NORFOLK, Virginia, April 3 [Category: Animals] -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release: * * * 'Hell on Wheels' is Coming to Beaumont: Realistic Pig Truck to Blast Dying Animals' Cries Outside Honey Baked Ham and Local Eateries Beaumont, Texas - Diners at Riverside Grille and Easter shoppers considering going into Honey Baked Ham stores are in for an earful this weekend when " Hell on Wheels "--PETA's hyper-realistic pig transport truck that looks as if  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, April 3 [Category: Sports] -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics posted the following news release: * * * 2024-25 NAIA Men's Golf Coaches' Top 25 - No. 4 (April 3) KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Oklahoma City and Keiser (Fla.) are knotted for the top spot in the fourth NAIA Men's Golf Coaches' Top 25 Rating, as they split the available first-place votes, each receiving nine. Wayland Baptist (Texas) climbed four places this week and into the top 10, while OUAZ (Ar  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 3 [Category: BizConsulting] -- Frost and Sullivan, a provider of market research and analysis, growth strategy consulting and corporate training services, posted the following news release: * * * 2025 Top 50 Technologies: Convergence of Innovation Shaping a $1.8 Trillion Sector Emerging Technologies Transforming Industries with Unprecedented Growth Opportunities LONDON, 3 April 2025 - Frost & Sullivan has unveiled the 15th edition of its highly anticipated annual a  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 3 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * AFP-TX Holds Lawmakers Accountable on School Choice Ahead of Final Vote # Apr 3, 2025 by AFP AUSTIN, TX - Americans for Prosperity-Texas (AFP-TX) celebrated the passage of a historic school choice bill out of the Texas House Public Education Committee on Thursday and stepped up its accountability efforts on lawmakers who promised to deliver Education Savings Accounts  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, April 4 -- Texas A&M University issued the following news: * * * Army Veteran And Texas A&M Chemistry Ph.D. Student Powers Up Battery Materials Research Department of Chemistry doctoral student Evan Fox is pioneering research on sustainable battery materials that could reduce reliance on traditional resources and power the future of energy storage. Evan Fox, a fourth-year Ph.D. student in the Texas A&M Chemistry Department, continues to push the boundaries of battery   more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 4 -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: * * * TRISH seeks brain pressure measurement proposals for space The Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH), a consortium led by Baylor College of Medicine with partners MIT and Caltech, is seeking scientific proposals to directly measure the intracranial pressure (ICP) of volunteer commercial space astronauts during spaceflight. Changes to ICP in microgravity is theorized to contribute t  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 3 -- Rice University posted the following news release: * * * Blue carbon project will create a living shoreline to protect coastal ecosystems in Galveston Bay Rice University, BCarbon and Scenic Galveston have launched an innovative project to protect the Kohfeldt Marsh near Texas City from sea level rise through the design and creation of a living shoreline. The effort combines land conservation with carbon credit financing, supporting marshland resilience against eros  more

IRVING, Texas, April 4 -- The Big 12 Conference, a college athletic conference, issued the following news: * * * BU, FS, OSU and TCU Share Final Big 12 Equestrian Awards; Scholar-Athlete of the Year Announced Baylor's Alexis Rutledge (co-horsemanship), Oklahoma State's Riley Hogan (flat) and TCU's Ashleigh Scully (fences), Elizabeth West (co-horsemanship) and Jessica McAllister (reining) took home the final Big 12 Equestrian monthly awards. Fresno State's Shelby Robinette was named the Big 12  more

ABILENE, Texas, April 4 -- Hardin-Simmons University issued the following news: * * * Research that Impacts: Enhancing Training in Athletes Through New Methods Part Two: The Doctor of Physical Therapy 29th Annual Scientific Inquiry Event At Hardin-Simmons University, the Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program is a dynamic, hands-on degree program that extends beyond textbooks and lectures, shaping the future of healthcare. Students aren't just learning; they're discovering, innovating, and  more

FRISCO, Texas, April 4 -- The Southland Conference issued the following news: * * * HCU's Makmanee, SFA's Gargis Named Jersey Mike's Golfers of the Month Sam Gargis of SFA and Ploy Makmanee of HCU earned the final Southland Conference Golfer of the Month awards for the spring season, as announced by the league office on Thursday. Men's Golfer of the Month: Sam Gargis, SFA - R-Jr. -Muscle Shoals, Ala. (North Alabama) Sam placed 11th at the Golfweek/Any Given Sunday Intercollegiate this week.  more

NEW ALBANY, Indiana, April 3 -- Indiana University's Southeast campus issued the following news: * * * IU Southeast MBA students win CFA Institute Research Challenge IU Southeast MBA students Brennan Dennis, Keith Asplund, and Elsa Summerville recently placed first in the local CFA Institute Research Challenge, hosted by the CFA Society Louisville The team faced off against UofL, Northern Kentucky University, Centre College, University of Pikeville, and Midway University. This is IU Southeast  more

PLANO, Texas, April 3 [Category: Sociological] -- The First Liberty Institute, an organization that says it is dedicated to defending liberty for all Americans, issued the following news release: * * * Secretary of Veterans Affairs Stops Pennsylvania VA Hospital from Censoring Chaplains, Protects Chaplain Rights Nationwide FLI Contact: John Manning, media@firstliberty.org Direct: 972-941-4453 Harrisburg, PA --U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins sent a letter to First Liberty   more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, April 4 -- Texas A&M University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * Online diabetes self-management programs help participants lower their blood sugar Study from the School of Public Health shows that benefits are long-lasting and experienced by all participant groups Relatively inexpensive and accessible self-management interventions to help people manage type 2 diabetes have been found to significantly reduce the blood sugar marker used to diagn  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 4 -- The Texas Public Policy Foundation issued the following news release on April 3, 2025: * * * TPPF Celebrates the Passage of School Choice Bill Out of House Committee on Public Education Today, the House Committee on Public Education, under the leadership of Chairman Brad Buckley, passed the Committee Substitute for SB 2 (CSSB2) out of committee and to the floor of the Texas House. This is only the second time in over a decade that school choice is headed to the floor  more

IRVING, Texas, April 4 -- The Big 12 Conference, a college athletic conference, issued the following news: * * * TTU's Hurtova & Utah's Palacios Tabbed For Big 12 March Golf Awards Texas Tech's Klara Hurtova (women's) and Utah's Gabriel Palacios (men's) earned Big 12 Golfer of the Month honors for March. Palacios captured his second consecutive monthly award, highlighted by a first-place finish at The Goodwin. The sophomore was part of a five-way tie for first in the 164-player field at Stan  more

FORT WORTH, Texas, April 4 -- The University of North Texas Health Science Center issued the following news: * * * UNTHSC launches microcredential to empower change-makers in health care and life sciences By: Nicole Luna The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, through HSC Next, is now offering a microcredential called Cultivating an Innovative Mindset in Healthcare. Designed to equip professionals with the skills needed to drive innovation in health care and life  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 4 -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio issued the following news release: * * * UT Health San Antonio's chief of podiatry honored with induction into Podiatric Hall of Fame SAN ANTONIO, April 2, 2025 - Lee C. Rogers, DPM, chief of podiatry and clinical associate professor of orthopaedics at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio), has been inducted into Podiatry Management's Podiatric Hall of Fam  more