BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 11 (TNSPer) -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news: LSU sophomore and Collegiate 4-H Vice President Tay Moore has been selected as a new trustee to the Board of the National 4-H Council. Moore, a former Louisiana 4-H state president, has been involved with the organization for a decade. He is currently studying political science and music and is a member of the LSU Ogden Honors College's Louisiana Service and Leadership (LASAL) progra more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 18 (TNSPer) -- Louisiana State University Foundation issued the following news release: The LSU Foundation Board of Directors has named LSU alumnus Rhoman Hardy of Baton Rouge to a four-year term as director. "Rhoman is an established leader in the energy industry with strong ties to both Louisiana and Texas," said Board Chairperson Frank W. "Billy" Harrison III. "He has extensive professional expertise in an area in which many of our alumni work, and he brings a  more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 15 (TNSPer) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: The LSU Office of Innovation & Technology Commercialization has welcomed a new director, Alex Valiaev. Valiaev is a technology commercialization professional who has worked in commercializing early-stage technologies, identifying, negotiating and realizing high-value strategic collaborations among universities and industry for the past 12 years. He has international experience from working  more PR

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, Feb. 18 (TNSAwa) -- Centenary College of Louisiana issued the following news release: Centenary College senior Kendall Knaps was recognized with several awards at the annual Addy Awards sponsored by the Advertising Federation of Shreveport-Bossier (AAFSB), including Student Best of Show. Knaps's Student Best of Show is the second in a row and the fourth in the last six years for the College. Knaps is a four-year member of the Centenary Ladies Gymnastics team and submitte more PR

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Feb. 16 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Tennessee's Institute of Agriculture issued the following news release: James A. Larson, professor at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture (UTIA), has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Southern Agricultural Economics Association (SAEA). The award is given in recognition of his significant and enduring contributions to the agricultural economics profession. Larson accepted the award at the 2022 SAEA annua more PR

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, Feb. 19 (TNSPar) -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette Campus issued the following news story on Feb. 17, 2022: The University of Louisiana at Lafayette has selected Barnes & Noble College to manage all course materials, retail and online operations for its campus bookstores. The partnership becomes official in March. It was approved Thursday by the University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors. Barnes & Noble College will offer programs and services to suppor more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 19 (TNSBook) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Sewing Down South's Craig Conover successfully leveraged his role on Bravo's "Southern Charm"to turn his passion for sewing and home decor into a thriving business. Considering Conover's recent business success, he's set to release his first book, "Pillow Talk: What's Wrong with my Sewing" next month.For the first stop on Conover's book tour, he and his executive team chose to visit LSU's  more PR

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, Feb. 15 (TNSBook) -- Centenary College of Louisiana issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2022: The newest book from Centenary's Les Editions Tintamarre heritage language press, Tempetes et Eclairs, features the first complete collection of the poetry of Adolphe Duhart, a Louisiana Creole who wrote poetry in French for the first Black daily newspaper in the United States. Duhart, who lived in New Orleans, was also a teacher in the 1850s and fought in the Civil War more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 15 (TNSJou) -- Florida State University's National High Magnetic Field Laboratory issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2022: * * * Researchers reveal how carbohydrates form plant biomass, information that may lead to new biorenewable energy solutions. * * * As the world searches for and demands more sustainable sources of energy and materials, plant biomass may provide the solution by serving as a renewable resource for biomaterials and biofuel productio more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Feb. 18 (TNSPer) -- Entergy issued the following news release: To further build partnerships and deliver energy solutions to our largest customers, Entergy Texas, Inc. has appointed Ernest Peeples as director of business and economic development. Peeples is a veteran leader with deep experience in business development across several global organizations. Peeples most recently served as a consultant with L&G Holdings, where he led client engagements around business devel more PR

