MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Sept. 20 -- Baker Donelson, a law firm, issued the following news release: The national law firm of Baker Donelson continues to grow its Raleigh/Research Triangle, North Carolina, office with the addition of Scott Bowers, a shareholder in the Firm's Corporate Group. "We're thrilled to add Scott to our team as we continue to grow Baker Donelson's presence in Raleigh and across the Carolinas," said Matthew W. Wolfe, managing shareholder of Baker Donelson's Raleigh/Research Tr  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Sept. 20 (TNSres) -- Bank of America, a financial institution, issued the following news release: Bank of America announced their inventor base has grown to more than 7,000 employees around the world. These talented inventors have helped grow the bank's patent portfolio to over 6,100 active patents and applications. Their contributions have resulted in the bank rising to 75th on the Intellectual Property Owners Association's Top 300 list of patent owners (PDF). Suppor  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Sept. 20 -- Carlyle Group issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2023: CAPTRUST Financial Advisors (CAPTRUST) announced today a minority growth investment from funds managed by global investment firm Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG). Carlyle will provide growth capital to the firm which will be used to pursue strategic inorganic growth opportunities. Neither GTCR nor any of CAPTRUST's executive leadership teams will be selling secondary shares as part of the transaction. C  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Sept. 20 -- Discovery Education, a division of Discovery Communications, issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2023: Discovery Education, the worldwide leader in education solutions, today announced it has partnered with Subaru of America, Inc., LyondellBasell, Nucor, Honeywell, and the National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) to launch the Sustainability Education Coalition. This first-of-its-kind initiative is focused on empowering over 10 million  more

DURHAM, North Carolina, Sept. 20 -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: Xiaoxuan Yang knows that faculty jobs are high-pressure. But she believes they have their joys as well-- developing her own research program, for example, as well as mentoring students and collaborating with excellent researchers. Yang is currently working as a postdoctoral scholar at Stanford University, but next year she will join the faculty of the University of Virginia as an assistant  more

ELON, North Carolina, Sept. 20 -- Elon University issued the following news release: Elon University today officially opened its new regional center in South End and announced plans to offer a part-time Elon University School of Law Juris Doctor degree program in Charlotte. The Elon Law Flex Program, to be offered exclusively at the Elon University in Charlotte regional center, will be the only in-person law program offered in the Queen City. Law classes will begin in Fall 2024, pending appro  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Sept. 20 -- LPL Financial LLC, a company that provides support from independent financial advisors to financial institutions, issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2023: LPL Financial LLC announced today that financial advisor Aaron Cizon has joined LPL's employee advisor channel, Linsco by LPL Financial, to launch Cizon Group Wealth Management of LPL Financial. He reported having served approximately $175 million in advisory, brokerage and retirement plan as  more

HIGH POINT, North Carolina, Sept. 20 (TNSres) -- High Point University issued the following news release: Meridith Elliott Powell, a bestselling author and a nationally recognized business expert and motivational speaker, has joined the growing list of industry leaders who mentor students as part of High Point University's Access to Innovators program. She serves as HPU's Business Growth and Leadership Expert in Residence and will share her decades of experience in business leadership with stud  more

MILWAUKEE, Sept. 20 -- The Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design issued the following news release: Brad Anthony Bernard, professor of fine art at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD), will participate in a panel discussion about Frederick Law Olmsted at the 2023 annual conference of the Olmsted Network in Milwaukee. An accomplished muralist, Bernard designed a mural depicting Olmsted which will be displayed at a public art space in Milwaukee. Frederick Law Olmsted was a revolutionar  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Sept. 20 -- The North Carolina Department of Commerce issued the following news release: The state's seasonally adjusted August 2023 unemployment rate was 3.3 percent, unchanged from July's revised rate. The national rate increased 0.3 of a percentage point to 3.8 percent. North Carolina's unemployment rate decreased 0.6 of a percentage point from a year ago. The number of people employed increased 12,790 over the month to 5,072,983 and increased 103,639 over the year.  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Sept. 20 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2023: Chick-fil-A Supply, a wholly owned subsidiary of Chick-fil-A, Inc., and distribution service provider of the chain's restaurants, will create more than 85 jobs in Rowan County, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. Chick-fil-A Supply will invest $58.3 million to open a new distribution center in the City of Kannapolis. "Chick-fil-A's expansion is good for Kannapolis along  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Sept. 20 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Sept. 19, 2023: * * * Today, Governor Roy Cooper issued the following statement on the Republican supermajority's plan to tie Medicaid Expansion to their controversial, backroom casino plan: "The Republican supermajority is breaking their promise to expand Medicaid and instead are using it to extort a shady, sole source casino deal that many of their own members find suspicious. "Democra  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Sept. 20 -- The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: The Child and Adult Care Food Program helps eligible children and adults access healthy, nutritious food by reimbursing qualified child care programs, adult day programs and other non-residential care programs for meals and snacks served to enrollees. CACFP is administered federally by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and at the state level by the North Carolina D  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Sept. 20 -- Forvis, an accounting and advisory firm, issued the following news release: The Retirement Plan Consulting practice of FORVIS Private Client is now certified by the Centre for Fiduciary Excellence (CEFEX), a division of Broadridge Fi360 Solutions (Broadridge). This certification is only granted by Broadridge to firms that demonstrate adherence to fiduciary best practices, and it signifies conformity to a recognized global standard of fiduciary excellence.  more

CARY, North Carolina, Sept. 20 (TNSres) -- SAS Institute, a business analytics software and services provider, issued the following news release: As financial firms maneuver the continued fallout of recent bank failures, analytics and AI leader SAS is expanding its partnership with Microsoft to help banks better manage looming liquidity and interest rate risks. SAS Asset and Liability Management (ALM), powered by Kamakura Risk Manager on Microsoft Azure, supports multi-period, scenario-based, i  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Sept. 20 -- The University of North Carolina's Gillings School of Global Public Health issued the following news on Sept. 19, 2023: Today, the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health was named one of 13 funded partners working alongside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to establish the Outbreak Analytics and Disease Modeling Network (OADM) - an important step towards creating a nationwide outbreak resource to support more effective responses   more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Sept. 20 (TNSres) -- Wake Forest University issued the following news: * * * Project will help fill science gaps in tropical forest ecosystems * * * Wake Forest graduate student David Carchipulla-Morales is fascinated with tropical montane cloud forests. He grew up in Ecuador where they are part of this small country's landscape. "The beauty and complexity of these tropical forests that are also home to mountains have always sparked an interest in learning mor  more