AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 17 (TNSfund) -- Austin Community College District issued the following news release: Paying for college is one of the biggest barriers students face. According to national data, 68 percent of students worry about having enough money to pay for school. Austin Community College District (ACC) is proud to celebrate the largest donation to scholarships in ACC history -- a $5 million gift from University Federal Credit Union (UFCU). In a show of appreciation, ACC will celebrate   more

CANYON, Texas, Nov. 17 -- West Texas A&M University issued the following news: Actress, playwright and educator Anna Deveare Smith will headline West Texas A&M University's Distinguished Lecture Series annual spring event. Smith will speak at 7 p.m. April 4 in Legacy Hall in the Jack B. Kelley Student Center on the WT campus in Canyon. The lecture is free and open to the public. "I believe students will be inspired by Anna Deveare Smith's successful career, the impressive awards she has earne  more

DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 16 -- AECOM, an infrastructure firm, issued the following news release: AECOM (NYSE: ACM), the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, announced today that it has been selected to provide program management for San Diego Gas & Electric's (SDG&E) Strategic Undergrounding Program that aims to reduce wildfire risk and improve electric safety and reliability during extreme weather conditions by burying power lines in key locations. In this role, AECOM will provide projec  more

DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 18 (TNSres) -- AECOM, an infrastructure firm, issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2022: AECOM (NYSE: ACM), the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.18 per share, representing an increase of 20% from its previous quarterly dividend of $0.15 per share as part of its ongoing quarterly dividend program. The dividend is payable on January 20, 2023 to stockholders of recor  more

DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 17 -- AECOM, an infrastructure firm, issued the following news release on Nov. 16, 2022: AECOM (NYSE: ACM), the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, announced today it will provide design services as part of the Ontario Transit Group team selected by Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx to deliver the Ontario Line Southern Civil, Stations, and Tunnel (South) project. This is one of multiple packages of work that will form the future Ontario Line, a planned 15.6-ki  more

SAN ANGELO, Texas, Nov. 16 (TNSawa) -- Angelo State University issued the following news: Dr. Gayle Randall of the Angelo State University business faculty, also the faculty advisor for ASU's chapter of the Delta Sigma Pi (DSP) professional business fraternity, has been named the 2021-22 National Chapter Advisor of the Year by the DSP national office. Randall has been a member of DSP since 1988 when she was initiated into ASU's Eta Theta student chapter as an undergraduate. She has also been t  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Nov. 16 (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 US dedicated internet access industry, Frost & Sullivan, recognizes AT&T with the 2022 US Dedicated Internet Access Market Leadership Award. The AT&T fiber-based dedicated internet access service (AT&T Dedicated Internet) serves about 9.  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 18 (TNSconf) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: The 2022 Update on Alzheimer's Disease lecture will be held Dec. 13 as a virtual presentation given by researchers at the Alzheimer's Disease and Memory Disorders Center (ADMDC) at Baylor Medicine, the multidisciplinary adult clinical practice of Baylor College of Medicine. The annual event is co-hosted by Baylor and the Alzheimer's Association(R) Houston & Southeast Texas Chapter. It is free and ope  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 17 (TNSper) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: Dr. Douglas Dirschl has been named chair of the Joseph Barnhart Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine, effective April 1, 2023. Dirschl joins Baylor after serving since 2013 as the Lowell T. Coggeshall Professor and chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine and physician-in-chief of the musculoskeletal service line at the University of Chicago   more

HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 16 (TNSawa) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: Dr. Huda Zoghbi has been named the 2023 winner of the August M. Watanabe Prize in Translational Research and will be honored at the 2023 Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) Annual Meeting on Friday, September 22, 2023. Zoghbi is a Distinguished Service Professor at Baylor College of Medicine, director of the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children's  more

WACO, Texas, Nov. 17 (TNSjou) -- Baylor University issued the following news: Before March 2020, the idea of remote work was not a realistic option for many businesses. However, the COVID-19 pandemic changed options drastically for employees almost overnight, and the remote work experiment began. Fast forward to 2022, and traditional work styles are no longer considered the only option and many employees are looking for the freedom to choose where they work. Remote work is generally viewed pos  more

WACO, Texas, Nov. 19 (TNSper) -- Baylor University issued the following news on Nov. 18, 2022: Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary Dean Todd D. Still, Ph.D., announced today the appointment of Jason Vickers, Ph.D., as professor of Christian Theology and as the inaugural holder of The William J. Abraham Chair of Wesleyan Studies. As a professor at Baylor's Truett Seminary, Vickers will teach courses and conduct research in Wesleyan thought and practice and will enhance Tru  more

BINGHAMTON, New York, Nov. 15 (TNSfund) -- Binghamton University's Division of Research issued the following news: A Binghamton University-led center that brings together academic and industry experts to reduce the energy consumed by data centers recently earned a new round of support from the National Science Foundation. The Center for Energy Smart Electronic Systems, established in 2011 with NSF funding as an Industry/University Cooperative Research Center, or I/UCRC, enters its third phase   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov. 14 (TNSper) -- CNN issued the following news: Shimon Prokupecz has been promoted to CNN Senior Crime and Justice Correspondent, effective immediately. He has led the network's months-long coverage of the deadly mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, breaking news and garnering numerous exclusives which have resulted in the review of law enforcement and school officials' roles in the tragedy. In addition to Uvalde, Prokupecz has been at the forefront o  more

