WACO, Texas, April 13 -- Baylor University issued the following news on April 11, 2024: By Lori Fogleman Baylor University today announced a $1.5 million gift from the family of George Heilmeier through the Heilmeier-Jarvie Family Foundation, of Plano, Texas, establishing The George Heilmeier Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering to attract, retain and support innovative research and teaching within the School of Engineering and Computer Science. The Heilmeier Chair supports the Materi  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 10 -- Rice University issued the following news release: Tenor Brenton Ryan (second from right), who received a Master of Music from the Shepherd School in 2011, will be joined by bass-baritone and 2020 Shepherd School graduate Cory McGee (far right) along with (from left) Kathryn Lewek, soprano; Meryl Dominguez, soprano; and Rachael Wilson, mezzo-soprano in Music for New Bodies, the first collaboration between composer Matthew Aucoin (top left) and director Peter Sellars   more

SAN MARCOS, Texas, April 12 -- Texas State University issued the following news release: Nine Texas State University programs have been included in the Best Graduate School Rankings for 2024 by U.S. News and World Report. Texas State's top nationally ranked graduate programs are Criminology (tied for No. 26), Health Care Management (tied for No. 65) and Physical Therapy (tied for No. 106). Other categories Texas State graduate programs earned national rankings in are Part-time MBA (tied for   more

SEGUIN, Texas, April 11 -- Texas Lutheran University issued the following news: Stewardship. It's one of the first and most sacred duties of humankind. Stewardship is all about what we do with what we've been given--and it carries with it the hope to leave the world a better place than we found it. Our legacy--and the idea that it is possible for us to give beyond our years--that is what the Lutheran Foundation of the Southwest is all about. It exists to help people to plan where their resourc  more

WOOD DALE, Illinois, April 10 -- AAR, a provider of aviation services to commercial and government operators, issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: AAR CORP. (NYSE: AIR), a leading provider of aviation services to commercial and government operators, MROs, and OEMs, was awarded the 2023 Component Repair Supplier of the Year - Large Volume Category by Atlas Air Worldwide (Atlas Air). AAR's Component Services sites in Grand Prairie, Texas, and Wellington, Kansas, were selected from  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, April 10 -- Ameriprise Financial, a provider of investment advice, asset management and insurance capabilities, issued the following news release: Financial advisor Joe Chairez MBA, CFP(R), recently joined the branch channel of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP) from J.P. Morgan Securities with $105 million in assets in Dallas, Texas. Reflecting on his decision to join Ameriprise, Chairez said, "I was drawn to the capabilities Ameriprise offers that will help me del  more

DALLAS, Texas, April 12 -- AECOM, an infrastructure firm, issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: AECOM (NYSE: ACM), the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, today announced that it is engaging with clients across the United States as they seek to respond to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) recently announced final regulatory rules establishing maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) for six per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water. As a le  more

DALLAS, Texas, April 9 -- AECOM, an infrastructure firm, issued the following news release: AECOM (NYSE: ACM), the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, today announced that an AECOM-led joint venture with Jacobs has been selected by Amtrak to serve as delivery partner for the $6 billion Frederick Douglass Tunnel Program that will upgrade a ten-mile section of the Northeast Corridor (NEC), America's busiest passenger rail line. The cornerstone of the program will be the delivery of t  more

SOUTHLAKE, Texas, April 9 -- Sabre, a travel technology company, issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: SOUTHLAKE, Texas, and TOKYO -- Sabre Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR), a leading software and technology provider that powers the global travel industry today announced the successful implementation of a full suite of Radixx solutions for AirJapan. The new carrier flew its inaugural route from Japan to Bangkok earlier this year and is gearing up to introduce new routes, underpinned by   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 13 -- Alston and Bird, a law firm, issued the following news release on April 12, 2024: Alston & Bird successfully defended Nokia of America Corp. against allegations that its router products infringed four patents owned by Smart Path Communications. On April 5, an Eastern District of Texas jury cleared Nokia of all claims of infringement, finding one patent not infringed, one patent invalid, and one patent invalid and not infringed. The Court held a fourth asserted pate  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 8 (TNSres) -- Axiom Space Inc., a provider of human spaceflight services and developer of human-rated space infrastructure, issued the following news release: Astrolab, together with teammates Axiom Space and Odyssey Space Research, were awarded a NASA contract to advance the development of a Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) to enable Artemis astronauts to explore more of the Moon's surface on future missions. The Astrolab team is one of three teams to win contract awards. Ast  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 12 (TNSres) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: Picture in your mind a traditional "landline" telephone with a coiled cord connecting the handset to the phone. The coiled telephone cord and the DNA double helix that stores the genetic material in every cell in the body have one thing in common; they both supercoil, or coil about themselves, and tangle in ways that can be difficult to undo. In the case of DNA, if this overwinding is not dealt with,   more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 10 (TNSres) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: As millions of Americans approach age 66, they face the inevitable question, is it time to retire? The physician population is aging alongside the general population - more than 40% of physicians in the U.S. will be 65 years or older within the next decade. In the case of surgeons, there is little guidance on how to best ensure their competency throughout their career and at the same time maintain pat  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 9 (TNSres) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have tested the feasibility of using human cell transdifferentiation with RNA sequencing to facilitate diagnoses of Mendelian disorders. The approach generated an overall diagnostic yield of 25.4% in a cohort of Undiagnosed Diseases Network cases. The findings are published in the American Journal of Human Genetics. Functional experiments such as RNA sequencin  more

