DALLAS, Texas, July 18 -- A.H. Belo, a local news and information publishing company, issued the following news release: A. H. Belo Corporation (NYSE: AHC) said today that it will release second quarter 2019 financial results before the market opens on Tuesday, July 30, 2019. A conference call will be held on Tuesday, July 30, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. CDT. The conference call will be simultaneously webcast on A. H. Belo Corporation's website at www.ahbelo.com/invest. An archive of the webcast will   more

SOUTHLAKE, Texas, July 16 -- Sabre, a travel technology company, issued the following news release: Al Murshed Travel and Tourism, one of the leading travel agencies in the Kingdom of Bahrain, has signed a long-term agreement with Sabre Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR), the leading technology provider to the global travel industry, to continue use of its technology and platform to provide travel services to its customers. This renewal provides Al Murshed Travel with continued access to Sabre's portf  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, July 16 -- Alabama State University issued the following news release: The National Institute of Health (NIH) has awarded Alabama State University a five-year grant worth $2.97 million from its National Research Mentoring Network titled, "Intersection of Social Capital, Mentorship, and Networking on Persistence, Engagement, and Science Identity." ASU will lead the grant activities, as well as partner institutions Tuskegee University (TU), Savannah State University (SSU), Va  more

NORTHBROOK, Illinois, July 18 -- Allstate, a publicly held personal lines property and casualty insurance company, issued the following news release: The Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL) today announced estimated catastrophe losses for the month of June 2019 of $309 million, pre-tax ($244 million, after-tax). Catastrophe losses occurring in June comprised 16 events at an estimated cost of $311 million, pre-tax ($246 million, after-tax), partially offset by favorable reserve reestimates of prior  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 15 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- Rice University issued the following news release: Alzheimer's is a devastating disease that affects about 5.8 million people in the United States, but how does it impact the health of their spouses? A new five-year, $3.8 million study at Rice University will try to find out. Christopher Fagundes, an associate professor of psychological sciences at Rice, will focus on the notion of "living bereavement" -- grieving the loss of a spouse with Alzhei  more

FORT WORTH, Texas, July 17 -- American Airlines issued the following news release: * * * - American Also Adds Direct Flights From Austin and San Jose * * * American Airlines and Pacific Joint Business partner Japan Airlines (JAL) for the second year are adding direct flights between Tokyo (NRT) and Las Vegas (LAS) to support the high demand for CES(R) 2020. American is also adding nonstop flights from Austin, Texas (AUS), and San Jose, California (SJC), and upgauging existing flights from Ph  more

FORT WORTH, Texas, July 19 -- American Airlines issued the following news release: American Airlines welcomes the U.S. Department of Transportation's final approval of a joint business agreement with Qantas. American and Qantas now have the opportunity to jointly offer more products that will better serve customers flying between the United States and Australia and New Zealand. This has been a longstanding business objective of the partnership. "We look forward to working closely with our valu  more

FORT WORTH, Texas, July 18 -- American Airlines issued the following news release: For Neisha Strambler-Butler, Vice President of Compensation and Benefits at American Airlines, caring for others during life's journey comes naturally both personally and professionally. For more than 20 years, Strambler-Butler has led health and financial benefits globally for Fortune 500 companies, in addition to overseeing compensation, occupational health and wellness programs. Strambler-Butler's history of   more

DALLAS, Texas, July 17 -- AT&T issued the following news release: * * * - AT&T and Microsoft Announce a Strategic Alliance to Deliver Innovation With Cloud, AI and 5G - Multiyear Collaboration Will Accelerate AT&T's 'Public Cloud First' Internal Transformation and Deliver New Customer Offerings Built on AT&T's Network and Microsoft's Cloud * * * DALLAS and REDMOND, Wash. - AT&T Communications and Microsoft Corp. are embarking on an extensive, multiyear alliance where the two companies will  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 18 -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: Audrey Chang, of counsel in the Houston office of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, will participate in "Show Up and Step Up," a panel discussion focused on diversity and leadership development at the State Bar of Texas's 2019 Bar Leaders Conference. The two-day event will take place at The Westin Galleria in Houston, July 26-27, and is designed to bring together local bar association leaders to   more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 15 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news release: It is well established that diet influences health and disease, but the mechanisms underlying this effect are not fully understood. Shedding light on the diet-health connection, a team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine reports today in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition an association between diet quality and microbiome composition in human colonic mucosa. The  more

