DURHAM, North Carolina, Jan. 5 (TNSres) -- Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment issued the following news: The vast size of the ocean makes tracking human activity there challenging, but a new study, published Jan. 4 in Nature, provides a startling glimpse of how extensive this activity has become in recent years and how much of it occurs outside of public monitoring. Among other findings, the new analysis reveals that about 75% of the world's industrial fishing vessels are not  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Jan. 4 -- Discovery Education, a division of Discovery Communications, issued the following news release on Jan. 3, 2024: Discovery Education and Edge at Hudson Yards today announced a new virtual reality experience -- Reach for the Sky Virtual Reality (VR) -- created for students in grades 4-12. This new VR experience explores one of New York City's greatest landmarks-- Edge at Hudson Yards, the highest outdoor sky deck in the Western Hemisphere -- and is a key addit  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Jan. 5 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release on Jan. 4, 2024: Attorney General Ashley Moody today sent a public records request to the Atlantic Coast Conference demanding the college athletics organization immediately turn over public records currently being withheld from Florida State University. Attorney General Moody is seeking the release of the conference's "ESPN Agreement" and several other agreements, amendments and documents cru  more

RINDGE, New Hampshire, Jan. 4 -- Franklin Pierce University issued the following news: Erik Valdovinos couldn't have scripted the moment any better. There he sat in Matthews, North Carolina, holding a microphone and broadcasting the NCAA men's soccer Division II Final Four. Also a player for the Franklin Pierce University program, the 19-year-old watched in angst as his teammates took the field, tied 2-2 with Lewis University late in the second half on Dec. 7. The next goal would very likely s  more

HIGH POINT, North Carolina, Jan. 5 -- High Point University issued the following news release: Teena Piccione, global transformation & operations executive at Google, has joined the growing list of industry leaders who mentor students as part of High Point University's Access to Innovators program. As HPU's Data Expert in Residence, she will share with students her decades of experience bringing transformational leadership and creative organization in the tech, telecom, finance and nonprofit in  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Jan. 4 -- The North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission issued the following news release on Jan. 3, 2024: The five advisory committees of the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission will meet in January to discuss various fisheries topics. The meetings will be held in person and livestreamed on YouTube. Public comment will be accepted during the meetings. Those who wish to speak should attend in-person and sign up on site the day of the meeting. The meetings are scheduled   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Jan. 5 (TNSres) -- The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction issued the following news release on Jan. 3, 2024: A new analysis of North Carolina 2022-23 test results indicates clear signs of continued academic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. This latest evidence of post-pandemic recovery in the state's public schools was presented today to the State Board of Education by Dr. Jeni Corn, director of research and evaluation in the N.C. Department of Public  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Jan. 4 -- The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources' Division of Parks and Recreation issued the following news release on Jan. 2, 2024: Beginning June 15, 2024, most campsites in the North Carolina state parks system will have a check-in time of 3 p.m. and a check-out time of 12 p.m., the N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation announced. The new hours apply to tent, trailer, and/or RV campsites, group campsites, equestrian campsites, paddle-in cam  more

ROCKY MOUNT, North Carolina, Jan. 4 -- North Carolina Wesleyan College issued the following news: In October 2023, Wayne Souza (Class of 1973) pledged a transformative gift to North Carolina Wesleyan University to advance the University's nationally accredited program in Exercise Science. In 2021, the program moved into Wesleyan's new Indoor Sports & Education Facility (ISEF) and recently has hired two new faculty members. The undergraduate degree in Exercise Science now accounts for NCWU's sec  more