WACO, Texas, April 11 -- Baylor University issued the following news on April 9, 2024: Highlighted by Top 20 graduate programs across disciplines ranging from physical therapy and nursing to entrepreneurship and trial advocacy, Baylor University graduate and professional programs were among those nationally ranked in the 2024 Best Graduate Schools rankings, released today by U.S. News& World Report. NOTE: U.S. News has announced a delay in publication of rankings for Best Engineering Schools a  more

WACO, Texas, April 11 -- Baylor University issued the following news on April 10, 2024: Baylor University and the Waco community will have the opportunity to hear from Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, literary scholar and author Henry Louis Gates Jr. during this year's Beall-Russell Lecture in the Humanities at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 17, at Waco Hall, 624 Speight Ave. The lecture is free and open to the public, but registration is suggested. Gates is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professo  more

WACO, Texas, April 13 -- Baylor University issued the following news: By Clarissa Garza The Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) has recognized Lesley McAllister, D.M.A., professor of piano, director of piano pedagogy and director of the keyboard studies division in Baylor University's School of Music, with the honor of American Music Teacher Article of the Year for her article, "The Language of Awareness: How Cueing and Breath Work Impact the Music Lesson." This is the second time McAll  more

DALLAS, Texas, April 12 -- Trammell Crow Co., a developer and investor in commercial real estate, issued the following news release: Blackbrook, a specialist European real estate investor focusing on future-proof supply chain infrastructure, is expanding its portfolio in Germany through the speculative development of two new logistics facilities in Kerpen, with joint venture partner Trammell Crow Company acting as development manager. The two class-A logistics facilities will total 28,000 sqm  more

NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas, April 12 -- Continental, a developer of pioneering technologies and services for sustainable and connected mobility of people and their goods, issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Continental today announced that Brandon Lane has taken over as the Plant Manager of its New Braunfels, Texas facility. The New Braunfels plant, which opened in September 2022, is an integral part of Continental's global network, specializing in the manufacturing of Advanced Drive  more

SOUTHLAKE, Texas, April 12 -- Sabre, a travel technology company, issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Sabre Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR), a leading software and technology provider powering the global travel industry, and Consolid Global Travel Solutions, a leading travel agency and tourism company in Latin America, announced today Consolid has adopted Sabre Direct Pay and Sabre-distributed NDC content through its developer affiliate Starlings. Sabre Direct Pay will help Consolid  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: This weekend we learned about the RNC's continued scale back on outreach to Latino voters, this time in Texas. Don't worry - no special glasses needed to look at this photo of the now closed center: DCCC Spokesperson, Jose Munoz: "A picture is worth a thousand words, and the image of an empty building with the RNC Community Center sign still up shows just how serious R  more

SPRING, Texas, April 13 -- ExxonMobil, an energy provider and chemical manufacturer, issued the following news release: ExxonMobil has made a final investment decision for the Whiptail development offshore Guyana, after receiving the required government and regulatory approvals. Whiptail, the sixth project on the Stabroek block, is expected to add approximately 250,000 barrels of daily capacity by the end of 2027. * Whiptail project receives government approvals; production targeted to begin i  more

DALLAS, Texas, April 12 -- Southern Methodist University issued the following news: FBI Dallas Special Agent in Charge Chad Yarbrough and SMU Vice Provost for Research and Chief Innovation Officer Suku Nair announced their plans to exchange resources and information with components of the Texoma Semiconductor Tech Hub (TSTH), an economic and workforce development consortium led by SMU. Key stakeholders from both entities discussed the future of information and cyber security, insider threats, r  more

ALPINE, Texas, April 11 (TNSres) -- Sul Ross State University issued the following news: Members of the Sul Ross State University faculty have been awarded a coveted Research Enhancement Grant from the institution's Research Council. The Research Enhancement Grant is a competitive accolade that recognizes exceptional proposals with the potential to make significant contributions to their respective fields. The selected faculty members have demonstrated exemplary dedication to advancing knowled  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 8 -- Rice University issued the following news release: Texas Governor Greg Abbott will speak at the April 9 Texas Electricity Policy Summit at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. Hosted by the Baker Institute's Center for Energy Studies, the event will bring together academic experts, energy executives and Texas legislators to discuss the future of the electricity market, including generation and transportation. News media who are interested in attendin  more

ABILENE, Texas, April 11 -- Hardin-Simmons University issued the following news: Hardin-Simmons takes pride in its social work program, and the university is proud to present Mrs. Amy Shelton as one of its talented students. Amy is studying for her social work administration degree and will graduate in May. The National Association of Social Workers-West Central Texas Branch awarded Amy with their Social Work Student of the Year Award. The award honors a student member of NASW who has enrolle  more

TYLER, Texas, April 13 -- The University of Texas Tyler Campus issued the following news release: Two students at The University of Texas at Tyler University Academy Tyler campus won the 2024 East Texas High School Idea Challenge, the region's premier innovation competition for high school students at UT Tyler. First-place winners Umama Khan and Olivia Hall, UA-Tyler seniors, each received a $5,000 UT Tyler scholarship. Their winning project, Vitaband, is an idea for a wristband that monitors   more

BROWNWOOD, Texas, April 12 -- Howard Payne University issued the following news: Renovations were recently completed for a microbiology lab in Howard Payne University's Winebrenner Memorial Hall of Science, thanks to generous funding from HPU supporters. The updated space facilitates labs for students majoring in fields such as biology, biomedical science, nursing and life science education. It will also house summer workshops for K-12 students. "It is now a state-of-the-art space that will be  more

DALLAS, Texas, April 9 -- Hunton Andrews Kurth, a law firm, issued the following news: Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP acted as counsel to the initial purchaser for the offering of $450 million aggregate principal amount of National Finance Authority Taxable Utility Refunding Revenue Bonds (Wheeling Power Company Project) Series 2024A (the "Bonds"). The Bonds were issued by the National Finance Authority in a private placement under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Bonds were   more

