GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Nov. 27 -- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University issued the following news: By Hope Baptiste The University of North Carolina System Board of Governors has approved a bachelor's degree in artificial intelligence (AI) at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, the only degree of its kind in this state and one of only a handful nationally. While some other North Carolina universities offer an artificial intelligence concentrat  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 -- EMILYs List issued the following news release on Nov. 26, 2024: Today EMILYs List, the nation's largest resource for women in politics, congratulates Justice Allison Riggs on her election to the North Carolina state Supreme Court. With abortion access across the nation hanging in the balance and playing out at the state level, state Supreme Court justices play a pivotal role in protecting reproductive rights and often are left to decide whether abortion bans can be implem  more

CARY, North Carolina, Nov. 27 -- INDA, Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry issued the following news release on Nov. 26, 2024: Last week, the White House announced that President Joe Biden would not implement a tariff rate quota on imports of fine-denier polyester staple fiber (PSF) in response to a section 201 safeguard case filed by U.S.-based fiber producers. The President announced an import quota only on imports of fine-denier PSF under the temporary importation under bond (TIB)   more

CARRBORO, North Carolina, Nov. 27 -- The International Society for Thrombosis and Haemostasis issued the following news: * * * The new committee will drive collaboration with global regulators and stakeholders to address critical issues in thrombosis, hemostasis, and related health priorities. * * * Chapel Hill, N.C., U.S. - November 26, 2024 - The International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) is proud to announce the establishment of its Global Public Affairs Committee (GPAC),   more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Nov. 27 -- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University issued the following news: By Travonia Brown-Huges, Ph.D., and Jamie Crocket North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University's Center for Outreach in Alzheimer's, Aging and Community Health (COAACH) received a five-year $4.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study Alzheimer's disease (AD) in middle-aged African Americans. Travonia Brown-Hughes, Ph.D., COAACH  more

CULLOWHEE, North Carolina, Nov. 27 -- Western Carolina University issued the following news: By Bill Studenc Phillips and Jordan Inc., a national construction contractor with roots in the Western North Carolina town of Robbinsville and headquarters in Knoxville, Tennessee, has announced plans to build on its legacy of corporate support for Western Carolina University's intercollegiate athletics program. Company CEO Teddy Phillips Jr., who studied business management at WCU in the late 1970s a  more