ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 17 -- The American Feed Industry Association issued the following news release: * * * AFIA's 2026 PISC Brings Feed Industry Leaders Together in Fort Worth More than 600 feed industry professionals gathered in Fort Worth, Texas, last week, for the American Feed Industry Association's 2026 Purchasing and Ingredient Suppliers Conference (PISC), known for over 50 years as where business gets done. "PISC continues to be the feed industry's premier event for attendees to  more

DALLAS, Texas, March 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas posted the following news release on March 13, 2026: * * * Antifa Cell Members Convicted in Prairieland ICE Detention Center Shooting Nine North Texas Antifa Cell operatives were convicted today by a federal jury in Fort Worth, Texas for their roles in rioting, using weapons and explosives, providing material support to terrorists, obstruction, and attempted murder of an Alvarado police officer and u  more

STORRS, Connecticut, March 16 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news: * * * Applying a Landscape Architect's 'Design Eye' at Every Scale * Jagger Javenes '18 ( CAHNR ) has had an artistic bent since childhood, which has guided his career as a landscape architect. "Being outside, traveling, and expressing my creativity have always been passions of mine," Javenes says. "So between the artistic expression, the ability to connect with nature, and the exposure to new places   more

PHOENIX, Arizona, March 17 -- Arizona Public Service Co. issued the following news: * * * APS to Seek License Renewal for Palo Verde Generating Station's Nuclear Units Arizona Public Service (APS) has officially notified the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) of its intent to renew the operating licenses for all three units at Palo Verde Generating Station, which could extend operations from the mid-2040s through the mid-2060s. Located west of Phoenix, Palo Verde is the heart of APS's dive  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Asian Texans for Justice has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the 2026 Operational Test in Support of the 2030 Census. The organization expressed its concerns over the announced scope of the operational test, specifically regarding the reduction of test sites and the limitations on methodologies that could affect the accuracy of the upcoming census. Asian Texans for Justice, which serves over 2 million Asian American and Paci  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, March 16 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson defends transparency in asbestos litigation * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson is leading an 11-state friend-of-the-court brief to the Delaware Supreme Court, raising serious concerns that certain asbestos bankruptcy trusts are planning to destroy documents and data related to past claims and compensation payments. "Doc  more

AUSTIN, Texas, March 16 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Ken Paxton Helps Secure Order Blocking Rogue Oklahoma Property Owner from Expanding Oklahoma Border and Stealing Texas Land * Attorney General Ken Paxton helped secure a court order to protect Texas land after an Oklahoma property owner attempted to claim a portion of Texas's Red River property by arguing that the Texas-Oklahoma border had shifted. In August 2025, an Oklah  more

AUSTIN, Texas, March 16 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Ken Paxton Secures Victory in the Supreme Court of Texas to Protect the OAG's Investigative Authority * Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a ruling from the Supreme Court of Texas that reaffirms the Attorney General's authority to issue civil investigative demands ("CIDs") under the Deceptive Trade Practices Act to obtain documents relevant to investigations into potential   more

WACO, Texas, March 12 -- Baylor University issued the following news: * * * Society Without People: How AI and Metaverse Will Impact the Future Baylor sociologist analyzes cultural and ethical consequences as technology blends into more of everyday life by Shelby Cefaratti-Bertin, Media & Public Relations As artificial intelligence and immersive digital worlds accelerate at unprecedented speed, one pressing question emerges: What will happen to human relationships, identity and society whe  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR-Texas Calls for Transparent Investigation After Afghan Refugee Dies in ICE Detention The Council on American-Islamic Relations - Texas (CAIR-Texas) is calling for a full, transparent investigation following the death of Nazeer Paktiawal, an Afghan refugee who died on March 14 after being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on March 13. According to information pro  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the following news release: * * * CDC Warns of E. Coli outbreak linked to raw cheddar cheese A CDC food safety alert regarding a multistate outbreak of E. coli infections has been posted at (lhttps://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/outbreaks/rawcheese-03-26/index.html). Key Points: * CDC, FDA, and public health officials in three states (California, Florida, and Texas) are investigat  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The City of Union City (California) Vice Mayor Jaime Patino submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce opposing elements of the 2026 Operational Test in support of the 2030 Census. The letter argues that the proposed testing approach could worsen undercounts of Latino residents and affect access to federal resources. Patino highlighted the detrimental effects caused by the undercount from the last census in 2020, noting that significant steps mu  more

MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, March 16 -- Central Michigan University issued the following news: * * * CMU alumni commit $1 million for medical school scholarships * A $1 million gift from Central Michigan University alumni Tim and Nan Buerger Maczka will help cover medical school costs for future physicians committed to serving residents and families in central and northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula. Their namesake scholarship targets current and future students in the Covenant Healthc  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, chairman of the House Small Business Committee, issued the following news release on March 16, 2026: * * * Committee on Small Business Activity: The Week of March 16th The House Committee on Small Business will hold a hearing titled "Connecting SBA to Main Street: Examining the SBA Office of Field Operations." The purpose of this hearing is to review the mission of the Office of Field Operations and its outreach to small businesses in the   more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Veasey Demands Answers on the Death of an Afghan U.S. Ally in Dallas ICE Center * Dallas, Texas - Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33) releases the following statement on the death of a detainee at the ICE Processing Center: Today, I learned of the tragic death of Mohammed Nazeer Paktiawal-an Afghan father who once served alongside the United States-after he was held at the ICE Processing Cente  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Vicente Gonzalez Introduces Bill to End Warrantless Immigration Raids * Contact: Alexis Torres (link sends email) Washington, D.C.- Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) introduced the Say No to Warrantless Searches Act to codify Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches and seizures. In South Texas, Minnesota, and other parts of the country, Federal law enfor  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Escobar Joins House Democrats in Pushing FIFA to Lower World Cup Ticket Prices * Last week, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) joined 69 other Members of Congress led by Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37) in urging the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) to reduce the cost of tickets for the 2026 World Cup, which have soared in part due to the use of dynamic   more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism released the following written testimony by Julia Einbond, CEO of Covenant House New Jersey, Newark, from a March 3, 2026, hearing entitled "Lost and Exploited: Confronting Child Trafficking and the Failure to Protect America's Most Vulnerable": * * * Chairman Hawley, Ranking Member Durbin, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify. Chairman Hawley, we are grat  more

AUSTIN, Texas, March 17 -- CrowdStrike Inc., a cybersecurity platform for protecting areas of enterprise risk - endpoints and cloud workloads, identity and data, issued the following news on March 16, 2026: * * * CrowdStrike Accelerates Agentic MDR with NVIDIA, Demonstrating 5x Faster Investigations and 3x Higher Triage Accuracy CrowdStrike leverages the NVIDIA Agent Toolkit to supercharge agentic MDR investigations with higher triage accuracy and enable custom agent development through Charl  more

AUSTIN, Texas, March 17 -- CrowdStrike Inc., a cybersecurity platform for protecting areas of enterprise risk - endpoints and cloud workloads, identity and data, issued the following news: * * * CrowdStrike and Nebius Partner to Unify Security Across the Next Generation of AI Cloud Infrastructure CrowdStrike's Falcon platform extends enterprise-grade cybersecurity to Nebius's AI cloud platform, supporting high-performance environments built for AI innovators * CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) and  more

AUSTIN, Texas, March 17 -- CrowdStrike Inc., a cybersecurity platform for protecting areas of enterprise risk - endpoints and cloud workloads, identity and data, issued the following news on March 16, 2026: * * * CrowdStrike Unveils Secure-by-Design AI Blueprint for AI Agents Built with NVIDIA Architecture will integrate protection from the Falcon platform with NVIDIA OpenShell to run safer, autonomous AI agents both locally on DGX Spark and in the cloud * CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) today   more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, March 16 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland issued the following news: * * * CSAF, CMSAF highlight AETC's strategic impact on force readiness * JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas - Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Ken Wilsbach and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force David Wolfe visited Ebbing Air National Guard Base and Goodfellow Air Force Base March 9-10 to see how Air Education and Training Command is preparing Airmen for the dema  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 17 -- Michigan Medicine, the academic medical center of the University of Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * Doctors perform first liver transplant in Michigan for colon cancer Andrew Sweeney was diagnosed with stage 4 colorectal cancer at age 31 and he remains cancer free after surgery and treatment * When Andrew Sweeney regained consciousness after his liver transplant in 2024, he immediately asked: "Did we win?" He was talking about the Michiga  more

