FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 25 -- American Airlines issued the following news release: American Airlines has signed new long-term agreements with the three major global distribution systems -- Amadeus, Sabre and Travelport -- to continue to provide easy ways for customers to purchase travel from American. These new agreements and American's New Distribution Capability (NDC) technology, provide customers more opportunities to experience modern retailing with access to American's content, including e  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 25 (TNSacc) -- The Alamo Colleges District issued the following news release: A team of assessors from the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA) will be examining all aspects of the Alamo Colleges District Police Department's policy and procedures, management, operation and support services and are inviting the public to provide comments on Monday, November 14. Verification by the commission is part of a voluntary process to gain   more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 27 (TNSper) -- The Alamo Colleges District issued the following news release: Dr. Mike Flores, Alamo Colleges District Chancellor, has been elected the 2022-2023 chair of the Governing Board of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU). "Now, more than ever, HACU's role is vital as we collectively champion Hispanic higher education success by advocating for federal funding and learning opportunities to better meet the needs of our diverse population  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 26 -- 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 global electric vehicle (EV) charging software industry and, based on its findings, recognizes AMPECO with the 2022 Global Electric Vehicle Charging Software Product Leadership Award. The company provides a white-label market-ready solution th  more

SAN ANGELO, Texas, Oct. 27 (TNSfund) -- Angelo State University issued the following news: Angelo State University has received a $250,000 gift from an anonymous group of supporters to establish a new endowment specifically to benefit the ASU women's soccer program. The ASU Belles Soccer Endowment will provide funding to support many different aspects of the soccer program, including travel, uniforms, equipment, student-athlete support services and more. The original donor group provided the   more

SAN ANGELO, Texas, Oct. 28 (TNSawa) -- Angelo State University issued the following news: Dr. Leslie Y. Rodriguez, chair of the Angelo State University Department of Communication and Mass Media, received the 2022 Outstanding Service Award from the Texas Speech Communication Association (TSCA) at the organization's annual conference earlier this month in Rockwall. A maximum of one Outstanding Service Award honoree is selected each year, and Rodriguez's award is just the 35th handed out by TSCA  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 28 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced that the El Paso-based Texas Eighth Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court's judgment against Dr. Richard Malouf, former owner of All Smiles Dental Center, for violations of the Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act (TMFPA). The trial court held Dr. Malouf responsible for committing 1,842 unlawful acts under the TMFPA, resulting in more than $11 million in ci  more

BEEBE, Arkansas, Oct. 27 (TNSawa) -- Arkansas State University-Beebe issued the following news release: ASU-Beebe Chancellor Dr. Jennifer Methvin and the Institutional Advancement team have returned from the District 4 National Council for Marketing and Public Relations conference held Oct. 20-22, 2022, in Houston, Texas, with renewed energy and six new awards. As members of the NCMPR District 4, which includes community colleges located in Arkansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and   more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 27 (TNSjou) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: Years to decades after breast tumors have been removed, cancer may return or metastasize in other organs. Bone is frequently affected by metastasis and in the current study published in the journal Cancer Discovery, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, a team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine shows in an animal model that the initiation of bone metastasis is coupled  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 28 (TNSres) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: Baylor College of Medicine has been named a site for the Restoring Joint Health and Function to Reduce Pain (RE-JOIN) Consortium, part of the National Institutes of Health's Helping to End Addiction Long-term(R) (HEAL) Initiative. Baylor researchers will be awarded up to $12 million over five years to map and characterize the neurons that supply the tissues forming the knee joint and mediate the sensat  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 28 (TNSper) -- Rice University issued the following news release: President Biden has appointed Ruth Lopez Turley, director of Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research and professor of sociology, to the National Board for Education Sciences. The nonpartisan, 15-member board advises and approves priorities for the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), the research, statistics and evaluation arm of the Department of Education. Ex officio members of the board in  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 27 -- CapStreet Group, an equity firm that invests in owner-managed, lower middle market companies, issued the following news on Oct. 26, 2022: Credit Bureau Connection ("CBC" or "the Company"), a provider of credit report and compliance solutions to automotive dealers, lenders, and other end markets, today announced the acquisition of CreditDriver Solutions, a soft credit technology provider offering lead generation and sales enablement tools. Founder and CEO Michael Byrd   more

THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Oct. 27 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Entergy Texas implemented a series of measures to help our residential customers and communities through high natural gas prices and the increased usage of the summer months, including expediting the return of more than $2.7 million in security deposits for over 12,400 eligible customers. "Our usual practice is to return residential security deposits within twelve months of satisfactory payment history," said Stuart Ba  more

IRVING, Texas, Oct. 27 -- ExxonMobil, an energy provider and chemical manufacturer, issued the following news release on Oct. 26, 2022: * * * ExxonMobil today announced two discoveries at the Sailfin-1 and Yarrow-1 wells in the Stabroek block offshore Guyana, adding to its extensive portfolio of development opportunities. ExxonMobil has made more than 30 discoveries on the block since 2015, and it has ramped up offshore development and production at a pace that far exceeds the industry average  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 26 -- 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: The transition from advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) to autonomous driving (AD) has encouraged original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to partner with start-ups to develop hardware and software capabilities. Frost & Sullivan's recent analysis finds that the widespread adop  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 25 -- 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: Rising patient awareness drives technological advances and expands marketing for prenatal genetic tests globally, according to Frost & Sullivan's recent analysis, Global Prenatal Genetic Testing Industry. Physicians' emphasis on tests for children and parents in regular clinical co  more

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, Oct. 29 (TNSper) -- Florida State College issued the following news release: Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ) and the District Board of Trustees welcomes Aaron Miri as its newest member, appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis. Mr. Miri is the senior vice president and chief digital and information officer for Baptist Health. Prior to joining Baptist Health in 2021, he served as the Chief Information Officer for The University of Texas at Austin, Dell Medical Scho  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 25 -- Fujifilm USA issued the following news on Oct. 24, 2022: FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies, a world leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) for biologics, vaccines, and advanced therapies, announced today a strategic collaboration with RoosterBio, Inc., a leading supplier of human mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs), highly engineered media, and bioprocess development services. Through this collaboration, FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechn  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 27 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Oct. 26, 2022: Governor Greg Abbott today announced Dallas College has been awarded a Skills Development Fund grant from the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) in partnership with 18 Texas construction businesses. The $3.5 million award will train more than 1,500 employees in construction-related courses to expand their current job responsibilities and increase productivity for employers. "The State of Texa  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 26 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2022: Governor Greg Abbott today celebrated Texas Tech University's launch of the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Center for Advancing Sustainable and Distribute Fertilizer Production (CASFER) in Lubbock. Texas Tech received the largest grant in the university's history in August from the NSF for the CASFER Center to transform technology for sustainable solutions impact  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 26 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2022: Governor Greg Abbott today congratulated FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies on the groundbreaking of their College Station campus expansion. Upon completion, this manufacturing facility expansion is expected to create 150 new jobs and represents a $300 million capital investment. A Texas Enterprise Fund grant of $1,500,000 was extended to FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies in December 2021. "  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 25 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Oct. 24, 2022: Governor Greg Abbott today invited Texas veterans, service members, and their spouses to participate in the 2022 Hiring Red, White & You! statewide veterans hiring fair November 1 through November 18, with in-person and virtual events across the state. "On behalf of the people of Texas, I thank all of our military veterans who have served this great nation," said Governor Abbott. "Smart emp  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 26 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following proclamation: WHEREAS, I, GREG ABBOTT, Governor of Texas, do hereby certify that the shooting that occurred on May 24, 2022, at Robb Elementary School in the City of Uvalde has caused widespread and severe damage, injury, and loss of life in Uvalde County, Texas; and WHEREAS, those same conditions continue to exist in Uvalde County; NOW, THEREFORE, in accordance with the authority vested in me by Section 418.014 of the   more

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 28 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2022: Governor Greg Abbott, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, Speaker Dade Phelan, Senate Finance Committee Chair Joan Huffman, and House Appropriations Chair Dr. Greg Bonnen today announced the transfer of more than $874.6 million to support critical public safety and recovery initiatives, such as border security and school safety, during the current biennium. $874.6 million will be transferred t  more

DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 28 -- Haynes and Boone, a law firm, issued the following news release: Haynes and Boone, LLP will sponsor the 2022 JD Advising Scholars Program as part of the firm's ongoing efforts to promote diversity and inclusion in the legal industry. Through the program, which connects historically underrepresented first-year law students with 15 firms nationwide, Haynes Boone will subsidize academic resources and provide mentoring services to the students. On Oct. 26, JD Advising, In  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 28 (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: Recently, Frost & Sullivan assessed the blood purification technology industry and, based on its findings, recognizes hemotune with the 2022 Europe Technology Innovation Leadership Award. The company developed a therapeutic blood purification platform to improve health out  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 26 (TNSper) -- Holland and Knight, a law firm, issued the following news release: Holland & Knight has strengthened its leading energy and private equity practices with the addition of Nancy Bostic as a partner in its Houston office. Previously, Ms. Bostic was a partner at Gray Reed, where she served as the firm's practice group leader for M&A and Private Equity. Ms. Bostic represents public and private companies, private equity funds and management teams/founders in secur  more

FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 28 (TNSpro) -- The University of North Texas Health Science Center issued the following news: The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth recently launched HSC Learning Plus, an online health education platform open to everyone. The searchable website offers a robust portfolio of noncredit classes, short courses, microcredentials and certificates for health care professionals seeking continuing education credits, learners adding microcredentials to  more

BEAUMONT, Texas, Oct. 27 (TNSconf) -- Lamar University issued the following news: Kim Steinhagen will be presenting a behind the scenes look at Lamar University's public art collection on Nov. 16 at the Dishman Art Museum on the campus of Lamar University. A reception will begin at 5:30 p.m. and the lecture will be presented from 6-7:30 p.m. Steinhagen currently works as a development officer for the College of Fine Arts & Communication and serves as a co-chair of the university's public art c  more

MATHIS, Texas, Oct. 26 -- The Lower Colorado River Authority issued the following news release: The Mathis Volunteer Fire Department will be able to purchase 20 new sets of protective gear for its firefighters, thanks to a $16,580 grant from the Lower Colorado River Authority. The Community Development Partnership Program grant, along with $4,400 in matching funds from the city, will provide the City of Mathis money to purchase a new set of dual-certified gear for each of the 20 Mathis VFD fir  more

BAY CITY, Texas, Oct. 27 -- The Lower Colorado River Authority issued the following news release: The City of Bay City will construct new lighted soccer fields at Hardeman Park with help from a $50,000 grant from the Lower Colorado River Authority. The Community Development Partnership Program grant, along with $580,000 in matching contributions from the city and private donations, will allow Bay City to build eight new soccer fields to better support its growing youth soccer program. The proj  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 28 -- The Lower Colorado River Authority issued the following news release: A $50,000 grant from the Lower Colorado River Authority will help the Boling Little League build a new, upgraded restroom facility at the ball fields at the Boling Community Center. Along with a matching contribution of $55,000 from the Boling Little League, the Community Development Partnership Program grant will allow the organization to tear down the existing restroom and replace it with one that  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 28 (TNSawa) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release: In recognition of her trailblazing work uncovering the mechanisms of the p53 tumor suppressor, Guillermina "Gigi" Lozano, Ph.D., chair of Genetics at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, has received the 2022 Award for Distinguished Research in the Biomedical Sciences by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). Since its inception in 1947, the AAM  more

