NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 20 (TNSper) -- Loyola University issued the following news release: Sports Illustrated is sharing the good word that former Texas Longhorn and New Orleans native Javan Felix is the new assistant basketball coach at Loyola University New Orleans. He will help Coach Stacy Hollowell guide the Wolf Pack, which returns the majority of its 2020-21 roster. "The experience and knowledge that Javan has gained throughout his career will be incredibly valuable to our team,"  more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 21 (TNSOps) -- Rice University issued the following news release on Aug. 20, 2021: As the Taliban tightens its grip on Afghanistan and the world wonders what its implementation of Sharia law will mean for the country's citizens, Rice University sociologist and Islam expert Craig Considine is available to discuss the international perception of Islam and Muslims and the experiences of minorities in Afghanistan. Considine is a prolific researcher of Islam and Muslim-Christia more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 20 (TNSRes) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: Baylor College of Medicine is serving as the lead site in a study to determine what immune responses women have to various COVID-19 vaccines when administered during or just after pregnancy. The study will evaluate the safety of and immune responses created by various COVID-19 vaccines currently approved under Emergency Use Authorization by the FDA. The study also will assess how vaccine-induced antib more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 19 (TNSJou) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: Researchers at the Human Genome Sequencing Center at Baylor College of Medicine have validated a new type of genetic mutation that causes Xia-Gibbs Syndrome (XGS), a rare genetic disorder that results in severe developmental delay, sleep apnea, delayed speech and upper body weakness. Their findings are published in the journal Human Genetics and Genomics Advances. Discovered in 2014 by a team led by D more PR

WACO, Texas, Aug. 19 (TNSRes) -- Baylor University issued the following news on Aug. 18, 2021: * * * Bryan Brooks, Ph.D., is a partner of the Global Estuaries Monitoring (GEM) Programme to study environmental pollutants in the estuaries of major cities across the globe * * * Baylor University's internationally recognized researcher in water quality, Bryan W. Brooks, Ph.D., is one of the collaborative partners of the Global Estuaries Monitoring (GEM) Programme, which was recently endorsed by  more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 19 (TNSPol) -- The Center for Gender and Refugee Studies issued the following news release: Immigration groups and former immigration judges filed an amicus brief Tuesday in Texas v. Biden, a lawsuit brought by Texas and Missouri in an attempt to revive the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) - an illegal Trump-era policy that imperiled the lives of families, children, and adults seeking asylum. Last week a federal judge in Texas ordered the Biden administration  more PR

AMARILLO, Texas, Aug. 20 (TNSEco) -- West Texas A&M University issued the following news: A new era in nursing education in the Texas Panhandle will dawn Monday with the official opening of West Texas A&M University's newest facility. The Baptist Community Services Nursing Education Floor will host its first students as classes begin on all WT campuses, including its location on the second floor of the Harrington Academic Hall WTAMU Amarillo Center, 720 S. Tyler St. "High Plains Christian Min more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 20 (TNSGra) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release on Aug. 19, 2021: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has been awarded $12.75 million from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) to support basic, clinical, translational and prevention research efforts, including $3 million for a new project to build clinical trial network infrastructure across Texas. MD Anderson also received $3 millio more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 19 -- The Democratic Party of Georgia issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2021: As the bitter Republican infighting continues, candidates in Georgia's GOP Senate primary are facing criticism of their voting histories. In late July, the Washington Examiner reported that Herschel Walker -- Trump's handpicked candidate for Georgia's U.S. Senate seat -- didn't actually vote in 2016. Last week, a new report (https://www.ajc.com/politics/walkers-wife-voted-in-georgi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release on Aug. 19, 2021: The Democratic National Committee's "Build Back Better" bus tour made a stop in San Antonio, Texas with Mayor Ron Nirenberg, Congressman Joaquin Castro, and former HUD Secretary Julian Castro. During the stop, the speakers highlighted how President Biden and Democrats are delivering for the American people with the creation of more than four million jobs, tax cuts for middle-class famili more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release on Aug. 19, 2021: The DNC's "Build Back Better" bus tour criss-crossed the Sun Belt states with stops in Durham, North Carolina, Atlanta, Georgia, Houston, and San Antonio, Texas. Local leaders, including Congressman David Price, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Congresswoman and Chair of the Democratic Party of Georgia Nikema Williams, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg, C more PR

