FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts, Jan. 25 -- Ameresco, a cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2023: Ameresco, Inc., (NYSE: AMRC), a leading cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, today announced that they have donated three portable power stations to the Cajun Navy Ground Force. This Louisiana-based non-profit organization is focused on quickly responding during and after natural more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Jan. 24 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Visitors to New Orleans City Park who drive electric vehicles can now utilize three electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, which were recently installed and are free for the public. Entergy New Orleans has installed an EV charging station at the Bayou Oaks at City Park Driving Range on Filmore Ave. that can charge two electric vehicles at once, and two additional charging stations at the City Park Reunion Shelter o more PR

GRAMBLING, Louisiana, Jan. 26 (TNSper) -- Grambling State University issued the following news: Dr. Connie R. Walton, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Grambling State University (GSU) has been elected to serve as a member of the Board of Trustees for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). "I am elated about Dr. Walton's election to the SACSCOC Board of Trustees," said GSU President Rick Gallot. "She is unrelenting in her pursuit and more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Jan. 28 -- Louisiana Economic Development issued the following news release: Louisiana Economic Development recognized the City and Parish of Lafayette as a Louisiana Development Ready Community, the 54th parish or municipality to receive state certification of local investment readiness since the program began in 2008. The Louisiana Development Ready Communities program helps participants become more competitive for new investment and jobs by guiding selected communiti more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, Jan. 24 (TNSpro) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: To honor former CEO and President Nicholas "Nick" Akins, American Electric Power (AEP) has established the Nicholas K. Akins Eminent Scholar Chair in Engineering within Louisiana Tech University's College of Engineering and Science. "Nick's leadership in AEP has been highly impactful, and he has established a legacy of innovation in safety, reliability and sustainability for the industry," said Dr. Les  more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, Jan. 25 (TNSper) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Leslie Brister, a Louisiana Tech graduate ('15) and former Senior Admission Specialist for the College of Engineering and Science, has transitioned into a new role as Special Events and Facilities Coordinator for the Office of the President. During her time as an admission specialist, Brister became well known for the celebrations in the Integrated Engineering and Sciences building. From the weekly Satu more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Jan. 24 (TNSres) -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news: When babies are born, a knit hat is one of the first pieces of clothing they will wear. But what if that hat could be used for more than a warm and cozy covering? One LSU researcher is exploring ways to use "smart clothing" to track newborns' temperatures. Sibei Xia, assistant professor in the LSU Department of Textiles, Apparel Design, and Merchandising, is developing body-tracking  more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Jan. 24 (TNSfund) -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news: Harry L. Laws & Company, the majority owner of the Catherine Sugar Company, is creating a non-endowed fund to further research at the LSU AgCenter Sugar Research Station in St. Gabriel. The $250,000 fund, which will be known as the Harry L. Laws & Co. Sugarcane Molecular Research Fund, will provide support to the AgCenter relating to molecular research in sugarcane at the Sugar Rese more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (TNSpar) -- Arizona State University's McCain Institute for International Leadership issued the following news on Jan. 27, 2023: On January 25, the Department of Homeland Security's Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3), in collaboration with EdVenture Partners, Credence Management Solutions and the McCain Institute, hosted the finalists of Invent2Prevent, a program that empowers university and high school students to develop innovative projects to help preve more PR

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, Jan. 26 (TNSres) -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette Campus issued the following news story: The National Science Foundation's annual index of research and development spending contains a bevy of good news for the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. According to NSF's 2021 Higher Education Research and Development, or HERD, Survey, UL Lafayette: * Is, for the second consecutive time, the seventh-best university in the United States for research that's funded thr more PR

DANVILLE, Kentucky, Jan. 28 (TNSper) -- Centre College issued the following news: Centre College is pleased to announce six members of the faculty were granted tenure and promotion to associate professor at the January 2023 meeting of the Centre College Board of Trustees. Kristen Fulfer joined the Centre College faculty in 2017 as assistant professor of chemistry. Her research interests include exploring the chemical species which exist in solutions using a combination of infrared spectroscopy more PR

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, Jan. 28 (TNSjou) -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette Campus issued the following news story on Jan. 27, 2023: Environments in the Amazon are being degraded by human industrial activities at a pace far surpassing anything previously known. This is according to a paper published in the premier journal "Science" coauthored by Dr. James Albert, biology professor at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. As a result, this degradation is imperiling the Amazon's vast b more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Jan. 25 (TNSawa) -- The University of New Orleans issued the following news release: Freedom on the Move, a digital database with information on people who escaped or attempted to escape enslavement in the United States, has been awarded the 2023 Digital Humanities Award from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. University of New Orleans history professor Mary Niall Mitchell is a lead historian for the digital database and director of the Midlo Center for New Orl more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Jan. 24 (TNSbook) -- The University of New Orleans issued the following news release: University of New Orleans alumnus Maurice Carlos Ruffin's book, "The Ones Who Don't Say They Love You," has been selected as the focus of One Book One New Orleans (OBONO)'s 2023 citywide reading and literacy campaign. The group selects one book every year for its campaign. Ruffin, who earned a bachelor's degree in English and a Master of Fine Arts from the University's Creative Writing more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Jan. 28 (TNSfund) -- The University of New Orleans issued the following news release: The eclectic room that University of New Orleans computer and film equipment technician Aaron Rushin shows to visitors used to be a storage closet. Now, with the help of a $172,000 state grant and the imagination of film studies professor James Roe, it stores a journey into sound. Roe, who teaches film post-production techniques, including visual effects, post-production sound and edit more PR