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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Texas Newsletter for 2025-09-16 ( 50 items )  
59th Medical Wing explores new technology with SimX demo (10)
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Sept. 15 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland issued the following news: * * * 59th Medical Wing explores new technology with SimX demo * JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas - The 59th Medical Wing hosted a demonstration of SimX's Virtual Reality Operational Medical Training at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, giving leaders and educators a chance to explore how immersive technology could more PR

AFA Partners with Sandboxx to Support New Recruits and Their Families (10)
ARLINGTON, Virginia, Sept. 15 [Category: National Defense] -- The Air and Space Forces Association posted the following news release: * * * AFA Partners with Sandboxx to Support New Recruits and Their Families * The Air & Space Forces Association (AFA) has officially joined forces with Sandboxx to support new recruits and their families during Basic Military Training (BMT) at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. This partnership helps bridge the gap between military life and civilian unde more PR

Air Force Reservist's Federal Lawsuit Moves Forward After Federal Court Denies Motion to Dismiss the Case (10)
PLANO, Texas, Sept. 15 [Category: Sociological] -- The First Liberty Institute, an organization that says it is dedicated to defending liberty for all Americans, issued the following news release: * * * Air Force Reservist's Federal Lawsuit Moves Forward After Federal Court Denies Motion to Dismiss the Case * Lisa Johnston, ljohnston@avemaria.edu Mobile: 239-687-5443 Plano, TX -- First Liberty Institute, the law firm Winston & Strawn LLP, and the Ave Maria School of Law Veterans and Ser more PR

Alcon Urges CMS to Reassess Cataract Surgery Reimbursement Policies (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Alcon, a global leader in eye care, has submitted a public comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) expressing concerns over proposed revisions to the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment (Proposed Rule) for the year 2026. The Fort Worth, Texas-based company emphasizes the need for the agency to reevaluate reimbursement strategies for cataract procedures to ensure that Medicare beneficiaries continue to receive timely surgical care. more ST

Antenna TV To Celebrate 100th Birthday of Johnny Carson (10)
IRVING, Texas, Sept. 15 [Category: BizMedia] -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release: * * * Antenna TV To Celebrate 100th Birthday of Johnny Carson * "Johnny Carson's 100th Birthday Party" with Commentary from Legendary Tonight Show Band Leader Doc Severinsen Airs October 20-25 at 11pm ET/8pm PT September 15, 2025 - Antenna TV will honor the legendary king of late-night, Johnny Carson, with Johnny Carson's 100th Birthday Party, a week-lo more PR

Army updates standards for appearance, grooming, uniform wear in new directive (10)
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Sept. 15 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland issued the following news: * * * Army updates standards for appearance, grooming, uniform wear in new directive * WASHINGTON - The U.S. Army announced an update to its appearance, grooming, and uniform wear standards policy in a new directive resulting from a force-wide review of military standards. The updated policy clarifies existing standards and establishes new standards, emphasizing more PR

Axiom Space, Spacebilt Announce Orbital Data Center Node Aboard International Space Station (10)
HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 16 -- Axiom Space Inc., a provider of human spaceflight services and developer of human-rated space infrastructure, issued the following news release: * * * Axiom Space, Spacebilt Announce Orbital Data Center Node Aboard International Space Station Collaboration with Microchip Technology, Phison Electronics, and Skyloom Will Deliver Additional Data Storage, Computing and AI Capacity to Low-Earth Orbit * PARIS - Axiom Space and Spacebilt Inc. announced today a multi-or more PR

Bridging gap between artificial intelligence, real-world health outcomes (10)
HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 15 -- Rice University posted the following news release: * * * Bridging gap between artificial intelligence, real-world health outcomes * By Kelly Peters Special to Rice News The Ken Kennedy Institute at Rice University will host the fourth annual AI in Health Conference this month, aiming to forge interdisciplinary, cross-institutional collaborations and showcase innovative artificial intelligence (AI) advancements for health research, medicine and data-driven te more PR