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Aug. 20 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release: Following a nationwide court-ordered injunction, Attorney General Ashley Moody is urging Florida sheriffs to transfer criminals in the country illegally to federal authorities for deportation, upon the completion of their sentences. The guidance comes after the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas ruled against President Joe Biden's failed immigration policies. The ruling  more PR

FORT DAVIS, Texas, Aug. 19 (TNSPer) -- The University of Texas at Austin's McDonald Observatory issued the following news release: After more than three decades of bringing the wonders of the night sky to visitors and the public, Frank Cianciolo is retiring from McDonald Observatory at the end of this month. Cianciolo is the manager of the Frank N. Bash Visitors Center. "Frank Cianciolo's love for astronomy and masterful knowledge of the night sky have been shared with generations of visitors  more PR

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 17 -- iHeartMedia issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2021: iHeartMedia, the No. 1 podcast publisher globally according to Podtrac, announced today Cool Zone Media, a new podcast network powered by journalist Robert Evans that will chronicle the divisive truths of the past and present in order to bring about a better, more informed future. Cool Zone Media will expand upon iHeartMedia's existing slate of hit podcasts with author and investigative journalist inc more PR

NEW YORK, Texas, Aug. 17 -- iHeartMedia issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2021: iHeartMedia today launched 'iHeartRadio BackToSchool' - a fundraising campaign to support U.S. public school teachers in partnership with DonorsChoose, a national education nonprofit leading the way in connecting donors to teachers in need of classroom resources and experiences. According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), public school teachers spend nearly $500 of their own money o more PR

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 19 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio issued the following news release: It is essential to lift the nation's Latino population from obscurity to the forefront of health care, public health intervention and societal presence, three professors from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio argue in a powerful commentary published Aug. 17 by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The authors are Am more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: This week, the DNC's "Build Back Better" bus tour stopped in Georgia and Texas, where local leaders touted President Biden's success in bringing jobs back, securing a bipartisan infrastructure deal, and providing people in their communities with needed relief through the American Rescue Plan. In San Antonio, Texas: * San Antonio Current: San Antonio's Castro brothers tout Biden's infrastructure bill as more PR

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 17 (TNSOps) -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio issued the following news release: Making a difference by being different. USA Paralympics sitting volleyball player Jillian Williams strives to live by that principle every day, and it's a motto she will carry with her in Tokyo at the 2020 Summer Paralympic Games that begin Aug. 24. Williams is a patient of Aaron Sugalski, DO, a pediatric oncologist with the Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Heal more PR

TOPEKA, Kansas, Aug. 20 -- Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt issued the following statement on Aug. 19, 2021: * * * Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt today released the following statement regarding yesterday's decision by the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit that upheld as constitutional a Texas statute restricting a procedure commonly known as "dismemberment abortion": "Like Texas, Kansas has prohibited the method of abortion that involves the dismemberment of a liv more PR

TOPEKA, Kansas, Aug. 21 -- Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt issued the following news release on Aug. 20, 2021: A federal appeals court yesterday rejected a request from the Biden administration that it be allowed to suspend and then terminate the Migrant Protection Protocols, commonly called the "Remain in Mexico" policy, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said. The appeals court instead sided with states including Kansas that argued the policy should continue in effect at least for no more PR

ARLINGTON, Texas, Aug. 21 (TNSOps) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: The University of Texas at Arlington has become just the fourth institution in the state to achieve designation as a Texas Tier One university, a significant milestone of excellence in academics and research that brings with it access to the state's National Research University Fund (NRUF). The first university to achieve Texas Tier One designation in more than three years, UTA rea more PR

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Aug. 16 -- Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2021: Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt today announced that his office, along with the Texas Attorney General's Office have prevailed in their lawsuit against the Biden Administration over President Biden's cancellation of the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), or "Remain in Mexico" policy. This evening, a federal court in northern Texas, where the case was filed, is more PR

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 20 -- iHeartMedia issued the following news release on Aug. 19, 2021: NEOU, the live streaming and on-demand fitness and wellness marketplace today announced a marketing partnership with iHeartMedia, the number one audio company in the United States, to help build awareness and introduce NEOU's inspiring fitness content and experiences from over 100 studios and instructors to the masses. Through a multiplatform marketing campaign across iHeartMedia's audio network inclu more PR

