AUSTIN, Texas, July 14 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following news on July 13, 2021: After Texas House Democrats stood their ground on voting rights, leaving the state yesterday to block Greg Abbott's continued attacks on voters, the group of courageous legislators gave a press conference Tuesday morning. Their message: an urgent call for federal voting rights protections, before it's too late. Back at home, Texas Democrats are continuing to support these brave legislators by advoc more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 15 (TNSRes) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release on July 14, 2021: A current federal tax credit to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by storing carbon dioxide from industrial sources could be critical to help the U.S. reach end of decade carbon neutrality targets while yielding economic benefits, particularly on the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast, according to a study by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin published today in Energy Policy.  more PR

KIRKSVILLE, Missouri, July 14 (TNSEve) -- A.T. Still University issued the following news on July 13, 2021: A.T. Still University's Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (ATSU-KCOM) welcomed the class of 2025 with a White Coat Ceremony on Saturday, July 10, 2021. ATSU-KCOM's class of 2025 consists of 168 students, selected from a pool of 5,323 applications. Students represent 25 states and Ontario, Canada, with 57 from Missouri, 19 from Iowa, 13 from both Illinois and Minnesota, nine from more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, July 13 (TNSAwa) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Dr. C. Thomas Caskey, professor in the Department of Molecular and Human Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine, as the 2021 recipient of the annual William Allan Award. The William Allan Award, which carries a $25,000 prize, recognizes substantial and far-reaching scientific contributions to human genetics and was established in 1961 in memory o more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, July 15 (TNSJou) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: Understanding your risk for developing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) plays an important role in deciding whether to start statin therapy. While there are recommendations and risk calculators, some people are still uncertain about deciding to begin a lifelong course of statins. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and colleagues looked to find a more accurate way to make this impor more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, July 15 (TNSMon) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: Baylor College of Medicine has received a $10 million gift from the SRB Charitable Corp., a private foundation based in Fort Worth, Texas, to be used for research under the direction of Dr. Douglas D. Koch, professor and Allen, Mosbacher, and Law Chair in Ophthalmology at Baylor. In addition to ground-breaking research in patient safety and outcomes, Koch's extraordinary 40-year career includes the ma more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, July 13 (TNSRes) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: If you are looking to up your golf game this spring, be sure to watch your...wrist. According to a hand and wrist expert at Baylor College of Medicine, wrist injuries are one of the most common types of golf injuries. "The wrist plays a critical role in transmitting force from the body to the club and then to the ball," said Dr. Thomas Hunt, chair of orthopedic surgery at Baylor. Hunt said that the l more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, July 16 (TNSJou) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news on July 15, 2021: A multidisciplinary team of researchers is the first to show combining yeast-expression technology and a novel adjuvant formulation to produce a COVID-19 vaccine candidate is effect ive against SARS-COV-2. These findings also show that it will be easy to produce at large scale and cost-effective, important aspects for vaccinating people worldwide, especially in low- to middle-income co more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, July 16 (TNSMon) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: The National Institutes of Health will award nearly $80 million to support the establishment of the Mendelian Genomics Research Consortium and the development of novel methods and approaches that help researchers identify the genetic causes of single-gene diseases. Baylor College of Medicine will be one of five clinical sites included in the consortium. The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHG more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, July 13 (TNSJou) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: A team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine found that a screening method known as untargeted metabolomics profiling can improve the diagnostic rate for inborn errors of metabolism, a group of rare genetic conditions, by about seven-fold when compared to the traditional metabolic screening approach. The study, published in JAMA Network Open, shows that untargeted metabolomics identifies ma more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, July 13 (TNSPer) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: Baylor College of Medicine has named Dr. Alejandro "Alex" Arroliga as the regional dean of the School of Medicine's first regional campus in Temple, Texas, which is set to welcome its incoming class of medical students in summer 2023. Arroliga is chief medical officer at Baylor Scott & White Health, the largest not-for-profit health system in Texas. He will retain this role, a position he has held sin more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, July 14 (TNSJou) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: The journey of the egg and the embryo through the fallopian tube or oviduct toward the uterus is not well understood, mainly because it is inaccessible for direct imaging. Looking to shed new light on the dynamics of the eggs prior to fertilization and embryo transport preceding implantation, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Stevens Institute of Technology developed a novel imaging approac more PR

