HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 20 -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release on Aug. 19: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today was awarded nearly $9 million from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) to support research, clinical translation and prevention efforts. An additional $15.5 million was awarded to ImmunoGenesis, Inc., which has licensed technologies based on discoveries made by MD Anderson researchers. In to more PR

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 20 -- American Electric Power Corp. issued the following news release: American Electric Power's (NYSE: AEP) competitive renewable energy subsidiary, AEP Renewables, has completed the purchase of Invenergy's 20.1% interest in the Desert Sky and Trent Mesa wind facilities in Texas. AEP Renewables and Invenergy have jointly owned the facilities since 2018. The terms of the transaction are not being disclosed for competitive reasons. AEP Renewables now owns the full capacity  more PR

SAN ANGELO, Texas, Aug. 18 -- Angelo State University issued the following news release on Aug. 17: Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Ronnie D. Hawkins Jr. was officially appointed to his new post as president of Angelo State University at a special ceremony this morning (Aug. 17) in the ASU Houston Harte University. The Texas Tech University System (TTUS) Board of Regents unanimously selected Hawkins as the sole finalist for ASU president on July 24, and state law requires at least 21 days must more PR

SAN ANGELO, Texas, Aug. 22 -- Angelo State University issued the following news release on Aug. 21: Angelo State University has entered into two new partnership agreements with Goodfellow Air Force Base: one to house GAFB students on the ASU campus, and one to facilitate faculty development opportunities for GAFB instructors at ASU. Angie Wright, ASU vice president for finance and administration, and Col. Andres Nazario, commander of the 17th Training Wing at GAFB, signed the two five-year Int more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 21 -- Atmos Energy issued the following news release: Atmos Energy offers programs and financial incentives to help our residential and business customers reduce energy use and lower carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. In our Mississippi, Colorado and Mid-Tex divisions (Dallas customers are not eligible due to a lack of city regulatory approval), we have energy efficiency programs that offer money-saving rebates on high-efficiency natural gas appliances and weatherization materi more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 21 -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news release: Baylor College of Medicine has been awarded more than $21.8 million in grants by the Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) to support new cancer research and programs, core facilities, recruitment of new faculty and community outreach. CPRIT awarded 62 new grants to institutions across Texas, totaling more than $114 million to advance the fight against cancer, including 11 grants to B more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 21 -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news release: Dr. Trent Watkins, assistant professor of neurosurgery and neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine, has been awarded the collaborative Pairs Pilot Project Award by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI). The award is part of Neurodegeneration Challenge Network created by CZI to bring together experimental scientists from diverse research fields, along with computational biologists and physicians, to u more PR

WACO, Texas, Aug. 18 -- Baylor University issued the following news: People who experience threats to their existence -- which these days may well be economic and political instability -- are more likely to experience miracles, according to a Baylor University study. While many sociologists have studied the effects of religious experiences, what causes a person to have miraculous experiences has received little attention, said Baylor University sociologist and researcher Ed Eschler, Ph.D., a g more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 22 -- ConocoPhillips, a producer of oil and gas resources, issued the following news release on Aug. 21: ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) today announced that it has completed the previously announced transaction to acquire additional Montney acreage in Canada from Kelt Exploration Ltd. Cash consideration for the transaction was approximately $390 million at current foreign exchange rates and is subject to customary post-closing adjustments. The company also assumed approximatel more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: Trump's sabotage of the United States Postal Office is hurting Americans across the country. Seniors and disabled veterans aren't getting the medications they need, small businesses owners already struggling from Trump's failed coronavirus response are suffering from delays, and workers aren't getting their paychecks on time in the middle of the deepest recession on record. Seniors and disabled veterans more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee issued the following statement on Aug. 19 by spokesperson Stewart Boss: * * * DSCC spokesperson Stewart Boss released the following statement on the Supreme Court scheduling oral arguments in the GOP lawsuit to end protections for pre-existing conditions coverage for the week after the November election: "The protections that prevent big insurance companies from denying coverage or discriminating against Americans with a pre more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 21 -- Entergy issued the following news release: As the peak of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season nears, there has already been a record-setting eleven named storms. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently released its mid-season update, indicating that the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season has the potential to be one of the busiest on record. Entergy Texas, Inc. is currently monitoring several disturbances in the tropics and urges those who have  more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 21 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following press document: Texas Democrats enthusiastically kicked off the third day of the Democratic National Convention with a watch party featuring former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez, Congressional Candidate Sri Preston Kulkarni, Texas Democratic Party Voter Protection Director Rose Clouston, and Biden for President Texas State Director Rebecca Acuna. They spoke about the growi more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 18 -- The Austin Community College District issued the following news: Austin Community College District (ACC) Google, and Pathstream announce a new partnership to launch Google's first Department of Labor-registered apprenticeship program. The program offers apprentices a unique opportunity to receive training and employment from one of the world's leading tech companies. ACC is the only college in Texas selected to serve in the program's inaugural training. "What we do as more PR

