DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 27 -- A.H. Belo, a local news and information publishing company, issued the following news release on Oct. 26: A. H. Belo Corporation (NYSE: AHC) today reported a third quarter 2020 net loss of $0.1 million, or $(0.00) per share, and an operating loss of $2.4 million. In the third quarter of 2019, the Company reported a net loss of $4.0 million, or $(0.19) per share, and an operating loss of $7.0 million. For the third quarter of 2020, on a non-GAAP basis, A. H. Belo repor more PR

ABILENE, Texas, Oct. 28 (TNSPer) -- Abilene Christian University issued the following news: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott appointed Abilene Christian University faculty member Dr. Lisa Merchant as chair of the Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists on Oct. 20. The board licenses and regulates Marriage and Family Therapists in Texas. Merchant is assistant professor and chair of marriage and family studies, and director of the marriage and family therapy program. She also faci more PR

WACO, Texas, Oct. 28 -- Baylor University issued the following news on Oct. 27: Baylor University and Compassion International, headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, today announced a partnership to bring about global human flourishing for children and families in poverty -- and to create transformational experiences for their constituents that ultimately lead to poverty reduction. Based on the shared faith commitment and similar core values of the two organizations, the leadership team more PR

WACO, Texas, Oct. 30 (TNSMon) -- Baylor University issued the following news on Oct. 29: Baylor University today announced a $2 million gift commitment from The DeBakey Medical Foundation of Houston that will create The Michael E. DeBakey, M.D., Selma DeBakey and Lois DeBakey Chair for Medical Humanities within the Baylor College of Arts & Sciences. In celebration of the announcement, College of Arts & Sciences Dean Lee Nordt, Ph.D., announced Lauren Barron, M.D., as the inaugural chairholder.  more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 30 -- CenterPoint Energy issued the following news release: CenterPoint Energy, Inc.'s (NYSE: CNP) board of directors today declared dividends on shares of its common stock and Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock. Common Stock Dividend The company's board of directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.1500 per share on the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock. The dividend will also be payable to holders of shares of Series C Mandatory C more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 29 (TNSRes) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: Two researchers from the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University are making strides in developing the next generation of batteries. Dr. Perla Balbuena, GPSA Professor, and Dr. Jorge Seminario, Lanatter & Herbert Fox Professor, have been developing protective layers for safer and longer-life batteries, Balbuena and Seminario's research is curren more PR

THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Oct. 28 -- Chevron Phillips Chemical, a petrochemical company, issued the following news on Oct. 27: Performance Pipe, a division of Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP, today announced it is now an exclusive distributor of Supraflow(TM) gas pipe tap tees manufactured by Spain-based Grupo Torre for Canada and most of the U.S. The Supraflow(TM) gas pipe tees offer utility operators a new solution to streamline how to tap 4- to 18-inch pressurized polyethylene (PE) gas pipe more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 30 -- ConocoPhillips, a producer of oil and gas resources, issued the following news release on Oct. 29: ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) today reported a third-quarter 2020 loss of $0.5 billion, or ($0.42) per share, compared with third-quarter 2019 earnings of $3.1 billion, or $2.74 per share. Excluding special items, third-quarter 2020 adjusted earnings were a loss of $0.3 billion, or ($0.31) per share, compared with third-quarter 2019 adjusted earnings of $0.9 billion, or $0. more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 27 -- The Texas A&M University System issued the following news release on Oct. 26: The Department of Defense today named a state agency of The Texas A&M University System to lead a national consortium for modernizing hypersonic flight capabilities. The Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) will manage a five-year, $20 million per-year DOD initiative involving many of the nation's top research universities. The universities will work cooperatively among t more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 27 -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news on Oct. 26: The Department of Defense (DOD) today named a state agency of The Texas A&M University System to lead a national consortium for modernizing hypersonic flight capabilities. The Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) will manage a five-year, $20 million-per-year DOD initiative involving many of the nation's top research universities. The universities will work cooperati more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 26 -- The Democratic Party of Georgia issued the following news release on Oct. 24: Today, on National Vote Early Day, Georgia voters continue to break records across the state as we head into the last full week of early voting. Enthusiasm for Democratic candidates has drawn Georgians to the polls, despite long lines and technical difficulties. Voters are encouraged to continue to return their absentee ballots and take advantage of Saturday voting. See the historic number more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 27 (TNSRes) -- Rice University issued the following news release: A horrifying insect soap opera with vampires, mummies and infant-eating parasites is playing out on the stems and leaves of live oak trees every day, and evolutionary biologist Scott Egan found the latest character - a new wasp species that may be a parasite of a parasite - within walking distance of his Rice University lab. Egan, an associate professor of biosciences at Rice, studies gall wasps, tiny insect more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee issued the following news release: On Friday, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and MJ Hegar for Texas filed suit in the United States District Court in the Southern District of Texas. Democrats are urging the court to take swift action to block a Republican suit that, if successful, would invalidate the votes of 100,000 eligible Texas voters who cast their ballots at dri more PR

