BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 31 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Some restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19 in Louisiana, including strict occupancy restrictions for bars and restaurants, will be eased this week following sustained improvements in COVID-19 hospitalizations and vaccinations, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced Tuesday. Social distancing of six feet will still be required in businesses and Louisiana's statewide mask mandate remains in  more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 30 (TNSMon) -- Xavier University of Louisiana issued the following news: The Beta Tau Alumni Association (BTAA), formed by several former members of the Beta Tau Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated at Xavier University of Louisiana, announced a $500,000 commitment to the university. The donation will support an endowment scholarship as well as student internships, a speaker series, homecoming events and student organizations. The announcement comes  more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, April 2 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Entergy Arkansas helped power stronger, healthier communities in 2020 by contributing $1,075,608 to nearly 90 nonprofit organizations statewide. Coupled with 23,501 hours of volunteer service last year, the total impact is approximately $1.7 million. "We Power Life is more than a tagline in Arkansas and across our service areas," said Entergy Arkansas President and CEO Laura Landreaux, "as giving back throughout the  more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 30 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Entergy's Louisiana companies are continuing to partner with regional organizations to help the state, including the Greater New Orleans area, grow through economic development. The company recently provided nearly $200,000 to the Greater New Orleans, Inc. (GNO, Inc.) to help fund the organizations' efforts to support workforce development, retain businesses in the region and attract new ones to the area and, ultima more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 1 (TNSAwa) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Rohin Gilman has been selected as a 2021 Goldwater Scholar. The Goldwater Foundation was established by Congress in 1986. The Scholarship Program honoring Senator Barry Goldwater was designed to foster and encourage outstanding students to pursue research careers in the fields of the natural sciences, engineering, and mathematics. This year the Goldwater Foundation awarded 410 scholarships, more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 1 (TNSPer) -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards announced his appointments to the Board of Regents and the Board of Supervisors for Louisiana State University. Board of Regents The Board of Regents serves as the state's leading force for talent development through quality, affordable postsecondary education for all. Through statewide academic planning and review, budgeting and performance funding, research, and a more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 30 (TNSAwa) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: LSU Manship School of Mass Communication senior Catherine Carpenter and 2009 alumnus Josh Howard took home top awards from the 2021 American Advertising Federation of Baton Rouge Awards. Carpenter won a Silver ADDY for a print advertising campaign, while Howard was honored as this year's Mosaic Champion Award recipient for his continuous support of diversity and inclusion within the creati more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, April 2 (TNSPro) -- Delgado Community College issued the following news: Louisiana State University of Alexandria and Delgado Community College in New Orleans have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a 2+2 business program. The MOU seeks to provide assistance to students transferring to LSUA who have earned an Associate of Science in Business Administration from Delgado. These students that meet LSUA's admission requirements will be able to transfer 60 cre more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 2 (TNSRes) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Researchers in the Public Policy Research Lab (PPRL) at LSU Manship School of Mass Communication's Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs have released the second of five reports of the 2021 Louisiana Survey. Findings reflect mixed evaluations of government response to the pandemic and a third of adult residents refuse the vaccine. The Louisiana Survey polled 781 adult residents from acr more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 31 (TNSRes) -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news: The soil that supports crops and lies beneath our feet was the main topic of a soil health forum held at the LSU AgCenter Northeast Research Station March 17. The forum was supported by the Patrick F. Taylor Foundation and Natural Resources Conservation Service. The foundation awarded a grant to the LSU AgCenter to fund a four-year research project on reducing nutrient runoff from c more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 30 (TNSGra) -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news: LSU AgCenter beef cattle researcher Guillermo Scaglia has received a $500,000 grant that will fund a wide-ranging study of how different management practices affect cattle herds. The five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture will also be used to explore why small cattle operations are often reluctant to use proven practices.  more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, March 29 (TNSEve) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Dr. Daniel Promislow, co-director of the Dog Aging Project and professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at the University of Washington School of Medicine, will discuss his team's massive project to study the aging processes of our canine companions at 3:30 p.m. Monday, April 12, on WebEx. This virtual event is free and open to the public. Registration is required; follow this link to register.  more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, March 31 (TNSRes) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: A team of Industrial Engineering seniors represented Louisiana Tech University at the University of Louisiana System's "For Our Future Conference 2021." The team, Landry Seimears, Emily Theriot, and Courtney Wessels, presented their research "Examining the use of the DMAIC process on the operational plan improvement for UPS Personal Vehicle Drivers" at the conference, which was held via teleconference  more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 31 (TNSEve) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Bryan-Paul Frost, professor of Political Science at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, will deliver the keynote address for the Eric Voegelin Institute's Spring Conference on "Reason and Revolution" on Friday, April 9, from 3:30-5 p.m. at the French House. His lecture will discuss the writings of French political philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville on revolution and their meaning for  more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 2 (TNSPro) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Nexus Louisiana in partnership with LSU have announced Ignition, a new initiative to help aspiring entrepreneurs evaluate their business idea's viability through customer discovery and development. During this eight-week entrepreneurial accelerator program, business mentors and industry experts will guide participants through the customer development process step-by-step designed to help th more PR

