SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, Feb. 11 -- Centenary College of Louisiana issued the following news release: The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) has announced Centenary as one of seven Regional Collaboration Partners for a new multi-year initiative, Legacies of American Slavery: Reckoning with the Past. The project, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation with additional funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, will engage students, faculty, staff, and community members in rese more PR

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, Feb. 10 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Entergy Louisiana is continuing to partner with regional organizations to help the state, including the Bayou Region, grow through economic development. The company recently provided approximately $110,000 to the South Louisiana Economic Council (SLEC) to help fund the organization's efforts to support workforce development, retain businesses in the region and attract new ones to the area and, ultimately, create a more more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 13 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards highlighted the creation of Avant Organics LLC, a new specialty chemicals company that plans to manufacture innovative products at the Central Louisiana Regional Port in Alexandria, subject to a final lease agreement. Parent company Crest Industries will make a $4 million capital investment and create 40 new direct jobs through the project. Avant Organics represents a new bus more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 13 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards announced his appointments to several Louisiana boards and commissions. Louisiana Workforce Investment Council The Louisiana Workforce Investment Council serves to develop a strategic plan to coordinate and integrate a workforce development delivery system to assure efficiency and cooperation between public and private entities by advising the governor on the needs of Louisi more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 12 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards on Wednesday signed a proclamation extending Louisiana's modified Phase 2 guidelines, which include sensible restrictions meant to slow the spread of COVID-19 like a statewide mask mandate, for another 21 days. The new order is set to expire on March 3, 2021. Hospitalizations and test positivity have improved in Louisiana, but cases are still very high and more people are in  more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 13 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Moody's Investors Service revised Louisiana's outlook from stable to positive, noting that the state has made "significant" progress in restoring financial reserves and generating budgetary surpluses. Gov. Edwards said "Since taking office my administration has prioritized fixing the state's dark financial outlook and that work is paying off for the people of Louisiana. Through better fiscal manag more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 13 -- The Louisiana Democratic Party issued the following news release: Senator John Kennedy's term expires in 2023. In addition to interviewing highly qualified, big-named candidates to challenge Senator Kennedy, the Louisiana Democratic Party is launching the "Defeat Kennedy Fund." On January 6, 2021, Kennedy betrayed his oath of office, undermined our democracy, threatened the peaceful transfer of power, and sought to disenfranchise millions of voters by objecti more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, Feb. 11 (TNSAcc) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: The undergraduate program in Louisiana Tech's Department of Health Informatics and Information Management (HIIM) has earned full accreditation through the Commission on Accreditation of Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM). HIIM has maintained continuous accreditation since the establishment of the program in 1972; the accreditation review occurs every seven years. "The Compr more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, Feb. 9 -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Bill, '77, and Mary Anne, '77, Waldrip, of San Antonio, Texas, have established the University of Louisiana System Foundation and Linda Woodard Hensley and Dorothy Woodard Patterson Endowed Professorship in STEM Education in Louisiana Tech University's College of Education through gifts from the Waldrip Family Foundation and the University of Louisiana System Foundation. Funds will enhance the College of Educatio more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Feb. 13 -- Loyola University issued the following news release: The Nancy M. Marsiglia Institute of Justice Wednesday announced the 32 fellows who will study the U.S. Constitution and civic engagement as part of its spring 2021 cohort. This class is the Institute's largest to date. "In a time when our country feels more divided than ever, people are hungry to be part of the solution to reclaiming civil discourse," said Charmaine Caccioppi, United Way of Southeast Louisi more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 10 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: The COVID-19 global pandemic continues to challenge populations worldwide on a monumental scale. The country remains stretched to unprecedented limits to combat the novel coronavirus. In response, LSU's National Center for Biomedical Research and Training/Academy of Counter-Terrorist Education, or NCBRT/ACE, has developed "The Biological Incidents Awareness: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) AWR-3 more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 9 (TNSJou) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: LSU College of the Coast & Environment Boyd Professor R. Eugene Turner reconstructed a 100-year record chronicling water quality trends in the lower Mississippi River by compiling water quality data collected from 1901 to 2019 by federal and state agencies as well as the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board. The Mississippi River is the largest river in North America with about 30 million pe more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 13 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: The Project Management Committee for the University Lakes Project has awarded a contract for flood risk reduction design services, marking the fourth and final professional services contract for this project. Stantec was selected to deliver flood risk reduction design services for the project. Responsibilities will include hydrologic and soils data analysis, hydrologic model development, dredging m more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 10 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Professor Isiah Warner is the recipient of the 2021 ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry J. Calvin Giddings Award for Excellence in Education. The award recognizes scientists who have enhanced the personal and professional development of students in analytical chemistry. "I am very pleased to receive this recognition for my years of dedication to education of students," said Warner. "It is an espec more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 12 (TNSPer) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Boyd Professor and Chair of the LSU Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering George Voyiadjis has been elected a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors. This year's class is comprised of 61 accomplished academic inventors representing 36 research universities, governmental entities and non-profit institutes worldwide. The NAI Senior Member program is an exclusive award  more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Feb. 12 (TNSPer) -- Houston Baptist University issued the following news release: Dr. Robert Sloan, President of Houston Baptist University, and Dr. Stan Napper, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, are pleased to announce the selection of Dr. Katie Evans as Dean of the College of Science and Engineering and Professor of Mathematics. For the past 16 years, Dr. Evans has been on the faculty of Louisiana Tech University where she was a professor and administrator. Dr.  more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Feb. 13 -- Tulane University issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2021: The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University announced new dates today for its 2021 festival. The three-day event will now take place in-person, Oct. 21-23, on Tulane's uptown campus. The top priority of festival organizers is the health and safety of everyone in attendance, as well as the New Orleans community. The 2021 festival will adhere to city, state and national COVID-19 protoco more PR

