SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, March 3 (TNSpconf) -- Centenary College of Louisiana issued the following news release: Centenary's Model Arab League Team (MAL) competed in the 2023 Bilateral Model Arab League Conference in Houston on February 17-19. Centenary represented Lebanon at this year's conference and competed against six other institutions representing eight different countries. Centenary was the only school from Louisiana at the conference. "To participate in MAL students must learn about the  more

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, March 2 (TNSfund) -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release: Nicholls recently received $25,000 from Chevron as part of their continued support of the Nicholls Small Business Hurricane Ida Resilience Fund. The Fund was established by Nicholls Louisiana Small Business Development Center and the College of Business Administration to provide financial assistance for businesses continuing to suffer from the impacts of Hurricane Ida. Business grants of $5,  more

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, March 1 (TNSfund) -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release: Nicholls recently received $50,000 from Chevron to develop the Bayou Region Incubator and the Student Entrepreneur and Innovation Center, which will provide business incubation and co-working space for entrepreneurs striving to develop a business venture. This space will be accessible to students in various stages of business development from ideation to validation, to launching and scaling a  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 2 (TNSres) -- The Christian Theological Seminary issued the following news on March 1, 2023: Do you know how Mardi Gras started, why it is significant, and why it is so inextricably tied to the season of Lent? Members of the CTS community who attended the Mardi Gras celebration on Tuesday, February 21st do thanks to Louisiana native Dr. Nicole Robertson. Dr. Robertson is Assistant Professor of Clinical Mental Health Counseling and serves as the Director of the Clini  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Dentons, a law firm, issued the following news release: Dentons assisted Eni Sustainable Mobility in entering into the agreements for a strategic partnership with PBF Energy in a 50-50 joint venture named St. Bernard Renewables (SBR) in relation to the biorefinery, currently under construction, co-located with PBF's Chalmette Refinery in Louisiana, US, dedicated to the biorefining and production of HVO Diesel (Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil, commonly known as 'renewable diese  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 2 -- Entergy issued the following news release: As part of the companies' commitment to developing healthy, vibrant communities with greater access to education and workforce opportunities, Entergy Louisiana and Entergy New Orleans launched a new child savings account program, Kids to College. The companies will donate $175,000 to help low- and moderate-income Louisiana families establish child savings accounts. Eligible families can sign up for a Kids to College a  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 3 -- Entergy issued the following news release: To meet customers' growing demands for renewable energy and support economic development in the state, Entergy Louisiana this week filed a request with the Louisiana Public Service Commission to approve the purchase, construction and operation of nearly 225 megawatts of new solar power resources. Entergy Louisiana has selected two projects to source additional solar energy, including one in Iberville Parish that woul  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 3 (TNSper) -- Entergy issued the following news release on March 2, 2023: Entergy Corporation today announced that Mark Kleehammer, formerly vice president of regulatory and public affairs for Entergy Louisiana, has been named vice president for commercial and industrial journey and products for the company. He reports to David Ellis, Entergy's chief customer officer. "We are thrilled to have Mark join our team as we continue to drive commercial and industrial cus  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 2 (TNSper) -- Entergy issued the following news release on March 1, 2023: Entergy today announced the election of two new members to its board of directors, Gina Adams and John Black. Adams has a legal and government affairs career that spans nearly 40 years, currently serving as corporate vice president of government and regulatory affairs for FedEx Corporation. Black has 40 years of experience in public accounting, recently retiring from accounting firm Deloitt  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 4 -- G.E. Healthcare, a subsidiary of General Electric, issued the following news release: GE HealthCare (Nasdaq: GEHC) will present its latest technologies and innovations for use during the critical planning and interventions steps in the cardiology care pathway as the American College of Cardiology (ACC) joins the World Heart Federation to host the ACC.23/WCC conference. The featured technologies and collaborations enable a streamlined cardiology care pathway wi  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 3 (TNSper) -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards named Dr. Eric Kalivoda as Secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development to replace Dr. Shawn Wilson, who is retiring on March 4th after 7 years of service as secretary. Dr. Kalivoda has served as Deputy Secretary at DOTD for the past 13 years. "I want to thank Dr. Kalivoda for his willingness to fill this role," said Gov. Edwards. "Under the leadersh  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 1 -- Scholastic, a children's publishing, education and media company, issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2023: Louisiana, in collaboration with Scholastic, today announced Reading Enrichment and Academic Deliverables (READ), a new state-funded book and literacy program designed to help support Louisiana pre-K4 through 5th grade students who are not yet reading on grade level. READ will provide eligible students with home delivery of free, age-appropriat  more

