FORT WORTH, Texas, April 2 -- American Airlines issued the following news release: American Airlines will honor 100 team members tonight during the Annual Chairman's Award celebration at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas. The Chairman's Award is the highest honor that American bestows upon its team members. "Annual Chairman's Award winners are keenly focused on running a safe and reliable operation while providing extraordinary care for their colleagues, and the class of 2018 is  more

SOMERVILLE, Massachusetts, April 2 -- Tufts University issued the following news release: * * * - Award-winning actress and activist among five honorary degree recipients * * * Actor, producer and activist Alfre Woodard will deliver the commencement address to the Tufts University Class of 2019 on Sunday, May 19. Woodard will receive an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree at the ceremony to be held at 9 a.m. on The Green on Tufts' Medford/Somerville campus. Woodard's exemplary work across h  more

WACO, Texas, April 2 -- Baylor University issued the following news: The Baylor University Cyber Security team advanced to the Southwest Regional Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition that took place Friday, March 22, through Sunday, March 24, at the University of Tulsa. Members of Baylor's team included captain Maddie de la Torre, senior, bioinformatics; Jordan Hurt, senior, bioinformatics; Josh Pane, junior, computer science; Caleb Dehaan, senior, computer science; Parakh Jaggi, senior, compu  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 2 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Pamela Medina, Albert H. Myres, Sr., and Jay S. Zeidman to the Texas Southern University Board of Regents for terms set to expire on February 1, 2025. Additionally, he appointed Marc C. Carter for a term set to expire on February 1, 2023. Pamela Medina of Houston, is a trust and asset management officer for Cadence Bank, N.A. She is a member of the State Bar of Texas, Hous  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 2 -- The University of Oklahoma's College of Medicine issued the following news release: A faculty member at the University of Oklahoma Fran and Earl Ziegler College of Nursing has been named to the inaugural class of fellows for the Clinical Nurse Specialist Institute. Susan Dresser, a clinical instructor at the OU College of Nursing, was among the 38 clinical nurse specialist inductees. The Clinical Nurse Specialist Institute is an arm of the National Associati  more

TULSA, Oklahoma, April 2 -- The University of Oklahoma's College of Medicine issued the following news release: This week, the Culinary Medicine program at the University of Oklahoma's Tulsa campus will be in the spotlight for National Public Health Week. This Is Public Health Roadshow, a program of the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health, will be in Tulsa Thursday, April 4, to spotlight the Culinary Medicine program, a joint initiative between the OU Hudson College of Public   more