WACO, Texas, July 15 -- Baylor University issued the following news: Cassy Burleson, Ph.D., senior lecturer in the department of journalism, public relations and new media in Baylor University's College of Arts and Sciences, was recognized as a nominee for the 2019 Communicator of Achievement Award from the National Federation of Press Women (NFPW). Burleson was one of 10 nominees honored during the organization's annual conference, held this year in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Now in its 82nd yea  more

WACO, Texas, July 18 [TNSscienceresearch] -- Baylor University issued the following news: * * * - On the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing, Baylor University planetary geophysicist is collaborating with NASA to analyze spacecraft data of the planet closest to the Sun. * * * Fifty years ago, America loved its astronauts to the Moon and back. And this week, as the country marks the historic liftoff and landing, a Baylor University planetary geophysicist is over the Moon about researching a   more

FORT WORTH, Texas, July 15 -- Bell Helicopter, a subsidiary of Textron, issued the following news release: * * * - From July 15-20, Bell will be attending the Airborne Public Safety Conference (APSCON 2019) in Omaha, Nebraska. * * * From July 15-20, Bell will be attending the Airborne Public Safety Conference (APSCON 2019) in Omaha, Nebraska. Bell is proud to sponsor this event and be a part of public safety aviation. Visit Bell at booth #139, where the Sacramento Police Department's Bell 50  more

THE WOODLANDS, Texas, July 17 -- Chevron Phillips Chemical, a petrochemical company, issued the following news release: * * * - Company Now Boasts OSHA's Top-Tier Designation for Safety Excellence Across All Eligible U.S. Sites * * * Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP is proud to announce the Plano office of its Performance Pipe division has earned Star Site designation by the Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). With Plano, all 1  more

ADA, Oklahoma, July 17 -- The Chickasaw Nation, a federally-recognized Native American tribe, issued the following news release: Vocalists from Oklahoma and Texas will join Jae L. Stilwell and the Crossover band to offer live music 7 p.m., Saturday, July 20, at the historic McSwain Theatre, 130 W. Main St. Special guests include Clancy Davis, Chandler Elliott and the quartet Red River of Ada; Gary McCarter of Tishomingo; the group Shine Not Burn of Edmond; Sierra Sikes of Choctaw; Pake McEntir  more

BIRMINGHAM, Michigan, July 18 -- Clark Hill, a law firm, issued the following news: Current issues in food and drug law will be discussed in a new seminar held in Austin, TX on October 18, 2019. Clark Hill Strasburger Member Michael Walsh serves as Course Director of the Texas State Bar Food and Drug Law seminar which is designed to provide valuable information on complex food and drug law issues to those within the food industry, from production and product development through enforcement. Att  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 16 -- Frost and Sullivan, a provider of market research and analysis, growth strategy consulting and corporate training services across multiple industries, issued the following news release: Based on its recent analysis of the global video managed services market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Deluxe Entertainment Services Group (Deluxe) with the 2018 Global Innovation Excellence Frost Radar Award for its video managed services solution, Deluxe One. The native cloud-base  more

NEW YORK, July 19 -- Duff and Phelps issued the following news: Gregory Burkart, Managing Director and Leader of the Site Selection and Incentives Advisory practice at Duff & Phelps, was quoted in Bisnow's article titled, "In The Corporate Relocation Hunger Games, Texas Is No Longer No. 1". The article discusses CNBC's recently released report on America's top states for business in 2019 where Texas dropped in ranking for relocating companies. In June 2019, Texas lost a major corporate reloca  more

DALLAS, Texas, July 17 -- Edmentum issued the following news release: * * * - Edmentum's personalized learning program celebrated at ISTE for showing the greatest promise according to tech-savvy educators * * * Edmentum, a global education leader and a pioneer in online teaching and learning solutions, has announced that, for the second year in a row, Exact Path has been awarded a Tech & Learning ISTE Best of Show Award. "Every year at ISTE, we bring our best and most exciting education sol  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 19 -- Emory University's Woodruff Health Sciences Center issued the following news release: Emory Healthcare has been recognized as a 2019 CareerSTAT Frontline Healthcare Worker Emerging Champion for its School at Work (SAW) program for frontline health care staff. The award was presented to Emory Healthcare's Organizational Development and Learning Services team at the National Fund for Workforce Solutions' conference in Dallas, Texas. CareerSTAT, an employer-led initia  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 16 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Texans can stay substantially cooler by using fans to supplement air conditioning, but not everyone can afford these handy money-savers. That's why for the 19th consecutive year, Entergy Texas is donating 1,300 fans to nonprofit agencies to help low-income customers. The fans are being delivered to 31 locations over the next few weeks, bringing the total number of fans donated by Entergy Texas to 21,900 fans since th  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 16 -- Frost and Sullivan, a provider of market research and analysis, growth strategy consulting and corporate training services across multiple industries, issued the following news release: Based on its recent analysis of the global prostate cancer diagnostic imaging market, Frost & Sullivan recognises Exact Imaging with the 2019 Global Technology Innovation Award for developing the world's first 29 MHz micro-ultrasound-based system, ExactVu(TM). This system is revolu  more