WACO, Texas, Nov. 15 (TNSjou) -- Baylor University issued the following news on Nov. 14, 2022: * * * Study measures influence of peers, programs and professors on students' faith maturity using data from the Baylor Faith and Character Study * * * While peer influence is the top factor that leads to Baylor University students to attain higher levels of vertical faith maturity and horizontal faith maturity, respectively, attending a local place of worship is a powerful predictor of both measur  more

DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 17 (TNSfund) -- Dallas College issued the following news release: Starting in the Spring 2023 semester, Dallas College will launch a drop-in child care option for students attending its El Centro Campus thanks to a $100,000 grant to Dallas College Foundation from The Dallas Foundation. The Dallas College Young Scholars Program will lessen the expense of child care as a barrier to parents attending college and meeting their educational goals. Seed funding from Dallas College  more

DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 16 -- The Dallas Independent School District issued the following news release: Dallas ISD fifth-grade students participated in a debate workshop at Adamson High School in late October where they were immersed in hands-on activities and lessons taught by Dallas ISD middle school debate coaches about learning how to respectfully disagree. To prepare for their first debate tournament, elementary debaters learn the ins and outs of debate and the art of public speaking at the a  more

ROUND ROCK, Texas, Nov. 15 -- Dell issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2022: Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) expands its high performance computing (HPC) portfolio, offering powerful solutions to help organizations quickly innovate with confidence. With a range of new offers, Dell delivers technologies and services to help customers power demanding applications while making HPC capabilities more accessible to businesses. "As compute innovation accelerates to keep pace with demand, cus  more

ROUND ROCK, Texas, Nov. 18 -- Dell issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2022: Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) is expanding its industry leadership in data protection appliances and software1 to help customers protect their data on premises, in public clouds and at the edge. The Dell PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance leads a series of advancements for multicloud data protection that are simple to use and easy to consume. Dell innovation in AI-powered resilience and operational security  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 19 (TNSrpt) -- The Texas Department of Information Resources issued the following news: * * * The 2022 Cybersecurity Report highlights the preventive and recovery efforts the state can undertake to improve cybersecurity. * * * The 2022 Cybersecurity Report assesses the resources currently available to government entities to respond to cybersecurity incidents, identifies preventive and recovery efforts to improve cybersecurity, evaluates the statewide information security   more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Nov. 16 (TNSres) -- The University of Michigan issued the following Q&A on Nov. 15, 2022, with April Zeoli, director of the policy core at the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention: * * * University of Michigan researcher April Zeoli addresses the implications of a recent Texas judge's decision to strike down the federal law prohibiting access to firearms for individuals subject to domestic violence protection orders. Zeoli is one of the nation's leading experts on poli  more

IRVING, Texas, Nov. 14 -- ExxonMobil, an energy provider and chemical manufacturer, issued the following news release: ExxonMobil and Pertamina, the state-owned energy company for Indonesia, have signed a Heads of Agreement at the G20 Summit in Bali to further progress their previously announced regional carbon capture and storage hub for domestic and international CO2. * Heads of Agreement will progress next stage of CCS hub in offshore Java * Geologic storage potential is up to 3 billion me  more