ABILENE, Texas, Aug. 21 -- Hardin-Simmons University issued the following news: Dr. Patrick Miller, professor of mathematics, also teaches introductory astronomy and astronomical research methods at Hardin-Simmons. He founded the International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC), http://iasc.cosmosearch.org/, in October 2006. IASC is a citizen science program. It provides high quality astronomical data to citizen scientists around the world, allowing them the opportunity to make astronomi more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 17 -- Houston Baptist University issued the following news release: On the advent of its 60th anniversary year, HBU has invested in a cutting-edge residential network (ResNet) to ensure student success and a safe and high-quality college experience as students return to campus on August 24. Through a partnership with Apogee, the only managed services provider focused solely on higher education, more than 1,000 HBU residential students will now have an exceptional wireless e more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 21 -- The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation issued the following news release: Professionals in 10 health-related programs regulated by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation - a total of 68,345 people - will be required to complete a Texas Health and Human Services Commission-approved human trafficking prevention training course before they can renew their license, starting on Sept. 1, 2020. The training requirement is a result of House Bill 2059 (86R) more PR

BEAUMONT, Texas, Aug. 21 -- Lamar University issued the following news on Aug. 19: Professor Phil Cole, chair of the Physics Department, has been awarded $225,000 from the National Science Foundation. The three-year grant entitled, "Probing the Structure of Nucleons in Omega Meson Electroproduction," also provides funding for undergraduate students to work at two nuclear physics laboratories, Jefferson Lab in Newport News, VA and at the BGO-OD Experiment at the University of Bonn in Germany. " more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 19 -- The Louisiana Public Service Commission issued the following order (No. T-35606) involving A Ambassador Limousine & Transportation: In re: Cancellation of Common Carrier Certificate Number 8005 for failure to maintain the required insurance coverage on file with the Commission pursuant to Commission's General Order dated January 12, 1976. ORDER OF DISMISSAL The Louisiana Public Service Commission ("Commission") issued a citation to A Ambassador Limousine & T more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 18 -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release on Aug. 17: In a Phase II trial led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, the combination of dabrafenib, a BRAF inhibitor, and trametinib, a MEK inhibitor, achieved a 51% overall response rate (ORR) in patients with cholangiocarcinoma marked by the BRAF V600E mutation. This trial represents the first prospective study for patients with BRAF-mutated ch more PR