WACO, Texas, July 17 (TNSRes) -- Baylor University issued the following news on July 16, 2021: During its regular summer retreat meeting, the Baylor University Board of Regents focused on Baylor's strategic positioning for the future as the University enters the final year of the initial Illuminate strategic plan. The discussions spotlighted the extraordinary progress that has accelerated the University's aspirations of joining the nation's top Research 1 universities as the world's preeminent  more PR

WACO, Texas, July 14 (TNSJou) -- Baylor University issued the following news on July 13, 2021: * * * Baylor researcher Ryan McManamay considers ecosystem footprint of climate mitigation energy pathways * * * Climate change mitigation efforts have led to shifts from fossil-fuel dependence to large-scale renewable energy. However, renewable energy sources require significant land and could come at a cost to ecosystems. A new study led by Ryan McManamay, Ph.D., assistant professor of environmen more PR

LAREDO, Texas, July 16 (TNSPro) -- Texas A&M International University, a member of the Texas A and M University System, issued the following news release on July 15, 2021: As parents everywhere search for summer activities to help keep their kids physically and mentally active, Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) has launched a comprehensive website dedicated to fun activities for the entire family. Over 50 activities and presentations made just for kids and their families are now avail more PR

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following statement: * * * DNC Chair Jaime Harrison released the following statement in response to news that Texas Democratic state lawmakers will break quorum in defense of voting rights in Texas and block further consideration of anti-voter bills HB 3 and SB 1. "Texas Democratic state lawmakers are once again standing up for millions as they continue their relentless fight to protect all Texans' fundamental right to vote.  more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 13 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Last week, Governor Greg Abbott sent a letter to the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) directing the PUC and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) to take immediate actions to increase power generation capacity and ensure reliability of the Texas power grid. In response, ERCOT sent a letter to the Governor detailing the strategies they have taken to achieve those goals. Those strategies i more PR

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, July 17 -- The Florida Democratic Party issued the following statement on July 16, 2021: * * * The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, created in 2012, provides temporary protection to undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children. Today Judge Andrew Hanen, a federal judge in Texas, ruled that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, also known as DACA, was "illegally implemented" and blocked new applicants to the program. In reaction  more PR

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, July 13 (TNSPer) -- Florida State University issued the following news: By Kelsey Klopfenstein Florida State University Provost Sally McRorie has announced Jing Wang as the new dean of the College of Nursing. She will start the role Aug. 16, 2021. Wang, an interdisciplinary trained researcher, educator, policy and executive leader in nursing and higher education, currently serves as the vice dean for research at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antoni more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 15 (TNSPol) -- Harvard Law School issued the following news on July 14, 2021: In the wake of a series of damaging cyber intrusions on private businesses controlling critical pieces of U.S. infrastructure, Harvard Kennedy School Senior Lecturer Juliette Kayyem says that countering the growing threat will require erasing the "legal fiction" that cyberattacks are different than physical attacks on American civilians. In May 2021, the Colonial Pipeline became the lat more PR

BEAUMONT, Texas, July 17 (TNSPer) -- Lamar University issued the following news: By Daniel McLemore Jody Slaughter '85, '08, was selected for the role of director of school & community partnerships within the College of Education and Human Development. After receiving her accounting degree from Lamar University in 1985 and spending 16 years in the business world, Slaughter pursued her career in education. She taught third grade at Little Cypress Mauriceville, working as a reading specialist,  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- The Libertarian Party issued the following news release: The Libertarian National Committee has named Whitney Bilyeu from Texas to serve as the new Chair of the LNC. Whitney serves as the current Region 7 Representative to the LNC and is also the current Chair of LPTexas. In addition to serving the Libertarian Party in these leadership capacities, Whitney has run for State Board of Education twice and has run for Texas Senate. She has also been a lifetime member of the pa more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, July 13 (TNSRes) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release on July 12, 2021: * * * Multi-year collaboration will investigate and evaluate Hummingbird's HMBD-002 VISTA antagonist antibody * * * The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Hummingbird Bioscience today announced the launch of a multi-year strategic research collaboration to investigate and evaluate HMBD-002, Hummingbird's VISTA antagonist antibody. Under t more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, July 15 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release on July 14, 2021: * * * Study shows 40% objective response rate for rare cancer with few treatment options * * * A phase II study led by researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center found that treatment with atezolizumab and bevacizumab was well-tolerated and resulted in a 40% objective response rate in patients with advanced malignant peritoneal mes more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, July 14 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release on July 13, 2021: * * * Study shows 34.2% complete response rate for bempegaldesleukin plus nivolumab * * * A Phase II cohort from the international PIVOT-02 study has shown the combination of interleukin-2 (IL-2) pathway agonist bempegaldesleukin (BEMPEG) plus nivolumab is safe and produces a deep, durable response in previously untreated metastatic melanoma patients, ac more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 13 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson are responding to Monday's sanctions hearing involving Michigan attorneys Greg Rohl, Scott Hagerstrom and Stefanie Junttila, along with Texas attorney Sidney Powell: "After watching today's hearing, it remains clear these attorneys refuse to recognize the damage they've done by continuing to pursue and defend this la more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 15 -- The Texas A&M University System issued the following news release: The Texas A&M University System is wrapping up a symposium of vital national importance here today with 300 military and defense industry leaders. The three-day symposium, comprised mostly of classified, closed-door briefings, is focused on the challenging goal of modernizing battlefield communications in case the U.S. has to go to war against a high-tech adversary, such as Russia or China. T more PR