NEW YORK, Texas, April 12 -- iHeartMedia issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: iHeartMedia announced today the lineup for the Daytime Village at the 2024 iHeartCountry Festival Presented by Capital One on Saturday, May 4 from 12:30-4:30 p.m. CT at the Dell Technologies Plaza of Moody Center in Austin, TX. The free daytime event will feature live performances by Riley Green, Chris Lane, Walker Hayes, Ashley Cooke, Chase Matthew and Kelsey Hart. The Daytime Village will also featur  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, April 11 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following statement on April 10, 2024: * * * Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today released the following statement, applauding Governor Kim Reynolds for signing a Texas-style immigration law that increases penalties for illegal reentry: "Biden's border crisis makes every American less safe. With drug cartels operating on both sides of the border, suspected terrorists flooding into our country, and human traffick  more

FORT WORTH, Texas, April 12 (TNSres) -- The University of North Texas Health Science Center issued the following news: By Steven Bartolotta JAMA Network Open this month published an article, "Physician Empathy and Chronic Pain Outcomes," based on national data collected by the Pain Registry for Epidemiological, Clinical, and Interventional Studies and Innovation (PRECISION) at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. The research team was led by John C. Licciardone,   more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 10 -- KBR, a provider of differentiated, professional services and technologies, issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: KBR (NYSE: KBR) announced today it has been awarded an engineering services contract by First State Hydrogen, Inc. to support the feasibility and development of its first clean hydrogen production facility in the U.S. mid-Atlantic region. KBR will provide engineering services to study the feasibility of developing a clean hydrogen production  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 9 -- KBR, a provider of differentiated, professional services and technologies, issued the following news release: KBR (NYSE: KBR) announced that it has been awarded new contracts estimated at more than $450 million to deliver highly technical systems engineering support and services to the U.S. Government. Under the terms of these contracts, KBR will provide systems engineering, acquisition support, phenomenology expertise and data science, as well as applied research, c  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, April 12 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: A record 52 students from 13 teams across the U.S. competed in the fourth annual KU Professional Selling Program/King's Hawaiian Sales Competition on April 5-6 at Capitol Federal Hall. This year's competition featured teams from the University of Kansas School of Business, as well as the University of Arizona, University of Central Missouri, Indiana State University, University of Iowa, University of Georgia, Mar  more

BEAUMONT, Texas, April 9 -- Lamar University issued the following news: Dr. Debbie Troxclair, educational leadership professor at Lamar University, was recently awarded The Association for the Gifted-Council for Exceptional Children (TAG-CEC) 2024 Service Award at the national conference in San Antonio. The TAG Service Award is awarded annually to an individual who has made a significant contribution to the field of gifted and talented education and exemplified TAG's values and mission. "Th  more

SOUTHLAKE, Texas, April 10 -- Sabre, a travel technology company, issued the following news release Price : LATAM Airlines Group and Sabre Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR), a leading software and technology provider that powers the global travel industry, today announced the carrier's adoption of Sabre Air Price IQ(TM), an intelligent solution that is part of Sabre's Retail Intelligence suite. Powered by Sabre Travel AI(TM) technology, Air Price IQ allows airlines to generate relevant offers by anal  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 10 -- The Lower Colorado River Authority issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: The Lower Colorado River Authority on Tuesday announced plans to double the energy production from the new peaker plant it is building in Central Texas by adding a second generating unit. The new plant will help LCRA continue to meet the increasing need for reliable power and support the Texas power grid. "To keep the Texas economy moving, we need more affordable, reliable power, a  more

SAN DIEGO, Texas, April 10 (TNSres) -- LPL Financial LLC, a part of LPL Financial Holdings, issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: LPLA, the "Company"), the parent corporation of LPL Financial LLC, today announced the release of its 2024 Sustainability Report. The report details the Company's progress toward its environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals in key focus areas that guide LPL's approach to sustainability, responsible business,   more

SAN DIEGO, Texas, April 11 -- LPL Financial Holdings Inc., an investment advisory firm company, issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: LPL Financial LLC announced today that financial advisors Greg Mullaney, CFP(R), Colleen Kelly Abate, CFP(R) and Peter Pagano have joined LPL Financial's broker-dealer, RIA and custodial platforms. They reported serving approximately $300 million in advisory, brokerage and retirement plan assets/*, and join LPL from Ameriprise Financial. With the   more

SAN DIEGO, Texas, April 12 -- LPL Financial Holdings Inc., an investment advisory firm company, issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: LPL Financial LLC announced today that Strategic Insights Financial Planning Group has joined LPL Financial's broker-dealer, RIA and custodial platforms. The team of five advisors reported serving approximately $500 million in advisory, brokerage and retirement plan assets/* and joins LPL from Ameriprise Financial. Founded in 1986 by Arthur Hughes  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 13 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release: * * * Featuring strategies to overcome treatment resistance, targets for ovarian and BRAF-mutated cancers, and a novel risk prediction tool for hereditary cancers * * * The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center's Research Highlights showcases the latest breakthroughs in cancer care, research and prevention. These advances are made possible through seamless colla  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, April 11 -- The Maryland Department of Agriculture issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: The Maryland Department of Agriculture today issued an order (https://mda.maryland.gov/Documents/Signed%20Order_Cows_HPAI.pdf) restricting movement of dairy cattle into Maryland from states with confirmed outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in their herds. Last week, USDA announced detections of HPAI in dairy cattle herds in several states including Tex  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- George Washington University issued the following news: Republican Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed a bill into law, mirroring Texas' controversial legislation, enabling law enforcement to arrest undocumented migrants found in the state after deportation or with pending orders. The move aligns with a broader Republican stance on immigration, highlighting ongoing tensions with the Biden administration and stirring debates on border security and migrant rights. Faculty e  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- George Washington University issued the following news: A Texas dairy worker was infected with bird flu recently and a virulent bird flu strain was recently identified in US dairy cattle. So far there is no evidence of more widespread transmission in humans. However, federal health officials are looking to ready a vaccine just in case. The George Washington University has experts available to discuss the risk of a pandemic, what needs to be done to prepare and basic fac  more

