NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 10 (TNSper) -- McGlinchey Stafford, a law firm, issued the following news release: McGlinchey is pleased to announce that experienced financial services compliance attorney Ben Gross has joined the firm as a Member (Partner) in California, associated with the Irvine office. Ben focuses his practice on compliance matters facing the mortgage servicing and origination and Fintech industries. "We are thrilled to welcome Ben to our team," said Mark S. Edelman, Chair of  more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 10 -- CenterPoint Energy issued the following news release: This year, CenterPoint Energy's Community Safety Grant program awarded approximately 130 grants totaling more than $260,000 in Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Ohio and Texas to fund safety-related equipment and projects in local communities. "Safety is a core value of CenterPoint Energy's," said Alicia Dixon, Director of Community Relations for CenterPoint Energy. "Our Community Partnership Grant progr more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 10 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Louisiana have committed nearly $4.4 million to Louisiana United Ways for bill payment assistance for residential customers. Funding has been allocated to Louisiana from the $10 million in shareholder donations previously announced by Entergy Corporation. Beginning Aug. 17, qualifying customers in Orleans, Jefferson, St. Bernard, Plaquemines, Tangipahoa, St. Tammany and Washington pari more PR

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Aug. 9 (TNSper) -- The University of Arkansas' Walton College of Business issued the following news: It's not the heat; it's the humidity. While Northwest Arkansas battles higher temperatures than it has seen in years, Judith Anne Garretson Folse and her husband Joey, along with their miniature dachshund Miss Sherlock, are getting settled in Fayetteville after a hiatus of 20 plus years. They packed up their possessions, moved and unpacked all while listening to people  more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 10 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on Aug. 9, 2022: Gov. John Bel Edwards and more than a dozen Louisiana economic, coastal and business leaders will shift their quest for exportable water management insights from Amsterdam to France on Tuesday, the third day of a weeklong mission to Europe. Following a high-speed rail trip from Amsterdam to Paris, the governor will head directly to the Luxembourg Palace to visit the 348-member Frenc more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 11 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: On Wednesday, Gov. John Bel Edwards meets with U.S. Ambassador to France Denise Campbell Bauer and broadens the scope of a weeklong economic development and resilience mission in the Netherlands and France to include high-level meetings about energy transition and supply chain investments in Louisiana. Prior to his Wednesday afternoon meeting with the ambassador, the governor is scheduled to discus more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 9 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on Aug. 8, 2022: Today's agenda for Gov. John Bel Edwards and a group of Louisiana business and government leaders includes a meeting with Special Envoy for International Water Affairs for the Kingdom of the Netherlands Henk Ovink, as well as a tour of major water infrastructure sites and research facilities around the country in an effort to forge economic and resiliency partnerships with their Dutc more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 12 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on Aug. 11, 2022: On Thursday, Gov. John Bel Edwards said that meetings with international business leaders in Europe this week have reaffirmed that Louisiana's unique combination of sustainable energy solutions and global supply chain logistics advantages are positioning the state for long-term economic growth. The governor made his comments prior to embarking for Normandy to pay tribute to U.S. mi more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 12 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Governor John Bel Edwards and Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development Secretary Shawn D. Wilson, Ph.D. announced that five Louisiana applicants are set to receive a total of $63.1 million in federal Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation. The RAISE grant program is the first discretionary funding pro more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, Aug. 9 (TNSres) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news on Aug. 8, 2022: Louisiana Tech University experienced a 61% increase in revenues from licensing in the 2021-22 fiscal year. Revenues from trademarks - the University's intellectual property owned through the University Foundation - experienced record growth in the past year despite challenges from supply chain issues and continued nationwide recovery from the effects of COVID-19. The impact of this incre more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, Aug. 10 -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Jerry Berg, Assistant Professor in the School of Design at Louisiana Tech University, has recently been awarded the Create with VR Grant from Unity and Meta Immersive Learning. This grant will allow Louisiana Tech to provide innovative teaching and learning opportunities in the School of Design by placing virtual reality (VR) technology and training in the hands of educators and students. With this grant, Berg h more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, Aug. 8 -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Engineering Materials and Infrastucture Systems doctoral student and member of the Louisiana Tech University chapter of the North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT) Stephen Gordon of Shreveport has developed an "Ohmic Curing Technique for GPC Pipe" to create pipes for underground construction from low carbon emission geopolymer materials. Geopolymers, green alternatives to cement, are composed of  more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 12 (TNSres) -- The Louisiana State University's Pennington Biomedical Research Center issued the following news release: * * * Two Studies Will Examine Impact on Cancer Treatment and Preventing a Muscle Condition Linked to Heart Disease, Death * * * Two new federally funded studies will recruit more than 300 patients with colon cancer to determine whether aerobic exercise can make chemotherapy more tolerable and less toxic and prevent fat from invading muscle tis more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 10 (TNSjou) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Research led by Drs. Yuhai Zhao and Walter J Lukiw at the LSU Health New Orleans Neuroscience Center and the Departments of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Neurology and Ophthalmology, reports for the first time a pathway that begins in the gut and ends with a potent pro-inflammatory toxin in brain cells contributing to the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD). They also report a simple way to more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 9 (TNSpro) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Starting in January 2023, LSU Health New Orleans' School of Nursing will educate students in three accelerated nursing programs in North Louisiana at its newly approved Off-Campus Instructional Site located on the LSU Health Shreveport campus. Courses will be delivered through a combination of in-person instruction and synchronous distance education, where students in Shreveport will virtual more PR

