LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, Dec. 18 (TNSAcc) -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette Campus issued the following news story: The University of Louisiana at Lafayette's accreditation has been reaffirmed. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, or SACSCOC, announced UL Lafayette's reaccreditation during its annual meeting in December. The commission evaluates all public and private colleges and universities in its eleven-state region every 10 years to determine eac more PR

MIAMI, Florida, Dec. 19 (TNSJou) -- Florida International University, a component of the public university system in Florida, issued the following news: Heather Bracken-Grissom is having a crabalicious holiday season! She was initially asked by Darryl L. Felder, her advisor from her Ph.D. days at University of Louisiana at Lafayette, to provide a DNA sequence for a little hermit crab discovered in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana. Less than an inch long and occupying hollow pieces more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 19 (TNSPer) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: LSU has appointed Kristin Sosnowsky as interim dean of the College of Music & Dramatic Arts. This decision comes after the announcement that Dean Todd Queen has accepted the position of dean of the School of Music at Florida State University. Sosnowsky, executive associate dean and chair of the School of Theatre, has been at LSU since 2001. She has produced over 50 major professional produ more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 18 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards and a panel of medical experts have come together for a special roundtable conversation, The COVID-19 Vaccine in Louisiana: What You Need to Know, focused on Louisiana's plan for the vaccine and to answer some of the most frequently asked questions including: Is it safe and effective? Who will get it and when? How will it work? The expert panel includes: Dr. Joseph Kanter, an  more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 19 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards announced his appointments to several Louisiana boards and commissions. Louisiana Commission on HIV, Aids, and Hepatitis C Education, Prevention, and Treatment The commission researches and reviews all the state regulations, guidelines, policies, and procedures relative to the prevention of Hepatitis C, HIV infection, and AIDS and makes recommendations to the governor, the L more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 17 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on Dec. 16: Gov. John Bel Edwards announced potential investment by ExxonMobil totaling more than $240 million at the company's Baton Rouge Refinery. The suite of projects would improve processing capability, increase flexibility for meeting market demand, advance overall site competitiveness, and install technology for a voluntarily 10 percent reduction of volatile organic compound emissions. The p more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 15 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on Dec. 14: Gov. John Bel Edwards today signed an executive order creating the Atchafalaya River Basin Restoration and Enhancement (ARBRE) Task Force to address long-standing issues in the basin and raise public awareness of the critical nature of these concerns. "The irony of the Atchafalaya Basin is that while it is suffering from an abundance of sediment, the rest of our coast is experiencing a  more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, Dec. 19 (TNSRes) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: M.E. (Davis Smart) Miller (English Education, '70; English, '73) recently donated a treasure trove of vintage popular and classical sheet music, books, and trade magazines dating back as far as the 1860s and up through the mid-1970s to the Louisiana Tech University School of Music. This donation of over 1,300 items is now housed in the department of University Archives and Special Collections in Prescot more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, Dec. 17 (TNSJou) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: In a quest to continue scholarly activity during laboratory shutdowns during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Jamie Newman and her students completed a literature review that was recently published in Stem Cells and Development. The review summarized research that seeks to understand how cell fate is determined. Specifically, the manuscript examines the role of an evolutionarily conserved, y more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, Dec. 17 (TNSAwa) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Dr. Joshua Vandenbrink, Assistant Professor in the School of Biological Sciences, was recently given the Thora Halsted Young Investigator Award by the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research (ASGSR). Vandenbrink conducts research on space biology and plant movement in his Louisiana Tech lab. "Dr. Vandenbrink's research very well represents the applied and science-based nature of the Colleg more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 16 -- Loyola University issued the following news release: At a critical time in our nation's history, Loyola University New Orleans launches its first-ever optional J-Term, with all coursework related to topics tied to race, equity, and inclusion. The J-term offers a wide variety of interesting classes in an immersive learning environment during a two-week session from January 4 through January 15. The program has been carefully designed to help students study soc more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 18 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Artemis, NASA's newest lunar exploration program aimed at putting the first American woman and next man on the Moon by 2024, will have LSU's fingerprints all over it. LSU graduate K. Renee Horton serves as the NASA Space Launch System Quality Engineer, where she oversaw engine installation on the Artemis. "There's a lot of LSU love going into space with Artemis. That just gave me chills thinking a more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 16 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: LSU Computer Engineering senior and Ogden Honors College student Brianna Robertson is serving as a team leader on a project, in collaboration with Dr. Michael Dunham of the LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, that will aid non-specialists, trainees, and physician extenders through the development of a mobile device for the autonomous diagnosis of skin lesions. This device will not only help p more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 17 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Upcoming LSU graduate Jack Green's last semester at LSU focused on his classes and a presidential campaign, as member of the Biden-Harris campaign's Climate, Energy and Environment committee. "The committee offered advice on the policies and initiatives of the Biden-Harris 2020 campaign, and I was absolutely one of the youngest people that I saw in the group. I was incredibly grateful for having th more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 14 (TNSRes) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: The most curious aspect of the Titicaca Grebe, scientifically known as the Rollandia microptera, is its flightlessness. And these birds are a part of a pattern that plays out across the world. Terrill, who received his PhD in 2017 from LSU's Department of Biological Sciences and Museum of Natural Science, has always been interested in the concept of molting, which is when a bird sheds its  more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 15 (TNSAwa) -- Louisiana State University Shreveport campus issued the following news: LSU Shreveport's Debate Team took second place overall at the Second Annual Joseph Cardot Speech and Debate Tournament hosted by Abilene Christian University on December 5 and 6, 2020. This marks the team's best finish of the season and vaults LSUS into fourth place in the nation according to the International Public Debate Association. In the individual contests, LSUS had four d more PR