IRVING, Texas, Aug. 20 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release on Aug. 19: The Nexstar Media Charitable Foundation announced today it will donate $5,000 to the Chicago Chapter of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) on behalf of WGN-TV, the Nexstar Broadcasting television station serving the Chicago, IL, area (DMA #3). The donation will be used to fund scholarships for students attending a range of historically Black colleges and universities more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 20 -- The Public Utility Commission of Texas issued the following news release on Aug. 19: The Public Utility Commission of Texas today announced the creation of FaucetFacts.org, a website designed to reach the owners and operators of small to mid-size water and sewer retail public utilities across Texas with vital information regarding their regulatory obligations and opportunities. "We realize that many water and sewer retail public utilities across Texas are small family more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 19 -- Rice University issued the following news release: Bioengineers and surgeons from Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) have shown that shielding stem cells with a novel biomaterial improves the cells' ability to heal heart injuries caused by heart attacks. In a study using rodents, a team led by Rice's Omid Veiseh and Baylor's Ravi Ghanta showed it could make capsules of wound-healing mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and implant them next to wounded hear more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 18 -- Rice University issued the following news release: Carbon nanotube fibers made at Rice University are now stronger than Kevlar and are inching up on the conductivity of copper. The Rice lab of chemical and biomolecular engineer Matteo Pasquali reported in Carbon it has developed its strongest and most conductive fibers yet, made of long carbon nanotubes through a wet spinning process. In the new study led by Rice graduate students Lauren Taylor and Oliver Dewey, the more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 18 -- Rice University issued the following news release: Meals are typically family affairs for zebras, gazelles, cape buffalo and other grazing species in the African Serengeti, but in one of the first studies of its kind, ecologists have found grazing species can be more willing to share meals in areas frequented by lions. The study, which is available online (https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3163) this week in the journal Ecology, was conducted by a team from Rice University more PR

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 19 -- iHeartMedia issued the following news release on Aug. 18: The Seneca Women Podcast Network, iHeartRadio and P&G today announced the premiere of "Seneca's 100 Women to Hear," an original 100-episode podcast spotlighting women who have positively impacted and created change across all sectors of society. The series launched today with an episode spotlighting abolitionist and women's rights activist Sojourner Truth and will be available on the iHeartRadio app and eve more PR

NACOGDOCHES, Texas, Aug. 19 -- Stephen F. Austin State University issued the following news release: "Shining Light and Joy in our Community," a service project by the Beta Upsilon chapter of the Phi Upsilon Omicron national honor society for family and consumer sciences at Stephen F. Austin State University, received the 2020 National Professional Project Award from Phi Upsilon Omicron's national council. The award, which includes a plaque, a certificate and $150, recognizes projects that pro more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 22 -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: Cancer research is getting a boost at The University of Texas at Austin after several research teams received grants from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT). One of the two new grants is going to researchers in the Dell Medical School. It will be used to expand colorectal cancer prevention services among vulnerable populations in Central Texas -- specifically adding new rural and med more PR

STONY BROOK, New York, Aug. 21 -- The Stony Brook University issued the following news: The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) recently announced $30 million in grants for 238 humanities projects across the country, including the Stony Brook Foundation on behalf of a proposal submitted by Professor Andrew Newman, Department of English, and Jonna Perrillo, University of Texas, El Paso. Their project, funded by a nearly $100,000 grant from the NEH Summer Seminars and Institutes for K-12  more PR

CANYON, Texas, Aug. 21 -- West Texas A&M University issued the following news on Aug. 20: The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents gave final approval today for a $6.5 million construction project in downtown Amarillo. The third phase of renovating the second floor of the Harrington Academic Hall WTAMU Amarillo Center will complete the move of WT's baccalaureate program in nursing from the Canyon campus. The move will place 250 undergraduate students and approximately 20 nursing facul more PR