SAN DIEGO, California, Oct. 30 -- EDF Renewables, a renewable energy developer, issued the following news release: EDF Renewables North America and Pedernales Electric Cooperative Inc. (PEC), the largest distribution electric cooperative in the United States, today announced the signing of a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for a 100 megawatt (MW) share of the King Creek 1 Wind Project. Located on ranch land in Throckmorton and Haskell Counties, Texas, the King Creek project expects to be more PR

IRVING, Texas, Oct. 30 -- ExxonMobil, an international energy company, issued the following news release: As part of an extensive global review announced earlier this year, the company plans to reduce staffing levels in the United States, primarily at its management offices in Houston, Texas. The company anticipates approximately 1,900 employees will be affected through voluntary and involuntary programs. The workforce reductions are the result of ongoing reorganizations and work-process chang more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 27 -- Atmos Energy issued the following news release: In the midst of one of the worst hurricane seasons on record, COVID-19 and other natural disasters, like wildfires this summer and tornadoes earlier this year, even the best emergency response plans are put to the test. But FirstNet has one mission: serve America's first responders and the extended public safety community that is called upon to help support them during their life-saving missions. During Hurricane Laura l more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 29 (TNSPer) -- Houston Baptist University issued the following news release: Dr. Renae Schumann, Dean of the HBU School of Nursing and Allied Health, was nominated and selected to represent the Texas Nursing Association as one of 10 members on a statewide committee of the Texas Board of Nursing. This committee will review the Differentiated Essential Competencies (DECs), which provide at least part of the base of all nursing curricula, from LVN to BSN graduates. The DECs a more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 27 (TNSRes) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release on Oct. 26: Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have conducted the first randomized clinical trial comparing stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) to whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT) in patients with four to 15 brain metastases, providing evidence to support the use of SRS in this patient population. Results from the Phase III trial, led by Jing more PR