GRAMBLING, Louisiana, Aug. 10 (TNSper) -- Grambling State University issued the following news: Grambling State University has added 29 years of experience in public health, environmental and occupational health sciences, safety training, team building, hazard analysis, compliance, and risk reduction with the hiring of Dr. John F. McMahon as the new Director of Safety and Risk Management. McMahon's hiring was effective as of Aug. 1. He worked for over 20 years at two mayoral agencies for the c more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 11 (TNSpar) -- Mercer University issued the following news: By Kyle Sears Mercer University's partnership with Louisiana State University Health Shreveport (LSUHS) recently identified one of the first 50 samples nationwide of SARS-CoV-2 subvariant BA.2.75, which is being closely monitored by the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. BA.2.75, first detected in India in May 2022, "has numerous mutations that may make it more adept t more PR

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, Aug. 11 (TNSjou) -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release: Nicholls Assistant Professor of Chemistry Dr. Theodore Alivio co-authored two published papers. One paper was published in ACS Publications Journal of Chemical Education, and one paper was published in AIP Chemical Physics Reviews. The paper featured in the AIP Chemical Physics Reviews was also featured on the issue's cover and in an AIP Scilight article. Scilights, "science highlights," show more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 12 (TNSjou) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Heart attacks and strokes are a leading cause of death in the United States, but scientists are still working to understand one of their primary triggers. What causes plaque buildup within arteries to become unstable, leading parts to suddenly burst or break away? A key obstacle is that researchers haven't been able to study plaques during a stroke. For the first time, researchers at Tulane Unive more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 10 (TNSper) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Kim Boyle, one of New Orleans' top lawyers and Michael D. Rubenstein, a Tulane graduate and leading attorney based in Houston, have been named to the Board of Tulane, the university's main governing body. The board members began their appointments on July 1. Boyle previously served on the Tulane board from 2009-2021 and was elected to an additional term. Rubenstein will serve as the new Tulane Alumn more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 9 (TNSres) -- The University of New Orleans issued the following news release: University of New Orleans African American literature professor Jacinta Saffold came of age reading Omar Tyree and Sister Soulja alongside the perhaps more familiar literary icons of Zora Neal Hurston, Toni Morrison, Henry David Thoreau and John Milton. And while some may not view Tyree and Soulja in the same "elevated" literary vein, it is the kind of conversation Saffold hopes to spark more PR