NEWBERRY, South Carolina, Aug. 17 (TNSPer) -- Newberry College issued the following news: Newberry College has appointed Dr. Molly A. Getsinger as its new director of choral activities for the Department of Music. Getsinger comes to Newberry from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, where she has served as a lecturer in choir and choral education. She has also taught at Xavier University in Ohio and led the women's chorus at the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music.  more PR

IRVING, Texas, Aug. 21 -- 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), announced today that it acquired The Hill for $130 million (plus working capital adjustments), in a transaction that is expected to be immediately accretive to Nexstar's operating results. The Hill is the nation's leading, independent, political digital media platform. The acquisition marks more PR

IRVING, Texas, Aug. 19 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2021: The Nexstar Media Charitable Foundation announced today it will donate $20,000 to the Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) in Dayton, Ohio, on behalf of WDTN-TV and WBDT-TV, the Nexstar Media Inc. television stations serving Dayton and the surrounding area. These funds will be directed to their Keeping More Families Close capital campaign which will allow the  more PR

IRVING, Texas, Aug. 17 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2021: Nexstar Media Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXST), today announced that Michael Silecchia has been appointed Vice President and General Manager of its broadcast and digital operations in Rockford, Illinois, (DMA #139), overseeing WQRF-TV (FOX), mystateline.com, and their related mobile and social media channels. Mr. Silecch more PR

IRVING, Texas, Aug. 18 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release: The Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) today announced the national winners of the Edward R. Murrow Awards, with the local news operations of Nexstar Media Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NXST: Nasdaq), receiving two awards for excellence in the categories of "Continuing Coverage," won by KDVR-TV in Denver, and "Hard News," won by KSNW more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 18 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following statement on Aug. 17, 2021: * * * Office of the Governor Communications Director Mark Miner today issued a statement after Governor Greg Abbott tested positive for COVID-19: "Governor Greg Abbott today tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. The Governor has been testing daily, and today was the first positive test result. Governor Abbott is in constant communication with his staff, agency heads, and government officia more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2021: The Democratic National Committee's "Build Back Better" bus tour made a stop in Houston, Texas with Mayor Sylvester Turner, State Senator Carol Alvarado and Texas Democratic Party Vice Chair Dr. Carla Brailey. During the stop, the speakers highlighted how President Biden and Democrats are delivering for the American people with the creation of more than four million jobs, tax cuts for mi more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Aug. 20 (TNSOps) -- Texas A&M University's College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences issued the following news release: From the moment Jack Price was first assigned to work with Viki, a German Shepherd/Belgian Malinois mix, he knew she was more than just another canine partner. "Viki and I relied on each other in both a working capacity and an emotionally supportive one," said Price, who served on contract under the U.S. Department of Defense. Together, t more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 16 (TNSOps) -- Rice University issued the following news release: Rice University Provost Reginald DesRoches, a professor of civil and environmental engineering with expertise in structural engineering, is available to discuss this weekend's magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Haiti. DesRoches, who is of Haitian descent, served as the key technical leader in the United States' response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake, taking a team of 28 engineers, architects, city planners and socia more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 18 (TNSJou) -- Rice University issued the following news release: If you're putting together a team for a project, you might be inclined to pick people with cheerful, optimistic dispositions and flexible thinking. But a new management study indicates your team might also benefit from people who are exactly the opposite, according to experts at Rice University, the University of Western Australia, Bond University and the University of Queensland. The study, co-authored by J more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 17 (TNSRes) -- Rice University issued the following news release: You very likely have apps on your cellphone. New research at Rice University offers the possibility of apps for your actual cells. Rice bioengineer Laura Segatori and her Brown School of Engineering team have received a prestigious National Institutes of Health Research Project Grant to develop gene activity sensors and activators that, she said, hold unprecedented opportunities for treating diabetes, cancer more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 21 (TNSGra) -- Rice University issued the following news release: Rice University faculty members led by bioengineer Gang Bao have been awarded a $4 million grant by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) to establish the Genetic Design and Engineering Center (GDEC). Rice's first CPRIT Core Facility will provide a one-stop shop for Houston's Texas Medical Center, of which the university is a member, and other institutions that require custom DNA cons more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 17 (TNSOps) -- Rice University issued the following news release: Rae Atkinson, a master of architecture student at Rice University, won first place in the American Institute of Architects Houston chapter's Gulf Coast Green Student Competition to design a "self-help hub" for residents in Houston's Fourth Ward. The initiative by the Houston Freedmen's Town Conservancy would provide walk-in support for neighbors during hurricanes, power outages, sewer backups and other crise more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 19 (TNSRes) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Boise State joins Penn State, Rice for Phase II expansion of ATOMIC center * * * A national research center that brings together university, industry and government partners to develop atom-thin 2D coatings with wide-ranging industrial applications is expanding thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The Center for Atomically Thin Multifunctional Coatings (ATOMIC) is one of mor more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 18 (TNSJou) -- Rice University issued the following news release: Shale oil's short-cycle production protects foreign investors from the risk of expropriation -- government taking private property for public use -- providing an opportunity for the increasingly risk-averse global petroleum industry, according to a new report. The paper, "Shale Renders the 'Obsolescing Bargain' Obsolete: Political risk and foreign investment in Argentina's Vaca Muerta," was authored by the B more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 21 (TNSPol) -- Rice University issued the following news release: Legislative developments outline the challenges Texas will face in ending the war on drugs and other policies that contribute to systemic racism, according to a policy brief from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. During Texas' 87th legislative session, Gov. Greg Abbott actively worked against concerns about police brutality and racism, according to Katharine Neill Harris, the Alfred C. Gla more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 17 (TNSJou) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Flexible thermoelectric generators could be useful way to make carbon 'green' * * * Invisibly small carbon nanotubes aligned as fibers and sewn into fabrics become a thermoelectric generator that can turn heat from the sun or other sources into energy. The Rice University lab of physicist Junichiro Kono led an effort with scientists at Tokyo Metropolitan University and the Rice-based Carbon Hub to m more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 20 (TNSGra) -- Rice University issued the following news release: Rice University chemist Han Xiao and biologist Xiang Zhang at Baylor College of Medicine have won a $2.3 million Department of Defense grant to expand their efforts to halt bone cancer metastasis. The three-year grant is a Level 2 Breast Cancer Research Program Breakthrough Award, through which the department's U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command "challenges the scientific community to design  more PR

