BOONE, North Carolina, Oct. 28 -- Appalachian State University issued the following news: Appalachian State University has launched a new mentoring and networking platform, Ask a Mountaineer, to help students and alumni connect for career guidance and professional development. The online tool -- managed by the Office of Alumni Affairs -- allows students and alumni to submit questions and solicit advice from the nearly 146,000 members of the App State Alumni Association. "Our alumni have a tre  more

AUBURN, Alabama, Oct. 28 -- Auburn University issued the following news: VC expanded in 2017 to incorporate Alabama's 3rd congressional district, which includes Auburn University and the City of Auburn. The mission of today's TVC is to promote the valley's national leadership in science and technology through regional cooperation and to sustain the corridor's existing federal missions, compete for new federal investments and leverage those investments to increase private sector job opportunit  more

CONCORD, North Carolina, Oct. 28 -- Gaston County issued the following news: The Gaston County Department of Health and Human Services saw two of its teams honored recently at the North Carolina Public Health Association's fall conference in Concord. The Community Child Protection Team and Child Fatality Prevention Teams won a Local Health Department Recognition Award from the North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation. These two teams work closely to prevent child neglect and death. Examples o  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Oct. 28 -- The University of North Carolina's Gillings School of Global Public Health issued the following news: In Durham County, adults who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer (LGBTQ+) lack social support, face more discrimination and experience higher rates of loneliness. These could also lead to inequities in physical and mental health such as social phobia, depression, preventable diseases, substance use and even suicide. A recent master'  more