BELMONT, North Carolina, Jan. 23 -- Belmont Abbey College issued the following news release: Today Belmont Abbey College announces a new Master of Arts in Communications degree. With this new in-demand Graduate program, Belmont Abbey is committed to developing a pipeline of qualified Communications professionals to join the professional world. The new values-based MA in Communications program aligns with the college's mission to "provide students with an education that will enable them to lead  more

SALISBURY, North Carolina, Jan. 25 (TNSres) -- Catawba College issued the following news: The human body is home to millions of microscopic organisms, including bacteria, fungi, and viruses. Together, these organisms make up an invisible community, or microbiome, that is critically important for the development and the health of their host. Students enrolled in Dr. Amanda Rushing's First Year Seminar course "Microbial Me!" spent the Fall semester meeting some of these microorganisms and explori  more

MURFREESBORO, North Carolina, Jan. 25 -- Chowan University issued the following news: Chowan University is pleased to announce that De'Shawn Charles Winslow is the recipient of the 2024 Mary Frances Hobson Prize for Distinguished Achievement in Arts and Letters. His novels, In West Mills and Decent People, are explorations of a small African American community in northeastern North Carolina. In making the announcement, theHobson Prize Selection Committee noted, "Winslow is known for a distincti  more

DURHAM, North Carolina, Jan. 26 (TNSres) -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * A common powerful mutation found in melanoma can push heart muscle cells to multiply in laboratory models of heart tissue * * * Biomedical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated that one of the most dangerous mutations found in skin cancers might moonlight as a pathway to mending a broken heart. The genetic mutation in the protein BRAF, a part of the MAPK signalin  more

DURHAM, North Carolina, Jan. 26 (TNSres) -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * News of the funded proposal came with an additional moment to celebrate with the Duke MEMS faculty member being named a Scialog Fellow for Negative Emission Science * * * The Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA) and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has announced several teams recommended for funding under their Scialog Negative Emission Science (NES) Program.   more

DURHAM, North Carolina, Jan. 25 -- Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment issued the following news: Jane Lubchenco, PhD, University Distinguished Professor at Oregon State University (OSU) and former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) administrator, will present the 2024 Ferguson Family Lecture, "Making Waves: Science, the Planet, and Our Future" on Thursday, Feb. 22 at 6:15 p.m. An expert in the ocean, climate change, and the interactions between the enviro  more

GREENVILLE, North Carolina, Jan. 26 -- East Carolina University issued the following news release: An East Carolina University faculty member is collaborating with the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences at Greenville and its A Time for Science initiative to design and evaluate learning experiences for K-12 students to improve their scientific knowledge and interest in STEM-related fields. "ECU and A Time for Science are teaming up to propel young minds into science by introducing them t  more

FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina, Jan. 26 -- Fayetteville State University issued the following news: Two Fayetteville State University faculty members in the School of Social Work were awarded a $55,000 grant to develop simulation-based skills lab and four-week curriculum enhancing the awareness and education of social work students serving communities impacted by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Associate Professor Erica Campbell, Ph.D., and Assistant Professor Michelle Bates, Ph.D., received the grant fr  more

FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina, Jan. 26 -- Fayetteville State University issued the following news: A Fayetteville State University computer science faculty member is collaborating with the Laboratory for Analytic Sciences (LAS) at NC State University for research on artificial intelligence to enhance national security announced on Jan. 11. For the second consecutive year, Sambit Bhattacharya, Ph.D., professor of computer science and director of the Intelligent Systems Lab (ISL), is one of 22 fu  more

