IRVING, Texas, March 19 -- The Big 12 Conference, a college athletic conference, issued the following news: * * * 2025 Big 12 Equestrian Championship Seedings Announced The seedings for the 2025 Big 12 Equestrian Championship have been announced. The Championship will be held at Bear Creek Farms in Burleson, Texas on March 28-29. TCU will host the Championship for the first time since 2022. Baylor, Fresno State, Oklahoma State and TCU will compete in four events under the two Equestrian disc  more

WACO, Texas, March 19 -- The American Football Coaches Association issued the following news: * * * 2025 Convention Recap | Derek Day, EKU | Special Teams Phiosophy Derek Day is the Special Teams Coordinator and Outside Linebackers Coach at Eastern Kentucky University. Before joining EKU, he coached at Butler, Tennessee, Iowa State, and Western Kentucky. During his college playing career, he was a Defensive End at Butler. In this presentation, Coach Day delves into the culture of special tea  more

IRVING, Texas, March 19 -- The Big 12 Conference, a college athletic conference, issued the following news: * * * Big 12 Conference Announces 2025 Gymnastics All-Big 12 Teams The Big 12 Conference has unveiled the 2025 Gymnastics All-Big 12 teams. The teams feature the top six ranked athletes in vault, bars, beam, floor and the all-around, based on the National Qualifying Score (NQS). Additionally, this season introduces an All-Freshman Team, voted on by the league's head coaches who were pro  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 20 -- The California Academy of Sciences issued the following news release: * * * California Academy of Sciences and Partners Uncover New Sunflower Species in Big Bend National Park, Texas A member of the sunflower family, the "wooly devil" is the first new plant genus and species discovered in a U.S. national park in nearly 50 years Academy researchers and partners made the first discovery of both a new genus and species of plant in a U.S. national park in n  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, March 19 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation posted the following news release: * * * FFRF's op-ed in San Antonio paper dissects Texas school voucher proposal The Freedom From Religion Foundation has had an op-ed published in the San Antonio newspaper decrying Texas' latest school voucher scheme. "It's a choreographed hustle to starve public schools and mix billions in taxpayer dollars into unaccountable private schools, largely religious," FFRF'  more

IRVING, Texas, March 19 -- The Big 12 Conference, a college athletic conference, issued the following news: * * * K-State's 1V4+ Named Big 12 Boat of the Week Kansas State's 1V4+ procured this season's first Big 12 rowing weekly award, after an undefeated weekend on Lake Natoma. It is the first Boat of the Week honor for K-State since May 2023. In their first race of the Hornet Invitational, the crew won by a margin of 13 seconds in 7:34.1, beating Sacramento State and Cal Poly Humboldt. The  more

NEW YORK, March 19 -- Physicians for Reproductive Health issued the following news release on March 18, 2025: * * * Midwife and Colleague Targeted in Texas Yesterday, a midwife in Texas and her team member were arrested for allegedly providing abortion care in their communities. Lupe M. Rodriguez, Executive Director of National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice, Jamarah Amani, Executive Director of Southern Birth Justice Network, and Dr. Jamila Perritt, President & CEO of Physicians f  more

DALLAS, Texas, March 19 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association posted the following news release: * * * NFL's Buffalo Bills continue CPR education kicking off year 3 of the HeartBEAT initiative BUFFALO, NY, March 19, 2025 -- For the third year the American Heart Association, a global force changing the future of health for all, and the Buffalo Bills are working together to bring compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), known as Hands-Only CPR and automated exte  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March 19 [Category: BizConsulting] -- Frost and Sullivan, a provider of market research and analysis, growth strategy consulting and corporate training services, posted the following news release: * * * Siemens Applauded by Frost & Sullivan for Supporting the Evolution of Smart Hospitals and Its Market-leading Position SAN ANTONIO, TX. - March, 19, 2025 - Frost & Sullivan recently researched the smart building solutions for the healthcare industry and, based on its finding  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 20 -- Texas A&M University's Health Science Center issued the following news: * * * New imaging reveals the secrets of cellular traffic control Researchers investigate how molecules navigate the nuclear pore complex, offering new insights into cellular function and disease Just as cities must carefully manage the flow of cars in and out of downtown, cells regulate the movement of molecules into and out of the nucleus. This microscopic metropolis relies on an int  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 20 -- Texas A&M University issued the following news: * * * Phenomenal Cosmic Power! Itty-Bitty Living Space Texas A&M researchers are examining ways to improve components for nuclear fusion, a genie in a bottle that may grant humanity's wish for endless energy. By Lesley Henton The world is using more and more power -- the demand for electricity is increasing at about twice the rate of overall energy use. And it's only going to grow as the global population is  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 20 -- Texas A&M University issued the following news: * * * Study Sheds Light On Non-Urgent Visits To Emergency Departments New research reveals gaps between the reasons patients give for their visit, their actual need for care and their final diagnosis. By Ann Kellett Emergency departments in the United States have more than 140 million visits each year -- a rate of four visits for every 10 people -- that cost nearly $80 billion. Each interaction is carefully  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 20 -- Texas A&M University issued the following news: * * * United By Disaster Two researchers connect 12 years after Hurricane Katrina to aid disaster-damaged communities. Abbey Hotard '19, '23 was just a kid when she and 1.2 million other Americans left New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina. Just over an hour northwest of New Orleans, Ashley Ross '03, '10 worked on her political science thesis at Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge. Neither were pre  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Accuracy in Media issued the following news: * * * Texas sues Coppell ISD after Accuracy in Media exposes illegal CRT teaching By Tim Worstall Texas is taking legal action against Coppell Independent School District after an Accuracy in Media undercover investigation revealed school officials openly defying state law banning Critical Race Theory in classrooms. The investigation, which captured Coppell ISD Director of Curriculum and Instruction Evan Whitfield admittin  more

NEW YORK, March 19 [Category: Media] -- PEN America, an organization that says it stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression, posted the following news release: * * * University of Texas System Bans Drag Performances Sparking Free Expression Concerns (NEW YORK)-The University of Texas System has officially banned drag performances across its campuses, less than a week after Tarrant County Judge Tim O'Hare sent a letter to the Regents stating that thes  more