BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 10 -- Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry issued the following news release on Dec. 9: Louisiana Attorney General Jeff General today joined a coalition of 17 state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in State of Texas v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, State of Georgia, State of Michigan and State of Wisconsin to urge the Court grant Texas' motion related to its original action filed yesterday. The legal brief states that the Texas "Bill of Complaint raises more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 10 -- Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry issued the following news release on Dec. 9: Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry today joined a bipartisan coalition of 48 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit against Facebook Inc., alleging that the company has and continues today to illegally stifle competition to protect its monopoly power. The lawsuit alleges that, over the last decade, the social networking giant illegally acquired competitors in a predatory ma more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 12 -- Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry issued the following statement on Dec. 11: * * * Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry issued the following statement after filing a stay request with the United States Supreme Court: "Today, our office asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt a ruling that invalidates several provisions of Louisiana's sex offender identification program. "Ready access to the registry of sex offenders, who have had their days in court and more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 9 -- Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry issued the following statement: * * * Attorney General Jeff Landry issued the following statement regarding the ongoing controversies over the 2020 federal election and the new motion put forward by the State of Texas before the U.S. Supreme Court: "Millions of Louisiana citizens, and tens of millions of our fellow citizens in the country, have deep concerns regarding the conduct of the 2020 federal elections. Deeply roo more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 9 (TNSAwa) -- Delgado Community College issued the following news: The Office of Communications and Marketing at Delgado has received a 2020 Medallion Award from NCMPR, the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations. The honor was awarded for a television commercial titled "No Distance" that was broadcast during the late spring and early summer. The NCMPR Medallion Awards recognize outstanding achievement in design and communication at community and techn more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 10 (TNSMon) -- Tulane University issued the following news release on Dec. 9: Tulane University Athletics announced today a $1 million gift from Don and Lora Peters in support of an expansion and renovation of the department's academic center. Since the beginning of Tulane University's Only the Audacious campaign, Don and Lora Peters have given over $4 million in support of Tulane Athletics. In recognition of their leadership, the state-of-the-art facility will be n more PR

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, Dec. 10 (TNSPer) -- Centenary College of Louisiana issued the following news release: Dr. Barbara Davis, professor of accounting and finance at Centenary's Frost School of Business and current acting dean of the Frost School, has been chosen as the school's second William J. Atkins Dean. The Atkins deanship, created by the Atkins family in memory of longtime Frost and Centenary supporter William J. Atkins, was inaugurated in September 2018. "Dr. Davis's long and dedicate more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 11 -- Entergy issued the following news release: It's never convenient when the lights go out - especially if you're a critical business working to serve customers during these unprecedented times. Entergy Texas understands the need for some businesses to have 100 percent, uninterrupted power to ensure they can focus on their core mission without worrying about power outages. To address this need, Entergy Texas has filed an application with the Public Utility Commi more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 9 -- Entergy issued the following news release on Dec. 8: In a year when remote learning has become more important than ever, representatives of Entergy Arkansas and the Arkansas Department of Education announced today a $482,000 grant that will be used to develop 20 new Career and Technical Education (CTE) courses that will be available to high school students and adults next fall. "In addition to affordable and reliable electricity, we need a good business enviro more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 12 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on Dec. 11: Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced his appointments to several Louisiana boards and commissions. Governor's Advisory Council on Disability Affairs The Governor's Advisory Council on Disability Affairs was established by the Governor's Office to adequately educate, address and resolve issues relative to the disabled community. The mission of the office is to promote, encourage and s more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 12 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on Dec. 11: Gov. John Bel Edwards today congratulated John Ducrest, the former Commissioner of the Office of Financial Institutions on his retirement after 35 years of service to the state, at the start of December. Deputy Commissioner Christine Kirkland will serve as the acting commissioner. "After 35 years of service with the Office of Financial Institutions, including sixteen as its commissioner more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 7 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: * * * This evening, Gov. John Bel Edwards congratulates the winners of the runoff elections in Louisiana. Gov. Edwards said: "Congratulations to the winners of Louisiana's runoff election. "I look forward to working with all of you in good faith, especially Congressman-elect Luke Letlow, who will be joining Louisiana's congressional delegation during our continued fight to slow the spread of C more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 12 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following statement on Dec. 11: * * * Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards released a statement on the allocation of over $342 million in support to expand broadband to more than 175 thousand unserved homes and businesses in Louisiana over the next 10 years. "Broadband connectivity is one of the major issues facing rural Louisiana and I have made working with our federal partners to enhance the availability of broadband more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, Dec. 7 -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: In their Thursday meeting, the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System voted to seek matching funds for several Louisiana Tech graduate-student scholarships and a professorship made possible with funds given through the Forever Loyal Capital Campaign. "Our successful campaign had five focus areas, and a strategic initiative for our University has been to increase support for our students and f more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, Dec. 10 -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Seniors in the Architecture (ARCH) 415 class held their final project review Nov. 16 under unique circumstances. In a quarter full of uncertainty, ARCH 415 Professors Brad Deal and Thomas Provost were able to experiment successfully with the format of the review, ultimately hosting the students' work and presentations on a website created entirely by Provost. The review panel included 12 virtual critics from acr more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, Dec. 11 (TNSPer) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news on Dec. 10: Dr. Donna Johnson, Assistant Vice President for Academic Advancement and Partnerships at Louisiana Tech, has been selected to participate in the revamped Barksdale Air Force Base Honorary Commanders Program beginning in mid-December, further strengthening the University's partnership with the home of Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC). Johnson was inducted on base Dec. 10 and will serve  more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, Dec. 12 -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Louisiana Tech's A.E. Phillips Laboratory School is known for its visionary faculty and curriculum, but it's about to add one more item to its repertoire: golf. A golf team for students in the sixth through eighth grades will form this year, headed by physical education teacher Casey Blalock. "We are still in the initial stages of planning," Blalock said. "We have many students in sixth through eighth grades wh more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 10 -- Loyola University issued the following news release on Dec. 9: Loyola University New Orleans today announced that students can now access the new Bloomberg Terminal in the Loyola College of Business Carlos M. Ayala Stock Trading Room, a stock trading room and computer lab on campus designed to support students, as they prepare for professional careers in business and finance. The Bloomberg Terminal is software technology that provides real-time and historical more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 10 (TNSAcc) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: The Master of Social Work (MSW) program, of the LSU School of Social Work received accreditation from the Council on Social Work Education, or CSWE, valid through October 2028. "This is an important milestone for our MSW program," Director of the School of Social Work Pam Monroe said. "Reaccreditation from CSWE reinforces the rigor and sustainability of our program and displays our commitm more PR