Canalys Study Finds Every $1 of Falcon Platform Sales Leads Up to $7 in Partner Services Revenue (10)
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 16 (TNSxrep) -- CrowdStrike Inc., a cybersecurity platform for protecting areas of enterprise risk - endpoints and cloud workloads, identity and data, issued the following news on Sept. 15, 2025: * * * Canalys Study Finds Every $1 of Falcon Platform Sales Leads Up to $7 in Partner Services Revenue Independent research validates Falcon platform transformation as the leading engine of partner profitability, fueling growth and sustained returns * CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) more PR

Cloud Secures Major Victories for Corpus Christi Army Depot and America's Defense within the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Michael Cloud, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * RELEASE: Cloud Secures Major Victories for Corpus Christi Army Depot and America's Defense within the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act * Congressman Michael Cloud (TX-27) addressed the House's advancement of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) this past week, highlighting key victories that reinforce national defense, support critical work at the Corpus Christi Army Depot (CCAD), an more PR

Committee on Small Business Celebrates Passage of SBIR/STTR Extension Bill on the House Floor (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, chairman of the House Small Business Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2025: * * * Committee on Small Business Celebrates Passage of SBIR/STTR Extension Bill on the House Floor Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5100 under suspension favorably out of the chamber. Chairman Roger Williams (TX-25) issued the following statement on the legislation. "Today's vote is a victory for America's small busine more PR

Congressman Al Green Opposes Department of Education Funding Cuts to Minority-Serving Institutions (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Al Green Opposes Department of Education Funding Cuts to Minority-Serving Institutions * Today, Congressman Al Green opposed the United States Department of Education's (ED) decision to cut $350 million in discretionary funding for Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) supporting enrollment in science and engineering programs, schools with significant Hispanic enrollment, and other federal gra more PR

Congressman Castro Kicks off Hispanic Heritage Month with Public Call for Latino Nominations to the National Recording Registry (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Castro Kicks off Hispanic Heritage Month with Public Call for Latino Nominations to the National Recording Registry * September 15, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20) kicked off Hispanic Heritage Month by announcing that he is collecting public nominations of songs and albums by Latino artists to be added to the prestigious National Recording Registry.  more PR

Congressman Ellzey's Statement on the FY26 National Defense Authorization Act (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Jake Ellzey, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Ellzey's Statement on the FY26 National Defense Authorization Act * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On Wednesday, the House passed H.R. 3838, the Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (SPEED Act and FY26 NDAA). This legislation underscores House Republicans' commitment to strengthening national security, enhancing mili more PR

Congressman Williams Celebrates Committee on Small Business Passage of SBIR/STTR Extension Bill on the House Floor (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Williams Celebrates Committee on Small Business Passage of SBIR/STTR Extension Bill on the House Floor * Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5100 under suspension favorably out of the chamber. Chairman Roger Williams (TX-25) issued the following statement on the legislation.  "Today's vote is a victory for America's small businesses and the future of innovation," said more PR

Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia's Women Veterans Cancer Care Coordinator Act Unanimously Passes the House (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia's Women Veterans Cancer Care Coordinator Act Unanimously Passes the House * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia's Women Veterans Cancer Care Coordinator Act (H.R. 1860) (link is external) passed unanimously in the U.S. House of Representatives. Congresswoman Garcia (D-TX-29) introduced the legislation in March, alongside Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D- more PR

CrowdStrike and Meta Deliver New Benchmarks for the Evaluation of AI Performance in Cybersecurity (10)
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 16 -- CrowdStrike Inc., a cybersecurity platform for protecting areas of enterprise risk - endpoints and cloud workloads, identity and data, issued the following news on Sept. 15, 2025: * * * CrowdStrike and Meta Deliver New Benchmarks for the Evaluation of AI Performance in Cybersecurity New benchmarks define how LLMs should be tested in the SOC - measuring real threats, workflows, and outcomes to help defenders * CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) today, in partnership with M more PR