IRVING, Texas, Nov. 15 -- ExxonMobil, an energy provider and chemical manufacturer, issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2022: * * * ExxonMobil announced the first cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the $8 billion Coral South floating LNG (FLNG) project offshore Mozambique, bringing additional LNG volumes to the global energy market. * * * * Floating production vessel expected to produce up to 3.4 million metric tons of LNG a year * First development to produce from Mozambiq  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Nov. 17 -- 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 network cybersecurity industry, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Perimeter 81 with the 2022 European Enabling Technology Leadership Award. Get access to more details on Perimeter 81's awards page: https://best-practices.frost.com/perimeter-81/ Peri  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 19 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Nov. 18, 2022: Governor Greg Abbott today celebrated Texas' continuing strong jobs growth following employment releases from the Texas Workforce Commission and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics showing Texas experienced the fastest annual jobs growth rate in the 12 months through October 2022. Texas again broke its all-time record for total jobs for the 12th consecutive month as Texas employers added 49,  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 16 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2022: Governor Greg Abbott today announced the departure of the first group of migrants bused to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from Texas. In addition to Washington, D.C., New York City, and Chicago, sanctuary city Philadelphia will now be a drop-off location for the State of Texas' busing strategy as part of the Governor's unprecedented response to President Biden's open border policies overwhelming  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 18 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2022: Governor Greg Abbott today announced the next in the statewide 2022 Governor's Small Business Series to be held in-person in Bryan/College Station on Thursday, December 8. 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 Tex  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 18 (TNSper) -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Tori Lee and Marisela Nava to the Texas Early Learning Council for terms set to expire at the pleasure of the Governor. The Texas Early Learning Council serves as Texas' State Advisory Council as required by the Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007. The Council utilizes its breadth of stakeholder representation to increase coordination and collabor  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 14 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release and letter on Nov. 14, 2022: Governor Greg Abbott today sent a letter assuring county judges along the Texas-Mexico border that the State of Texas continues taking unprecedented action to address President Biden's historic border crisis and urged them to remind members of the new U.S. Congress to fulfill their responsibility to secure the border: "Texas has forcefully responded to Biden's open border policie  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 14 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2022: Governor Greg Abbott today called for an investigation into the widespread problems with Harris County's elections last Tuesday. Voters in Harris County were frustrated by confusion and delays including missing keys, insufficient paper ballots in Republican precincts, staffing problems, and more. "I'm calling on the Secretary of State, the Attorney General's Office, and the Texas Rangers to  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 18 (TNSper) -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2022: Governor Greg Abbott today announced Gardner Pate as Chief of Staff, effective today. This announcement follows the departure of the Governor's Chief of Staff of over five years, Luis Saenz. "As Chief of Staff, Gardner Pate's remarkable wealth of knowledge, unparalleled Capitol experience, and devotion to the State of Texas will strengthen our efforts to keep Texas the best place t  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 18 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release and letter on Nov. 16, 2022: Governor Greg Abbott today ordered the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) and Texas Military Department (TMD) to expand their unprecedented efforts to combat the growing illegal immigration along the Texas-Mexico border. In a letter to DPS Director Steve McCraw and TMD Adjutant General Thomas Suelzer, the Governor outlined the need for the Operation Lone Star partners to defe  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 19 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following proclamation on Nov. 18, 2022: WHEREAS, I, Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, issued a disaster proclamation on May 31, 2021, certifying under Section 418.014 of the Texas Government Code that the surge of individuals unlawfully crossing the Texas-Mexico border posed an ongoing and imminent threat of disaster for a number of Texas counties and for all state agencies affected by this disaster; and WHEREAS, I amended the afor  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 19 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following proclamation on Nov. 18, 2022: WHEREAS, I, Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, issued a disaster proclamation on March 13, 2020, certifying under Section 418.014 of the Texas Government Code that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) poses an imminent threat of disaster for all counties in the State of Texas; and WHEREAS, in each subsequent month effective through today, I have issued proclamations renewing the disaster declarati  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 14 -- 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, Nov. 18 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Nov. 16, 2022, and letter: Governor Greg Abbott today announced his request for a disaster declaration from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) for Texas communities impacted by severe weather and tornadoes earlier this month in counties across Northeast Texas. An SBA disaster declaration would make federal disaster assistance available for those impacted in Lamar and Morris counties and their con  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 18 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2022: Governor Abbott today congratulated the Texas Rangers on being awarded the 2024 Major League Baseball (MLB) All-Star Game. Hosted at Globe Life Field in Arlington, this will be the second time the Rangers have been awarded the Midsummer Classic. The Rangers hosted their first and only MLB All-Star Game in 1995. "Congratulations to the Texas Rangers on being awarded the 2024 MLB All-Star Gam  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 17 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release and letter on Nov. 16, 2022: Governor Greg Abbott today sent a letter to President Joe Biden highlighting the record-breaking level of illegal immigration at America's southern border caused by the President's sustained dereliction of duty enforcing the nation's immigration laws. Prior to President Biden taking office, America had some of the lowest illegal-immigration totals seen in decades, however, over th  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 17 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Nov. 16, 2022: Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) has received approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a fifth round of federal Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) food benefits for Texas families with children who temporarily lost access to federally funded summer meal programs due to COVID-19. "The State of Texas continue  more

DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 16 -- Haynes and Boone, a law firm, issued the following news release: A Haynes and Boone, LLP deal team led by Partner Megan Gess represented Denner Vineyards, a producer of critically acclaimed wines from California's Central Coast, in the sale of its business to E. & J. Gallo Winery. The transaction was announced Nov. 10. Located in the Willow Creek District of Paso Robles, California, Denner Vineyards includes a tasting room, a gravity-flow winery designed to fit into   more

DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 18 -- Haynes and Boone, a law firm, issued the following news release: A Haynes and Boone, LLP deal team led by Partners Jennifer Wisinski and Stephen Grant represented Park Cities Asset Management in its acquisition of Elevate Credit, Inc., a leading tech-enabled provider of innovative and responsible online credit solutions for non-prime consumers. The parties announced the acquisition Wednesday, Nov. 16. Park Cities will acquire Elevate for $1.87 per share in an all-cash  more

DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 17 -- Haynes and Boone, a law firm, issued the following news release: A Haynes and Boone, LLP team represented private equity firm Valesco Industries in its investment in North American Kitchen Solutions, Inc. (NAKS), a leading omni-channel, factory-direct one-stop-shop supplier of customized commercial kitchen hoods, fire suppression systems, fans, and complementary products. Valesco (together with the existing management team and a co-investor) are supporting a majority   more

FORT WORTH, Texas, Nov. 15 (TNSjou) -- The University of North Texas Health Science Center issued the following news: Findings from a recent study by the team at the Institute for Translational Research led by Dr. Sid O'Bryant at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth have been published by the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. The article, "Characterization of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia among Community-Dwelling Mexican Americans and Non-Hispanic Whites" was  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 15 -- The Lower Colorado River Authority issued the following news release: Thanks to a $12,000 grant from the Lower Colorado River Authority, a popular community sports court in downtown Boerne soon will have a roof to protect visitors from the scorching Texas sun and inclement weather. St. Helena's Episcopal Church and School, site of the sports court and an adjacent playground, will provide the roof with help of the LCRA Community Development Partnership Program grant. T  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 16 -- The Lower Colorado River Authority issued the following news release: Thanks to a $24,609 grant from the Lower Colorado River Authority and Bandera Electric Cooperative, Utopia Volunteer Emergency Medical Services will purchase a new hydraulic-powered ambulance stretcher and load system. The Community Development Partnership Program grant, along with $40,083 in matching funds from Utopia Volunteer EMS, will allow the department to finish equipping each of its three am  more

