BOONE, North Carolina, Feb. 19 -- Appalachian State University issued the following news: * * * App State earns R2 designation for high research activity and doctorate production University's commitment to applied research benefits students, communities and industries By Jessica Stump Edited by Anna Oakes BOONE, N.C. -- Appalachian State University has received a Research Activity Designation of Research 2 from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education -- the nation's  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Feb. 19 -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: * * * Catherine Davis Named Sloan Research Fellow Catherine Davis, an assistant professor of marine, earth and atmospheric sciences at North Carolina State University, has been awarded a 2025 Sloan Research Fellowship in Earth System Science. Davis' work focuses on the long-term effects of global climate on oceanographic environments. Open to scholars in seven fields - chemistry, computer s  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Feb. 19 -- The University of North Carolina School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Diabetes Can Drive the Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine have proven that antibiotic-resistant strains of a harmful bacteria thrive in a diabetic infection environment. Antibiotics are powerful, fast-acting medications designed to eradicate bacterial infections. However, in recent years, their dependability has waned   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release: * * * DNC Fights Republican Efforts to Throw Out Lawful North Carolina Votes Arrow DNC filed its opposition to Republicans' meritless appeal with the North Carolina Supreme Court on Tuesday and also joined the federal court fight to ensure North Carolina voters have their voices heard Today, the DNC filed its opposition brief with the North Carolina Supreme Court to block the Republican Party's attem  more

DURHAM, North Carolina, Feb. 19 -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Duke Legacy Continues Ugonna Ohiri is this year's recipient of the outstanding Dr. Christopher Jones Legacy Award Former Duke Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) PhD student Ugonna Ohiri is this year's recipient of the outstanding Dr. Christopher Jones Legacy Award. The Career Communications Group's U.S. Black Engineer and Information Technology Magazine grants this award to   more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, Feb. 19 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, posted the following news release: * * * ESPN to Highlight Nearly 260 Women's College Basketball Games, Feb. 19-25 * ESPN platforms to feature four top-25 matchups this week * Sunday's ESPN tripleheader includes five ranked programs: No. 1 Notre Dame at No. 13 NC State (noon ET), No. 9 North Carolina at Louisville (2 p.m.), No. 7 LSU at No. 14 Kentucky (4 p.m.) * College GameDay heads to Raleigh, N.C. f  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Feb. 19 -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: * * * Light-Powered Breakthrough Enables Precision Tuning of Quantum Dots Researchers at North Carolina State University have demonstrated a new technique that uses light to tune the optical properties of quantum dots - making the process faster, more energy-efficient and environmentally sustainable - without compromising material quality. "The discovery of quantum dots earned the Nobel Pri  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Feb. 20 -- North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson issued the following news release on Feb. 19, 2025: * * * Attorney General Jeff Jackson and Bipartisan Coalition Urge FDA to Take Action Against Counterfeit Drug Sellers RALEIGH - Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson and 37 bipartisan Attorneys General called on the Food and Drug Administration to stop bad actors from selling harmful counterfeit versions of popular weight-loss and diabetes drugs like Ozempic, Weg  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Feb. 20 -- Gov. Josh Stein, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Feb. 19, 2025: * * * Governor Stein Announces 61 New Jobs, $6 Million Investment In Chowan County Expanding IT Company Selects Edenton for New Technology Support Center Today, Governor Josh Stein announced that Provalus, an information technology outsourcing firm, will establish a Center of Excellence in Edenton that will create 61 jobs. The Provalus project brings an investment of $6.  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Feb. 19 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: * * * NCDEQ Division of Marine Fisheries to hold public hearing on proposed shellfish leases in Carteret County on March 13 The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Marine Fisheries will hold a public hearing on proposed shellfish leases in Carteret County at 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 13. The hearing will be held in-person at the N.C. Division of Mari  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Feb. 19 -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: * * * New Tech Tracks Student Behavior in Educational Games to Boost Collaborative Learning Researchers have demonstrated a new suite of software tools that analyzes student behavior in an educational game in real time and uses that data to assess how well students are developing and making use of collaborative problem-solving (CPS) skills. These real-time assessments can be used to modify t  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Feb. 19 -- The University of North Carolina School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Semaglutide Shows Promise in Reducing Cravings for Alcohol, Heavy Drinking Randomized, placebo-controlled trial finds that low-dose semaglutide reduces amount of alcohol consumption, alcohol cravings, and heavy drinking days. Reductions in cigarettes per day were also seen. The blockbuster drug semaglutide, better known as Ozempic for diabetes and Wegovy for o  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Feb. 19 -- The University of North Carolina School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Some Viruses 'Freeze' Their RNA to Replicate, UNC Study Says Researchers have discovered that RNA in Zika virus can freeze itself in time to further its spread in the body, revolutionizing how researchers study disease-causing viruses. They say that change takes time. Well, that's not the case for RNA. The small biological molecule acts like a switchboard ope  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Feb. 19 -- Virginia Tech posted the following news: * * * Escaping to freedom By Elise Monsour Puckett Hands, calloused from years of forced labor, moved with deliberate precision. The waters of the Chesapeake Bay lapped quietly against weathered skin. Muscles ached from days of careful travel, nerves stretched taut like a bowstring. Every shadow could have meant capture. Hidden histories found In the dusty pages of 17th century Virginia, North Carolina, and Marylan  more