HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 27 -- Rice University issued the following news release: On the eve of Thanksgiving, Scott Abell had more than just turkey and gratitude on his mind he had a historic moment to savor. Before a packed house of Rice University leadership, players, media, family and friends at the Brian Patterson Sports Performance Center, Abell was officially introduced as Rice's Dunlevie Family Head Football Coach. "This is a dream come true," Abell said. "Honored, so grateful." Reginald D more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 27 -- Airbnb, a community-driven hospitality company, issued the following news release on Nov. 25, 2024: * * * Key Takeaways * Airbnb is sharing new funding for specialist organizations to support women and children at risk of abuse across countries in Europe. * The organizations will receive support through the Airbnb Community Fund, which will distribute $100 million USD to strengthen communities around the world by the end of 2030. * * * As the world marks the Unite more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 25 -- Rice University issued the following news release: With over 25 years of experience as an orchestral musician, Elizabeth Freimuth '98 brings a wealth of knowledge to Rice University's Shepherd School of Music. (Photo courtesy Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)Elizabeth Freimuth '98, Shepherd School of Music alumna and principal horn of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, will join the Shepherd School of Music faculty as professor of horn in the fall of 2025. Freimuth ta more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 28 (TNSres) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: A new study published in the journal Nature reports results of the first-in-human phase 1 clinical trials of a novel immunotherapy approach for solid tumors expressing glypican-3 (GPC3). Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Cancer Center led the study, which tested chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells enhanced with the protein interleukin-15 (IL-15). CAR T cells have shown more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 26 -- ConocoPhillips, a producer of oil and gas resources, issued the following news release on Nov. 25, 2024: ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) ("COP") announced today that ConocoPhillips Company ("CPCo" or the "Company"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of COP, has commenced cash tender offers (the "Offers") to purchase: (1) any and all of Marathon Oil Corporation's ("Marathon") debt securities listed in the first table below (collectively, the "Any and All Notes"), and (2) (A) for Ho more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 26 -- ConocoPhillips, a producer of oil and gas resources, issued the following news release on Nov. 25, 2024: ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) ("COP") today announced that, in connection with the acquisition of Marathon Oil Corporation ("Marathon") (NYSE: MRO) by ConocoPhillips, ConocoPhillips Company ("CPCo" or the "Company") has commenced offers to eligible holders to exchange (each an "Exchange Offer" and collectively, the "Exchange Offers") any and all outstanding notes issu more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 26 -- Airbnb, a community-driven hospitality company, issued the following agency statement on Nov. 25, 2024: * * * Key Takeaways * Following our success in the US, we've expanded Airbnb-friendly Apartments internationally. * There are now over 750 buildings comprising over 200,000 units across the US that are part of the AFA program. * As of Q3 2024, more than 2,000 renters have earned income in AFA buildings across the US. * * * Two years ago--in partnership with som more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 27 -- Houston Christian University issued the following news release: Houston Christian University (HCU) and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign joined forces to accelerate advanced computing in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data Science to empower and shape the next generation of world changers through joint strategic projects in teaching, research and service. The collaboration allows the universities to e more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 26 -- Hunton Andrews Kurth, a law firm, issued the following news: Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP is pleased to announce the promotion of Tyler S. Laughinghouse to counsel. The firm proudly recognizes Laughinghouse for his accomplishments and client service. Tyler S. Laughinghouse (Labor & Employment, Richmond) regularly represents and advises employers on a wide range of labor and employment matters, including complex wage and hour class action lawsuits, union organizing efforts more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 26 -- Hunton Andrews Kurth, a law firm, issued the following news: Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP provided both legal and non-legal services to Microporous, LLC, a Tennessee-based manufacturer of battery components, as it pursues the investment of $1.35 billion in manufacturing facilities that will create more than 2,000 jobs at the Southern Virginia Megasite in Pittsylvania County. Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin announced the project on Wednesday, November 13 at the Southern V more PR

LOVELAND, Colorado, Nov. 27 -- HVS Brokerage and Advisory issued the following news release: HOUSTON, TX, November 26, 2024: HVS Brokerage & Advisory announces the sale of the 62-key Holiday Inn Express & Suites Wharton, located at 10247 Highway 59, Wharton, Texas 77488. The hotel asset, built in 2013, was purchased by Fortune Hospitality LLC, based in Austin, Texas, from DVD Enterprises Ltd., based in Sugar Land, Texas. Vikas Desai, President of DVD Enterprises Ltd., commented, "As we contin more PR

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Nov. 26 -- iHeartMedia issued the following news release on Nov. 25, 2024: * * * Fans can view Khalid's performance featuring his hit songs and songs from his new album 'Sincere' and play the Only Up with Khalid mini game inspired by Khalid's music video of his new single 'Heatstroke' Khalid's performance will also broadcast across iHeartRadio CHR and select RCHR stations on December 19 at 7 p.m. local time * * * WHAT: iHeartMedia announced today "Khalid in iHeartLand" w more PR

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Nov. 27 -- iHeartMedia issued the following news release: * * * Damiano David's solo single "Born With a Broken Heart" will be promoted across iHeartRadio Contemporary Hit Radio, Hot Adult Contemporary and Alternative Rock stations * * * New York, N.Y. - November 26, 2024 - iHeartMedia today announces Damiano David as its latest 'On The Verge' artist with his new solo single "Born With a Broken Heart." In a first for iHeart, the Maneskin frontman will be featured across t more PR

