COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Aug. 27 -- Texas A&M University issued the following news release on Aug. 26: Eleven faculty members at Texas A&M University received Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) awards from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the foundation's 2020 funding cycle, the Division of Research announced today. The NSF CAREER program offers support to early career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead a more PR

COMMERCE, Texas, Aug. 28 -- Texas A&M University's Commerce Campus issued the following news release: The Texas A&M University-Commerce Department of Physics and Astronomy recently received additional funding from the Physics Teacher Education Coalition (PhysTEC) to lead the creation of a PhysTEC regional network for the state of Texas. A&M-Commerce is the lead institution in the initiative, collaborating with Texas State University, the University of Houston and the University of Texas Rio Gr more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 27 -- The Austin Community College District issued the following news: Austin Community College District (ACC) partners with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for a new, innovative training program that prepares students for careers in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) or drones. "Drones are the future. We use them for everything from simple delivery service to emergency response, but we need more people who are professionally trained to effectively and safely operate more PR

ABILENE, Texas, Aug. 25 -- Abilene Christian University issued the following news on Aug. 24: Abilene Christian University students began a new school year today, and a new residence hall project has launched as well, with a groundbreaking Saturday on East North 16th Street. The new facility is scheduled to open in Fall 2021 and will replace McDonald Hall, which was demolished during the summer. Construction of the residence hall marks Phase 1 of ACU's new Freshman Village, which will include  more PR

ABILENE, Texas, Aug. 28 -- Abilene Christian University issued the following news: Abilene Christian University is now the largest college in Texas powered entirely with renewable energy, according to a new report by Environment Texas Research & Policy Center. The report ranks colleges and universities across the country in key energy sustainability metrics. More than 40 currently obtain 100% of their electricity from renewable energy sources, according to the report, including three Texas ins more PR

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 28 -- The Alamo Colleges District issued the following news release: The district is the only awardee in Texas. The program will disburse $4.47 million to expand and establish new pre-apprenticeship training and Registered Apprenticeship Programs (RAP) for individuals ages 17-24. The program will take place primarily at Palo Alto College and will serve 1,200 underserved youth including students in the AlamoPROMISE program and foster youth aging out of foster care in the more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 26 -- The Dallas Independent School District issued the following news release: This school year, Dallas ISD will receive a $28 million funding allocation for its teacher strategic compensation program from the Texas Education Agency (TEA). Dallas ISD was named one of only 26 districts statewide to receive approval for participation in Cohort A of the Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA), which passed under House Bill 3 (HB3) in June 2019. HB3 established an optional TIA to ac more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release: Today, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and Texas Democratic Party announced a major victory in their litigation to ensure Texas takes all remaining steps to comply with the National Voter Registration Act. This ruling, fully implementing simultaneous voter registration, means any online driver's license renewal or change-of-address  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following campaign memo by Regional Press Secretary Avery Jaffe on Aug. 24: "Raised by her single mom and Air Force-trained in San Antonio, Gina Ortiz Jones has never forgotten where she comes from and those most in need. Gina will fight every day to make sure that the American Dream is a reality for families across south and west Texas. Her exemplary record of service, strong connections to this diverse district  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee issued the following news release: Today, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and Texas Democratic Party announced a major victory in their litigation to ensure Texas takes all remaining steps to comply with the National Voter Registration Act. This ruling, fully implementing simultaneous voter registration, means any online driver's license renewal or change-of-address wil more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 24 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Entergy Texas is continuing to monitor and plan for any potential impacts of two tropical systems. While the paths and intensity of Hurricane Marco and Tropical Storm Laura could change, the company is preparing for multiple scenarios as well as the enhanced risks of severe thunderstorms, strong winds, heavy rains, high tides and coastal flooding in portions of southeast Texas. Entergy Texas is mobilizing a storm tea more PR

BEAUMONT, Texas, Aug. 26 -- Lamar University issued the following news: The Texas Space Grant Consortium, funded through a NASA Training Grant, has awarded five students from the College of Engineering the STEM Columbia Crew Memorial Scholarship. The LU recipients, mechanical engineering students Lisseth Aguilar, Alyssa Dunigan and Kennedy Kieschnick and civil engineering students Kyleigh Dixon and Cindy Rodriguez, were awarded $1,500 each to pursue graduate studies and a career in the STEM fi more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 27 -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release on Aug. 26: For patients with non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC) marked by RET gene fusions, the targeted therapy selpercatinib was well tolerated and achieved durable objective responses, or tumor shrinkage, in the majority of participants in the Phase I/II LIBRETTO-001 trial, according to researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Among previously untreat more PR