HUNTSVILLE, Texas, Aug. 17 (TNSEco) -- Sam Houston State University issued the following news: The Association of College Unions International (ACUI), the largest organization that represents student activity centers and student unions in the United States, recently recognized Sam Houston State University's Lowman Student Center. The building is featured in the July edition of ACUI's Bulletin Magazine covering top renovation and construction projects. "The LSC renovation/expansion and its list more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Aug. 10 (TNSPer) -- Southeast Community College issued the following news: After an extensive national search, Brett Bright of Hutchinson, Kansas, will be the new Vice President of Program Development/Beatrice Campus Director/Athletic Administrator at Southeast Community College. Bright replaces Bob Morgan, who retired in May after 31 years at SCC. Bright has served Hutchinson Community College as Vice President of Student Services for the past six years. He also worked at T more PR

GEORGETOWN, Texas, Aug. 18 (TNSBook) -- Southwestern University issued the following news: A new scholarly book by Professor of English and McManis University Chair Helene Meyers, Movie-Made Jews: An American Tradition, will be published by Rutgers University Press on September 17, 2021. In the volume, Meyerschallenges the assumption that American Jewish cinema is a cinema of impoverishment and assimilation. While it's a truism that Jews make movies, this book brings into focus the diverse ways more PR

LAREDO, Texas, Aug. 20 (TNMon) -- Texas A&M International University, a member of the Texas A and M University System, issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2021: As the 87th Session of the Texas Legislature drew to a close, Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) learned its "Path to Academic and Student Success" (PASS) program would be the recipient of funding totaling $6 million -- truly paving a broad path to student success. TAMIU president Dr. Pablo Arenaz said the partnershi more PR

STEPHENVILLE, Texas, Aug. 17 (TNSPer) -- Tarleton State University issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2021: Tarleton State University's Dr. Karen R. Murray today announced that she'll step back from her role as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs in summer 2022, following more than three decades at the school. In addition to initiating Tarleton's outreach efforts in Fort Worth and Waco, Dr. Murray has served in several leadership positions since arriving in 1987, includi more PR

STEPHENVILLE, Texas, Aug. 20 -- Tarleton State University issued the following news release: Tarleton State University President James Hurley has been appointed to a six-year term on the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's General Academic Institutions Formula Advisory Committee. The committee provides recommendations to the Legislature on the formulas that determine funding allocation to state higher education institutions, including support for faculty salaries, departmental operatin more PR

