BURBANK, California, Jan. 4 -- ABC, a division of the Walt Disney, issued the following news release: "1404" - First into the Tank are entrepreneurs from Austin, Texas, who introduce their all-inclusive solution to make moving to and from college as easy as ever. An entrepreneur from Florissant, Missouri, presents her handmade, African-inspired home-decor line; while an entrepreneur from Los Angeles hopes to give all the highs of life without the booze with her natural nonalcoholic beverage. An  more

STEPHENVILLE, Texas, Jan. 6 (TNSjou) -- Tarleton State University issued the following news: The Journal of Social Media in Society has hit a milestone -- its 10th year as an open access peer-reviewed publication. "The JSMS was created to advance the study of social media with theory, research and practice from all methodological frameworks," said cofounding editor Sarah Maben, a communication studies Associate Professor. "We have reviewed more than 1,200 manuscripts from scholars across the g  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 7 (TNSpro) -- Austin Community College District issued the following news release: Texas ranks second on the list of states with the most severe nursing shortage. The demand for BSN-credentialed nurses is increasing, especially in Central Texas, with an aging workforce and increased population. To help skill-up more registered nurses, Austin Community College District (ACC) launches a new online option for its bachelor's degree program. The online RN-to-BSN program starts s  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Jan. 7 (TNSres) -- The Center for Gender and Refugee Studies posted the following news release: President Biden's proposed changes to asylum and border policy have wide-ranging implications for people seeking safety, as well as the United States' obligation to provide humanitarian protection. On Sunday, the President travels to El Paso, Texas to further promote his agenda. On Friday, January 6, border and immigration experts analyzed the administration's plans and of  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 5 (TNSjou) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: For chronic conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, treatment often involves lifelong injections. Fear of needles, injection-associated infection and pain are responsible for patients skipping doses, which encourages the development of new delivery strategies that combine efficacy with limited side effects to treat patients adequately. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating instit  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 5 (TNSjou) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have found more evidence that dry fasting (fasting without food or liquid intake) from dawn to dusk can play an important role in overall health. In a new study published in Metabolism Open, researchers found that fasting from dawn to dusk for four weeks has an anti-atherosclerotic, anti-inflammatory and anti-tumorigenic effect on the proteins in a type of immun  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 4 (TNSjou) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: For many people, keeping a healthy body weight can be a challenge. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, among adults 20 years-old and over, the prevalence of obesity is 42% in the U.S. Obesity-related conditions, including heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and certain types of cancer, are among the leading causes of preventable, premature death. Looking to find strategies t  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 7 (TNSjou) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: Neurodegenerative diseases affect millions of people worldwide and as our life expectancy increases, more individuals are expected to be affected in the coming decades. Tauopathies such as Alzheimer's disease are a class of neurodegenerative disorders involving an accumulation of tau proteins, which eventually results in massive loss of brain cells. There is little consensus about the underlying causes   more

HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 7 (TNSper) -- Bracewell, a law firm, issued the following news release on Jan. 6, 2023: Bracewell LLP announced today that Stephen B. Crain and Ryan S. Holcomb have each been elected to serve a three-year term on the firm's management committee, effective January 1, 2023. "Stephen and Ryan are outstanding partners and leaders. I look forward to working with them on the management committee," said Bracewell Managing Partner Gregory M. Bopp. Stephen B. Crain - Crain, who ha  more

DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 4 (TNSper) -- Dallas College Foundation issued the following news release: On Jan. 1, Dallas College Foundation welcomed four new board members to its board of directors. Joining the board are: Wendy Lopez, senior vice president of AECOM Texas; Frank Mihalopoulos, owner of Corinth Properties; Regina Montoya, CEO and chair of Regina T. Montoya, PLLC; and Byron Sanders, CEO of Big Thought. These distinguished business and civic leaders will provide valuable insight, helping th  more

DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 6 (TNSper) -- Dallas College issued the following news release on Jan. 5, 2023: Dorothy Jones, a seasoned communications leader and brand strategy executive with a distinguished career in corporate marketing, has joined Dallas College as its new chief marketing officer (CMO). After an extensive search to identify the right candidate, Jones takes the reins from outgoing interim CMO Bradford Williams, who led the department for the past six months during a time of transition   more

ROUND ROCK, Texas, Jan. 5 (TNSrpt) -- Dell issued the following news release: * * * Maximize productivity with the world's first 6K monitor with IPS Black and world's first Zoom certified collaboration keyboard. Regardless of where you work, technology remains a staple in facilitating productive and collaborative employee experiences. At the center is the overarching PC experience driven largely by an entire ecosystem of devices bringing employees closer to their teams, customers and clients.  more

DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 5 (TNSper) -- Haynes and Boone, a law firm, issued the following news release: Transactional lawyer Brandon Jones has returned to Haynes and Boone, LLP as a partner in the Business Planning & Tax Practice Group. He will be based in the firm's Fort Worth office. Brandon has provided sophisticated legal advice for more than 20 years and has represented clients in a broad range of transactional matters, including M&A transactions, public and private offerings, formation of leg  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 6 (TNSper) -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Douglas A. Allen to the Criminal District Court No. 3 in Tarrant County for a term set to expire on December 31, 2024, or until his successor is duly elected and qualified. Douglas A. Allen is an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Fort Worth Division, where he has served for 20 years. During his tenure, he was detailed to Iraq, wher  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 5 (TNSper) -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Justin J. "J.J." Koch to the Criminal District Court No. 2 in Dallas County for a term set to expire on December 31, 2024, or until his successor is duly elected and qualified. Justin J. "J.J." Koch of Dallas is a former Dallas County Commissioner for District No. 2. While serving as Commissioner, he was appointed to the Civil Service Commission and the Behavioral   more

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 3 (TNSper) -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Marlene S. McMichael to the OneStar Foundation for a term set to expire on March 15, 2023. The OneStar Foundation provides technical assistance, education, information, and other support to Texas' extensive volunteer community and works to improve and strengthen the state's volunteerism and community service infrastructure. Marlene S. McMichael of Georgetown curren  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 6 (TNSper) -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott today appointed Senator Jane Nelson as the 115th Secretary of State for Texas. The Secretary of State serves as Chief Election Officer for Texas, assisting county election officials and ensuring the uniform application and interpretation of election laws throughout Texas. The Office of the Secretary of State also provides a repository for official business and commercial records   more

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 6 (TNSper) -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Jan. 5, 2023: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Fred Tate to the Trinity River Authority Board of Directors for a term set to expire on March 15, 2027. The Authority oversees the development and conservation of surface water resources of the Trinity River Basin. Fred Tate of Colleyville is the founder and managing director of CFO Shield, LLC, a fractional CFO and bookkeeping firm. Prior to launch  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 7 (TNSper) -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Elizabeth Perez Aliseda, O.D. and Ross Cansino and reappointed Allan Bloxom, III to the Nueces River Authority for terms set to expire February 1, 2027. The Authority administers the control, employment, and conservation of the waters of the Nueces River Basin, forestation and reforestation, groundwater, storm water floodwater, water quality control, solid waste, an  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 5 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release and letter on Jan. 4, 2023: Governor Greg Abbott today sent a letter to Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick and Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan highlighting the need for legislative action during the 88th Legislative Session to create criminal penalties for parolees who cut off their ankle monitors and prioritize their arrest and apprehension. Last month, the Governor directed the Texas Board of Pardons and   more

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 7 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Edwina Lane to the Commission on State Emergency Communications for a term set to expire on September 1, 2023. Additionally, the Governor named James Beauchamp as Chair. The Commission is tasked with administering the state 9-1-1 service program and the statewide poison control program. Edwina Lane of Ector is a county commissioner in Fannin County, where she makes budget a  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 7 (TNSper) -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has reappointed Kevin Lilly to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission for a term set to expire November 15, 2027. The Commission supervises and regulates all aspects of the alcoholic beverage industry in the state. Kevin Lilly of Houston is founding partner of Avalon Advisors, LLC. Prior to founding Avalon, he was a vice president at Goldman Sachs & Co. in New York and Houston.  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 7 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Jan. 6, 2023: Governor Greg Abbott today issued a statement after the Biden Administration removed a plan by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to impose a discretionary redesignation of the Permian Basin, the nation's most prolific oil field, in its latest semiannual regulatory agenda. If allowed to proceed, the EPA's actions in the Permian Basin could result in draconian regulations that would  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 6 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Jan. 5, 2023: Governor Greg Abbott today announced the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is providing more than $344.1 million in emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits for the month of January. The allotments are expected to help about 1.6 million Texas households. "As we enter the new year, we're proud to continue supporting Texans through the extension o  more

DALLAS, Florida, Jan. 4 (TNSper) -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: Effective Jan. 1, 2023, Alicia Sienne Voltmer, shareholder in global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP's Dallas Labor & Employment Practice, assumes the role as Chair of the Texas Restaurant Association's (TRA's) Greater Dallas Chapter (GDTRA). As Chair, Voltmer will draw on her prior and extensive Board service, skills, knowledge, and passion to advance the interests of the restaurant industry   more