CrowdStrike Secures the Future of AI Across the Enterprise Ecosystem (10)
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 16 -- CrowdStrike Inc., a cybersecurity platform for protecting areas of enterprise risk - endpoints and cloud workloads, identity and data, issued the following news on Sept. 15, 2025: * * * CrowdStrike Secures the Future of AI Across the Enterprise Ecosystem Only CrowdStrike delivers unified protection across the entire AI stack - from compute to cloud, data to models, and agents to applications - in partnership with the world's AI leaders * CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) more PR

EPA Issues Air Permit for Offshore Deepwater Port for Crude Oil Export, Unleashing American Energy Dominance (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Issues Air Permit for Offshore Deepwater Port for Crude Oil Export, Unleashing American Energy Dominance * DALLAS, TEXAS (September 15, 2025) - Today, U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the Clean Air Act (CAA) permit for the proposed offshore Texas GulfLink (TGL) deepwater port. The permit allows a first-of-its-kind use of vapor capture and control technology mounted on an o more PR

EXPOSED: Texas Voter Calls Out Monica De La Cruz for Lying About Gutting Medicaid (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * EXPOSED: Texas Voter Calls Out Monica De La Cruz for Lying About Gutting Medicaid * Monica De La Cruz has once again been caught lying to Texans. Following her decisive vote for the Big, Ugly Law, De La Cruz has been on defense, claiming the bill ends " abuse and mismanagement " and " strengthens rural health infrastructure " - hiding the disastrous reality that her law will lea more PR

Fed's Next Move: Insights From UTA Economist (10)
ARLINGTON, Texas, Sept. 16 -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following Q&A on Sept. 15, 2025, by Brian Lopez with David Quigley, a clinical assistant professor of economics: * * * Fed's next move: insights from UTA economist David Quigley explains how jobs, tariffs and inflation could shape policy and affect Texans * On Sept. 17, the Federal Reserve will announce whether it plans to cut interest rates, a decision that could ripple across the nation's economy and directl more PR

Federal Court Protects Church Freedom Over Matters of Internal Religious Governance and Leadership (10)
PLANO, Texas, Sept. 15 [Category: Sociological] -- The First Liberty Institute, an organization that says it is dedicated to defending liberty for all Americans, issued the following news release: * * * Federal Court Protects Church Freedom Over Matters of Internal Religious Governance and Leadership * News Release : 9.15.25 Contact: Peyton Drew, media@firstliberty.org Direct: 972-941-4453 New Orleans, LA-- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit determined that courts can more PR

Food & Water Watch Endorses California's Proposition 50 (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 [Category: Science] -- The Food and Water Watch posted the following news release: * * * Food & Water Watch Endorses California's Proposition 50 * Today, Food & Water Watch announced its endorsement of California's Election Rigging Response Act (Proposition 50) - the state's response to Trump's Texas powergrab. Food & Water Watch California Director Nicole Ghio released the following statement: "California did not back Trump's MAGA agenda in 2016, 2020 or 2024, and w more PR

FORSCOM leaders outline vision for transformation at Maneuver Warfighter Conference (10)
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Sept. 15 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland issued the following news: * * * FORSCOM leaders outline vision for transformation at Maneuver Warfighter Conference * FORT BENNING, Georgia -Senior Army leaders used the Maneuver Warfighter Conference at Fort Benning, Georgia, on Sept. 9 to deliver a clear message: the U.S. Army is entering a new era of transformation, and readiness to "fight and win tonight" remains the non-negotiable sta more PR

HACU accepting applications for Emerging Leaders' Summit at the University of Illinois Chicago, Oct. 2 (10)
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Sept. 15 [Category: Education] -- The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities posted the following news release: * * * HACU accepting applications for Emerging Leaders' Summit at the University of Illinois Chicago, Oct. 2 * The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities will host an Emerging Leaders' Summit on Oct. 2, 2025, from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. at the University of Illinois Chicago. Undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at HACU-member institu more PR

