TOWSON, Maryland, April 13 (TNSper) -- Towson University issued the following news: Dr. Cynthia Cooper, acting provost, announced that Dr. Aneil Mishra will be joining Towson University as the Dean of the College of Business & Economics. Dr. Mishra was selected as the top candidate after an extensive national search and begins his appointment on July 5, 2023. He will oversee programs that are collectively recognized as critical workforce providers to the greater Mid-Atlantic region and as a nat  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 (TNSres) -- The Center for Progressive Reform issued the following news release: * * * In new policy brief, the Center for Progressive Reform calls on the state of North Carolina to advance "energy equity" by taking steps to help low-wealth people generate their own electricity via residential and community solar programs. * * * The Center for Progressive Reform is calling on North Carolina to enact a suite of policy reforms that would help low-wealth people generate the  more

JAMESTOWN, North Carolina, April 12 (TNSper) -- Guilford Technical Community College issued the following news release on April 11, 2023: Jan Knox has been elevated to the role of vice president of college advancement for Guilford Technical Community College. Knox, who had served as GTCC's associate vice president of marketing, communications and the GTCC Foundation since September 2020, began her new role February 1. "As a former student, I personally know the impact that GTCC has had on my   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 15 -- The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction issued the following news release: Kimberly S. Jones, a veteran English teacher at Chapel Hill High School, was named the 2023 Burroughs Wellcome Fund North Carolina Teacher of the Year during an awards luncheon today at the Umstead Hotel in Cary. Jones was selected from a field of nine finalists representing the state's eight education districts and charter schools. Jones is known in her school and across  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, April 15 (TNSjou) -- Wake Forest University issued the following news: At Buluk, an ancient fossil site in remote northern Kenya, Wake Forest University paleoanthropologist Ellen Miller uncovered clues about the habitats of apes living there 16 million years ago. Miller, who studies the fossil evidence for primate evolution, is part of a collaborative team of geologists and paleoanthropologists led by Baylor University professor Daniel Peppe, Ph.D. Their work, pu  more