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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Texas Newsletter for Saturday March 22, 2025 ( 11 items )  

2025 Big 12 Indoor Track and Field National Honors
IRVING, Texas, March 22 -- The Big 12 Conference, a college athletic conference, issued the following news: * * * 2025 Big 12 Indoor Track and Field National Honors The following Big 12 programs and student-athletes earned national honors during the 2025 Indoor Track and Field season. USTFCCCA Regional Awards * Men's Track Athlete of the Year Brian Musau, Oklahoma State (Midwest Region) Malachi Snow, Texas Tech (Mountain Region) * Men's Coach of the Year Dave Smith, Oklahoma State (Midw  more

AFP-TX Applauds Trump Administration Empowering Communities and Families to Lead Education Policy
ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 21 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * AFP-TX Applauds Trump Administration Empowering Communities and Families to Lead Education Policy # Mar 21, 2025 by AFP AUSTIN, TX - Americans for Prosperity-Texas (AFP-TX) today applauded the Trump Administration's move to downsize the Department of Education, empowering families, states, and communities to take charge of their own educational needs. Genevieve Co  more

Agentic AI and Scalable Enterprise Integration Catalyse AI Industry Growth
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March 21 [Category: BizConsulting] -- Frost and Sullivan, a provider of market research and analysis, growth strategy consulting and corporate training services, posted the following news release: * * * Agentic AI and Scalable Enterprise Integration Catalyse AI Industry Growth Top 10 AI growth opportunities to drive innovation, efficiency, and responsible AI development LONDON, 21st March 2025 - Artificial Intelligence (AI) is set to revolutionise industries in 2025, wit  more

AI and Workspace Modernisation Propel Growth in the Global Video Conferencing Devices Sector
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March 21 [Category: BizConsulting] -- Frost and Sullivan, a provider of market research and analysis, growth strategy consulting and corporate training services, posted the following news release: * * * AI and Workspace Modernisation Propel Growth in the Global Video Conferencing Devices Sector 10.4% YoY expansion in in 2024 prompted by AI innovation and the return to in-person collaboration LONDON, 21th March 2025 - The workplace continues to undergo structural transfor  more

Arnav Moudgil From Stanford University Awarded $90,000 Knights Templar Eye Foundation Grant for Retinal Development Research
FLOWER MOUND, Texas, March 22 -- The Knights Templar Eye Foundation issued the following news: * * * Dr. Arnav Moudgil from Stanford University Awarded $90,000 Knights Templar Eye Foundation Grant for Retinal Development Research Dr. Arnav Moudgil from the Byers Eye Institute at Stanford, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California was awarded a $90,000 grant for the research entitled: 3D Genome Folding and Gene Regulation of Otx2 in Retinal Development. All cells in the bo  more

Cross-Border University Collaboration Will Expand Research to Advance Precision Medicine
AUSTIN, Texas, March 22 -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: * * * Cross-Border University Collaboration Will Expand Research to Advance Precision Medicine MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon, Mexico -- Tec de Monterrey and The University of Texas at Austin are launching OriGen Health Research Center (OHRC), the first research center to leverage Latin America's largest biobank, alongside leading machine learning tools and a broad base of experts from the two universities, to advanc  more

Frost Radar Positions 15 Top Growth & Innovation Leaders in Material Recovery Facilities
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March 20 [Category: BizConsulting] -- Frost and Sullivan, a provider of market research and analysis, growth strategy consulting and corporate training services, posted the following news release: * * * Frost Radar(tm) Positions 15 Top Growth & Innovation Leaders in Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs) Frost & Sullivan's Benchmarking System Highlights Leading Companies Poised for Growth and Advancing Material Recovery Facilities LONDON, 20th March 2025 - The global Materi  more

Lamar University: Engineering Students Gain Hands-on Experience at Quanta Advanced Training Center
BEAUMONT, Texas, March 22 -- Lamar University issued the following news: * * * Engineering students gain hands-on experience at Quanta Advanced Training Center By Kristen Baker In January, 18 students from Lamar University's mechanical and industrial engineering departments visited the Quanta Advanced Training Center, located at the state-of-the-art Lazy Q Ranch in La Grange, Texas. During this trip, the students were able to receive their OSHA 10-Hour Certification and explore the Quanta tr  more

Texas A&M University School of Public Health: USA Center for Rural Public Health Preparedness Selected to Lead National Emergency Response Project
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 22 -- Texas A&M University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * USA Center for Rural Public Health Preparedness selected to lead national emergency response project Texas A&M team seeks to overcome obstacles in adoption of trauma triage guidelines nationwide When emergency first responders across the country struggled to implement the latest national guidelines for field trauma triage, the USA Center for Rural Public Health Preparedness (USA   more

Texas A&M-Led Study Suggests Former Inmates Struggle To Access Medical Care -- Even When It's Nearly Free
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 22 -- Texas A&M University issued the following news: * * * Texas A&M-Led Study Suggests Former Inmates Struggle To Access Medical Care -- Even When It's Nearly Free Researchers found that many former prisoners, despite being enrolled in Medicaid, stop taking medications for chronic illness shortly after their release. As they studied two years of prison-inmate data, Laura Dague and a team of fellow health researchers noticed that one particular scenario kept cr  more

University of Texas Medical Branch: Autistic Adolescents in 'Fit Club' Showed Improved Fitness, Executive Function, Social Responsiveness
GALVESTON, Texas, March 22 -- The University of Texas Medical Branch issued the following news release: * * * Autistic adolescents in 'Fit club' showed improved fitness, executive function, social responsiveness Even just low levels of daily physical activity can lead to significant improvements in fitness level, social responsiveness, cognitive flexibility, and planning and organizing abilities in autistic adolescents according to a recent study by Dr. Claudia Hilton, professor with the Univ  more