BANDERA COUNTY, Texas, Nov. 15 -- The Lower Colorado River Authority issued the following news release: A $25,000 grant from the Lower Colorado River Authority and Bandera Electric Cooperative will enable the Medina Lake Volunteer Fire Department to quickly refill critical breathing equipment after emergency calls to keep the gear ready and available for use. With the Community Development Partnership Program grant and $19,495 in matching funds from the department, Medina Lake VFD will purchas  more

MARBLE FALLS, Texas, Nov. 17 -- The Lower Colorado River Authority issued the following news release: Thanks to a $12,287 grant from the Lower Colorado River Authority and Pedernales Electric Cooperative, Marble Falls Area Emergency Medical Services will purchase transport chairs to safely move patients out of confined spaces or across uneven terrain. The Community Development Partnership Program grant, along with $5,266 in matching funds from Marble Falls Area EMS, will pay for four new trans  more

DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 17 (TNSper) -- Littler Mendelson, a law firm, issued the following news release: Littler, the world's largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has appointed Jeremy Hawpe as office managing shareholder (OMS) of the firm's Dallas and Fayetteville offices. Hawpe succeeds Shareholder Rob Friedman, who will continue to focus on his full-time practice and co-chair responsibilities for the firm's Arbitration Practice Group. "Jeremy is an integral member o  more

BEAUMONT, Texas, Nov. 18 (TNSawa) -- Lamar University issued the following news: For the third year in a row, Lamar University student organization AIChE, or American Institute of Chemical Engineering, has been named Outstanding Student Chapter at the national AIChE Annual Student Conference. The 2022 AIChE Annual Student Conference is a four-day event filled with career information, social events, competitions and fun activities for members to enjoy. Student engineers from more than 200 insti  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 15 (TNSpar) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2022: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Exscientia plc today announced a strategic collaboration to align the drug discovery and development expertise of MD Anderson with the patient-centric artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities of Exscientia in order to advance novel small-molecule oncology therapies. The research collaboration will util  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 17 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release: * * * Featuring a new combination therapy for advanced AML, a link between the microbiome and treatment-related fever, and a therapeutic target for immunotherapy-related colitis * * * The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center's Research Highlights provides a glimpse into recent basic, translational and clinical cancer research from MD Anderson experts. Current ad  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 16 -- NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast, issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2022: NBCUniversal and Roku have expanded their partnership to bring a variety of local, national, and international news to users on The Roku Channel. Beginning today, users of The Roku Channel will instantly have access to four new Spanish-language regional news channels - Noticias Telemundo California, Noticias Telemundo Florida, Noticias Telemundo Noreste, and Noticias Telemundo Texas -  more

IRVING, Texas, Nov. 18 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2022: The Nexstar Media Charitable Foundation and WXIN-TV FOX 59 and WTTV-TV CBS4, the Nexstar Media Inc. television stations serving Indianapolis and Central Indiana, announced today that the Foundation will donate $5,000 each to two food banks serving the area: Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana and Midwest Food Bank of Indiana. The donations are part of the "Pack the Pan  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 18 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Attorney General Paxton has announced that he is expanding the scope of his investigation into hospitals and corporations that are denying parents the ability to access the medicals records of their children by issuing a Civil Investigative Demand ("CID") to Epic Systems Corporation. Paxton's latest efforts began when he announced his investigation of Houston-based Memorial Hermann Health System rega  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 18 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Attorney General Paxton joined an Oklahoma-led comment letter sent to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan that lays out numerous problems with a new and onerous proposed rule. EPA's proposed rule is an attempt to revive an Obama-era "environmental justice" regulation that would increase energy costs and make our country less safe. If adopted, EPA's "Risk Management Progr  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 17 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release on Nov. 16, 2022: Attorney General Ken Paxton announced an investigation into potential violations of law related to the pricing of the life-saving drug Insulin. Insulin prices are exponentially higher in the United States than in other developed countries. In the last two decades, the retail prices for some insulin products have skyrocketed--in some cases increasing by 200% to 1000%--for a drug that i  more

