BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Sept. 8 (TNSRes) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: There are two versions of this story. In the first, a Black man named Feltus Taylor is born to a drug-addicted mother who goes to prison. He is put into foster care, suffers severe developmental delays, gets bullied and taken advantage of, commits an inexcusable and horrific act of violence, and is sentenced to death. While on death row, he writes a children's book and a manuscript about h more PR

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Sept. 9 -- Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill issued the following news release on Sept. 8: Attorney General Curtis Hill is urging the Federal Communications Commission to help prevent the suppression of political speech on digital platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. In a letter to the FCC, Attorney General Hill -- along with the attorneys general of Texas, Louisiana and Missouri -- asks the agency to clarify existing rules to safeguard Americans' freedoms more PR

COVINGTON, Louisiana, Sept. 5 -- Chevron issued the following news release on Sept. 4: Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) announced that it will donate a total of $500,000 and 8,000 gallons of fuel to assist those in Cameron and Calcasieu parishes affected by Hurricane Laura. The company is also coordinating employee supply drives, providing an additional $10,000 in gas gift cards, and matching employees' charitable contributions. "Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with those who suffered l more PR

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, Sept. 12 (TNSPer) -- Centenary College of Louisiana issued the following news release: Dr. Bethany Hansen, assistant professor of biology, has been named the 2020-2021 Mattie Allen Broyles Inaugural Year Research Chair at Centenary. The Broyles Research Chair is a competitive research award open to new tenure-track faculty members and is designed to support original scholarly research or creative production during the faculty member's first year at the College. Hansen's  more PR

JUNO BEACH, Florida, Sept. 5 -- Florida Power and Light, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy, issued the following news release: Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) is sending transmission equipment and other critical resources to help Entergy Louisiana restore power after Hurricane Laura made landfall last week. In addition to the equipment, more than 1,300 FPL lineworkers and contractors have been working in Louisiana and Texas since Sunday to restore power to the states' residents and businesses. more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Sept. 11 (TNSEvA) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Professor Randall Kennedy of Harvard Law School will be delivering LSU's Constitution Day lecture on Friday, Sept. 18, from 3-4:15 p.m. "Our Fifteenth Amendment and Its Discontents" is his topic, and two LSU faculty members will serve as respondents. The program will be held via Zoom and is free to the public, but attendees must register in order to attend at www.lsu.edu/voegelin. This e more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Sept. 12 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards has released details of his proclamation moving Louisiana's response to COVID-19 to Phase 3. Some businesses will be able to increase their occupancy, and bars may reopen subject to certain restrictions, only in parishes that do not have high incidence of illness and only if local governments choose to opt in. "We have seen some improvement in decreased COVID-like illness, n more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Sept. 11 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on Sept. 10: Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that FEMA has approved an additional two Louisiana parishes for Individual Assistance following Hurricane Laura, bringing the total number of parishes where residents are eligible for aid to 18. The newly approved parishes are Union and Morehouse. "Hurricane Laura traveled the length of Louisiana, bringing with it hurricane force winds in areas  more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 10 (TNSRes) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Hepatocellular carcinoma is a common liver cancer with poor prognosis. With symptoms not discovered until later stages, it is considered the most fatal malignant liver cancer worldwide. But a research team in the Tulane University Department of Biomedical Engineering is developing a novel cancer treatment that is able to shrink tumors to an average of less than 3 percent of their initial size in a more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Sept. 10 -- The Louisiana Public Service Commission issued the following order (No. T-35610) involving Crescent City Towing & Recovery: In re: Cancellation of Common Carrier Certificate Number 7498 for failure to maintain the required insurance coverage on file with the Commission pursuant to Commission's General Order dated January 12, 1976. (Decided September 9, 2020) ORDER The Louisiana Public Service Commission ("Commission") issued a citation to Crescent City Tow more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, Sept. 12 (TNSGra) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Louisiana Tech's College of Education Science and Technology Education Center (SciTEC) and UTeachTech faculty have been selected to engage in an international project to provide effective lesson planning templates and guidelines for pre- and in-service teachers. Along with The University of the West Indies-Cave Hill Campus in Barbados and Shortwood Teachers' College in Jamaica, Chris Campbell, Glenn La more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, Sept. 11 (TNSEvA) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: For the past seven years, Louisiana Tech University's New Frontiers in Biomedical Research Seminar Series has hosted world renowned speakers from areas of biomedical research, medicine, and communication. Gathering limits in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic have forced series founders, Dr. Jamie Newman and Dr. Mary Caldorera-Moore, to reframe the eagerly anticipated, year-long event that engages, stud more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Sept. 9 (TNSGra) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: LSU Online & Continuing Education is working with the Association for Talent Development, or ATD, and its Certification Institute to give talent development certification holders a chance to gain college credits toward an online degree. ATD's Associate Professional in Talent Development, or APTD, and Certified Professional in Talent Development, or CPTD, certification recipients will have  more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Sept. 9 (TNSAwa) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: LSU has received the 2020 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity, or HEED, Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education. As a recipient of the annual HEED Award -- a national honor recognizing U.S. colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion -- LSU will be featured,  more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Sept. 10 (TNSRes) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: For the last several months, researchers from the LSU College of Engineering and School of Veterinary Medicine have tested wastewater in various areas around East Baton Rouge Parish to track cases of coronavirus. What they have found, thus far, is that cases increased soon after Louisiana moved into Phase 2 and dropped after the city-parish instituted a mask-wearing mandate. Now they will more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Sept. 9 (TNSPer) -- The Louisiana State University's Pennington Biomedical Research Center issued the following news release: Respiratory Immunologist Stephania Cormier, PhD, has moved her Respiratory Immunology & Toxicology Laboratory to the campus of LSU's Pennington Biomedical Research Center. "Dr. Cormier is a world-renowned scientist, and we're excited that she's moved her lab to Pennington Biomedical," said Executive Director John Kirwan, PhD. "Her recent COVID- more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Sept. 5 (TNSJou) -- Louisiana State University's Pennington Biomedical Research Center issued the following news release: Low-income Louisiana patients enrolled in a tailored obesity intervention program lost much more weight than counterparts receiving usual care. Study results were published this week in The New England Journal of Medicine. This population, who traditionally face the most barriers to weight loss and the highest levels of obesity, found success in a coa more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Sept. 12 (TNSCXX) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: LSU Boyd Professor of Physics Gabriela Gonzalez has been newly elected as a 2021 General Councilor of the American Physical Society. The APS Council consists of 33 members who are elected to three-year terms. The council oversees all activities of the society including publications, scientific meetings, membership, prizes and awards and educational activities. "Physics as a discipline is more PR