HACU Statement on critical funding for HSIs (10)
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Sept. 15 [Category: Education] -- The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities posted the following news release: * * * HACU Statement on critical funding for HSIs * SAN ANTONIO - The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) has released the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Education's reallocation of Minority-Serving Institution funding for other priorities. "The grant funding for Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) is more PR

Husted Introduces Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill to Expand Career Tech Awareness (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2025: * * * Husted introduces bipartisan, bicameral bill to expand career tech awareness Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) today introduced the Student Debt Alternative and CTE Awareness Act. This bill would help students understand the opportunity and affordability that a career and technical education (CTE) offers by expanding the Department of Education's (ED) Federal Student Aid website to include infor more PR

HVS Brokerage & Advisory Closes Sale of Two Texas Hilton-Branded Hotels on Behalf of Mount Street (10)
LOVELAND, Colorado, Sept. 16 -- HVS, a consulting, valuation and research firm, issued the following news release: * * * HVS Brokerage & Advisory Closes Sale of Two Texas Hilton-Branded Hotels on Behalf of Mount Street HOUSTON, TX, September 15, 2025: HVS Brokerage & Advisory announces the sale of the 92-key Homewood Suites by Hilton Houston Clear Lake NASA, located at 401 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston, Texas, 77058, and the 117-key Hilton Garden Inn San Antonio Airport, located at 12828 San Pe more PR

ICE El Paso investigation results in 2 Mexican nationals, 2 US citizens charged in conspiracy to smuggle children from Mexico (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE El Paso investigation results in 2 Mexican nationals, 2 US citizens charged in conspiracy to smuggle children from Mexico * EL PASO, Texas - Four people were charged for their roles in a scheme to smuggle children from Mexico into the United States, sometimes using candy laced with THC to sedate them during smuggling events, following an investig more PR

ICYMI: Chair Emeritus McCaul on ABC's "This Week" (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Chair Emeritus McCaul on ABC's "This Week" * WASHINGTON - U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) -- chairman emeritus of the House Foreign Affairs and Homeland Security Committees -- joined Martha Raddatz on ABC's "This Week" to discuss the latest on Ukraine, Israel's strike in Qatar, and his future plansClick to watch (link is external) Excerpts from the interview: On Russia's vio more PR

IHeartMedia's My Cultura Podcast Network and Radio Ambulante Studios Team Up With Top Latino News Anchor to Launch New Multigenerational Podcast, 'The Moment With Jorge Ramos and Paola Ramos' (10)
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Sept. 16 -- iHeartMedia issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2025: * * * iHeartMedia's My Cultura Podcast Network and Radio Ambulante Studios Team Up with Top Latino News Anchor to Launch New Multigenerational Podcast, "The Moment with Jorge Ramos and Paola Ramos" Legendary father-daughter journalist duo joins forces to deliver authentic Latino perspectives on pop culture, society, politics and today's most pressing issues * NEW YORK - iHeartMedia, the No. 1 po more PR

Litigation Department of the Year Finalist: Kirkland & Ellis (10)
CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 15 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Litigation Department of the Year Finalist: Kirkland & Ellis * Kirkland was named a finalist for "Litigation Department of the Year" as part of Texas Lawyer's Texas Legal Awards, and participated in this Q&A. Kirkland & Ellis is among the finalists for Texas Lawyer's 2025 Litigation Department of the Year Award. Read a Q&A with them below. What was your departm more PR

LWV and Partners File Amicus Brief in Opposition to Texas' Racially Discriminatory Congressional Maps (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 [Category: Political] -- The League of Women Voters issued the following news release: * * * LWV and Partners File Amicus Brief in Opposition to Texas' Racially Discriminatory Congressional Maps * WASHINGTON -- Today, the League of Women Voters, League of Women Voters of Texas, and other nonprofit, nonpartisan civil rights and racial justice organizations, led by the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), filed an amicus brief in support of the plaintiffs' motions for preliminary inj more PR

