spring, The Woodlands, Mont Belvieu Impacted * * * An analysis of thousands of water and oil wells in the Houston metro area has uncovered significant rates of subsidence, or gradual sinking of the ground, in some of the region's fast-growing suburbs that have not been previously reported. Shuhab Khan, professor of geology at the University of Houston, led the study published in the   more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 14 (TNSrpt) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release on Oct. 13, 2022: * * * Stark Contrasts Found by Race, Political Ideology * * * A survey released today found areas of agreement within two of the hottest political topics in the state -- criminal justice and immigration. Though, wide separations were revealed, too, in the latest Texas Trends report by the University of Houston Hobby School of Public Affairs and Texas Southern University Barbara J  more

FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 15 (TNSawa) -- The University of North Texas Health Science Center issued the following news: Dr. Stacey Griner with the HSC School of Public Health has received the prestigious 2022 Young Investigator Award from the American Sexually Transmitted Disease Association. Griner is an assistant professor of Health Behavior and Health Systems and director of the SPH Maternal and Child Health MPH program at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth.   more

FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 14 (TNSjou) -- The University of North Texas Health Science Center issued the following news: The road to recovery is a day-by-day climb for most people living with an alcohol use disorder, but for those experiencing homelessness, the challenges are even greater. More than 14.5 million people in the U.S. had an alcohol use disorder in 2019. Only 10% of those individuals, according to the National Institutes of Health, received treatment. An estimated 95,000 people die f  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 14 (TNSawa) -- The University of St. Thomas issued the following news release on Oct. 13, 2022: UST's Cade Kiser, a senior on the men's golf team from Katy, Texas, has been selected the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) Character & Community Male Student Athlete of the Week for the week beginning October 10. The SCAC Character & Community award honors student athletes who excel in the field of athletics and serve their campus and community. When Kiser isn't  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 12 (TNSconf) -- The University of St. Thomas issued the following news release: If you use a computer or a smartphone (which is a small computer), you have digital interests. Unfortunately, bad actors are after your digital interests or information. These cybercriminals use tactics like ransomware and phishing and much more sophisticated skills to hack and attack. Even businesses with huge interests at stake are at risk. On a global scale, hundreds of thousands of organizat  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 15 (TNSres) -- The University of St. Thomas issued the following news release: Deborah Klesel, Ph.D, is a critical care nurse and assistant professor at the University of St. Thomas-Houston's Peavy School of Nursing. She is dedicating her spare time to compiling research on healing through prayer for the Contemplative Network. Klesel hopes to leverage the findings in the future to create nursing curriculum on how to use and teach prayerful healing to benefit patients and th  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 14 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas at Austin's Texas Advanced Computing Center issued the following news release: * * * Strategic initiative by TACC, MD Anderson, Oden Institute aims to align mathematical modeling and advanced computing * * * Three new cancer research projects have been chosen to receive seed funding as part of the program in Oncological Data and Computational Science, a collaboration between The Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Scienc  more

RICHARDSON, Texas, Oct. 15 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Dallas campus issued the following news: Virtual reality technology developed by a University of Texas at Dallas professor is at the core of a new national initiative to enhance the teaching of children with dyslexia. In collaboration with Scottish Rite for Children in Dallas, research professor Marjorie Zielke PhD'07 has developed an animated virtual therapist that helps children with reading, speech and language issues. "There a  more

RICHARDSON, Texas, Oct. 13 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas Dallas campus issued the following news on Oct. 12, 2022: New research from The University of Texas at Dallas shows that an intervention developed in Texas for young children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder leads to significantly improved social communication skills only when delivered before the third birthday, underscoring the need for early diagnosis. The findings, published May 21 in the Journal of Autism and Developmen  more

GALVESTON, Texas, Oct. 12 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas Medical Branch issued the following news release on Oct. 11, 2022: What a grandmother ate can affect a grandchild's brain development according to a new study performed on mice. New research from investigators at the University of Texas Medical Branch finds that adverse effects of maternal high-fat diet on brain development and related disorders, including autism spectrum disorder, could carry over to a second generation of descenda  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 13 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release: Three new cancer research projects have been chosen to receive seed funding as part of the program in Oncological Data and Computational Science, a collaboration between The Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, and the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC). This is the third round of seed funding fro  more

DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 12 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas's Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release: Changes in weather that accompany the return to school each fall can create a challenging environment for children who suffer from asthma, the most common pediatric chronic illness. Tanya Martinez-Fernandez, M.D., Associate Professor of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern who specializes in pulmonology and sleep medicine, recommends a number of steps parents can take to reduce   more

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 14 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release on Oct. 13, 2022: Inspired by living things from trees to shellfish, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin set out to create a plastic much like many life forms that are hard and rigid in some places and soft and stretchy in others. Their success -- a first, using only light and a catalyst to change properties such as hardness and elasticity in molecules of the same type -- has brought about   more

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 13 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: Moriba Jah, an astrodynamicist, space environmentalist and aerospace engineer at The University of Texas at Austin, has been awarded a MacArthur Fellowship, often referred to as the "genius grant." The award recognizes Jah's work to track and monitor the more than 30,000 human-made objects orbiting the earth. Jah is one of 25 individuals selected for the five-year fellowship -- a no-strings-attached "  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 14 (TNSres)-- The University of Texas issued the following news release: Nearly two years after COVID-19 vaccines entered widespread use, featuring technology from researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, the Cockrell School of Engineering and the College of Natural Sciences have launched Texas Biologics, a cross-disciplinary effort made up of world-renowned faculty members and researchers working across all areas of therapeutics. The new initiative will focus prim  more