CANYON, Texas, July 13 (TNSEco) -- West Texas A&M University issued the following news: The campuses are mostly quieter for the summer, but millions of dollars in construction projects are actively transforming West Texas A&M University in both Canyon and Amarillo. About two dozen projects are underway, representing more than $18 million in investment. The centerpiece projects include the construction and renovation of the Baptist Community Services Nursing Education Floor at Harrington Acade more PR

ALBANY, New York, July 16 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following statement on July 15, 2021: * * * New York Attorney General Letitia James today led a coalition of seven attorneys general from around the nation in releasing the following statement regarding the arrest of Hervis Rogers on charges of voting in the 2020 Texas Democratic primary while on parole. "The unwarranted criminalization of Hervis Rogers' error is a grave miscarriage of justice. By casting his bal more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The National Republican Senatorial Committee issued the following news release: State Senator Jeff Jackson has affectionately earned the nickname "Cal Jr.", a fitting comparison to failed North Carolina Senate Candidate Cal Cunningham Jr. Well, this week, the Washington Post has equated his candidacy to another perennial failure, Beto O'Rourke. Beto, currently, is busy toying with the foolhardy idea of running for Governor of Texas while hyping up the recent ill-conceive more PR

IRVING, Texas, July 14 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release: Nexstar Media Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXST), today announced the appointment of Jeff Miller as Vice President and General Manager of its broadcast and digital operations in Brownsville/Harlingen, Texas (DMA #85). Mr. Miller will be responsible for overseeing Nexstar's KVEO-TV (NBC/CBS), valleycentral.com, and the Company's operational more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, July 13 (TNSRes) -- Rice University issued the following news release: The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected both consumer and commercial transportation, but global oil demand will probably continue to grow through 2030, according to a new study. Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy and the University of California, Davis Institute of Transportation Studies studied four scenarios to understand how COVID-19 and other political, economic, social and tec more PR

HUNTSVILLE, Texas, July 14 (TNSPro) -- Sam Houston State University issued the following news on July 13, 2021: Sam Houston State University Small Business Development Center (SHSU SBDC), a premier business assistance and resource program hosted by the SHSU College of Business Administration, will be expanding its service offerings to all of Montgomery County, effective Aug. 1. "It has been an honor serving the small business community in Huntsville and Conroe, Texas. We wish we could share al more PR

HUNTSVILLE, Texas, July 15 (TNSOps) -- Sam Houston State University issued the following news: Being a student-parent comes with unique challenges. Typically, student-parents must work extra jobs to support themselves and their children, while trying to pursue their degree. Juggling childcare with coursework, they often carry greater financial responsibilities than most students. Realizing that the situations student-parents face often present different needs, the Newton Gresham Library (NGL)  more PR

GEORGETOWN, Texas, July 13 (TNSPer) -- Southwestern University issued the following news: Southwestern University, the first institution of higher learning in Texas, has named Christopher E. Cragg chair-elect of its Board of Trustees. Cragg, a 1983 graduate of the University, was unanimously elected by his peers to the board's top leadership position. He will assume his new role on July 1, 2022. "Chris Cragg is an ardent advocate for the distinctive liberal-arts education Southwestern Universi more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 14 (TNSJou) -- St. Edward's University issued the following news release: Researchers at St. Edward's University have found that frugal individuals are more likely than their spendthrift counterparts to give in to the allure of deep discounts, whether it is Tax-free weekend, Amazon Prime Day, a Groupon Deal or some other offer. In order to reconcile making unplanned purchases that may be at odds with their highly disciplined approach to spending, frugal shoppers will cate more PR

