HOUSTON, Texas, May 6 [Category: Transportation] -- The American Bureau of Shipping posted the following news release: * * * ABS Approves New Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Design from Seatrium (HOUSTON) ABS awarded approval in principle to Seatrium Marine & Deepwater Technology for its new design of a floating wind semi-submersible (FWSS) floating column foundation for 15MW wind turbines. Seatrium highlights that the design is optimized for efficient fabrication and cost-effectiveness whil  more

DALLAS, Texas, May 6 -- The American College of Emergency Physicians issued the following news release: * * * ACEP Launches Emergency Department Accreditation Program (EDAP) WASHINGTON, DC--The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) is launching a new Emergency Department Accreditation Program (EDAP) to recognize emergency departments that meet the highest standards for emergency medicine, promote a safe work environment and provide exceptional patient care. "Our Emergency Departmen  more

IRVING, Texas, May 7 -- The Big 12 Conference, a college athletic conference, issued the following news: * * * Big 12 Board of Directors Votes to Extend Commissioner Brett Yormark's Contract Today, Big 12 Board Chair and Baylor President Linda Livingstone announced that the Big 12 Board of Directors has voted to extend Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark's contract for an additional three years through the 2029-30 academic year. Commissioner Yormark was named the Big 12's fifth Commissioner on  more

IRVING, Texas, May 7 -- The Big 12 Conference, a college athletic conference, issued the following news: * * * Cincinnati, Kansas State and Oklahoma State Collect Big 12 Baseball Weekly Awards Cincinnati's Kerrington Cross (player), Oklahoma State's Harrison Bodendorf (pitcher) and Kansas State's Keegan O'Connor (newcomer) were tabbed as recipients of the Big 12 Baseball weekly awards for games ending May 4. Cross led the Bearcats to a sweep over then-No. 25 Kansas including a 10-RBI game to  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, May 6 [Category: Sociological] -- FFRF Action Fund, an organization that says it develops and advocates for legislation, regulations and government programs to preserve the constitutional principle of separation between state and church, posted the following news: * * * FFRF Action Fund deplores Texas adoption of $1 billion voucher scheme The FFRF Action Fund strongly condemns Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's signature approving one of the country's most sweeping and expensive tax  more

IRVING, Texas, May 7 -- The Big 12 Conference, a college athletic conference, issued the following news: * * * Four Big 12 Tennis Programs to Compete in NCAA Sweet 16 The Big 12 had three men's programs and one women's program advance to the third round of the 2025 NCAA Tennis Championship. TCU will host a Sweet 16 matchup against UCF on the men's side while Oklahoma State will host a third-round showdown in the women's bracket against Stanford. Arizona's men's program rounds out the Conferen  more

EL PASO, Texas, May 7 -- The University of Texas's El Paso campus issued the following news release: * * * Freeport-McMoRan Commits $7 Million to Support Mining Engineering at UTEP Investment will support establishment of Texas' only mining engineering program EL PASO, Texas (May 6, 2025) - The University of Texas at El Paso announced today a $7 million investment from mining industry leader Freeport-McMoRan to support UTEP's planned re-start of the mining engineering degree program. The inv  more

NEW YORK, May 7 -- The Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following news release on May 6, 2025: * * * In Texas Hearing for Georgetown Scholar, Government Previews Unwillingness to Provide Requested Documents in Immigration Proceedings for Dr. Badar Khan Suri Alvarado, TX - Today Hassan Ahmad of HMA Law Firm and Professor Nermeen Saba Arastu of CUNY School of Law appeared before Immigration Judge Margaret MacGregor for the initial immigration hearing in the case of Dr. Badar Khan Sur  more

PLANO, Texas, May 6 [Category: Sociological] -- The First Liberty Institute, an organization that says it is dedicated to defending liberty for all Americans, issued the following news release: * * * IRS Closes Investigation of Missouri Church that Provided Campaign Information to Church Members St. Louis, MO-- First Liberty Institute and attorneys at Jones Day announced that the IRS closed its investigation of Grace Church in St. Louis, Missouri. The IRS's decision to close its investigation  more

HOUSTON, Texas, May 6 -- Rice University posted the following news release: * * * Kosmos 482's return being watched closely by Rice experts A fragment of a Soviet spacecraft that malfunctioned en route to Venus more than 50 years ago is expected to crash back to Earth as early as this week. Kosmos 482 is expected to crash back to Earth. Stock image. Kosmos 482, launched in 1972 as part of the Soviet Union's Venera program, failed to escape Earth's orbit due to a launch failure. The spacec  more