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, Dec. 10 -- Louisiana State University Shreveport campus issued the following news on Dec. 8: The LSU Shreveport Master of Science in Nonprofit Administration program introduces the Disaster Preparedness track to address the nation-wide need for nonprofit aid in the aftermath of natural disasters. NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information reports that severe natural disasters are increasing in frequency, with 14 separate billion-dollar disasters in 2019 totalin more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 11 (TNSJou) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: The Amazon rainforest may be a hotspot for animal and plant diversity, but this week, LSU scientists report that new species actually form there less often than previously thought. Places like deserts and mountaintops that do not have a lot of species provide more opportunity for rapid diversification. This paradox of diversity - that new species form at a faster pace in "cold spots" than h more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 12 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: The Project Management Committee for the University Lakes Project has awarded contracts for master design services, geotechnical data collection and sediment sampling, and bathymetric and stump identification survey services. Sasaki was selected to deliver master design services for all phases of the project; responsibilities will include scheduling the related plan of work. GeoEngineers was select more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 12 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: LSU E. J. Ourso College of Business has launched the fully online Bachelor of Science in General Business degree with four concentrations and the online Bachelor of Science in Marketing with a concentration in Digital Marketing from the LSU flagship campus. With four unique concentrations--Business Analytics, Digital Marketing, Human Resource Management and Information Technology Management--graduat more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 8 (TNSJou) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release on Dec. 7: New research shows that the militarization of local law enforcement through weapons, armored vehicles, combat attire, office equipment and other items provided by the Department of Defense does not reduce crime. Additionally, researchers found incomplete records and discrepancies in the federal government's tracking of surplus military equipment, or SME, issued to local law enforce more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 10 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Over the course of the year, as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, colleges and universities have had to adjust their educational delivery model from in-person instruction to completely virtual or to a hybrid model involving both. The LSU College of Engineering has not been immune to these challenges and has had to find new ways to continue educating its students, particularly when it comes to t more PR

MACON, Georgia, Dec. 12 (TNSPer) -- Middle Georgia State University issued the following news: Dr. Christopher Blake, Middle Georgia State University president, has been elected to the Board of Trustees for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). He will serve a two-year term. SACSCOC is the recognized regional accrediting body in the eleven U.S. Southern states (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Caroli more PR

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, Dec. 10 (TNSRes) -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release: The National Science Foundation has awarded a trio of researchers, including two Nicholls State University professors, $1.6 million to study how the spotted gar can improve our understanding of vertebrate evolution. An NSF Enabling Discovery through Genomics grant, will fund advancements in captive spawning of spotted gar, and provide resources for genetic experiments and the development of a more PR