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, July 17 -- The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services issued the following statement: * * * Following reports that Governor Ron DeSantis will leave Florida this weekend to visit Texas and the U.S.-Mexico border, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, an independently-elected member of the Florida Cabinet, offered the below statement. "Floridians are living through multiple crises including historic protests for Cuban freedom, the worst red tide in more PR

LAREDO, Texas, July 16 (TNSRes) -- Texas A&M International University, a member of the Texas A and M University System, issued the following news release on July 15, 2021: A recent research study on the COVID-19 Pandemic is tackling additional opportunities for insight and needs survey volunteers, said a Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) professor involved in the study. "The previous study was launched Spring 2020 and resulted in one of the largest open-access datasets on the psycholo more PR

STEPHENVILLE, Texas, July 17 (TNSops) -- Tarleton State University issued the following news release: Tarleton State University has been named to the Texas Education Agency Vetted Teacher Residency Program. The program includes 14 Texas educator preparation schools that offer high-quality teacher residencies. It was established to help partner school districts acquire state and federal grants. "Upon implementation of the teacher residency program we immediately saw the positive impact the exp more PR

DALLAS, Texas, July 16 -- Tenaska, an independent power producer, issued the following news release: Navigator CO2 Ventures ("Navigator") announced today that it has entered into contracts with three industry-leading companies to utilize their respective expertise in advancing the execution of the Heartland Greenway CO2 Pipeline Transportation and Sequestration System ("Heartland Greenway System"). Tenaska and Advanced Resources International ("ARI") will lead the overall development of the ini more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 13 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following statement on July 12, 2021: * * * Texas Democrats are once again making history. Right now, Texas Democratic lawmakers are walking out to break quorum in defense of voting rights in Texas and block further consideration of anti-voter bills HB 3 and SB 1 -- a core subject of an irregular special session called by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott. After Democrats historically blocked Republicans' anti-voter efforts in the spri more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 14 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following news on July 13, 2021: Texas Democrats are welcoming further support from President Biden and Vice President Harris, who continue to be vocal advocates for voting rights across the country. As Texas Democrats fend off increasingly vicious attacks on voting rights, today, Vice President Harris met with the Texas quorum breakers to voice her support for the legislators. Earlier this afternoon, President Biden gave a nationa more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 13 (TNSJou) -- Texas A&M University's College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences issued the following news release: New data on macaw movements gathered by the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences' (CVMBS) The Macaw Society has the potential to greatly improve conservation strategies for the scarlet macaw, as well as similar species of large parrots. While the overall conservation status of the scarlet macaw is listed as "least more PR