STEPHENVILLE, Texas, Aug. 17 (TNSGra) -- Tarleton State University issued the following news release: Tarleton State University's Southwest Regional Dairy Center has received an almost $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The grant will help initiate high-tech communications solutions to share research-based information gathered at Tarleton with producers and extension educators. "I am very excited about this grant and to partner more PR

STEPHENVILLE, Texas, Aug. 17 (TNSEve) -- Tarleton State University issued the following news release: The Tarleton State University Department of Fine Arts will present the inventive multimedia installation "My Jesse James Adventure" by Colette Copeland in the Clyde H. Wells Gallery of Art in Stephenville, Aug. 24-Sept. 19. The exhibition is free for students, staff and faculty. Copeland will give a public lecture at a later date. The installation centers around personal research of the artis more PR

STEPHENVILLE, Texas, Aug. 20 (TNSGra)-- Tarleton State University issued the following news release: Researchers at Tarleton State University and Texas A&M University-Commerce have received $299,867 in funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). The grant represents a portion of $7 million awarded U.S. non-land-grant colleges of agriculture. Dr. Adam Mitchell, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Wildlife and Natural Resources at more PR

FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 18 (TNSPar) -- Tarrant County College issued the following news release: The Collegiate Academy of Birdville (CAB) -- a collaborative partnership between Tarrant County College and Birdville ISD - soon will send its first cohort of 11th graders to the newly opened satellite campus at TCC Northeast. After spending their first two years at Haltom High School, approximately 60 CAB students are transitioning to the Hurst campus for all college level courses and some high sc more PR

LAREDO, Texas, Aug. 20 -- Texas A&M International University, a member of the Texas A and M University System, issued the following news release on Aug. 19, 2021: Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) is assisting students who lack home computer access through a no-cost, laptop loaner program. For the second year, loaner laptops will be available for students through the Fall 2021 semester that begins Monday, Aug. 23. Online applications can be accessed by visiting go.tamiu.edu/laptop. T more PR

LAREDO, Texas, Aug. 20 (TNSAcc) -- Texas A&M International University, a member of the Texas A and M University System, issued the following news release on Aug. 19, 2021: Just in time for the start of Fall semester classes start next week, Texas A&M International University's (TAMIU) Master of Public Administration (MPA) Program received exciting news of its recent accreditation renewal by the prestigious Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA), the global sta more PR

COMMERCE, Texas, Aug. 20 (TNSOps) -- Texas A&M University's Commerce Campus issued the following news: In the two years since graduating from Texas A&M University-Commerce, Karli Thornton has been busy changing the world. She has worked internationally, earned her master's degree in biomedical engineering from Cornell University in New York and designed a patent-pending cranial prosthesis device that can potentially help millions of patients. None of her success would be possible, she says, wi more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Aug. 17 (TNSRes) -- Texas A&M University's Health Science Center issued the following news: * * * PreventCOVIDU study aims to determine how effect vaccines are at preventing infection and transmission of COVID-19 virus * * * Houston residents can now take part in a national study evaluating the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in young adults. Texas A&M University Health Science Center (Texas A&M Health) has expanded participation in the PreventCOVIDU study to include the Houston more PR

COMMERCE, Texas, Aug. 19 (TNSBook) -- Texas A&M University's Commerce Campus issued the following news: First-year students at Texas A&M University-Commerce will enjoy a shared reading experience as they engage with the latest Book in Common for the 2021-22 academic year. Funded by the Office of the President, the Book in Common initiative is an ongoing study for A&M-Commerce freshmen that brings students together to learn in an environment that fosters discussion and reflection as they naviga more PR

