ARLINGTON, Texas, July 7 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: Eleven high school students from the Fair Park area in Dallas will attend The University of Texas at Arlington thanks in part to the State Fair of Texas' Big Tex Scholarship Program. The students are recipients of the annual Pete Schenkel Scholarships, named for a past State Fair of Texas chairperson and intended for students from the State Fair's home neighborhood of Fair Park. Hig more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, July 7 (TNSJou) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: The function of a protein can depend on its abundance in a cell. So, when investigating the properties of a new protein, it is essential to make sure that the same amount is produced by every cell. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Rice University have found a new way to do just that through the creation of new genetic circuits called Equalizers. The findings, in the current edition of Natu more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, July 7 (TNSJou) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: The resistance of cancer cells to radiation therapy is a significant clinical problem in treating cancer. Many solid tumors are only partially responsive to radiation therapy, and increasing radiation dose can be harmful to healthy tissue. There are few safe and effective radiosensitizers that can be combined with radiation to enhance tumor control. In a new article published in Oncotarget, a team of sc more PR

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: The list of Republicans seeking to replace Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is growing longer and longer. In addition to several GOP candidates who have set their sights on challenging Abbott, the competition now includes former congressman and Texas GOP chairman Allen West, who resigned from his position in state party leadership to run for governor. West has been a frequent critic of Abbott's leadership and has come  more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 10 -- The Democratic Party of Georgia issued the following news release: Georgia's Republican primary for U.S. Senate took another chaotic turn this past week with GOP criticism of Trump-anointed candidate Herschel Walker increasing after former President Trump announced Walker was planning to run. News of Walker's impending announcement was met with mixed reactions from the current and potential field. * Walker "staring down some friendly fire." He may have Trump's bles more PR

CONWAY, Arkansas, July 7 (TNSPer) -- Hendrix College issued the following news release: Beverly Henry Wheeler, regional director of admission for Hendrix College, is one of four college admission professionals named to the 2021-2024 class of the board of directors for Colleges That Change Lives (CTCL), a nonprofit organization that is a leading advocate on the subject of higher education access and college choice. Wheeler will begin her term on the Board in September, immediately following the  more PR

ARLINGTON, Texas, July 10 (TNSOps) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: Interim President Teik Lim completed four years of service at UTA at the end of June. He joined the University in 2017 as provost and vice president for academic affairs and as a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. He was appointed UTA's interim president in the spring of 2020. After four years on campus, he reflected on the milestones that contribut more PR

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 9 -- iHeartMedia issued the following news release on July 8, 2021: iHeartMedia, the No. 1 podcast publisher globally, today announced "Good Friend," a new weekly iHeartRadio Original Podcast hosted by award-winning actress and New York Times best-selling children's book author, Jamie Lee Curtis. "Good Friend", which premieres July 15 will talk about the good, the bad and the ugly of friendships through both intimate and candid unscripted conversations. Listeners can he more PR

HUNTSVILLE, Texas, July 9 (TNSPer) -- Sam Houston State University issued the following news: Sam Houston State University College of Business Administration has named Jill Sharp Vaughan as the Smith-Hutson Endowed Chair of Banking. In this position, she will oversee the college's accredited Bachelor of Business Administration and Executive MBA degrees programs in Banking and Financial Institutions. Established in 1997 under the leadership of the founding chair, the late James B. Bexley, the p more PR

FORT COLLINS, Colorado, July 8 (TNSPer) -- Colorado State University issued the following news release: On Aug. 1, Kauline Cipriani will join President Joyce McConnell's leadership team at Colorado State University as the new vice president for diversity and inclusion. When Cipriani first left her home in Trinidad and Tobago to study in Texas, at Prairie View A&M University, she was on a track to become a medical doctor. A few years later, she arrived at Purdue University with her bachelor's d more PR

