BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Nov. 24 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Whether people shop out of necessity, for holiday gift-giving, or to escape 2020, LSU Associate Professor in Marketing and Director of the E. J. Ourso College of Business Behavioral Research Lab Dan Rice, shares insight on trends he expects to see the last two months of 2020. With the holidays right around the corner and so much unknown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Rice breaks down what holiday sho more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Nov. 25 (TNSRes) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release on Nov. 24: The year 2020 now has the most named storms ever recorded in the Atlantic in a single year. In the summer and fall, the coastal bays of Louisiana have experienced impacts from a number of tropical storms and hurricanes in close procession, including Tropical Storm Marco and Hurricanes Laura, Sally, Beta, Delta and Zeta. These events have provided LSU scientists with a rare opport more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Nov. 26 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Small business owners in Orleans Parish can now use Energy Smart's Small Business Online Store to purchase energy efficiency products to help reduce their energy use and save money on their electric bill. The online store provides customers a convenient way to purchase discounted LED light bulbs, smart thermostats, advanced power strips and water-saving aerators. Starting Wednesday, Nov. 25, small business owners can more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Nov. 25 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Entergy Louisiana, LLC has completed the purchase of the Washington Parish Energy Center, an approximately 361-megawatt facility that will deliver a modern, cost-effective, low-carbon and reliable source of power to the company's grid. Constructed by a subsidiary of Calpine Corporation, the natural gas-powered plant is located near Bogalusa and will operate as a peaking facility. "We continue to seek opportunities t more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Nov. 26 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards has requested a Major Disaster Declaration, formally requesting direct assistance to those people and communities impacted by Hurricane Zeta. "Hurricane Zeta was the third storm within two months to wreak havoc on communities that were already in the process of rebuilding their homes and businesses damaged by two previous storms," said Gov. Edwards. "Zeta landed as a strong C more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Nov. 25 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on Nov. 23: Gov. John Bel Edwards today announced the Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group (LA TIG) has approved $234.6 million in funds resulting from theDeepwater Horizon oil spill settlement for restoration projects that will create and restore wetlands in Plaquemines and Terrebonne Parishes. In all, the funding will be used for the engineering, design, and construction of five coastal restorat more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Nov. 25 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on Nov. 24: Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that the aggressive third surge of COVID-19 across all regions of Louisiana has made it necessary to impose tighter mitigation measures and step back to Phase 2 in order to protect public health. The Governor's updated Phase 2 proclamation, which is slightly modified from the summer, takes effect on Wednesday, November 25. It calls for reducing occ more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, Nov. 24 -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: The school year looks markedly different this time around for Louisiana Tech University, but campus leaders are confident they have the perfect mix of synchronous and asynchronous learning tools to provide the same quality education their students expect. Instructors are using Mediasite lecture videos and real-time Zoom calls to continue teaching and learning and improve student outcomes. "Tools like Mediasite i more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, Nov. 24 (TNSRes) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Dr. Ben Choi, associate professor of computer science at Louisiana Tech University, has received a U.S. patent (10,795,854) on groundbreaking technology, "Method and apparatus for constructing multivalued microprocessor." Choi has designed a new microprocessor that goes beyond the traditional binary values and has the potential to revolutionize the computing industry. Choi used his expertise in computin more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, Nov. 24 (TNSAwa) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: The Library of Congress and the National Park Service recognized Professor Guy W. Carwile, Ken Hollis College of Liberal Arts Endowed Professor, with the 2020 Leicester B. Holland Prize for his drawing of the first permanent bus stop shelter built on the current home of the LSU campus. The prize recognizes the best single-sheet, measured drawing of a historic building, site or structure prepared to the  more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Nov. 26 (TNSAwa) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: LSU Mechanical Engineering Professor Michael Khonsari is this year's recipient of the National Lubricating Grease Institute's Clarence E. Earle Memorial Award, which is given in recognition of outstanding contribution to the technical literature relating to lubricating greases during the year. NLGI Awards recognize those who, "through their farsightedness, enterprise and innovation, pionee more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Nov. 24 (TNSRes) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Currently, there are over 10 million confirmed cases and more than 240,000 casualties attributed to COVID-19 in the U.S. LSU researchers have applied computational models to investigate infection rates in relation to social distancing measures. Their paper, Effect of mitigation measures on the spreading of COVID-19 in hard-hit states in the U.S., was recently published in PLOS ONE. This re more PR

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, Nov. 26 (TNSPer) -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette Campus issued the following news story: Dr. Anita Hazelwood of UL Lafayette's College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions has been appointed to a second term as chair of the Health Information Management Accreditation Council. The council is part of the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education. CAHIIM is the national accreditation organization for health informa more PR