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Aug. 20 (TNSOps) -- Texas A&M University Corpus Christi campus issued the following news: Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi is leading the way in the Lone Star State as part of a national technological update that will transform the fields of surveying, cartography, and land-use planning. Nearly 40 years after the North American Datum (NAD) of 1983 supplanted the NAD of 1927 as the horizontal datum used to define the geodetic network in North America, the U.S. National more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Aug. 17 (TNSJou) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: A team in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, co-led by associate professor Dr. Akhilesh Gaharwar and assistant professor Dr. Abhishek Jain, has designed a 3D-bioprinted model of a blood vessel that mimics its state of health and disease, thus paving the way for possible cardiovascular drug advancements with better precision. Vascular diseases such as aneurysms, peripheral more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 21 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Attorney General Paxton applauded the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to uphold a Texas law prohibiting live-dismemberment abortions. In a 9-5 decision, the court reversed the district court's judgment that prevented Texas from forbidding this type of violent second-trimester abortion in which a doctor rips an unborn child apart with forceps while the child is stil more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 21 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a complaint asking for a temporary restraining order against San Antonio ISD after it refused to follow Executive Order GA-38. GA-38 prohibits governmental entities and officials from mandating COVID-19 vaccinations. It has the force and effect of state law and preempts local rules and regulations. "Executive Order GA-38 clearly states that government entities in Tex more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 21 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Attorney General Ken Paxton is pleased with the district court's decision to issue a nationwide preliminary injunction against the Biden Administration after they failed to detain dangerous criminal aliens. This is the latest of series of immigration wins against the federal government for the state of Texas. Federal law requires the Department of Homeland Security to take control of illegal aliens c more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 21 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Attorney General Ken Paxton commends a federal district court's decision to issue a preliminary injunction after the Biden Administration capriciously revoked Texas's Medicaid waiver extension. In January, the federal government approved Texas's extension, which benefited the millions of Texans receiving Medicaid. But just a few months later, Biden wrongly and unilaterally rescinded the agreement. T more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 19 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following statement on Aug. 18, 2021: * * * The expansive reach of COVID-19 in Texas has reached the level of a public health emergency. In nearly every corner of the stage, the impact of this virus cannot be overstated. There is no one immune to this surge. Governor Abbott was one of more than 20,000 Texans to test positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday. As kids head back to school and children are being hospitalized more than ever wi more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 21 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following news on Aug. 20, 2021: Last night on Fox News, despicable Dan Patrick hit a new low of racism and disinformation, coming out with the disgusting, racist, and patently false claim that Black Texans are somehow responsible for the state's current surge of COVID-19. Further, instead of doing the decent thing and apologizing for these shameful statements, Patrick took to Twitter Friday to double down on his outrageous and har more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 19 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following statement on Aug. 18, 2021: * * * Texas Democratic Party Vice-Chair Dr. Carla Brailey issued the following statement on the 101st anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment. "Today marks the 101st anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment -- when women won the right to vote across the United States for the first time. It didn't happen overnight. It didn't happen by accident. Women marched, rallied more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 21 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following statement on Aug. 20, 2021: * * * After a near-record 38 days of breaking quorum to block Republicans' anti-Texan legislation, Texas Democrats are bringing this phase of resistance to a close -- returning to the Capitol to continue seeking solutions to the attacks facing Texans. All year long, Texas Democrats have held the line against Texas Republicans' relentless attacks on our right to vote. During the regular legisl more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 17 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following statement on Aug. 16, 2021: * * * Texas Democratic Party Chair Gilberto Hinojosa issued the following statement after President Biden addressed the nation on the U.S. military departure from Afghanistan. "We originally went into Afghanistan to seek justice for those who attacked our country on September 11th and to defeat Al Qaeda so that they may never use Afghanistan as a base from which to attack us again. "The Pre more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 19 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2021: Governor Greg Abbott today announced additional federal coronavirus relief assistance payments from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) will begin this week for populations under 50,000. Under ARPA, the Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (CLFRF) provides emergency funding for eligible localities classified as non-entitlement units of local government (NEUs) to support their response eff more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 20 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Aug. 19, 2021: Governor Greg Abbott today announced that Odessa, having completed the multi-step certification process, has been designated as a Music Friendly Community by the Texas Music Office (TMO). The Music Friendly Community program seeks to foster music business-related economic development in Texas cities and communities. "With support from the Texas Music Office, in 2019 the Texas music industry more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 18 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Kathleen Jackson to the Environmental Flows Advisory Group for a term at the pleasure of the Governor. Kathleen Jackson of Beaumont is a board member of the Texas Water Development Board, where she has served since 2014. She is a registered Professional Engineer and is a member and past chairman of the Southeast Texas section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 17 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Bill Hetherington, Akbar Kara, and Hatch Smith, Jr. to the Governor's Broadband Development Council for terms set to expire on August 31, 2026. The council was created by the 86th Legislature in 2019, and expanded by the 87th Legislature in 2021. The council works to study and identify ways to provide internet access to underserved areas of Texas. Bill Hetherington of Boer more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 18 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has named Brooke Paup to the Western States Water Council for a term to expire at the pleasure of the Governor. Brooke Paup of Austin is the chairman of the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB), and has served on the TWDB since February 2018. Previously, she served as the director of legislative affairs for the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. She is formerly the deputy division  more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 18 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has issued a proclamation setting Tuesday, November 2, 2021 as the special election day for eight proposed constitutional amendments in Texas. View the proclamation: https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/press/PROC_Calling_2021_Const_Amend_Election_in_November_IMAGE_08-13-2021.pdf The eight proposed constitutional amendments on the ballot are: PROPOSITION 1: The constitutional amendment more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 21 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following statement on Aug. 20, 2021: * * * Governor Greg Abbott today issued a statement regarding a U.S. District Court's preliminary injunction against the Biden administration's attempt to block a 10-year 1115 Medicaid waiver extension that was granted by the Trump administration. This extension, which is scheduled to run through 2030, will provide critical healthcare funding, including funds for uncompensated care. "The Bide more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 20 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Aug. 19, 2021: Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) and the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) will deploy additional medical personnel and launch more COVID-19 antibody infusion centers across the state over the next week. "Front-line health care workers across our state are working tirelessly to keep Texans healthy and safe," said Gov more PR