LAS VEGAS, New Mexico, Aug. 29 -- New Mexico Highlands University issued the following news: New Mexico Highlands University business alumnus Isaac Roybal launched a new mobile app for higher education that connects students with their professors via short video exchanges, expanding face-to-face interaction during the coronavirus pandemic when many courses are delivered online. Some universities piloting Roybal's new smart phone technology tool, ProMinute, include Carnegie Mellon University, t more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 25 -- Rice University issued the following news release: A new facility that will serve the needs of visual and dramatic arts students and faculty at Rice University is closer to being realized thanks to a generous lead gift from Houston businessman and philanthropist Fayez Sarofim. The building, to be named in honor of Sarofim, will be a 50,000-square-foot facility situated next door to the Moody Center for the Arts and will seek to amplify the arts on campus and in the co more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Aug. 24 -- Texas A&M University issued the following news release: Construction on a building to house more than 30 science labs and interdisciplinary art studios was unanimously approved during Thursday's regular meeting of The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents. Construction on the more than 140,000-square-foot Instructional Laboratory & Innovative Learning Building (ILSQ) is expected to begin this fall, with expected completion in fall 2022. Students will b more PR

IRVING, Texas, Aug. 26 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release on Aug. 25: The Nexstar Media Charitable Foundation announced today it will donate $5,000 to The Annie L. Dawson Foundation on behalf of WJW-TV (FOX8), the Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc., television station serving the Cleveland, OH, area (DMA #19). The Dawson Foundation was established in 2007, and provides college scholarships and life-skills training for students from low-income ho more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 28 -- Rice University issued the following news release: A new volume of "The Future of U.S.-Mexico Relations: Strategic Foresight," a collection of essays that examine the relationship between the countries, offers policy recommendations for key issues and makes predictions on what may happen in the future. . Tony Payan, the Francoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies and director of the Center for the United States and Mexico at Rice's Baker Institute for Pu more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 25 -- Rice University issued the following news release: A slowdown in China's demand for oil would profoundly affect the multitrillion-dollar global oil market along with many related industries, according to a new brief from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. "A sustained slowdown in China's oil demand growth is, from the risk perspective, a lurking crocodile," wrote Gabriel Collins, the Baker Botts Fellow in Energy and Environmental Regulatory Affairs  more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 27 -- Rice University issued the following news release: Hurricane Harvey ravaged the Houston area three years ago, but as another major storm threatens the upper Texas coast, a new report from the Texas Flood Registry shows the 2017 disaster's lasting impact is felt more strongly than that of subsequent storms, including Tropical Storm Imelda. The report shows survey respondents suffered greater exposure to flooding, property damage and lost income from 2017's Harvey than more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 25 -- Rice University issued the following news release: Blacks, Hispanics and other racial and ethnic minorities are not only underrepresented in science, they are also less likely to receive research funding or get published as often as white scientists, which can result in fewer promotions and lower incomes throughout their academic careers, according to new research from Rice University. "The Very Ivory Tower: Pathways Reproducing Racial-Ethnic Stratification in US Aca more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 25 -- Rice University issued the following news release: A chameleonlike protein in neurons can change its mind, and in the process change our brains. Scientists at Rice University and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) uncovered new clues in the protein CPEB3 as part of their dogged pursuit of the mechanism that allows humans to have long-term memories. The study by Rice theoretical biophysicist Peter Wolynes and Neal Waxham, a neurobiolo more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 25 -- Rice University issued the following news release: Researchers at Rice University's Brown School of Engineering are using data gathered before a deadly 2017 landslide in Greenland to show how deep learning may someday help predict seismic events like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Seismic data collected before the massive landslide at a Greenland fjord shows the subtle signals of the impending event were there, but no human analyst could possibly have put the cl more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 25 -- Rice University issued the following news release: Rice's RAMBO-II is the rare sequel that promises to be better than the original. RAMBO, short for Rice Advanced Magnet with Broadband Optics, is a unique instrument that engineer, physicist and materials scientist Junichiro Kono created in 2013 in collaboration with colleagues in Japan. RAMBO is a study in extremes, the first device that lets researchers use a wide spectrum of laser pulses to examine the behavior of  more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts, Aug. 25 -- Springfield College issued the following news: Springfield College has partnered with Vinfen, a leading provider of services for individuals with disabilities and life challenges, to assist with providing education and training opportunities for Vinfen professionals locally, regionally, and nationally. As part of the agreement, Springfield College will provide employee partnership grants to Vinfen employees who are enrolled in Springfield College Regional more PR