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, March 30 (TNSPro) -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release: The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) has officially certified Nicholls State University as the third higher education institution to provide the ISTE Certification for Educators. "The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the need for educational technology leaders to the forefront of education at all levels," said Dr. Cynthia Vavasseur, professor of education. "The coursewor more PR

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, March 30 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette Campus issued the following news story: Three University of Louisiana at Lafayette faculty members have each earned one of the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards. Dr. Nicholas Kooyers, Dr. James Nelson and Dr. Mohsen Amini Salehi are recipients of the NSF's CAREER Award. Presented by NSF's Faculty Early Career Development Program, the honor recognizes individual faculty members whose instituti more PR

HAMMOND, Louisiana, March 30 (TNSRes) -- Southeastern Louisiana University issued the following news release: The National Science Foundation has awarded a biologist and specialist in evolution, computational biology, and phylogenetics at Southeastern Louisiana University a grant of $1,125,000. Phylogenetics is the study of evolutionary relationships among biological entities - often species, individuals or genes. Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences April Wright received the five-year g more PR

HAMMOND, Louisiana, March 31 (TNSAwa) -- Southeastern Louisiana University issued the following news release: Each year, Southeastern Louisiana University President John L. Crain bestows the university's most prestigious honor, the President's Excellence Award, to faculty and staff excelling in the areas of research, teaching, faculty service, and staff service. Award winners are normally honored during the annual fall faculty and staff convocation that kicks off the academic year; however, due more PR

HAMMOND, Louisiana, April 2 (TNSGra) -- Southeastern Louisiana University issued the following news release: Southeastern Louisiana University received $5.29 million from the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSA Act) for student grants associated with increased costs of attendance due to the coronavirus pandemic. "We are hopeful that these funds will provide relief to students who have struggled financially over the last semester due to the pandemic," said Sou more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 30 (TNSBook) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Suicide, drug overdoses, domestic violence, homelessness and depression. Those are just a few of the mental health issues that members of the military, both veterans and active-duty personnel, experience every single day. Charles Figley, director of the Tulane Traumatology Institute at the Tulane University of Social Work and co-author of the upcoming book Psychiatric Casualties: How and Why the more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 2 (TNSEco) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: The LSU Coastal Sustainability Studio and the LSU Center for Coastal Resiliency will be relocating and establishing offices at the Water Campus this month. Including the LSU Center for River Studies, LSU will now have three research groups on the Water Campus working on various complex coastal issues including a large collaborative project for the Army Futures Command led by LSU Department  more PR

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, April 1 (TNSEve) -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette Campus issued the following news story: University of Louisiana at Lafayette vocal performance major Madison Russell will be doing the singing for her birthday this year. It won't be around a cake with candles, though. Russell, a junior from Zachary, La., will be among 11 students from colleges and universities vying to win the "NextGen National: Finding The Voices of Tomorrow" virtual competition. The American  more PR