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 17 (TNSEco) -- Trinity University issued the following news on Aug. 16, 2021: Trinity University is known for its commitment to redefining the liberal arts and always setting its sights on a brighter future for its students and world-class faculty. On Aug. 11, the University marked such a day with a ceremonial ribbon-cutting event to officially reopen the newly-renovated Halsell Center. This reimagined building is now the dedicated home to classical studies, history,  more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 17 -- Entergy issued the following news release: For the 21st summer in a row, Entergy Texas, Inc. donated fans to help low-income customers stay cool and save money. This year, the company donated 1,300 boxed fans to 34 agencies and locations across southeast Texas, bringing the total number of fans donated to 24,500 since the start of the program. "The Texas summers are stifling on their own, but for customers without access to air-conditioning, they can be unbea more PR

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Aug. 18 (TNSAwa) -- Alabama State University issued the following news: * * * Students Get $20-K Scholarships From Hanger for P&O Master's Program Two students in Alabama State University's Masters of Science in Prosthetics and Orthotics (MSPO) program have each been awarded $20,000 scholarships from the Hanger Foundation's Diversity Scholarships program. Taushima Nixon and Kayla Tillman were selected from students nationwide to receive the scholarships that also includes more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 19 (TNSPer) -- The University of Houston Law Center issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2021: Professor Sandra Guerra Thompson is stepping down as director of the University of Houston Law Center's Criminal Justice Institute. Guerra Thompson has been succeeded by Associate Professor of Law and Political Science Zachary D. Kaufman and Associate Professor David Kwok, who serve as co-directors. "I thank Professor Guerra Thompson for her leadership and 18 years of se more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 17 (TNSRes) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: * * * Examining Hormonal Control of the Brain and Social Behavior * * * Most people have some idea about the hormone testosterone -how it regulates male behavior or how too little of it might cause a decrease in libido and too much might cause aggressive and irritable behavior. Turns out, no one yet knows how testosterone really does all that. With a $1.9 million grant from the National Institut more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 20 (TNSPro) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: * * * Public Art UHS, University of Houston School of Art Offer New Opportunity for Local Emerging Artists Public Art of the University of Houston System (Public Art UHS) and the UH School of Art are helping Houston-based emerging artists get their work recognized in a public setting. "YardWorks" is a new program intended to give these artists an early-career opportunity to exhibit site-specific i more PR

VICTORIA, Texas, Aug. 19 (TNSPer) -- The University of Houston Victoria campus issued the following news release: Joann Olson, an associate professor in the School of Education, Health Professions & Human Development, is the University of Houston Victoria's new associate provost for research and dean of graduate studies, a role that will help expand the university's research operations and graduate programs. Olson's new position started Monday after the university conducted an internal search. more PR

VICTORIA, Texas, Aug. 19 (TNSPer) -- The University of Houston Victoria campus issued the following news release: Nearly a dozen University of Houston-Victoria faculty members recently were promoted, with seven becoming full professors and three receiving tenure. The associate professors promoted to professors are: * Hongyu Guo, School of Arts & Sciences * Catherine Perz, School of Arts & Sciences * Dmitri Sobolev, School of Arts & Sciences * Olga Chapa, School of Business Administration  more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 18 (TNSMon) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: University of Houston alumnus Larry Snider achieved great success throughout his career as an engineer, leading companies and optimizing systems around the world. Now enjoying retirement, the Snider legacy will live on for generations with a $1 million gift to the UH Cullen College of Engineering to establish the R. Larry and Gerlene (Gerri) R. Snider Endowed Chair in Industrial Engineering - the fi more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 19 (TNSJou) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: * * * Study Addresses Gaps in Research Among Latinx Immigrant Youth * * * While access to mental health services may be limited by financial, logistical and/or practical factors among recently migrated families, a new study by University of Houston psychology researchers suggests that maximizing sleep can offer psychological benefit to adolescents in this at-risk group. "The current study takes  more PR