DALLAS, Texas, July 16 -- Haynes and Boone, a law firm, issued the following news release: Edmund "Eddy" Daniels, who has served in a senior leadership capacity at major energy companies and financial firms, has joined Haynes and Boone, LLP as a partner in the Energy Practice Group. Daniels was most recently the general counsel and chief compliance officer at Panda Power Funds, a private equity firm focused on development, acquisition and operation of energy projects in the U.S. Prior to that,  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 17 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: On July 10th, Governor Abbott sent a letter (https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-requests-presidential-disaster-declaration-following-severe-weather-in-the-rio-grande-valley) to President Trump requesting a Presidential Disaster Declaration for three counties in the Rio Grande Valley that sustained severe weather and flooding causing widespread damage. Today, the President granted Governor Abbot  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 15 -- Frost and Sullivan, a provider of market research and analysis, growth strategy consulting and corporate training services across multiple industries, issued the following news release: Frost & Sullivan honored recipients at its Excellence in Best Practices Awards Banquet held on Wednesday, 10 July 2019 at the Jumeirah Carlton Hotel in London. Frost & Sullivan's Best Practices Awards are presented each year to companies that are predicted to encourage significant  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 18 -- Frost and Sullivan, a provider of market research and analysis, growth strategy consulting and corporate training services across multiple industries, issued the following news release: With healthcare systems around the world gradually transitioning to value-based care, the $250 billion global medical imaging industry is shifting from its traditional product-selling focus to the provision of solutions and services to adapt to the new market scenario. The 'as-a-se  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 17 -- Frost and Sullivan, a provider of market research and analysis, growth strategy consulting and corporate training services across multiple industries, issued the following news release: Solution providers need to articulate their value proposition, not only in business terms, but also in terms of the impact their technology will have on the delivery of healthcare and, ultimately, the wellbeing of the patient. Frost & Sullivan invites you to join Michael Jude, Dig  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 16 -- Frost and Sullivan, a provider of market research and analysis, growth strategy consulting and corporate training services across multiple industries, issued the following news release: Frost & Sullivan's latest analysis, Global Marine Coatings Market, Forecast to 2025, reveals that the increased development and adoption of more environmentally sustainable and durable antifouling coatings using higher priced chemistries such as silicones and fluorosilicones will p  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 15 -- Frost and Sullivan, a provider of market research and analysis, growth strategy consulting and corporate training services across multiple industries, issued the following news release: The global automation industry witnessed steady growth in 2018, bolstered by a favourable investment climate, and is expected to continue recording moderate to high growth rates over the coming years. The automation market is set for a paradigm shift due to the proliferation of dig  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 18 -- Frost and Sullivan, a provider of market research and analysis, growth strategy consulting and corporate training services across multiple industries, issued the following news release: The global military training and simulation (T&S) market is witnessing rapid transformation, primarily driven by a shift away from traditional live methodologies towards a more blended environment. The adoption of commercial off-the-shelf technologies, demand for interoperable live  more

SEGUIN, Texas, July 17 -- The Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority issued the following news release: The Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (GBRA) is continuing discussions on how to mitigate safety risks to recreationalists downstream of its four remaining hydroelectric lakes. One option to significantly lower lakes McQueeney, Placid, Meadow, and Gonzales by up to 12 feet was discussed at the GBRA board of directors meeting Wednesday, July 17, 2019, in Seguin. "While no decision was made today   more

DALLAS, Texas, July 17 -- Haynes and Boone, a law firm, issued the following news release: Haynes and Boone, LLP announces its commitment to the Diversity Lab's Mansfield Rule 3.0 Certification program. Inspired by the NFL's "Rooney Rule," the Mansfield Rule measures whether law firms have affirmatively considered at least 30% women, lawyers of color, lawyers with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ lawyers for the following significant leadership roles and activities in the firm: * Equity Partner Promo  more

DALLAS, Texas, July 17 -- Haynes and Boone, a law firm, issued the following news release: Haynes and Boone, LLP has been recognized as a Best Law Firm for Women this year by Working Mother magazine for its efforts to advance women lawyers. The 2019 honorees will be recognized during a Gala Awards Luncheon & Career Accelerator Summit on Sept. 19 in Chicago. Firms were selected based on data regarding female representation in key roles, women's initiatives, workplace culture, networking, flexi  more