MACON, Georgia, April 9 -- Mercer University issued the following news: By Jennifer Fairfield-Williams Mercer University junior Sarah Boyer and sophomore Mia Jastrzembski were recently selected as Amgen Scholars. Boyer will spend 10 weeks this summer conducting research at the University of Texas Southwestern (UTSW) in Dallas as part of a highly selective undergraduate summer research program that allows undergraduates from across the globe to participate in cutting-edge research opportunitie  more

WACO, Texas, April 13 (TNScapv) -- Baylor University issued the following news: Baylor University is the host site of the 2024 National Bioethics Bowl, an intercollegiate academic competition in which students from U.S. colleges and universities debate a wide variety of bioethics topics - from ethical issues arising in current events in healthcare and clinical scenarios to those that would arise in fictional scenarios with futuristic health technologies. The National Bioethics Bowl will take p  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, April 10 -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: Three University of Texas at Arlington graduate programs ranked among the top 50 nationally in the 2024 Best Graduate School rankings from U.S. News & World Report, highlighted by a No. 31 national ranking, out of 170 universities, for the Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program in the College of Nursing and Health Innovation (CONHI). CONHI's MSN program jumped 23 spots from its previou  more

IRVING, Texas, April 12 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: The Chicago Blackhawks and WGN Radio announced today that they have agreed on a three-year broadcast rightsholder extension. The agreement will keep Blackhawks hockey on the 50,000-watt radio powerhouse through the 2026-27 National Hockey League season. Troy Murray and John Wiedeman have also agreed to a three-year extension for live game coverage with pregame,  more

SAN MARCOS, Texas, April 9 (TNSres) -- Texas State University issued the following news release: James Moore III, Ph.D., assistant director for the Directorate for STEM Education (EDU) at the National Science Foundation (NSF), visited Texas State University for an insightful discussion on the NSF EDU's vision and priorities for research and funding. The event, hosted by the College of Education, provided valuable insights into strategies for successful proposals to STEM Education Research Fund  more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, April 13 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: The College of Education and Human Sciences has recognized 45 Seniors of Distinction from all seven schools and departments for 2024. Selected by the Student Affairs committee, these students have demonstrated qualities of leadership, academic excellence and service and shown dedication to Oklahoma State University's land-grant mission. The students were honored at a special reception on April 11. 2024 Sen  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 11 (TNSres) -- Oracle, a developer of hardware and software products, issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Oracle has been named a Leader for the 17th time in the 2024 Gartner(R) Magic Quadrant(TM) for Transportation Management Systems. Oracle was positioned highest for its Ability to Execute. A copy of the report is available here (https://www.oracle.com/scm/logistics/transportation-management/report/). Logistics challenges are becoming increasingly rampan  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 10 -- Oracle, a developer of hardware and software products, issued the following news release: Pro-invest Group, a leading private equity real estate asset manager and investment firm has selected Oracle OPERA Cloud Property Management System (PMS) to standardize operations across its properties. Pro-invest needed to consolidate multiple PMS systems to centralize its data and operations on a system that could handle a wide range of hotels, from smaller independent properti  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 8 -- Rice University issued the following news release: Ice cream company Protein Pints took home the grand prize at the 2024 Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC) April 6 as the best student ventures from top universities across the world competed for prizes in front of nearly 350 angel, venture capital and corporate investors and members of the business community. During his acceptance speech, Founder and CEO of Protein Pints Paul Reiss said, ""The love and support that  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 9 -- Rice University issued the following news release: Four teams of Rice University engineering students converted a 1997 Chevy P30 delivery van into a fully electric vehicle in less than a year, using a combination of parts scavenged from out-of-use vehicles, custom-built elements and off-the-shelf items. With over 20 students involved overall, the electric conversion van project, or E-VAN, is a true feat not only in terms of engineering design but also timing and coor  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 11 -- Rice University issued the following news release: TinyTrach, a team of interdisciplinary engineering students from Rice University, created an innovative pediatric endotracheal tube (ETT) integrated with a camera and anchoring system that could make intubation procedures safer for babies 1 month and older by ensuring precise placement, stable anchoring and visibility access for up to 14 days. The challenge was introduced to the team by Dr. Parag Jain, associate pr  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 12 -- Rice University issued the following news release: Rice University engineers have developed the smallest implantable brain stimulator demonstrated in a human patient. Thanks to pioneering magnetoelectric power transfer technology, the pea-sized device developed in the Rice lab of Jacob Robinson in collaboration with Motif Neurotech and clinicians Dr. Sameer Sheth and Dr. Sunil Sheth can be powered wirelessly via an external transmitter and used to stimulate the br  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 8 -- Rice University issued the following news release: Rice University will convene a group of international scholars as part Foucault: 40 Years After, a world congress commemorating the enduring legacy of Michel Foucault. With more than 70 events worldwide, this congress underscores Foucault's global impact on ethics, biopolitics, poverty, racism and sexual exclusion. The April 18-19 Rice event, Foucault: Genealogies for the Future, is being spearheaded by Niki Kasumi  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 9 -- Rice University issued the following news release: The Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen (OEDK), Rice University's signature hub for undergraduate engineering innovation, will hold its annual Harrell and Carolyn Huff engineering design showcase and competition on April 11 at the Ion. The event, which is open to the public, is an opportunity to experience the creativity and dedication of Rice undergraduate engineering students whose projects translate classroom know  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 11 -- Rice University issued the following news release: Megan Reiter, an assistant professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University, has won a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award to investigate the influence of neighboring stars on the formation of planets. The research funded by Reiter's five-year, $951,446 NSF grant will shed light on a phenomenon that could significantly impact our understanding of how planets are born. "By exploring the intricate i  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 11 -- Rice University issued the following news release: Rice University and Lone Star College will celebrate the renewal of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) and signing of an articulation agreement April 12 to allow transfer students in LSC's Take Flight Program to receive Rice credit for core science, technology, engineering and mathematics courses completed at Lone Star College. The event will take place from 2-2:30 p.m. in the Rice Founder's Room in Lovett Hall.WH  more