ROUND ROCK, Texas, Oct. 26 -- Dell issued the following news release: Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC) selects Dell Technologies to deliver a platform, including the Dell APEX portfolio of as-a-Service solutions, that helps the organization offer new cost-saving initiatives for higher education institutions and support better digital experiences for faculty and students. With APEX and as-a-Service solutions, MHEC IT departments can advance the educational and research missions of thei  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, Oct. 27 (TNSawa) -- The Mississippi State University issued the following news: A Mississippi State doctoral student in the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Aquaculture is being honored with an award from the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society. Rebecca Bracken, who soon will defend her dissertation, is one of 200 Phi Kappa Phi members nationally to receive its annual Love of Learning Award, a $500 post-baccalaureate professional developme  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 25 (TNSrpt) -- The Texas Education Agency posted the following news release: As Texas educators continue to focus on the difficult task of recovering from pandemic-related learning loss, the 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), often called the Nation's Report Card, shows both strengths and challenges for Texas, while painting a grim picture for the U.S. as a whole. NAEP is administered in reading and math for a sample of students in 4th and 8th grades ro  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Oct. 27 -- New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2022: New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas announced that after a nearly decade-long battle over the waters on the Rio Grande, the case has reached an important legal milestone. The States of Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado have reached a historic agreement after nine years of litigation that, if finalized, will resolve the massive legal dispute between the States  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Oct. 28 -- The New Mexico Democratic Party issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2022: Mark Lee Dickson, the fiercely anti-abortion Texas preacher who has been promoting the criminalization of reproductive health care and the punishment of women and doctors, has been drawn to New Mexico to help his ally in extremism: former TV weatherman Mark Ronchetti. Huffington Post reported today that Dickson, whom NARAL has called "the primary face and architect of bringing t  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 26 (TNSconf) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2022: In a first-ever comprehensive, international study on hate speech, University of Houston Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies Emran El-Badawi will lead a series of summits on the most urgent hate speech challenges in the world today. The project, "Hate Speech: Crisis & Conversation," will offer a solutions-based approach to the problem, and international experts will offe  more

IRVING, Texas, Oct. 29 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2022: Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXST) ("Nexstar"), and Verizon FiOS (NYSE: VZ) ("Verizon") today announced that they have reached a comprehensive multi-year distribution agreement regarding local television stations in 10 markets and Nexstar's fast-growing national cable news network, NewsNation. The agreement means that more than three million Verizon FiOS s  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 25 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Attorney General Paxton has joined an Alabama-led amicus brief in the New Orleans-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that asks the Court to rehear a case concerning an Arkansas law that prohibits healthcare professionals from using hormones and surgeries to sexually "transition" children. A Fifth Circuit panel affirmed a lower court's injunction of the Arkansas law, but in doing so ig  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 28 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release and letter: Attorney General Paxton sent a letter and accompanying Civil Investigative Demand (CID) to the Houston-based Memorial Hermann Health System seeking information about its policy preventing parents and guardians from accessing their children's medical records if the children are between ages 13 and 17. Memorial Hermann appears to be relying on a novel--and incorrect--reading of Texas law as  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 29 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Attorney General Paxton joined an Ohio-led cert-stage amicus brief before the U.S. Supreme Court defending a Florida law similar to Texas's HB 20, which is designed to ensure that individuals aren't silenced merely because Big Tech companies disagree with their opinion. The coalition of states is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review the case after a lower court--the Atlanta-based U.S. Court of Ap  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 25 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Attorney General Paxton has joined a Minnesota-led amicus brief in the Denver-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in support of Oklahoma's right, as well as the right of all states, to protect consumers through the regulation of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). PBMs are corporate administrators of prescription drug benefit programs and serve as the intermediary between drug companies an  more

IRVING, Texas, Oct. 28 -- ExxonMobil, an energy provider and chemical manufacturer, issued the following news release: * * * QatarEnergy and ExxonMobil have agreed to independently market LNG produced at their joint venture Golden Pass LNG Terminal in Sabine Pass, Texas. By leveraging their unique customer insights, QatarEnergy and ExxonMobil will better serve their downstream customers while meeting increased global demand. * * * * ExxonMobil will market 30% of Golden Pass LNG volumes * In  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 25 (TNSjou) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Rice expert and alum offer strategies to validate elections that use paper ballots * * * Risk-limiting audits (RLAs) that effectively verify the results of an election are underutilized in the United States, according to a new study by a professor and an alumnus of Rice University's George R. Brown School of Engineering who specialize in voting technology. Dan Wallach and Matthew Bernhard show in a   more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 25 (TNSres) -- Rice University issued the following news release: Antidepressants only have about a 30% rate of effectiveness, and it can take a month or longer for them to fully take effect in patients. In addition, patients often have to try several different drugs before finding one that works. A new study from Rice University will use MRI brain imaging to determine the effectiveness of antidepressants in patients and how they affect mood and memory issues associated wi  more

NACOGDOCHES, Texas, Oct. 26 (TNSconf) -- Stephen F. Austin State University issued the following news: Stephen F. Austin State University's SFA Gardens will host the monthly Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Nov. 10 in the Brundrett Conservation Education Building at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center, located at 2900 Raguet St. Dr. Francisco Javier de la Mota will be presenting "A Path to Successfully Growing Mediterranean Plants in Southeast Texas." De la Mota joined the Housto  more

DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 26 (TNSres) -- Southern Methodist University issued the following news on Oct. 25, 2022: SMU is leading a team that includes the Ohio State University, the University of Southern California and Argonne National Laboratory in a $2 million U.S. Department of Energy research project that will address problems in the broad area of computational mathematics for sustainability - such as management of the power grid under intermittent renewable power. SMU professor Harsha Gangamma  more

DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 26 (TNSjou) -- Southern Methodist University issued the following news: Soil moisture content is the main factor that controls how far and at what concentration natural gas spreads from a leaked pipeline underground, a new study has found. Pipeline operators need to factor how the amount of water found in surrounding soil affects gas movement when trying to determine the potential hazards posed by a pipeline leak, said SMU's Kathleen M. Smits, who led the study recently pub  more

BEAUMONT, Texas, Oct. 28 (TNSper) -- Lamar University issued the following news: Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives Dade Phelan recently appointed LU alum and Lamar State College Orange Provost and Executive Vice President Dr. Wendy Elmore '15 to the Industry-Based Certification Advisory Council. The advisory council consults with the Texas Workforce Commission regarding the alignment of public high school career and technology education programs with current and future workforce ne  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 -- ABC News, the news division of Walt Disney Television, issued the following news: "GMA3: What You Need to Know" continues its partnership with "This Week with George Stephanopoulos," bringing their coverage of the midterms elections to Texas to explore the key races and issues at stake this November. "This Week" begins the coverage from Dallas on Sunday, Oct. 30, with co-anchor and chief global affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz. Raddatz will road trip through several w  more

ALPINE, Texas, Oct. 25 (TNSper) -- Sul Ross State University issued the following news: The American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) has named Sul Ross State University's Dr. Bernie Cantes, executive vice president and provost, to its 2022 Academy for New Provosts (ANP), a leadership development program geared toward the distinctive needs of provosts who lead state colleges and universities. Dr. Cantens is one of only 30 selected across the U.S. Now in its third year, A  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 27 -- The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation issued the following news release: The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) has released the newest list of people who are no longer authorized to perform or offer to perform licensed services in Texas. This latest list includes actions TDLR has taken since August 2022 to safeguard consumers and protect public health and safety. TDLR issued cease and desist orders against two massage establishments, two m  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 27 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University issued the following news: * * * Described as the "future of agricultural research," the facility features robotics and sensor technology. * * * Featuring state-of-the-art robotics, remote sensing and data-capturing capabilities, Texas A&M AgriLife Research has launched "the future of agricultural research" with its multi-million dollar Automated Precision Phenotyping Greenhouse on the Texas A&M University campus in Bryan-Colle  more

LAREDO, Texas, Oct. 29 (TNSconf) -- Texas A&M International University, a member of the Texas A&M University System, issued the following news release: Democracy in Latin America is at the center of discussion and debate during the upcoming Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) IBC Bank and Commerce Bank 2022-2023 Keynote Speaker Series lecture Wednesday, Nov. 9 at 6 p.m. in the Student Center Ballroom. The lecture is free and open to the public. Dr. Christopher Sabatini, a senior resear  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 28 (TNSfund)(TNSres) -- Texas A&M University's College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences issued the following news release: The Texas A&M University Superfund Research Center, housed within the School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS), has received a five-year renewal of its funding from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Since its launch in 2017, the Superf  more