COMMERCE, Texas, July 13 (TNSOps) -- Texas A&M University's Commerce Campus issued the following news: Nicole Britenriker, a three-year member of the expert advisory board that helps guide the Sport and Recreation Management program at Texas A&M University-Commerce, is taking her shot as a senior team talent advisor for the NBA in New York City. Britenriker has served various roles in collegiate and professional sports, including sponsorships and sales, corporate partnership development, ticke more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 14 (TNSJou) -- Texas A&M University's Health Science Center issued the following news: * * * Research finds participants decreased prenatal alcohol consumption and increased postnatal smoking * * * A recent study from Texas A&M University creates a more accurate representation of how the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) impacts tobacco and alcohol consumption during and following pregancy. Using data from the Pregnancy more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 17 (TNSJou) -- Texas A&M University's Health Science Center issued the following news: * * * Majority of survey respondents said they were willing to pay official fees for health care to avoid out-of-pocket payments * * * Despite having a national health system that covers nearly every citizen and widespread supplemental insurance covering additional expenses, Greece has one of the highest out-of-pocket health care expenditures in Europe. This expense can be attr more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 16 (TNSPro) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: By Michelle Revels Juan Salazar is participating in the student-designed program of study offered by the Department of Multidisciplinary Engineering at Texas A&M University. In this individualized approach to education, students can take courses across different departments in the College of Engineering, as well as other colleges at Texas A&M. Salazar's journey began when he re more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 13 (TNSJou) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: By Vandana Suresh Having a home near a busy airport certainly has its perks. It is close to many establishments and alleviates the problem of wading through endless traffic to catch flights. But it does come at a cost -- tolerating the jarring sounds of commercial airplanes during landing and takeoff. Researchers at Texas A&M University have conducted a computational study that more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 17 (TNSJou) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: By Steve Kuhlmann Occurring faster than the speed of sound, the mystery behind the breakdown of plasma discharges in water is one step closer to being understood as researchers pursue applying new diagnostic processes using state-of-the-art X-ray imaging to the challenging subject. These diagnostic processes open the door to a better understanding of plasma physics, which could more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 14 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Attorney General Ken Paxton commends the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit's recent decision in McDonald v. Longley, which held that the State Bar of Texas violated the First Amendment rights of its members--who must join and pay dues if they wish to practice law in Texas--when the State Bar engaged in politically- and ideologically-charged legislative and lobbying activities that w more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 13 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release on July 12, 2021: Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a multistate coalition demanding protection of students from the Biden Administration's unlawful expansion of the Supreme Court's 2020 decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, GA. The Bostock holding, although questionable, was limited to a Title VII employment-discrimination context, but the Department of Education is now trying to broadly apply Bos more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 16 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a multistate coalition in support of Arkansas' defense of its recently-enacted law banning the use of hormones and surgery to treat gender dysphoria in children. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is seeking a preliminary injunction to prevent enforcement of the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act, which prohibits healthcare professionals from pro more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 15 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a 20-state coalition in supporting South Carolina's defense of its Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act that was challenged by Planned Parenthood and enjoined by a federal district judge shortly after it was enacted. Under this law, abortions are prohibited once a fetal heartbeat is detected with few exceptions, and the mother must be given the opportun more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 13 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a coalition of 15 other states in urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency not to reinstate California's waiver under the Clean Air Act, which unconstitutionally allows California--and only California--to regulate which cars we may drive. The letter argues that under the Clean Air Act, the prior administration created national standards for vehicle carbon em more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 17 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Attorney General Ken Paxton resolved an enforcement action against pharmaceutical manufacturer Apotex for reporting inflated drug prices to the Texas Medicaid program. Under the agreement, Apotex will pay Texas $26 million to resolve claims against it. This settlement is the latest recovery in price reporting cases the Attorney General has brought under the Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act since  more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 15 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: This week, Attorney General Ken Paxton filed Texas's reply brief demanding that the Biden Administration enforce public health immigration law at the border. A Federal District Court in Fort Worth heard oral argument on Tuesday. The State of Texas is requesting the Court impose an injunction on the federal government to stop it from continuing its unlawful activities. Under President Trump, the feder more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 15 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following news on July 15, 2021: Texas Democratic resistors in D.C. are continuing to make progress on behalf of Texans and people across the country -- keeping the pressure on and the fight for voting rights in the national spotlight. Today, a delegation of Texas Democratic lawmakers had a constructive meeting with Senator Joe Manchin to push the fight for federal voting rights protections forward. The lawmakers have also continue more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 16 -- The Texas Education Agency issued the following document from Jeff Cottrill, deputy commissioner of governance and accountability: Senate Bill 204 recently passed during the 87th Regular Legislative Session, amending the law relating to the operation of a public school transportation system, as provided in Texas Education Code (TEC), Sec.34.007. Amended TEC, Sec.34.007(a), provides that "[a] board of county school trustees or a school district board of trustees may es more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 16 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following proclamation: WHEREAS, I, Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, issued a disaster proclamation on May 31, 2021, certifying under Section 418.014 of the Texas Government Code that the surge of individuals unlawfully crossing the Texas-Mexico border posed an ongoing and imminent threat of disaster for a number of Texas counties and for all state agencies affected by this disaster; and WHEREAS, I amended the aforementioned procla more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 15 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Rachelle Daniel to the Texas Early Learning Council for a term set to expire at the pleasure of the Governor. The Texas Early Learning Council serves as Texas' state advisory council as required by the federal Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007. The Council utilizes its breadth of stakeholder representation to increase coordination and collaboration acr more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 12 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on July 10, 2021: Governor Greg Abbott today held a border security briefing with sheriffs from border communities at the Texas State Capitol. The Governor was joined for the briefing by Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw, Texas Division of Emergency Management Chief Nim Kidd, and Adjutant General of Texas Tracy Norris. During the briefing, the Governor and Colonel McCraw provided an upda more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 13 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following statement: * * * Governor Greg Abbott today issued a statement after the Texas House Democrats abandoned their responsibilities as legislators by breaking quorum and leaving the state. "Texas Democrats' decision to break a quorum of the Texas Legislature and abandon the Texas State Capitol inflicts harm on the very Texans who elected them to serve. "As they fly across the country on cushy private planes, they leave un more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 15 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on July 14, 2021: Governor Greg Abbott today announced the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is receiving more than $210 million in federal emergency grants from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for mental health and substance use disorder services to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. "The State of Texas is committed to securing the resources and funding needed to more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 16 -- The office of the Texas State Auditor issued the following audit report in July 2021 entitled "An Audit Report on Selected Loan Administration Processes at the Water Development Board". * * * Here is the summary of the report: The Water Development Board (Agency) has processes in place to review applications for financial assistance through the State Water Implementation Fund for Texas (SWIFT) and Water Development Fund (WDF) programs and to monitor borrower repaymen more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 17 -- The office of the Texas State Auditor issued the following audit report (No. 21-707) in July 2021 entitled "A Classification Compliance Audit Report on Information Technology Positions at Selected General Government, Judiciary, and Regulatory Agencies": * * * Here is the summary of the report: For the seven selected general government, judiciary, and regulatory agencies within Article I, Article IV, and Article VIII of the General Appropriations Act (86th Legislature more PR

