FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina, Dec. 9 -- Fayetteville State University issued the following news: Twenty Fayetteville State University students excelled in paid internship opportunities through a partnership with the Broadwell College of Business and Economics and State Employees Credit Union (SECU). The 2023 SECU Public Fellows Internship Program provided students with hands-on experience and mentorship in diverse range of sectors like local government, non-profit, healthcare, technology, educ  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Dec. 9 -- Michigan State University issued the following news: Kevin M. Guskiewicz, an accomplished neuroscientist, sports medicine researcher and academic leader, has been named the 22nd president of Michigan State University. The Board of Trustees unanimously voted to appoint Guskiewicz, the 12th chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, during a special board meeting in East Lansing on Dec. 8. He will begin his term on March 4, 2024. "I am eager  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: In "a knock against" Lt. Governor Mark Robinson and the latest development in the GOP's messy primary, Senator Thom Tillis is endorsing Bill Graham for governor. Tillis even slammed Robinson, saying: "he has virtually no legislative experience, very little business experience." This is the latest example of how Republicans in North Carolina have grown increasingly worried that their frontrunner has "too much  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- The University of North Carolina School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Research led by first and second authors Aaron C. Viser, Adelaide R. Cooke, and corresponding author Anne F. Peery, MD, associate professor of medicine at the UNC School of Medicine, reveals how a screening tool can measure the prevalence of malnutrition among patients at the UNC Multidisciplinary Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic. * * * Eating food and  more

DURHAM, North Carolina, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * The National Science Foundation-supported traineeship led by Duke MEMS aims to transform how graduate students engage with surgical technologies * * * When Kent Yamamoto, a first-year medical robotics PhD student at Duke, visited his grandfather after doctors successfully resected a tumor, he was told it was the size of a 100 yen coin. Though small, the incision to remove  more

DURHAM, North Carolina, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- Duke University issued the following news: Summary: Dec. 10 marks the 75th anniversary of the United Nations' ratification of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the first global commitment to protect the fundamental human rights of all people. In an article appearing Dec. 9 in The Lancet to mark this milestone, Dr. Chris Beyrer, director of the Duke Global Health Institute, and other health leaders say the world is backing away from this commi  more

WILMINGTON, North Carolina, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- The University of North Carolina Wilmington campus issued the following news release: Nathaniel Grove, chemistry professor and director of the Center for the Support of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships, has been selected as one of three University of North Carolina System Faculty Fellows for 2024. Grove will join Audrey Jaeger from NC State University and Delma Ramos from the University of North Carolina Greensboro in researching ways to imp  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 9 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Following UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz' resignation to become President of Michigan State University, Governor Roy Cooper reiterated the need for changes in the governance of the UNC System, highlighting recommendations put forward by the Governor's Commission on Public University Governance earlier this year. "The resignation of another chancellor from UNC-Chapel Hill adds t  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 9 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Dec. 7, 2023: DMA Industries, LLC, a supplier of aftermarket automotive and heavy duty replacement parts, will expand and modernize its distribution operations in Columbus County, creating 21 jobs, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. The company will invest $1.47 million in its warehouse and distribution facility in Tabor City. "When existing companies continue to expand in places like C  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 9 -- The Wake Technical Community College issued the following news: Fifteen new and revised articulation agreements between Wake Tech Community College and William Peace University (WPU) makes it even easier for students to finish their bachelor's degrees, officials said today. The agreements create a high-value path for graduates of Wake Tech to maximize the number of credits that transfer via their Associate in Applied Science (AAS) degree. The new "Peace Path  more