NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 9 (TNSPer) -- McGlinchey Stafford, a law firm, issued the following news release: McGlinchey is pleased to announce that Alexander Green has joined the firm's Financial Services Litigation group as Of Counsel in the Washington, D.C. office. Alexander advises and defends banks, loan servicers, automobile lenders, and other financial service providers in matters involving a myriad of laws and regulations. "We are pleased to welcome Alex to our team," said Megan Ben' more PR

LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana, March 10 (TNSPer) -- McNeese State University issued the following news: McNeese State University announced that Jason French, a leader and highly regarded consultant in the liquid natural gas industry, has been named executive director of the McNeese LNG Center of Excellence. "Jason's familiarity with the LNG industry, his comprehensive knowledge of governmental affairs and his large network of business and governmental leaders across Louisiana are a unique set of exp more PR

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, March 11 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Tennessee's Institute of Agriculture issued the following news release: Chris Boyer, associate professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, has received the Distinguished Professional Contribution Award from the Southern Agricultural Economics Association (SAEA). The award is given to individuals who have demonstrated significant service to the Association. more PR

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, March 11 -- Baker Donelson, a law firm, issued the following news release: The Committee of 100 for Economic Development, Inc. has selected Noah Kressler as a member for 2022. C100 Chief Executive Michael Olivier stated, "Noah brings a wealth of experience and talent that aligns with the Committee of 100 principles important to our purpose in making Louisiana a better place for our citizens and for business and industry." The Committee is currently engaged in seeking fiscal more PR

ITHACA, New York, March 12 (TNSPol) -- Cornell University issued the following news: By Chris Brouwer Immigration judges have wide leeway to decide whether the asylum seekers who appear before them are lying or not, and such decisions are almost impossible to reverse. This is especially true in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which handles appeals from immigration judges in Louisiana--some of whom deny asylum in over 90 percent of their cases. One such judge presided over the  more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 10 (TNSOps) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Researchers at Tulane University will use a new $4.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate how a common virus may help HIV persist in viral reservoirs and out of reach of leading antiretroviral therapies. These viral reservoirs are the main hurdle to curing HIV as the virus rebounds if patients stop taking the life-saving antiretroviral therapies, or ART, that keep H more PR

LEBANON, Tennessee, March 9 (TNSOps) -- Cumberland University issued the following news release: Dr. Spencer W. McBride will give the inaugural Cynthia Van Buren Lecture at Cumberland University's Alumni Hall on Tuesday, April 12, at 7 p.m. McBride, who received his Ph.D. in history from Louisiana State University, is Associate Managing Historian of the Joseph Smith Papers Project. He is the author of several books on religion and American politics, including Pulpit and Nation: Clergymen and  more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 8 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Entergy Louisiana recently completed a $100 million project across Ouachita Parish that positioned the region for economic growth and increased the resilience and reliability of the electric system in north Louisiana. While new transmission equipment was installed as part of the West Monroe Reliability Improvement project, portions of the existing, local transmission system (which sends power to the distribution syst more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 9 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards joins the U.S. Dept. of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) in announcing $277 million in grants to expand broadband across communities in Louisiana and 11 other states. The Acadiana Planning Commission worked with several partners during the application process and will receive a $29.9 million grant to increase internet accessibility i more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 10 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Governor John Bel Edwards vetoed the congressional redistricting map drawn by Louisiana's Legislature because it does not add a second majority minority district and runs afoul of federal law. He also announced that he will not sign the state House and Senate district maps passed in the recent redistricting session, allowing them to become law without his approval, and that he has signed into law  more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 11 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following joint news: Governors John Bel Edwards of Louisiana, Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma, and Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas announced their states have entered into a bipartisan three-state partnership to establish a regional hub for development, production, and use of clean hydrogen as fuel and manufacturing feedstock. In entering the agreement, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Arkansas intend to compete as a unit for fund more PR