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, Feb. 17 (TNSOps) -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release: New Orleans historian and filmmaker Justin Nystrom will offer a unique look into the culture of the Big Easy with a film screening and book reading at Nicholls State University on Thursday, March 10. Nystrom is the Peter J. Cangelosi/BEGGARS Distinguished Professor of History, director of the Center for the Study of New Orleans and director of the Documentary and Oral History Studio at Loyola more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 17 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards extended Louisiana's COVID public health emergency order to support Louisiana's response to the pandemic, but without any remaining required mitigation measures. The Governor's Office, the Louisiana Department of Health and the CDC still recommend that all people wear masks when they are indoors in public or in a large outdoor crowd while all areas of the state are considered more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 17 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards and Origin Materials, a carbon-negative materials company committed to leading the global transition to sustainable materials, announced that the company plans an investment of at least $750 million to develop a biomass manufacturing facility in Ascension Parish that will result in 1,057 new direct and indirect jobs. The plant in Geismar will utilize sustainable wood residue  more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 16 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards and Syrah Resources CEO Shaun Verner announced that the company is investing $176 million to expand its Syrah Technologies graphite processing facility in Vidalia, giving the state a supply-chain foothold in the rapidly expanding market for electric vehicle components produced in the United States. Syrah Technologies is retaining 19 employees and creating 36 direct new jobs w more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 17 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), Louisiana is set to receive approximately $75 million over the next five years for electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure, with $14.1 million allocated this fiscal year. This is part of President Biden's bipartisan infrastructure law to deploy chargers along highways and in rural areas to support domestic manufacturing jobs and make EVs more ac more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, Feb. 16 (TNSOps) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Louisiana Tech University will host Human, Humanism, Humanities: Refections on an Education for Freedom - a lecture by Dr. Roosevelt Montas - at 4 p.m. March 17 in Wyly Auditorium as the University's next Presidential Leadership Colloquium. Montas, who currently serves as Columbia University's Senior Lecturer in American Studies and English, will discuss the significance of a liberal arts education and  more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, Feb. 11 (TNSOps) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: The College of Business recently hosted its fourth annual Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace event with over 900 students, faculty, alumni, employer partners, and community members participating. "We are committed to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in business, in society, and at Louisiana Tech," said Dr. Chris Martin, Dean of the College of Business. "We strive to create a rich more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Feb. 15 (TNSOps) -- Loyola University issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2022: Thanks, in part, to a Mission Integration Grant from the New Orleans Jesuit Community, Loyola University New Orleans' Department of Languages & Cultures is pleased to be hosting the traveling exhibit, "Anne Frank: A History for Today." Primarily aimed at young people 11 to 18 years old, the international teaching exhibition has travelled all over the world and is presented more than more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 18 (TNSRes) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: The Wyatt Houston Day Collection of Poetry by African Americans, the most important private collection of Black poetry, now belongs to LSU. The LSU Libraries Special Collections will house the over 800 items previously owned by book collector and dealer Wyatt Houston Day. This collection includes works from the 18th century, the Harlem Renaissance and through to the 21st century. "This col more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 17 (TNSRes) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: * * * LSU biologist develops solutions to reduce plastic in the environment * * * Five hundred strands of biodegradable Mardi Gras beads-- formulated at LSU and made in Louisiana--will be handed out along parade routes in New Orleans this year as concern over the tens of thousands of pounds of discarded plastic beads and their impact on the environment grows. LSU Department of Biological more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 18 (TNSRes) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Just one year ago this month, the southern U.S. suffered a hard freeze, leaving millions of people in Texas without power while also causing flooding to homes from busted pipes. As a result, 246 people died. The recent round of freezing weather to hit the South might have many wondering how they would fare during a continuous freeze. This is something LSU Electrical and Computer Engineerin more PR

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, Feb. 18 (TNSOps) -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release: The Louisiana Wildlife Federation has selected Nicholls State University Biology Majors Faith Boutte and Alexandra Himel to join the 4th cohort of the Edgar Veillon Conservation Leadership Corps (CLC). LWF defines the Leadership Corps as a developmental program providing expert training for future leaders in conservation. The program is only available to undergraduate students enrolled in Lou more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 19 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following statement on Feb. 18, 2022, after the Louisiana Legislature adjourned its Special Redistricting Session: * * * Gov. Edwards said: "As Americans, voting for the leaders who will represent us is one of our most cherished and important rights and responsibilities. As elected officials, regardless of our political party or affiliations, we all have the responsibility to ensure that the process of voting is more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 16 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton secured yet another victory against the Biden Administration, this time halting implementation of a climate change agenda handed down by executive order. Attorney General Paxton joined several other states in a Louisiana-led suit challenging Biden's directives to bureaucrats to include the "social cost" of carbon emissions when regulating pollution. If left in place more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Feb. 16 (TNSRes) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine will launch a national learning collaborative to inform and harmonize research to advance solutions toward health equity. The collaborative, known as Partners for Advancing Health Equity (P4HE Collaborative), will bring together leading national public health scholars, philanthropic foundations, federal research funders, community mem more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Feb. 15 (TNSJou) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Tulane University researchers have developed a new method to help doctors better calculate the 10-year risk for stroke, heart attacks and other cardiovascular problems for patients with chronic kidney disease. The findings were published in JASN, the journal of the American Society of Nephrology. Individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD) often develop atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CV more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Feb. 17 (TNSJou) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: From movies to music, recommender systems are algorithms programmed to suggest to users what they are likely to enjoy based on what they've viewed or purchased in the past. Now, there is a recommendation system for researchers, thanks to a study by Tulane University mathematics student Julia Sterling and chemical engineering professor Matthew Montemore. The two designed a system to help researchers more PR

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, Feb. 18 (TNSEco) -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette Campus issued the following news story on Feb. 16, 2022: The Louisiana Department of Athletics has received a $1 million gift from Home Bank for the highly anticipated renovation of Cajun Field, it was announced on Feb. 15. In recognition of Home Bank's investment and long-standing partnership with Ragin' Cajuns Athletics, the Ragin' Cajuns Soccer & Track Facility will now be named the Home Bank Soccer & Track Fa more PR