FORT WORTH, Texas, March 16 -- The University of North Texas Health Fort Worth posted the following news: * * * Dr. Adenike Atanda named 2026 inductee to National Academies of Practice * Adenike Atanda, PharmD, a faculty member at UNT Health Fort Worth's College of Pharmacy, has been named a 2026 inductee of the National Academies of Practice, a national organization that promotes collaboration among health professionals to improve patient care and health systems. Atanda was inducted durin  more

GALVESTON, Texas, March 16 -- The University of Texas Medical Branch issued the following news release: * * * Dr. Brent Masel receives national lifetime achievement award for brain injury research * The North American Brain Injury Society has named Dr. Brent Masel the 2026 recipient of its NABIS Legends Award. Masel, a clinical professor of neurology at The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), is being recognized with the organization's highest honor for his lifetime of achievement in   more

FORT WORTH, Texas, March 16 -- The University of North Texas Health Fort Worth posted the following news: * * * Dr. Teresa Wagner named a Great Woman of Texas by The Business Press * Dr. Teresa Wagner, associate professor of health administration and health policy at UNT Health Fort Worth, was recently named to the 2026 Class of Great Women of Texas by The Business Press in recognition of her efforts to shape the next generation of health care leaders. The honorees - comprised of educators  more

DURHAM, North Carolina, March 17 (TNSxrep) -- Duke University issued the following news on March 16, 2026: * * * What's in That Burger? One Duke researcher is investigating how alternative meat products impact our health, environment and laws * Imagine a world where, rather than slaughtering a cow to get a hamburger, a few cells can be extracted from a living cow and grown externally to produce that same juicy, flavorful burger. It might sound like science fiction, but it's already happen  more

COMMERCE, Texas, March 17 -- East Texas A&M University (formerly the Texas A&M University Commerce campus) issued the following news release: * * * East Texas A&M Students Shine at Texas ACSM Conference Students from the Department of Health and Human Performance at East Texas A&M University earned national recognition at the annual meeting of the Texas Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine held in Waco, Texas, Feb. 26-27. Drs. Michael Oldham, Vipa Bernhardt and Sarah Mitchell a  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 16 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Entergy posted the following news release: * * * Entergy marks 25 years of giving through Environmental Initiatives Fund Entergy recently invested $1 million of shareholder funds in 10 local environmental partners through the company's Environmental Initiatives Fund. These grants mark the 25th year that Entergy has used its financial resources to support projects that save energy, educate the public, restore habitat, reduce waste and i  more

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, March 17 -- The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center issued the following news story: * * * ERDC Hydrogen Energy Node Installed at Fort Bliss Innovations Lab By Sarah Clark, public affairs specialist EL PASO, Texas - The 1st Armored Division (1 AD) Innovations Lab, located on Fort Bliss, Texas, is now at the forefront of Army energy modernization following the installation and operational validation of a cutting-edge hydrogen nanogrid, also known as an e  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, March 16 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, posted the following news release: * * * ESPN announces commentator pairings for exclusive coverage of NCAA March Madness Women's Basketball * Starting Wednesday, March 18, fans can tune in across ESPN networks for exclusive coverage of the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament Presented by Capital One. Along with ESPN's robust studio coverage, 16 top-tier commentator teams will head to host sites   more

WASHINGTON, March 17 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration issued a final rule updating various flight procedures at airports across the National Airspace System. This administrative action enables the agency to transition to updated criteria for instrument flight rules, ensuring the safe use of navigable airspace as airport environments and air traffic requirements change. The amendatory provisions for the following procedures become effective April   more

