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State Tipoffs Involving Louisiana Newsletter for 2022-11-06 ( 23 items )  
Entergy Reports Third Quarter Earnings (10)
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Nov. 3 (TNSres) -- Entergy issued the following news release: Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) reported third quarter 2022 earnings per share of $2.74 on an as-reported basis and $2.84 on an adjusted basis (non-GAAP). "We continued to make meaningful progress in the third quarter, executing our strategy across regulatory, financial, and operational paths to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders," said Drew Marsh, Entergy chief executive officer. "We expect to more PR

Gov. Edwards Proclaims Veterans Small Business Week in Louisiana (10)
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Nov. 5 -- Louisiana Economic Development issued the following news release: Gov. John Bel Edwards has officially recognized Nov. 7-11 as Veterans Small Business Week in Louisiana, honoring veterans who continue to demonstrate their commitment to public service through business ownership and job creation. The governor's proclamation allows Louisiana to extend the spotlight on service that began Oct. 31 at the start of National Veterans Small Business Week, which annually more PR

Grambling State University: Convocation Speaker Imparts Words Of Wisdom During 121st Founder's Day Event (10)
GRAMBLING, Louisiana, Nov. 3 (TNStalk) -- Grambling State University issued the following news on Nov. 2, 2022: Faith, purpose, audacity, trust, and grace -- those were five words of wisdom from Grambling State University Founders Day Convocation speaker Dr. Kizuwanda Grant Tuesday morning inside the Frederick C. Hobdy Assembly Center. The morning began with a short ceremony at the bust of Grambling's founder, Charles P. Adams, which is located on the east side of Lee Hall. Grambling State co more PR

Kennesaw State Names James Sabourin Vice President Of Marketing And Communications (10)
KENNESAW, Georgia, Nov. 3 (TNSper) -- Kennesaw State University issued the following news release: Kennesaw State University President Kathy Schwaig has named James Sabourin to the newly created position of vice president of marketing and communications, effective Jan. 3. He will report directly to Schwaig and serve as a member of the president's cabinet. Sabourin comes to Kennesaw State with more than 30 years of experience in the corporate and higher education sectors. Most recently, he ser more PR

LED Assistant Secretary Brenda Guess Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award (10)
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Nov. 5 (TNSawa) -- Louisiana Economic Development issued the following news release: The Council of Development Finance Agencies presented Louisiana Economic Development Assistant Secretary Brenda Guess its 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award Thursday at the National Development Finance Summit. CDFA annually recognizes individuals whose contributions to the development finance industry have had a lasting impact on the way programs are operated, managed and administered. A  more PR

Louisiana Economic Development: Energy Start-Up Proposes $7.5 Billion Investment in Ascension Parish (10)
DONALDSONVILLE, Louisiana, Nov. 2 -- Louisiana Economic Development posted the following news release: Clean Hydrogen Works, a project development company established in 2021 that is focused on energy decarbonization solutions, announced it is exploring a plan to build a large-scale hydrogen-ammonia production and export facility in Ascension Parish. Doing business as Ascension Clean Energy (ACE), in partnership with Denbury Carbon Solutions and Hafnia, the company estimates the proposed $7.5  more PR

Louisiana Economic Development: Gov. Edwards Honors Louisiana's Business Mentors and Their Proteges (10)
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Nov. 4 -- Louisiana Economic Development issued the following news release on Nov. 3, 2022: Gov. John Bel Edwards recognized the companies participating in Louisiana's Mentor-Protege Recognition Program, which pairs emerging small businesses with established, high-performing employers in the state, in a ceremony Thursday at the State Capitol. The program, established in 2018, provides protege companies with valuable technical assistance and tools for building capacity a more PR

Louisiana Tech University: Hurtig Completes Fourth Volume On Using Cinema To Teach French (10)
RUSTON, Louisiana, Oct. 31 (TNSbook) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Dr. Dolliann Hurtig, Professor of French in the School of Literature and Language at Louisiana Tech University, has had her fourth volume of Allons au cinema: Promoting French through Films, published by the American Association of Teachers of French. Hurtig served as the editor-in-chief of Volume IV, as well as editor-in-chief of the previous three volumes; her colleague and friend Joyce Beckwith of B more PR

Louisiana Tech University: Royomartin Commits Leadership Gift In Support Of Forest Products Innovation Center (10)
RUSTON, Louisiana, Nov. 5 (TNSfund) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Timber-industry leader Martin Sustainable Resources LLC in Alexandria has committed $2 million as the leadership gift toward the construction of Louisiana Tech University's new Forest Products Innovation Center. The State of Louisiana will soon select the architect to design the building, which will be located on South Campus and provide space for a transdisciplinary approach to solving the challenges a more PR

Louisiana Tech University: Tech Wins Best of District IV Case Award (10)
RUSTON, Louisiana, Nov. 1 (TNSawa) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Louisiana Tech University's Division of Advancement has won Best of District award for CASE District IV. This award acknowledged the Division's work to celebrate the career moves of Louisiana Tech alumni. Earlier this year, Advancement brought home the institution's first Circle of Excellence Gold award for Targeted Constituency Engagement with the same project. The CASE (Council for Advancement and Supp more PR

Love-Vaughn Recognized As University Of Kentucky Torch Bearer (10)
RUSTON, Louisiana, Nov. 4 (TNSawa) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Louisiana Tech University Dean Devonia Love-Vaughn was honored during the University of Kentucky's recent homecoming celebrations as one of the university's 2022 Lyman T. Johnson Torch of Excellence winners. The UK Alumni Association Lyman T. Johnson African American Alumni Constituency Group and the university's Office for Institutional Diversity hosted the awards luncheon as part of the 2022 Lyman T. J more PR