ST. BONAVENTURE, New York, April 9 (TNSres) -- St. Bonaventure University issued the following news release: St. Bonaventure University senior Nishtha Tripathi of Austin, Texas, is among 31 undergraduate students nationwide who were accepted into the competitive American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Honor Society for 2024. Tripathi is pursuing majors in biology and behavioral neuroscience and a minor in English. She is also a student in the university's Honors Program  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, April 12 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University's Health Science Center issued the following news: * * * Opportunity launches multiple, tangential resources for faculty and student research and funding * * * Experts from the Texas A&M University School of Public Health have been awarded $12.6 million to continue their work as the independent evaluators for the Texas Medicaid 1115 Wavier for the third consecutive evaluation period. These faculty were selected twice before by  more

DALLAS, Texas, April 11 (TNSres) -- Southern Methodist University issued the following news: * * * Interventions need to consider adolescents' exposure to interpersonal racial discrimination alongside other forms of violence when providing care. * * * A new study by SMU psychologists shows interpersonal racial discrimination and other forms of violence can impact the mental health of adolescents in the justice system. The research advocates for a more holistic approach to mental health inte  more

GEORGETOWN, Texas, April 11 -- Southwestern University issued the following news: Southwestern University is proud to announce a partnership with Barnes & Noble to operate the campus bookstore beginning in the fall of 2024. Through the transformative collaboration, America's largest bookseller is also bringing their First Day(R) Complete program to Southwestern. In addition to selling course textbooks, the retailer will also offer a variety of Southwestern merchandise. Barnes & Noble is expect  more

COMMERCE, Texas, April 11 -- Texas A&M University's Commerce Campus issued the following Q&A on April 9, 2024 with Avery Wageman, licensed professional counselor associate at A&M-Commerce's Counseling Center, by Rachel McShane, graduate assistant communications specialist for the Office of Marketing and Communications: * * * In a world obsessed with likes, comments and views, how can we find a little peace and quiet in our minds? Social media: we all know and love it. And, if you're like me,   more

LAREDO, Texas, April 13 -- Texas A&M International University, a member of the Texas A&M University System, issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Texas A&M International University's (TAMIU) Office of Continuing Education will present the Texas Certified Public Manager(R) Program (CPM) to the public in the Fall 2024. Registration opens in July 2024 with the first class scheduled Saturday, September 21, 2024. TAMIU created the CPM Program with Texas State University in 2019. The  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, April 12 -- Texas A&M University issued the following news: By Caitlin Clark It didn't take long after moving to Fort Worth for Bobby Ahdieh to realize that blending in wasn't going to be an option. Within a few minutes of opening his mouth to speak, the New Yorker is inevitably asked where he's from. So instead, Ahdieh adopted what he calls his "I got here as quick as I could" approach. That's how he found himself on the back of a horse in the center of a packed arena  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 11 -- The Texas A&M Forest Service issued the following news: Twenty-two Texas cities, neighborhoods, non-profit organizations and schools received grant funding through the Texas A&M Forest Service Community Forestry Grants Program, totaling $15.4 million. The grants will directly fund recipients' tree planting, maintenance and community forestry planning and education efforts as part of their larger, unique urban forestry solution campaigns. The program also places a key  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, April 9 -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: By Michelle Revels Dr. Mohsen Taheri Andani, an assistant professor in the J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been chosen as one of the co-leads for the newly established Center for Scientific Machine Learning for Material Sciences. Texas Southern University spearheads this collaborative initiative that also includes the University of Mic  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, April 11 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University's Health Science Center issued the following news: * * * School of Public Health study is the first of its kind to compare characteristics of visits among all emergency department types * * * Freestanding emergency departments (EDs)--either satellite branches of hospitals or independently operated facilities--have popped up across the country. Texas has the most, with 338 freestanding EDs as of May 2023, and these facilities h  more

