HIGH POINT, North Carolina, Feb. 21 -- High Point University issued the following news release: Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak, who serves as High Point University's Innovator in Residence, told a group of students from HPU's Stout School of Education on Feb. 19 that he believes artificial intelligence lacks the human element that teachers bring to the classroom. Wozniak offered his opinions about AI and shared his passion for teaching during an hour-long seminar moderated by Dr. Amy Holcombe,  more

BELMONT, North Carolina, Feb. 20 -- Belmont Abbey College issued the following news release: Belmont Abbey College, in collaboration with the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast, announces a thought-provoking series of lectures and panel discussions centered around the influential work of Michael Novak. The series, titled "An Inquiry Into the Spiritual Wealth of Nations," will take place at the Belmont House on Capitol Hill, providing a platform for renowned scholars, experts, and thought leader  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Feb. 21 -- Discovery Education, a division of Discovery Communications, issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2024: Wisconsin's Pardeeville Area School District (PASD) today announced a new partnership with global edtech leader Discovery Education that is bringing new digital resources supporting college and career readiness to students districtwide. Thanks to this new collaboration, teachers and students across PASD will soon have access to Discovery Educatio  more

GREENVILLE, North Carolina, Feb. 21 (TNSres) -- East Carolina University issued the following news release: East Carolina University has been selected as a partner institution by the North Carolina Teaching Fellows Commission beginning in the 2024-25 academic year. "We are excited and honored to be selected as a partner institution for the North Carolina Teaching Fellows program," said Dr. Andre Green, dean of the ECU College of Education. "The college has long been a premier producer of high-  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Feb. 21 -- McGuireWoods, a law firm, issued the following news release: McGuireWoods continues the expansion of its nationally recognized Government Investigations & White Collar Litigation Department with the arrival of former federal prosecutor and U.S. Navy special forces combat veteran Garen S. Marshall, who joins the firm as counsel. He splits his time between the firm's offices in Charlotte, North Carolina, and New York City. Marshall advises organizations and individ  more

FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina, Feb. 20 -- Fayetteville State University issued the following news on Feb. 19, 2024: Fayetteville State University (FSU) Chancellor, Darrell T. Allison watched in veneration as a soldier completed their expert field testing on a heavy grenade launcher during his visit to Ft. Liberty on Feb. 8. Chancellor Allision and a team of university leaders, including four-star General (Ret.) Michael X. Garrett, FSU's military executive-in-residence, spent a day learning abou  more

GASTONIA, North Carolina, Feb. 20 -- Gaston County issued the following news on Feb. 19, 2024: On Saturday, February 17th, 2024 Gaston County Animal Care and Enforcement (GCACE) responded to a residence on Boulder Court in Gastonia, NC in reference to an animal cruelty investigation. A black doodle dog at the residence was in need of shelter. GCACE contacted a community partner who assisted by providing a new dog house, straw bedding and water bucket for the dog. During this visit, it was disco  more

HIGH POINT, North Carolina, Feb. 21 -- High Point University issued the following news release: Netflix Co-Founder Marc Randolph, High Point University's Entrepreneur in Residence, mentored students during his visit to campus on Feb. 18-19. A dozen students pitched their business ventures to Randolph in HPU's Entrepreneurship Center and gained valuable feedback to move forward with their projects. "The students in this center are already starting the process of trying to make their ideas actua  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Feb. 21 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release: Attorney General Josh Stein joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to protect babies and young children from lead and other toxic metals in baby food. Nearly 400 childhood lead poisoning cases were recently linked to recalled cinnamon applesauce pouches that were sold in stores without first being tested for toxic metals. Th  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Feb. 21 -- The North Carolina Department of Administration issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2024: The NC Department of Administration's State Youth Council and Youth Advisory Council recently awarded a total of $6,292 through the annual Mini Grant Program to 15 deserving North Carolina-based organizations. This year, grantees received funding ranging from $250 to $500 to create peer-to-peer activities for high schoolers within their communities. "For over   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Feb. 21 -- The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources issued the following news release: Education has always been a core mission of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (DNCR). For over 50 years, the department has inspired a lifelong love of learning at more than 100 sites across the state, including museums, parks, historic sites, aquariums, libraries, archives, and the zoo. This year the department has launched a new   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Feb. 20 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Water Resources is now accepting proposals through the Clean Water Act-Section 319 (h) Nonpoint Source Grant Funding Program for projects seeking to restore waters in North Carolina impaired by nonpoint source pollution. The program, which is funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through Section 31  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Feb. 21 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2024: The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Water Resources (DWR) will hold a public hearing March 20 on a proposed rule change that would allow DWR to certify commercial, municipal or industrial laboratories to test for per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, and report that data back to the state. The proposed revision ad  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Feb. 21 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2024: Today, Governor Roy Cooper toured Forest Hill Elementary and the North Carolina School of Science and Math- Morganton as part of "The Year of Public Schools" education tour. The Governor was joined by teachers, students, local and state education leaders and local elected officials as he highlighted the outstanding work being done at North Carolina public schools in Morgant  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Feb. 21 -- The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources issued the following news release: The North Carolina State Capitol has launched a new website, "From Naming to Knowing: Uncovering Slavery at the North Carolina State Capitol." This website names over 130 enslaved workers who built, maintained, and worked in the Capitol building in the 1800s. Most of the men worked on the Capitol's construction in the 1830s, either as laborers at the constructio  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Feb. 20 -- The North Carolina Department of Public Safety issued the following news release on Feb. 19, 2024: The Letter of Interest deadline for the Affordable Housing Development Fund-Haywood County is 5 p.m. Friday, March 1. Until that time, Haywood County will accept Letters of Interest from qualified public, private and nonprofit organizations who want to apply for financing for multifamily or single-family housing rehabilitation and new construction projects in th  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 21 -- Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2024: Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is leading a bipartisan coalition of 39 attorneys general in urging the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to engage in meaningful debate and reform of the current practices of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). The bipartisan letter, authored by the Attorneys General of Ohio, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Arkansas, demands Congress take decisiv  more

CARY, North Carolina, Feb. 21 -- SAS Institute, a business analytics software and services provider, issued the following news release: A team led by University College Dublin (UCD) has been working on an innovative research initiative that could transform pre-eclampsia diagnosis. It is designed to support clinicians to make effective and efficient clinical diagnosis of suspected pre-eclampsia through intelligent and timely risk stratification of patients' clinical and blood biomarker data, usi  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 21 -- Trinity College issued the following news: By Andrew J. Concatelli Reagan Flynn '23 has received a prestigious Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) Award to teach English in Argentina while serving as a cultural ambassador for the United States. "There's nothing comparable to learning a language from a native speaker," said Flynn. "I'll be able to bring something to the table that is a real benefit for students. And it works both ways, giving me an expe  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Feb. 21 (TNSres) -- Wake Forest University issued the following news: * * * Selected news clips courtesy of the Wake Forest News & Communications team * * * FEATURED NEWS Serengeti's 'breathtaking' mammal migration shaped by grazers' diets (https://www.science.org/content/article/serengeti-s-breathtaking-mammal-migration-shaped-grazers-diets) By Elizabeth Pennisi | Science Magazine Each April, some 200,000 zebras begin their journey 800 kilometers northward   more