LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, Nov. 10 (TNSMon) -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette Campus issued the following news story: The University of Louisiana at Lafayette's $500 million comprehensive fundraising campaign is underway. Together: The Campaign for the University of Louisiana at Lafayette is the largest single fundraising initiative in University history. UL Lafayette announced the start of the campaign's public phase during an event on Friday, Nov. 5. President Dr. Joseph Savoie said re more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Nov. 9 (TNSPer) -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news on Nov. 8, 2021: * * * LSU AgCenter researcher Terrence R. Tiersch, director of the Aquatic Germplasm and Genetic Resources Center in the School of Renewable Natural Resources, has been reappointed as chair of the National Genetic Resources Advisory Council. According to a release from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the council "provides feedback to the Secretary of Agriculture a more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, Nov. 9 (TNSEve) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Brian Chaney, '02, CFO/COO of Bear Walker Industries, will deliver "The Business Behind the (Skate)Board" during the next Inside the C-Suite lecture series. Hosted by Louisiana Tech University's College of Business, this free lecture will take place at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 12, in Davis Auditorium (COB 101). "Brian has spent nearly 20 years building and transforming organizations," said Dr. Chris Martin,  more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Nov. 10 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Entergy Corporation has appointed industry executive Cory Ramsel as vice president, portfolio marketing, sales and customer insights, effective Nov. 8. Ramsel will join the integrated customer organization announced earlier this year and report directly to Chief Customer Officer David Ellis. Ramsel will be responsible for developing and executing the company's strategy for sales and marketing efforts by conducting cu more PR

NORTH BILLERICA, Massachusetts, Nov. 10 -- Curriculum Associates issued the following news release: Curriculum Associates' i-Ready Classroom Mathematics program for Grades 6-8 recently received a Tier 1 rating by the Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE). With the prior Tier 1 rating of i-Ready Classroom Mathematics for Grades K-5, the complete program for Grades K-8 has now received the highest rating from the Department. Louisiana educators can use i-Ready Classroom Mathematics, which "exe more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Nov. 10 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Entergy Louisiana will soon grow its green power-generating portfolio by purchasing 475-megawatts of additional solar power. This is in addition to the 50 megawatts of solar the company purchases through the Capital Region Solar plant in West Baton Rouge and various hydroelectric and other renewable resources. Under the new contracts, the company will receive carbon-free power from four solar facilities across the st more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Nov. 9 -- Entergy issued the following news release on Nov. 8, 2021: Entergy Corporation today announced that Steve McNeal, vice president and treasurer, plans to retire in spring 2022. Barrett Green, currently vice president, commercial operations for Entergy Wholesale Commodities will succeed McNeal, with an effective date to be confirmed in early 2022. In this role, Green will lead the company's treasury function, including financing, risk and investments. Green will  more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, Nov. 11 (TNSOps) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Gabe Freeman prepares to lead a tour of campus."There's always a struggle being a minority because it is hard to fit in in certain groups, but I feel no different as a student here at Tech." Louisiana Tech University is home for Gabriel Freeman, a sophomore History major who has found his place through his commitment to making the University a better place for all students. Freeman was born in Oregon a more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Nov. 11 (TNSAwa) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: * * * LSU Public Relations Professor Jinx Broussard Honored as 2021 Bruce K. Berger Educator Honoree by The Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations LSU Professor Jinx Coleman Broussard has been named a 2021 Bruce K. Berger Educator Honoree by The Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations. She is one of five influential public relations leaders who will be honored at the annu more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Nov. 9 -- The Louisiana Democratic Party issued the following news release: House Democrats, including our very own Congressman Troy Carter, passed President Biden's Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the largest investment in American infrastructure in nearly a century. It guarantees over $7 billion for Louisiana to upgrade our roads, bridges, ports, water infrastructure and expand broadband access. "The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is a historic win for more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Nov. 9 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on Nov. 8, 2021: Gov. John Bel Edwards today joined the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) as well as local and state officials to break ground on the Houma Navigation Canal (HNC) Lock Complex and announce the completion of the Grand Bayou Floodgate, two critical components of the Morganza to the Gulf Hurricane Protection System. With the completion of the 147-foot Grand B more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Nov. 8 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following statement on Nov. 6, 2021: * * * Gov. John Bel Edwards released the following statement following the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act in Congress last night. "The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is a big win for Louisiana as it will allow the state to both advance long overdue and much-needed major road and bridge projects as well as help expand high speed broadband access, more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Nov. 9 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on Nov. 8, 2021: Gov. John Bel Edwards today issued a statement congratulating the newly-selected president of Northwestern State University Marcus Jones. Since July 2021, Jones has served as the interim president of the university and will permanently take on the role starting November 15. Gov. Edwards said: "Congratulations to the new president of Northwestern State University Marcus Jones, who  more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Nov. 11 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards and Rural Sourcing CEO Monty Hamilton announced the company will establish a new software development center in downtown Baton Rouge that will create 150 direct new jobs with average salaries of $75,000, plus benefits. Louisiana Economic Development estimates the project will result in 166 new indirect jobs, for a total of 316 new jobs in Louisiana's Capital Region. Atlanta-b more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Nov. 11 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards and S&W Wholesale Foods President and Owner Paul Spalitta announced the company is investing $12 million to develop a new multi-temperature wholesale food distribution center near Hammond, Louisiana. Upon completion, the company will relocate its current operations to the new 100,000 square-foot facility, which will feature 30,000 square feet of office space that includes a st more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Nov. 10 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Military-related spending in Louisiana creates $9.64 billion in annual economic impact across all regions of the state, according to a study commissioned by the State of Louisiana. Economic activity associated with that spending results in more than 77,000 jobs and pays $348.7 million in state and local taxes, the study showed. In terms of payroll employment, the military accounts for 3.75 percent more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Nov. 11 (TNSPar) -- Loyola University issued the following news release: * * * Agreement Accelerates Path to Master's Degree for Loyola Public Health Students The Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and Loyola University of New Orleans have signed an articulation agreement that provides an opportunity for qualified undergraduate students at Loyola to apply to and enroll in a master of public health (MPH) program. Participating students can b more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Nov. 10 (TNSRes) -- The Louisiana State University's Pennington Biomedical Research Center issued the following news release: * * * Study Will Enroll Black Patients with Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes in Baton Rouge, New Orleans * * * Can the use of telemedicine with personalized health coaching help Black patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes lose weight and improve their heart health? A new study backed by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparit more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Nov. 13 (TNSJou) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: The most pristine parts of the Amazon rainforest devoid of direct human contact are being impacted by human-induced climate change, according to new research by LSU scientists. New analyses of data collected over the past four decades show that not only has the number of sensitive resident birds throughout the Amazon rainforest declined, but the body size and wing length have changed for mo more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Nov. 12 (TNSJou) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: In a new study published in Nature Communications, Associate Professor Tuo Wang and his research team from the Department of Chemistry at Louisiana State University revealed the molecular architecture of fungal cell walls and the structural responses to stresses, aiding the development of antifungal drugs targeting cell wall components. Life-threatening fungal infections impact the health  more PR