McCaul Announces He Will Not Seek Another Term (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * McCaul Announces He Will Not Seek Another Term * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) -- chairman emeritus of the House Homeland Security and Foreign Affairs Committees -- announced he will not run for another congressional term. He will continue to serve the people of Texas for the remainder of the 119th Congress. "It has been the honor of a lifetime to represent the  more PR

Mission Monday: Maria Lodico, Business Systems Management Branch Chief (10)
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Sept. 15 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland issued the following news: * * * Mission Monday: Maria Lodico, Business Systems Management Branch Chief * JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas - This week we're highlighting Maria Lodico, chief of the business systems management branch for Air Force Civil Engineer Center's Business Information Systems and Mission Support Directorate. Lodico spent nearly 20 years in the private sector  more PR

New initiative launched to improve care for people with certain types of heart failure (10)
DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 15 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association posted the following news release: * * * New initiative launched to improve care for people with certain types of heart failure * The American Heart Association, a relentless force changing the future of health for everyone everywhere, is launching a new initiative to improve in-hospital care for people with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and heart failure with mildly reduced ejection fr more PR

Newmark Arranges Sale of 261-Unit Trophy Multifamily Asset in Central San Antonio (10)
NEW YORK, Sept. 16 -- Newmark Group posted the following news release: * * * Newmark Arranges Sale of 261-Unit Trophy Multifamily Asset in Central San Antonio Newmark announces the Company has arranged the sale of River House, a 261-unit trophy multifamily asset located at 122 Roy Smith Street in central San Antonio, Texas. Newmark Multifamily Capital Markets Executive Managing Director Matt Michelson and Vice Chairman Patton Jones represented the seller, Hixon Properties, a San Antonio-base more PR

North Central Dominates In Top 20 Showdown (10)
WACO, Texas, Sept. 15 [Category: Sports] -- The American Football Coaches Association posted the following news: * * * North Central Dominates In Top 20 Showdown * Playing in their first game of the season, the defending national champions looked the part. North Central recorded 596 yards of total offense and held UW-Oshkosh to just 50 yards rushing in a lopsided 45-14 victory. The Titans scored the game's first touchdown with 6:57 left in the first quarter, then didn't score again until the more PR

Rep. Gill Bill Cracks Down on DC Crime, Headed to House Floor (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Gill Bill Cracks Down on DC Crime, Headed to House Floor * Congressman Brandon Gill's (TX-26) DC Juvenile Sentencing Reform Act yesterday passed the House Committee on Oversight and Government markup and is eligible for consideration on the House floor.  "Under President Trump's bold leadership, Washington D.C. is being rapidly restored from decades of being a crime-riddled hellhole," said Rep more PR

Rep. Troy E. Nehls on Being Selected to Serve on the Select Subcommittee on January 6 (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Troy E. Nehls on Being Selected to Serve on the Select Subcommittee on January 6 * WASHINGTON, D.C. --Congressman Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22) released the statement below after being selected to serve on the Select Subcommittee on January 6: "I'm honored to be selected to serve on the Select Subcommittee on January 6," said Congressman Nehls. "I know firsthand what happened on January 6, and I'm loo more PR

Reps. Garcia, Ramirez Urge Congressional Leaders to Stop Trump's Rollback of Immigrant Protections and Pass the American Dream and Promise Act (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Garcia, Ramirez Urge Congressional Leaders to Stop Trump's Rollback of Immigrant Protections and Pass the American Dream and Promise Act * Today, on the first day of Hispanic Heritage Month, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (D-TX-29) and Congresswoman Delia Ramirez (D-IL-03) led their colleagues in sending a letter (link is external) to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA-04), House Minority Leader Ha more PR