COMMERCE, Texas, Oct. 30 -- Texas A&M University's Commerce Campus issued the following news release: In fall 2018, the Department of Nursing at Texas A&M University-Commerce purchased a poverty simulation developed by the Missouri Association for Community Action, Inc. The simulation is a three to four-hour activity designed to help participants understand daily challenges faced by low-income families. Dr. Monica Tenhunen, associate professor of nursing, said the simulation--funded through a  more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 31 -- The Republican Party of Texas issued the following news on Oct. 30: Today GOP Chairman Allen West is calling on Republican members of the House to unite and elect a Speaker from the whole caucus. "Concerning reports of a fractured effort to coronate the next Speaker have grown in recent days. Discussions about the next Speaker should be inclusive. Any candidate who emerges from a guarded smoke-filled room will end in embarrassment." The State Republican Executive Co more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 30 (TNSJou) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: Engineers at Rice University and Texas A&M University have found a 2D material that could make computers faster and more energy-efficient. Their material is a derivative of perovskite -- a crystal with a distinctive structure -- that has the surprising ability to enable the valleytronics phenomenon touted as a possible platform for information processing and storage. The lab of materia more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 27 -- Rice University issued the following news release: Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business will host the fifth annual and first virtual Diversity and Inclusion Conference Oct. 30. With racial equity and social justice at the forefront of public discourse, this year's conference provides a forum to discuss how these issues impact the workplace. The annual conference is designed to increase awareness, dialogue and skill-building around issues of diversity a more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 30 (TNSRes) -- Rice University issued the following news release: With eyes around the world on the 2020 U.S. election just five days away, three Rice University professors are available to discuss various topics related to the vote, including the contest for president, election security and the electoral climate in Texas. Paul Brace, the Clarence L. Carter Professor of Political Science, is available to discuss the presidential race and how the electoral climate might imp more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 30 (TNSRes) -- Rice University issued the following news release: Marrying two layers of graphene is an easy route to the blissful formation of nanoscale diamond, but sometimes thicker is better. While it may only take a bit of heat to turn a treated bilayer of the ultrathin material into a cubic lattice of diamane, a bit of pressure in just the right place can convert few-layer graphene as well. The otherwise chemically driven process is theoretically possible according  more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 27 (TNSRes) -- Rice University issued the following news release: Nanomechanics at Rice University and the University of Houston are getting ready to rev their engines for the second international Nanocar Race. While they'll have to pump the brakes for a bit longer than expected, as the race has been bumped a year to 2022, the Rice-based team is pushing forward with new designs introduced in the American Chemical Society's Journal of Organic Chemistry. The work led by che more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 30 (TNSJou) -- Rice University issued the following news release: Plastic waste comes back in black as pristine graphene, thanks to ACDC. That's what Rice University scientists call the process they employed to make efficient use of waste plastic that would otherwise add to the planet's environmental woes. In this instance, the lab of Rice chemist James Tour modified its method to make flash graphene to enhance it for recycling plastic into graphene. The lab's study appea more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 27 (TNSRes) -- Rice University issued the following news release: Engineers at Rice University and Texas A&M University have found a 2D material that could make computers faster and more energy-efficient. Their material is a derivative of perovskite -- a crystal with a distinctive structure -- that has the surprising ability to enable the valleytronics phenomenon touted as a possible platform for information processing and storage. The lab of materials scientist Jun Lou o more PR

HUNTSVILLE, Texas, Oct. 28 -- Sam Houston State University issued the following news: Autumn has officially arrived, but many traditions like back-to-school shopping and fall sports have been altered by COVID-19. One reoccurring seasonal ritual that hasn't been impacted though, is Daylight Saving Time (DST). James-BarkerOn Nov. 1, all of Texas and most of the U.S., will move their clocks back one hour to reflect standard time, despite claims that the clock is ticking on the decades-old traditi more PR

GEORGETOWN, Texas, Oct. 28 (TNSRes) -- Southwestern University issued the following news: Recent physics graduate Mike May '20 demonstrates how taking risks by learning outside your major is crucial to becoming a leader in innovation. Back in mid-April, you could find Mike May '20 working 32 to 40 hours a week as an overnight stocker at a home-improvement retail chain. At the time, he was trying to make some extra money so he could buy a car that he could take to New Hampshire, where he would  more PR

NACOGDOCHES, Texas, Oct. 28 (TNSRes) -- Stephen F. Austin State University issued the following news release: An effort by Stephen F. Austin State University to establish the Center for Applied Research and Rural Innovation - where faculty, staff and students can engage in research development projects that support academic programs and boost regional economic development - began Monday with the approval by the Board of Regents of a $3.57 million Economic Development Administration grant applic more PR

