BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 25 (TNSMon) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: A $7.8 million estate gift from the late Dr. Charles M. Smith of Sulphur, La., will advance cancer treatment through a longstanding partnership with LSU and Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center that began in 1980. LSU and the Cancer Center leverage their education and research expertise through a joint medical and health physics program. This elite program is improving the quality of patient car more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 26 (TNSMon) -- Tulane University issued the following news release on Aug. 25, 2021: A husband and wife team who first met as Tulane undergraduates on the way to becoming doctors is donating $5 million to create the university's ninth Presidential Chair, which will be based at the School of Medicine. The Drs. Philip and Cheryl Leone Presidential Chair Endowed Fund will support a medical school professor who will also hold a joint appointment in another school or un more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 26 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Entergy Louisiana is continuing to partner with regional organizations to help the state, including the Bayou Region, grow through economic development. The company recently provided approximately $110,000 to the South Louisiana Economic Council (SLEC) to help fund the organization's efforts to support workforce development, retain businesses in the region and attract new ones to the area and, ultimately, create a mo more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 27 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Entergy Louisiana, Entergy New Orleans and the Entergy Charitable Foundation have helped support Louisiana communities in 2021 by contributing nearly $3 million to nonprofit organizations across the state during the first half of the year. Nearly 50% of those contributions went toward supporting education and literacy. Supporting schools and improving education is critical to ensuring a bright future for Louisiana, e more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 24 (TNSEco) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: In a bold, strategic move, five of LSU's entities that support innovation and business development have joined forces under the new Office of Innovation & Ecosystem Development. The university's 200-acre technology park, LSU Innovation Park, the Louisiana Business & Technology Center, Louisiana Technology Transfer Office, the LSU-based Small Business Development Center and the Office of In more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 23 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards announced his appointments to several Louisiana boards and commissions. Bayou D'Arbonne Lake Watershed District The Bayou D'Arbonne Lake Watershed District aids and assists the department of public works and is established as the governing authority of said district after the completion of the construction process by the said department of public works of the state of Louis more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 27 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards announced his appointments to several Louisiana boards and commissions. Louisiana Military Family Assistance Board The Military Family Assistance Board is responsible for establishing rules for funding need-based claims submitted by families of activated military personnel and travel assistance for deployed military personnel. Brigadier General Michael A. Cushman of Mandev more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 24 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards and State Health Officer Dr. Joseph Kanter applauded the U. S. Food and Drug Administration's full approval of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, the first such full approval of its kind. The COVID-19 vaccines are safe, effective and easily available all across Louisiana for people ages 12 and older. More than 2.2 million Louisianans have taken at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 26 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: The Louisiana Department of Health confirms the death of a child under the age of 1- the first of the fourth surge of COVID-19 in the state, which is largely driven by the stronger, more contagious Delta variant and the state's lower vaccination rates. Today, the Louisiana Department of Health reports 110 deaths from COVID, including this young child, bringing the total deaths in the state from COV more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 27 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards has declared a state of emergency due to the potential impacts and further development of Tropical Storm Ida. According to the National Hurricane Center, this system is forecast to approach the northern Gulf Coast at or near major hurricane intensity Sunday. While there is some forecast uncertainty since the system is just forming, there is the potential for dangerous storm  more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 28 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Late Thursday evening, Gov. John Bel Edwards requested a pre-landfall Federal Declaration of Emergency in a letter to President Joseph R. Biden in advance of Tropical Storm Ida, which is forecast to make landfall in Louisiana as a Category 3 hurricane late Sunday evening or Monday morning. On Thursday, Gov. Edwards declared a state of emergency for Tropical Storm Idea, allowing the state to begin  more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, Aug. 24 (TNSPro) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: A new class for Louisiana Tech University Fashion Merchandising and Retail Studies students has them expressing their creativity in a completely different way. This past spring quarter, students had the opportunity to take Fashion Illustration and Design, a class born out of collaboration between Instructor Penny Humphries and Assistant Professor Whitney Causey of Louisiana Tech's School of Design. The  more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 24 (TNSMon) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Utilizing allocations from the federal the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund, LSU has erased more than $7 million in student debt, from spring 2020 to present. Including this round of debt relief, LSU has provided more than $25 million in relief funds to students since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. "In an effort to continue providing access to an LSU education, we have made the  more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 28 (TNSOps) -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news on Aug. 27, 2021: By Heather Kirk-Ballard You may have heard the old proverb "good fences make good neighbors." Robert Frost made the phrase popular in his poem "Mending Wall." The debate may have begun there, but I say the same can be true of a good hedge. I love my neighbors, personally, but hedges can bring many other benefits to the landscape. First, a hedge is defined as a fence more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 26 (TNSRes) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Construction 3D Printing (C3DP) is quickly becoming a new way of building thanks to researchers like LSU Construction Management Assistant Professor Ali Kazemian. Since 2014, he has researched C3DP and currently has four projects related to the study of this technology that will not only help the construction industry, but also make living on the Moon and Mars a reality. C3DP is a large-sc more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 27 (TNSRep) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2021: * * * LSU School of Education Office of Educational Research publishes report with teachers' views of work environments and responses to challenges stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic * * * The Office of Educational Research in the LSU School of Education released a report today, sharing survey results from PreK-12 teachers across the state. The survey was administered t more PR

