WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, April 18 -- Wake Forest University issued the following news: The University is well-represented at this year's RiverRun International Film Festival. Films with Wake Forest ties include a narrative feature, a feature-length documentary and eight narrative and documentary shorts. "We've had a long and valued relationship with Wake Forest University in terms of including films from students, faculty and alums, and also through having representation on our Board of   more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, April 18 -- The University of North Carolina's School of the Arts issued the following news release: Troy Kotsur, whose groundbreaking role in "CODA" (2021) made him the first Deaf male actor to win an Academy Award, will speak at the High School and University Commencements of UNCSA, Chancellor Brian Cole has announced. He will address the University Class of 2024 at 10 a.m. and the High School Class of 2024 at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 18, in the Benton Convent  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, April 18 -- Bank of America, a financial institution, issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: Bank of America Corporation announced today that it will redeem on April 25, 2024 all $500,000,000 principal amount outstanding of its Floating Rate Senior Notes, due April 2025 (CUSIP No. 06051GKT5) (the "Floating Rate Notes"), and all $2,000,000,000 principal amount outstanding of its 3.841% Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes, due April 2025 (CUSIP No. 06051GKS7)  more

CLAREMONT, North Carolina, April 18 (TNSres) -- CommScope issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: CommScope Holding Company, Inc., a global leader in network connectivity, plans to release its first quarter 2024 financial results on Thursday, May 9, before the market opens. The release will be followed by an 8:30 a.m. Eastern conference call in which management will discuss the results. The live, listen-only audio of the call will be available through a link on the Events and Pr  more

DURHAM, North Carolina, April 18 (TNSres) -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Coarser modeling approach allows researchers to better understand the process by which DNA folds into engineered nanoscale structures to speed innovation * * * Most people are familiar with the DNA double-helix. Its twisted ladder shape forms because the long pieces of DNA that make up our genome are exactly complementary--every adenine paired to a thymine, and every cyto  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, April 18 -- Bank of America, a financial institution, issued the following news release: Twenty-four cultural institutions have been named as grant recipients of the 2024 Bank of America Art Conservation Project. They represent a diverse range of artistic styles, media and cultural traditions across the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, United Kingdom, France, Italy, The Netherlands, South Africa, India and Japan. Since 2010, Bank of America's Art Conservation P  more

FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina, April 18 -- Marcus and Millichap issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI), a leading commercial real estate brokerage firm specializing in investment sales, financing, research and advisory services, announced today the sale of Cape Fear Village, a 183-lot mobile home property located in Fayetteville, N.C. The property sold for $12,800,000, or $69,945 per space. "We are pleased to announce the closing of Cape Fear Villag  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 17 (TNSres) -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, posted the following issue brief from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center on April 16, 2024: * * * An Act Relative to Strengthening Massachusetts' Economic Leadership Introduction Massachusetts is the global epicenter for the life sciences industry. Yet, other states, such as Texas, New York, California, and North Carolina, are competing hard to outpace us. To remain the leader and to continue to cultivate inn  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 18 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release: Attorney General Josh Stein joined a group of 19 attorneys general defending Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act--a key protection against racial discrimination in elections--from radical challenges raised in a Georgia redistricting lawsuit. In an amicus brief filed in Pendergrass v. Secretary of State of Georgia and two other consolidated cases, the attorneys general argue that th  more

MOREHEAD CITY, North Carolina, April 18 -- The North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: The N.C. Coastal Resources Commission (CRC) will meet April 24-25 at the Dare County Government Center, 954 Marshall C. Collins Drive, Manteo. The meeting will begin at 3 p.m. on April 24 and resume at 9 a.m. on April 25. A public input and comment period is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. on April 25. At the chair's discretion, comments may be limited to 3 mi  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 18 -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: NC State will celebrate the class of 2024 during its spring commencement ceremony at PNC Arena on Saturday, May. 4 at 9 a.m. with Nobel Prize-winning chemist David W. C. MacMillan delivering the commencement address. During the ceremony, Chancellor Randy Woodson will confer an honorary degree on MacMillan. The ceremony will also feature remarks from Benjamin Poovey, who is graduating with a  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 18 (TNSres) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: Life cycle diagrams are ubiquitous in science textbooks, and they may be due for some updates. A new study finds simple design changes in these diagrams can have a dramatic impact on the ability of undergraduate students to understand key biology concepts. "We were shocked by the study results," says Jennifer Landin, corresponding author of the study and an associate teaching profes  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, April 18 (TNSres) -- Qorvo, a provider of advanced wireless devices, wired and wireless networks and defense radar and communications, issued the following news: Qorvo(R) (Nasdaq: QRVO), a leading global provider of connectivity and power solutions, will host a conference call to review fiscal 2024 fourth quarter financial results on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. (ET). The conference call will be webcast live on the Company's Investor Relations website at the   more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, April 18 -- Wake Forest University issued the following news: Wake Forest University is preparing to welcome several national, state and local experts to campus for the 2024 Mellon Environmental and Epistemic Justice Summit. The full-day program will take place on April 24 from 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m. at the Broyhill Auditorium in Farrell Hall. The free event is open to the public. The goal of the program is to bring various perspectives together for a deeper understand  more