RUSTON, Louisiana, March 3 (TNSpconf) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Louisiana Tech University was chosen as one of the three places in the state to host the Louisiana Science Teachers Association (LSTA) and Louisiana Association of Teachers of Mathematics (LATM) conference. Teachers from across the Interstate-20 area as well as faculty and staff from the College of Education and Louisiana Department of Education attended the event. "The main focus was to get STEM teac  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 2 (TNSres) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Every day, smartphone users utilize biometric data like their fingerprint, facial ID, PIN number, and/or voice recognition to unlock their devices. They also use such data to login to apps, make online purchases, pay bills, etc. But what if that information could be duplicated and reused? Because such biometrics are static and unchanged, once they are leaked, they would never be secure to   more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 2 (TNSpro) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Students from LSU's Pre-Scholars Academy, or PSA, are preparing to travel to Dakar, Senegal over the upcoming spring break as part of the program's first global experience. "I want to travel the world and explore the cultural differences that exist all around, and this life-changing opportunity will help me achieve that goal," said Cesar Rodrigues from Baton Rouge, a PSA scholar selected   more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 28 (TNSper) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: LSU has named Alena Allen dean of the Paul M. Hebert Law Center. Allen, a Louisiana native, is currently deputy director for the Association of American Law Schools and professor of law at the University of Arkansas School of Law. Her exceptional combination of academic, professional and leadership experience distinguished her among the competitive pool of candidates. "We set out to find a  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, March 4 (TNSawa) -- The Mississippi State University issued the following news: Three Mississippi State weed science graduate students and a faculty member received awards at the 2023 annual meeting of the Southern Weed Science Society held recently in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Darrin Dodds, professor and head of MSU's Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, was honored with the Outstanding Educator Award, recognizing an individual who has made distinctive contributions t  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, a law firm, issued the following news: Simpson Thacher represented JPMorgan as administrative agent, collateral agent and the largest lender in connection with the restructuring of Nautical Solutions, L.L.C., which was implemented through a chapter 11 plan proceeding in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. Pursuant to the chapter 11 plan, which went effective on February 24, 2023, the lenders' and pari pass  more

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, Feb. 28 -- Southwestern Electric Power, an American Electric Power company, issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2023: Southwestern Electric Power Co., an American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP) company, announced today a construction project to support continued growth within Northwest Arkansas. The project spans approximately 3.2 miles and begins along Arkansas Highway 170 starting at the intersection of Clyde Carnes Road and extends south to the intersection wi  more

RUSTON, Louisiana, March 3 (TNSpar) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: The Webster Parish Convention and Visitor's Commission (CVC) recently announced its partnership with Louisiana Tech University's Community Design Activism Center (CDAC) to assist in the planning of Miller Quarters Park. Students who have enrolled in the Spring Quarter CDAC class will get a hands-on opportunity to create a master plan for the park, which is located behind the Minden Civic Center. These f  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 2 (TNSjou) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: For those on keto or paleo diets, this may be tough to swallow. A new study from Tulane University which compared popular diets on both nutritional quality and environmental impact found that the keto and paleo diets, as eaten by American adults, scored among the lowest on overall nutrition quality and were among the highest on carbon emissions. The keto diet, which prioritizes high amounts of fat  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 2 (TNSjou) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: For most Americans, the two major obstacles to proper medical care are time and money. And while insurance can sometimes reduce healthcare costs, having time to visit the doctor is just as important. Now, a new Tulane University study published in the New England Journal of Medicine has found that more people get screened for cancer when employers are mandated to provide paid sick leave. During a 7  more

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, March 4 (TNSeco) -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette Campus issued the following news story on March 3, 2023: The University of Louisiana at Lafayette has purchased 19.2 acres from Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center. The acquisition "further enables the fulfillment of the vision the University has for advancing health care in our region," said Dr. Joseph Savoie, president. UL Lafayette will use the land - adjacent to the University and formerly the site o  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 2 (TNSpar) -- The University of New Orleans issued the following news release on March 1, 2023: Louisiana Energy Partners (LAEP), a partnership between Bernhard LLC and Johnson Controls Inc., and the University of New Orleans (UNO) announced today a 25-year Energy-as-a-Service (EaaS) partnership to renew UNO's campus energy infrastructure, reduce campus Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions, and provide additional capital to advance UNO's core academic and research mis  more

VIDALIA, Louisiana, Feb. 28 (TNSpp) -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news: In the midst of Mardi Gras season and a day after Super Bowl LVI -- a time of year when healthful choices are often in short supply -- LSU AgCenter Northeast Region nutrition agents and educators convened their own kickoff event to celebrate a grant from Well-Ahead Louisiana as part of National Heart Month. The grant was written by Cecilia Stevens, food systems coordinator for the Northea  more