SAN ANGELO, Texas, March 24 (TNSper) -- Angelo State University issued the following news: Dr. Leslie Kelley of the Angelo State University psychology faculty has been elected president of the Southwestern Psychological Association (SWPA), the official American Psychological Association (APA) affiliate for the Southwestern Region of the U.S. The Southwestern Region includes Texas, Arizona, Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Tennessee. Kelley will serve a three-year  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 24 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards and Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Secretary Tom Harris announced that more than 100 orphaned well sites have been plugged in the first two months of work funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). Another 30-plus wells are anticipated to be plugged by the end of March. "I am extremely proud that our state has moved quickly to take advantage of the B  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 23 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards unveiled a new website to help Louisianans learn about the projects and opportunities in their communities from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). The "Building the Bayou State" website features a dashboard with an interactive map to provide details on awarded BIL projects across the state. The map can be filtered by category, program, agency, parish and congressional   more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 17 -- Louisiana Economic Development issued the following news release: A program to train students in filmmaking techniques and behind-the-camera skills is the latest recipient of an award from Louisiana's Entertainment Development Fund. The Prize Foundation will receive $1 million, in five annual reimbursements of $200,000, for its Film Prize Junior program and related activities for high school and middle school students. Based in the state's Northwest Region, t  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 21 (TNSres) -- The Louisiana State University's Pennington Biomedical Research Center issued the following news release: Justin Brown was only 14 when his father passed away from colon cancer. Dr. Brown's future career path became instantly clear. "My mission is motivated by the need to prevent children from having to watch their parents melt away from cancer," he said. Although a sizable percentage of patients with colon cancer initially beat it, 30 to 50 percen  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 22 (TNSjou) -- The Louisiana State University's Pennington Biomedical Research Center issued the following news release: * * * March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month * * * Researchers, led by Pennington Biomedical Research Center's Dr. Justin Brown, have found that physical activity can prevent, and not just delay, cancer recurrence in patients previously treated for colon cancer. "In this observational study of patients with stage III colon cancer  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 21 (TNSrpt) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: A new report from LSU's Center for Energy Studies estimates that a planned carbon capture and sequestration hub to be located in Calcasieu Parish could abate climate damage, support jobs and workers, and protect the energy industry by capturing industrial carbon emissions and storing carbon dioxide permanently underground. The report, prepared for Gulf Coast Sequestration, estimates the r  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 25 (TNSjou) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: * * * Interdisciplinary project merges nuclear theory with quantum theoretical and experimental physics. * * * Quantum computers have the potential for computational breakthroughs in classically unsolvable nuclear physics problems. By exploring entanglement and symmetries in nuclei, LSU researchers seek to develop novel quantum algorithms that aim to ultimately model nuclei that are ina  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 23 (TNSper) -- McGlinchey Stafford, a law firm, issued the following news release on March 22, 2023: McGlinchey Stafford is pleased to announce that it has named attorney Shaun Ramey co-chair of the firm's national Financial Services Litigation (FSL) practice group. McGlinchey has been recognized as an industry leader and go-to firm in the FSL space for over forty years, and Shaun has represented scores of financial services providers in their litigation matters na  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, March 23 -- The South Carolina Educational Television Network issued the following news release: The documentary series Reel South has acquired 11 new films to broadcast and stream as part of its eighth season, coming to PBS this spring. The series, executive produced by PBS North Carolina, South Carolina ETV and Louisiana Public Broadcasting, will be broadcast on PBS, streamed on the PBS app and then will have expanded streaming distribution on Amazon Prime PBS Docume  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 22 (TNSawa) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Walter Isaacson, the renowned bestselling biographer, Tulane professor of history and co-chair of the New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University, was awarded a National Humanities Medal by President Joe Biden at a White House ceremony on Tuesday, March 21. The National Humanities Medal, one of the nation's highest honors, recognizes individuals and organizations whose work has deepened our na  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 24 (TNSper) -- Loyola University issued the following news release: The Loyola University New Orleans Board of Trustees today named Xavier A. Cole, Ed.D., an empathic, student-centered leader of Jesuit institutions, as the university's 18th president. Cole will become the first person of color, and the second layperson, to lead the 111-year-old institution. Currently serving as Marquette University's vice president for student affairs, Cole will begin his tenure a  more