LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, Oct. 1 (TNSPer) -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette Campus issued the following news story: A scholar whose work has shaped and influenced childhood education policy for 25 years is the new executive director of the Cecil J. Picard Center for Child Development and Lifelong Learning at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Dr. Rachel Gordon joined UL Lafayette this semester. She is also the University's Loyd J. Rockhold Endowed Chair in Child Development, and a  more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Sept. 29 (TNSAwa) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: * * * LSU Geographer Receives Rachel Carson Center Fellowship LSU Department of Geography & Anthropology Professor Emeritus Craig Colten has received a Landhaus Fellowship from the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society in Munich, Germany. The program will assemble scholars from around the world in 2022-23. The fellowship will allow them to spend time in residence, working on  more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Sept. 28 -- The Louisiana Democratic Party issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2021: Louisiana's Republican House Delegation voted NO on hurricane disaster relief for Louisiana! Help us hold them accountable. Chip in $10 or $20 today to elect Democrats who will stand up for Louisiana families and do the right thing! Representatives Steve Scalise, Mike Johnson, Julia Letlow, Clay Higgins, and Garret Graves voted against a package that includes $28.6 BILLION in more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Sept. 29 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards extended Louisiana's statewide indoor mask mandate for another four weeks, until October 27, as the state's overall COVID-19 outlook improves following the state's worst COVID-19 surge of the entire pandemic. The statewide mask mandate includes K-12 schools and college campuses. "There is no doubt that our COVID-19 situation in Louisiana has improved since the peak of our fo more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Oct. 1 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following statement on Sept. 30, 2021: * * * Gov. John Bel Edwards issued a statement today, following congressional approval of disaster recovery funding for Louisiana. Gov. Edwards said: "Today is a day that many in South Louisiana, myself included, have long waited for, with the passage of aid for Louisiana following a number of disasters, including the devastating Hurricanes Laura, Delta, Zeta and Ida. "Th more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Sept. 27 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Last night, Gov. John Bel Edwards received notice that Pres. Joseph R. Biden has approved his request for an additional 15 days at 100 percent federal funding for Public Assistance Category A, Debris Removal, and Category B, Emergency Protective Measures for both Hurricanes Ida and Laura. In addition, Pres. Biden increased the overall federal cost share to 90 percent for FEMA Public Assistance fun more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Oct. 2 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Louisiana's Shot For 100 vaccine incentive program expands beyond college students to include anyone in Louisiana who gets their COVID vaccine. Patients must receive the vaccine at participating community-based sites as listed on ShotFor100.com. Anyone receiving their first shot is eligible and may only participate once. Minors are eligible for the cash incentive but require parental consent to get more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Oct. 2 (TNSGra) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Four Louisiana public projects were awarded $5,000 grants to implement community projects following their participation in the Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs' inaugural capacity building program, The Community Collaborative: By the Community, For the Community. The Community Collaborative launched in May 2021 as an initiative to empower Louisiana residents to engage in collective  more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 29 (TNSPol) -- Loyola University issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2021: The pandemic has put in stark relief the role undocumented immigrants play as essential workers in our nation's economy. Loyola University New Orleans hosts a panel talk on Wednesday in which area immigration advocates discuss the need for immigration reform that includes an earned path to citizenship for the 10.4 million undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. today and what e more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Sept. 28 (TNSRes) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: LSU Electrical & Computer Engineering Professor Lu Peng and a team of ECE undergraduate and graduate students have developed a COVID-19 contact-tracing mobile app that notifies the user if he or she has come into contact with someone who has recently tested positive for the virus. The GeauxTrace app--part of an $888,642 grant from the National Institutes of Health that also encompasses fo more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Sept. 28 (TNSOps) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: The technology behind Tigeraire's first product, the Cyclone, was developed in collaboration with the LSU Tigers football team. It consists of dual blowers designed to fit between the padding inside a football helmet to provide a cooler, more comfortable playing environment. Tigeraire's portfolio of products is set to grow over the next year into other sports as well as industrial hard hat more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Sept. 29 (TNSPar) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2021: * * * LSU and Guild Education Partner to Provide Stackable Credentials and Degrees to Working Adult Learners LSU is proud to announce a new partnership with Guild Education, a leading education and upskilling platform. LSU will join Guild's Learning Marketplace to provide working adult learners at Guild's employer partners, including Chipotle, Target, Walmart and Waste  more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Sept. 29 (TNSOps) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: LSU has broken the record for the most accomplished, largest and most diverse freshman class in university history. This year's 7,038 freshmen enrolled surpasses last year's record of 6,690 freshmen. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, overall enrollment at LSU is also at an all-time high of 35,914. "Our incoming class joins a teaching and learning community led by outstanding faculty and staf more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Sept. 29 (TNSRes) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Each day, many of the products we use, whether we know it or not, are produced from natural gas or crude oil using carbon- and energy-intensive processes. But what if we could make those same products using CO2, thereby drastically reducing or even eliminating our carbon footprint? That is the ultimate goal of a project being conducted by researchers from LSU and the University of Delawar more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, Sept. 28 -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Dr. Mary Caldorera-Moore, Associate Professor and Chair for Biomedical Engineering at Louisiana Tech University's College of Engineering and Science, joined the editorial team of the Journal of Applied Polymer Science. Caldorera-Moore was invited to become an executive editor after guest-editing a special issue entitled "Intelligent/Responsive Polymers as Biomaterials," in honor of her postdoctoral advisor, Dr. more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Sept. 30 (TNSMon) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2021: An interdisciplinary team of LSU-Penn State researchers has been awarded $1.5M from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop a smarter approach to ionic separations, which are important for water treatment, resource recovery, and energy production. Using machine learning, the researchers are building a platform for accelerated materials and processes discovery. It c more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, Sept. 27 (TNSGra) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Andrew Ganucheau, director of the Louisiana Center for Afterschool Learning in the SciTEC division of the Louisiana Tech's College of Education, has been awarded a grant from the STEM Next Opportunity Fund as part of the Million Girls Moonshot initiative. The Million Girls Moonshoot effort inspires and prepares the next generation of innovators by engaging one million more girls in STEM learning oppor more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 2 -- McGlinchey Stafford, a law firm, issued the following news release on Oct. 1, 2021: McGlinchey Stafford is proud to welcome former Assistant U.S. Attorney James R. "Jim" Sturdivant as a member (partner) in the firm's Birmingham office. As part of the Government and Internal Investigations team, he aggressively represents clients in high-stakes white collar litigation and helps them prepare for and navigate state and federal investigations. Jim is the 22nd attor more PR