NACOGDOCHES, Texas, Oct. 30 (TNSEco) -- Stephen F. Austin State University issued the following news release: Demolition is winding down inside the Griffith Fine Arts Building on the Stephen F. Austin State University campus in conjunction with a fine arts expansion and renovation project that will add nearly 68,000 square feet to the current building. Phase II of the project - construction/expansion of the building - will soon be underway and is being described by construction officials as "a more PR

STEPHENVILLE, Texas, Oct. 30 (TNSRes) -- Tarleton State University issued the following news release: Tarleton State University has been awarded $1.3 million in federal TRIO grants to provide assistance for 140 Tarleton students who are pursuing their degree on the Stephenville campus. The Student Support Services grant is awarded by the U.S. Department of Education to provide academic and other support to first-generation and PELL Grant eligible students to increase retention and graduation r more PR

STEPHENVILLE, Texas, Oct. 30 (TNSRes) -- Tarleton State University issued the following news release: Tarleton professor Dr. Paul Banda has published a new book, The State, Counterinsurgency, and Political Policing in Colonial and Postcolonial Malawi, 1891-1994, that examines the history of the African nation. Malawi is a former British protectorate then known as Nyasaland. Banda analyzes the rise of insurgencies in Malawi and adopts the concept of counterinsurgency to address the reactions o more PR