SAN ANGELO, Texas, Nov. 18 (TNSawa) -- Angelo State University issued the following news: Angelo State University physics majors William Hennig of Paint Rock and Garath Vetters of Kingsland both won top prizes for their research presentations at the 2022 Physics Congress (PhysCon) hosted by the American Institute of Physics and Sigma Pi Sigma national physics honor society in Washington, D.C. PhysCon is held every three years and is the largest conference in the nation for physics and astronom  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 18 (TNSjou) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Engineers dig deep to detail magnetic mechanism of gadolinium-based agents * * * You can keep your best guesses. Engineers at Rice University's George R. Brown School of Engineering are starting to understand exactly what goes on when doctors pump contrast agents into your body for an MRI scan. In a new study that could lead to better scans, a Rice-led team digs deeper via molecular simulations that  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 16 (TNSres) -- Rice University issued the following news release: Amid news reports that rockets or missiles have landed in Poland near the Ukrainian border and killed two people, Rice University political scientist Ric Stoll is available to discuss the situation as it unfolds. Russian missiles hitting Poland is most likely a mistake, not a deliberate attack, Stoll said. "I say this because an attack on any NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) member raises the possi  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 18 (TNSres) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Based on professors' tech, it aims to commercialize decarbonization of hydrogen production and chemical manufacturing * * * Syzygy Plasmonics, a Houston-based startup fueled by technology developed at Rice University, has announced $76 million in Series C financing led by Carbon Direct Capital -- one of the largest rounds of funding for a venture spun out of a Rice lab. Syzygy is focused on commerci  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 17 (TNSres) -- Rice University issued the following news release: Businesses that offer public declarations of support for the Black community after violent events like the murder of George Floyd and other serious incidents are more attractive to prospective employees and have bigger bottom lines, according to new research from Rice University. The research, titled "The impact of organizational statements of support for the black community in the wake of a racial mega-thre  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 12 (TNSconf) -- Rice University issued the following news release: A Rice University architect, an engineer and a musician are bringing work that debuted on the other side of the world much closer to home at Post Houston. The trio -- in order, Juan Jose Castellon, Qilin Li and Kurt Stallmann -- have completed a prototype of their cool oasis, "Building Ecologies," an installation at the former downtown Houston post office that itself was only recently reconfigured as a comm  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 18 (TNSres) -- Rice University issued the following news release: Following a record-breaking drought over the summer, China is on the brink of a water catastrophe that could have devastating consequences for global food security, energy markets and supply chains, according to a report from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. The world is not prepared for the potential disruptions to grain trade patterns and key industrial materials production that water s  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 19 (TNSres) -- Rice University issued the following news release: An expert in leadership and organizational change is available to speak on Twitter employees' exodus. "Leadership starts with a vision that inspires employees and sets expectations," said Scott Sonenshein, organizational behavior area coordinator and the Henry Gardiner Symonds Professor of Management at Rice Business and a New York Times bestselling author. "Employees need to feel valued, secure and open to   more

HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 16 (TNSres) -- Rice University issued the following news release: Mental and physical health support tops the list of Houston Independent School District student and parent needs, according to a new survey from Rice University Kinder Institute's Houston Education Research Consortium. The 2021-22 HISD Student Needs Survey was administered to approximately 43,000 students (grades 3-6 and 7-12), 8,000 parents (of students in grades pre-K-12) and 5,600 HISD staff (across 269 c  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 15 (TNSres) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Energy, environment, health, computer science among initiatives for Rice-IITK Collaborative Center * * * Rice University and the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) have signed an agreement to deepen and broaden their commitment to collaborate on joint research, teaching and training. The agreement is the latest development in Rice's international expansion through high-impact partnerships,  more

WHITEVILLE, North Carolina, Nov. 16 (TNSper) -- Southeastern Community College issued the following news: Dr. Mike Ammons has been named the new Associate Dean of Technical Training at Southeastern Community College. Ammons holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Business Administration: Management and Organizational Development from the University of Mount Olive, an MBA, and both an Ed.S. and Ed. D. in Educational Leadership from Liberty University. Early in his career, Ammons was in the Unit  more

DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 16 (TNSjou) -- Southern Methodist University issued the following news: * * * People with attachment anxiety more likely to create false memories when they can see the person talking * * * Adults who frequently worry about being rejected or abandoned by those closest to them are more prone to having false memories when they can see who is conveying the information, a new study suggests. The authors, SMU's Nathan Hudson and Michigan State University's William J. Chopik, f  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 15 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas at Austin's Texas Advanced Computing Center issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2022: * * * Growing demand for AI, power efficiency cited as reasons for the upgrade * * * The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) announced today at SC22 in Dallas that the Lonestar6 supercomputer, which went into full production in January 2022, just got a boost of new servers and GPUs from Dell Technologies and NVIDIA. This system for Texa  more

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Nov. 18 (TNSfund) -- Texas A&M University Corpus Christi campus issued the following news: Improving the water quality of Baffin Bay is the focus of a new study led by researchers at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. The project, funded by a recent grant of $494,349 from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Gulf of Mexico Program, will aid in identifying sources of fecal pollution within the Baffin Bay watershed. Multiple segments of the bay have been listed on th  more

STEPHENVILLE, Texas, Nov. 17 (TNSper) -- Tarleton State University issued the following news: Tarleton State University's Dr. Rupa Iyer has been elected to the Executive Committee Class of 2023 by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities Council on Research (COR) Executive Committee Class of 2023. The APLU Council on Research Nominations Committee reviewed election results and, with insight from the election totals and APLU's emphasis on inclusive leadership, appointed members to   more