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, Nov. 13 (TNSOps) -- Southwestern Electric Power, an American Electric Power company, issued the following news release on Nov. 11, 2021: Southwestern Electric Power Co. employees today donated approximately 25 boxes of canned goods, toiletries and other staples to Woody's Home for Veterans in Shreveport. SWEPCO's Military Veterans Employee Resource Group (MVERG) has collected the food and toiletries for the past 12 years as a way to honor those who have served our country more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Nov. 9 (TNSBook) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: How do disasters come to be known as disasters and how are they used as tools of politics? Those are just two of the questions that Andy Horowitz, an associate professor of history at Tulane University, aims to answer in Critical Disaster Studies (University of Pennsylvania Press), a book he co-edited with Jacob A.C. Remes, an associate professor of history at New York University. Horowitz, the Pa more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Nov. 10 (TNSJou) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists have strived to answer basic questions about the amount of SARS-CoV-2 virus required to cause an infection and how that viral dose influences disease severity. Answers to these questions help drive public health decisions to keep public spaces safe and serve as the foundation for future COVID-19 research. Tulane researchers Chad Roy, PhD, and Dr. more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Nov. 10 (TNSRes) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: New Orleans startups are making substantial gains in attracting investment funding while also adopting more flexible work options and scaling back their office expansion plans, according to the latest findings from Tulane University's 2021 Greater New Orleans Startup Report. The report, compiled by the Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Tulane's A. B. Freeman School of Busi more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Nov. 11 (TNSRes) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: New Orleans startups are making substantial gains in attracting investment funding while also adopting more flexible work options and scaling back their office expansion plans, according to the latest findings from Tulane University's 2021 Greater New Orleans Startup Report. The report, compiled by the Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Tulane's A. B. Freeman School of Busi more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Nov. 9 (TNSRes) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: The National Science Foundation has awarded a Tulane University researcher a RAPID grant to study how pollutants from flooding caused by Hurricane Ida may have affected groundwater and water systems in south Louisiana. Louisiana and other coastal states face hazards like superstorms and hurricanes that can expose groundwater and water systems to chemical or microbial contaminants that may have seri more PR

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, Nov. 10 (TNSOps) -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette Campus issued the following news story on Nov. 9, 2021: Most strands of American music have an iconic instrument. Horns for jazz, banjos for bluegrass, and electric guitars for rock and roll. But few are as essential and unmistakable as the diatonic accordion and its role in the music of south Louisiana. And few know the instrument as intimately as world-renowned accordion player, builder, and author, Marc Savoy. more PR

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, Nov. 12 (TNSRes) -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette Campus issued the following news story: The University of Louisiana at Lafayette will establish an extension service to help the state meet objectives for reducing carbon dioxide and methane emissions. The Louisiana C1 Extension Service will be part of UL Lafayette's Energy Institute of Louisiana. The research and policy institute is focused on energy development and usage. It houses several centers that collecti more PR