RIVERSIDE, California, July 14 (TNSRes) -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * A study finds that tying disease to animal origins unfamiliar to the Western diet increases anti-Asian discrimination * * * Describing diseases as originating from animals foreign to the Western diet serves to boost stereotypes of Asian culture and increase discrimination, according to new research from UC Riverside, Texas Tech, and Texas A&M. Early in the COVID-19 outbr more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, July 14 (TNSPar) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: The Center for Art and Social Engagement (CASE) at the University of Houston Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts has partnered with the American Academy in Rome (AAR) to launch a fellowship in Rome, Italy for Houston-area emerging and early mid-career visual artists. Independent and interdisciplinary artist Lisa E. Harris (Li) has been selected as the inaugural Houston Regional Affiliate Fello more PR

VICTORIA, Texas, July 15 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Houston Victoria campus issued the following news release: Two University of Houston-Victoria School of Education, Health Professions & Human Development students are the recipients of a scholarship awarded to only seven college students in the state from the Texas Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Sandra Coleman of Wharton and Amy Spalik of Pflugerville will each receive the 2021-2022 Cynthia L. Schneider Mathematics Preservice Teacher  more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, July 14 (TNSRes) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release on July 13, 2021: * * * Researchers Call for Transborder Policies to Address Place-based Inequity in Health Coverage * * * While attending a conference at the Universidad Nacional Auto noma de Mexico in Mexico City several years ago, Sharon Borja was struck by the story of a young man who, as a child, joined his parents repatriating to their native country of Mexico. Like millions of Mexican immig more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, July 16 (TNSMon) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: The University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work (GCSW), Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, the Southern AIDS Coalition, and Wake Forest University School of Divinity announced that 29 organizations throughout the United States will receive $2,900,000 to combat the spread of HIV in the South as part of the new phase of funding for the Gilead COMPASS Initiative(R). The new ro more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, July 15 (TNSRes) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: * * * Implications for Developing Treatments for Intestinal Diseases * * * A team of University of Houston pharmaceutical researchers is reporting a newly recognized process of drug metabolism in the intestines - followed by recycling through the liver - that could have important implications for developing treatments for intestinal diseases and for taking multiple medications at the same time.  more PR

GALVESTON, Texas, July 15 (TNSRes) -- The University of Texas Medical Branch issued the following news release: A new study published in Science Translational Medicine reports on the Ebola vaccine-mediated protection of five mucosal vaccine vectors based on the human and avian paramyxoviruses. The study comprehensively characterized the antibody response to each vaccine, identifying features and functions that were elevated in survivors and that could serve as vaccine correlates of protection.  more PR

ARLINGTON, Texas, July 16 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: Aiming to address racial injustice and inequity through university-city partnerships, the Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (USU) has named The University of Texas at Arlington as its inaugural Racial Justice and Equity Program Award Winner. UT Arlington has worked to accelerate health literacy for pre-K-12 grade-level students through an easy-to-use COVID-19 navigator that p more PR

