FRISCO, Texas, May 13 -- The Southland Conference issued the following news: * * * A&M-Corpus Christi's Webb, Nicholls' Parache Named Final Jersey Mike's Players of the Week Texas A&M-Corpus Christi outfielder Isaac Webb and Nicholls starting pitcher Nuno Parache were named the Southland Baseball Player of the Week awards for the final week of the 2025 season, which were announced Monday by the conference office. Hitter of the Week: Isaac Webb, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi - Sr. - OF - Collinsvi  more

HOUSTON, Texas, May 12 [Category: Transportation] -- The American Bureau of Shipping posted the following news release: * * * ABS Chairman and CEO Speaks About Shipbuilding at MIT Symposium on the Future of Manufacturing Christopher J. Wiernicki Also Delivers Maritime 5.0 Guest Lecture to MIT Engineering Students and Faculty (CAMBRIDGE, MA) ABS Chairman and Chief Executive Christopher J. Wiernicki spoke about the application of advanced strategies to improve shipbuilding competitiveness a  more

HOUSTON, Texas, May 12 [Category: Transportation] -- The American Bureau of Shipping posted the following news release: * * * ABS Encourages Involvement in New U.S. Center for Maritime Innovation Website Now Live and Working Groups Established (HOUSTON) ABS, as the secretariat operating the U.S. Center for Maritime Innovation (USCMI) under a cooperative agreement with the United States Maritime Administration, announced the mechanism for U.S. maritime stakeholders to join Technical and Regi  more

IRVING, Texas, May 13 -- The American Association for Respiratory Care issued the following news wrapup entitled AARC Members In The News: * * * Members in the News | Professional Recognitions, Graduations, and Dog Therapy AARC member Helen Stripling, BFA, RRT, RRT-ACCS, was featured in an article in the MCCC Agora for being named the 2025 alumnus of the year by Monroe County Community College. Read it Here (https://mcccagora.com/2025/05/03/58th-annual-commencement-ceremony-hosted-by-mccc/)   more

HOUSTON, Texas, May 13 -- Arnold Ventures (formerly the Laura and John Arnold Foundation) issued the following news: * * * Arnold Ventures: Congress Should Enact Health Reforms Over Harmful Cuts Washington, D.C. (May 12, 2025) - Mark E. Miller, executive vice president of health care at Arnold Ventures, provided the following statement on the reconciliation process underway by Congress. "Right now, the U.S. House of Representatives is set to begin marking up legislation aimed at cutting bil  more

HOUSTON, Texas, May 13 -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: * * * Measles virus detected in Houston wastewater before cases were reported An innovative outbreak detection program that tracks disease-causing viruses in wastewater identified the measles virus in Houston samples collected in early January 2025, before cases were reported. The team that developed the program, which includes researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, the School of Public Health at Universit  more

IRVING, Texas, May 13 -- The Big 12 Conference, a college athletic conference, issued the following news: * * * Cincinnati and Kansas Tabbed for Big 12 Baseball Weekly Honors Cincinnati's Jack Natili (player and newcomer) and Kansas' Cooper Moore (pitcher) were named the Big 12 baseball's weekly awards recipients for games ending May 11. Natili finished the week 10-for-18 (.556) in the Bearcats' four games to rack up nine RBI. The sophomore catcher homered twice in the weekend series against  more

IRVING, Texas, May 13 -- The Big 12 Conference, a college athletic conference, issued the following news: * * * Five Big 12 Softball Teams Earn Bids to NCAA Tournament For the second consecutive season, five Big 12 teams were selected to the NCAA Softball Tournament's field of 64. Arizona, Arizona State, UCF, Oklahoma State and Texas Tech rounded out the league's selections for the 2025 postseason. The Big 12 regular season and postseason champions, No. 12 seed Texas Tech earned a home regio  more

FRISCO, Texas, May 13 -- The Southland Conference issued the following news: * * * Ford's Walk-Off Single Caps Incredible Southeastern Rally to Win Second Straight Southland Championship Brilee Ford's aggressive base running nearly tied the game for No. 2 Southeastern in the sixth inning of Game 3. But after being called trying to reach home, she would get one more chance in the seventh and delivered the biggest hit of her career. A walk-off single brought in the game-winning run, lifting t  more

HOUSTON, Texas, May 12 -- Rice University posted the following news release: * * * Kinder Houston Area Survey to be released May 19 at annual luncheon Findings from the 2025 Kinder Houston Area Survey, the nation's longest-running metropolitan study of its kind, will be released May 19 by Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research at its annual luncheon at the Hilton Americas-Houston. Now in its 44th year, the survey utilizes the largest survey panel in its history, now one of th  more

DALLAS, Texas, May 12 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association posted the following news release: * * * Must-know facts for women about heart, kidney and metabolic health DALLAS, May 12, 2025 -- Millions of women may be unknowingly living with risk factors for heart, kidney and metabolic disease - interconnected conditions that together drive risk for cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death among women, according to experts with the American Heart Association, a gl  more

IRVING, Texas, May 13 -- The Big 12 Conference, a college athletic conference, issued the following news: * * * Oklahoma State and TCU Advance to NCAA Tennis Championships Quarterfinals The Big 12 will be represented in both of the NCAA Tennis Championships quarterfinals as Oklahoma State advanced in the women's bracket while TCU moved on in the men's bracket. After falling behind 3-2, the Cowgirls rallied for a 4-3 victory over Stanford to return to the NCAA women's quarterfinals for the fi  more

DALLAS, Texas, May 12 [Category: Medical] -- Susan G. Komen, an organization that says it addresses breast cancer on fronts such as research, community health, global outreach and public policy initiatives, posted the following news: * * * Pink Comes to Washington at the 2025 Advocacy Summit From April 28-30, hundreds of Susan G. Komen Center for Public Policy volunteers, staff, and partners gathered in Washington, D.C. to learn about and advocate for better breast cancer policy at the 2025 A  more

DALLAS, Texas, May 13 -- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release: * * * UT Southwestern breaks ground on $177M Radiation Oncology campus in Fort Worth New 65,000-square-foot facility expands services to give patients lifesaving cancer treatments close to home FORT WORTH - May 12, 2025 - Ushering in a new era of cancer care in Fort Worth, UT Southwestern Medical Center broke ground today on a $177 million Radiation Oncology campus that will provid  more

TYLER, Texas, May 13 -- The University of Texas Health Science Center issued the following news: * * * UTHealth Houston study reveals long-term mental health benefits of healthy relationship skills program for adolescents By Jeannette Sanchez Teaching healthy relationship skills to middle school students can help prevent adolescent relationship abuse and lead to better mental health outcomes -- including reduced depression -- years later, according to researchers at UTHealth Houston. The s  more