BEAUMONT, Texas, Nov. 27 (TNSres) -- Lamar University issued the following news: Lamar University celebrated academic excellence and innovative research during the 2024 David J. Beck Fellows ceremony on Nov. 15 in the Reaud Executive Event Space, recognizing senior Ryan Shugart and junior Mahima Verma. The fellowship, established by LU alumnus and attorney David J. Beck, provides full scholarships and up to $10,000 for summer research projects, empowering students to pursue unique academic en more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 26 -- Rice University issued the following news release: A team of researchers led by Anna-Karin Gustavsson at Rice University has developed an innovative imaging platform that promises to improve our understanding of cellular structures at the nanoscale. This platform, called soTILT3D for single-objective tilted light sheet with 3D point spread functions (PSFs), offers significant advancements in super-resolution microscopy, enabling fast and precise 3D imaging of multip more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 25 -- Rice University issued the following news release: By George Hale, special to Rice News Newly developed halide perovskite nanocrystals (HPNCs) show potential as antimicrobial agents that are stable, effective and easy to produce. After almost three years, Rice University scientist Yifan Zhu and colleagues have developed a new HPNC that is effective at killing bacteria in a biofluid under visible light without experiencing light and moisture-driven degradation common  more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 25 -- Rice University issued the following news release: Black Americans are more interested in life-extending health technologies than their white peers, and religion increases this desire, according to new research from Rice University, the University of South Carolina and Purdue University. "Divine Purpose? Religion, Race, and Attitudes Toward Life Extension Technology" explores the intersection of religion, race and technology and reveals complex motivations behind lif more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 26 -- Rice University issued the following news release: The Center for Innovation and Translation of POC Technologies for Equitable Cancer Care (CITEC) hosted its inaugural convening Nov. 11-12 at Rice University, marking a significant milestone in ongoing efforts to advance health equity in cancer care. The event brought together leading minds in engineering, oncology and global health to foster collaboration and recognize achievements within CITEC's community. During th more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 26 -- Trammell Crow Co., a developer and investor in commercial real estate, issued the following news release: * * * Sale Highlights Strong Demand for New Construction Logistics Facilities in Strategic Locations * * * Standard Real Estate Investments, LP (Standard), a minority-owned national real estate investment and development firm with offices in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., and Trammell Crow Company (TCC), a global real estate developer, have closed on the sale more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Nov. 19 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University's College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences issued the following news release: Researchers at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) are working with parrot free-flight experts and partners in Brazil in an effort to increase the success rate of releasing captive parrots into the wild. In a recently published study, the team successfully released a small flock of blue and yellow maca more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 26 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release on Nov. 25, 2024: DALLAS - Daniel Ramiro Canchola, 54, of Flower Mound, Texas, was sentenced to 10 years and one month in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $34 million in restitution for his role in a $54 million health care fraud scheme. The scheme, uncovered by Attorney General Ken Paxton's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, centered around writing fraudulent prescriptions for durable medical equ more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 26 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release on Nov. 25, 2024: Attorney General Ken Paxton's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit played a pivotal role in an investigation leading to the successful federal prosecution of nine pharmaceutical distributor executives, sales representatives, and brokers involved in the unlawful distribution of nearly 70 million opioid pills and over 30 million doses of commonly abused prescription drugs. The drugs, valued at o more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 26 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release on Nov. 25, 2024: Attorney General Ken Paxton, as part of an 18-state coalition, sued the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and members of the Biden-Harris Administration for unlawfully promulgating sweeping new regulations on cryptocurrencies without any legal authority. The Administration's recent rules aim to force digital asset platforms to register with the SEC as securities exchang more PR

IRVING, Texas, Nov. 27 -- The University of Dallas issued the following news release: Author, journalist and literary critic Cynthia L. Haven will speak at the next event in the McDermott Lecture Series. Haven has held visiting fellowships at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna and at Stanford University, which continues to host her blog, The Book Haven. She is a prominent articulator of the work of Rene Girard, the French-born American historian, literary critic and philosopher whose  more PR

FORT WORTH, Texas, Nov. 23 -- The University of North Texas Health Science Center issued the following news: By Steven Bartolotta The Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine's Division of Performing Arts has received a grant of $40,000 from the Rea Charitable Trust to continue to grow the world's only Performing Arts Medicine Fellowship program. It is the third straight year the Rea Charitable Trust has generously donated to the fellowship program, the only one in the world that trains physician more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 28 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: Using generative artificial intelligence, a team of researchers at The University of Texas at Austin has converted sounds from audio recordings into street-view images. The visual accuracy of these generated images demonstrates that machines can replicate human connection between audio and visual perception of environments. In a paper published in Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, the research more PR

DENTON, Texas, Nov. 27 (TNSres) -- The University of North Texas issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has enlisted cybersecurity experts from the University of North Texas to overhaul its hiring processes, with the ultimate goal of safeguarding national security. UNT researchers, led by computer science and engineering faculty Ram Dantu and Cihan Tunc, have received $2.1 million in funding from the Cyber Service Academy under the DoD's Chief Information Offic more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 27 -- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release: To meet the growing demands for cancer treatment in Tarrant County and surrounding areas, UT Southwestern Medical Center is expanding its cancer services in the Fort Worth Medical District with construction of a new two-story Radiation Oncology campus that will house the city's first MRI-guided precision radiation treatment. At its recent meeting in Austin, the UT System Board of Re more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 28 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release: * * * Novel CAR T cell therapy obe-cel demonstrates high response rates in adult patients with advanced B-cell ALL Trial results supported recent FDA approval for patients with relapsed/refractory disease Patients with relapsed or refractory CD19-positive B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who were treated with the novel anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T c more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 26 -- Vinson and Elkins, a law firm, issued the following news release on Nov. 25, 2024: Vinson & Elkins today announced that it has elected 11 lawyers to its partnership and promoted 18 lawyers to counsel, effective January 1, 2025. The following is a list of the firm's new partners: Marisa Antonelli Commercial Litigation, New York Marisa's diverse litigation practice includes commercial disputes, securities litigation, shareholder activism, and corporate governance ma more PR