BEAUMONT, Texas, July 7 (TNSOps) -- Lamar University issued the following news: By Haley Strahan Lamar University College of Engineering hosted the plant managers and their leadership teams from the four Beaumont area ExxonMobil facilities to discuss research and educational initiatives. Joined by LU Engineering faculty and current students, the ExxonMobil teams learned more about the programs that are currently ongoing at LU, as well as some that are on the horizon. "We strongly value opport more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, July 8 (TNSPer) -- Rice University issued the following news release: Matthew Loden, an award-winning musician and symphony leader currently serving as the CEO of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, will become the next dean of Rice University's Shepherd School of Music. Loden, a former director of admissions of the Shepherd School, will bring his expertise back to the school when he assumes the role of dean Oct. 1. His selection comes after an international search launched in the more PR

BISMARCK, North Dakota, July 8 -- The North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party issued the following news release: Instead of ensuring that North Dakota businesses, workers and communities fully recover from a once-in-a-generation pandemic, Governor Burgum and the NDGOP are playing politics with the National Guard. This decision to send our service men and women to the border continues a disturbing trend, started by Attorney General Stenehjem, of assisting Texas officials with their misguided, unplanne more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 10 -- Gov. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Governor Pete Ricketts announced that 15 Nebraska State Patrol troopers would continue their voluntary deployment to Texas for an additional 14 days. The deployment is in response to a request for support in managing the ongoing crisis in communities along the border of the United States and Mexico. "We appreciate the continued service of the Nebraska State Troopers who have volunteered to aid in t more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 10 -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: By Dharmesh Patel Changing climate patterns have left millions of people vulnerable to weather extremes. As temperature fluctuations become more commonplace around the world, conventional power-guzzling cooling and heating systems need a more innovative, energy-efficient alternative, and in turn, lessen the burden on already struggling power grids. In a new study, researchers at Texas A more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 8 (TNSRes) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: Teaming up with industry titans including Samsung, NVIDIA, and more, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin are launching 6G@UT, a new research center to lay the groundwork for 6G, the next generation of wireless technology. 5G is just emerging as the dominant cellular technology after years of research and innovation that includes important contributions by UT Austin wireless researchers and more PR

IRVING, Texas, July 7 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release on July 6, 2021: The Nexstar Media Charitable Foundation announced today it will donate $5,000 to the Urban League of Los Angeles on behalf of KTLA-TV, the Nexstar Media Inc. television station serving the Los Angeles area. The Los Angeles Urban League helps African Americans and others in underserved communities achieve their highest true social parity, economic self- reliance, p more PR

IRVING, Texas, July 8 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release on July 7, 2021: Nexstar Media Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXST), today announced that Donna D'Amico has been promoted to Vice President and General Manager of its media operations in Colorado Springs, Colorado (DMA #82), overseeing KXRM-TV (FOX), KXTU-TV (CW) and FOX21News.com. Ms. D'Amico will begin her new duties immediately and report t more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, July 7 (TNSJou) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Xue Sherry Gao and team isolate natural catalysts for better drug synthesis * * * A small fungal enzyme could play a significant role in simplifying the development and manufacture of drugs, according to Rice University scientists. The Rice lab of chemical and biomolecular engineer Xue Sherry Gao and collaborators isolated a biocatalyst known as CtdE after identifying it as the natural mechanism that more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, July 6 (TNSGra) -- Rice University issued the following news release: Rice University chemist Julian West has won a five-year, $1.8 million National Institutes of Health Maximizing Investigators' Research Award to advance his lab's efforts to simplify the synthesis of organic chemicals. The grant enables West, who joined Rice in 2019 as a Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas scholar, to follow two ongoing research paths: one, to continue developing unique hydrogen  more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, July 8 (TNSJou) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Rice lab shows complex, 3D-printed schwarzites withstand pressure when coated * * * A thin shell of soft polymer can help keep knotty ceramic structures from shattering, according to materials scientists at Rice University. Ceramics made with 3D printers crack under stress like any plate or bowl. But covered in a soft polymer cured under ultraviolet light, the same materials stand a far better chance more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, July 8 (TNSJou) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * New strategies would be easier to manufacture, don't require cold storage * * * Scientists at Rice University's Center for Theoretical Biological Physics (CTBP) are part of a study to develop an inhalable COVID-19 vaccine. The project led by Rutgers University and CTBP scientists at Rice and Northeastern University has produced two vaccine strategies. Both are scalable and adaptable and can be transp more PR