LSU Research Team Leads Federal Study Of Underwater Mudslides In The Gulf Of Mexico To Understand Impacts On Energy Infrastructure, Shipwrecks (10)
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Nov. 2 (TNSres) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release Nov. 1, 2022: * * * An interdisciplinary team of LSU researchers is coordinating the largest-ever collaborative study of the seabed where the Mississippi River meets the Gulf of Mexico with $3.8 million in support from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, or BOEM. Underwater mudslides have been known to displace historic shipwrecks and pipelines by hundreds or thousands of feet and are lik more PR

LSU Researchers Collaborate to Better Understand the Weak Nuclear Force (10)
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Nov. 2 (TNSjou) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: * * * Physics journal PRL features LSU nuclear physics research. * * * Physical Review Letters, PRL, the world's premier physics letter journal, has published two papers by a team of Louisiana State University nuclear physics researchers to advance the knowledge on the important implications for understanding the physics of the weak nuclear force. The weak nuclear force is currently not  more PR

LSU Social Research & Evaluation Center Partners With East Baton Rouge Parish School System And Dreambox Learning On $3.5 Million Grant To Address Math Equity (10)
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Nov. 5 (TNSfund) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Math is critical to developing the skills needed for future classes and careers in science, technology, engineering and data science. Yet, despite the adoption of new math standards, less than half of fourth and eighth grade students scored proficient or higher on the most recent administration of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, according to the Nation's Report Card. To hel more PR

McGlinchey Stafford Adds Financial Litigator Altshuler to N.Y. Office (10)
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Nov. 3 (TNSper) -- McGlinchey Stafford, a law firm, issued the following news release: McGlinchey is pleased to announce that Aleksandr "Aleks" Altshuler has joined the firm's Financial Services Litigation practice group as Of Counsel in the New York office. Aleks has extensive experience in financial services litigation including creditors' rights and debt collection, as well as commercial litigation and corporate law. He focuses on complex lender liability and workout more PR

McGlinchey Stafford Welcomes Returning Member Christina in New Orleans (10)
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 28 (TNSper) -- McGlinchey Stafford, a law firm, issued the following news release: McGlinchey is pleased to announce that Angie Christina has returned to the firm's New Orleans office as a Member (Partner) in the firm's Enterprise Litigation & Investigations practice group. She worked in the firm's Commercial Litigation practice group, most recently as Member, from 2007-2017. "We are very excited that Angie has chosen to return to McGlinchey," said Dan Plunkett, Ch more PR

Nicholls Receives $20K Donation To Create The Sentilles-Truxillo Endowed Scholarship (10)
THIBODAUX, Louisiana, Nov. 2 (TNSfund) -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release: Nicholls State University received a $20,000 donation to create the Sentilles-Truxillo Endowed Scholarship. The scholarship is designed to assist graduating seniors in defraying the cost of an admission application for graduate study. The donor F. Dennis Sentilles, Jr., a 1963 Nicholls graduate, wishes to pay forward faculty support that changed the trajectory of his life and career. An anon more PR

Renowned Neuroscientist Will Lead Tulane Brain Institute as New Presidential Chair (10)
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Nov. 5 (TNSper) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Award-winning neuroscientist Matthew Dalva, PhD, whose research focuses on how the connections of the brain form and are changed by experience, has been appointed as director of the Tulane Brain Institute and the university's newest Presidential Chair. Dalva, a professor in the Department of Neuroscience at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia and vice chair of research in the Department of N more PR

Southeastern Professor And Wife Create Work Of Historical Fiction (10)
HAMMOND, Louisiana, Nov. 4 (TNSbook) -- Southeastern Louisiana University issued the following news release: Southeastern Louisiana University Leon Ford Endowed Chair, Professor of History, and Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies Director Samuel Hyde and his wife Sarah, River Parishes Community College professor of history, have combined their talents to produce a work of historical fiction titled Rebel Bayou. Samuel Hyde said the book, published by University of Louisiana Press, is designe more PR

Tulane Researchers To Help Louisiana Schools Launch Proactive Violence Prevention Programs (10)
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Nov. 5 (TNSres) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Over 80 percent of school-aged youth in New Orleans report witnessing community violence, including assaults, shootings and murders, sometimes on a weekly or even daily basis, according to the New Orleans Health Department. Violence is also a common occurrence in New Orleans area schools, with over 900 incidents reported in mostly Orleans and Jefferson parishes in the 2018-19 school year, according more PR

Tulane University Joins LSU Reilly Center Partnership To Document, Preserve Women's Legacies In State Politics (10)
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Nov. 3 (TNSpar) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: The Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs at LSU's Manship School of Mass Communication is partnering with Tulane University's H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College Institute to document women's experience as political leaders through oral histories. This partnership will expand the geographical footprint and constituencies for the Louisiana Women in Politics Oral History Project. The effor more PR

UM Team Wins Debate Tournament (10)
OXFORD, Mississippi, Oct. 31 (TNSawa) -- The University of Mississippi issued the following news release: * * * Warren Debate Union wins at event hosted by Lewis & Clark College * * * Just months after the Ole Miss Rebels won the 2022 College World Series in baseball, another team representing the University of Mississippi has won a national tournament. The university's Warren Debate Union took first place in the national competition hosted by Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon. The  more PR

University of Louisiana-Lafayette: Frazier Named Deputy Athletic Director, RCAF Executive Director (10)
LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, Nov. 3 (TNSper) -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette Campus issued the following news story: Trey Frazier, a veteran of the fundraising industry with multiple stops at the Power Five and Group of Five level, has been named Deputy Director of Athletics and Executive Director of the Ragin' Cajuns Athletic Foundation. "Trey Frazier brings a tremendous amount of fundraising and revenue generation experience to our staff," Vice President of Intercollegiate Athletics Dr.  more PR