BRYAN, Texas, April 12 -- The Texas A&M University System issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- The Texas A&M University System, one of the largest systems of higher education in the nation, is a winner of the 2023 Elastic Excellence in Security Business Transformation Award. The award was presented during the 2024 ElasticON New York last month.. "I am pleased to receive the Elastic Excellence in Security Business Transformation award and am proud  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, April 9 -- Texas A&M University issued the following news: By Caitlin Clark Despite attempts by successive presidential administrations to pivot their attention to other parts of the world, the Middle East is once again at the top of the U.S. foreign policy agenda following Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel, says one career diplomat. The region "is once again on fire," said Ryan Crocker, former dean of the Bush School of Government and Public Service during a recent visit  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, April 10 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University's College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences issued the following news release: Researchers at the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) and the University of Colorado Cancer Center have received a $3.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study how a pair of molecules that regulate certain types of metastatic breast cancer interact with a new drug therapy. One molecu  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, April 10 -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: By Abriana Ciabattari Hosted by the Meloy Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program, Aggies Invent: Para Athlete was held simultaneously with the World Cup 2024 Olympic Qualifying Para-Cycling event hosted by the city of Bryan and Texas A&M University. In just 48 hours, 48 engineering students developed adaptive technologies, prosthetics and equipment to allow future para-at  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, April 11 -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: By Raven Wuebker Dr. Yuhe Tian is being honored with the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award. Tian was a Texas A&M chemical engineering doctoral student from 2016 to 2021. Her faculty advisor for her dissertation was Dr. Stratos Pistikopoulos, professor of chemical engineering. Tian will be receiving her award at The Foundations of Computer-Aided Process Design (FOCAPD) Conference  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, April 12 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Dr. Nitesh Saxena is teaming up with the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station and Rutgers University to create software that could stop voice-control mischief in manufacturing settings. * * * By Amanda Norvelle One concern about AI is that it can imitate voices, a practice called voice spoofing. Deepfakes are a prominent type of voice spoofing facilitated by deep l  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, April 13 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Dr. Sean Carroll and Dr. Michael G. Strauss deliver a joint lecture on science, philosophy, and religion as part of the Trotter Endowed Lecture Series. * * * By Jan McHarg Two accomplished scientists and researchers will present their views on science, philosophy, and religion as part of Texas A&M University's annual Trotter Endowed Lecture Series. Dr. Sean Carroll, H  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 10 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued Harris County for instituting an unlawful "guaranteed income" program that redistributes public money in a manner that violates the Texas Constitution. Announced by Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo in 2023, the program would randomly select 1,928 eligible Harris County residents by lottery to receive $500 cash payments for 18 months with "no strings attach  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 11 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a letter with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit detailing new and important facts in the ongoing concertina wire case, urging the court to resolve the case on an expedited basis in order to protect Texas's border security measures. Notably, the letter details findings of fact made by the district court concerning events at the border. The dis  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 11 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following statement on April 10, 2024: * * * Yesterday, the Arizona Supreme Court upheld a total abortion ban with no exceptions - siding with a law that dates back to 1864. This decision comes months after the Texas Supreme Court ordered Kate Cox to risk her life by forcing her to carry an unviable pregnancy to term. Texans and now Arizonans are having their rights rolled back all because of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz - and the T  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 13 (TNSres) -- The Texas Education Agency issued the following document from Commissioner Mike Morath on April 11, 2024: * * * Subject: College, Career, or Military Readiness Outcomes Bonus (CCMR OB) Funding Timeline and New Early Counts File Category: Notice Next Steps: Share with appropriate staff The purpose of this communication is to provide updates on the College, Career, or Military Readiness Outcomes Bonus (CCMR OB) funding timeline and announce the publication   more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 13 -- The Texas Education Agency issued the following document from Commissioner Mike Morath on April 11, 2024: * * * Subject: Financial Aid Graduation Requirement and Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Updates Category: School Programs Next Steps: Share with appropriate staff and update local processes and procedures as necessary FAFSA Updates The U.S. Department of Education (USDE) provides updates regarding changes to the 2024-25 FAFSA processing timel  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 13 -- The Texas Education Agency issued the following document from Commissioner Mike Morath on April 11, 2024: * * * Subject: SPP/APR Regional and Statewide Public Reports Published on TEA Website (FFY 2022) Category: SPP/APR Public Reporting Requirement Next Steps: Share with appropriate local educational agency (LEA) and regional education service center (ESC) staff The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is committed to transparency and accountability for public education.  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 12 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Governor Greg Abbott today announced the next 2024 Governor's Small Business Summit will be held in Corpus Christi on Thursday, April 18. Held throughout the year and in regions across the state, the Governor's Small Business Summits aim to help Texas small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs succeed by connecting them with the resources and information needed to start, strengthen,   more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 9 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: Governor Greg Abbott today announced the Texas Music Office (TMO) and the City of Kilgore, Kilgore Main Street, and Visit Kilgore will co-host an in-person and virtual Music Friendly Texas Community workshop on Tuesday, April 16. "Music is key to the Texas brand and to our local economies," said Governor Abbott. "I thank the Texas Music Office for helping communities large and small develop  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 10 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: Governor Greg Abbott today celebrated Texas expanding access to affordable and reliable power at a groundbreaking ceremony in Maxwell for the two new Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) peaker power plants, which will add hundreds of megawatts of power to the Texas electric grid. "To keep the Texas economy booming, we need to continue building affordable, reliable power," said Governor A  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 12 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Governor Greg Abbott today sent a letter with Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, Idaho Governor Brad Little, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry, Missouri Governor Mike Parson, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt, and Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon, to President Joe Biden urging him to reverse his Administration's policies that would strip millions of Americans from access to cruc  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 11 (TNSres) -- Trinity University issued the following news: * * * Camille Johnson '21 builds on her research experience from Trinity to share new stories at the National Museum of Toys and Miniatures * * * By Kenneth Caruthers Camille Johnson's 21st birthday did not go exactly as planned. Sitting at her birthday lunch with her family on March 11, 2020, she received an email about Trinity's COVID-19 response and campus shutting down. Johnson '21 had to quickly pac  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, April 11 -- Creighton University issued the following news: Creighton University remains the premier Goldwater Scholar-producing Catholic university, with two more students - both within the Department of Mathematics - winning the prestigious award in 2024. This year, Creighton's Goldwater Scholars are Hannah Graff, a junior math, data science and musical theatre triple major from Winona, Minnesota, and Riley Link, a junior math major from Pflugerville, Texas. During the pa  more