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 25 -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio issued the following news release: Couples that include a partner with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may someday have access to a faster, more efficient therapy that treats the disorder and simultaneously improves their relationships. A new study (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000578941930125X?via%3Dihub) published by the journal Behavior Therapy demonstrated that an establi more PR

STEPHENVILLE, Texas, Aug. 28 -- Tarleton State University issued the following news release: Tarleton State University professor Jesus Velasco co-edited a recently released book, The Future of U.S.-Mexico Relations: Strategic Foresight. Velasco and fellow editors Tony Payan and Alfonso Lopez de la Osa Escribiano assert that the relationship between the neighboring nations is at its most tenuous in recent times. Sixteen essays in the book explore that relationship, focusing on trade and water i more PR

STEPHENVILLE, Texas, Aug. 28 -- Tarleton State University issued the following news release: Dr. Gabriel Cagwin has been named Vice President for Tarleton State University's Division of Institutional Advancement. Currently Chief Business Development Officer at Arizona State University, he begins his new duties in September. He replaces Sabra Guerra, who has served as interim Vice President since July. Guerra will resume her role as the division's Assistant Vice President for Advancement Servic more PR

STEPHENVILLE, Texas, Aug. 29 -- Tarleton State University issued the following news release: Tarleton State University's W.K. Gordon Center for the Industrial History of Texas is one of almost 200 Texas entities to receive grant funding recently from Humanities Texas. Humanities Texas Relief Grants were awarded to 198 nonprofits that suffered losses as a result of the pandemic. Recipients include museums, libraries, preservation organizations and heritage and cultural centers. "We are immense more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Aug. 25 -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: Dr. Tracy Hammond, professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, was recently named the director of the Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation (IEEI). The appointment is effective Sept. 1 and she will devote 40% of her effort to lead the IEEI. "I am thrilled at the opportunity provided to me by the College of Engineering," Hammond sa more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Aug. 26 -- Texas A&M University issued the following news release: The Texas A&M University System soon will operate the largest enclosed hypersonic testing facility in the nation and a new place to try out high-tech combat vehicles. In two votes last week, members of The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents appropriated $60.3 million for projects at the George H.W. Bush Combat Development Complex (BCDC) on the RELLIS Campus in Bryan. The BCDC is being built as more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Aug. 29 -- Texas A&M University issued the following news release: Texas A&M University has announced a partnership with Service to School (S2S) to benefit service members who are transitioning out of the military and wish to pursue undergraduate and graduate degree programs offered by the university. Service to School is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating transitioning service members and veterans about their options for obtaining a higher education degre more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Aug. 26 -- Texas A&M University's College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences issued the following news release: Dr. Bonnie Beaver, a professor at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS), has been honored with the 2020 AVMA Award for her contributions to veterinary medicine and her outstanding leadership in professional veterinary organizations. AVMA Awards are presented annually by the American Veterinary Medical Associatio more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Aug. 29 -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: As new infectious diseases emerge and spread, one of the best shots against novel pathogens is finding new medicines or vaccines. But before drugs can be used as potential cures, they have to be painstakingly screened for composition, safety and purity, among other things. Thus, there is an increasing demand for technologies that can characterize chemical compounds quickly and in real tim more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Aug. 29 -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: Blue whirls - small, spinning blue flames that produce almost no soot when they burn - have attracted great interest since their discovery in 2016, in part because they represent a potential new avenue for low-emission combustion. Now, a team of researchers at the University of Maryland (UMD) and Texas A&M University has identified how these intriguing whirls are structured. Their findin more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 28 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Attorney General Ken Paxton announced an $84,151,210 multistate settlement with American Honda Motor Co., Inc. and Honda of America Mfg., Inc., with Texas receiving $5,697,785. The settlement between 48 attorneys general and Honda, concludes an investigation into the company's alleged failure to inform regulators and consumers that frontal airbags in many Honda and Acura vehicles posed a significant r more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 27 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Attorney General Ken Paxton filed an en banc petition in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit urging the entire court to put a hold on a district court's ruling that allows live-dismemberment abortions. Texas law prohibits this type of second-trimester abortion, which rips the unborn child apart, limb by limb, while