Soured: CBP officers seize more than $16M in methamphetamine in frozen mango shipment at World Trade Bridge (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: * * * Soured: CBP officers seize more than $16M in methamphetamine in frozen mango shipment at World Trade Bridge * LAREDO, Texas \- U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations officers at World Trade Bridge soured a hard narcotics smuggling attempt, seizing $16 million in alleged methamphetamine hidden in a frozen mango shipment. "It is not un more PR

SwRI installs private 5G network for research, development, testing and evaluation (10)
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Sept. 15 [Category: Business] -- Southwest Research Institute posted the following news release: * * * SwRI installs private 5G network for research, development, testing and evaluation * Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) installed a private 5G research, development, test and evaluation network to boost security, eliminate dependency on outside mobile network providers and expand network access for advanced 5G projects. The secure, high-velocity 5G network allows rapid  more PR

SwRI, UT San Antonio collaborate to advance smart biosensors for improved CAR T-cell production (10)
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Sept. 15 [Category: Business] -- Southwest Research Institute posted the following news release: * * * SwRI, UT San Antonio collaborate to advance smart biosensors for improved CAR T-cell production * Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and The University of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio) are advancing a smart biosensor coating to streamline the production of immunotherapies for cancer treatments. Researchers plan to use novel biosensor coatings to enable automated more PR

Target: BP initiative helps more than 10M adults with hypertension (10)
DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 15 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association posted the following news release: * * * Target: BP initiative helps more than 10M adults with hypertension * Nearly half of U.S. adults -- 122.4 million people -- are living with high blood pressure (BP), a leading preventable risk factor for heart disease, stroke and premature death, according to the 2025 American Heart Association Statistical Update. Yet just a quarter of them have their BP under control, ma more PR

Texas A&M AgriLife Pilots National Model for Information Technology Access (10)
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 16 -- Texas A&M University, a component of the public university system in Texas, issued the following news from its agriculture program: * * * Texas A&M AgriLife pilots national model for information technology access National Science Foundation grant supports development of affordable, scalable research support By Kay Ledbetter Researchers at universities requiring advanced information technology expertise could soon gain new opportunities to access comprehensive, aff more PR

Texas A&M University College of Engineering: How Good Bacteria Break Free From Their Hydrogel Homes (10)
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Sept. 16 (TNSjou) -- The Texas A&M University College of Engineering issued the following news: * * * How Good Bacteria Break Free from Their Hydrogel Homes Texas A&M researchers uncover how forces from bacterial growth affect materials, paving the way for medical devices that treat infections without antibiotics. * Fearless bacteria have colonized extreme environments, adapted to vast temperatures and pH fluctuations, and acclimated to diverse hosts. Among these mul more PR

Texas A&M University: Missing Ingredient in the Adult Patient Experience? Joy (10)
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Sept. 16 (TNSjou) -- Texas A&M University issued the following news: * * * The missing ingredient in the adult patient experience? Joy Much can be learned about adult health care from pediatric practices, according to health services researchers. By Lesley Henton, Texas A&M University Division of Marketing and Communications In pediatric hospitals, emotional comfort is treated as essential to healing. Children are offered music therapy, pet visits, interactive progr more PR

UC-San Francisco: As Pesticides and Wildfires Rise, Kids With Cancer Need Resources (10)
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 15 (TNSjou) -- The University of California San Francisco campus issued the following news release: * * * As Pesticides and Wildfires Rise, Kids with Cancer Need Resources California and Texas physicians collaborate to address the impact of environmental pollutants on childhood cancer survivors. * A growing body of research ties environmental pollutants to worse health and shorter life spans for childhood cancer survivors. Yet medical providers lack sufficie more PR

UTA Sets Record Freshman Class for Fall 2025 (10)
ARLINGTON, Texas, Sept. 16 -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: * * * UTA sets record freshman class for Fall 2025 Sees continued overall enrollment growth * The University of Texas at Arlington set a new record this fall, enrolling more than 5,100 first-time-in-college students--the largest freshman class in its 130-year history and a 7.6% increase compared to fall 2024. UTA's total enrollment is 42,710, an annual increase of 2.6%. The record-brea more PR