NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 17 (TNSPer) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Tulane University professor Chenzhong Li, PhD, has been named a 2021 fellow by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), an honor that is the highest professional distinction accorded solely to academic inventors. Li, professor of Biomedical Engineering and Biochemistry at Tulane University School of Medicine and the School of Science and Engineering, leads advances in biochemistry and biomedical en more PR

HAMMOND, Louisiana, Dec. 17 (TNSEve) -- Southeastern Louisiana University issued the following news release: The University Counseling Center at Southeastern Louisiana University will sponsor the fourth annual Terrell Conference for mental health practitioners Friday, Jan. 7, in the university's Grand Ballroom, located in the Student Union. Originally planned Sept. 10, the conference was rescheduled due to impacts from Hurricane Ida. Assistant Director of Collegiate Recovery and Intervention a more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, Dec. 17 (TNSAwa) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Louisiana Tech Provost Dr. Terry McConathy was honored with the Demetria N. Gibbs Outstanding Chair Award by the Southern Association of Colleges and School Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) at its recent 2021 Annual Meeting, this year held in Dallas. The award was established in 2013 in memory of Demetria Gibbs, a significant member of the association's leadership team responsible for the professional d more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 17 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Entergy stepped beyond the power grid again this year to support its communities in Louisiana by partnering with food pantries and nonprofits to fight community hunger. Throughout the year, including the holiday season, the company provided more than $300,000 to make sure thousands of families had access to nutritious food and other necessities. Families will receive meals through the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank an more PR

LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana, Dec. 14 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Entergy Louisiana is continuing to partner with regional organizations to help the state, including southwest Louisiana, grow through economic development. The company recently provided approximately $122,500 to the Southwest Louisiana Economic Development Alliance to help fund the organization's efforts to support workforce development, retain businesses in the region and attract new ones to the area and, ultimatel more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 14 (TNSOps) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: The alumnus whose name is synonymous with Tulane men's basketball is now providing the lead gift to build the pre-eminent student residence hall in the university's new residential village currently taking shape along McAlister Way on the uptown campus. The gift from real estate magnate Avron B. Fogelman (A&S '62) and his wife, Wendy (NC '63), will propel the construction of Fogelman Hall, which wi more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 15 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: In a letter to the House Committee on Health and Welfare, Gov. John Bel Edwards confirmed that the Louisiana Department of Health will move forward with adding the safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine to the schedule of immunizations for the populations for which it currently has full Food and Drug Administration approval, people 16 and older. All of Louisiana's current opt-out provisions for parent more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 15 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on Dec. 14, 2021: More than 2.29 million Louisianans - nearly 50 percent of the state's population - became fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in the first year of vaccinations. In addition, Louisiana has seen a decrease in the number of people hospitalized with COVID and in the percent of COVID tests that are positive. Today, the vast majority of COVID hospitalizations, cases and deaths are in those more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 18 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Ternium USA Inc. is planning to expand its facility at the Port of Caddo-Bossier with an investment of $98 million. The company is retaining 157 jobs, and the project will create 35 new direct jobs with an average salary of $69,000, plus benefits. Louisiana Economic Development estimates the project will result in 98 indirect jobs, for a total of 133 new jobs in Louisiana's Northwest Region. Terni more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 14 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on Dec. 13, 2021: Gov. John Bel Edwards applauded today's announcement by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo that two Louisiana economic development projects are among the 60 finalists nationally for the U.S. Economic Development Administration's $1 billion "Build Back Better Regional Challenge." The EDA American Rescue Plan program aims to boost economic pandemic recovery and rebuild Amer more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, Dec. 17 (TNSPer) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards has appointed Dr. Lindsey B. Keith-Vincent of the College of Education to the Louisiana Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (LaSTEM) Advisory Council. "It is my honor to serve in this capacity, and I am grateful to Gov. Edwards and my colleagues and leaders at Louisiana Tech for entrusting me to contribute to and to help support the important work in the fields of sci more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 16 (TNSJou) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: * * * Fourteen new species of shrew found on Indonesian island * * * Researchers recently made a major discovery - 14 new species of shrews, which is the largest number of new mammals described in a scientific paper since 1931. After a decade-long journey taking inventory of Indonesian shrews living on the island of Sulawesi, a group of scientists led by LSU mammalogist Jake Esselstyn ha more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 14 (TNSRes) -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news on Dec. 13, 2021: A team of LSU AgCenter researchers, along with those from four other universities, have been awarded a U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture grant of more than $5 million to develop sweet potato varieties resistant to the invasive guava root-knot nematode. The AgCenter team, spearheaded by nematologist Tristan Watson, received a su more PR

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, Dec. 15 (TNSPar) -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2021: Entergy Lousiana is donating $40,000 to the new Coastal Center at Nicholls State University to enhance the center's coastal education and outreach initiatives. The grant will support the Coastal Center Coast, Climate, and Culture Literacy Program, which will bring exhibits to the center as well as organized presentations, group tours, publications and an additional webpage de more PR

HAMMOND, Louisiana, Dec. 17 (TNSOps) -- Southeastern Louisiana University issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2021: Southeastern Louisiana University's College of Business and the Latin American Business and Leadership Initiative recently received a $60,000 donation from local businessman and restaurant owner and operator Saul Rubio of Rubio Enterprise. The donation will fund the first stage of the Young Hispanics Leadership Program, which is designed to identify, develop, and empower more PR

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, Dec. 12 (TNSOps) -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release: The United Houma Nation has donated nearly $20,000 worth of clinical lab coats to the Nicholls State University Department of Nursing to help students save money on their education. Following Hurricane Ida, the UHN received donations to distribute to the community. The UHN is comprised of approximately 19,000 tribal members residing within a six-parish service area. Cami Dardar, a senior nu more PR