they are still alive. "Protecting the sanctity of life continues to be on more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 29 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release on Aug. 28: Attorney General Ken Paxton today joined 10 states in a friend-of-the-court brief requesting that the United States Supreme Court stay an injunction that suspended important health and safety requirements imposed by federal law for the prescription of mifepristone - a drug that causes an abortion. Currently, federal and state laws require physical examinations and in-person dispensing of  more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 26 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed an amicus brief in the Texas Supreme Court urging it to protect the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lubbock's First Amendment rights to be free from state courts interfering with church doctrine and governance. By allowing a Catholic cleric's defamation claim against the Diocese of Lubbock to proceed, the State's brief argues, the lower court failed to give proper res more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 27 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a coalition of 56 state and territorial attorneys general representing all 50 states, the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories urging Congress to adopt key changes to the Victims of Crime Act that provide critical financial support to victims of violent crimes and their families. In a letter to the U.S. Congress, the attorneys general call for change more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 25 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release on Aug. 24: In the wake of Gov. Greg Abbott announcing Federal Emergency Management Agency approval for Federal Emergency Declaration, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today warned that state law prohibits price gouging during a declared disaster. As severe weather and flooding occurs in East and Southeast Texas during the wake of Tropical Storms Laura and Marco, Texas law prohibits vendors from cha more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 28 -- The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality issued the following news release: As Hurricane Laura approaches the Texas coast, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality prepares to deploy its air monitoring vans and mobile command post to respond to the hurricane's impact. During emergency situations, TCEQ provides strategic state assets to support state and local operations and assists its regulated facilities to continue to provide essential services to the pub more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 29 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following press document on Aug. 28: Today, the Texas Democratic Party, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced a major victory in their litigation to ensure Texas takes all remaining steps to comply with the National Voter Registration Act. This ruling, fully implementing simultaneous voter registration, means any online driver's license renewal or change-of-address will more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 29 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following press document: The Trump Administration continues to push for his stupid border wall. Meanwhile, border residents are struggling with some of the highest COVID-19 infection and death rates in the state and the worst economic crisis in modern history. For families in South Texas, their ancestral homes, cemeteries, and ranches are being forcibly seized by the government, so Trump can say he did something in his four years more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 27 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following press document: Today, the San Antonio Express-News dropped a bombshell report showing the Travis County Republican Party is being investigated by the county's fire marshal for violating county and state coronavirus orders. ICYMI: The San Antonio Express-News: Travis County GOP under investigation for COVID-19 order violations An event hosted by the Travis County Republican Party was attended by U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, U more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 29 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following press document: Texas largely dodged a bullet as Hurricane Laura unleashed its wrath on Louisiana and other southern states. However, as Texas and the rest of the country brace for an active hurricane season, fewer resources will be available to residents in need as the Trump Administration decided to divert $155 million from FEMA, to pay for his massively-expensive border wall that he promised Mexico would pay for. Yes, more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 25 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Aug. 24: Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and President Trump have granted a Federal Emergency Declaration request for Public Assistance Category B (Emergency Protective Measures). Specifically, FEMA is authorized to provide emergency protective measures (Category B), limited to direct Federal assistance and reimbursement for mass care including eva more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 25 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed John G. Browning to the Fifth Court of Appeals for a term set to expire on December 31, 2020, or until his successor shall be duly elected and qualified. John G. Browning of Rockwall is a Partner at Spencer Fane LLP, and an appointed Municipal Judge for the City of Lavon. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas, and its Litigation Section and Appellate Section, and is the more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 25 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Leah G. Robertson as Judge of the 385th Judicial District Court in Midland County for a term set to expire on December 31, 2020, or until her successor shall be duly elected and qualified. Leah G. Robertson of Midland is an Of Counsel attorney at Ward & Myers, LLP. She is a member of the State Bar of Texas and the Midland County Bar Association and a fellow of the Texas  more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 24 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following proclamation: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME: WHEREAS, I, GREG ABBOTT, Governor of the State of Texas, do hereby certify that Hurricane Marco and Tropical Storm Laura pose a threat of imminent disaster, including widespread and severe property damage, injury, and loss of life due to widespread flooding, storm surge, and damaging winds, in Aransas, Bexar, Brazoria, Calhoun, Cameron, Chambers, Galveston, Hardin,  more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 25 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: At the order of Governor Greg Abbott, more than 70 members with the Texas Army, Air National Guards, and Texas State Guard with the Texas Military Department (TMD) have been activated and are prepositioning throughout the state of Texas ahead of Tropical Storm Marco and Tropical Storm Laura. Additional personnel remain ready to respond in impacted areas as needed. Multiple Texas Army National Guard ground t more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 27 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Aug. 26: Governor Greg Abbott today held a press conference in Austin where he provided an update on the state's ongoing response to Hurricane Laura, which is expected to make landfall this evening as a Category 4 hurricane with catastrophic storm surge, extreme winds, heavy rain, river flooding, and flash flooding throughout Southeast Texas. The Governor urged Texans in the path of the storm to evacuate i more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 29 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following proclamation: WHEREAS, I, Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, issued a disaster proclamation on May 31, 2020, certifying under Section 418.014 of the Texas Government Code that the threats and incidents of violence starting on May 29, 2020, which have endangered public safety, constitute and pose an imminent threat of disaster for all counties in the State of Texas; and WHEREAS, in each subsequent month effective through to more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 29 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Aug. 28: Governor Greg Abbott today sent a letter to the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) asking the agency to declare Hidalgo County a disaster area following the impact of Hurricane Hanna in July. The Hurricane affected many homes and businesses, creating an economic emergency for the residents of the county. The Governor is asking the SBA to make long-term, low-interest-rate physical  more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 28 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Aug. 27: Governor Greg Abbott today traveled to Southeast Texas to survey the damage from Hurricane Laura and meet with local officials. The Governor also held a press conference in Orange, where he provided an update on response and recovery efforts in the area. Governor Abbott commended the Southeast Texas community for evacuating ahead of the storm, as this minimized the loss of life and severe safety c more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 29 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Aug. 28: Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) has received federal approval to allow Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients to apply over the phone for replacement benefits for food lost or destroyed due to Hurricane Laura. Applications can be submitted by calling 2-1-1. "I thank our federal partners for swiftly approving this more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 25 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following proclamation: WHEREAS, I, GREG ABBOTT, Governor of the State of Texas, issued a disaster proclamation on July 25, 2020, certifying that Hurricane Hanna posed a threat of imminent disaster, including property damage and loss of life, due to widespread flooding, storm surge, and hurricane force winds, in Aransas, Bee, Bexar, Brazoria, Brooks, Calhoun, Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, Fort Bend, Galveston, Goliad, Harris, Hidalgo, Ja more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 28 -- The Public Utility Commission of Texas issued the following news release on Aug. 27: As part of an enduring commitment to oversight and enforcement, the Public Utility Commission of Texas today ordered an administrative penalty that pushed the Commission's penalty total for FY 2020 above $3 million. The settlement agreement in question was assigned to a Retail Electric Provider (REP) that did not respond to informal customer complaints in a timely fashion. The REP agr more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 28 -- The Public Utility Commission of Texas issued the following news release on Aug. 27: In today's open meeting of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, commissioners approved a timeline for winding down the state's Electricity Relief Program, which, since its creation in late March, has been providing protection from disconnection for non-payment to Texans in the direst financial circumstances. "This has been an unusually tough time for our state, and I am proud of ou more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 25 -- CenterPoint Energy issued the following news release on Aug. 24: CenterPoint Energy (NYSE: CNP) today announced that Thomas Webb, a highly respected utility industry executive and chief financial officer with more than 40 years of experience, will serve as a Senior Advisor to the company, effective immediately. Webb will advise the Business Review and Evaluation Committee (BREC) of the Board of Directors on its work as it continues to look at all options available to  more PR