HUNTSVILLE, Texas, July 10 (TNSPer) -- Sam Houston State University issued the following news: Major General (ret.) David P. Glaser has been named as chief strategy officer at Sam Houston State University. He will assume his position on Aug. 23. Glaser will serve as a member of the President's Cabinet and lead the campus in operationally defining, refining, and executing the university's primary strategic priorities. In this new position, he will spearhead the establishment of accountability m more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 8 (TNSPer) -- St. Edward's University issued the following news release: St. Edward's University welcomes Jonathan K. Hodge as the next dean of the School of Natural Sciences. Hodge, who officially began his role on July 1, was most recently with Grand Valley State University's College of Health Professions in Michigan, where he was chair of the Department of Allied Health Sciences. In his new role at St. Edward's, Hodge will lead the School of Natural Sciences, which comp more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 8 (TNSPer) -- St. Edward's University issued the following news release: St. Edward's University welcomes Monique Jimenez-Herrera as the university's first-ever associate vice president for Faculty Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (FDEI). Jimenez-Herrera, who is a licensed clinical psychologist, educator, consultant and trainer, officially assumed her position on July 6, 2021. She has a doctorate in clinical psychology from Albizu University in Miami, Fla., and brings more t more PR

STEPHENVILLE, Texas, July 7 (TNSPar) -- Tarleton State University issued the following news release: Life School and Tarleton State University agreed recently to a plan to help LS seniors get their college education. The Life School Board of Trustees and Tarleton leaders finalized an arrangement offering guaranteed admission and annual scholarships for the top 25 percent of Life High School graduates beginning with the 2021-22 academic year. As part of the Distinguished High School Partnershi more PR

FORT WORTH, Texas, July 10 (TNSEco) -- Tarrant County College issued the following news release: The redevelopment of TCC Northwest took a big step forward June 17 when the Board of Trustees unanimously approved a $105 million contract with Skanska USA for construction of the first two of four new buildings that will constitute the core of the campus. The total project, budgeted at $308 million, is part of the $825 million bond program authorized by the voters of Tarrant County in 2019. Campus more PR

TYLER, Texas, July 7 (TNSPol) -- The University of Texas's Tyler Campus issued the following news release on July 6, 2021: The University of Texas at Tyler and The Dallas Morning News recently released a poll to Texas voters to examine how the public is responding to bills passed by the 87th Texas Legislature, new changes in immigration policy and the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine. The poll provides a glimpse of public attitudes during the time national leaders like Vice President Kamal more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 9 (TNSJou) -- Texas A&M University's Health Science Center issued the following news: In the United States, massive volumes of individual-level data, called "big data," are used for a variety of reasons, including marketing, intelligence gathering and political campaigns. Big data are also vital to public health efforts, such as improving population health, informing personalized medicine and transforming biomedical research. However, it can be challenging to use bi more PR

COMMERCE, Texas, July 8 (TNSPar) -- Texas A&M University's Commerce Campus issued the following news: A new partnership between Texas A&M University-Commerce and Responsive Education Solutions (ResponsiveEd) opens new opportunities for thousands of students and educators who want to advance their education. ResponsiveEd is a Lewisville-based non-profit charter school company that operates 70 school campuses with five distinct educational models across Texas and Arkansas. A memorandum of under more PR

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, July 8 (TNSGra) -- Texas A&M University Corpus Christi campus issued the following news: Izzy's Food Pantry at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi is the recent benefactor of a generous grant from the Coastal Bend Community Foundation (CBCF). The $8,500 grant is part of the John and Augusta Doan Charitable Advised Fund and will help Islander students battle food insecurity by providing a hot meal program, by purchasing promotional items for outreach efforts, and finally,  more PR