FORT WORTH, Texas, March 16 -- The University of North Texas Health Fort Worth posted the following news: * * * Face to face with their future: Inaugural nursing career fair puts students in front of hiring managers * If you're a graduating nursing student gearing up to enter the workforce, what's one thing that can really give you a leg up in finding your first position? If you said face time with hiring managers from organizations and hospitals looking for nursing talent, then you're thi  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The National Gallery of Art issued the following news release: * * * First Exhibition to Explore Photography's Relationship with Resource Extraction Opening at the National Gallery of Art Beneath the Surface to feature some 150 photographs by 100 artists spanning 185 years of society and industry in the United States * The National Gallery of Art presents Beneath the Surface: Mining and American Photography, the first exhibition to exclusively examine the relationshi  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce Foreign-Trade Zones Board has received a notification of proposed production activity from AuroraTe LLC for its Houston, Texas, facility within FTZ 84 involving the manufacture of galvanized steel pipes. The proposed production activity under FTZ procedures would involve the use of foreign-status galvanized steel coils. According to the filing, both the finished pipes and the foreign-status coils are duty-free. However, the notifi  more

AUSTIN, Texas, March 16 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Abbott Launches Texas Jobs Council, Holds Inaugural Meeting * Governor Greg Abbott today launched the Texas Jobs Council, a new advisory board to strengthen Texas' workforce development initiatives and ensure Texans are prepared to fill the state's growing number of high-demand jobs, following the Council's inaugural meeting at the Governor's Mansion. "Texas right now is the hottest stat  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Gwen Volk INFOCUS Inc. has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) expressing concerns over the proposed rule which focuses on the verification of eligible immigration status under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980. In the comment letter, the firm, which specializes in regulatory compliance in HUD-assisted housing programs, highlights significant operational and policy issues that could arise from th  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government issued the following information for a hearing entitled "Immigration Policy by Court Order: The Adverse Effects of Plyler v. Doe" at 10 a.m. on March 18, 2026, at 2141 Rayburn House Office Building: The hearing will examine why Plyler v. Doe, the 1982 Supreme Court decision requiring states to provide illegal aliens a free K-12 education,was wrongly decided and how it harms America's schools and   more

NORFOLK, Virginia, March 17 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release: * * * Houston Hospitals Surrounded by PETA Message: If You Serve Sausage, Might as Well Throw in a Smoke PETA has a new prescription for hospitals in the Texas Medical Center: Get cancer-causing meat off the menu. The provocative message appears on kiosks in view of Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center and Texas Children's Hospital, which serve processed meats such as bacon and sausa  more

RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, March 16 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: * * * How John Chapman's Legacy Spans JBSA-Lackland By Jennifer Gangemi, Special Warfare Training Wing JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas - The brick facade of building 9210 on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (JBSA) has carried a name for 19 years -Chapman Training Complex -but on March 4, 2026 the Airmen of the 326th Training Squadron (TS) chose to honor the man behind it i  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, March 17 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * How one rescue dog found new life in rehab at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital By Marjorielee Christianson Lera VanMeter never thought the rescue organization would actually put a dog in a van and send her to West Virginia. She had spotted the listing online -- a yellow Labrador retriever dumped on the streets of Texas. "I filled out the little form behind my husband's back," VanMeter said. "I'm still in tro  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, March 16 -- The University of Missouri School of Journalism issued the following news release: * * * Inaugural Method M Film Fund grants go to 13 alumni of Murray Center for Documentary Journalism * Nearly $250,000 in grants supports film productions where alumni of the center serve in key roles By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (March 16, 2026) -Thirteen alumni of the Missouri School of Journalism's Murray Center for Documentary Journalism have received grants for t  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 17 -- The Texas A&M University College of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Industrial and systems students lead conference Texas A&M students put industrial engineering principles into practice by bringing together chapters from across the region for the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) South-Central Regional Conference in February. By Emily Godsey, College of Engineering Texas A&M University industrial and systems engineering st  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Jamestown Foundation posted the following commentary on March 16, 2026, by John C. K. Daly, non-resident fellow at the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute in Washington, in its Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Military Spending Now Half of Russia's Budget Executive Summary: * Germany's Federal Intelligence Service reported on February 4 that Russia's 2025 military spending was 66 percent higher than the Kremlin claims, accounting for half of the Kremlin's overall budget a  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, March 16 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland issued the following news: * * * Joint Interagency Task Force spearheads contract, unifies drone defenses * To counter the rapidly evolving threat from hostile unmanned aircraft systems, Joint Interagency Task Force 401 has championed a groundbreaking enterprise-level agreement to provide a cutting-edge command-and-control solution through a strategic action. Awarded by Army Contracting C  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, March 16 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland issued the following news: * * * Joint Task Force-Southern Border marks one year of success * FORT HUACHUCA, Arizona - Joint Task Force-Southern Border marked its one-year anniversary, March 14, 2026. This milestone highlights JTF-SB's first 365 days of executing agile, full-scale and partner-focused missions in support of the Department of Homeland Security's southern border mission. Sol  more