STEPHENVILLE, Texas, Aug. 18 -- Tarleton State University issued the following news release: Some $2.4 million in funding is available for fall 2020 to help Tarleton State University students facing significant financial challenges due to COVID-19. It's part of the $5.4 million the school received in March from the U.S. Department of Education as a segment of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act. Combined with Tarleton's own Student Emergency Fund grant, more than $3 million h more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Aug. 21 -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: The Texas A&M University System appropriated $60.3 million today to build the nation's largest enclosed hypersonic testing facility, as well as an autonomous vehicle testing site, at the George H.W. Bush Combat Development Complex. The Bush Combat Development Complex (BCDC) is being built on the RELLIS Campus as part of the A&M System's agreement with the U.S. Army Futures Command based  more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Aug. 19 -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: Dr. M. Katherine Banks, vice chancellor and dean of engineering, has appointed Dr. Lewis Ntaimo head of the Wm Michael Barnes '64 Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Texas A&M University. The appointment is effective Sept. 1. Ntaimo is currently a professor and has served as the interim department head since Jan. 1. He joined the department in 2004 as an assistant profess more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 19 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following statement on Aug. 18 by Chair Gilberto Hinojosa: "Tonight, it is clear Americans want transformative change. Our country is in a crisis. "Thousands of Americans have died. Millions are sick. Millions more have lost their job. "We heard from folks across the country -- and across the aisle -- about how they want a government that will right the wrongs of the past and put us on the path towards a more prosperous future.  more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 21 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following press document on Aug. 20: Today, the Houston Chronicle reported that Abbott's system for measuring outbreaks of the coronavirus is flawed and unreliable. Most importantly, the state's "positivity rate" -- the rate used to determine reopenings -- has been an ongoing miscalculation, throwing the entire system into doubt. More from the Houston Chronicle: (https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/texas-gov-g more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 21 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following press document: The Supreme Court will take up oral arguments in a case aimed to dismantle the Affordable Care Act one week after the November election. Healthcare, especially in the middle of a pandemic remains the top issue for Texans as Texas communities are dead last in key healthcare metrics. President Trump, Governor Abbott, Senator John Cornyn and Indicted Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton have done eve more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 18 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following press document: This week, Democratic National Convention week, the Texas Democratic Party will host a full slate of events to highlight our diverse and winning delegation and coalition. Join us as we celebrate Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and Democrats up and down the ballot. Texas is the biggest battleground state in the country. Poll after poll shows the race for Texas is neck and neck. With the biggest coordinated campa more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 21 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following press document: In August, federal agencies announced the federal government would be providing an additional $400 a week in unemployment benefits for households impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. That's a $200 a week reduction from the $600 a week in additional funds negotiated by Democrats for unemployed Americans that they had been receiving earlier this summer. Adding more hurdles to the situation, the executive orde more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 18 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following press document: Under Republican Governor Abbott, Texas has hit yet another depressing moment in state history. The Texas Department of State Health Services COVID-19 tracker reports Texas is now at 10,491 deaths as of 10:00 AM CDT on August 17. The number of Texans who have died from the COVID-19 is believed to be actually higher than what Abbott and the state are reporting. ICYMI: Houston Chronicle: COVID's true toll  more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 18 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following press document: On Thursday, August 20 at 7:00 PM CT, the Texas Democratic Party is proud to announce that we will be hosting a zoom pre-convention final night panel featuring former Georgia House Democratic Leader Stacey Abrams, U.S. Senate Candidate MJ Hegar, former Congressman Beto O'Rourke, and former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro. The panel will discuss the changing South, what to expect f more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 19 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following press document on Aug. 18: Today, day one of the Democratic National Convention, several Texans held prominent roles and performances. Every single one of our Texas Democrats made the state proud and proved exactly why Texas is the biggest battleground state in the country. We are fired up and ready to win. For a brief summary of their roles and quotes, see below: Eva Longoria Longtime San Antonio resident and Texas na more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 21 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following press document: This morning, the Texas Democratic Party held our second virtual delegation breakfast featuring Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia, Congressman Joaquin Castro, Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Celia Israel, State Representative Trey Martinez Fischer, and Texas Democratic Party Vice Chair Dr. Carla Brailey. To view the delegation breakfast in its entirety, click here (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X8d14G1BL more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 18 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following press document: Texas Democrats enthusiastically kicked off the first day of the Democratic National Convention with a virtual breakfast featuring four of Texas' leading congressional leaders: Congressman Henry Cuellar, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar, and Congressman Marc Veasey. Congresswoman Veronica Escobar said the following: "In Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, we have candidates who w more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 19 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following statement on Aug. 18 by Communications Director Abhi Rahman: * * * Today, amidst Texas reaching 10,000 preventable deaths, failed Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott attempted to hold a distractionary press conference with Lt. Governor Dan Patrick and disgraced Republican Speaker Dennis Bonnen. Texas Democratic Party Communications Director Abhi Rahman issued the following statement: "Greg Abbott's distraction doesn' more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 19 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following statement on Aug. 18 by Vice Chair Carla Brailey: "Today is a day for all of us to celebrate equality and how far we've come and how far we still have yet to go. Today is about the suffragettes who championed the 19th Amendment. The Black women who marched during the Civil Rights movement. The women who faced all odds to build a better country for all of us. Many of them, their stories never even told. "Today is also abo more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 21 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following statement on Aug. 20 by Vice Chair Carla Brailey: "Tonight, we celebrate the historic nomination of Kamala Harris as our next Vice President of the United States. Kamala Harris will drive our nation forward and is an inspiration to many -- myself and my daughter included. She is who Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells, Rosa Parks, Ella Baker, Shirley Chisholm, Dorothy I. Height, Barbara Jordan, and so many others fought for gene more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 21 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following press document on Aug. 20: Today, day two of the Democratic National Convention, three Texans held prominent roles and delivered keynote speeches. Every single one of our Texas Democrats made the state proud and proved exactly why Texas is the biggest battleground state in the country. For a brief summary of their roles and quotes, see below: Congresswoman Veronica Escobar The El Paso Latina provided the Texas Roll Cal more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 19 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following press document on Aug. 18: Tonight, day two of the Democratic National Convention State Representative Victoria Neave and Congressman Colin Allred will take the main stage at the convention to share the Democratic vision for the state and the country. Both Neave and Allred have been named by the DNC as "Rising Stars" within the party. Victoria Neave Victoria Neave, in 2019 was named as one of the "Best Legislators" by  more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 21 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Aug. 20: Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Texas Education Agency (TEA), in partnership with Local Education Agencies, has procured more than 1 million personal devices and internet WiFi hotspots as part of the state's Operation Connectivity initiative. Financed by a previously announced $200 million allocation of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding that was alloc more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 18 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Andrew Sauer, D.M.Sc. to the Texas Physician Assistant Board for a term set to expire on February 1, 2021. Additionally, the Governor appointed Steve Ahmed, M.D. and Sandra Longoria, D.M.Sc. and reappointed Melinda Moore Gottschalk for terms set to expire on February 1, 2025. The board issues physician assistant licenses to qualified individuals to practice in the State of  more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 21 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Aug. 20: Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) has applied for additional unemployment benefit funding made available through President Trump's Lost Wage Assistance Executive Order. If granted, this funding will provide an additional $300 per week in benefits for qualifying Texans receiving unemployment benefits. "The Lost Wage Assistance program will provide cruc more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 21 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following proclamation: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME: I, GREG ABBOTT, Governor of the State of Texas, certified on July 21, 2020, that exceptional drought conditions posed a threat of imminent disaster in Andrews, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Floyd, Gaines, Gray, Hale, Hansford, Hartley, Hutchinson, Lamb, Motley, Oldham, Ochiltree, Parmer, Randall, Roberts, Swisher, Terry, Wheeler, and Yoakum co more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 21 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Samuel Brown and Hammad Nasir Qureshi, M.D. and reappointed Debra E. Patrick to the Texas Board of Respiratory Care for terms set to expire on February 1, 2015. Additionally, the Governor named Latana Jackson chair of the board. The board advises the Texas Medical Board, adopts rules to establish the certification and permitting program for respiratory therapists and sets m more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 22 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following statement on Aug. 21: * * * Governor Greg Abbott today issued a statement after the federal government approved nearly $1.4 billion in initial funds made available through President Trump's Lost Wage Assistance Executive Order. This funding will provide an additional $300 per week in benefits for qualifying Texans receiving unemployment benefits. The Texas Workforce Commission applied for these funds earlier this week  more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 22 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following statement on Aug. 21: * * * Governor Greg Abbott today issued the following statement after reports of a pipeline explosion in the Port of Corpus Christi: "The State of Texas is working closely with local partners in Corpus Christi as well as the Coast Guard to assist with emergency response efforts following the explosion. "Texas Division of Emergency Management and Texas Department of Public Safety personnel are alr more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 19 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Aug. 18: Governor Greg Abbott, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, and Speaker Dennis Bonnen today held a press conference in Fort Worth where they announced a legislative proposal to discourage the defunding of law enforcement in Texas. With this proposal, any city that defunds its police department will have its property tax revenue frozen at the current level. The Governor, Lt. Governor, and Speaker were more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 22 -- The Republican Party of Texas issued the following statement by Chairman Allen West on Harris County's ballot extension request: "The Harris County Clerk, Chris Hollins, has sent a letter to Governor Abbott requesting an extension for the receipt of ballots for this November's election. First of all, we should recognize the insidious conflict of interest for Mr. Hollins as he is also the treasurer of the Texas Democrat Party. "If anyone believes that Hollins' appointm more PR