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, July 8 (TNSPer) -- Texas A&M University Corpus Christi campus issued the following news: Dr. Hassan Aziz, Dean of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, was installed on July 1, as the 2021-2022 President of the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS) during the Society's Annual Meeting held June 27 - July 1 in Louisville, KY. The ASCLS's mission is to make a positive impact in health care through leadership tha more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 7 (TNSRes) -- Texas A&M University's College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences issued the following news release: When Peggy, a pot-bellied pig, arrived at the Texas A&M Large Animal Hospital (LAH) showing signs of a gastrointestinal obstruction, her veterinarians employed a rare combination of equine and human surgical techniques to save her life. The 9-month-old pig began showing signs of an obstruction, including lethargy and lack of appetite, in Ma more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 7 (TNSRes) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: By Michelle Revels Can we develop models of the cognitive behavior of human-machine collaboration? While this might seem like the stuff of science fiction, researchers at Texas A&M University are currently developing algorithms that interpret situations close to how humans navigate through their daily lives. For example, say you see something that resembles a rock in the road -- more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 8 (TNSRes) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: By Hannah Conrad It was a weekend filled with the Aggie spirit that convinced Sarah Dearing '08 to come to Texas A&M University to study ocean engineering - a final effort by her father to keep her closer to her Dallas home and attend a top-tier engineering program. Though Dearing was never a big sports fan, she and her father decided to go to a football game together. They drov more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 7 (TNSGra) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: By Drew Thompson The Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines have proven to be incredibly effective at fighting the pandemic. Both of these vaccines are made using messenger RNA (mRNA), the genetic material that contains instructions for cells to build antigen proteins. These mRNA vaccines represent a fundamentally different approach to traditional vaccines. Essentially, all vaccin more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 7 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton applauds a recent Supreme Court of Texas ruling that Facebook can be held liable for the actions of sex traffickers who use its platform to recruit and prey on children. The opinion makes it very clear that Big Tech does not have the authority to "create a lawless no-man's-land on the Internet." In denying relief to the social media giant, the Court held that the fed more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 8 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following news: Failed and flailing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott released his agenda for Texas' upcoming special legislative session -- giving Texans barely 24 hours notice of what their lawmakers will be focused on for the next 30 days. Predictably, Abbott's agenda continues the exact same horrifying attacks that Republicans levied on Texans throughout the spring -- from slashing voting rights, to harming trans kids, to further gutting  more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 9 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following news on July 8, 2021: Today is day one of the Texas legislature's first special session, seemingly held to provide more opportunities for Gov. Greg Abbott to round up primary support from an extremist, right-wing base with continued attacks on Texans. Abbott's agenda -- announced barely 24 hours before the start of the session -- is a shameful continuation of Republicans' springtime attacks on Texans, from abortion rights  more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 10 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following news on July 9, 2021: President Biden signed an executive order Friday that will benefit workers and consumers across the country. The President's order includes 72 initiatives in which he has directed more than a dozen federal agencies to crack down on anti-competitive practices across the employment and commercial industries, including the health care and prescription drug market. Some of the changes in the order will  more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 9 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following news: Texas Democratic lawmakers and statewide organizations including the Texas Democratic Party, Black Voters Matter, the Workers Defense Action Fund, the Black Freedom Factory, the Texas Right to Vote Coalition, MOVE Texas, the Texas Freedom Network, Unite Here, the Communication Workers of America (CWA) and the Service Employees International Union, among others, hosted a press conference at the south steps of the stat more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 7 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on July 6, 2021: Governor Greg Abbott today announced more than $5.5 million in Texas Talent Connection grants to 18 innovative workforce skills training and job placement programs in communities across the state. These competitive grant awards, administered by the Texas Workforce Investment Council in the Governor's Economic Development and Tourism division, support innovative education and workforce skills t more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 7 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Bill Avera to the Texas School Safety Center Board for a term set to expire on February 1, 2022. The board reports on school safety and security to the Governor, the legislature, the State Board of Education and the Texas Education Agency, and advises the center on its function, budget and strategic planning initiatives. Bill Avera of Jacksonville is the Chief of Police and more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 8 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Sheila Faske and Stephen Lee and reappointed Alan Tinsley to the Texas State University System Board of Regents for terms set to expire on February 1, 2027. Sheila Faske of Rose City is the owner of American Office Liquidators LLC in Beaumont. She serves as Mayor Pro Tem for the City of Rose City, and serves on several community advisory committees. Additionally, she is a m more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 8 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has designated Susan Dorris to the Texas Violent Gang Task Force for a term set at the Pleasure of the Governor. The task force forms strategic partnerships among local, state, and federal criminal justice, juvenile justice, and correctional agencies to better enable those agencies to take a proactive stance towards tracking gang activity and the growth and spread of gangs statewide. S more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 7 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on July 6, 2021: Governor Greg Abbott today sent a letter to members of the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) directing them to take immediate action to improve electric reliability across the state. These directives build upon the reforms passed in the 87th Legislative Session to increase power generation capacity and ensure the reliability of the Texas power grid. "The objective of these directives i more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 7 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on July 6, 2021: Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is providing approximately $262 million in emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits for the month of July as the state continues its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. "Thank you to HHSC for continuing to provide these crucial food benefits to so many Texas families, more PR