NACOGDOCHES, Texas, March 17 -- Stephen F. Austin State University issued the following news: * * * Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to interview actor Dennis Quaid for SFA's Nelson Rusche Distinguished Lecture Series Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick will interview acclaimed actor and Texas native Dennis Quaid for the fifth installment of Stephen F. Austin State University's Nelson Rusche Distinguished Lecture Series at 7:30 p.m. April 9 in the Baker Pattillo Student Center Grand Ballroom on campus. The event, spons  more

DALLAS, Texas, March 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas posted the following news release: * * * Man Federally Charged with Assaulting Officers at Dallas Love Field Security Checkpoint A man has been federally charged with assaulting a federal officer at Dallas Love Field Airport after he punched two TSA officers and seriously injured a Dallas police officer while attempting to proceed through security without identification, announced United States Attor  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Rep. Nathaniel Moran, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Moran Signs Letter Urging Trump Administration to Combat Illegal Chinese Vapes * U.S. Rep. Nathaniel Moran (TX-01) joined 70 of his House colleagues in a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer urging the Trump Administration to address the flood of illegal Chinese e-cigarettes entering American markets without FDA approval. Led by Rep. Mike Carey   more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service issued the following news: * * * NRCS Offers Disaster Assistance to Agricultural Producers in Oklahoma Impacted by Wildfire * Stillwater, Oklahoma, March 13, 2026 - Agricultural operations in Northwest Oklahoma were significantly impacted by recent wildfires. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has technical and financial assistance available to help farmers and livestock producers recover  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, March 16 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Origin of lowest-density super-puff planet remains a hazy mystery * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -A thick layer of haze around the ultra-low-density planet Kepler-51d likely obscures not only the strange planet's composition, but also its origin, according to a new study. A team led by Penn State researchers used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to take a deeper look at the "super-puff"   more

WASHINGTON, March 16 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Pipeline That Caused Massive 2015 Santa Barbara Oil Spill Restarts Illegally * SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -Texas-based company Sable Offshore Corp. announced today that it has restarted oil flow through the pipeline that ruptured and caused one of California's largest oil spills on the Santa Barbara coast in 2015. The restart occurred just one day after the Trump administrati  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, March 15 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, posted the following news release: * * * Playing for Phoenix: ESPN is once again the exclusive home of NCAA March Madness Women's Basketball * * All 67 games of the tournament available across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS and the ESPN App, March 18-April 5 * 1 Seeds: No. 1 UConn, No. 1 UCLA, No. 1 Texas, No. 1 South Carolina * Game On: Journey to the NCAA Championship, the one-hour women's basketb  more

PLANO, Texas, March 16 [Category: Sociological] -- The First Liberty Institute, an organization that says it is dedicated to defending liberty for all Americans, issued the following news release: * * * The President's Religious Liberty Commission Hears from Healthcare Workers Facing Religious Liberty Threats * Washington, D.C.- Today, President Trump's Religious Liberty Commission heard testimony from First Liberty client, Valerie Kloosterman, who was fired by the University of Michigan Hea  more

HOUSTON, Texas, March 16 -- Rice University posted the following news release: * * * Rice Business' online MBA ranked among world's top programs by Financial Times * Rice University's Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business has been ranked among the world's leading online MBA programs in the Financial Times Global Online MBA Rankings, placing No. 13 globally (tied with the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University) and No. 6 in the United States. This is the first year Rice Busine  more