STEPHENVILLE, Texas, Oct. 29 -- Tarleton State University issued the following news release: Tarleton State University and the Lake Worth Independent School District have agreed to a partnership designed to lend a hand to LWISD seniors who want a college education. The Lake Worth ISD and Tarleton leaders recently finalized an arrangement offering guaranteed admission and annual scholarships for the top 25 percent of the district's high school graduates beginning with the 2020-21 academic year. more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 29 (TNSRes) -- Texas A&M University's College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences issued the following news release: Over the course of only a century, humanity has made an observable impact on the genetic diversity of the lion population. That's the conclusion of a recently published study in the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution by Drs. Caitlin Curry and James Derr, from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS).  more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 30 -- The Texas A&M University System issued the following news release: More than 400 defense industry executives, military commanders and other national security experts came together virtually this week to discuss an innovative plan for U.S. military communication and decision-making. The Texas A&M University System hosted the virtual meeting sponsored by the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA), a group promoting dialogue on the shared goals of the mi more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 30 -- Texas A&M University's College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences issued the following news release: The students wear maroon, say 'Howdy,' watch the Aggie football games, and even leave pennies on a campus landmark for good luck. So, in some ways, the biomedical sciences (BIMS) students at the Texas A&M Higher Education Center in McAllen aren't all that different from the ones in College Station. After all, one of the goals, according to Dr. Eli more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 27 (TNSJou) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: Structural damage to any of the nation's ailing bridges can come with a hefty price of billions of dollars in repairs. New bridge designs promise more damage-resistant structures and, consequently, lower restoration costs. But if these designs haven't been implemented in the real world, predicting how they can be damaged and what repair strategies should be implemented remain unr more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 29 (TNSRes) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: Ocean engineering research has taken Dr. Mirjam Furth, assistant professor in the Department of Ocean Engineering at Texas A&M University, around the world: Sweden, the United Kingdom, Japan, New Jersey and now, Texas. Joining the department this semester, she is excited to bring her research and expertise to both the College Station and Galveston campus - utilizing the resource more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 29 (TNSRes) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: In 1989, a geomagnetic disturbance (GMD) event in Quebec left six million people without power for nine hours. The disturbance caused seven of the electrical devices used to regulate voltage in the grid, the static VAR compensators, to be tripped within 59 seconds, causing a voltage collapse 25 seconds later. GMD events continue to occur and, when they do, can wreak havoc on the  more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 30 (TNSRes) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: As smart devices and new digital interaction methods continue to evolve, the use of photons as a delivery system in an internet of things (IoT) could enable a new generation of technology with vast potential. Dr. Shoufeng Lan, assistant professor in the J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University, is pursuing research into harnessing these tin more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 28 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following statement on Oct. 27: * * * Attorney General Ken Paxton gave this statement following Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation as the newest justice of the United States Supreme Court: "Amy Coney Barrett will make an excellent addition to the Supreme Court. "Over the course of her career, Barrett demonstrated superb temperament, judicial restraint, and a firm commitment to the rule of law and the Constitution. "She ha more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 28 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following statement on Oct. 27: * * * Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that the organized election fraud scheme exposed in today's Project Veritas video is already under review by investigators from his Election Fraud Unit. "What's shown in the video is shocking and should alarm all Texans who care about election integrity. We are aggressively investigating the serious allegations and potential crimes that Project Ver more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 28 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following press document on Oct. 27: Texas leads the nation in COVID-19 cases. NBC News reported as of Monday, Texas had reported 910,124 had been infected with COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, unacceptable and continuing to rise. The state's rolling average for new cases is now at 6,446.9, the highest it has been since September 29. Over the last two days with 73 new reported COVID-19 deaths, bringing the statewide death more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 29 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following press document: If you have not received your mail-in ballot, the Texas Democratic Party encourages you to vote in person. With three days remaining during early voting, voters still have ample opportunities to make their voices heard at the ballot box. For those who requested a mail ballot, do not yet have it in hand, and are able, we encourage them to go in person to a polling place to vote. Find an early voting polli more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 28 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following press document on Oct. 26: Texans continue to shatter early voting records, with a staggering 7.6 million Texans already voting. One of the driving forces behind that is Texas women who are making their voices heard, some for the first time. To date, nearly 4 million Texas women have voted early, shattering the previous record of 3.7 million in 2016 and 3.3 million in 2018. Women are voting at a higher rate than men, as  more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 28 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following press document on Oct. 26: This week, the Texas Democratic Party will present our final case against Donald Trump and lay out a few of the many ways that Donald Trump has failed Texas. First up, the defining issue in Texas today: Donald Trump has failed our healthcare and is trying to repeal affordable care in the middle of a pandemic. Trump has signed on to Indicted Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton's lawsuit more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 27 -- The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation issued the following news release: The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation has released the newest list of people who are no longer authorized to perform or offer to perform certain licensed services in Texas. TDLR urges consumers not to hire unlicensed service providers. Included in this month's list are several individuals whose massage therapist licenses were revoked because they were found to have engaged i more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 26 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Oct. 25: Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) activated additional resources to help combat COVID-19 in the El Paso region. These resources will arrive this week and are based on needs assessments and communication between the local medical community and state and federal officials. HHS is deploying two 35-person Disaster Medical Assistance Teams more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 30 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Oct. 29: Governor Greg Abbott today announced that New Braunfels, having completed the multi-step certification process, has been designated as a Music Friendly Community by the Texas Music Office (TMO). The Music Friendly Community program seeks to foster music business economic development in Texas cities and communities. TMO Community Relations & Outreach Specialist Chip Adams will present the Music F more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 28 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed James "JD" Distefano, D.O. to the Texas Medical Board for a term set to expire April 13, 2025. The board regulates the practice of medicine in Texas. James "JD" Distefano, D.O. of College Station is a board certified physician at Cornerstone Sports Medicine. He also serves as a team physician for Texas A&M Athletics. Distefano honorably served in the United State Air Forc more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 30 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Chip VanSteenberg to the Commission on State Emergency Communications for a term set to expire on September 1, 2021. The commission is charged with administering the state 9-1-1 service program and the statewide poison control program. Chip VanSteenberg of Conroe is the Executive Director of the Montgomery County Emergency Communication District. He is currently serving  more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 30 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has reappointed Patrick Buzzini, Ph.D., Bruce Budowle, Ph.D., Nancy Downing, Ph.D., and Jasmine Drake, Ph.D. to the Texas Forensic Science Commission for terms set to expire on September 1, 2022. The commission provides oversight over Texas crime laboratories and other entities conducting forensic analyses for use in criminal proceedings and provides an accreditation mandate responsible  more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 26 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Oct. 25: Governor Greg Abbott today held a call with Dr. Robert Kadlec, the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), to discuss hospital capacity needs in the City of El Paso. A readout of the call can be found below: The Governor and Dr. Kadlec discussed the need to expand hospital capacity in El Paso given the recent surge in posit more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 27 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following statement: * * * Governor Greg Abbott issued the following statement congratulating Justice Amy Coney Barrett on her confirmation to the United States Supreme Court: "Congratulations to Justice Amy Coney Barrett on being confirmed as a justice on the United States Supreme Court. "Justice Barrett is a tremendous jurist and a person of the highest character who will adhere to the Constitution and faithfully serve the Am more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 30 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Oct. 29: Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Education Agency (TEA) today released a report showing significant pay raises for Texas teachers for the 2019-2020 academic year as a result of House Bill 3 (HB 3). Statewide, Texas teachers who have more than 5 years of experience received an average pay raise of over $5,200, while teachers who have been working up to five years received an average pay raise of  more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 31 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Oct. 30: The Office of the Governor's Sexual Assault Survivors' Task Force (SASTF) today issued its first Biennial Report to the Texas Legislature. The report includes policy recommendations for the 87th Legislative Session and summarizes activities conducted since the task force held its inaugural meeting on February 6th -- including the creation of over 150 recommendations relating to the review of state more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 26 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Oct. 25: Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) is establishing an alternate care site in El Paso to expand hospital capacity in the region. The facility will provide El Paso with additional hospital beds, medical equipment, and medical personnel to assist with the region's COVID-19 response. Opening this week, the alternate care site will be located at  more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 27 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Melva Henderson, Debra Medellin, and Bonnie Notargiacomo and reappointed April Pollreisz to the State Independent Living Council for terms set to expire on October 24, 2023. The council develops the State Plan for Independent Living and serves as a resource to state and local organizations on Independent Living and related issues for persons with disabilities. Melva Hender more PR