ARLINGTON, Texas, Aug. 19 -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: Two University of Texas at Arlington faculty members--Stephanie Rasmussen, associate professor of accounting in the College of Business, and Ericka Robinson-Freeman, associate professor in practice in the School of Social Work--have earned the UT System Board of Regents Outstanding Teaching Award. The annual award recognizes educators who best exemplify excellence, innovation and a commitme more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 21 -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: The University of Houston has received a $1 million gift from alumnus Danny M. Sheena, founder of the Sheena Law Firm, to support construction of the new John M. O'Quinn Law Building, scheduled to be completed in 2022. In recognition of the gift, the planned moot courtroom and dividable classroom space within it will be named the Danny M. Sheena Courtroom; Danny M. Sheena Classroom; and Megan D. Sheena Class more PR

AMHERST, Massachusetts, Aug. 19 -- The University of Massachusetts-Amherst issued the following news: In a new paper this week, geographer Forrest Bowlick at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and colleagues at Texas A&M offer first-hand accounts of what is required for GIS instructors and IT administrators to set up virtual computing specifically for providing state-of-the-art geographic information systems (GIS) instruction. Bowlick says, "Our research is very applicable in the current  more PR

VICTORIA, Texas, Aug. 20 -- The University of Houston Victoria campus issued the following news release: Students from the Coastal Bend region who are planning to take honors courses and major in a health-related field this academic year have the opportunity to be awarded a new scholarship at the University of Houston-Victoria. The Victoria Region Health Career Honors Program Scholarship will provide scholarships for 31 UHV students. Students chosen for the scholarship will each receive $2,000 more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 20 -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: A University of Houston researcher is developing a new set of metal sensors that will be able to function in the gastrointestinal tract, a low oxygen environment, to examine how gut bacteria respond when trace metal nutrients, like iron and zinc, are thrown out of balance either through diet or disease. "We are developing new fluorescent metal sensors that do not rely on oxygen so that they can be applied  more PR

RICHARDSON, Texas, Aug. 21 -- The University of Texas Dallas campus issued the following news release: During the fourth annual Comets Giving Day, University of Texas at Dallas supporters contributed more than $1.1 million to over 70 causes. Extended to last 1,969 minutes in honor of the year of the University's founding, efforts by volunteers, alumni, corporate partners and friends nearly doubled the record-setting impact of last year's Giving Day. Comets Giving Day kicked off at 10 a.m. on A more PR