SAN MARCOS, Texas, April 12 -- Texas State University issued the following news release: Jessica Dutton, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Biology, has received a grant from the Matagorda Bay Mitigation Trust to investigate mercury exposure through seafood consumption in the Matagorda Bay ecosystem. The three-year $474,900 award will allow Dutton to investigate people's exposure to mercury through seafood consumption using hair analysis and surveys focusing on demographic fac  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 10 -- The University of Houston issued the following news on April 9, 2024: By Shawn Lindsey The University of Houston is once again proving that it is a powerhouse in graduate education, with 13 of its programs securing spots among the top 50 nationwide in the 2024 U.S. News & World Report graduate program rankings, released today. Three engineering programs maintain their top 50 rank pending the release of 2024 engineering rankings, which have been delayed. In total, UH  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 11 (TNSres) -- The University of Houston issued the following news: * * * Diabetic Medications Most Expensive, Fastest Rise in Price * * * By Laurie Fickman Newly published research from the University of Houston College of Pharmacy reveals an alarming trend in diabetic medication expenditures. While pharmaceutical spending in the U.S. has long been recognized as higher than in other affluent nations, diabetic medications, including insulin, are now at the forefront of  more

PINE BLUFF, Arkansas, April 9 (TNSres) -- The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff issued the following news: Dr. Rebecca Lochmann, professor of aquaculture and fisheries at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, was recently presented the Distinguished Service Award at the Aquaculture America conference held in San Antonio, Texas. Hosted by the U.S. Aquaculture Society (USAS) and partners, Aquaculture America is the nation's only major national aquaculture conference and exposition. Accord  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 12 -- The University of Houston issued the following news: By Rashda Khan The University of Houston (UH) and Scotland's Heriot-Watt University (HWU) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) today, marking the beginning of their partnership to foster global collaboration in education, research and innovation in the energy sector and beyond. At the heart of the MOU lies a commitment to advance research that helps society deliver a just energy transition, with a particul  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 12 -- The University of Houston issued the following news: By Shawn Lindsey The University of Houston is, once again, demonstrating its strength as a global leader. UH has 18 programs ranked among the top in the world according to the 2024 edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject, released today by QS Quacquarelli Symonds. UH's hospitality programs in the Conrad N. Hilton College of Global Hospitality Leadership led the way with a world rank of No. 35. The   more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 9 -- The University of Houston issued the following news: By Rashda Khan The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) selected Texas Innovates, a non-profit organization focused on hydrogen and carbon innovation and expansion in the greater Houston and Gulf Coast region, as one of 23 phase 1 winners of the Energy Program for Innovation Clusters (EPIC) Round 3 competition. Notably, Texas Innovates is the only Texas entity to advance to phase 2 of   more

NORMAN, Oklahoma, April 13 (TNSres) -- The University of Oklahoma issued the following news release: * * * Findings create possibility for treating muscle-wasting condition. * * * New research from the University of Oklahoma reveals a previously unknown chain of events sparking the development of cancer cachexia, a debilitating muscle-wasting condition that almost always occurs in people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. The research, led by Min Li, Ph.D., a professor in the OU College of M  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 11 -- The University of St. Thomas issued the following news: When the University of St. Thomas-Houston extended its presence to include Montgomery County, it began providing enriching Luminary Lectures to this community. The next Luminary Lecture on April 24, from 5:30 - 7 p.m., at Sacred Heart Parish Life Center in Conroe, is titled "Eucharistic Miracles: God's Overflowing Love and Goodness" and will be presented by Dr. Dominic Aquila, professor of History, Fellow of the  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 12 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas at Austin Charles A. Dana Center issued the following news: By Tammi Perez-Rice A new Statistics Resources Toolkit is now available to help postsecondary mathematics departments and institutional systems develop and implement statistics pathways. As states nationwide begin to adopt and/or revise legislation regarding corequisite supports and math pathways, the Statistics Resources Toolkit (https://dcmathpathways.org/sites/default/fil  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 11 -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: The creator of a code to predict hurricane storm surges and an expert on the federal courts and constitutional law have been named the 2024 recipients of The University of Texas at Austin President's Research Impact Award. Clint Dawson, the Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering #2 and director of the Computational Hydraulics Group at the Oden Institute, and Stephen Vladeck, the Charles Alan Wright Chai  more

LOS ANGELES, California, April 11 (TNSres) -- The University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news: By Alice Kexin Fan During a visit to Austin, Texas in August 2023, the buzz around Cruise's self-driving cars piqued my interest. Eager to experience this cutting-edge technology, I accepted an invitation for a ride. As my friend and I settled into the back seat, the car's automated voice reminded us to buckle up, and we set off on our journey. The dri  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 11 -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio issued the following news release: The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) has appointed Anthony Francis, a renowned leader in translating research to market opportunity, as associate vice president for innovation and development in the Office of the Vice President for Research. He joins the institution from the University of California San Francisco, where   more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 9 -- The University of Texas System issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: The Trauma Research and Combat Casualty Care Collaborative (TRC4), an initiative of The University of Texas System (UT System), today announced grant awards totaling $18,037,863. These grants will fund groundbreaking trauma research, product development, and preventative measures across UT institutions. "Trauma remains the leading cause of death for individuals up to the age of 45 years  more

TYLER, Texas, April 12 -- The University of Texas Tyler Campus issued the following news release: The University of Texas at Tyler is celebrating the first cohort of Bachelor of Social Work degree candidates who will graduate this spring. Launched in 2020, UT Tyler's BSW program was created to address the need for more qualified social workers in East Texas and the state. "The projected need for social workers in Texas is growing," said Richard Kenney, UT Tyler professor of practice and progra  more

