SALISBURY, North Carolina, Oct. 20 -- Catawba College issued the following news on Oct. 19, 2023: Five Catawba College graduates will receive the 2023 Distinguished Alumni Awards. Each year, Catawba's Alumni Association recognizes alumni for their achievements, community service, and other contributions to society, and presents them with awards during Homecoming Weekend. The recipients will receive their 2023 awards on Saturday, October 28th. Taylor Fender, Class of '14, Young Alumni Service,   more

HIGH POINT, North Carolina, Oct. 19 -- High Point University issued the following news release: The High Point University Board of Trustees has appointed three new members to its Board of Ambassadors. Among the new members are distinguished Triad community leaders, attorneys and business owners. "High Point University is blessed to have the support and advocacy of all our extraordinary Board of Ambassadors members," said HPU President Nido Qubein. "I am delighted to have these new members brin  more

MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut, Oct. 20 -- Connecticut Wesleyan University issued the following news on Oct. 19, 2023: The Center for the Study of Guns and Society at Wesleyan brought together historians, museum curators, legal scholars, journalists, filmmakers, and other subject-matter experts for the Center's second-annual flagship conference, Current Perspectives on the History of Guns and Society, which took place October 13-14. Through panel discussions, a film screening, and other sessions, the   more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Oct. 19 (TNSres) -- The University of Arkansas's School of Medical Sciences issued the following news release: Matt Kern, M.D., and Andrea McMahon, M.D., have joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Psychiatric Research Institute - Northwest as outpatient psychiatrists. Both are assistant professors in the UAMS College of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry. PRI - Northwest provides outpatient mental health services to adults 18 years and up. The c  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 16 -- The Princeton Theological Seminary issued the following news release: Princeton Theological Seminary yesterday inaugurated the Reverend Dr. Jonathan Lee Walton as the institution's eighth president. A social ethicist, educator, influential scholar, and alumnus of Princeton Seminary, Walton is the first African American and first ordained Baptist minister to lead the 211-year-old Presbyterian seminary. In a stirring inaugural address before a capacity crowd in   more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Oct. 18 -- Wake Forest University issued the following news: Wake Forest is one of twelve universities nationwide to receive a 2023 Handshake Career Spark Award. The award recognizes the University's Office of Personal and Career Development (OPCD) for its innovation and dedication to engaging students in career development from Day One. "We are honored to receive this recognition from our partners at Handshake. Today's college student faces many barriers to bein  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Oct. 18 -- Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist issued the following news release: Ruben Mesa, M.D., president of Atrium Health Levine Cancer, executive director of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center and vice dean for cancer programs at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, has been named to the new American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Cancer Centers Alliance steering committee. Mesa will serve as subgroup chair of Education  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Oct. 19 (TNSres) -- Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist issued the following news release: There are many factors that contribute to poorer health outcomes for rural Americans compared to those who live in urban areas, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. One reason is a lack of physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners in rural areas, which leads to limited access to convenient health care for rural residents. To better unde  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Oct. 18 -- 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 Ashley Wilcox as the Director of Sustainability Initiatives, effective October 18. In this role, Wilcox will lead the development, implementation, and evaluation of sustainability, including curriculum integration and expanding experiential learning opportunities. "I am excited to return to my al  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- Wake Forest University issued the following news: Facing scrutiny, a museum that holds 12,000 human remains changes course (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/15/arts/american-museum-natural-history-human-remains.html) By Zachary Small | The New York Times The American Museum of Natural History is planning to overhaul its stewardship of some 12,000 human remains, the painful legacy of collecting practices that saw the museum acquire the skeleton  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- The White House issued the following readout of a roundtable on Oct. 20, 2023, on leveraging the Inflation Reduction Act for safety-net health organizations: * * * Today, Senior Advisor to the President for Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation John Podesta, Assistant to the President and Director of the Domestic Policy Council Neera Tanden, Assistant Secretary for Health Admiral Rachel Levine, and other Biden-Harris Administration officials met with health care pro  more