ST. LOUIS, Missouri, June 7 -- Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, a law firm, issued the following news: BCLP is delighted to announce that the firm has been recognized in the Chambers USA Guide 2024. The firm received 32 practice area rankings in multiple regions and in the nationwide categories, while 83 attorneys are highlighted for their exceptional work as individuals. The firm received three new practice rankings; in Arizona for Intellectual Property - its first Band 1 designation, in New York  more

SALISBURY, North Carolina, June 6 -- Catawba College issued the following news: Catawba College has been honored with a 2023 Tree Campus Higher Education recognition by the Arbor Day Foundation, reaffirming its commitment to creating a healthy environment on campus, according to the NC Forest Service. "We are excited to obtain the Tree Campus Higher Education designation for 2023," said Jeff Hartley, Catawba's Landscape Account Manager. "A healthy tree population helps cleanse the air, reduce   more

SALISBURY, North Carolina, June 6 -- Catawba College issued the following news: Students in "African Conservation" co-taught by Dr. Joe Poston and Dr. Andrew Jacobson had the unique opportunity to travel to Rwanda for a 13-day trip in July 2023. They collaborated with researchers from Kenya Wildlife Trust (KWT). This was a rare opportunity for Catawba undergraduate students to work on a real-world wildlife conservation problems and present their results to an international audience. The studen  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, June 6 -- Discovery Education, a division of Discovery Communications, issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: * * * Shaw, Discovery Education's Former CFO/COO, to continue Company's efforts to drive innovation and growth * * * Discovery Education (or the "Company"), a global education technology company backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (together with its affiliates, "Clearlake"), today announced the appointment of Brian Shaw as Chief Executive Of  more

HIGH POINT, North Carolina, June 6 -- High Point University issued the following news release: Phillip Redford, a rising senior majoring in finance, received the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study global business this summer in Sydney, Australia. The Gilman Scholarship is a competitive national award for Pell Grant recipients offered biannually by the U.S. Department of State. As the fifth HPU student to be awarded a Gilman Scholarship, Redford received $3,000 to  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, June 7 -- Red Hat, a provider of open source software solutions, issued the following news release on June 6, 2024: Red Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that leading Spanish insurance group, Mutua Madrilena, has used Event-Driven Ansible in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform as part of its automation strategy. The solution manages more than 60 diverse systems and platforms, and helps the company's IT team respond more qu  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, June 7 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on June 6, 2024: Attorney General Josh Stein today joined elder care advocates to share a resource card that helps seniors and families in North Carolina navigate care options for our aging population. June is Elder Abuse Awareness Month, and the Department of Justice works to protect North Carolinians, including senior citizens, from scams, fraud, and abuse. "We all want to age with  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, June 7 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Air Quality (DAQ) is accepting public comment on a draft air quality permit modification for Corning Incorporated - Midland. Public comments will be accepted until July 8, 2024. The facility, at 14556 U.S. Highway 601 S., Midland, in Cabarrus County, manufactures glass fiber optic cables used in the tel  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, June 7 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: BRIOLF USA LLC, the U.S. subsidiary of the family-run international industrial group Briolf, headquartered in Spain, will locate its first manufacturing center in the United States in Union County, creating 100 jobs, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. The company will invest $30.5 million in Monroe. "North Carolina continues to attract the world's strongest manufacturers," said Governor C  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, June 7 (TNSres) -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: Today, Governor Roy Cooper toured Creative Minds Preschool in Wilmington and visited several classrooms to see strong child care in action as well as learning and growing through engaging activities. The Governor was joined by local officials and Smart Start leadership from New Hanover and Pender Counties as he highlighted the urgent funding need for early childhood   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, June 7 (TNSres) -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on June 6, 2024: Today, Governor Roy Cooper visited Academically Based Child in Raleigh and visited several classrooms to see strong child care in action as well as learning and growing through engaging activities. The Governor was joined by local officials and Smart Start leadership from Wake County as he highlighted the urgent funding need for early childhood education and child ca  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, June 7 -- Ogletree Deakins, a law firm, issued the following news release: Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to announce that the firm has again been recognized by Chambers and Partners in its Chambers USA 2024 Guide. In 2024, Ogletree Deakins received a national Band 1 ranking for occupational safety and health and a Band 2 ranking for labor and employment law. Chambers USA has ranked 83 Ogletree Deakins   more

MORRISVILLE, North Carolina, June 7 -- Raleigh-Durham International Airport issued the following news release on June 6, 2024: Lufthansa launched nonstop service between RDU and Frankfurt on Thursday, giving Triangle-area travelers convenient access to Germany and beyond with streamlined connections to Europe, the Middle East, India, Africa and more. "The launch of service to Frankfurt was 10 years in the making, dating back to our early conversations with Lufthansa in 2014 and culminating in  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, June 6 -- Wake Forest University issued the following news: Applied mathematics researcher and private pilot Shelby Horth has earned a prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) award to study aeronautics. Horth, a May 2024 Wake Forest graduate, will pursue a doctorate in applied mathematics at the University of Arizona. Her research will explore complex mathematical models and their real-world applications in aeronautics/aerospace, potentially l  more