ARLINGTON, Texas, July 15 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: * * * Combining methods of tumor destruction, UTA team identifies more effective cancer therapies * * * An international team led by physics researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington has published a paper in the high-impact journal Bioactive Materials that describes a breakthrough method of photodynamic therapy (PDT), an emerging cancer treatment. Nil Kanatha Pandey,  more PR

ARLINGTON, Texas, July 13 (TNSRes) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: * * * UTA developing technology using nanoparticles, ultrasound to detect tiny breast tumors * * * A bioengineering professor at The University of Texas at Arlington is developing a technique to diagnose tiny breast tumors that could reduce the anxiety, uncertainty and high costs often faced by patients. Biopsy results show that about 80% of very small tumors are benign; 15% are more PR

ARLINGTON, Texas, July 14 (TNSRes) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: * * * UTA developing technology using nanoparticles, ultrasound to detect tiny breast tumors * * * A bioengineering professor at The University of Texas at Arlington is developing a technique to diagnose tiny breast tumors that could reduce the anxiety, uncertainty and high costs often faced by patients. Biopsy results show that about 80% of very small tumors are benign; 15% are more PR

ARLINGTON, Texas, July 13 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: * * * Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences * * * Sea-level rise threatens to produce more frequent and severe flooding in coastal regions and is expected to cause trillions of dollars in damages globally if no action is taken to mitigate the issue. However, communities trying to fight sea-level rise could inadvertently make flooding worse for their neighbors, according more PR

ARLINGTON, Texas, July 17 (TNSBook) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: * * * Psychology professor publishes book advocating for balance between reason, emotion * * * A professor of psychology at The University of Texas at Arlington has published a new book that examines the need to balance cognitive and emotional processes and to place equal importance on emotion and reason. Daniel Levine is author of the general audience book, titled Healing the  more PR

RICHARDSON, Texas, July 17 (TNSRep) -- The University of Texas Dallas campus issued the following news: Just as computer networks can be susceptible to cyberattacks, semiconductor chips also can be vulnerable to tampering in ways that could compromise the safety of cars, airplanes, electric grids, defense systems -- any of the growing number of technologies that depend on these tiny electronic components. To address this risk, The University of Texas at Dallas, along with five other universiti more PR

RICHARDSON, Texas, July 15 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas Dallas campus issued the following news: Franchise encroachment has for decades been framed as a new entrant in a given market stealing customers from existing businesses. But in a recent study published online in March in the Journal of Marketing and forthcoming in a print edition, a researcher from The University of Texas at Dallas suggests that the opening of a new hotel of the same or related franchise brand in the vicinity of  more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 13 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release on July 12, 2021: Lead exposure in childhood may lead to less mature and less healthy personalities in adulthood, according to a new study led by psychology researchers at The University of Texas at Austin. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, sampled more than 1.5 million people in 269 U.S. counties and 37 European nations. Researchers found that those who grew  more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 15 (TNSPer) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: The University of Texas at Austin has named JR DeShazo as the next dean of the LBJ School of Public Affairs. DeShazo's appointment begins Sept. 10. DeShazo comes to UT Austin from the University of California, Los Angeles, where he serves as the founding director of the Luskin Center for Innovation, one of the nation's leading environmental policy research centers. DeShazo has served in a variety of  more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 14 (TNSRep) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: A report from energy experts at The University of Texas at Austin reveals several new insights into the February 2021 winter storm power outages and their financial ramifications. Using both public and confidential data previously unreviewed, 12 faculty and researchers from across UT Austin gained a clearer picture of the system failures across the ERCOT grid, the unprecedented stress placed on the st more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 15 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release on July 14, 2021: Urea is a critical element found in everything from fertilizers to skin care products. Large-scale production of urea, which is naturally a product of human urine, is a massive undertaking, making up about 2% of global energy use and emissions today. For decades, scientists and engineers have sought to make this process more energy efficient as demand for fertilizer grows with increas more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 16 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: Access to high-quality public transportation can make communities more equitable by increasing access to critical opportunities such as employment, health care and healthy food, particularly for low-income individuals and people of color. A new paper published today in the Transportation Research Record identifies six broad categories of equity-advancing practices that reach beyond existing guidelines  more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, July 14 (TNSAwa) -- Rice University issued the following news release on July 13, 2021: Training a computer to see a chair may be relatively simple, but training it to recognize "chair-ness" is a challenge. Vicente Ordonez, a newly minted associate professor of computer science at Rice's Brown School of Engineering, is taking it on with the help of a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award, given to promising faculty members in the early stages of their academic ca more PR