HOUSTON, Texas, March 16 -- Rice University posted the following news release: * * * Rice hosts first-of-its-kind workshop exploring how AI can accelerate discoveries in major neutrino experiment * Researchers at Rice University recently convened an international group of scientists to explore how artificial intelligence and machine learning could transform one of the world's most ambitious physics experiments: the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE). Held March 10-12 at Rice's Bio  more

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, March 16 -- Bryn Mawr College posted the following news: * * * Ruby Bridges, Annette Gordon-Reed Named Commencement Speakers * Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annette Gordon-Reed will address the 2026 graduates. With the United States celebrating its 250 th anniversary this year, American history will be at the center of commencement ceremonies at Bryn Mawr College as civil rights icon Ruby Bridges and Pulitzer Prize-winning author   more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, March 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: * * * At a fork in the lab Career paths rarely follow straight lines. But for two recently honored inventors, a professional zigzag became a catalyst to finding greater purpose. The pair of Sandia National Laboratories scientists were elected fellows of the National Academy of Inventors in December. Each is a prolific innovator in his respective field. Yet each   more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Husted joins bill to expand capital for American manufacturers Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) joined Sens. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Chris Coons' (D-Del.) bipartisan Made in America Manufacturing Finance Act. The bill would expand access to growth capital for small U.S.-based manufacturers. Rep. Roger Williams (R-Texas) leads the companion bill to the Made in America Manufacturing Finance Act in the U.S. House   more

PLANO, Texas, March 17 -- Siemens Digital Industries Software, a subsidiary of Siemens, issued the following news release on March 16, 2026: * * * Siemens launches Fuse EDA AI Agent for automation across semiconductor, 3D IC and PCB system workflows * Fuse EDA AI Agent autonomously orchestrates multi-agent workflows across Siemens' complete electronic design automation (EDA) portfolio, from design conception through manufacturing sign-off, increasing engineering efficiency and design quality   more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- SOMOS Mayfair submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce opposing aspects of the 2026 Operational Test in support of the 2030 Census. The letter argues that the proposed testing framework could undermine efforts to accurately count Latino communities and weaken future census planning. The organization emphasizes that as the Bureau prepares for the upcoming census, it must prioritize rectifying the historical undercounting of Latinos. In their le  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 17 -- The Tennessee Bar Association posted the following commentary blog on March 16, 2026, by Azya Thornton: * * * Supreme Court Allows Limits for Clients Testifying at Trial The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled Feb. 25 that trial judges may prohibit a defendant and their attorney from discussing the defendant's ongoing testimony during an overnight recess, while still allowing discussions on other matters such as trial strategy or plea negotiations, Bloomberg  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March 16 [Category: Business] -- Southwest Research Institute posted the following news release: * * * SwRI to characterize new inspection methods for Air Force aircraft * March 16, 2026 -Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has received a contract from the U.S Air Force Academy to characterize inspection methods for bolt holes in aging aircraft to inspect through bushings without removing them. Assessing bolt hole condition inspection supports wider efforts that inform re  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, March 16 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland issued the following news: * * * Task force to ensure senior service colleges focus on building warfighters * WASHINGTON - The War Department has launched a task force to ensure the curriculum at its institutions of higher learning is structured to build warfighters rather than social justice warriors, said Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. "At the Department of War, we have a duty to ensure  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March 17 -- iHeartMedia issued the following news release on March 16, 2026: * * * TNA Wrestling and iHeartMedia Announce Major Multi-Platform Collaboration TNA Wrestling and iHeartMedia today announced a new multi-platform collaboration that will integrate iHeartMedia across TNA's premium live events, weekly television programming, digital platforms and fan experiences, while tapping into iHeartMedia's expansive nationwide audio network to engage fans across broadcast, li  more

