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State Tipoffs Involving North Carolina Newsletter for Friday May 19, 2023 ( 23 items )  

Bank of America Announces Redemption of Floating Rate Senior Notes Due May 2024
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 19 -- Bank of America, a financial institution, issued the following news release on May 18, 2023: Bank of America Corporation announced today that it will redeem on May 28, 2023 all $1,250,000,000 principal amount outstanding of its Floating Rate Senior Notes, due May 2024 (CUSIP No. 06051GJX8) (the "Notes"), at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date of May 28,  more

CFCC Graduates Record Number of Student Athletes
WILMINGTON, North Carolina, May 18 (TNSsel) -- Cape Fear Community College issued the following news: Cape Fear Community College (CFCC) is excited to announce the largest graduating class of student-athletes in program history. Thirty-three student-athletes walked across the stage on May 12, representing an 89% graduation rate. "CFCC is proud to celebrate our largest graduating class of student-athletes," said Jim Morton, CFCC President. "These individuals have excelled academically and demon  more

City of Greensboro Releases 2023 Second Quarter GSO2040 Implementation Update
GREENSBORO, North Carolina, May 18 (TNSrpt) -- The city of Greensboro issued the following news: The Planning Department's latest quarterly GSO2040 Comprehensive Plan report on implementation progress made across the City toward reaching growth goals is now available online. This update summarizes some of the most important projects and trends shaping Greensboro. A few examples are: * Two new, small area plans are in the process of being adopted: the Fleming Road Area Plan and the East Gate C  more

Democratic Governors Association: Mark Robinson Wants to "Continue To Move The Ball" on Abortion Ban
WASHINGTON, May 19 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news on May 18, 2023: In an interview yesterday, Lt. Governor Mark Robinson confirmed that he believes North Carolina's extreme new abortion ban does not go far enough, saying that this dangerous and deeply unpopular law "gives ourselves the opportunity to set ourselves up to get ready to continue to move the ball" by banning abortion before most women even know they are pregnant. None of this is new for Robinson.   more

Dr. Hershey Bell Named Founding Dean of MU College of Medicine
FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina, May 19 (TNSper) -- Methodist University issued the following news release: Methodist University President Stanley T. Wearden announced Thursday that Dr. Hershey Bell has been hired as the founding dean of the MU College of Medicine as the University reaches another milestone on its way to opening the Methodist University School of Medicine at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center (SOM) in the next few years. Bell's hiring comes on the heels of a groundbreaking partnersh  more

Duke University Pratt School of Engineering: Horstmeyer Receives NSF CAREER Award to Develop Hardware and Software for Fast, High-Definition, 3D Microscopes
DURHAM, North Carolina, May 19 (TNSfund) -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: Roarke Horstmeyer, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Duke University, has been awarded a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award. The award supports outstanding early-career faculty in building a foundation for a lifelong research program. The competitive, five-year $500,000 grant will support Horstmeyer's work to develop compu  more

Duke University Pratt School of Engineering: Perfection - The Enemy of Evolution
DURHAM, North Carolina, May 19 (TNSjou) -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Freedom to miss the optimal mark opens a wide range of new designs over time * * * Scientists are often trained to seek out the absolute best solution to a given problem. On a chalk board, this might look something like drawing a graph to find a function's minimum or maximum point. When designing a turbojet engine, it might mean tweaking the rotor blades' angles a tiny degr  more

ECU's EC Scholars Renaming Reflects Donors' $30 Million Commitment
GREENVILLE, North Carolina, May 18 (TNSfund) -- East Carolina University issued the following news release on May 17, 2023: In a milestone moment for East Carolina University, Chancellor Philip Rogers, on Wednesday, announced a combined $30 million commitment to the institution from Robert Gentry Brinkley '78 and Amy Woods Brinkley and Lewis Patrick Lane III '67 and Lynn Lewis Lane. The EC Scholars program will now be known as the Brinkley-Lane Scholars program to honor their investment. "Ro  more

FORVIS Wins Three Accounting Marketing Awards
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 18 -- Forvis, an accounting and advisory firm, issued the following news release: FORVIS' marketing and communications teams have been recognized for excellence at the national level by two highly respected industry groups. The teams won three Marketing Achievement Awards from the Association for Accounting Marketing (AAM) and were nominated for two Employee Communications Awards from Ragan Communications. FORVIS took home top honors in the following categories a  more

Gillings School Celebrates Record-Breaking Class of Public Health Graduates
CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, May 19 (TNSpp) -- The University of North Carolina's Gillings School of Global Public Health issued the following news: Physician and public servant Raj Panjabi, MD, MPH, shared his wishes for the nearly 650 undergraduate, master's and doctoral students who attended the Gillings School of Global Public Health's Commencement ceremony in Carmichael Arena on Saturday, May 13. (A total of 742 students graduated from the School this year, marking the largest public healt  more

Incoming NCCCS President Jeff Cox to Start June 1
RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 19 (TNSper) -- North Carolina Community College System issued the following news: Dr. Jeff Cox, the incoming head of the North Carolina Community College System, will start in his new role at the System Office on June 1. Cox, a longtime education leader and champion in North Carolina, was named the new System President in April following a national search. Cox served as President of Wilkes Community College since 2014 and formerly led Alleghany County Schools as su  more