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 17 -- The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality issued the following news release on Nov. 16, 2022: The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality today approved penalties totaling $649,732 against 25 regulated entities for violations of state environmental regulations. Agreed orders were issued for the following enforcement categories: six air quality, one industrial hazardous waste, one industrial wastewater discharge, two multi-media, four municipal wastewater dischar  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Nov. 16 -- The Texas A&M Forest Service issued the following news: Gray County has adopted a plan to reduce risks and better prepare for wildfires. A Community Wildfire Protection Plan is a proven strategy for reducing the risk of wildfire to communities. The Gray County plan establishes goals and strategies for long-term success by identifying priorities and proposing immediate measures that will protect communities from wildland fire. The plan is the 24th countywide   more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Nov. 18 (TNSjou) -- Texas A&M University's Health Science Center issued the following news: * * * Research by scientists at School of Medicine indicates that restoring the walls of the intestine could help prevent cognitive impairment after strokes * * * Stroke is a leading cause of death, dementia and serious long-term disability. According to the American Heart Association, stroke patients also have a greater risk of depression, which negatively affects functional a  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Nov. 17 (TNSres) -- The Texas A&M University's Engineering Experiment Station issued the following news: Despite advances in medical knowledge and treatments, chronic conditions like diabetes and heart disease continue to affect certain people in the United States at higher-than-average levels. In 2017, the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded an engineering research center (ERC) to address this problem through technology development and outreach. Four universities   more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Nov. 16 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University's Health Science Center issued the following news: * * * Recipient creatively studies genetic effects on immune response and Parkinson's risk * * * Chi Weindel, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow doing research at the Texas A&M University School of Medicine, recently received a prestigious Launch Award from the Parkinson's Foundation to study factors that influence Parkinson's disease. Scientists do not know exactly what factors affec  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Nov. 16 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: Guiding a drill bit through the earth with the same cutting-edge automation used for steering airplanes and cars is currently impossible because dense subsurface materials slow the speed of any transmitted instructions down to a crawl. Two recent Texas A&M University engineering graduates are bypassing this slowdown with an advanced smart tool that processes sensor data, renders  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Nov. 18 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: Dr. Daniel A. Jimenez, professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, received a best paper award at the 2022 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)/Association for Computing Machinery International Symposium on Microarchitecture (MICRO) held in Chicago in October. Jimenez co-authored the award-winning paper "Whisper: P  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Nov. 18 (TNSper) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: Dr. George M. Pharr, professor and Erle Nye '59 Chair I in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, was recently named a 2022 University Distinguished Professor. The designation of University Distinguished Professor is the highest faculty honor at Texas A&M and was awarded to only six faculty members in 2022. The distinction is given to facult  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Nov. 15 (TNSjou)(TNSfund)-- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: Dr. Alexandra "Alex" Walsh, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University, has received the National Institutes of Health Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (NIH MIRA R35) grant for her research on autofluorescence lifetime imaging. "The goal of our work is to create a robust platform technology for label-free imaging of ce  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 18 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Attorney General Paxton has secured another major victory for election integrity after the New Orleans-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an opinion in favor of Paxton and a Texas law aimed at securing our elections. The law in question, S.B. 1111, was duly enacted in the 2021 regular session, but liberal groups sued the state of Texas to prevent the law from taking effect. The   more

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 17 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following statement on Nov. 16, 2022: * * * Tonight, Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa released the following statement celebrating Donald Trump's announcement of his 2024 presidency bid. "Tonight, Texas Democrats celebrate the announcement of our twice-impeached, under-investigation, under-subpoena, former president's 2024 presidency bid. We look forward to Donald Trump galvanizing Democrats across the country fo  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 17 -- The Texas Department of Information Resources issued the following news on Nov. 16, 2022: The Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) today announced the publication of the 2022 Biennial Performance Report (BPR), which tracks state agencies' technology progress in fiscal years 2021 and 2022. Additionally, the report highlights state agency technology accomplishments, identifies concerns, and makes recommendations for improving the cost effectiveness and effici  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 15 -- The Republican Party of Texas issued the following news release: The Republican Party of Texas announced the results of the first statewide poll since election day, which show a plurality of Texas Republican primary voters support Ron DeSantis to be the party's presidential nominee in 2024, and an overwhelming majority oppose the Republican-controlled Texas House continuing the practice of appointing Democrats to leadership positions. When asked who they supported in   more

DENTON, Texas, Nov. 15 (TNSfund) -- Texas Woman's University issued the following news: The Texas Woman's University's chemistry and biochemistry division has been awarded the Jean Dreyfus Lectureship for Undergraduate Institutions program for 2022. The award of $18,500 was recommended by a review panel and approved by the board of directors of the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation. The funds support lectures and summer research of two undergraduate students. The program's intent is to bri  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Nov. 17 -- iHeartMedia issued the following news release on Nov. 16, 2022: The American Advertising Federation (AAF), the "unifying voice for advertising," announced today the launch of a new podcast series - "Future Legends of Advertising" - co-produced by iHeartMedia and Known. The podcast is being launched on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the AAF Advertising Hall of Achievement (AHOA) and will pair advertising luminaries with this year's AHOA inductees in an eig  more

IRVING, Texas, Nov. 18 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release: Millions of Americans turned to The Hill, America's premier source for political and policy news, to navigate the recent midterm elections. The Hill's owned-and-operated digital platforms earned nearly 30 million page views/1 last week and received more than 20 million additional views from syndication partners. On Election Day itself, readers spent more than 3 million hours on T  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Nov. 15 -- 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 global supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) and human-machine interface (HMI) systems industry and, based on its findings, recognizes Trihedral - A Delta Company with the 2022 Global Technology Innovation Leadership Award. The com  more