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, Aug. 20 (TNSAwa) -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release: The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) has recognized Dr. Cynthia Vavasseur for her achievements in educational technology. The nonprofit honored the professor of teacher education with the 2021 ISTE Teacher Education Network Award for Excellence in Teacher Education. Every year, ISTE recognizes educators who make a difference in education. The ISTE Teacher Education Ne more PR

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, Aug. 25 (TNSGra) -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release: The Atchafalaya National Heritage Area (ANHA) has awarded Nicholls State University $10,000 to augment the Chauvin Sculpture Garden and Art Studio. The university will use the money to install several new park benches and reinforce the wooden walkway in such a manner that it can withstand the sun and salt of a coastal environment. Additionally, a group of Nicholls physiology students worked  more PR

HAMMOND, Louisiana, Aug. 27 -- Southeastern Louisiana University issued the following news release: The University of Louisiana System has launched a program to enhance the educational experiences of exemplary Black male students. Two students from each of the system's nine member institutions, including Southeastern Louisiana University, are participating in the inaugural cohort of the R.F. Lewis Scholars program, a three-year initiative that focuses on academics, social advancement and commun more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 26 (TNSJou) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: An award-winning Tulane University researcher has led a team in discoveries that could result in significantly faster charging electric vehicles and portable devices such as cell phones and laptops. The team, led by Michael Naguib, the Ken & Ruth Arnold Early Career Professor in Science and Engineering, engineered novel materials at the nanoscale to achieve high power and energy densities. The new  more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 27 (TNSRes) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has selected Tulane University researcher Monica Embers, associate professor of microbiology and immunology, to serve as one of 14 members of the 2021 Tick-Borne Disease Working Group. The Working Group, established by Congress in 2016 as part of the 21st Century Cures Act, serves as a federal advisory committee that provides expertise and recommenda more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 28 (TNSJou) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Machu Picchu is the most famous landmark of Inca civilization, and until recently, it was believed that the one-time estate of Inca emperor Pachacuti in southern Peru was built around AD 1438. A new study, one that involves a Tulane University researcher, suggests otherwise. The study, led by researchers at Yale University and published in the journal Antiquity, says the citadel may have been built more PR

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, Aug. 24 (TNSPol) -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette Campus issued the following news story: The University of Louisiana System will require students enrolled in its nine members institutions be vaccinated against COVID-19. The system previously said it would request that the Louisiana Department of Health add the vaccine to the schedule of required immunizations for students once approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA announced full approval o more PR

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, Aug. 25 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette Campus issued the following news story: The American Academy of Nursing has named a University of Louisiana at Lafayette educator to its 2021 Class of Fellows. Dr. Paula Zeanah is the second UL Lafayette faculty member recognized as an academy Fellow in as many years. Last year, the AAN named Dr. Melinda Oberleitner, dean the College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions, a Fellow. Zeanah is the only Fellow f more PR

OXFORD, Mississippi, Aug. 25 (TNSOps) -- The University of Mississippi issued the following news release: Three University of Mississippi alumni have developed an app that boldly aims to solve a very common problem: the feeling of being disconnected. DaisNotes LLC - co-founded by Kyle Herbert, of Metairie, Louisiana, and Nicholas Neilson-Slabach, of Fort Worth, Texas - targets students and professors for note-sharing and social networking for their classes. They're working with 2021 UM graduat more PR

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Aug. 27 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following statement: * * * Governor Gordon has responded to a court brief filed by the United States Department of Interior yesterday advising the district court of the next steps in the offshore and onshore oil and gas leasing processes. Interior is currently appealing a June ruling by a federal judge in Louisiana blocking the Biden Administration's oil and gas leasing "pause". The Governor issued the following statement:  more PR