LA JOLLA, California, July 8 (TNSRep) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news release on July 7, 2021: * * * Contrary to popular story, the number of residents planning to leave California remains unchanged * * * In the fall of 2020, as Elon Musk threatened to take Tesla to Texas, a popular narrative took hold and continues to this day: According to the story, the Golden State has grown tarnished. Masses of Californians are fed up and fleeing the state. Tha more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, July 9 (TNSGra) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: In Texas, only 14% of residents are cigarette smokers, thanks in part to groups like Taking Texas Tobacco Free (TTTF) that create sustainable initiatives to help snuff out smoking. But the same successes are not found among the population of Texans with psychiatric disorders or substance dependencies. Their rates of smoking rise as high as 87%. With a new $1.9 million grant from the Cancer Preventi more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, July 9 (TNSJou) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: In a critical next step toward room-temperature superconductivity at ambient pressure, Paul Chu, Founding Director and Chief Scientist at the Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston (TcSUH), Liangzi Deng, research assistant professor of physics at TcSUH, and their colleagues at TcSUH conceived and developed a pressure-quench (PQ) technique that retains the pressure-enhanced an more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, July 7 (TNSJou) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: * * * UH Study Suggest Practical Steps to Increase Applicant Pool Diversity * * * Amid calls for racial and social justice nationwide, businesses and educational institutions are grappling with how to adopt more inclusive organizational practices, including more diversified hiring. However, recruitment teams and strategic leaders often blame their lack of a diverse workforce on a lack of diverse a more PR

FORT DAVIS, Texas, July 8 (TNSPer) -- The University of Texas at Austin's McDonald Observatory issued the following news release on July 7, 2021: David Doss is retiring from McDonald Observatory after half a century of making scientific research happen. As Assistant Manager for Observing Support, he has been there to make sure the telescopes and instruments are in tip-top shape and working as they should, so that astronomers can use them to study the universe. "David's commitment to McDonald a more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 9 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas at Austin's Texas Advanced Computing Center issued the following news release: * * * TACC's Stampede2 supercomputer helps identify, validate new RNA molecules for the study of disease * * * Researchers at Ghent University, Amsterdam University of Medicine, National Chiao Tung University, UNSW Sydney, Illumina, and the Baylor College of Medicine have built one of the most comprehensive catalogs of the human transcriptome ever. By comb more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, July 9 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release: Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center found specific intestinal microbiota signatures correlate with high-grade adverse events and response to combined CTLA-4 and PD-1 blockade treatment. The study, published today in Nature Medicine, also identified a potential new strategy to treat toxicity - while maintaining response - to combined immune chec more PR