SAN MARCOS, Texas, Nov. 18 (TNSper) -- Sul Ross State University issued the following news: The Texas State University System Board of Regents has appointed Carlos Hernandez, Ed.D., as the 14th president of Sul Ross State University. Dr. Hernandez has served as interim president since June 4, 2022. The unanimous vote occurred during the board's quarterly meeting at Texas State University in San Marcos. "As interim president, Dr. Hernandez has made remarkable progress on efforts to grow and imp  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Nov. 16 (TNSgov) -- The Center for Gender and Refugee Studies issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2022: A federal court today struck down Title 42, which was used by the federal government to expel asylum seekers. The ruling applies to families and single adults. The American Civil Liberties Union, Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, Oxfam America, RAICES, Texas Civil Rights Project, the ACLU of Texas, and the ACLU of the District of Columbia first sued th  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 19 (TNSres) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: * * * Elena Grigorenko Leads $3.3 Million Project in Rural Zambia * * * Of the 2.6 billion children in the world, 11% or 291.2 million are estimated to have one of four developmental disabilities - epilepsy, intellectual disability, vision loss and hearing loss. Ninety-five percent of these children live in low- and middle-income countries, predominantly in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, acco  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Nov. 19 (TNSfund) -- The University of the Incarnate Word issued the following news release: The University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) is proud to announce that it has been awarded a grant from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) for a Student Success Acceleration Program in the amount of $180,000. The grant will be used to establish the "Somos Unidos - One Word Project," which will accelerate mentor training and knowledge to support first-generation and   more

HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 15 (TNSjou) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: * * * Study Suggests New Vaccine Could Prevent Deadly Opioid from Entering the Brain * * * A research team led by the University of Houston has developed a vaccine targeting the dangerous synthetic opioid fentanyl that could block its ability to enter the brain, thus eliminating the drug's "high." The breakthrough discovery could have major implications for the nation's opioid epidemic by becomin  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: * * * University of Houston System Consortium Addressing Challenges of Workforce Shortage * * * The energy industry is undergoing a significant transformation amid a volatile energy market and growing demands for sustainable energy solutions. To improve cost, efficiency and to increase competitive advantage during this transition, many oil and gas companies are implementing data science solutions  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 18 (TNSper) -- The University of St. Thomas issued the following news release: University of St. Thomas-Houston AVP for Student Affairs Benedict Nguyen, MTS, JCL, JD, D. Min-ABD, who also is a Canon lawyer, has been elected to the Board of Governors for the Canon Law Society of America. The CLSA is a national professional society of Roman Catholic canon lawyers. CLSA is dedicated to the promotion of the study and the application of Canon law. "I am very thrilled but also v  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 15 (TNSper) -- The University of St. Thomas issued the following news release: Dr. Trisha Ruiz, UST's senior director of Veterans Services, has been elected to the National Association of Veterans Program Administrators (NAVPA) Board of Directors. She will serve as Education Co-Chair and Region VII alternate Delegate. Dr. Ruiz said, "Organizations such as NAVPA play a fundamental role in the advocacy and protection of military-connected students. I understand the important  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 15 (TNSper) -- The University of Texas at Austin's Texas Advanced Computing Center issued the following news release: Computer scientist Dr. Jennifer Schopf has joined the leadership team of the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin as Director of Networking Partnerships. Schopf has extensive experience working with a broad set of research teams to improve data transfer times, as well as significant measurement and monitoring experience  more

RICHARDSON, Texas, Nov. 17 (TNSfund) -- The University of Texas Dallas campus issued the following news: Dr. Fabiano Rodrigues, associate professor of physics at The University of Texas at Dallas, has received a multimillion-dollar federal grant to expand the capabilities of an observatory in South America that serves experimental investigations of the upper atmosphere and of the space near Earth, or geospace. The five-year, $2.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Major R  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 19 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston issued the following news: A new method for determining whether patients with heart disease need coronary stents or bypass surgery is more effective than the angiogram, which is currently used, according to research from UTHealth Houston Heart & Vascular. A team led by K. Lance Gould, MD, professor and the Martin Bucksbaum Distinguished University Chair in Heart Disease with McGovern Medical School at   more

HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 18 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston issued the following news on Nov. 17, 2022: Paola Salazar was just 22 weeks along in her third pregnancy when strong labor pains sent her to the hospital where UTHealth Houston physicians worked hard to give little Jeremiah one more week in his mother's womb. At 23 weeks, two days, Jeremiah couldn't wait any longer and was born at Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital weighing just over a pound, and the  more

DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 16 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas's Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release: For patients with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast cancer, development of the so-called Y537S mutation signals that their disease has taken an aggressive course and may become resistant to endocrine therapy. Now a preclinical study, led by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center, suggests that a class of new drugs already in clinical trials might work especiall  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, Nov. 19 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: * * * UTA researcher earns grant to program 2D materials for 3D manufacturing * * * A University of Texas at Arlington researcher has earned a National Science Foundation grant to program 2D materials for 3D manufacturing of soft conductive materials. Kyungsuk Yum, associate professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department, and his team will explore how to program p  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, Nov. 17 (TNSawa) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: University of Texas at Arlington graduate students won a national Student American Society of Landscape Architects Honor Award for their work on the Bottom District, a historic Freedmen's town next to the Trinity River in Dallas. The award was listed in the October issue of Landscape Architecture Magazine. "These students have worked so hard on this project," said Joowon Im, assis  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, Nov. 17 (TNSfund) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: The University of Texas at Arlington has received a $3 million, five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans (PPOHA) program. The PPOHA program provides grants to expand postbaccalaureate educational opportunities for Hispanic students and helps large numbers of Hispanic students complete postsecondary deg  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 19 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: In one of the first studies of its kind, several people with motor disabilities were able to operate a wheelchair that translates their thoughts into movement. The study by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and published today in the journal iScience is an important step forward for brain-machine interfaces -- computer systems that turn mind activity into action. The concept of a though  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 15 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: A credit-card-size fragment is all that survives of a manuscript scroll of the Gospel of John that was written in Greek circa A.D. 250-350. Once listed on eBay, it is now in the collection of the Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin. It is on view to the public this fall. Geoffrey S. Smith, an associate professor and director of UT's Institute for the Study of Antiquity and Christi  more

