BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 8 (TNSOps) -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news: By Tobie Blanchard Changing health behaviors in a population is no small task, but the LSU AgCenter has been working diligently in communities across the state to lower obesity rates and improve quality of life by increasing access to healthy foods. In 2018, the LSU AgCenter entered a five-year agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for a High Obesity Program t more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 7 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that he has signed the following bills into law from the 2021 Legislative Session. ACT 52--SB 5 Excludes amounts deposited into certain education savings accounts for tuition expenses for elementary and secondary schools from state income tax. ACT 53--SB 6 Exempts purchases of utilities used by commercial farmers for on-farm storage from state sales and use tax. AC more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 10 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that he has signed the following bills into law from the 2021 Legislative Session. ACT 111--SB 101 Provides relative to self-service storage facilities. ACT 112--HB 3 Provides for the Omnibus Bond Act. ACT 113--HB 484 Provides for the ancillary expenses of state government. ACT 114--HB 515 Provides for the transfer, deposit, and use of monies among state funds.  more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 12 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that he has signed the following bills into law from the 2021 Legislative Session. ACT 118--HB 601 Creates the pelicans specialty license plate. ACT 119--HB 1 Provides for the ordinary operating expenses of state government for Fiscal Year 2021-2022. ACT 120--HB 516 Makes supplemental appropriations for Fiscal Year 2020-2021. ACT 121--HB 84 Provides relative to  more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 10 -- Entergy issued the following news release: The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) announced Entergy Corporation as a recipient of EEI's Emergency Response Award. Entergy received three response awards for its recovery efforts following hurricanes Delta and Zeta in 2020, and the February 2021 winter storm. Presented to EEI member companies, Emergency Response Awards recognize recovery and assistance efforts of electric companies following service disruptions cau more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 10 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards and ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Refinery Manager David Oldreive announced the company's final investment decision for more than $240 million in capital improvements at the ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Refinery. The suite of projects will improve processing capability, increase flexibility for meeting market demand, advance overall site competitiveness and install technology for an expect more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 10 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that the Governor's Office in coordination with the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, Louisiana Economic Development and the Department of Natural Resources will host Louisiana Wind Week 2021 from June 21-25 through a series of online sessions that will look at how offshore wind energy could become a part of the state's energy future. "While Louisiana's  more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 10 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards announced the State of Louisiana's SmartPort initiative is the recipient of a $1.6 million grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration. That federal award will be matched by $1.4 million from the state and port partners for the $3 million project that will enhance Louisiana's Mississippi River ports with next-generation maritime technology. "With the SmartPort ini more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 11 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following statement on June 10, 2021: * * * Gov. John Bel Edwards issued the following statement on Louisiana's budget bill, which he signed yesterday evening. The budget invests in many of the Governor's key priorities, including increased funding for education, promoting continued economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and substantial new investments in infrastructure. Gov. Edwards said: "The budget I s more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 10 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on June 8, 2021: Gov. John Bel Edwards and Canfor Corp. President and CEO Don Kayne announced the company has selected Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, for final engineering and feasibility for a $160 million state-of-the-art lumber mill. Based in British Columbia, Canada, Canfor is one of the world's largest producers of sustainable lumber, pulp and paper. The facility would be the first Louisiana inv more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 9 (TNSPro) -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news: By Johnny Morgan The LSU AgCenter will conduct a Sensory Evaluation of Food course Aug. 17 and 18 in room 204 of the Animal and Food Sciences Building on the LSU Baton Rouge Campus from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Ashley Gutierrez, AgCenter research and development food scientist, said the course will provide an overview of sensory evaluation of foods and its applications for food scientists more PR