TYLER, Texas, April 10 -- The University of Texas Tyler Campus issued the following news release: Two teams of mechanical engineering students at The University of Texas at Tyler have won the collegiate track progress phase of the U.S. Department of Energy American-Made Community Energy Innovation Prize. UT Tyler is now among the top three finalists with one other U.S.-based collegiate team. Each team received an additional $20,000 and mentorship services for their activities to help ensure th  more

TYLER, Texas, April 11 -- The University of Texas Tyler Campus issued the following news release: Dr. Barbara Haas, dean of The University of Texas at Tyler School of Nursing, was appointed by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to serve on a committee for the Professional Nursing Shortage Reduction Program. Haas was nominated for this Negotiated Rulemaking Committee by UT Tyler President Kirk A. Calhoun, MD, FACP. The purpose of the committee was to review and amend definitions for   more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 10 -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: The University of Texas at Austin continues to be one of the premier schools for graduate studies, according to U.S. News & World Report's partial release of its most recent "Best Graduate Schools." UT made gains in several disciplines, including the College of Education's jump into the top 10. U.S. News has delayed release of its engineering, medicine and clinical psychology rankings, areas in which the Univ  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 13 -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: Elijah Kahlenberg, a junior triple-majoring in government, Middle Eastern studies and Jewish studies, is The University of Texas at Austin's latest Truman scholar. The federally funded Truman Scholarship provides $30,000 to students pursuing graduate studies in public service fields. The U.S. Congress created the scholarship in 1975 as the official memorial to President Harry S. Truman. Kahlenberg had an ink  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 9 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release: * * * MD Anderson researchers present results of targeted therapy with adagrasib plus cetuximab, leading to Phase III trials * * * Combining the KRAS G12C inhibitor adagrasib with the anti-EGFR antibody cetuximab demonstrated promising anti-tumor effects in patients with KRAS G12C-mutated metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC), according to pooled results from the Phase I/II  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 8 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release: * * * MD Anderson researchers present encouraging clinical trial results using oncolytic immunotherapy and CAR T cell therapy * * * Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center presented encouraging findings today from two clinical trials in a plenary session highlighting advances in novel immunotherapy approaches at the American Association for Can  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 10 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release: * * * MD Anderson researchers share clinical data from novel combinations, a new antibody-drug conjugate and a trial of molecularly selected patients * * * Three early-phase clinical studies presented by researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2024 show promising initial dat  more

DALLAS, Texas, April 11 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release: Humans aren't the only living beings who find a singing voice attractive in the opposite sex - songbirds do too. For about a third of the approximately 4,000 songbird species that sing only one song, the features that make these tunes alluring to a potential mate have been a long-standing mystery. In a new study, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center used artificia  more

DALLAS, Texas, April 12 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release: Caring for someone with dementia or Alzheimer's disease is challenging. In addition to the financial and physical demands, many caregivers are unprepared for the stress of trying to effectively communicate with a loved one who may be prone to agitation, verbal aggression, and hallucinations. But there are ways to prevent or defuse communication-based conflict, said Izabell  more

DALLAS, Texas, April 9 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release: Labor induction with vaginal misoprostol during childbirth achieves vaginal delivery rates similar to the oral alternative while significantly reducing the need for oxytocin, the most commonly used labor-inducing drug, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report. The findings, published in Obstetrics & Gynecology, highlight the potential benefits of standardized labor  more

DALLAS, Texas, April 10 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release: Proteins known as oligomeric chaperones help suppress the formation of misshaped proteins that cause a variety of degenerative and neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's, Huntington's, and Parkinson's. In a new study, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers identified a key feature necessary for one of these oligomeric chaperones, known as DNAJB8, to assemble fr  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, April 11 -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: The University of Texas at Arlington has chosen to become a leadership partner with Excelencia in Education, the nation's premier authority on efforts to accelerate Latino student success in higher education, to release timely new analysis on the evolving opportunities for Latino students--one of the fastest-growing populations in higher education--and the institutions serving them. "Latin  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, April 13 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: Production of ethylene is one of the most important chemical processes used today, with about 300 million metric tons of the tiny chemical produced each year. Ethylene gas is used to create everyday items like shopping bags and plastic film packaging. However, ethylene production consumes massive amounts of energy; by some estimates, methods used to purify gases like ethylene are   more

GALVESTON, Texas, April 9 -- The University of Texas Medical Branch issued the following news release: The University of Texas Medical Branch marks a significant breakthrough in the field of thoracic surgery as Dr. Roman Petrov, professor of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, successfully performed the first robotic lobectomies in the United States with a single port of entry. "The success using this intricate surgical technique highlights our commitment to advancing patient care through  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 10 -- Rice University issued the following news release: Tenor Brenton Ryan (second from right), who received a Master of Music from the Shepherd School in 2011, will be joined by bass-baritone and 2020 Shepherd School graduate Cory McGee (far right) along with (from left) Kathryn Lewek, soprano; Meryl Dominguez, soprano; and Rachael Wilson, mezzo-soprano in Music for New Bodies, the first collaboration between composer Matthew Aucoin (top left) and director Peter Sellars   more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 12 -- Vinson and Elkins, a law firm, issued the following news release: Vinson & Elkins announced today that it has hired Bader Thabti as counsel in the energy transactions and projects group of the corporate team in London. Bader's practice focuses on the development, structuring, financing and restructuring of complex natural resources, mining, power and infrastructure projects globally. He also has significant experience advising on the acquisition, disposal and tradin  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 11 -- Whole Foods Market issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Whole Foods Market today announced the recipients of its highly anticipated Supplier All-Star Awards for 2023. The 16 brands recognized exemplify excellence through quality, innovation, value, and sustainability, while enhancing the shopping experience in stores across the country and supporting Whole Foods Market's purpose to nourish people and the planet. This year's awardees represent a divers  more