LUBBOCK, Texas, Oct. 30 -- Texas Tech University issued the following news release: The president of the Petroleum Equipment & Services Association will speak to students next week. WHAT: Texas Tech University's School of Law hosts Leslie Shockley Beyer as part of its Energy Law Lecture Series. WHEN: Noon to 1 p.m. Monday (Nov. 2) WHERE: The lecture will be presented virtually via Zoom EVENT: Leslie Shockley Beyer, president of the Petroleum Equipment & Services Association (PESA), will be  more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Oct. 28 -- The University of Arkansas Little Rock campus issued the following news: The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will host two virtual panels on Thursday, Oct. 29, discussing African American and LatinX politics and the proposed Arkansas hate crime legislation. The UA Little Rock Department of World Languages and the Multicultural Center will host a virtual event, "The Black & Brown Electorate: A Roundtable Discussion on African American & LatinX Politics a more PR

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Oct. 27 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: The Latin American and Latino Studies Program presents a talk by Dr. Monica Munoz Martinez, Associate Professor of History at the University of Texas, Austin, on the larger forgotten history of anti-Mexican violence in the United States. Martinez will draw on research conducted for her award-winning book, The Injustice Never Leaves You: Anti-Mexican Violence in Texas (Harvard Press, 2018) and her work as a more PR