HIGH POINT, North Carolina, Jan. 26 -- High Point University issued the following news release: A team of two High Point University student ambassadors, Nyila Johnson and Aonesti Byrd, and their mentor, AmeriCorps VISTA Grant Hines, recently beat out more than a dozen other teams from four-year private schools to win the North Carolina Campus Engagement (NCCE) Hunger Challenge. Since 2010, NCCE has helped college communities address food insecurity. The two student leaders from HPU's Volunteer  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Jan. 25 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release: Attorney General Josh Stein announced that a federal appeals court has upheld a court order that North Carolina, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and six other states won against convicted criminal Martin Shkreli for engaging in illegal behavior to maintain a monopoly over a lifesaving drug. An appeals court affirmed the district court's 2022 decision, which found that Shkreli vi  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Jan. 25 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2024: The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Air Quality (DAQ) will hold a public hearing on a draft Title V air quality permit for Anson Gas Producers, LLC. The in-person public hearing is scheduled for Feb. 27. Anyone unable to attend the hearing may submit written comments until March 1. Public Hearing on Anson Gas Producers Draft Air   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Jan. 25 -- The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is committed to developing a more skilled and satisfied caregiver workforce to improve the quality of care and support available to people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) who receive publicly funded home- and community-based services. "Direct Support Professionals have such a far-reac  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Jan. 25 -- The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2024: Two hundred thirty North Carolina school districts and charter schools will benefit from $35 million in safety grants announced today by the Department of Public Instruction's Center for Safer Schools (CFSS). The funding will be used for safety equipment, training and services for students in crisis. Safety equipment covered by this grant includes items su  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Jan. 25 (TNSres) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: A new study on public attitudes toward abortion laws finds that the more people know about pregnancy, the more likely they are to oppose legislation that limits women's access to abortions - regardless of political ideology. The study also found that laws that limit access to abortion after 12 weeks did not have greater support than laws that limit access to abortion after six weeks.   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Jan. 25 -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: Kevin D. Howell, vice chancellor for external affairs, partnerships and economic development, has accepted a new position as chief external affairs officer for UNC Health and the UNC School of Medicine and will be departing NC State, effective Feb. 1, 2024. Howell has served in his role at NC State since 2018. "Over the years, Kevin has built an incredible team and helped coordinate the unive  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Jan. 25 -- Qorvo, a provider of advanced wireless devices, wired and wireless networks and defense radar and communications, issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2024: Qorvo (Nasdaq: QRVO), a leading global provider of connectivity and power solutions, today unveiled an automotive-qualified silicon carbide (SiC) field effect transistor (FET) offering an industry-best 9m-omega RDS(on) in a compact D2PAK-7L package. This 750V SiC FET is the first in a new fami  more

MORRISVILLE, North Carolina, Jan. 25 -- Raleigh-Durham International Airport issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2024: RDU rang out 2023 by breaking the annual passenger traffic record set in 2019. More than 14.5 million travelers flew through RDU last year, compared to the previous high of 14.2 million. 2023 traffic topped 2019 by two percent and 2022 by more than 22 percent. "We are grateful to the passengers who fueled record growth at RDU by choosing us for their travels in 2023,  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Jan. 26 -- The University of North Carolina's School of the Arts issued the following news release: The Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts and UNCSA are hosting the first regional gathering for the celebrated Black Sacred Music Symposium, Feb. 15-18 on the UNCSA campus. Founded in 1991 by Dr. Ollie Watts Davis, the Black Sacred Music Symposium is a four-day conference dedicated to the study and performance of Black sacred music traditions, culminating in a lar  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Jan. 26 (TNSres) -- The University of North Carolina's Gillings School of Global Public Health issued the following news: By Shriti Pant, Gillings Communications Fellow Research has found that food insecurity, defined as not having access to enough healthy food to live a good quality of life, is associated with an increased risk of developing substance use disorders and engaging in risky substance use behaviors. A recent study from the UNC Gillings School of Glob  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Jan. 25 (TNSres) -- The University of North Carolina's Gillings School of Global Public Health issued the following news: "Many of us love -- or know someone who loves -- a person who has been incarcerated. It might seem like being released is such a great joy that we don't think they are at risk of dying by suicide afterward," says Kate Vinita Fitch, a doctoral student in the Department of Epidemiology at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. "But it's i  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Jan. 25 (TNSres) -- The University of North Carolina's Gillings School of Global Public Health issued the following news: In an editorial published Jan. 16 in JAMA, Stephanie Wheeler, PhD, Michael S. O'Malley Distinguished Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Gillings School and colleagues endorsed the use of simulation models to assess the impact of cancer control initiatives, including screening and treatment, calling the model-generated insights criti  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Jan. 26 -- The University of North Carolina Greensboro campus issued the following news: UNC Greensboro's Libraries received the 2024 Library Excellence in Access and Diversity (LEAD) Award from "Insight into Diversity" magazine. The LEAD Award honors academic libraries' programs and initiatives that encourage and support DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) across their campuses. These include, but are not limited to, research, technology, accessibility, exhibitio  more

SEATTLE, Washington, Jan. 26 -- The University of Washington's School of Public Health - Department of Biostatistics issued the following news: After 18 years at the University of Washington, the Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics (SISG) has moved to Atlanta. Georgia Institute of Technology, in partnership with Emory University and the Atlanta University Center Consortium, will host the next phase of SISG, now named in the honor of founding director Bruce Weir, who retired from UW last ye  more

GOLDSBORO, North Carolina, Jan. 26 -- Wayne Community College issued the following news release: Wayne Community College President Patty Pfeiffer has been appointed to the North Carolina Institute of Medicine (NCIOM) Board of Directors. The NCIOM works to identify evidence-based solutions to the state's health challenges and to shape health policy. For over 40 years, it has served as a non-political, independent source of analysis and advice on major health issues in NC, aimed at improving pop  more