RALEIGH, North Carolina, Sept. 2 (TNSres) -- Campbell University issued the following news: Campbell University's Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law Dean J. Rich Leonard was awarded the prestigious designation of a Fulbright Specialist Scholar in August 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. State Department delayed the designation by three years, but on Sept. 2, Leonard will finally head to Bhutan for five weeks to teach an international comparative bankruptcy course to law students. H  more

DURHAM, North Carolina, Sept. 2 (TNSres) -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Duke's Climate+ Program uses data-driven research to address the climate crisis * * * If you have ever visited a city in the summer, you most likely have experienced the effects of urban heat islands without even knowing. An urban heat island is an area in a city, typically downtown, that experiences, absorbs and releases excessive heat at a higher rate than its nearby ru  more

GASTONIA, North Carolina, Sept. 2 -- Gaston County issued the following news: Gaston County has been awarded $132,000 by the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency (NCHFA) under the 2023 cycle of the Urgent Repair Program to assist Gaston County residents. This program provides funds to assist very-low and low-income households in addressing housing conditions that pose imminent threats to their life and/or safety or in providing accessibility modifications and other repairs necessary to preven  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Sept. 2 (TNSres) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: An artificial intelligence with the ability to look inward and fine tune its own neural network performs better when it chooses diversity over lack of diversity, a new study finds. The resulting diverse neural networks were particularly effective at solving complex tasks. "We created a test system with a non-human intelligence, an artificial intelligence (AI), to see if the AI would   more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Sept. 2 -- The Wake Forest University Schools of Business issued the following news release: The Wake Forest School of Business is pleased to announce the appointment of Roderick Lewis as the Executive Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, effective September 1. In his new position, Lewis will spearhead the development and implementation of school-wide strategies to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion, geared toward fostering a global and inclusive com  more