GAINESVILLE, Florida, Oct. 28 (TNSRes) -- The University of Florida issued the following news: The University of Florida is helping to launch a new era in space research with a plant experiment aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket that blasted off from the company's West Texas site Tuesday morning. Rob Ferl and Anna-Lisa Paul have been studying how plants respond to stressful environments for decades, placing their genetically engineered mustard plants on high-flying planes, on the space s more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 30 (TNSRep) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: Just days ahead of Election Day, a new poll reports President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are virtually tied among all registered voters in Texas, and the state's Latino voters overwhelmingly prefer Biden. A poll released this week by the Center for Mexican American Studies at the University of Houston and Univision found that 57% of Latino voters who already have voted or who  more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 29 (TNSRep) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: A majority of Texas voters support making it easier to register to vote, and almost half say the state should allow any registered voter to cast their ballot by mail. But a survey by the Hobby School of Public Affairs at the University of Houston also found almost 60% of voters are worried about fraud in connection with mail-in ballots. Republicans were nearly three times as likely to be concerned  more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 28 (TNSRes) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: During the global coronavirus pandemic, the opioid crisis in the United States "has grown into a much more complicated and deadly drug overdose epidemic," according to a new report by the American Medical Association (AMA). Combined with the fact that one-third of teens who used drugs for the first time began by using a prescription drug for non-medical purposes, the need to dispose of medications i more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 27 (TNSRep) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: President Donald Trump is leading Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden by more than five points among likely voters in Texas, according to a poll released Monday by the Hobby School for Public Affairs at the University of Houston. The poll, conducted between Oct. 13 and Oct. 20, found 50% of voters said they already had or will vote for Trump, while 44.7% said they had or will vote for Biden.  more PR

LOWELL, Massachusetts, Oct. 30 -- The University of Massachusetts Lowell campus issued the following news release: UMass Lowell's Center for Public Opinion recently conducted a second series of 2020 presidential polls in October of likely voters in three swing states - New Hampshire, North Carolina and Texas - that offer a total of 57 electoral votes in the presidential election. Voters were asked for their preference on candidates for president, U.S. Senate and governor as well as opinions on more PR

LOWELL, Massachusetts, Oct. 30 -- The University of Massachusetts Lowell campus issued the following news release on Oct. 29: UMass Lowell representatives are available for interviews about today's 2020 presidential poll. President Donald Trump is about even with former Vice President Joe Biden in a close contest for Texas' 38 electoral votes in a new swing state poll of Texas likely voters released today. The independent, nonpartisan poll by the UMass Lowell Center for Public Opinion found t more PR

ARLINGTON, Texas, Oct. 28 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) has honored the University of Texas at Arlington Police Department with the Leadership in Victim Services Award for its creation of a Crime Victim Services Unit. The Crime Victim Services (CVS) Unit was created in March 2018 to enhance the safety and security of the campus community. UTA's CVS program has a unique setup, situ more PR

ARLINGTON, Texas, Oct. 30 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: UT Arlington Athletics has won the Sun Belt Conference's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Community Service Initiative Award for 2019-20. UTA Athletics--which completed more community service hours than any other Sun Belt member school--has consistently made community service a focal point. This past year was no different, as the Mavericks have now claimed either the Sun B more PR

GALVESTON, Texas, Oct. 27 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas Medical Branch issued the following news release: A multidisciplinary team from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has shown a dominant mutation D614G of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein enhances viral replication in the upper respiratory airway, which may contribute to the increased transmission of COVID-19. This finding is important in understanding the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 as well as in the development of vaccines  more PR

GALVESTON, Texas, Oct. 27 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas Medical Branch issued the following news release: Dr. Suresh Bhavnani, a biomedical informatics researcher, was used to dealing with detailed medical data and spreadsheets full of numbers and complex statistics. However, when his mother fractured her hip, the anonymous numbers suddenly became personal. For an older patient, to be readmitted to the hospital within 30 days after a hip fracture surgery can mean increased risk of infect more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 30 -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: With new financial aid programs that cover tuition and provide additional support for low-income students, The University of Texas at Austin enrolled one of its largest ever classes of Pell Grant students this year while increasing the overall percentage of Pell Grant students enrolled as undergraduates. The increase comes at a crucial time for Texas families struggling with the economic consequences of the CO more PR