KINGSVILLE, Texas, Oct. 29 (TNSfund) -- Texas A&M University-Kingsville issued the following news: The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded six grants totaling $2,486,076 for Texas A&M University-Kingsville research projects, representing several of the engineering disciplines offered by the university. The awards were announced this fall and posted on the foundation's website. The grants were awarded to faculty from the Frank H. Dotterweich College of Engineering. Dr. Heidi A. Taboada,   more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 25 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: A research duo in the Wm Michael Barnes '64 Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering is discovering how men and women adapt differently in fatiguing work situations by looking at their brains. Doctoral student Oshin Tyagi and Texas A&M University associate professor Dr. Ranjana Mehta received the Human Factors Prize during the 2022 Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (H  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 25 (TNSjou) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: The ability to analyze the properties of individual cells is vital to broad areas of life science applications, from diagnosing diseases and developing better therapeutics to characterizing pathogenic bacteria and developing cells for bioproduction applications. However, the accurate analysis of individual cells is a challenge, especially when it comes to a cell's biophysical pro  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 29 (TNSjou) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: Dr. Emily Pentzer, associate professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Department of Chemistry at Texas A&M University, is making 3D printed polymers more environmentally friendly through a process that allows the polymers to naturally degrade over time. Pentzer's research is a collaborative effort that includes researchers from the Texas A&M Colleg  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 28 (TNSconf) -- Texas Southern University issued the following news: The Deep South Center for Environmental Justice (DSCEJ), WE ACT for Environmental Justice (WE ACT), and the Bullard Center for Environmental & Climate Justice at Texas Southern University will debut the first-ever Climate Justice Pavilion inside the Blue Zone at COP27, the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, November 6-18, 2022. The pavilion will bring together represe  more

SAN MARCOS, Texas, Oct. 27 (TNSawa) -- Texas State University issued the following news release: Brian Cooper, senior lecturer in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at Texas State has received the Higher Education Distinguished Teacher Award 2022 from the National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE) at their October conference in Minneapolis. Cooper, who earned his master's degree ('02) and a doctorate ('12) from Texas State, was nominated for the award by retired geogra  more

DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 28 (TNSfund) -- Dallas College issued the following news release: Dallas College has been awarded a $3.5 million Skills Development Fund grant from the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) to train more than 1,500 employees in construction-related courses. The grant, announced at a special check-signing ceremony today with TWC Commissioner Aaron Demerson, is aimed at expanding trainees' current job responsibilities and increasing productivity for Texas employers. In partnership  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 27 (TNSper) -- Trinity University issued the following news: Each academic year, Trinity invites successful entrepreneurs to bring their real-world experience to the classroom through the Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) program. EIRs serve as part-time faculty members, teaching courses, holding office hours, and advising E-Hall and the Louis H. Stumberg Venture Competition. They provide unparalleled mentorship for students trying to navigate their own entrepreneurial jo  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 27 (TNSfund) -- The University of the Incarnate Word issued the following news release: The University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) was selected as a 2022 Progress, Accomplishment, Thriving, Hope (PATH) Scholarship recipient through the Ellucian Foundation. The PATH Scholarship program provides grants to higher education institutions to support students facing economic hardship. UIW received $10,000 from the Ellucian Foundation and the University matched that grant for   more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 24 (TNSres) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: * * * County Voters Give O'Rourke an Edge over Abbott in Governor's Race * * * The race for chief executive in Texas' most populous county is too close to call, with concerns about crime helping to propel Republican Alexandra del Moral Mealer into a statistical dead heat with Democratic incumbent Lina Hidalgo. A poll from the Hobby School of Public Affairs at the University of Houston, released   more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 28 (TNSfund) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: * * * $4.7 Million NIH Grant Supports Stem Cell Cloning * * * The University of Houston is leading a team of cancer researchers and experts in stem cell cloning to identify the origin of two very lethal cancers of the stomach and esophagus - esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) and intestinal gastric cancer (iGC). In a surprising finding, the team reports the two cancers, which arise from anatomicall  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 27 (TNSfund)(TNSres) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: * * * With $2.1 Million Grant, UH College of Optometry Examines Role of Peripheral Vision in Nearsightedness * * * Research by a University of Houston College of Optometry scientist supports the continued investigation into how peripheral vision may contribute to myopia, or nearsightedness, and could be a pathway to slowing or preventing the condition altogether. It's research that is s  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Oct. 26 (TNSjou) -- The University of Minnesota's Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs issued the following news: * * * Humphrey School, LBJ School joint study shows the importance of community organizations to energy transition * * * To advance the energy transition from fossil fuels to renewables in the United States, policy makers should turn to community-based organizations (CBOs) like local chambers of commerce, community service centers, and community fou  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Oct. 27 (TNSconf) -- The University of New Hampshire School of Law issued the following news: UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law is proud to host the following outstanding speakers for our 2022/2023 Intellectual Property (IP) Speaker Series: * Sarah Burstein, Suffolk University Law School * Irene Calboli, Texas A&M University School of Law * Dennis Crouch, University of Missouri School of Law * Eric Goldman, Santa Clara University School of Law * Jeanne Fromer, New Y  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 29 (TNSsel) -- The University of St. Thomas issued the following news release: University of St. Thomas-Houston is on the move. Emboldened by four straight years of record-breaking freshman student enrollment and a call to amplify its mission, UST has begun enacting its eight-year strategic plan for even "Greater Things." In keeping with that, Marketing has merged with Admissions to form a new division called Marketing, Admissions and Student Services (MASS), headed by Vice  more