JENNINGS, Louisiana, March 11 -- Louisiana Economic Development issued the following news release: Greenberry Industrial, a Washington-based fabricator and contractor serving a wide range of industrial markets, announced that it is in the process of converting a shipyard fabrication facility into a manufacturing plant that will result in a significant number of new jobs in Jefferson Davis Parish. The new plant will occupy the former Gulf Islands Shipyards facility located on 180 acres along th more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 9 -- Louisiana Economic Development issued the following news release: A program to grow local talent on the business side of New Orleans' music industry is the latest recipient of an award from Louisiana's Entertainment Development Fund. Greater New Orleans Inc. will receive $100,000 a year for two years to start its Music Industry Career Development University Partnership, or MIC'D UP. The program is designed to create music-focused on-the-job training opportuni more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, March 11 (TNSJou) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: What researchers learn from a survey is highly dependent on its quality. Dr. Marcia Simmering Dickerson's latest publication helps academics develop higher quality surveys, leading to more accurate tests of theory and practice. Dickerson, who serves as the Francis Mangham Endowed Professor in Louisiana Tech University's College of Business, recently published "Attitude Toward the Color Blue: An Ideal M more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 12 (TNSJou) -- The Louisiana State University's Pennington Biomedical Research Center issued the following news release: While no medically recognized treatment exists for Long COVID, exercise may break the vicious cycle of inflammation that can lead to developing diabetes and depression months after a person recovers from the virus. "We know that Long COVID causes depression, and we know that it can increase blood glucose levels to the point where people develop  more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 10 (TNSOps) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: As smartphones have grown more sophisticated over the years, so too have their accompanying security measures. Simple passwords have been replaced by thumbprints and facial recognition. However, those methods do not solve the issue of notification privacy. For example, sharing your phone with a friend, family member, or another individual--or even leaving it briefly on a nearby surface--c more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 11 (TNSPar) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: b1BANK will expand opportunities for LSU business students and military veterans through a partnership with the E. J. Ourso College of Business. The relationship will bolster support for students interested in commercial banking by establishing an endowed scholarship and increasing resources for the college's Commercial Banking Initiative. Housed in the Department of Finance, this academi more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 8 (TNSRes) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release on March 7, 2022: * * * Students in the LSU SpaRTAN medical physics lab are using technology to simulate biology and biological processes, such as a person's whole-body response to radiation based on the break-down of individual cells. And the result is beautiful. * * * On a day-to-day basis, LSU medical physics graduate student Megan Chesal might not feel like Leonardo da Vinci as she si more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 11 (TNSRes) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Matt Hiatt, assistant professor in the LSU Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences (DOCS), has received a five-year National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (NSF CAREER) award for his coastal hydrological research--the third professor in the history of the College of the Coast & Environment (CC&E) to receive it. The first was awarded to Sam Bentley in 2001, a then more PR

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, March 11 -- Gov. Kevin Stitt, R-Oklahoma, issued the following joint news release: Governors Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma, John Bel Edwards of Louisiana, and Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas announced their states have entered into a bipartisan three-state partnership to establish a regional hub for development, production, and use of clean hydrogen as fuel and manufacturing feedstock. In entering the agreement, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas intend to compete as a unit for fu more PR

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, March 8 -- The Oklahoma State Senate issued the following news release: Sen. Paul Rosino has won full Senate approval for a measure allowing autonomous vehicles (AVs) to operate on Oklahoma roads. Senate Bill 1541 creates the framework for the state to regulate AVs, protecting the public and roadways. Rosino, R-Oklahoma City, said 19 states already allow AVs, with 20 more allowing testing. So far, Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, New Mexico and Texas are among those stat more PR

TROY, New York, March 8 (TNSRes) -- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute issued the following news: * * * Data shows billions of dollars of cost savings; suggests implications for remote work policies * * * Research from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute shows that traffic accidents decreased by nearly half during the two-month period at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic when residents of most states were under a stay-at-home order. Using a detailed data set from the Louisiana Department of Tra more PR

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, March 12 (TNSconf) -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette Campus issued the following news story: Leaders in areas such business, education and nonprofits will share stories about personal and career success during the University of Louisiana at Lafayette's 2022 Women's Leadership Conference. It will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, March 24, at the Student Union. UL Lafayette's Office for Campus Diversity will host the conference, which is in its 15th ye more PR

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, March 9 -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette Campus issued the following news story: A University of Louisiana at Lafayette researcher has been named a fellow by the nation's oldest engineering society. Dr. Daniel Dianchen Gang, a professor in UL Lafayette's Department of Civil Engineering, earned the designation from the American Society of Civil Engineers. The ASCE, which was founded in 1852, has more than 150,000 members across the world. Only 3% are fellows, re more PR