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Oct. 1 -- Gov. Michael Parson, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: Governor Mike Parson and Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson joined together at the Missouri-Arkansas state line for a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of the I-49 Missouri-Arkansas Connector. The connector includes the final five miles of the I-49 and I-29 corridor that stretches from North Dakota to Louisiana. "We thank our transportation partners here in Missouri and acros more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 28 -- Entergy issued the following news release: After Hurricane Ida's high Category 4 winds impacted southeast Louisiana and commanding the largest restoration workforce in company history, Entergy Louisiana, LLC has made power available to nearly all customers who can safely receive it outside some water routes and the hardest hit areas of Port Fourchon and Grand Isle. Customers with damage to their homes' electric equipment must make repairs before power can be more PR

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, Oct. 2 (TNSOps) -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release: The Nicholls State University fall enrollment decreased for the first time since 2014 in the wake of Hurricane Ida and a multi-year global pandemic. Nicholls enrolled 6,239 students, according to 14th-day class statistics, an 8-percent drop from Fall 2020. Nicholls President Dr. Jay Clune said he anticipated a drop in enrollment as students are weary from going to school during the COVID-19 e more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 29 (TNSAwa) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: * * * Tulane Geologist Wins National Award for Research and Outreach Nicole Gasparini, a geologist in the Tulane University School of Science and Engineering, has won numerous awards during her professional career, but the latest one might be the most satisfying. Gasparini has been named the winner of the 2021 Marguerite T. Williams Award, given annually by the American Geophysical Union's Earth more PR

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, Oct. 2 -- Southwestern Electric Power, an American Electric Power company, issued the following news release: Superhero-theme livestream performances will teach students and their families about electricity safety this fall in a program called Captain Wattage. Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) has partnered with The National Theatre for Children (NTC) to bring the safety program to schools in SWEPCO's three-state service territory. "These livestream performances  more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 30 (TNSGra) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Ehab Meselhe, a professor in the Tulane Department of River-Coastal Science and Engineering, has received a $125,000 grant to plan the creation of an online forecasting tool to help scientists, ecologists and engineers evaluate how freshwater diversion and other coastal restorations projects may impact marine mammals, shorebirds, barrier islands and fisheries from the Mississippi River to the Gulf  more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 1 (TNSRes) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: The "no glass on the beach" rule might get turned on its head, just a bit, now that a team of Tulane University engineers and scientists has received funding to establish a recycling program that uses glass sand to prevent coastal land loss. With the help of more than $700,000 in funding from the National Science Foundation's Convergence Accelerator Program, the Tulane team will work with the New Or more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 30 (TNSOps) -- The University of New Orleans issued the following news release: The University of New Orleans has launched eSports programming with the opening of a new on-campus eSports Cafe and plans for intramural, club and varsity teams in the future. The new facility, which features an array of PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X consoles, is located in the Recreation & Fitness Center and will serve as a hub for both recreational and competitive gamers. "The  more PR