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Aug. 20 (TNSAwa) -- The University of North Carolina's School of the Arts issued the following news release: Two women studying lighting design in the School of Design and Production have won industry-funded scholarships that support designers from underrepresented populations. Juniors Camryn Banks of Atlanta and Taylor Gordon of Keller, Texas, are recipients of the third annual Pat MacKay Diversity in Design Scholarships. Funded by Live Design International (LDI more PR

DENTON, Texas, Aug. 18 (TNSPar) -- The University of North Texas issued the following news release: A University of North Texas professor and a group of undergraduate students in the College of Health and Public Service are using their expertise to help bring much needed green space to a Lewisville community. The park planning project is a collaboration between the city of Lewisville and UNT's Advanced Environmental Research Institute. UNT Assistant Professor Lauren Ames Fischer in the Departm more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 20 (TNSRes) -- The University of Texas at Austin's Texas Advanced Computing Center issued the following news release: * * * New NSF-funded project to improve prediction capabilities, expand applications in electronics, lighting, energy, and quantum technology * * * After the discovery that applying heat to sand could produce glass by humankind around 3,500 B.C., a quiet but persistent materials revolution had begun. The fact that sand's main component, silica, was to tak more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 21 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas at Austin's Texas Advanced Computing Center issued the following news release: * * * TACC's Longhorn helps researchers reveal potential vulnerability in virus * * * Despite more than a year and a half of research, there are still many unknowns about how the virus that causes COVID-19 infects human cells. A deeper understanding could lead to new treatment approaches. Using supercomputer simulations, a team from the University of Cali more PR

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 17 (TNSOps) -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio issued the following news release: When U.S. gymnast Simone Biles pulled out of the all-around competition at the Olympic games citing mental health concerns, Summer Rolin nodded knowingly. She counsels Olympic speedskaters, and with a doctorate in psychology is a clinical neuropsychologist at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also known as UT Health San Antonio. She more PR

ARLINGTON, Texas, Aug. 21 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine have named Erick C. Jones, associate dean for graduate studies in The University of Texas at Arlington College of Engineering, a Jefferson Science Fellow (JSF) for 2021-22. Jones will serve as a senior science advisor in the Office of the Chief Economist at the U.S. State Department. His current research on pandemic supply more PR

RICHARDSON, Texas, Aug. 21 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas Dallas campus issued the following news: Each year nearly 5,000 patients die while waiting for kidney transplants, and yet an estimated 3,500 procured kidneys are discarded. In a recent study published online July 9 in the INFORMS journal Management Science, a researcher from The University of Texas at Dallas investigated how introducing new airline routes impacts the sharing of cadaveric kidneys. "This mismatch between supply and more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 20 (TNSRes) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: As immigrants move to Austin, they may face several challenges. A new analysis from public policy researchers at The University of Texas at Austin shows that although measures of legal support, government leadership and community put Austin at 43 out of the 100 largest cities in 2020 for immigrant incorporation, the city falls below average on measures of civic participation, livability and job opportu more PR

CANYON, Texas, Aug. 20 (TNSRes) -- West Texas A&M University issued the following news: Prevention, not intervention. That's the goal of a new study that Dr. Ashley Pinkham and colleagues from New York and Canada will lead to close reading gaps among children before they reach kindergarten. "That's exactly it - to be proactive rather than reactive," said Pinkham, associate professor of psychology in West Texas A&M University's College of Education and Social Sciences. "The buzz phrase is we're more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 21 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following news: It's been more than three weeks since Gov. Greg Abbott doubled down on his executive order banning schools and local authorities from taking action to keep Texans safe, and since then, the situation has become increasingly dire. COVID-19 levels in Texas schools are significantly higher than they were a year ago, kids are making up 18% of new COVID-19 cases, and the governor himself has contracted COVID-19 -- yet Abb more PR