HOUSTON, Texas, March 16 -- The Baylor College of Medicine posted the following news: * * * TRISH opens commercial spaceflight database to scientific community * The Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) is seeking scientific proposals for secondary analysis of de-identified commercial astronaut health and performance data in the EXPAND Database and Biorepository. Working with commercial spaceflight providers and their passengers, the TRISH EXPAND (Enhancing eXploration  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 [Category: Energy] -- The Institute for Energy Research posted the following commentary: * * * U.S. Will Release 172 Million Barrels of Oil From the Strategic Petroleum Reserve * Key Takeaways 1 Member states of the IEA have agreed to release 400 million barrels of strategic reserves in the wake of Iran's closure and mining of the Strait of Hormuz. 2 The U.S. share will be 172 million barrels over four months, beginning next week in conjunction with other members. 3 T  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 17 (TNSjou) -- The University of California San Francisco campus posted the following research: * * * Inappropriate Antibiotic Use for COVID-19 Is Linked to Resistance Study warns that using Azithromycin against viral infections could quickly make it less effective against the bacterial diseases it can actually fight. By Victoria Colliver Taking azithromycin for as little as one day triggers antibiotic resistance in the respiratory tract, according to a fir  more

ORLANDO, Florida, March 15 -- The University of Central Florida posted the following news: * * * UCF Men's Basketball Bound for NCAA Tournament * Let the Madness begin. The UCF men's basketball team is headed to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in seven years, earning an at-large bid to college basketball's premiere postseason tournament. The Knights head to Philadelphia as the No. 10 seed and will play 7-seed UCLA on Friday, March 20, at 7:25 p.m. The game will air on TBS and stre  more

FORT WORTH, Texas, March 16 -- The University of North Texas Health Fort Worth posted the following news: * * * Using ultrasound in the classroom, TCOM students finds her own cancer, but overcomes it as is prepared for Match Day * Sometimes the stars have to be aligned for that perfect moment. In the case of Dominque Iida, a fourth-year student at UNT Health Fort Worth's Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, it was decades of moment after moment, after moment. If her brother hadn't been d  more

HOUSTON, Texas, March 17 -- The University of St. Thomas Houston campus issued the following news on March 16, 2026: * * * UST Hosts International Diplomacy Competition, Students Earn Top Honors The Eugene Scassa Mock Organization of American States (ESMOAS) Program completed its 29th annual Summit of the Americas Conference & Competition, hosted for the first time by the University of St. Thomas (UST) in Houston, in November 2025. Recently released were the excellent rankings of UST students  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March 16 -- The University of Texas-San Antonio issued the following news: * * * UT San Antonio's Lisa Campos named NACDA Athletics Director of the Year * Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Lisa Campos has been named a recipient of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) Athletics Director of the Year honor, the Cleveland-based organization announced Monday. Campos was one of four recipients from the Football Bowl Subdivision, inc  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March 16 -- The University of Texas-San Antonio issued the following news: * * * UT System ranks No. 4 worldwide for U.S. utility patents * The University of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio) has again affirmed its standing as a global leader in innovation. The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) announced that The University of Texas System ranked No. 4 in its prestigious list of the Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents in 2025. The annual ra  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, March 16 -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: * * * UTA students celebrate the drivers who keep them moving * On March 18, The University of Texas at Arlington's campus shuttle drivers will receive tokens of appreciation celebrating their service to the UT Arlington community as part of National Transit Employee Appreciation Day. The event, which begins at 6 p.m. with a dinner for the drivers at the CAPPA Courtyard, was spearheade  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March 15 -- The University of Texas-San Antonio issued the following news: * * * UTSA Women's Basketball will take on No. 1 UConn in first round of NCAA Tournament * Less than 24 hours after winning the title at the 2026 American Women's Basketball Tournament Championship, the Roadrunners found out they will take on No. 1 UConn (34-0) in the first round of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament. The matchup was announced during the NCAA Tournament Selection Show on Sund  more

AUSTIN, Texas, March 17 -- CrowdStrike Inc., a cybersecurity platform for protecting areas of enterprise risk - endpoints and cloud workloads, identity and data, issued the following news: * * * World Wide Technology and CrowdStrike Launch Securing AI Lab Within WWT's AI Proving Ground The Securing AI Lab, built on NVIDIA AI factories within WWT's AI Proving Ground, provides enterprises a validated path to secure, production-ready AI * World Wide Technology (WWT) and CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CR  more