RICHARDSON, Texas, Oct. 29 (TNSpro) -- The University of Texas Dallas campus issued the following news: A new University of Texas at Dallas initiative will provide financial and academic support to transfer students from low-income backgrounds who want to become engineers and computer scientists. UT Dallas received $1.5 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) program for the project, Improving Transfer Academ  more

RICHARDSON, Texas, Oct. 27 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas Dallas campus issued the following news: A recent imaging study led by a scientist at The University of Texas at Dallas has identified early risk factors linked to children's temperament and a neural process that could foretell whether an individual might develop depression and anxiety in adolescence and early adulthood. The study, published Oct. 26 in JAMA Psychiatry, tracked a cohort of 165 individuals from 4 months old, between   more

DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 26 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas's Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release: * * * Delta waves, which normally fade as kids get older, spiked in concussed high school athletes * * * Measuring levels of a specific brain wave could lead to more objective, definitive methods of diagnosing concussions and determining when young athletes can safely return to play, according to a UT Southwestern study. The research shows that delta waves - which decr  more

DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 27 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas's Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release: * * * A phase 2 study of talazoparib found that it shrank tumors in breast cancer patients not previously indicated for the treatment * * * A drug approved to treat breast cancer patients with mutations in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes may also benefit people who have other genetic mutations. Researchers at UT Southwestern reported in the journal Nature Cancer that talazopa  more

DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 28 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas's Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release: * * * Ovol2 may eventually become target for anti-obesity drugs, UTSW study authors say * * * A faulty gene, rather than a faulty diet, may explain why some people gain excessive weight even when they don't eat more than others, UT Southwestern researchers at the Center for the Genetics of Host Defense have discovered. The findings, published in Cell Metabolism, descri  more

DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 29 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas's Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release: Depression and anxiety in the parents of children with asthma have been associated with increased clinic visits and asthma-related hospitalizations. Curbing depression among these caregivers improves control of asthma and lung function, partially through effective treatment of the child's own depression, a new study by UT Southwestern researchers finds. Asthma is the most  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, Oct. 27 (TNSfund)(TNSres) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release on Oct. 26, 2022: * * * UTA computer science engineer looks to make data centers more efficient and reliable * * * A computer science and engineering researcher is using a $400,000 National Science Foundation grant to develop low-cost computer server power monitoring aimed at efficient and reliable operation of data centers. Mohammad Islam, assistant professor in the Dep  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, Oct. 27 (TNSbook) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: * * * UTA author explores Jewish persecution during Holocaust from a child's perspective * * * A new book by Paul Paulus, professor emeritus of psychology at The University of Texas at Arlington, describes his family's experiences of participating in a network that sheltered Jews in Holland during World War II. The children's book, Hiding Little Nita, tells the true story of a   more