DALLAS, Texas, July 16 -- Haynes and Boone, a law firm, issued the following news release: Haynes and Boone, LLP advised Texas Capital Bank, N.A., as sole lead arranger and administrative agent in the closing on July 1, 2019 of a $129,000,000 senior secured term loan credit facility, to SED Houston Real Estate, LLC, to finance, in part, the acquisition by certain affiliates of Redwood Capital Investments of the Houston-area territory assets and operations of Silver Eagle Distributors, L.P., one  more

DALLAS, Texas, July 16 -- Haynes and Boone, a law firm, issued the following news release: A Haynes and Boone, LLP team led by Partner Russ Emerson and Associate Stephanie Sivinski won a rare defense victory in an intellectual-property trial in the Eastern District of Texas. After a week-long trial before Judge Rodney Gilstrap, a Marshall jury returned a verdict July 12 in favor of Haynes and Boone client HiCon Co., Ltd, a Korean company sued by Dallas-based Plastronics Socket Partners, Ltd.   more

DALLAS, Texas, July 16 -- Haynes and Boone, a law firm, issued the following news release: Haynes and Boone, LLP Partner Jennifer Wisinski, chair of the Business Transactions Department, has been selected among the Top USA Women Dealmakers of 2019 by the Global M&A Network, LLC. Wisinski was one of 22 women dealmakers nationwide who were selected for the honor. She accepted her award during a ceremony held in conjunction with the USA Growth & Deals Intelligence Forum and the USA M&A Atlas Awar  more

DALLAS, Texas, July 17 -- Haynes and Boone, a law firm, issued the following news release: Texas Lawyer has selected Haynes and Boone, LLP Partners Leslie Thorne and Emily Westridge Black as finalists for the 2019 Attorney of the Year Award. They were recognized for their successful, pro bono representation of a 29-year-old woman who fled Honduras with her 12-year-old daughter to escape government-sponsored violence. The client, who was not named in the suit, was separated from her daughter a  more

NEW YORK, July 15 -- Hearst issued the following news: * * * - Clarice Touhey Named President - Mark Adkins Appointed Chairman * * * Hearst announced today that Clarice Touhey has been named president of the Texas Community Group for Hearst Newspapers. She succeeds Mark Adkins, who, having served as the publisher of Beaumont Enterprise since 2013, will assume the role of chairman of Hearst Newspapers' Texas Community Group. The announcement was made by Hearst President and CEO Steven R. Swa  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 18 -- Hines issued the following news release: Henderson Park, the European real estate investment platform, and Hines, the international real estate firm, announce that they have completed the acquisition of a site in central Barcelona, Spain, for development of a 350-bed student housing asset, which will also comprise 3,610 square meters of office and 176 square meters of retail. The plan, Cristobal de Moura, is a site zoned for purpose-built student accommodation and is  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 16 -- HID Global, a provider of trusted identity solutions, issued the following news release: HID Global(R), a worldwide leader in trusted identity solutions, today announced that a second member of its family of Lumidigm(R) multispectral imaging solutions has achieved a perfect score in the world's only International Standards Organization (ISO) standard that focuses on anti-spoofing and liveness detection. The company's latest certification to the ISO/IEC 30107-3 Presenta  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 16 -- Hines issued the following news release, dated July 12: * * * - Carlisle Companies Expands its National Headquarters at Kierland One * * * Hines, the international real estate firm, announced today that Kierland One is 90% leased. Only about 17,000 square feet of the 175,441-square-foot office building is still available for lease. Hines has recently finished a building refresh of Kierland One, renovating the lobby and updating the exterior paint. "The strong lea  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 15 -- The Houston Airport System issued the following news release: The growing international cargo operations at George Bush Intercontinental Airport took another step forward on July 14, 2019, when CAL Cargo Airlines began its newly scheduled service into Houston. "We have found that Bush Airport market and surrounding area, with its focus on the oil and gas industry, auto parts, medical equipment as well as the high-tech industry, aligns with our group strategy," said O  more

DALLAS, Texas, July 15 -- Hunton Andrews Kurth issued the following news: Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP is pleased to announce its role as lead transaction counsel to China Road and Bridge Corporation in the approximately $300 million public-private partnership (PPP) development of a Serbian industrial park. CRBC, one of the world's largest construction companies, reached commercial close on the deal with the Serbian government on April 21, 2019. Located near the Serbian capital of Belgrade, the pr  more

