WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Jan. 23 (TNSres) -- Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist issued the following news release: Genetic changes or mutations can cause hereditary kidney disease, which can eventually lead to dialysis or the need for kidney transplantation. Identifying the cause of inherited kidney disease is the first step in identifying a treatment. With that goal in mind, researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the First Faculty of Medicine of Charles University i  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- George Washington University issued the following news: The George Washington University Law School is pleased to announce that Professor Mary-Rose Papandrea has been named the Inaugural Holder of the Burchfield Professorship of First Amendment and Free Speech Law.  "Professor Papandrea brings her national prominence as an expert in First Amendment and Free Speech Law; her deep caring for students and teaching; and her commitment to promoting democracy to the heart of t  more

HIGH POINT, North Carolina, Jan. 23 (TNSres) -- High Point University issued the following news release: * * * Two High Point University faculty members are included in Stanford University's annual list of the top 2% of scientists cited by other researchers around the world. Pictured are Dr. David Sinacore, left, and Dr. Kevin Ford. * * * Two High Point University faculty members are included in Stanford University's annual list of the top 2% of scientists cited by other researchers around t  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 25 (TNSres) -- NYU Langone Health, an academic medical center affiliated with New York University, issued the following news release: Previous research has established that childhood experience with abuse, neglect, and substance use in the home can worsen a person's heart health throughout their life. New research, however, shows that receiving consistent warmth from a caregiver during childhood protects cardiovascular health later in life, according to a study led by NYU Grossma  more

SAVANNAH, Georgia, Jan. 27 -- Savannah State University issued the following news: Savannah State University's (SSU) Honors Program will commemorate National Freedom Day on Tuesday, Feb. 1. A campus wreath-laying ceremony will be held at 12 p.m. at the Richard R. Wright Sr. bust in front of Wright Hall. A keynote address and a student panel discussion will follow at 6:30 p.m. in the King Frazier Student Center. Dr. Melva L. Sampson, professor of preaching and practical theology at Wake Forest U  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

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Senator Thom Tillis announced today that the National Science Foundation (NSF) selected two North Carolina organizations for its first-ever Regional Innovation Engines Program (Engines). The recipients are the Piedmont Triad Regenerative Medicine Engine, led by the Wake Forest Institute of Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM), and the North Carolina Sustainable Textiles Innovation Engine, led by the Industria  more

ATHENS, Georgia, Jan. 25 -- The University of Georgia's Terry College of Business issued the following news: Faculty from the Terry College of Business Department of Management Information Systems were honored for their contributions to the field by the Association for Information Systems and the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. "We are extremely fortunate to have two such outstanding scholars in our department," said Gerald Kane, head of the MIS department and th  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Jan. 27 (TNSres) -- Wake Forest University issued the following news on Jan. 26, 2024: * * * Colleges and universities across the region collaborate on 10-year project * * * By Cheryl Walker Wake Forest University is a recipient of one of the first-ever US. National Science Foundation Regional Innovation Engine (NSF Engines) awards in partnership with educational institutions and other organizations across the region. Announced today during a visit by First L  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Jan. 24 (TNSres) -- Wake Forest University issued the following news wrap up entitled "WFU in the News": * * * Selected news clips courtesy of the Wake Forest News & Communications team * * * FEATURED NEWS Could lab-grown rhino horns actually stop poaching? We may never know (https://www.npr.org/2024/01/17/1224271419/endangered-rhino-horn-conservation-poaching) By Juliana Kim | NPR Despite all the years of debate, there is still little research on the effect  more