DENTON, Texas, Oct. 11 (TNSfund) -- The University of North Texas issued the following news release: The University of North Texas is set to lead regional manufacturers in bringing more effectiveness and sustainability to their operations as the first university in the North Texas region to join the U.S. Department of Energy's Industrial Assessment Center program. The new center housed in UNT's Department of Mechanical Engineering at Discovery Park is funded through a $1.75 million Department   more

DENTON, Texas, Oct. 13 (TNSres) -- The University of North Texas issued the following news release: The University of North Texas is one of 43 Hispanic-Serving Institutions nationwide to be named a Fulbright HSI Leader by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. This is the first time UNT has earned this designation, which is given to HSI universities who have demonstrated noteworthy engagement with Fulbright exchange participants during the 2021-2022 academic  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 14 (TNSper) -- The University of St. Thomas issued the following news release on Oct. 13, 2022: Welcome new members of the UST Alumni Board - Isaiah Edwards '21, Teresa Kaiser '11, Ashley Martinez '20, and Rebecca Skaff '15. These four new members join 16 additional alumni who comprise the 20-person volunteer board. The current Alumni Board President is Ahmed AlRawi '12, MCTM '20. Isaiah Edwards '21 earned a Bachelor's in Liberal Arts with an emphasis in Communication and   more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 13 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio issued the following news release: Researchers from the National Institute on Aging (NIA)-funded Interventions Testing Program recently reported the discovery of multiple candidate genes that influence longevity. The three Interventions Testing Program sites - The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and The Jackson Laboratory at Bar H  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 11 (TNSacc) -- The University of Texas System issued the following news release: The University of Texas (UT) System now has five institutions that have earned the prestigious "Seal of Excelencia" from the nonprofit Excelencia in Education for work to advance higher education opportunities for Hispanic communities. Last week, the University of Texas at Arlington joined UT Austin, UT El Paso, UT Rio Grande Valley and UT San Antonio for intentionally serving Hispanic students   more

TYLER, Texas, Oct. 14 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas's Tyler Campus issued the following news release: Shawana Tabassum, PhD, assistant professor of electrical engineering at The University of Texas at Tyler, has received a nearly $319,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to develop wearable sensors for freshwater fish to enhance water toxicity monitoring. Tabassum studies flexible and soft sensors, micro/nano-optics, microfluidic devices, micro- and nano-electromechanical systems (M/  more

TYLER, Texas, Oct. 11 (TNSpro) -- The University of Texas's Tyler Campus issued the following news release: The University of Texas at Tyler Soules College of Business has incorporated the work of author Dave Anderson to help build leadership skills in students. After a thorough review of the introductory curriculum taught to incoming majors, the college has now implemented a leadership component to the mandatory freshman course. Becoming a Leader of Character: 6 Habits That Make or Break a Le  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, Oct. 13 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: * * * On Indigenous Peoples' Day, UTA unveils Native American landmark on campus * * * The University of Texas at Arlington celebrated Indigenous Peoples' Day with the dedication of a monument and a Native American Land Acknowledgment courtyard designed by students. Members and past presidents of UTA's Native American Student Association unveiled a bronze plaque resting on a two  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, Oct. 14 (TNSawa) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) has awarded an alumna and postbaccalaureate researcher at The University of Texas at Arlington its competitive Diversity Supplement Award. Karen Juanez ('20 BS, Biology; BS, Microbiology) received a two-year, $130,690 grant to support her research into programmed cell death under the supervision of Piya Ghose, assistant pro  more

DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 11 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas's Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release: * * * Study points to new drug target for treating heart failure * * * During embryonic growth and for a brief time after birth, mammals have a powerful ability to regenerate damaged heart cells. Shortly thereafter, however, this capability fades. Now, scientists at UT Southwestern have discovered a molecular switch to restore the regenerative ability of adult heart cel  more

DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 14 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas's Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release: * * * Masashi Yanagisawa, M.D., Ph.D., who discovered the cause of narcolepsy, is the third UT Southwestern scientist to receive the award * * * UT Southwestern sleep researcher Masashi Yanagisawa, M.D., Ph.D., has been awarded the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for his discovery of the cause of narcolepsy, marking the third Breakthrough Prize awarded to UT Southwe  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 7 (TNSper) -- Texas A&M University's College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences issued the following news release: Dr. Paul Morley, a professor at the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) and director of research for the Veterinary Education, Research, & Outreach (VERO) program, has been selected as the holder of the newly established Sally Rau McIntosh Endowed Chair for Veterinary Strategic Initiatives. The chair was cre  more

CANYON, Texas, Oct. 12 (TNSper) -- West Texas A&M University issued the following news: Dr. Paul Morley, a professor at the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences and director of research for the Veterinary Education, Research, & Outreach program, has been selected as the holder of the newly established Sally Rau McIntosh Endowed Chair for Veterinary Strategic Initiatives. The chair was created by Sally Rau McIntosh in December 2021 to support the teaching, research, ser  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 14 -- Frost and Sullivan, a provider of market research and analysis, growth strategy consulting and corporate training services across multiple industries, issued the following news release: Frost & Sullivan has recognized Vonage, a global leader in business cloud communications, with the 2022 North American Competitive Strategy Leadership Award for its API-led business communications solutions. The recognition comes as a part of Frost & Sullivan's recent research focu  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- Wiley, a law firm, issued the following news release: Working with the University of North Carolina Supreme Court Program, Wiley Rein LLP filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court of the United States on behalf of a group of legal scholars in support of the petition for a writ of certiorari pending in Mansfield v Williamson County, Texas, Case No. 22-186. Thirty-six prominent legal scholars joined the brief, which argues that the principles laid out in Brady v. Maryland  more