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, Feb. 9 -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2021: Nicholls State University and the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority have announced that Duplantis Design Group has been hired to design the Coastal Center. Today's announcement officially sets in motion the facility formation phase of the $14.5 million project. Announced in 2019 by Gov. John Bel Edwards, the planned 33,000-square foot building should go out to bid by the end  more PR

HAMMOND, Louisiana, Feb. 13 -- Southeastern Louisiana University issued the following news release: The Northshore STEM Coalition is hosting Engineering Day for Girls (ED4G), a free, annual event that aims to introduce girls to the field of engineering. Scheduled Saturday, Feb. 27, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., the event will include both in-person and virtual registration options, with in-person registration being limited to small numbers due to COVID-19 precautions. ED4G centers on an engineering more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 9 -- Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry issued the following news release: Attorney General Jeff Landry has filed a legal motion for the State of Louisiana to intervene in a federal lawsuit filed by Nyron Harrison, the father of Ka'Mauri Harrison - a Jefferson Parish elementary student who was recommended for expulsion after Ka'Mauri, during a virtual class session while taking a test from his bedroom, safely and responsibly moved a BB gun his younger brother ha more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Feb. 11 -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Tulane University will fund three new multidisciplinary Research Centers of Excellence focused on personalized medicine, sex differences in medicine and emerging infectious diseases -- all distinct research challenges relevant to the COVID-19 pandemic. The centers are a new effort launched by the Office of Research to mobilize investigators from different fields of study across the university to focus on sp more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Feb. 9 -- Tulane University issued the following news release: For the second consecutive year, Tulane University will remain test-optional for students applying this fall for a spot in Tulane's 2022 entering class. Going "test-optional" means these students will not be required to submit test scores for the SAT or ACT as part of the Tulane admissions process. Tulane first enacted the policy change in April 2020 due to multiple test cancelations around the country as a  more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Feb. 9 -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Black Americans are 1.5 times more likely to die from COVID-19, yet communities of color are falling behind in the nation's vaccine rollout as many Black Americans are hesitant to take new vaccines against the disease. Thomas LaVeist, dean of Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, authored a New York Times op/ed signed by 59 other Black health experts from the American Public Health more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Feb. 10 (TNSJou) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Scientists and public health experts have long known that certain individuals, termed "super-spreaders," can transmit COVID-19 with incredible efficiency and devastating consequences. Now, researchers at Tulane University, Harvard University, MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital have learned that obesity, age and COVID-19 infection correlate with a propensity to breathe out more respiratory dropl more PR

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, Feb. 10 -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette Campus issued the following news story: The University of Louisiana at Lafayette's new master's degree in athletic training is designed to prepare graduates for careers on playing fields and in locker rooms, or in medical centers and at large corporations. Athletic trainers are health care professionals who prevent, diagnose and treat injuries to the human body's musculoskeletal system, which includes muscles, tendons, li more PR

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, Feb. 11 -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette Campus issued the following news story: The University of Louisiana at Lafayette's new master's degree in athletic training is designed to prepare graduates for careers on playing fields and in locker rooms, or in medical centers and at large corporations. Athletic trainers are health care professionals who prevent, diagnose and treat injuries to the human body's musculoskeletal system, which includes muscles, tendons, li more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Feb. 10 -- Xavier University of Louisiana issued the following news on Feb. 9, 2021: Xavier University of Louisiana, along with six other cities and eight other historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), partnered with Hope Enterprise Corporation to launch the Deep South Economic Mobility Collaborative (DSEMC). This new partnership includes a commitment from Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses of up to $130 million in an effort to stabilize and strengthen bu more PR