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 21 -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio issued the following news release: The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas awarded more than $10.3 million Aug. 19 to the Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson. The five grants include $6 million to recruit David Gius, MD, PhD, a breast cancer and radiation oncology researcher from the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern University. CPRIT als more PR

GALVESTON, Texas, Aug. 19 -- The University of Texas Medical Branch issued the following news release: A new study by researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston uncovered new information on why the Ebola virus can live within bats without causing them harm, while the same virus wreaks deadly havoc to people. This study is now available in Cell Reports. https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(20)31013-5 The Ebola virus causes a devastating, often fatal,  more PR

ARLINGTON, Texas, Aug. 18 -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: A computer science professor at The University of Texas at Arlington is working with researchers to develop a process by which data points in multiple graph layers of a very large dataset can be connected in a way that is both highly scalable and will allow analysts to look at it in greater depth. Sharma Chakravarthy and his colleagues from the University of North Texas and Penn State Unive more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 20 -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin will lead an ambitious new project with 10 other U.S. institutions that has significant implications for understanding human brain health. With support from the Next Generation Networks for Neuroscience (NeuroNex) program at the National Science Foundation (NSF), the team will examine newly discovered complexities related to synapses -- the tiny structures that  more PR

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 18 -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio issued the following news release: The list of accomplishments and data supporting the renewal of the Mays Cancer Center as a National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center is impressive. * 71% increase in peer-reviewed publications. * 60% jump in research funding. * Significant recruitment of women and Hispanics into cancer clinical trials. * 60 new scientists recruited. * $20.6 million renovat more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 20 -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: Dallas is successful in some elements of immigrant incorporation, but the city falls short on others, according to new research from the Lyndon B. Johnson School (LBJ) of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin. In an assessment of how the city compares with other major U.S. cities on immigrant inclusion, researchers found that Dallas achieved its highest score in government leadership but scored a more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 19 -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: A new study from The University of Texas at Austin is helping scientists piece together the ancient climate of Mars by revealing how much rainfall and snowmelt filled its lake beds and river valleys 3.5 billion to 4 billion years ago. The study, published in Geology (https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article-abstract/doi/10.1130/G47886.1/589700/Precipitation-and-aridity-constraints-from?redirectedFr more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 22 -- The University of Texas issued the following news release on Aug. 21: By creating conditions akin to the center of the Earth inside a laboratory chamber, researchers have improved the estimate of the age of our planet's solid inner core, putting it at 1 billion to 1.3 billion years old. The results place the core at the younger end of an age spectrum that usually runs from about 1.3 billion to 4.5 billion years, but they also make it a good bit older than a recent est more PR

ARLINGTON, Texas, Aug. 19 -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: David Wetz, a professor of electrical engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington, has received a three-year, $799,000 grant from the Naval Surface Warfare Center-Dahlgren Division (NSWC-DD) to study the high-voltage dielectric insulation properties of epoxy and additively manufactured materials. Wetz is working with the Navy team to investigate how these solid materials can be diel more PR

CANYON, Texas, Aug. 21 -- West Texas A&M University issued the following news: Dr. Shanna Peeples, the 2015 National Teacher of the Year, will return to alma mater West Texas A&M University as its new Dr. John G. O'Brien Distinguished Chair in Education. Peeples will join WT's Department of Education on Sept. 1. The O'Brien Distinguished Chair in Education was set up in 2008 by members of the O'Brien family to attract a nationally recruited instructor who possesses a strong theoretical and ap more PR

MACOMB, Illinois, Aug. 21 -- Western Illinois University issued the following news release: Executive Director of International Affairs Randy Glean began his position at Western Illinois University Aug. 1. Prior to coming to WIU, Glean was the director of operations and general manager for GoUSAdegree. He also previously served as director of International Services from 2006-19 and assistant professor of political science and international recruiter from 1997-06 at Midwestern State University  more PR