MIAMI, Florida, Jan. 5 -- Holland and Knight, a law firm, issued the following news release: Holland & Knight and Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis have agreed to a combination to be completed during the first quarter of 2023. The combined law firm will operate under the Holland & Knight name and have nearly 2,000 attorneys in 35 offices across the U.S. and internationally. Waller, an AmLaw 200 firm, has more than 280 attorneys with offices in Nashville and Chattanooga, Tenn., Birmingham, Ala., an  more

FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 4 (TNSres) -- The University of North Texas Health Science Center issued the following news: Neuropsychologist Dr. April Wiechmann will be inducted into the National Academies of Practice as a distinguished fellow in psychology. The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth practitioner and professor will be honored during the organization's annual meeting and forum on the weekend of March 30. The induction ceremony will take place in Washington, DC,   more

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 6 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas posted the following news release: New images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveal for the first time galaxies with stellar bars -- elongated features of stars stretching from the centers of galaxies into their outer disks -- at a time when the universe was a mere 25% of its present age. The finding of so-called barred galaxies, similar to our Milky Way, this early in the universe will require astrophysicists to refine th  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 6 -- The Lower Colorado River Authority issued the following news release: The Lower Colorado River Authority recently awarded more than $985,000 in Community Development Partnership Program grants for a wide range of projects across LCRA's wholesale electric, water and transmission service areas. The grants will help fund 46 community projects, including a brush truck for the Giddings Volunteer Fire Department; a new irrigation system and fencing at a popular public park n  more

SAN SABA, Texas, Jan. 5 -- The Lower Colorado River Authority issued the following news release: The San Saba Economic Development Corporation will purchase a Polaris all-terrain vehicle, thanks to a $25,000 grant from the Lower Colorado River Authority and the City of San Saba. The Community Development Partnership Program grant, along with $7,000 in matching funds from the EDC, will provide a new way for law enforcement to respond to emergencies in areas that full-size vehicles may have diff  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 5 -- McDermott Will and Emery, a law firm, issued the following news release: International law firm McDermott Will & Emery represented Argo Blockchain plc (LSE: ARB; NASDAQ: ARBK), a global leader in cryptocurrency mining, in two strategic transactions: a subsidiary sale of its Helios facility in Dickens County, Texas to Galaxy Digital Holdings, Ltd. (Galaxy), a digital asset and blockchain leader providing institutions, startups and qualified individuals access to the crypto ec  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 4 (TNSper) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release on Jan. 3, 2023: The University of Houston has named Joseph Powell, former chief scientist for Shell and member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), as the founding director of the new UH Energy Transition Institute. Powell's recruitment to the University was funded by a matching grant from the Governor's University Research Initiative (GURI) aimed at helping Texas public institutions of hig  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Jan. 6 (TNSjou) -- Texas A&M University's Health Science Center posted the following news: * * * School of Medicine researchers propose a new neurological mechanism underlying Parkinson's disease * * * Neurological disorders are the leading cause of disability worldwide, and Parkinson's disease is among the most prevalent brain disorders in humans, with diagnosis rates doubling in the last 25 years. As a neurological disorder, Parkinson's disease is characterized by t  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, Jan. 5 (TNSfund) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: Four faculty members in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at The University of Texas at Arlington have earned Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) grants totaling nearly $3 million from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. The researchers will use the funding to examine battlefield brain injurie  more

