SALISBURY, North Carolina, April 6 (TNSres) -- Catawba College issued the following news: Catawba College's Center for the Environment is proud to announce its collaboration with the University of Kentucky on a groundbreaking White Oak Genetics and Tree Improvement Project. Over the past three years, students from Catawba and their Envirosmart Schools Program have been diligently collecting genetic material for this innovative research effort. Under the leadership of Dr. Laura DeWald from the   more

BANNER ELK, North Carolina, April 6 -- Lees-McRae College issued the following news: Senior Timon Jones has been a budding entrepreneur for about as long as he can remember. From selling chains to his peers as a tween, to starting a clothing brand that he still operates today, to dipping into the High Country's real estate world as an undergraduate at Lees-McRae, Jones has a passion for business and making his own way in the world. Throughout his time at Lees-McRae earning a major in Business   more

MOREHEAD CITY, North Carolina, April 6 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Coastal Management (DCM) invites communities to apply through the end of May for Phases 3 and 4 of the N.C. Resilient Coastal Communities Program (RCCP). Phase 3 of the RCCP funds the engineering and design of a prioritized resilience project, and Phase 4 funds the implementation of a shovel-ready  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 6 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: The State Water Infrastructure Authority will meet Tuesday, April 16 and Wednesday, April 17 at the Surry County Service Center in Dobson. The public may attend in-person or listen to the meeting online or by phone. WHAT: State Water Infrastructure Authority Meeting WHEN: Tues., April 16, 2:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. and Wed., April 17, 9:00 a.m. - 11:40 a.m.  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 6 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: Next week, North Carolina will welcome Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and a delegation of Japanese dignitaries and media members for a historic State visit. The Prime Minister and his wife, Yuko Kishida, will join the Coopers for a State luncheon on April 12th at the Executive Mansion and for several events across the state. The North Carolina trip will follow a Whit  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 6 -- The North Carolina Mining Commission issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: The North Carolina Mining Commission will meet at 1 p.m. on April 16, 2024, in Raleigh. The public is invited to attend in person, by computer or by phone. An agenda and supporting documents for the meeting will be posted prior to the meetings on the Commission website. N.C. Mining Commission * When: 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, 2024 * Where: Ground Floor Hearing Room, A  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 6 -- The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: Heather Smith, a Haywood County Schools math teacher, is the 2024 Burroughs Wellcome Fund North Carolina Teacher of the Year. The announcement was made at a ceremony honoring Smith and eight other regional finalists today at the Umstead Hotel in Cary. "Heather is a change agent for public education--both for her colleagues and for her students. I'm so impr  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 6 -- The North Carolina Republican Party issued the following news: The Republican National Committee (RNC) launched BidenBloodbath.com, a website dedicated to highlighting the horrors of Biden Migrant Crime. "Biden is allowing vicious criminals, illegal drugs, gangs and terrorists into the United States. He alone has the power to reverse course and secure our border to protect our communities, yet he refuses to take action. Biden is prioritizing illegal immigran  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, April 6 -- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University issued the following news: Chapter 291 of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has inducted 31 students into the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Graduate students Oludotun Adelusi and Samaneh Ghadami, along with undergraduate students Karima Akiyode, Kendra Barnes, Kevin Brooks, Kaiyah Br  more

MISENHEIMER, North Carolina, April 6 -- Pfeiffer University issued the following news: Meet Dr. Doug Hume, Pfeiffer's Professor of Religion and Chair of the Department of Humanities. Dr. Hume has been at Pfeiffer for 17 years, teaching a variety of courses including New Testament, Old Testament, Letters of Paul, Luke-Acts, Bible and Quran, Jesus and the Movies, Vocation and Servant Leadership, Friendship in the New Testament, Great Books, The Beloved Community, and Ethical Debate. Dr. Hume has  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 6 -- Troutman Pepper, a law firm, issued the following news: Troutman Pepper client Littlejohn & Co., a private investment firm based in Greenwich, CT, has acquired United Air Temp, Air Conditioning and Heating (UAT), a leading provider of HVAC and plumbing services to residential homeowners in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern U.S. Read a company press release about the acquisition. Founded in 1931, UAT provides heating and cooling system installation, repair  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, April 6 -- The University of North Carolina School of Medicine issued the following news release: For the first time in the state of North Carolina, the structural heart team at UNC Hospitals has performed a transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement in the clinical setting. The implant, which was only the 12th in the United States, is a revolutionary treatment for patients living with tricuspid valve regurgitation (TR), a common type of heart valve disease. "We now  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, April 6 -- The University of North Carolina Greensboro campus issued the following news: By Becky Deakins UNC Greensboro's African American and African Diaspora Studies (AADS) department hosted a soil collection ceremony on September 30, 2023, at the approximate site where Eugene Hairston was lynched in 1887. It was time to reclaim the land at the corner of Mendenhall and Spring Garden Streets and "grow the world we want" on the soil that is now occupied by UNCG's c  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, April 6 -- The University of North Carolina Greensboro campus issued the following news: By Janet Imrick UNC Greensboro and NC A&T State University's Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (JSNN) will celebrate 15 years of collaboration and innovation. Founded in 2009 - and thanks to the hard work of faculty, staff, and students - JSNN has laid the groundwork for innovative research, searching for technological answers that could protect members of the U.  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, April 6 (TNSres) -- The University of North Carolina School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was one of four academic medical centers on the study, which shows that an intervention program developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics can dramatically reduce injuries in young children. * * * Unintentional injuries are a leading cause of pain and death among young children. While injuries can ra  more