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, Sept. 11 (TNSCXX) -- Louisiana State University Shreveport campus issued the following news: The LSUS College of Education and Human Sciences announces a collaboration with Fort Polk military base to create a 24-hour series of courses in adult education counseling and advising at both the undergraduate and graduate levels for military personnel and federal employees - the first of its kind in the southeastern region of the United States. The curriculum runs on a 7-week s more PR

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, Sept. 9 (TNSPar) -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release: Nicholls State University and Tulane University School of Medicine have finalized a partnership that will allow Nicholls graduate students in the ABA program to complete experiential rotations at the Tulane Center for Autism Related Disorders (TCARD) ABA Clinic. This partnership provides Nicholls candidates the necessary experience to complete their degree, and Tulane will receive a steady w more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Sept. 8 (TNSRac) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: LSU African & African American Studies and Department of Sociology Professor Lori Martin, LSU Women's Basketball Coach Nikki Fargus and LSU Men's Basketball Assistant Coach Kevin Nickelberry are among the notable African Americans who have formed a new non-profit organization with a mission to connect and inspire people to boldly advocate for racial, social and economic justice for Blacks i more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 12 -- S&P Global Platts, a subsidiary of S&P Global, issued the following news: Transmission lines in southwest Louisiana that were severely damaged by Hurricane Laura, cutting power to Sempra Energy's Cameron LNG, will take an extended period to be repaired, utility Entergy said Sept. 11. The update raises uncertainty about when the export facility will be able to resume production. Gas deliveries to the terminal have been at zero since the day before the Category 4 storm cam more PR

HAMMOND, Louisiana, Sept. 9 (TNSGra) -- Southeastern Louisiana University issued the following news release: Southeastern Louisiana University Professor of Biology Roldan Valverde has been named a Fulbright Scholar, which will allow him to perform research and undergraduate level teaching in Spain next year. Established in 1946, the Fulbright Scholar Program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and allows American scholars and professionals  more PR

HAMMOND, Louisiana, Sept. 10 (TNSCon) -- Southeastern Louisiana University issued the following news release: Southeastern Louisiana University's Department of Computer Science is offering a new Industry Connect Distinguished Lecture Series, the department recently announced. "The series will feature industry experts serving to introduce our students, faculty and interested guests to technologies currently used in industry that can be utilized immediately in Southeastern's industry connect cla more PR

HAMMOND, Louisiana, Sept. 12 (TNSMon) -- Southeastern Louisiana University issued the following news release: Southeastern Louisiana University has been awarded additional funding to expand an alliance of universities and colleges across the state that provides inclusive education opportunities for students with developmental disabilities, such as its Lions Connected program. Created by Associate Professor of Education and Director of Lions Connected Gerlinde Beckers, Louisiana Post-Secondary I more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 10 (TNSRes) -- Tulane University issued the following news release on Sept. 9: A report released today on climate risk to the U.S. financial system outlines a path forward for shaping the economy in a way that seeks to advance a more sustainable and equitable future, a Tulane University professor and co-editor of the report says. The much anticipated report published by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Managing Climate Risk in the U.S. Financi more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 10 (TNSRes) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Is the current pandemic and destruction left in the wake of Hurricane Laura a case of history repeating itself in Louisiana? These will be the topics when The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University hosts a conversation with notable authors including, Tulane historian Andy Horowitz, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jarvis DeBerry and Sandy Rosenthal, founder of Levees.Org, from 5:30-6:30 CD more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 12 (TNSCXX) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Tulane University's Office of Research, in partnership with Tulane University Libraries (TUL) and Tulane's Information Technology (IT), has launched its first electronic lab notebook (ELN) solution for all Tulane researchers. LabArchives, a secure, cloud-based ELN, enables researchers to capture, manage, store and share information and data. The digital tool is designed to facilitate collaboration  more PR

BOULDER, Colorado, Sept. 11 (TNSJou) -- The University of Colorado Boulder campus issued the following news: Sasha Smith was out of work and battling throat cancer when, on Aug. 29, 2005, the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina began to lap against her home in Orleans Parish. The young mother clutched her 2-year-old son Alex and fled to the overcrowded Louisiana Superdome, waiting out the storm alongside tens of thousands of others who had no means to evacuate the city and would have no homes to r more PR