WACO, Texas, Jan. 7 (TNSper) -- Baylor University issued the following news on Jan. 6, 2023: Following a nationwide search, Baylor University Provost Nancy Brickhouse, Ph.D., announced today that Daniel J. Pack, Ph.D., dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) and a 2005 Carnegie U.S. Professor of the Year, has been selected as dean of the Baylor School of Engineering and Computer Science. His appointment is effective June 1. Pa  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 5 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Attorney General Paxton has announced the entry of a $43.3 million dollar settlement against JUUL Labs in Texas state court. The settlement is part of a $434.9 million resolution between JUUL Labs and 33 states and territories that resolves a two-year bipartisan investigation into the e-cigarette manufacturer's marketing and sales practices. The investigation, initially launched in 2020, was led by At  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 4 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Attorney General Paxton has joined a Utah- and Indiana-led motion to intervene into a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") proceeding to prevent the investment fund management company Vanguard from exerting too much power over publicly-traded utilities. Vanguard is seeking a three-year extension of its previously-granted authority to acquire voting securities up to 20% of the ownership in uti  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 6 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release on Jan. 5, 2023: Attorney General Paxton filed a lawsuit today to stop the Biden Administration from ignoring a federal immigration law, known as the public-charge rule, that prevents illegal aliens from residing in the country if they are likely to rely on taxpayer-funded programs. Federal law has barred the admission of such aliens since 1882, and Congress reaffirmed the rule in 1996 when it enacted t  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 6 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Attorney General Paxton filed a multistate amicus brief before a Tallahassee, Florida-based federal district court in support of Florida law H.B. 1557, which protects students who are in the 3rd grade and below from being exposed to instruction on inappropriate subjects, such as so-called sexual orientation and gender identity. The bill also requires school districts to notify parents if the school pro  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 7 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release on Jan. 6, 2023: Attorney General Paxton joined a Georgia-led amicus brief in a Tyler, Texas federal district court supporting the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's motion for summary judgment in a case against the Biden Administration's Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB"). The case was brought after the Biden Administration's CFPB attempted to incorporate overly broad and unreasonable new anti-disc  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Jan. 4 (TNSjou) -- Texas A&M University's Health Science Center posted the following news: * * * Insights from this study provide a base for developing a therapeutic to improve cognitive flexibility in patients with alcohol use disorder * * * Excessive alcohol drinking and its related problems have become a grave issue in the United States. Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a chronic brain disorder that is characterized by the inability to stop drinking despite adverse co  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 7 (TNSres) -- Rice University issued the following news release: On Jan. 5, the Biden administration announced sweeping changes to migration policy at the U.S. border with Mexico. Kelsey Norman , fellow for the Middle East at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy (BIPP), is available to discuss the administration's plans with the media. "Three nationalities of arriving asylum seekers -- Nicaraguans, Cubans and Haitians -- will be eligible for a small-scale pr  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 6 (TNSjou) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * High-efficiency gene-editing tool significantly improves the pace of new drug discovery * * * As anyone who has ever attended a cocktail party can tell you, shedding inhibitions makes you more talkative and possibly more prone to divulging secrets. Fungi, it turns out, are no different from humans in this respect. Using an approach that simultaneously modifies multiple sites in fungal genomes, Rice U  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 5 (TNSjou) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Painstaking study of 50-plus years of seafloor sediment cores has surprise payoff * * * An international team of scientists painstakingly gathered data from more than 50 years of seagoing scientific drilling missions to conduct a first-of-its-kind study of organic carbon that falls to the bottom of the ocean and gets drawn deep inside the planet. Their study, published this week in Nature, suggests c  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 6 (TNSjou) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Rice lab details mechanism of DNA-repair enzyme that's been linked to cancer * * * Researchers from Rice University and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, took a close look at one of the ways cells repair broken strands of DNA and discovered details that could help make a particular enzyme a promising target for precision cancer therapy. Not unlike patching a tire, the job o  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 6 (TNSjou) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Rice lab photochemistry method eases manufacture of drug, chemical precursors * * * Inexpensive iron salts are a key to simplifying the manufacture of essential precursors for drugs and other chemicals, according to scientists at Rice University. They've refined the process of producing diazides, building-block molecules in the production of drugs and agricultural chemicals. Iron salts along with pro  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 5 (TNSjou) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Adding charge acceptors can slow electron transfer in some light-activated materials * * * Chemists from Rice University and the University of Texas at Austin discovered more isn't always better when it comes to packing charge-acceptor molecules on the surface of semiconducting nanocrystals. The combination of organic and inorganic components in hybrid nanomaterials can be tailored to capture, detect  more

STEPHENVILLE, Texas, Jan. 4 (TNSper) -- Tarleton State University issued the following news: Following a national search, Zach Gorman, EdD, has been named Tarleton State University CIO and Assistant Vice President for Information Technology Services, effective Jan. 23. Dr. Gorman will guide Tarleton's IT program, accountable for information management, computing, communications, infrastructure, service and support, and applications operations. He joins Tarleton after five years as CIO at Brad  more

LAREDO, Texas, Jan. 7 (TNSpro) -- Texas A&M International University, a member of the Texas A&M University System, issued the following news release: The Spring semester at Texas A&M International University's (TAMIU) College of Education will bring new degree opportunities and delivery options to provide students with opportunities to grow professionally. Now offered online are Master of Science degrees in Bilingual Education and Special Education. Also on the degree front, a new specializati  more