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, Dec. 15 -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release: Sal and Lisa Brocato are the first to donate to the new Nicholls Athletics campaign to name spaces within the Boucvalt Family Athletic Complex. As a result of their generous support, the coaches' locker room within the facility will be named The Brocato Family Coaches Locker Room, pending approval by the ULS Board of Supervisors. The Brocatos, whose son, Dominic, is a long snapper on the football tea more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 16 (TNSAcc) -- The Louisiana State University's Pennington Biomedical Research Center issued the following news release: The Accreditation Committee of the College of American Pathologists (CAP) has awarded accreditation to Pennington Biomedical Research Center's Clinical Research Laboratory, based on results of a recent on-site inspection as part of the CAP's Accreditation Programs. The facility's director, Jennifer Rood, Ph.D., DABCC, FACB, was advised of this na more PR

HAMMOND, Louisiana, Dec. 18 -- Southeastern Louisiana University issued the following news release: Southeastern Louisiana University President John L. Crain and St. Tammany Corporation CEO Chris Masingill recently formalized a coordinated effort to expand access to services and resources to the business community in St. Tammany Parish through an innovative agreement. The partnership will provide enhanced technical assistance and increased collaborative efforts to best support businesses in St. more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 18 -- Tulane University issued the following news release on Dec. 17: Tulane University Director of Athletics Troy Dannen announced today a gift in excess of $1.5 million from the Estate of Alan H. Rosenbloum. One million dollars of the gift will be used to establish the Alan H. Rosenbloum Mental Health Endowed Fund. The fund will expand Tulane Athletics' mental health support of its 350 student-athletes. "Alan Rosenbloum was a devoted fan of Tulane Athletics, but  more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 17 (TNSRes) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Tulane University sociologist Andrea Boyles, an expert in Black citizen-police interaction, has been awarded a 2020 Media for a Just Society Award for her book "You Can't Stop the Revolution: Community Disorder and Social Ties in Post-Ferguson America." The award was given by Evident Change, a nonprofit that until recently was known as the National Council on Crime and Delinquency. Each year, the g more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 18 (TNSPer) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Five new members have joined the Board of Tulane, the university's main governing body. "These individuals have an incredible legacy of commitment to and support of Tulane and numerous other institutions across the country," Tulane President Michael A. Fitts said. "Through their love and commitment to Tulane, I know that they will provide the best counsel and leadership for our university." The ne more PR

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, Dec. 16 -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette Campus issued the following news story: The University of Louisiana at Lafayette will offer the state's only master's degree in industrial chemistry beginning in Fall 2021. The Louisiana Board of Regents approved the graduate degree program in June. Dr. Azmy S. Ackleh, dean of the Ray P. Authement College of Sciences, said the new program will help meet workforce demands in Louisiana, which is second in the nation in che more PR