CROWLEY, Louisiana, June 10 (TNSEve) -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news: By Johnny Morgan After only being allowed to meet virtually last year, rice farmers will be able to put boots on the ground at this year's rice field day, which will be held on June 30 at the LSU AgCenter H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station. As in past years, the program will begin with field tours from 7:15 to 9 a.m., with a poster session and a trade show running concurrently. Topi more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 8 (TNSRes) -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news: By V. Todd Miller "He was a bold man that first ate an oyster," said 18th-century Irish satirist Jonathan Swift. Whether enjoyed fried, grilled, in a seafood gumbo or, perhaps most opinion dividing, raw, there is no denying the oyster's impact on both Louisiana's culture and seafood industry. Oysters have been consumed by humans for thousands of years. Wealthy Greeks and Romans thoug more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 10 (TNSOps) -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news: By Johnny Morgan A group of 10 teenagers from throughout the city spent all day June 2 learning valuable life skills at the Orleans Parish 4-H Healthy Living Workshop. LSU AgCenter 4-H youth development agent Alisha Okoro, who conducted the workshop, said the 13 to 18 age group is sometimes overlooked, and she wanted to do something about that. "We spend a lot of time working with  more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 8 (TNSPer) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Julie Anderson Lively has been named the new Executive Director of the Louisiana Sea Grant College Program (LSG). She will begin her appointment July 1. "Since her arrival at LSU in 2010, Lively has led a wide range of Sea-Grant-related research projects supported by more than $23 million in funding for which she has been either principal or co-principal investigator," said Sam Bentley, Lou more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 11 (TNSAwa) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: LSU Chemical Engineering Assistant Professor Craig Plaisance was recently named one of 83 scientists--51 junior faculty at universities and 32 researchers at national labs--around the country to receive the U.S. Department of Energy's Early Career Research Program award. The grant is $150,000 per year to be distributed over five years, covering salary and research expenses. Awardees were s more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, June 11 (TNSAwa) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Louisiana Tech undergraduate Biology majors Annabeth Rawls and Caitlyn Fontenot each won student awards after presenting their research at the annual meeting of the Louisiana Chapter of the American Fisheries Society (AFS) held virtually May 27-28. It was the first presentation either had given at a scientific meeting. Rawls, who works with Tech Assistant Professor Dr Jennifer Hill, presented her resea more PR

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, June 11 (TNSRes) -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: Mississippi State researchers are discovering that opening hotels--fish hotels--for 'checking in' on imperiled, hard-to-find aquatic species is a valuable business. Built specifically for frecklebelly madtom catfish, MSU fisheries biologists are seeing that the new housing aids them in studying the freshwater species for more effective conservation strategies. Averaging under four inches in le more PR

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, June 8 (TNSPro) -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release: The Nicholls State University College of Business Administration is excited to announce the addition of online and hybrid Master of Business Administration pathways. Starting Jan. 2022, the new online degree pathway will offer working professionals and other distance learners a new means of earning their MBA. Additionally, students may choose a hybrid format to their degree that includes bo more PR

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, June 9 (TNSMon) -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release: For the second time in a year, BHP is partnering with Nicholls State University to elevate residential living on campus. With a new $200,000 gift, the university will finish renovations on North and South Babington Hall that began in the summer of 2020. The gift will also establish a Living Learning Community (LLC) for the Colonels Retention of Winners Network (CROWN). LLCs are residential co more PR

HAMMOND, Louisiana, June 10 (TNSPar) -- Southeastern Louisiana University issued the following news release: Southeastern Louisiana University Science & Technology Interactive Learning Experiences has partnered with Louisiana GEAR UP to provide the opportunity for LGU high school students to earn early college credits or an industry-based certificate. Fran Harvey from the Global Geospatial Institute instructed the Geographic Information System (GIS) Technician Certification class of five high  more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 10 (TNSRes) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: When biologist Keith Clay came to Tulane University in July 2018, he brought with him an impressive knowledge of periodical cicadas, the noisy bug that has emerged by the billions in states east of the Mississippi after 17 years underground. Clay, professor and chair of the Tulane Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, conducted a major a research project on cicadas from 2002 to 2007 while more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 10 (TNSRes) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Tulane University will lead a multi center clinical trial to study whether atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients who undergo cardiac ablation to correct an irregular heart rhythm have better long-term outcomes when taking an anti-arrhythmic drug. The trial will explore whether the drug Dronedarone helps decrease the scarring of the heart associated with the development of AFib and a common cause of i more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 10 (TNSGra) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Tulane University will share in a U.S. Department of Energy award designed to advance new technologies to decarbonize the biorefining processes used to convert organic material, such as plant matter, into fuel. The effort cuts across the energy, transportation and agriculture sectors. The Tulane Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering is teaming up with researchers at the University of  more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 9 (TNSAwa) -- The University of New Orleans issued the following news release: The University of New Orleans Theatre's fall production of "Single Black Female" earned a Citizen Artists Award at the 2021 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival held virtually on May 22. The national festival is sponsored by The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Award recognizes programs in higher education using theatrical prod more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 11 (TNSGra) -- The University of New Orleans issued the following news release: Researchers at the University of New Orleans Transportation Institute received a $277,500 federal grant to continue its maritime and multimodal transportation research and education conducted through the Maritime Transportation Research and Education Center (MarTREC). MarTREC is a U.S. Department of Transportation Tier 1 university transportation center that is recognized as the nation' more PR