LAREDO, Texas, Jan. 7 (TNSpro) -- Texas A&M International University, a member of the Texas A&M University System, issued the following news release: As the Spring semester 2023 begins, TAMIU's College of Nursing and Health Sciences will offer new programs including an RN-MSN in Nursing Administration (online) and a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Post-Masters Certificate Program (online). Both feature dynamic employment opportunities and address critical community and regional hea  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Jan. 6 (TNSjou) -- Texas A&M University's College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences issued the following news release: Lyme disease, the fastest growing vector-borne illness in the U.S., according to the Bay Area Lyme Foundation, is challenging to diagnose and can only be treated in the early stages of infection. Once the infection spreads to the nervous and muscular systems, it is both harder to detect and less susceptible to antibiotics. Research by two T  more

KINGSVILLE, Texas, Jan. 6 (TNSper) -- Texas A&M University-Kingsville issued the following news: Dr. Dolores Guerrero, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Texas A&M University-Kingsville was recently appointed president of the Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences (CCAS). "The opportunity to serve as president for CCAS provides a level of recognition for our university at a national and international level, invaluable networking with deans across diverse institutions and opportuniti  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Jan. 6 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: An international team of researchers is applying artificial intelligence techniques to design energy-efficient district heat pump systems that better serve human needs and behaviors while reducing the carbon footprint of buildings. The $1.5-million project is funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) program and  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Jan. 6 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: Dr. Shuiwang Ji, professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been named a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for his contributions to machine learning and data mining. IEEE Fellow is an honor bestowed upon members of outstanding and extraordinary qualifications who have experience in IEEE-design  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Jan. 7 (TNSfund) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: While visiting the capstone showcase for the industrial distribution program in the fall of 2022, Ben Keating '94 announced a $4 million endowment to support a proposed technical sales minor and technical sales lab in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. "I took my industrial engineering degree and went into the car busine  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Jan. 4 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: Those in the military face ongoing threats and dangerous environments that are constantly evolving. Many of these challenges must be addressed with technological innovations that require the development of new materials. Because of that, Texas A&M University, the University of California San Diego and the Georgia Institute of Technology have combined efforts to develop new approac  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Jan. 7 (TNSper) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: The Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University is excited to welcome Dr. Vanderlei S. Bagnato. Starting in 2023, Bagnato will serve as a professor in the department. He will teach and mentor students while continuing his research in photodynamic therapy. "We are excited to have Dr. Bagnato join the department for many reasons, his visionary and translational res  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 6 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following statement on Jan. 5, 2023: * * * Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa released the following statement applauding today's newly-announced Biden-Harris Administration efforts to increase border security - as well as on the news that President Biden will be traveling to the El Paso Sector of the U.S.-Mexico border on Sunday. "Texas Democrats applaud President Biden for his pragmatic, bipartisan leadership on i  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 5 (TNSpar) -- Texas Southern University issued the following news: Texas Southern University and Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA)--which manages Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy--have signed an agreement to advance research and innovation in the field of science, technology, and engineering research. "Brookhaven National Laboratory is one of the leading research institutions in America," said TSU vice president for research  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 3 (TNSRep) -- The office of the Texas State Auditor issued the following audit report (No. 23-013) on Jan. 2, 2023, entitled "A Report on the Audit of the Department of Housing and Community Affairs' Fiscal Year 2022 Financial Statements." Here is the summary of the report: * * * In our audit report dated December 20, 2022, we concluded that the Department of Housing and Community Affairs' (Department) basic financial statements and Revenue Bond Program financial statement  more

