MURFREESBORO, North Carolina, April 25 -- Chowan University issued the following news: By Zoe Beale On Thursday, April 18th, Harri Lovett, Director of Business and Industry Partnerships, hosted "Speed Interviews" for students and local business professionals to connect on campus through a series of brief interviews lasting just three minutes each. This initiative aimed to equip students with essential networking skills and the ability to present themselves effectively in an interview setting.   more

DURHAM, North Carolina, April 25 -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: Amanda Randles, the Alfred Winborne and Victoria Stover Mordecai Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences at Duke University, was awarded the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Prize in Computing. This prestigious award is presented to early-to-mid-career computer scientists whose research contributions have fundamental impact and broad implications. Awardees receive $250,000 from  more

DURHAM, North Carolina, April 25 -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: Shaundra Daily, the Cue Family Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science, and Emily Edwards, associate research professor of electrical and computer engineering, have been appointed to influential roles within the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM). Earlier this year, NASEM appointed Daily and Edwards as committee members on the D  more

DURHAM, North Carolina, April 26 -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: The Outreach Design Education program's recent hackathon helped engage students from Lowe's Grove Middle School with the world of engineering and offered hands-on opportunities to tackle real world problems. The 5,000-square-foot design and learning lab, known as the Duke Engineering Design POD, is what initially drew Aaron Kyle, professor of the practice in the department of biomedical e  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, April 26 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release on April 25, 2024: Attorney General Ashley Moody today filed a lawsuit against the Atlantic Coast Conference for wrongfully withholding public records from review. Under secret media rights contracts located somewhere in its North Carolina headquarters, the ACC has made claims that could cost Florida State University more than half a billion dollars. Attorney General Moody first took action  more

CARY, North Carolina, April 25 (TNSres) -- SAS Institute, a business analytics software and services provider, issued the following news release: Public health researchers have a new, powerful tool from data and AI provider SAS to analyze the National Institutes of Health's All of Us Research Program's large and diverse data set. The NIH has added SAS Analytics Pro on SAS(R) Viya(R) to the All of Us Researcher Workbench, the cloud-based platform that allows registered researchers to study data   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 26 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following statement on April 25, 2024: * * * Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement after Governor Roy Cooper released his FY 2024-2025 recommended budget: "We need to do more to keep our towns and cities safe. I thank Gov. Cooper for including funding in his budget for a Fentanyl Control Unit so prosecutors in my office can work with district attorneys to tackle these comple  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 26 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release: Attorney General Josh Stein urged Congress to pass the Access to Family Building Act and guarantee women's right to access assisted reproductive health care, including in-vitro fertilization (IVF) nationwide. Following a recent Alabama Supreme Court decision that jeopardized essential reproductive health services, Attorney General Stein and a coalition of 21 attorneys general are a  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 26 -- The North Carolina Republican Party issued the following news release: The North Carolina Republican Party is excited to announce that Former Chief of Staff to the Department of Defense & Deputy Director of National Intelligence Kash Patel will be the featured speaker at the Convention Kickoff of this year's 2024 State Convention in Greensboro! Who: Kash Patel What: Convention Kickoff, 2024 NCGOP State Convention When: Thursday, May 23, 2024 Where: Koury  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 25 (TNSres) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: A new study finds that "sunny day flooding," which occurs during high tides, increases the levels of fecal bacteria in coastal waters. While the elevated bacteria levels in the coastal waters tend to dissipate quickly, the findings suggest policymakers and public health officials should be aware of potential risks associated with tidal flooding. "Historically we see the highest leve  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, April 25 (TNSres) -- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University issued the following news: University of Minnesota (UMN) officials have announced a new research partnership program with North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, the largest of the nation's historically Black colleges and universities. "Solving complex grand challenge problems requires research universities like ours to actively seek out collaborators and talent to pu  more

MISENHEIMER, North Carolina, April 25 (TNSres) -- Pfeiffer University issued the following news: Pfeiffer University's Department of Natural and Health Sciences, in partnership with the Milton Rose Research Fellows Program and the Gustavus and Louise Pfeiffer Research Foundation, hosted the 20th annual George Pfeiffer Research Symposium on Friday, April 12th. Each year, the symposium, named in honor of George R. Pfeiffer - former University trustee and past president of the Pfeiffer Foundation   more

MISENHEIMER, North Carolina, April 25 -- Pfeiffer University issued the following news: Simulation offers students an opportunity to make high-risk decisions in a no-risk environment. It is considered a valuable teaching tool, and this month, Pfeiffer's nursing program hosted a two-day disaster and poverty simulation series on campus. "There is no substitute for simulated training experiences," said Dr. Martha Bramlett, Chair of the Department of Nursing. "These real-life scenarios give our st  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, April 25 (TNSres) -- The University of North Carolina School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Published in the Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology journal, a study led by Anne Peery, MD, and Walker Redd, MD in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, shows that the prevalence of colorectal cancer is low in most patients with diverticulitis. However, patients with complicated diverticulitis are the exception. * * * Acute diverticul  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, April 26 -- The University of North Carolina's School of the Arts issued the following news release: UNCSA has named alumnus John Langs, artistic director of the ACT Contemporary Theatre in Seattle since 2016, the next dean of the School of Drama, effective July 1. Langs will lead the conservatory's highly ranked Drama program with a focus on interdisciplinary work, new technologies, inclusion in the arts and a focus on student well-being while preparing students   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 23 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: By any measure, the 2016 general election campaigns got ugly, with rhetorical mudslinging from both sides. But it was a conversation after the election that spurred new research questions for University of Nebraska-Lincoln political scientist Elizabeth Theiss-Morse and her University of North Carolina colleague, Jeff Spinner-Halev. "I can't respect anyone who voted for..." was   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 25 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: Husker scientist Ana Maria Velez is pioneering a genetic technology to contain the western corn rootworm, which annually causes up to $2 billion in yield loss and control costs in the Corn Belt. The research seeks to contain agricultural pests by targeting rootworm genes. This genetic technique, known as RNAi, increases rootworm larvae mortality to protect the corn plant. Velez  more