GREENSBORO, North Carolina, July 24 (TNSres) -- The University of North Carolina Greensboro campus issued the following news: * * * State funding kickstarts efforts to use fungal molecules in batteries, photovoltaics and electronic circuitry, NICER initiative will focus on organic molecules in electric power applications * * * With a $1.5 million state grant, UNCG faculty are leading a unique research effort to explore how complex molecules found in living organisms, such as fungi, could be   more

HIGH POINT, North Carolina, July 24 -- High Point University issued the following news release: High Point University's campus is continuing to grow this summer with $100 million in construction projects underway ahead of the university's centennial anniversary in September. Construction has progressed on new buildings for the Workman School of Dental Medicine and the Kenneth F. Kahn School of Law as both schools prepare to welcome their inaugural class of students this fall. Each building wil  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, July 23 -- Brighthouse Financial issued the following news release on July 22, 2024: * * * New features further strengthen the company's flagship life insurance product * * * Brighthouse Financial, Inc. ("Brighthouse Financial" or the "company") (Nasdaq: BHF) announced today that it has introduced new enhancements to Brighthouse SmartCare, its flagship life insurance product. Brighthouse SmartCare is a hybrid life insurance product that provides a guaranteed death   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 24 -- The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources' Division of Parks and Recreation issued the following news release on July 23, 2024: Colton Blake has been named the new park superintendent at Lake Norman State Park, located in Iredell County, the N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation announced. Blake succeeds Scott Avis, who was promoted to South District Superintendent last year. Park superintendents lead operations and administration at a   more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, July 24 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: * * * * Program to pair home solar installations with battery energy storage continues to help advance rooftop solar * Company is looking at ways to enhance pilot to make it available to more customers * * * Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) has enrolled more than 1,300 customers in North Carolina in its new PowerPairSM pilot, a one-time incentive-based program designed to help make a home solar plus battery system m  more

DURHAM, North Carolina, July 24 (TNSres) -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * The workshop encourages regional middle school students to develop confidence in math through team-based, logic-focused activities. * * * When the Space Race of 1961 captivated the globe, NASA leaned on its mathematicians to accurately predict the trajectory of the Mercury-Redstone 3 (or Freedom 7) spacecraft. But more importantly, it was to ensure the safety of one Alan S  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 24 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 23, 2024: Today Governor Roy Cooper visited Trinity Moravian Church to learn more about their efforts relieving medical debt through the Debt Jubilee Project. The visit included a roundtable discussion to better understand how recent actions to relieve medical debt could benefit millions of North Carolinians. Roundtable participants included Undue Medical Debt, NC Department of Healt  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 24 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 22, 2024: Today, Governor Roy Cooper and the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources announced a historic $421 million grant award under the Environmental Protection Agency's Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) program to support a broad array of carbon-reducing natural land conservation and restoration projects. With this funding, over 200,000 acres of coast  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 24 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 23, 2024: * * * IDEXX will invest $147 million to establish manufacturing site in Wilson * * * Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced that IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ: IDXX), a global leader in pet healthcare innovation, will establish a new manufacturing plant in Wilson County, creating 275 jobs. The company will invest $147 million in Wilson. "We are excited to welcome IDEXX  more

DURHAM, North Carolina, July 24 (TNSres) -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Feng joins IGNIITE 2024, which focuses on early-career scientists and engineers converting disruptive ideas into impactful energy technologies. * * * The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) recently announced its first cohort to join its Inspiring Generations of New Innovators to Impact Technologies in Energy 2024 (IGNIITE 2024) program. ARPA-E funds transfo  more

FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina, July 24 -- Methodist University issued the following news release: Representatives of the national championship-winning Methodist University men's golf team were recognized on Monday at the White House as U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris hosted NCAA championship teams from the 2023-24 season. MU's Head Men's Golf Coach Steve Conley and players Chase Walts and Caleb Ryan attended the event that celebrated the team's 14th NCAA Division III National Championship, wh  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, July 24 (TNSres) -- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University issued the following news: By Markita C. Rowe Gabrielle Heyward, a senior studying multimedia journalism at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, has begun a one-year sports journalism internship with ESPN as a Rhoden Fellow. The Rhoden Fellowship, named for and led by Andscape editor-at-large and former New York Times award-winning columnist William C. Rhoden, is a  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 24 -- North Carolina Community College System issued the following news: More than 150 community college leaders from across the state gathered at Davidson-Davie Community College last month to discuss the North Carolina Guided Economic Pathway model and the critical role community colleges play in designing educational journeys that connect to high growth, high-wage career pipelines. Centering Guided Pathways Essential Practices, the North Carolina Guided Pathwa  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 24 -- The North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission issued the following news release: The N.C. Coastal Resources Commission (CRC) Science Panel meeting via web conference on Aug. 1 has been rescheduled to Aug. 6 at noon. The Science Panel will continue its review of Inlet Hazard Area boundaries. The public may listen to the meeting by computer or phone. WHAT: CRC Science Panel Meeting WHEN: Aug. 6 at noon WHERE: Meeting by video conference Aug. 6: Click here  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 24 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Dr. Mark Benden has been named a Fellow by the National Academy of Inventors for his 25 patents and commercialized inventions, resulting in over $1 billion in sales. * * * By Grace Dalton Dr. Mark E. Benden '89, '06 was inducted by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) as a Fellow last month at the NAI 13th Annual Conference, Unlocking Innovation: Keys to Societal Sol  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 24 (TNSres) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: For decades, insecticide-treated bed nets and indoor insecticide spraying regimens have been important - and widely successful - treatments against mosquitoes that transmit malaria, a dangerous global disease. Yet these treatments also - for a time - suppressed undesirable household insects like bed bugs, cockroaches and flies. Now, a new North Carolina State University study reviewi  more