DALLAS, Texas, July 15 -- Hunton Andrews Kurth issued the following news: Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP is pleased to announce its role as lead transaction counsel to China Road and Bridge Corporation in a $1.8 billion public-private partnership (PPP) development of a 190-kilometer expressway in Cambodia. CRBC, one of the world's largest construction companies, closed financing on the deal with the Cambodian government on May 31, 2019. The project is one of the largest PPP motorway infrastructure p  more

DALLAS, Texas, July 19 -- Hunton Andrews Kurth issued the following news: Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP partner Susan Failla was named among Global M&A Network's Top USA Women Dealmakers. The award honors talented and respected dealmakers and their achievements based on influence among clients, colleagues, peers and the industry. Co-head of the firm's Capital Markets practice, Failla takes a client-focused approach to her practice, becoming a trusted member of her clients' business teams and an in  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 16 -- iHeartMedia issued the following news release: Daniel Scheffler, a New York Times and Conde Nast published travel writer, and iHeartMedia, the No.1 commercial podcast publisher globally, today launched "Everywhere," the first-ever iHeartRadio Original travel podcast that will take listeners on an adventure across the globe. The 26-episode podcast has a mission to support travelers in their quest to overcome fears and ditch preconceptions about travel. Subsequent e  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 18 -- iHeartMedia issued the following news release: iHeartMedia, the No. 1 commercial podcast publisher globally, and Pride Media, the premier LGBTQ+ media company and home to publications including Out, The Advocate, and Pride, today announced a partnership to co-produce a slate of LGBTQ+ podcasts in 2019-2020 that will be available on the iHeartRadio app and everywhere podcast are available. The partnership will kick off with the launch of "The Outcast," a brand n  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 15 -- Frost and Sullivan, a provider of market research and analysis, growth strategy consulting and corporate training services across multiple industries, issued the following news release: Based on its recent analysis of the African business process outsourcing (BPO) market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes iSON Xperiences with the 2019 African Company of the Year Award for its focus on developing the domestic African BPO markets. It has grown to be almost five times the   more

PLANO, Texas, July 19 -- J.C. Penney, an apparel and home furnishings retailer, issued following statement on strategic advisors: "As a public company, we routinely hire external advisors to evaluate opportunities for the Company. By working with some of the best firms in the industry, we are taking positive and proactive measures, as we have done in the past, to improve our capital structure and the long-term health of our balance sheet. "We have no significant debt maturities coming due in t  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, July 15 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: Jill E. Blondin, Ph.D., has been named executive director for the VCU Global Education Office. Blondin has served as the interim executive director for the past year. Blondin joined Virginia Commonwealth University in 2013 as associate professor and inaugural director of VCU Globe, the global education living-learning program. Prior to joining VCU, she served on the faculty of The University of Texas at   more

TOPEKA, Kansas, July 16 -- The Kansas Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: With Texas, Colorado and New Mexico reporting multiple confirmed cases of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV), the Kansas Department of Agriculture is encouraging livestock owners to be aware and take precautions, particularly with animals that may be comingling with other animals at competitions and similar events. With Texas, Colorado and New Mexico reporting multiple confirmed cases of vesicular   more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The Libertarian Party issued the following news release: The Libertarian Party of Texas, as part of a coalition of voters, candidates, and political parties, filed suit against the state of Texas on July 11, challenging the state's discriminatory and burdensome ballot access requirements for third parties and independent candidates. The press release below, explaining details of the case, was issued by the Center for Competitive Democracy and the law firm Shearman & Ster  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, July 16 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- Montana State University issued the following news: Like doctors around the world, Randy Wolcott was confounded by diabetic foot ulcers. When patients would come into his Texas clinic with the small and seemingly harmless sores, caused by the disease restricting blood flow and damaging nerves, the wounds would often resist traditional antibiotics and refuse to heal. In many cases, infection would spread to the bone and become life-threatening.   more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 16 -- Newtec, a designer, developer and manufacturer of equipment and technologies for satellite communications, issued the following news release: Newtec, a specialist in the design, development and manufacture of equipment for satellite communications, has provided a Newtec Dialog(R) hub system to enhance the live broadcast capabilities of Telemedia, a media broadcast company based in Sandton, South Africa. The Newtec Dialog hub will enable Telemedia to offer a data servi  more

IRVING, Texas, July 17 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release: * * * - Matthew Rosenfeld and Traci Wilkinson Promoted to Newly-Created Regional Management Positions Overseeing Nexstar's Television and Digital Media Operations in Select Markets * * * Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST) announced today that Matthew Rosenfeld and Traci Wilkinson have been promoted to Senior Vice President and Regional Manager of Nexstar Broadcasting, In  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 17 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release: Attorney General Josh Stein was granted a temporary restraining order against Cornelius resident Gordon Scott Engle and his Texas-based debt collection companies Turtle Creek Assets Ltd. (TCA), Turtle Creek Rentals LLC (TCR), and Royal Park Holdings Inc., in a lawsuit he filed alleging illegal debt collection practices. The temporary restraining order, signed by Superior Court Judge  more