ARLINGTON, Texas, Oct. 28 -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: University of Texas at Arlington architecture Professor of Practice Kevin Sloan, who passed away in October 2021, made a lasting impact during his 40-year career in landscape architecture. Now friends and colleagues have created an endowed scholarship to celebrate his life and contributions to the profession. The Kevin Sloan Scholarship Endowment will fund scholarships for undergraduate and  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, Oct. 26 (TNSper) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: Jewel Washington will lead The University of Texas at Arlington's efforts to support a diverse and inclusive workplace as its first vice president for talent, culture and inclusion, effective Nov. 1. Washington has served as UTA's chief human resources officer since February 2021. In this inaugural position, she will lead the University's efforts to establish a new Office of Talent  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, Oct. 28 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: * * * UTA partners with Austin biotech firm on new noninvasive device to measure hemoglobin * * * A team led by a University of Texas at Arlington bioengineering professor and an Austin businessman has published key findings in the British Medical Journal Innovations that illustrate how a new device measures hemoglobin more accurately in individuals with darker skin pigmentations  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, Oct. 25 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: * * * UTA study will improve treatment and long-term analysis of esophageal cancer * * * A mathematician at The University of Texas at Arlington is developing a data-driven mathematical framework to analyze the progression of esophageal cancer. Individuals with esophageal cancer often receive a late diagnosis because the disease presents no early symptoms. With a low survival ra  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 28 (TNSper) -- The University of St. Thomas issued the following news release: University of St. Thomas-Houston Athletics is excited to announce the hiring of Ceirra Bonds as the new Spirit Head Coach. After a comprehensive search, Bonds will be responsible for guiding the newly activated cheer and dance programs into their first year of competition. "I am super excited to have accepted this position and start Spirit across the UST campus," Coach Bonds said. "Being in Hou  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 27 (TNSpro) -- The University of St. Thomas issued the following news release: Deacon Robert Hesse, adjunct professor at UST's Nesti Center for Faith & Culture, recently shared his Faith and Science course with the International Diaconate Centre (IDC) through its president Deacon Gerald DuPont, former director of Diaconate Formtion at St. Mary's Seminary in Houston. Deacon DuPont will distribute the course to deacon representatives in 52 countries asking them to forward it  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 29 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio issued the following news release: As Arhan Rao, 17, watched his grandfather sicken with cancer and die three years ago, a goal formed in the youngster's mind. He would become an oncology physician and researcher, discover a new generation of cancer treatments, and bring them to patients. During summer internships at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Rao learned funda  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 28 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio issued the following news release: * * * Mays Cancer Center/UT Health San Antonio panel responds to recent study * * * A recently published European study that minimizes the benefits of colonoscopy to prevent colorectal cancer diagnoses and deaths has several limitations and must not deter anyone 45 and older from being screened, experts from the Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio sa  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, Oct. 26 (TNSawa) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: The University of Texas System Board of Regents has selected Iya Price, assistant professor of instruction at The University of Texas at Arlington, for its Outstanding Teaching Award. Price is one of 14 faculty members across all of the UT System's academic and health institutions to receive the special honor, which recognizes educators who best exemplify excellence, innovation and  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 26 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release: * * * MD Anderson presents results from Phase II EXTEND trial at ASTRO 2022 * * * Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center demonstrated that adding metastasis-directed radiation therapy to intermittent hormone therapy improved progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with oligometastatic prostate cancer. Findings from the multicenter EXTEND t  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 27 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release on Oct. 26, 2022: * * * Study provides further evidence for pre-surgery immune checkpoint inhibitors in operable skin cancer * * * Giving the combination of immune checkpoint inhibitors relatlimab and nivolumab to patients with stage III melanoma before surgery was safe and completely cleared all viable tumor in 57% of patients in a Phase II study, researchers from The Un  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 25 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release on Oct. 23, 2022: * * * Results from MD Anderson-led Phase II trial presented at ASTRO 2022 * * * Using a novel response-adapted ultra-low dose radiation therapy strategy, researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center observed a 90% complete response rate in patients with orbital indolent B-cell lymphoma. Results were presented today at the 2022 America  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 26 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2022: * * * MD Anderson-developed biopsy protocol identifies patients at low risk of recurrence * * * Patients with early-stage breast cancer who had a pathologic complete response (pCR) to neoadjuvant chemotherapy may be able to skip surgery and receive standard radiation treatment with a low chance of disease recurrence, according to a new study from researc  more

DENTON, Texas, Oct. 27 (TNSpro) -- The University of North Texas issued the following news release: Through new offerings in research and an academic course, the University of North Texas College of Merchandising, Hospitality and Tourism will help prepare students to enter the booming agritourism industry. The program growth will be supported by a more than $245,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The funding is part of the USDA's recen  more

CANYON, Texas, Oct. 27 (TNSres) -- West Texas A&M University issued the following news: A recent West Texas A&M University graduate will present groundbreaking research into methods to more closely analyze a crucial feature of the Texas Panhandle ecosystem -- playa lakes. The High Plains area is home to tens of thousands of playa lakes--shallow, circular wetlands that Texas Parks & Wildlife calls "arguably the most significant ecological feature" in the region. "Mounting evidence points to pl  more