DALLAS, Texas, May 6 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association posted the following news release: * * * More women with most common autoimmune diseases die from cardiovascular disease than men Research Highlights: * In a study focused on individuals with the immune-mediated inflammatory diseases rheumatoid arthritis, lupus or systemic sclerosis, the overall cardiovascular disease-related death decreased for all participants between 1999 and 2020. However, women had a 50% high  more

HOUSTON, Texas, May 6 -- Rice University posted the following news release: * * * New roadmap advances catalytic solutions to destroy 'forever chemicals' A team of researchers from Rice University, Carnegie Mellon University and other leading global institutions has outlined a bold new roadmap for harnessing heterogeneous catalysis to destroy per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the so-called "forever chemicals" that have contaminated water supplies worldwide. In a study published in  more

MOUNT PROSPECT, Illinois, May 7 -- The National Sporting Goods Association posted the following news: * * * OrderMyGear Launches Print-on-Demand Stores Partnership with STAHLS' DALLAS, TEXAS (May 6, 2025) - OrderMyGear (OMG) announced its integration with STAHLS' Fulfill Engine to launch print-on-demand stores. The integration helps promotional product distributors, apparel decorators and team dealers to tap into a network of vetted decorators to automatically source, decorate and ship items   more

IRVING, Texas, May 7 -- The Big 12 Conference, a college athletic conference, issued the following news: * * * Seedings Set for 2025 Phillips 66 Big 12 Softball Championship After Sunday's regular season finale for Big 12 softball teams, all 11 seedings for the 2025 Phillips 66 Big 12 Softball Championship are set. This year's Championship will be held at OGE Energy Field at Devon Park in Oklahoma City. Games will begin Wednesday, May 7, and conclude Saturday, May 10. Texas Tech, the regular  more

AUSTIN, Texas, May 6 -- Texas A&M University, a component of the public university system in Texas, issued the following news from its agriculture program: * * * Texas A&M opens Animal Reproductive Biotechnology Center Cutting-edge facilities to improve Texas, U.S. livestock success By Gabe Saldana Texas A&M AgriLife Research and The Texas A&M University System opened a new state-of-the-art Animal Reproductive Biotechnology Center at Texas A&M-RELLIS campus May 6. The roughly 27,000 square  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, May 6 -- The Texas A&M University College of Engineering issued the following news: * * * The Buried Treasure in Your Old Smartphone The rare earth elements mined from discarded electronics could improve the U.S. supply chain. By Maddi Busby Hidden inside discarded smartphones, tablets, and old TV screens lies a surprising source of value: rare earth elements, or REEs. In 2019 alone, the world generated more than 53 million metric tons of electronic waste, yet less t  more

AUSTIN, Texas, May 6 -- Texas A&M University, a component of the public university system in Texas, issued the following news from its agriculture program: * * * Rangeland conditions vary dramatically across the state By Sarah Fuller Conditions in rangelands and unimproved pasture vary dramatically across Texas based on precipitation as the warm-season forage growing period begins, said experts with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. At more than 92 million acres, rangelands represen  more

IRVING, Texas, May 7 -- The Big 12 Conference, a college athletic conference, issued the following news: * * * UCF's Vega and ARIZ's Stewart Claim Final 2025 Big 12 SB Weekly Accolades UCF's Isabella Vega (pitcher) and Arizona's Sydney Stewart (player) secured the final Big 12 softball weekly awards to end the 2025 regular season. Vega opened last week's series at Kansas with her first career no-hitter as the Knights won 7-0 in Lawrence. She closed in Saturday's game, where she held the Jayh  more

DALLAS, Texas, May 7 -- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release: * * * UT Southwestern and Children's Health receive record-setting gift from Moody Foundation New Dallas pediatric campus hospital to be named in honor of transformational grant UT Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Health(SM) today announced a historic nine-figure grant from the Moody Foundation to support the new $5 billion pediatric campus in Dallas, which broke ground in  more

FRISCO, Texas, May 7 -- The Southland Conference issued the following news: * * * UTRGV's Raygoza, Lamar's Hunsaker Named Jersey MIke's Players of the Week UTRGV designated hitter Armani Raygoza and Lamar starting pitcher Riely Hunsaker were named the Southland Baseball Player of the Week awards for the twelveth week of the 2025 season, which were announced Monday by the conference office. Hitter of the Week: Armani Raygoza, UTRGV - R-So. - DH - El Paso, Texas (Americas HS) Armani Raygoza p  more