TOLEDO, Ohio, July 19 -- Owens Community College issued the following news release: Ramadevi Kannan, professor of accounting, has been named a regional recipient of the 2019 Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) Teaching Excellence Award. The ACBSP recognizes individuals each year who exemplify teaching excellence in the classroom. Professor Kannan was honored, along with other regional recipients, at the 2019 ACBSP Conference in Houston, Texas in June. She received a  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 17 -- Airbnb, a community-driven hospitality company, issued the following news release: The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce and Airbnb are partnering to create new economic opportunities for local businesses and broaden the range of Airbnb Experiences available in San Francisco. Airbnb Experiences are unique tours and activities, handcrafted and led by local experts, including small business owners and community non-profits. Experiences give travelers unprecedented acces  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 17 -- Frost and Sullivan, a provider of market research and analysis, growth strategy consulting and corporate training services across multiple industries, issued the following news release: Based on its recent analysis of the North American patient experience solutions market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Texas-headquartered Phunware, Inc. (NASDAQ: PHUN), with the 2019 North America Company of the Year Award for its end-to-end, white-label, modular, Multiscreen-as-a-Se  more

NEW YORK, July 15 -- Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, a law firm, issued the following news release: The Environmental & Natural Resources Law Section of the Texas State Bar has appointed Pillsbury Environmental associate Ashleigh Acevedo as Editor-in-Chief of the section's Texas Environmental Law Journal. Acevedo's practice focuses on advising clients in connection with compliance objectives, environmental liabilities and complex environmental projects and risks of various kinds. She counsel  more

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, July 16 -- The Port of Corpus Christi issued the following news release: The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) recognized the Port of Corpus Christi's Moving America's Energy(TM) media campaign with its 2019 Award of Excellence. The campaign highlighted the Port's ongoing infrastructure investment program and the importance of the record-breaking exports of American energy to the Nation's allies and trading partners around the world. The AAPA Excellence Awar  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 16 -- Frost and Sullivan, a provider of market research and analysis, growth strategy consulting and corporate training services across multiple industries, issued the following news release: Based on its recent analysis of the Global IT/OT security market for smart buildings, Frost & Sullivan recognises Radiflow Ltd. with the 2019 Global Customer Value Leadership Award for offering vulnerability assessment, threat detection, and prevention through its broad product sui  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 19 [TNSscienceresearch] -- Rice University issued the following news release: Mexico's state-owned oil and gas company could complement the country's energy plan and help recognize areas of opportunity by implementing some key industry practices, according to experts in the Mexico Center and Center for Energy Studies at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. The experts - Benigna Cortes Leiss and Adrian Duhalt - outline their insights in a research paper, "La  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 15 [TNSscienceresearch] -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * - Cerium pyrochlore is first to qualify as long-sought state of matter * * * There's no known way to prove a three-dimensional "quantum spin liquid" exists, so Rice University physicists and their collaborators did the next best thing: They showed their single crystals of cerium zirconium pyrochlore had the right stuff to qualify as the first possible 3D version of the long-sought state o  more

DALLAS, Texas, July 18 -- Southwest Airlines issued the following news release: Southwest Airlines continues to monitor information from Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on the impending 737 MAX software enhancements and training requirements. We remain confident that, once certified by the FAA, the enhancements will support the safe operation of the MAX. We previously revised our flight schedule by removing the MAX through Oct. 1 to offer reliability to our operation and s  more

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, July 15 -- Southwestern Electric Power issued the following news release: Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO), an American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) company, today announced plans to add 810 megawatts (MW) of wind energy by 2022. This proposal supports SWEPCO's long-term plan of significantly increasing its use of more environmentally friendly energy sources, such as wind and solar. In filings submitted today, SWEPCO seeks approval of the proposal from utility regu  more