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 27 -- Trinity University issued the following news: Roughly 1 in every 4,000 people will grapple with retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative eye disease that causes impaired vision, difficulty seeing at night, and even complete blindness. The disease is caused by gene mutations that ultimately limit the function of cells within the retina-undermining the eye's ability to see-but exactly how these mutations impact cellular function is unknown. Corina Maeder '99, Ph.D.,  more PR

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Aug. 27 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: University of Arkansas alumna Tracy Henderson of Austin, Texas, says giving back is a great way to leave a legacy. Her planned gift commitment of $300,000 will create three new endowments at the university. The gift was counted in Campaign Arkansas, the university's recently concluded capital campaign that raised nearly $1.45 billion to advance academic opportunity. Henderson's endowments will provide a s more PR

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Aug. 27 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: University of Arkansas alumna Tracy Henderson of Austin, Texas, says giving back is a great way to leave a legacy. Her planned gift commitment of $300,000 will create three new endowments at the university. The gift was counted in Campaign Arkansas, the university's recently concluded capital campaign that raised nearly $1.45 billion to advance academic opportunity. Henderson's endowments will provide a s more PR

VICTORIA, Texas, Aug. 27 -- The University of Houston Victoria campus issued the following news release: University of Houston-Victoria student-athletes from the Coastal Bend area planning to major in a health-related field now have the opportunity to be awarded a new scholarship at the university. The Victoria Region Student-Athletes Health Career Scholarship will provide scholarships starting this fall for up to a dozen UHV student-athletes. Students chosen for the scholarship will be awarde more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 23 -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: Three years after Hurricane Harvey dropped devastating amounts of rain across the Houston area, most people whose homes flooded are back home or in other permanent housing. But a survey by the Hobby School of Public Affairs at the University of Houston found people remain affected by the experience - overwhelmingly in favor of public funding to reduce the threat of flooding and of government regulations to  more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 29 -- The University of St. Thomas issued the following news release on Aug. 28: University of St. Thomas's new Saint John Paul II institute offers the only program of its kind focusing on JPII in the context of Polish history and culture. With Ewa Thompson's gift, the Institute can expand its offerings. With her philanthropic gift of approximately $200,000, Dr. Ewa Thompson, professor emeritus of Slavic Studies at Rice University, is leading the way to putting the work of more PR

RICHARDSON, Texas, Aug. 28 -- The University of Texas Dallas campus issued the following news release: Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas say drone technology has the potential to be a genuine game changer in the retail industry, with its promise to enable retailers to offer unheard-of delivery lead times and near-perfect delivery-time customization adaptability. In a new study (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/poms.13217), recently published online in Production a more PR

ARLINGTON, Texas, Aug. 26 -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: A recently published study led by The University of Texas at Arlington says that student debt may hurt students' chances of securing full-time employment due to added pressure in their job search. Ariane Froidevaux, assistant professor of management in the College of Business, is first author of "Is Student Loan Debt Good or Bad for Full-Time Employment Upon Graduation From College?" in the more PR

ARLINGTON, Texas, Aug. 29 -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: A civil engineering assistant professor at The University of Texas at Arlington is working to better assess a bridge's structural health by combining machine learning with traditional monitoring measurements. Suyun Ham's 18-month, $122,000 grant is part of UTA's membership in the Transportation Consortium of South-Central States (Tran-SET), a U.S. Department of Transportation Center adminis more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 25 -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: People living in some of the largest U.S. cities and their surrounding areas face the highest risk of contracting COVID-19 in the near future, according to a new set of online dashboards created by researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. The risk analysis model used by the website examines more than 3,000 U.S. counties and features three dashboards that focus on  more PR

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 26 -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio issued the following news release: In the war on cancer and other diseases including COVID-19, old drugs approved for other conditions are being studied for new purposes. It's a strategy that will now be tested in Alzheimer's disease with a drug called rapamycin. A $2 million grant will enable a double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial in which 40 individuals with mild cognitive impairment or ear more PR

GALVESTON, Texas, Aug. 28 -- The University of Texas Medical Branch issued the following news release: The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston is in the unique position to have been awarded funding to launch 2 of the 10 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases-supported Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases (CREID). The Coordinating Research on Emerging Arboviral Threats Encompassing the Neotropics (CREATE-NEO) center (1 U01 AI151807-01) led by Dr. Nikos  more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 27 -- Gov. Ralph S. Northam, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 26: Governor Ralph Northam today announced that Torc Robotics, a Blacksburg-based leader in self-driving vehicle systems, will invest $8.5 million to expand its software development operations in Montgomery County. The company will establish an additional facility at the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center in close proximity to its current operation in the Blacksburg Industrial Park.  more PR

MACOMB, Illinois, Aug. 26 -- Western Illinois University issued the following news release: Western Illinois University's School of Engineering and the Quad City Manufacturing Lab were awarded $1.5 million to support a ballistic research program with Army Research Lab and the University of North Texas. For the Quad City Manufacturing Lab (QCML), a unit of Western Illinois University's School of Engineering located at the Rock Island Arsenal, this will allow for building upon research from prev more PR