Kenn Gaither Named Dean of Elon University's School of Communications
ELON, North Carolina, May 19 (TNSper) -- Elon University issued the following news release: * * * Gaither, an accomplished teacher and scholar, has been a member of the school's faculty for nearly two decades and has served as interim dean since 2022. * * * Elon University has selected Kenn Gaither as the new dean of its School of Communications following a national search. Gaither, who has been serving as the school's interim dean since June 2022, will become dean on June 1, 2023. The A.J  more

N.C. A.G. Stein Calls for Passage of the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act
RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 19 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release and letter on May 18, 2023: Attorney General Josh Stein today urged Congressional leadership to pass the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act (H.R.1839/S.993) to combat the widespread illicit use and trafficking of xylazine and help prevent xylazine-related deaths. Xylazine is a potent veterinary medication that has been widely mixed with opioids like fentanyl and is easily obtainable onlin  more

N.C. A.G. Stein Reaches $150,000 Medicaid Fraud Settlement With Rockingham Health Care Provider
RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 18 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on May 17, 2023: Attorney General Josh Stein today reached a $150,000 settlement with Compassionate Counseling Services in Rockingham to resolve allegations that the company submitted false claims to the North Carolina Medicaid program. The settlement funds will be returned to the program. "Health care providers that receive Medicaid resources need to use those resources properly," s  more

N.C. A.G. Stein Supports Legislation Protecting North Carolina Homeowners
RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 18 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on May 17, 2023: Attorney General Josh Stein was in Charlotte today highlighting the need for legislation that protects North Carolinians from predatory, long-term real estate agreements. Attorney General Stein recently sued real estate company MV Realty for allegedly duping North Carolinians with such contracts, and he's supporting the Unfair Real Estate Agreements Act to put an end   more

N.C. A.G. Stein: Budget Misses Opportunity to Support Local Law Enforcement Officers, Protect the Public
RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 18 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on May 17, 2023: Attorney General Josh Stein today pushed the North Carolina General Assembly to support local law enforcement officers in its final budget. Current budget drafts do not include significant measures to address the law enforcement recruitment and retention challenges facing agencies across the state. "Protecting the people of this state has to be job one," said Attorne  more

N.C. Gov. Cooper Statement on Republican Vote to Override SB20 Veto
RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 18 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following statement on May 17, 2023: * * * Governor Roy Cooper issued the following statement on the Republican vote to override the Senate Bill 20 veto: "Strong majorities of North Carolinians don't want right-wing politicians in the exam room with women and their doctors, which is even more understandable today after several Republican lawmakers broke their promises to protect women's reproductive freedom. "Fo  more

N.C. State: Newcomers May Change Ecosystem Functions - Or Not
RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 18 (TNSjou) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: In a study tracking climate-induced changes in the distribution of animals and their effects on ecosystem functions, North Carolina State University researchers show that resident species can continue managing some important ecological processes despite the arrival of newcomers that are similar to them, but resident species' role in ecosystem functioning changes when the newcomers are   more

N.C. State: Pop Quiz - AI Matches Human Performance at Developing Good Test Questions
RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 18 (TNSres) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that can generate online course assessment questions that instructors found indistinguishable from questions written by humans. The new AI is called QUADL, and it does two things: it identifies key terms and ideas in instructional texts, and then crafts questions that focus on those terms and ideas. "We provide QUADL wi  more

N.C. State: Study Finds Carrying Pollen Heats Up Bumble Bees, Raising New Climate Change Questions
RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 18 (TNSjou) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: A new study from North Carolina State University finds carrying pollen is a workout that significantly increases the body temperature of bumble bees. This new understanding of active bumble bee body temperatures raises questions about how these species will be impacted by a warmer world due to climate change. Spend a bit of time at a nearby flower patch and you will spot a fuzzy bumbl  more

Troutman Pepper Advises Payroc in Acquisition of Atlantic Merchant Services
ATLANTA, Georgia, May 18 -- Troutman Pepper, a law firm, issued the following edited news: Troutman Pepper client Payroc WorldAccess, LLC, (Payroc), a global payments leader, recently announced the acquisition of Atlantic Merchant Services, LLC, (Atlantic Merchant), a full-service merchant processing company based in Raleigh, North Carolina by one of Payroc's subsidiaries. Payroc is backed by private equity firm Parthenon Capital who assisted Payroc in completing this acquisition. Payroc is a  more

VIRGINIA IS NOW ONLY ONE OF A FEW SOUTHERN STATES WHERE THE GOP HASN'T BANNED ABORTION
RICHMOND, Virginia, May 18 -- The Virginia Democratic Party issued the following news release on May 16, 2023: This evening, North Carolina's GOP-led House and Senate overrode Democratic Governor Roy Cooper's veto, instituting a statewide Republican ban on abortion. Following the overturn of Roe v. Wade last summer, nearly every state across the South banned abortion - either by an act of their legislatures or by existing bans that the Supreme Court had overridden - except in the Commonwealth   more

WFU Professor Linda Nielsen on Myths About Fathers
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, May 19 (TNSbook) -- Wake Forest University issued the following news on May 18, 2023: As Father's Day nears, families across the country are finding ways to celebrate their dad. It's also a time to reflect on the importance of these relationships and the impact that they have on a child's development and well-being. "Kids whose dads are highly involved in their care (including during infancy) have better outcomes than kids with less involved dads - emotional, beh  more