STEPHENVILLE, Texas, July 17 -- Tarleton State University issued the following news release: Tarleton State University has named Lori Beaty interim chief financial officer and vice president for the Division of Finance and Administration, effective Sept. 1. She replaces Dr. Rick Richardson who is returning to his faculty position in the College of Business Administration. Currently associate vice president of the division and assistant CFO, Beaty began her Tarleton career in 2011 and became un  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 18 -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: By Jan McHarg A 25-year-old fresh out of graduate school, Fred Fisher had a tall order to fill for his entry-level job: maintain operations of the lunar lander simulator for the Apollo program. Housed one floor below the astronauts' offices at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Fisher and four others operated and modified the simulator the astronauts would use to practice landing on the surfac  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 15 [TNSscienceresearch] -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: By Rachel Rose When thinking about satellite communication, most people likely picture the large parabolic dishes, or dish antennas. While these have been used for many years, dish antennas are hard to deploy in a satellite launch due to their size, and they are mechanically complex. Enter the microstrip reflectarray antenna (MRA). NASA's current use of MRAs is lar  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 17 -- The Texas A&M University's Engineering Experiment Station issued the following news: By Kelley Ragusa From June 15-22, the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station's Center for Nuclear Security Science and Policy Initiatives coordinated with Argonne National Laboratory to provide an International Nuclear Facilities Experience (INFE) that allowed graduate-level engineering and policy students, and early career professionals from laboratories in the U.S. to vis  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 17 -- The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles issued the following news release: * * * - TxDMV recognizes seven Texas counties for outstanding performance * * * What do Michael Phelps, Carl Lewis and the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team have in common with Williamson and Bee counties? The gold! Seven Texas counties earned Performance Quality Recognition Program awards from the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV). The awards recognize exemplary customer service and goi  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 18 -- The Texas Education Agency issued the following document from Jacquie Porter, state director of early childhood education: House Bill (HB) 3 was passed by the 86th Texas Legislature, 2019, and signed into law by Governor Abbott on June 11, 2019. HB 3 impacts districts and open-enrollment charter schools serving prekindergarten through third grade students. The following areas within HB 3 that relate to prekindergarten specifically are: * Early education allotment * F  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 19 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Tim McCoy to the Texas Juvenile Justice Advisory Board for a term at the pleasure of the Governor. The board advises the Governor's Criminal Justice Division on programs and preventative solutions and submits recommendations regarding federal compliance issues and federal grant disbursements. Tim McCoy of Corpus Christi is Judge of Nueces County Court Law No 5. He is a me  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 18 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott, Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, Speaker Dennis Bonnen, and Attorney General Ken Paxton today sent a letter to all Texas District and County Attorneys (DAs) regarding recently dismissed marijuana possession cases and reports that some DAs will no longer prosecute misdemeanor marijuana cases. In the letter, the four state leaders lay out how actions taken by certain DAs do not align with the pa  more

FORT WORTH, Texas, July 17 -- TTI issued the following news release: TTI, Inc., a leading specialty distributor of electronic components, is now stocking the Murata LoRa Module Type ABZ (CMWX1ZZABZ). Murata's Type ABZ module is a new, compact, low cost, low power wide area network (LPWAN) wireless module that supports the LoRaWAN long-range wireless protocol. This new stand-alone module measures 12.5 x 11.6 x 1.76 mm, and is constructed in a metal shielded package and comprises a Semtech SX12  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, July 18 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release: * * * - All fights live and exclusively on ESPN and the ESPN App (in Spanish) at 6 p.m. ET * * * UFC Fight Night on ESPN this Saturday, July 20, will feature former lightweight champion Rafael Dos Anjos (29-11-0) taking on rising contender Leon Edwards (17-3-0), live from the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas. The co-main will feature a heavyweight bout between Aleksei Oleinik (57-12-1) facing W  more

RICHARDSON, Texas, July 18 -- The University of Texas's Dallas Campus issued the following news release: They may not have grabbed headlines or taken center stage in ticker-tape parades like astronauts in the early American space program, but Ron Lippincott and Larry Harmon of the William B. Hanson Center for Space Sciences at The University of Texas at Dallas were just as key to studying the universe. Lippincott, program manager, and Harmon, project supervisor, are but a few of the engineers   more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 18 -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: * * * - Fund Will Help Faculty Inventors Commercialize New Technologies * * * The University of Houston System has launched a $2 million research fund to help faculty inventors bridge the gap between research and commercialization. The Chancellor's Technology Bridging Fund was announced Thursday. It will offer grants to qualifying faculty to cover costs between proof of concept and commercialization. "U  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 18 [TNSscienceresearch] -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: Has your steering wheel been too hot to touch this summer? A new thermoelectric material reported in the journal Science could offer relief. The widespread adoption of thermoelectric devices that can directly convert electricity into thermal energy for cooling and heating has been hindered, in part, by the lack of materials that are both inexpensive and highly efficient at room temperat  more

