HAMMOND, Louisiana, Oct. 3 -- Southeastern Louisiana University issued the following news release: Barriere Construction President/CEO Jason Latiolais has been named Southeastern's 2023 Young Alumnus of the Year. He will be officially recognized at the Southeastern Alumni Association Awards Evening to be held Oct. 13, during Homecoming Week. Latiolais graduated from Southeastern in 2017 with a master's degree in business administration. "This year's young alumnus of the year, Jason Latiolais,  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 6 (TNSres) -- Delgado Community College issued the following news: The LACUSPA (Louisiana Association of College and University Student Personnel Administrators) held its Conference "Cultivating Belonging on Our Campuses" on October 1-3, 2023 in Baton Rouge Louisiana. One of the main highlights of the conference was the Fireside Chat that took place on the first day of the conference. Dr. Littleton-Steib represented Delgado as a panelist for the chat. She was joi  more

RUSTON, Louisiana, Oct. 3 -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: As Executive Associate Vice President of Research and Partnerships, Dr. Sumeet Dua spends the majority of his time promoting the opportunity to invest in the future of Louisiana Tech through research partnership opportunities across the state and nation. Through connections with industry partners and our current research faculty and staff, Dua pursues new avenues to share the impactful and creative solutions that  more

TICKFAW, Louisiana, Oct. 6 -- Louisiana Economic Development issued the following news release: MKS Plastics, a Louisiana-based premium industrial pail manufacturer, announced it is investing $14 million to double the size of its production facility in Tangipahoa Parish. The 48,000 square-foot expansion will increase manufacturing output, allowing the company to better serve its customers in the petroleum and chemical industries. The company expects to create 20 new direct jobs while retaining  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Oct. 7 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: In case you missed it, economist Dr. Loren Scott recently predicted that Louisiana will add more than 80,000 jobs over the next two years. "The good economic news for Louisiana just keeps on coming with Dr. Loren Scott's prediction that Louisiana will add more than 80,000 jobs in the next two years," said Governor John Bel Edwards. "We have the lowest unemployment rate in state history, manufacturi  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 7 -- McGlinchey Stafford, a law firm, issued the following news release: McGlinchey Stafford is pleased to announce that Kevin A. Buryanek has joined the firm's Financial Services Litigation Group as an Associate Attorney in the Cleveland office. Kevin is one of 42 attorneys McGlinchey has added in 2023 as part of a concentrated recruitment initiative to grow its nationally recognized team of attorneys. "I am very pleased to welcome Kevin to our Cleveland office,"   more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 5 (TNSres) -- Loyola University issued the following news release: * * * The so-called 'genius grant' will help Armstrong expand her work on incarceration transparency * * * Andrea Armstrong, a professor of law and nationally recognized expert on prison and jail conditions, has been named a 2023 MacArthur Fellow and a recipient of a "genius grant." The 2023 Fellows were announced Wednesday by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, which provides supp  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Oct. 7 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release on Oct. 5, 2023: Today the LSU College of Humanities & Social Sciences (HSS) announced it is rolling out an array of courses for the Spring 2024 semester engaging artificial intelligence. This initiative highlights the college's role as a leader in framing understanding of AI and the ways it transforms our world. Courses in the AI-Engaged Classroom in the Humanities and Social Sciences Initiative will  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Oct. 5 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: LSU has selected Todd Woodward to serve as the Vice President of Marketing & Communications, effective November 1 pending approval by the LSU Board of Supervisors. "We're excited to welcome Todd to the LSU team," said LSU President William F. Tate IV. "His broad scope of experience, change-agent mentality, and data-focused decision-making differentiated him as the right leader to help us reimagine u  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Oct. 6 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: LSU has selected Todd Woodward to serve as the Vice President of Marketing & Communications, effective November 1 pending approval by the LSU Board of Supervisors. "We're excited to welcome Todd to the LSU team," said LSU President William F. Tate IV. "His broad scope of experience, change-agent mentality, and data-focused decision-making differentiated him as the right leader to help us reimagine u  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Oct. 5 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: LSU ranked No. 75 among universities granted U.S. utility patents in the National Academy of Inventors' 2022 Top 100 Listing. According to the National Center for Educational Statistics, there are approximately 2,637 undergraduate degree granting institutions in the nation, and the National Academy of Inventors ranks the top 100 of those using the number of patents received by their faculty in a sing  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Oct. 7 (TNSres) -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news: The LSU AgCenter kicked off the semester by recognizing scientists for their research projects that have been awarded patents while others received career achievement and intellectual property awards. Wade Baumgartner, director of Sponsored Programs and Intellectual Property, said the Annual Patent and PVP Club Awards and Semester Kick Off event recognizes outstanding work and present  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Oct. 6 (TNSres) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Dearman is the first in her family to go to college and the first to come up with a new technique to emulate water for stop motion animation, using non-toxic and biodegradable hydrogels, with support from the LSU McNair Research Scholars program and LSU Discover. Stop motion is a form of animation created from sequential photographs, which, when played in rapid succession, create the illusi  more

