NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 15 (TNSper) -- Appalachian State University issued the following news: Appalachian State University Chancellor Sheri Everts will serve as president of the Sun Belt Conference for a two-year term beginning July 1, the league announced Tuesday. Everts' duties as Sun Belt Conference president also include serving as chair of the conference's Executive Committee. "Each of our CEOs has played a pivotal role in the Sun Belt's rise," said Sun Belt Conference Commissioner  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 14 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on June 13, 2023: Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that he has signed the following bills from the 2023 Regular Legislative Session into law: ACT 131-HB13 Changes the name of one member on the South Tangipahoa Parish Port Commission. ACT 132-HB18 Designates certain portions of Louisiana Highways in Calcasieu and St. Tammany parishes. ACT 133-HB21 Provides relative to extended leave for scho  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 14 (TNSfund) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: * * * $1.5 million award from the National Security Agency will establish the LSU Cybersecurity Clinic to help small businesses in Louisiana prevent, detect and respond to cyberattacks. LSU was chosen among more than 400 eligible institutions of higher education in the United States. * * * LSU has been selected by the National Security Agency, or NSA, as the first university in the nati  more

MERAUX, Louisiana, June 16 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Customers in St. Bernard Parish are now being served by a more reliable and resilient electric system after Entergy Louisiana placed a new substation and transmission lines into service. Construction for the Munster project began June 2021 and was completed last week. Most of the work was performed near Munster Boulevard and Florida Avenue and northwest along the Forty Arpent Canal to Versailles Park. The new electric inf  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 14 (TNSgov) -- NetChoice issued the following news on June 13, 2023: Today, NetChoice filed an amicus brief alongside the Pelican Institute and the Travel Technology Association in support of Priceline and its co-defendants in Robinson v. Priceline, Inc. In 2016, the Louisiana Department of Revenue tried to pass legislation that would subject online travel facilitators like Priceline to a 1948 tax on hotel accommodations. After failing to persuade the state legisla  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 16 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: This Friday, Gov. John Bel Edwards will lead Louisiana Economic Development officials and business and health sciences leaders from around the state on an economic growth and diversification mission to France and Belgium. While abroad, Governor Edwards will attend the Paris Air Show, the largest aerospace and aviation trade show in the world, and BIO Day, a gathering of Louisiana and Belgian biosci  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 16 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Louisiana's Office of Motor Vehicles (OMV) is one of a still undetermined number of government entities, major businesses and organizations to be affected by the unprecedented MOVEit data breach. MOVEit is an industry-leading third party data transfer service used to send large files. It is widely used across the country and around the world, and reports are rapidly emerging of newly discovered ex  more

RUSTON, Louisiana, June 17 (TNSpro) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Louisiana Tech University is proud to announce a significant milestone in the evolution of its distinguished College of Education. Effective immediately, the College will be known as the College of Education and Human Sciences, embracing a broader academic vision to better serve its students and community. This name change reflects the College's commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration and recogniz  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 17 (TNSrpt) -- Loyola University issued the following news release on June 16, 2023: A new report by a Loyola New Orleans law professor provides the first analysis of deaths in Louisiana prisons and jails in 2020 and 2021, the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Professor Andrea Armstrong, a leading national expert on prison conditions, today released "Louisiana Deaths Behind Bars 2015-2021," the second in a series of analyses of the 1,168 lives lost in prisons and j  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 15 (TNSres) -- The Louisiana State University's Pennington Biomedical Research Center issued the following news release on June 14, 2023: Individuals with obesity are at risk of developing diseases like Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Dr. Ursula White, assistant professor of clinical science at Pennington Biomedical Research Center and the director of the Physiology of Human Adipose Tissue Laboratory, studies the biology of obesity to investigate why thi  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 17 (TNSres) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: LSU experts are available for media interviews about topics surrounding the ongoing 'unprecedented' MOVEit data breach. LSU's growing prowess in cybersecurity includes designation as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations, or CAE-CO, by the National Security Agency, NSA. At LSU, education and research in cybersecurity focus on both defensive and offensive capabilities  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 15 (TNSper) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release on June 14, 2023: The LSU Museum of Art (LSU MOA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mark A. Tullos Jr. as its new Executive Director. With a distinguished career in museum leadership and a passion for arts and culture, Tullos brings a wealth of experience and expertise to his new role. He will officially assume his position at the LSU Museum of Art on June 26, 2023. "Mark's decades   more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 16 (TNSawa) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: LSU Professor John Maxwell Hamilton has been awarded the Donald L. Shaw Senior Scholar Award by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication's (AEJMC) History Division. This award honors a scholar who has a demonstrated record of excellence in media history that has spanned at least 15 years, including division membership. Hamilton, a longtime journalist, author and p  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 16 (TNSpro)(TNSpar) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: As demand for skilled tech talent continues to accelerate throughout Louisiana and across the country, Louisiana State University Online & Continuing Education (LSU OCE) is launching a new training partnership designed to close talent gaps in the state's fast-growing tech industry. The initiative, developed in collaboration with tech talent accelerator SkillStorm, will provide Louis  more

LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana, June 14 (TNSres) -- McNeese State University issued the following news: Dr. Dan Groft, director of the H.C. Drew Center for Business and Economic Analysis and associate professor at McNeese State University, has created a podcast called Southwest Louisiana Economic Intel. "The podcast gives listeners a chance to learn directly from people in industry and government about their views on where the local economy is going," explained Groft. "We hope listeners will enjoy th  more

LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana, June 16 (TNSfund) -- McNeese State University issued the following news: The McNeese College of Nursing and Health Professions has received an anonymous gift that will benefit students in all programs in the college. Matching contributions of up to $5,000 have been made for six scholarships designated for students pursuing health care careers. The John Arthur Adams Nursing Scholarship and Graduate Nursing Educator Award are established scholarships for undergraduate an  more

HAMMOND, Louisiana, June 16 (TNSawa) -- Southeastern Louisiana University issued the following news release: For the seventh time in the past 10 years, a Southeastern Louisiana University student has been named the state's top student broadcaster. Taylor Nettle, a student sports reporter from Lacombe, has been named 2023 Louisiana Student Broadcaster of the Year in Television by the Louisiana Association of Broadcasters. "I'm blessed and so grateful for what the Louisiana Association of Broad  more

HAMMOND, Louisiana, June 13 (TNSpro) -- Southeastern Louisiana University issued the following news release on June 12, 2023: In an effort to address the critical need for nurses in St. Tammany Parish, St. Tammany Health System and Southeastern Louisiana University's School of Nursing are partnering to establish an Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree program tailored specifically for Northshore residents. The Northshore-based program will be housed in two places - primarily at the  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 15 (TNSjou) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: A new Tulane University study finds that lead contamination in cities isn't just a risk for children. It could also mean fewer hatchlings for mockingbirds. The study, published in Environmental Research, found that high lead levels in the soil correlated with less effective nesting for mockingbirds in New Orleans. Researchers also found that lead levels in the blood and feathers of mockingbird hatc  more

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, June 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette Campus issued the following news story: The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is among 12 entities across the country - and the only university - selected for a $13.5 million U.S. Department of Energy initiative designed to expand the solar energy workforce and create jobs in underrepresented communities. UL Lafayette earned a $1 million grant from the DOE's Solar Energy Technologies Office, which supports sol  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, June 17 (TNSres) -- Vanderbilt University School of Nursing issued the following news: The American Association of Nurse Practitioners has named School of Nursing Professor Ginny Moore, DNP, MSN'90, as an AANP fellow in honor of her outstanding achievements and exemplary service. Moore, who directs the Women's Health/Gender-Related Nurse Practitioner specialty, will be inducted on June 22 at the 2023 AANP National Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. "Membership in FAAN  more