ARLINGTON, Texas, Oct. 29 (TNSPer) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release on Oct. 28: University of Texas System Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Archie Holmes Jr. visited The University of Texas at Arlington on Tuesday, his first trip to campus since assuming his new role earlier this month. Holmes works with the eight UT System academic institutions to help ensure the advancement and implementation of their missions and programs. He descri more PR

TYLER, Texas, Oct. 27 -- The University of Texas's Tyler Campus issued the following news release: A new poll by The University of Texas at Tyler and The Dallas Morning News revealed the economy and the coronavirus are the most influential issues on the minds of Texas voters. "When asked which candidate would be best at handling the economy, Texas voters prefer President Donald Trump 53-46," said Dr. Mark Owens, associate professor of political science and director of the UT Tyler Center for O more PR

RICHARDSON, Texas, Oct. 30 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Texas Dallas campus issued the following news release: Accolades is an occasional News Center feature that highlights recent accomplishments of faculty and students at The University of Texas at Dallas. To submit items for consideration, contact your school's communications manager. Moheimani Receives ASME Draper Award The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) has named Dr. Reza Moheimani, professor of systems engineering at T more PR

RICHARDSON, Texas, Oct. 30 (TNSMon) -- The University of Texas Dallas campus issued the following news release: An alumnus of The University of Texas at Dallas proved to be the catalyst that two faculty members needed to successfully launch a biotech startup, CerSci Therapeutics, which was recently sold to a large pharmaceutical company for $52.5 million. CerSci was founded in 2015 to develop therapies for pain relief without the addictive properties of opioids, which are responsible for the d more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 30 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: Construction workers have a much higher risk of becoming hospitalized with the novel coronavirus than non-construction workers, according to a new study from researchers with The University of Texas at Austin COVID-19 Modeling Consortium. Analyzing data from mid-March to mid-August on hospitalizations in Austin, Texas, the researchers found that construction workers there were five times as likely to  more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 29 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: Paying employees based on hours worked is a time-honored tradition in many professions, such as law. But with the COVID-19 pandemic causing many workplace norms to be revisited, new research from The University of Texas at Austin suggests that compensating employees based on their accomplishments rather than on hours worked produces better results. When organizations with a mix of high- to low-perform more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 27 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: Creole languages neither retain all grammatical features of their origin languages, as some have claimed, nor are creoles the simplest grammars in the world, according to a new analysis published in Nature by The University of Texas at Austin. Creoles are formed from a combination of several languages over a relatively short time to allow for communication between people who do not share a common lang more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 29 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: The cactus moth has a wingspan of only about an inch, but this invasive insect has the potential to cause largescale agricultural and ecological devastation in Texas, according to the first study of cactus moths in Texas. Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin's Invasive Species Project based at Brackenridge Field Laboratory in Austin have found that four native species of prickly pear cactu more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 29 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: Despite the amount and prevalence of polling information available to the public, Americans cannot agree on who is most likely to win this year's presidential election or how the economy will fare given their expected winner. A recent survey by a team of economists from the National Bureau for Economic Research found that 87% of Democrats expect Joe Biden to win, and 84% of Republicans expect four mor more PR

MIAMI, Florida, Oct. 29 -- Univision Communications, a media company serving Hispanic America, issued the following news release: Just five days before Election Day, Univision News publishes its latest electoral polls: the National Latino Voter Poll, a survey that interviewed a representative sample of all Latino registered voters nationwide, and the Florida, Texas, Arizona and Pennsylvania Voter Polls, which interviewed a representative sample of all registered voters in each state with an ove more PR

CANYON, Texas, Oct. 29 -- West Texas A&M University issued the following news: West Texas A&M University's Center for the Study of the American West has won the 2020 Autry Public History Prize from the Western History Association for its "Red Dead University" project. The Autry Public History Prize is awarded annually for media exhibits, public programs or written works that contribute to a broader public reflection and appreciation of the past or serve as a model of professional public histor more PR