DENTON, Texas, July 15 -- The University of North Texas issued the following news release: The University of North Texas College of Health and Public Service is bringing experts together from across multiple disciplines to combat homelessness and criminal recidivism in rural communities. Subject matter experts in the departments of Public Administration, Rehabilitation and Health Services and Criminal Justice will develop and implement a learning community and provide consultation and trainin  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 17 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston issued the following news release: Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) are investigating if a medication used to regulate blood sugar can alter motivation to use alcohol by targeting the brain's stress response system. "Many people don't realize just how stressed and anxious they are, or that their alcohol use could be directly related to those  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, July 16 -- The University of Texas's Arlington Campus issued the following news release: The University of Texas at Arlington has awarded six research grants to interdisciplinary teams focusing on key areas related to health, decision making, human interaction and advanced materials. The Interdisciplinary Research Program, or IRP, grants provide up to $20,000 to help UTA research groups advance their work and become more competitive for external funding. The IRP was launched  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, July 19 [TNSscienceresearch] -- The University of Texas's Arlington Campus issued the following news release: A physicist at The University of Texas at Arlington is developing a new scale to measure weather storms in space that could lead to a better understanding of how those storms impact Earth. "We want to see how that electrical current created during space weather episodes transfers and affects space and the Earth," said Ramon Lopez, UTA professor of physics. "We know it  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, July 17 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- The University of Texas's Arlington Campus issued the following news release: Inside his lab at The University of Texas at Arlington, Venu Varanasi has his computer monitor set to negative colors for better contrast. He triple taps the screen of his cellphone to magnify every interface. And he relies on a team of UTA students to handle the micro-level, precise movements his research requires. All these adaptations help ensure that Varanasi's pr  more

RICHARDSON, Texas, July 15 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- The University of Texas's Dallas Campus issued the following news release: A new way of looking at the brains of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients could greatly enhance doctors' ability to select the best therapy for each person. Researchers from The University of Texas at Dallas' Center for BrainHealth have joined colleagues at UT Southwestern Medical Center to study 3D images of MS lesions in the brain, with the aim of learning to differentia  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 19 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release: * * * - Study reports pre-clinical development of novel treatment and potential for combination use with immunotherapy drugs * * * Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered how an aggressive form of prostate cancer called double-negative prostate cancer (DNPC) metastasizes by evading the immune system. The investigators   more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 16 [TNSscienceresearch] -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release: * * * - Blocking IL-6 pathway may extend duration of immunotherapy and reduce side effects * * * A study at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center discovered a cellular pathway tied to cancer that may be beneficial in reducing side effects and extending duration of immunotherapy in some patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, the most common form o  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 16 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: Providing substance-abuse intervention services for women, particularly in the setting of reproductive health centers, is critical to positive patient outcomes, and offering those services electronically is much less expensive and just as effective in reducing substance abuse as a clinician-delivered intervention, according to new research from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The Univer  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 19 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: Biomedical engineers at The University of Texas at Austin may have found a way for people to get better shuteye. Systematic review protocols -- a method used to search for and analyze relevant data -- allowed researchers to analyze thousands of studies linking water-based passive body heating, or bathing and showering with warm/hot water, with improved sleep quality. Researchers in the Cock  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 18 [TNSsociologyresearch] -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: Like Kenny Rogers' gambler, who has to "know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em," banks face financial risks and uncertainty when deciding when to chase consumers who default on their credit card payments and when to let them go. A new study from the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin analyzes delinquent credit card user behaviors and develops a predicti  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 17 -- Whole Foods Market issued the following news release: Whole Foods Market and Amazon are helping shoppers cool off during National Ice Cream Month by offering Prime members 35 percent off all frozen desserts, including ice cream (traditional and nondairy varieties), gelato, sorbet, ice cream sandwiches and other frozen novelties. Prime members can take advantage of these deep savings July 17 through July 30. Whole Foods Market offers a wide selection of frozen desserts  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 18 -- Warburg Pincus, a private equity firm, issued the following news release: WildFire Energy I LLC ("WildFire", or the "Company"), an oil and gas exploitation and production company headquartered in Houston, Texas, today announced that the Company has received initial equity commitments exceeding $1 billion from management, funds affiliated with Warburg Pincus LLC ("Warburg Pincus"), a leading global private equity firm focused on growth investing, and the Kayne Private   more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 15 -- Frost and Sullivan, a provider of market research and analysis, growth strategy consulting and corporate training services across multiple industries, issued the following news release: Based on its recent analysis of the global advanced persistent threats (APTs) simulation and remediation platform market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes the Israel-headquartered XM Cyber Ltd. with the 2019 Global Technology Innovation Award for its best-in-class APT simulation and rem  more