SEGUIN, Texas, Jan. 6 (TNSacc) -- Texas Lutheran University issued the following news: The Texas Lutheran University Department of Nursing will host an accreditation visit for the new Direct Entry MSN program by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) on March 6-8, 2023. Officially recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education as a national accreditation agency, CCNE contributes to the improvement of the public's health by ensuring the quality and integrity of baccalaureate, gradu  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Jan. 4 (TNSconf) -- Trinity University issued the following news: Trinity University is excited to announce the 2023 Mexico, the Americas, and Spain (MAS) Alvarez Seminar speakers. This spring, MAS and assistant professor of history Emilio de Antunano Villarreal, Ph.D., will host three free public lectures on the theme of "Global Migration and Challenges at the U.S.-Mexico Border." The Alvarez Seminar is organized every spring semester by MAS to celebrate the history and i  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Jan. 6 -- 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 researched the Malaysian mobile services industry and, based on its analysis, recognizes U Mobile with the 2022 Malaysian Mobile Services Company of the Year Award. The company, a leading telecommunications service provider, offers a range of mobile and dig  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 5 (TNSfund) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: HIV remains a critical global public health issue and a significant threat to global health security after having claimed more than 40 million lives, according to the World Health Organization. The stark reality is that one in five of the more than one million people living with HIV in the U.S. is unaware of his or her infection, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs reported. Even amid recent s  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 3 (TNSpar) -- Texas Southern University issued the following news: Aviation student credits United Airlines partnership with helping her earn commercial pilot license Katherine Cabrera has wanted to get into aviation ever since she was a child. While the Houston native knew where she wanted to go, she wasn't exposed to how to get there. "I just kind of researched on my own," Cabrera said. "I didn't have any guidance. I just researched how to get into piloting. I took a di  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 5 (TNSper) -- The University of Maryland School of Law issued the following news: The University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law is proud to announce the election of Professor Natalie Ram to the American Law Institute (ALI). With the addition of Ram, Maryland Carey Law is currently represented by 23 full-time and emeritus faculty members in ALI. Ram is a top scholar on the intersection of genetic privacy and the law, publishing groundbreaking research in   more

FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 5 (TNSpro) -- The University of North Texas Health Science Center issued the following news: SaferCare Texas is once again helping people in rural Texas communities gain access to health care and other vital services, this time with a new telehealth hub set up in Jeff Davis County. In November, the patient safety-focused program of The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth set up the telehealth hub in Fort Davis, a far West Texas town located in   more

FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 7 (TNSjou) -- The University of North Texas Health Science Center issued the following news: In the past year, an estimated 2% of adolescents ages 16-17 drove under the influence of alcohol, 5.65% drove under the influence of marijuana and .48% drove under the influence of drugs other than marijuana. Those are just some of the eye-opening results of a new article on drugged driving by Dr. Andrew Yockey, an assistant professor in The University of North Texas Health Scie  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 31 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release on Dec. 30, 2022: Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered a novel immunotherapy combination, targeting checkpoints in both T cells and myeloid suppressor cells, that successfully reprogrammed the tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) and significantly improved anti-tumor responses in preclinical models of pancreatic cancer. In this st  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, Jan. 6 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: * * * Honor of fellow reserved for just 3% of American Society of Civil Engineers members * * * The Board of Direction of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has named Sharareh (Sherri) Kermanshachi, a University of Texas at Arlington associate professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, as a fellow. ASCE fellows have "made celebrated contributions and developed   more

ARLINGTON, Texas, Jan. 4 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: * * * UTA electrical engineering professor named fellow in recognition of research excellence * * * The Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA) has named Frank Lewis, professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington, as a fellow. The AAIA honored Lewis, who is also the Moncrief-O'Donnell Endowed Chair at the UTA Researc  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 5 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: In a first for the genetic toolset known as CRISPR, a recently discovered protein has been found to act as a kind of multipurpose self-destruct system for bacteria, capable of degrading single-stranded RNA, single-stranded DNA and double-stranded DNA. With its abilities to target so many types of genetic material, the discovery holds potential for the development of new inexpensive and highly sensitive   more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Jan. 7 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio issued the following news release on Jan. 6, 2023: * * * Researchers discover toxic process involving 'jumping genes' * * * Scientists from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) today reported that an inflammatory trigger like one present during viral infections is elevated in Alzheimer's disease and progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare brain di  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Jan. 6 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio issued the following news release on Jan. 5, 2023: Study findings out today in JAMA Network Open show an important step forward in treating the psychological injuries of war. Researchers report that treatment for combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which affects hundreds of thousands of U.S. military personnel and veterans, can be both fast and effective for a majority of patie  more

EL PASO, Texas, Jan. 4 (TNSfund) -- The University of Texas's El Paso campus issued the following news release: The University of Texas at El Paso received a $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to provide financial support and professional development experiences to talented students in the field of computer science. As part of NSF's Scholarships for STEM (S-STEM) program, the initiative will provide partial scholarships to 26 students at UTEP who are working on their b  more

DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 4 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas's Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release: * * * UGN-101, also known as Jelmyto, has potential to save patients from lifelong dialysis * * * A team from 15 U.S. medical centers led by UT Southwestern Simmons Cancer Center researchers has performed the first analysis of a potentially game-changing drug to treat upper urinary tract urothelial cancers. Their findings, published in Urologic Oncology, showcase how the  more