CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Dec. 20 -- AEP Texas, a subsidiary of American Electric Power, issued the following news release: * * * AEP Texas Foundation Awards $75,000 for Youth Art Education in Port Aransas The AEP Texas Foundation has awarded a $75,000 grant to the Port Aransas Art Center to fund Creative Horizons: A Young Artists Initiative, a two-year arts education program for teenagers ages 14-18. The program incorporates hands-on workshops, participation in Art Center classes, mentorship fr  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Dec. 22 -- The University of Pennsylvania Annenberg Public Policy Center posted the following news release: * * * As Measles Cases Rise, Views of MMR Vaccine Safety and Effectiveness and Willingness to Recommend It Drop * PHILADELPHIA - The United States is experiencing the worst year for measles cases in more than three decades, with nearly 2,000 cases confirmed by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). There have been 49 outbreaks spanning 44 state  more

BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Dec. 19 -- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley issued the following news: * * * Fall 2025 Commencement closes a milestone year for UTRGV More than 3,500 graduates celebrated academic achievement, resilience and new beginnings during the December ceremonies By Amanda A. Taylor-Uchoa RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS - DECEMBER 19, 2025 - This holiday season, graduates from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley received a special gift: their degrees. As they celebrated th  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Dec. 23 [Category: BizMedia] -- iHeartMedia issued the following news release on Dec. 22, 2025: * * * iHeartMedia Offers Creators and Publishers Unique New Video Podcast Platform Highlighting Its 'Creators First' Mission, iHeart Will Seamlessly Support Both Audio and Video Podcast Distribution Within iHeartRadio - For Free * NEW YORK, NY - iHeartMedia, the leading audio media company in America, announced today that it will be extending its 'Creators First' mission by ex  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Dec. 23 [Category: BizAerospace] -- Lockheed Martin posted the following news release: * * * Lockheed Martin and MANTECH Partner to Advance AI Based Sustainment for U.S. Combat Aircraft Fleet FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 22, 2025 - Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and MANTECH today announced a strategic teaming agreement to integrate advanced AI driven sustainment solutions into the U.S. combat aircraft fleet. Why It Matters Through this effort, we will deliver real-time aircraft   more

DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 22 -- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center posted the following news release: * * * Modified tau thwarts aggregation in neurodegenerative disease * DALLAS - Dec. 22, 2025 - A designer version of the tau protein, developed by a team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers, maintains its biological function while resisting aggregation, a pathological trait linked to neurodegenerative diseases called tauopathies. These findings, reported in Structure  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Dec. 23 -- Texas A&M University posted the following news: * * * Night shifts aren't just tiring, they can be deadly * Working the night shift, frequently flying across time zones or keeping an irregular sleep schedule does more than just leave us exhausted; it can fuel the risk of aggressive breast cancer. Exactly how and why this happens has remained a mystery, until now. A new study from the Texas A&M University College of Arts and Sciences led by Dr. Tapasree Ro  more

HUNTSVILLE, Texas, Dec. 19 -- Sam Houston State University issued the following news: * * * SHSU-COM Dean Honored as Master Fellow by the American College of Osteopathic Internists By Brittany Foreman Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine (SHSU-COM) Dean Thomas J. Mohr, DO, MACOI, has been named a Master Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Internists (ACOI), one of the highest honors bestowed by the organization. Established in 1994, the Gillum Society of Ma  more

NORTHFIELD, Minnesota, Dec. 23 -- St. Olaf College issued the following news: * * * St. Olaf Choir to tour the Midwest and Texas * The St. Olaf Choir, conducted by Anton Armstrong '78, will embark on its 2026 national tour of the Midwest and Texas starting in mid-January. The ensemble's 75 singers will perform in 12 cities from Saturday, January 24, through Monday, February 9. They will present concerts in some of the nation's finest churches and concert halls in a six-state tour of Minnes  more

DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 23 -- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center posted the following news release: * * * Stiffer colon could signal risk of early-onset colorectal cancer * DALLAS - Dec. 23, 2025 - Increased stiffness of the colon, spurred by chronic inflammation, may encourage the development and progression of early-onset colorectal cancer (CRC), a study co-led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers suggests. The findings, published in Advanced Science, could lead to ne  more

LUBBOCK, Texas, Dec. 21 -- Texas Tech University issued the following news: * * * Texas Tech Professors to Develop State-Focused Flood Forecasting System By Jayden Smith The Texas state legislature allocated $24 million to Texas Tech for the expansion of the West Texas Mesonet and creation of an advanced weather prediction system. The West Texas Mesonet (WTM), under the watch of Texas Tech University's National Wind Institute (NWI), has a 25-year history of proven success in accurately and   more

HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 23 -- The University of Houston issued the following Q&A on Dec. 22, 2025, by J.J. Adams with Jaime Gonzalez, director of the Institute for Ecological Resilience: * * * University of Houston Alumnus Rebuilding Nature One Seed at a Time Institute for Ecological Resilience Leader Hopes to Bring Fresh Eyes to Conservation Efforts * Like many children, Jaime Gonzalez spent most of his childhood outside, having grown up in the Aldine area where a forest rested behind his hom  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Dec. 21 -- The University of Texas Health San Antonio issued the following news release: * * * UT Health San Antonio awarded $3 million in CPRIT grants to bolster cancer research and prevention efforts in South Texas UT Health San Antonio, the academic health center of The University of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio), received nearly $3 million in new academic and prevention awards as part of the latest funding round announced by the Cancer Prevention Research Insti  more

DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 24 -- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center posted the following news release: * * * UT Southwestern to open DFW's first state behavioral health hospital this summer * DALLAS - Dec. 24, 2025 - UT Southwestern Medical Center has been selected to operate the new Texas Behavioral Health Center - the first state acute care behavioral health hospital in the Dallas-Fort Worth area - announcing plans to care for its first patients this summer. In partnership with  more

GALVESTON, Texas, Dec. 23 -- The University of Texas Medical Branch issued the following news release: * * * UTMB Health Designated as First Qualified Treatment Center in Texas for Zevaskyn Cell and gene therapy is a treatment for ultra-rare dermatologic disease, recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB) By Stephen Hadley The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB Health) has advanced to become the fourth Qualified Treatment Center (QTC) in the United States for Zevaskyn (prademag  more