NEW ORLEANS (press release) - The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development has awarded a $256,000 grant to BioAesthetics Corp., a Tulane University spin-out company, to develop a new graft for treating pelvic organ prolapse…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) - A national network of veterinarians providing end-of-life care for pets in the home has added a new provider in the New Orleans area. Lap of Love is a growing network of veterinarians who provide family-centered…
NEW YORK (AP) — The world's richest man wanted to say thanks to the people who made his brief trip into space Tuesday possible. But for some, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' expression of gratitude went over like a lead rocket.…
NEW ORLEANS - Early in the pandemic, Neal Shulman dreamed up the idea for a wine-making kit that would be a fun diversion for people who were suddenly spending a lot more time at home than usual. Along with his…
NEW YORK (AP) - Twitter is disappearing its disappearing tweets, called fleets, after they didn't catch on. The company began testing tweets that vanish after 24 hours last March in Brazil. Fleets were designed to allay the concerns of new users who…
CHALMETTE, La. — The Meraux Foundation and St. Bernard Economic Development Foundation will present the seventh annual Startup St. Bernard on Aug. 5 at the Meraux Foundation's Docville Farm. The live event, which is free to attend, is a “Shark…
NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced last week that the Department’s Economic Development Administration is awarding a $1.3M grant to the New Orleans Business Alliance (NOLABA) to support the development of wet lab space and…
CHALMETTE, La. – St. Bernard Parish Sheriff James Pohlmann and the St. Bernard Parish Council have unanimously approved Chalmette Refining’s Industrial Tax Exemption Program application at the local level, according to a press release from the St. Bernard Economic Development…
NEW ORLEANS – Local nonprofit STEM NOLA said it will use a portion of a new $1.25 million dollar grant from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation to create an innovation center in New Orleans East. The project is currently in…
NEW ORLEANS - Gulf Coast Blenders, a New Orleans-based company that produces dry ingredient blends and mixes, said it has been helping restaurants and foodservice businesses find new revenue streams during the pandemic. Several local spots, including Gracious Bakery, have…
NEW ORLEANS - Tulane University’s Jennifer Whitten, an assistant professor in the department of earth and environmental sciences, will contribute to NASA’s upcoming VERITAS mission to Venus. Scheduled to begin between 2028 and 2030, the mission will launch a satellite…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – As COVID-19 variants continue to spread globally, there is a strong need for continued public health surveillance of COVID-19, including sequencing variant strains. Here in Louisiana, the Louisiana Department of Health has engaged a team…
JEANERETTE, La. (press release) — Gov. John Bel Edwards and Delta Biofuel CEO Philip Keating announced the company is evaluating Iberia Parish, Louisiana, for a planned $70 million renewable fuel plant. The planned production facility would produce biomass fuel pellets…
LAFAYETTE, La. (press release) — Acadian Capital Ventures, a seed-stage venture capital firm, has invested in YellowBird, a nationwide gig economy marketplace that matches vetted risk and environmental, health, and safety professionals with businesses on demand. Acadian Capital Ventures’ investment…
CHALMETTE (press release) – The St. Bernard Economic Development Foundation and the St. Bernard Chamber of Commerce have released the schedule for 2021’s Grow St. Bernard, a joint program aimed at providing professional development opportunities to local business owners and…
NEW ORLEANS — PBF Chalmette Refinery announced it is studying the possible conversion of an idled refinery unit into a renewable diesel production complex. The refinery’s parent company, PBF Energy, would make a $550 million capital investment to retrofit a…
NEW ORLEANS — Starting this week, the University of New Orleans Research and Technology Park will go by its catchy new name: "The Beach at UNO." The Beach is a 30-acre site on the shores of Lake Pontchartrain with 800,000…
Tthe Hispanic Chamber of Commerce will host its Healthcare, Technology & Innovation Summit from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 23. The virtual event will be broadcast from the Hyatt Regency New Orleans, where chamber board members and sponsors…
BATON ROUGE — State workforce development program LED FastStart is working with Amazon Web Services Inc. to host a virtual career fair on Wednesday, June 23, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Eleven companies are participating in the virtual event,…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — The push to build solar plants in Louisiana has been drawing increasing scrutiny from state lawmakers and local officials, who say farmers fear being crowded out of land leases by solar companies with deeper pockets. The…
CHALMETTE, La. – The St. Bernard Economic Development Foundation announced the unanimous passing of the “Digital Media & Software Incentive Program” at the St. Bernard Parish Council’s June 15 meeting. The incentive, structured by SBEDF as a complement to Louisiana…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana has created a framework for self-driving delivery robots to drop off packages on the state's streets, under a bill backed by lawmakers and Gov. John Bel Edwards. The new personal delivery device law sponsored by Republican Sen.…
BATON ROUGE — Although the project has been public knowledge for months, retail giant Amazon has officially announced it is building a robot-powered fulfillment center in Baton Rouge. The facility will combine contemporary robotics technology, inventory and shipping operations in…
HARAHAN, La. — Conveyance systems manufacturer Intralox announced it will add 40 new jobs at its global headquarters in Harahan and 40 new jobs at its Hammond facility. The 80 total direct jobs will receive benefits and result in a…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) - New Orleans Saint Marques Colston will talk about Black startups and leadership at 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 30 at the Black Tech NOLA 2021 virtual conference. The three-day event (June 28-30) aims to connect artists,…
NEW ORLEANS - Tulane University will share in a $35 million U.S. Department of Energy award designed to advance new technologies to decarbonize the biorefining processes used to convert organic material, such as plant matter, into fuel. The effort cuts…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) — Greater New Orleans, Inc., in partnership with Xavier University of Louisiana, Dillard University, and Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO), and along with The Idea Village, has announced the first cohort of participants in the…
NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans-based tech company Locally, which helps online shoppers find local inventory, is growing more international by the day. Formed in 2014 by Mike Massey, Blake Haney (founder of Dirty Coast) and Ben Hirsch, the startup began…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) - Researchers at Tulane University School of Medicine have developed a highly sensitive blood test that can find traces of the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB) in infants a year before they develop the deadly disease,…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – The Idea Village, the New Orleans-based nonprofit startup accelerator and producer of New Orleans Entrepreneur Week, announces today that nine startups completed its industry-leading VILLAGEx accelerator program. These founders have raised over $9.5 million in capital…