NOTRE DAME, Indiana, Dec. 11 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Notre Dame issued the following news: Sophie White, a professor in the University of Notre Dame's Department of American Studies, has won the prestigious 2020 Frederick Douglass Book Prize for her work "Voices of the Enslaved: Love, Labor, and Longing in French Louisiana." The prize, sponsored by Yale University's Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American Histo more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 12 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following statement on Dec. 11: * * * Gov. John Bel Edwards released a statement today about the federal Emergency Use Authorization for the first COVID-19 vaccine in the United States. Gov. Edwards said: "Today, the Federal Food and Drug Administration issued an Emergency Use Authorization for the first of what we expect will be several vaccines against COVID-19, by Pfizer. In Louisiana, we have been preparing more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 11 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Utah have formally joined Texas in its Supreme Court suit against Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin--four battleground states who ran illegal and unconstitutional elections. The joining states agree with Texas: the defendant states exploited the COVID-19 pandemic to justify unlawfully enacting last-minute changes and ignoring  more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, Dec. 9 -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: The facility will be constructed on Louisiana Tech's South Campus, adjacent to the TTC's National Trenchless Technology Research Facility, and will provide space for TTC specialty schools such as the Auger Boring School (ABS) and Utility Investigation School (UIS). TTC is a well-respected resource for the international trenchless community, and TTC's on-campus training schools and conferences draw attendees from t more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 9 -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Kendall Gardner, a 2020 graduate of Tulane University, is the winner of a George C. Marshall Scholarship, becoming the second Tulanian in as many years to be honored with the prestigious award, which is considered one of the country's most selective scholarships. The Honors Program of Newcomb-Tulane College announced the news Dec. 8, with Lee Skinner, dean of Newcomb-Tulane College, calling Gardner a "Tulane more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 11 -- Tulane University issued the following news release: The Tulane University Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences has been accepted into the AGU Bridge Program, an initiative designed to recruit and retain underrepresented students who are applying to geoscience graduate schools. AGU (American Geophysical Union) is the nation's largest scientific society in earth sciences. Tulane is one of 18 universities from across the country selected as a Bridge p more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 11 (TNSGra) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Early intervention following an episode of psychosis can change a young patient's outcome. The National Institute of Mental Health recently awarded the Tulane University Department of Psychiatry a grant to expand its work in this vital area. Tulane's Early Psychosis Intervention Clinic-New Orleans (EPIC-NOLA) will be part of a six-clinic network that received $5.5 million to study implementation of more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 8 (TNSGra) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $1 million grant to Tulane University to launch an outreach initiative to reach ethnic and racial minority communities in Louisiana that are disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Louisiana Community Engagement Alliance (LA-CEAL) is working with residents, community leaders, federally qualified health centers, faith-based organizatio more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 12 (TNSJou) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Researchers from Tulane University have developed a 15-minute COVID-19 test that is read by a smartphone to address the need to expand testing capacity in community-based settings. This test uses the same CRISPR-based approach that the researchers have submitted to the Food and Drug Administration for Emergency Use Authorization. Rapid PCR tests typically use nasal swab samples and are performed in more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 8 -- Tulane University issued the following news release: The Latin American Library at Tulane University has acquired by donation the Chamorro Barrios Family Papers (1767-1997), one of Latin America's most influential families and key players in the national life of Nicaragua since the 18th century. "This collection substantially enhances Tulane's historical role as a center for Central American scholarship," said Hortensia Calvo, the Doris Stone Librarian and dir more PR

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, Dec. 11 (TNSGra) -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette Campus issued the following news story: An energy storage and power generation system being designed at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette could make flying the friendly skies less harmful to the environment. Solid oxide fuel cells are "a key component" within that system, said Dr. Xiao-Dong Zhou. Their inclusion in the next generation of electric aircraft could cut carbon emissions - and that's caught the  more PR

OXFORD, Mississippi, Dec. 9 (TNSRes) -- The University of Mississippi issued the following news release: A pair of University of Mississippi researchers are members of a multiuniversity project exploring the effects of freshwater inputs into coastal Louisiana salt marsh ecosystems and the resulting impacts on the recreational fishing industry. Vanessa Parks and Stephanie Otts are working with colleagues at Louisiana State University, Rhodes College and the University of Central Florida on the  more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 11 -- The University of New Orleans issued the following news release: University of New Orleans alumna Kd Amond, who earned an MFA in film production in 2012, has released her first feature film, "Five Women in the End." The dark comedy, which Amond directed, co-wrote and co-produced, is now showing on Amazon Prime. In a sign of the quickly-evolving film industry--it was shot completely on an iPhone. The movie premiered at the 2019 Nashville Film Festival and ga more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 9 (TNSAwa) -- Delgado Community College issued the following news: Congratulations to Arlanda J. Williams, Vice Chancellor for Workforce Development and Institutional Advancement and Dean of the Technical Division, on being spotlighted by New Orleans City Business as one of the 2020 Women of the Year. The awards have been given for the past 22 years to honor local women for professional accomplishments and community impact. Here is a link to the digital edition of  more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, Dec. 10 -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: During the 2019-20 academic year, the Lincoln Health Foundation awarded a grant to Louisiana Tech's VISTA Center to create materials promoting healthy diet and exercise. The materials were designed specifically for the Health Hut, a free clinic for citizens of Lincoln Parish. The VISTA Center offers students the opportunity to blend their passion and talent for science and art to create impactful visuals that co more PR