RICHARDSON, Texas, Nov. 18 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Dallas campus issued the following news: Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas and Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. have devised a computer-based platform for drug discovery that could make the process more effective, more efficient and less costly. Dr. Baris Coskunuzer, professor of mathematical sciences at UT Dallas, and his colleagues developed an approach based on topological data analysis to screen thousands of possib  more

DENTON, Texas, Nov. 15 (TNSfund) -- The University of North Texas issued the following news release: Dhru Mukherjee, associate professor in the University of North Texas College of Health and Public Service Department of Social Work, received $1.865 million to address health disparities and the shortage in the healthcare workforce in the Dallas Fort Worth area who are skilled in handling opioid and other substance use disorders in underserved communities. With the 3-year funding from the Healt  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Nov. 18 (TNSfund) -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio issued the following news release: The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio will leverage a three-year, $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to train community health workers (CHWs) with the goal of increasing access to health services and addressing the public health needs of underserved c  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 18 -- The University of Texas System issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2022: The University of Texas Board of Regents today gave final authorization for design, development, and additional construction funding for the University of Texas at Tyler School of Medicine's new Medical Education Building - approving a total project cost of $308 million for the facility. The UT Tyler School of Medicine will welcome its first cohort of students to campus in the summer of   more

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 18 -- The University of Texas System issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2022: The University of Texas Board of Regents today approved $2.5 million in funding to establish the Trauma Research and Combat Casualty Care Collaborative (TRC4) at The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) in partnership with the Department of Defense (DoD). The new trauma care research center will be the first and only of its kind in the United Stat  more

TYLER, Texas, Nov. 18 (TNSfund) -- The University of Texas's Tyler Campus issued the following news release: Mena Souliman, PhD, associate professor and the Ronald D. Brazzel Endowed Professor of Civil Engineering at The University of Texas at Tyler, has received a nearly $600,000 Texas Department of Transportation grant to enhance the asphalt currently being used in highway/road resurfacing projects for improved wet-weather driving. The Texas A&M Transportation Institute will work with Soulim  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, Nov. 15 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: * * * Science policy researcher says UTA opened her eyes to human impact on the environment * * * Charise Johnson ('09 BS, Psychology) is a modern-day renaissance woman--a science communicator, advocate, community organizer and multi-talented force for equitable policymaking who focuses on the intersection of climate decline and social justice. In her early and accomplished care  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, Nov. 16 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: * * * Kindratt leading the charge in recognizing Middle Eastern/North Africans on 2030 census * * * A public health researcher at The University of Texas at Arlington is focusing her health disparities research on a group of Americans who often are overlooked because of how the U.S. government collects information on race and ethnicity. Most government forms do not have Middle E  more

DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 17 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas's Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release: * * * Finding could have implications for other brain diseases with metabolic component * * * A small group of brain cells linked in a circuit is responsible for setting off whole-brain seizures in a rare form of epilepsy affected by blood sugar levels, a study led by UT Southwestern researchers suggests. The finding, published in Science Translational Medicine, could l  more

DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 19 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas's Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release: * * * Procedure at UT Southwestern's Clements University Hospital helps retired firefighter * * * A first responder for almost four decades, Roger McCurley had made hundreds of hospital runs while providing emergency service to people in the midst of the worst days of their lives. When the retired Flower Mound firefighter needed expert medical help himself, he was refer  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Nov. 19 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release: A defendant in a drug distribution organization that trafficked methamphetamine from Texas and Indiana into Southwest Virginia was recently sentenced in federal court on drug conspiracy charges, United States Attorney Christopher R. Kavanaugh and Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares announced. Pedro Loza III, 28, of Bullhead City, Arizona, was sentenced this week to 72 months in fede  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, Nov. 18 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: * * * Liu leads development of new device to identify digital brain biomarkers * * * A University of Texas at Arlington multidisciplinary research team is developing a dual-mode brain-sensing device that detects Alzheimer's disease (AD) quickly and effectively. Hanli Liu, a UTA bioengineering professor, is the principal investigator and will use a $388,494 National Institutes of  more

CANYON, Texas, Nov. 16 (TNSper) -- West Texas A&M University issued the following news: Two West Texas A&M University agricultural science professors were the lead editors for a new review of research into liver abscesses in cattle for a major national veterinary medicine publication. Dr. Ty Lawrence, WT's Caviness Davis Distinguished Chair in Meat Science and professor of animal science, and Dr. John Richeson, WT's Paul Engler Professor of Beef Cattle Feedlot Management and associate professo  more