NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 4 -- Loyola University issued the following news release: Loyola University New Orleans announced that Louellen Aden Berger, a philanthropist and community leader, is the 2024 recipient of the Integritas Vitae Award. The award, one of the highest honors the university bestows, recognizes individuals of outstanding character who live a life of integrity, the literal translation of "integritas vitae." A New Orleans native, Berger has dedicated her life to service a  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Sept. 5 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: LSU Professor of Veterinary Medicine Dr. Shafiqul Chowdhury is featured in the Bayh-Dole Coalition's new 2024 "Faces of American Innovation" report for developing a groundbreaking vaccine. The Bayh-Dole Coalition, of which the LSU Office of Innovation & Ecosystem Development is a member, is a diverse group of innovation-oriented organizations and individuals committed to celebrating and protecting   more

LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 5 -- Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Judge Carol Whitehurst of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana issued a Report and Recommendation denying Defendants' motion to dismiss a civil rights lawsuit seeking to hold Louisiana District Attorney's office liable for the unconstitutional incarceration of innocent third-party witness for more than six months in flagrant disregard of her constitutiona  more

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, Sept. 4 -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release: The Morgan City Open Fishing Rodeo and Golf Scramble has donated $10,000 to Nicholls State University Department of Petroleum Engineering Technology and Safety Management and $2,500 to support Nicholls Veterans Services. This is MCOFR's twelfth year donating to the university's PETSM program and the fourth year donating to Nicholls Veterans. The donations have been used to renovate and expand classroo  more

HAMMOND, Louisiana, Sept. 7 -- Southeastern Louisiana University issued the following news release: A Southeastern Louisiana University professor and student have been selected as winners of the 2024 edition of Louisiana Contemporary, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art's annual juried exhibition, presented by The Helis Foundation. Professor of New Media + Animation Cristina Molina received The Helis Foundation Art Prize for Best in Show with her work "The Memory of Miss River, 2023, a multi-chan  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 4 (TNSres) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: At the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, governments and health care centers across the country faced a difficult but important question: Should health care workers be required to obtain the COVID-19 vaccine? It was an economic quandary as much as an ethical one. Vaccine mandates could cause reductions in staff, either from workers missing time due to recovery from the vaccine or from opting   more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 5 -- The University of New Orleans issued the following news release: University of New Orleans students Jonathan Reed Jr. of New Orleans and Kyson Small of New Iberia, LA have been selected to represent UNO's fourth cohort for the University of Louisiana System's Reginald F. Lewis Scholars program. Each year, two sophomores from each of the nine UL System institutions are chosen based on academic merit, financial need and demonstrated leadership skills. The 3-yea  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Sept. 4 (TNSres) -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researcher Taren Massey-Swindle, Ph.D., and a Louisiana Tech University collaborator have secured a $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to address feeding practices at 80 early childhood care and education sites in Arkansas and Louisiana. Massey-Swindle and Julie Rutledge, Ph.D., from Louisiana  more

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, Sept. 5 -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette Campus issued the following news: The Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) has commended the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and the UL Lafayette Alumni Association for establishing the RL Carmouche TRIO Alumni Chapter. Named in honor of the late Robert L. Carmouche, a trailblazing advocate for TRIO students and dedicated educator, this association stands as a testament to his lifelong commitment to educational   more

NEW YORK, Sept. 5 -- White and Case, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised BNP Paribas Bank Polska S.A. as the sole underwriter on the financing package for the acquisition of selected assets and an operational subsidiary of PPG, including one factory in Louisiana, US, and one factory in Delfzijl, Netherlands, by Qemetica S.A. Additionally, the transaction includes leasing a silica production line at PPG's facilities in Ohio, US, and engagi  more