BAYTOWN, Texas, Oct. 3 -- Louisiana State University Shreveport campus issued the following news: The LSUS Debate team kicked off its 2023-24 season in high fashion by winning the team debate sweepstakes at the Mendoza Debates at Lee College in late September. Two Pilots duos were named co-champions in the team debate category as Mallory Tallory/Jordan Guillot and CJ Longino/Cameron Theole reached the finals. Pairs from the same team don't debate each other, so co-champions are declared. Long  more

LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana, Oct. 5 -- McNeese State University issued the following news: Tellurian recently made a $1 million pledge in support of the LNG Center of Excellence at McNeese State University. A portion of these funds will be used to provide students with scholarships for the new McNeese LNG Business Certificate. Tellurian presented the donation during the annual McNeese LNG Day on Oct. 3, where a panel composed of three executives discussed the LNG industry and career opportunities w  more

LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana, Oct. 6 -- McNeese State University issued the following news: The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) awarded a 2022-2023 Superior Merit Award designation to the McNeese State University's SHRM student chapter for providing superior growth and development opportunities to its student members. The SHRM Student Chapter Merit Award program encourages the development of more effective student chapters that provide outstanding activities and projects. "During my t  more

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, Oct. 3 -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release: Nicholls State University is one of eleven universities receiving a $100,000 grant from the NCAA as part of its Accelerating Academic Success Program to support Nicholls student-athletes' academic experience. As part of the award, the school will provide $20,000 in match funding, which brings the total to $120,000. This is the third year Nicholls will receive this grant, bringing the total amount to $3  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Oct. 6 -- Louisiana State University Shreveport campus issued the following news: By Melody Brumble Nine LSU Shreveport professors have received endowed professorship appointments for the 2023-24 academic year. The LSUS Foundation manages endowments that support 47 professorships and five department chairs, allowing LSU Shreveport to attract and retain talented faculty members. These endowments are part of the foundation's donor-funded $31 million portfolio that yielde  more

MAGNA, Utah, Oct. 3 -- Northrop Grumman issued the following news release: Powered by Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE: NOC) solid rocket motors, one Trident II D5 Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) was successfully flight tested as part of the U.S. Navy's Demonstration and Shakedown Operation 32 (DASO-32) event. * The Navy exercise, known as DASO 32, demonstrates the readiness of the USS Louisiana (SSBN-743) crew and certifies the submarine for deployment. * Successful results f  more

HAMMOND, Louisiana, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- Southeastern Louisiana University issued the following news release: Southeastern Louisiana University and Northshore Technical Community College have each received a three-year, $1.5 million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Labor's Workforce Opportunity for Rural Communities initiative. Southeastern's grant is to address the growing shortage of nurses and nurse educators in Louisiana, including increasing the number of nurses from underrepresente  more

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, Oct. 7 -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette Campus issued the following news story: New Yorker writer Susan Orlean stood before a captive audience at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette's Angelle Hall auditorium and compared her work as a reporter to the orchid hunters she wrote about in her bestselling book, "The Orchid Thief." "There is an element there of being the explorer and then coming back to say, 'Look what I found,'" said Orlean. "And what is it that  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University issued the following news: * * * The new tool shows the 10 U.S. counties most vulnerable to threats from climate change are in Louisiana, Kentucky, South Carolina and Texas. * * * Dr. Weihsueh Chiu, a professor at the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, partnered with Environmental Defense Fund to create a new tool that provides communities and policymakers with actionable data about long-term vulner  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 5 -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Tulane University composer and pianist Courtney Bryan has been named a 2023 "genius grant" recipient by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, one of the most coveted honors in academia, the arts and sciences. The fellowship is awarded to talented individuals in a variety of fields who have shown exceptional originality in and dedication to their creative pursuits. Bryan, a native of New Orleans  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 6 (TNSres) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Researchers at Tulane University have shown for the first time that mothers are much less likely to transmit a common virus known to cause miscarriages and birth defects if they are exposed to the virus prior to becoming pregnant. The study marks a significant step toward the development of a vaccine that could protect mothers and their babies. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a common herpesvirus that most  more

AKRON, Ohio, Oct. 4 -- The University of Akron School of Law issued the following news: The University of Akron School of Law has announced that G. Ben Cohen has joined the faculty as an assistant professor of law. Cohen began his legal career as a law clerk at the Southern Center for Human Rights in Atlanta and continued working in capital defense at the Louisiana Crisis Assistance Center in New Orleans. He co-founded the Capital Appeals Project in 2001, where his work led to the exoneration   more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 6 (TNSres) -- Xavier University of Louisiana issued the following news on Oct. 5, 2023: Today, Xavier University of Louisiana was announced as one of three distinguished American universities that has established an innovative Special Relationship Partnership with The University of Manchester (UoM). This landmark collaboration reflects a shared commitment to fostering academic excellence, diversity, and global engagement. The arrangement will help to enhance the uni  more