ARLINGTON, Texas, July 8 (TNSRes) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: * * * UTA political scientist exploring Texas response to twin crises of COVID, winter storm * * * The COVID-19 pandemic, along with the winter freeze and subsequent power outages in February 2021, shined a spotlight on the intersection of public health and politics--and how both affect one's daily life. With funding from the National Science Foundation, a University of Texas at  more PR

ARLINGTON, Texas, July 9 (TNSRes) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: A 2020 study by the National Science Board reported that the United States is experiencing a shortage of STEM-trained professionals, leaving the nation's workforce in a vulnerable position when it comes to technological and scientific innovation. For Greg Hale, assistant dean of the College of Science, the answer to the nation's STEM talent shortage can be found in programs that tra more PR

RICHARDSON, Texas, July 10 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Texas Dallas campus issued the following news: Katherine Donaldson MAT'93, associate director of the UTeach Dallas program at The University of Texas at Dallas, has received the 2021 Outstanding Master Teacher Award from the UTeach STEM Educators Association. The association represents 46 UTeach programs at universities across the country that prepare college students to become secondary teachers in science and mathematics. The honor, a more PR

RICHARDSON, Texas, July 8 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Texas Dallas campus issued the following news: Eleven University of Texas at Dallas faculty members acknowledged their exemplary students and the cooperative spirit of the Comet community as they were honored at the 2021 Investiture Ceremony, held online June 24. The professors -- some of UT Dallas' most influential researchers -- were formally presented with endowed positions. They represented the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences; more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 6 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release on July 5, 2021: The stage is set for a new carbon storage economy to emerge along the Gulf Coast, according to a study led by The University of Texas at Austin, with the region offering ample opportunities to capture and store carbon, and recent state and federal incentives giving an added push to get started. Carbon capture and storage, or CCS, is a technology that keeps CO2 out of the atmosphere by c more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 6 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: A diagnostic tool called the MasSpec Pen has been tested for the first time in pancreatic cancer patients during surgery. The device is shown to accurately identify tissues and surgical margins directly in patients and differentiate healthy and cancerous tissue from banked pancreas samples. At about 15 seconds per analysis, the method is more than 100 times as fast as the current gold standard diagnosti more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, July 7 (TNSPer) -- The University of Wisconsin's School of Medicine and Public Health issued the following news: Vanessa Sperandio, PhD, an expert in the cellular interactions that take place between mammals and microbes, will join the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health as the chair of the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology. Sperandio will be arriving from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, where she is a professor  more PR

CANYON, Texas, July 8 (TNSPer) -- West Texas A&M University issued the following news: West Texas A&M University's Buffalo Marching Band has a new director at the helm. Dr. B.J. Brooks recently was named the marching band's new leader, following the 12-year tenure of Russ Teweleit. "Russ is ready to take a step back from the rigors of preparing the marching band, which is a very time-intensive job," said Dr. Robert Hansen, director of WT's School of Music. "Fortunately, we had someone on our  more PR

KALAMAZOO, Michigan, July 9 (TNSOps) -- Western Michigan University issued the following news: Western Michigan University's outstanding efforts in aiding the recovery of wounded U.S. combat service members and veterans has been recognized with a donation from a national nonprofit organization. Operation Hat Trick (OHT) named Western as a finalist for its 2021 Excellence in Service Award and will make a donation to The Fallen and Wounded Soldiers Fund on the University's behalf. Western was o more PR

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, July 9 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Governor Mark Gordon has announced that Wyoming has been working to offer support to Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Arizona Governor Doug Ducey in their efforts to secure the United States-Mexico border. The Governor, in collaboration with the Wyoming Office of Homeland Security, has been in active negotiations to deploy assets to assist states in addressing the border crisis. The Governors of Arizona more PR