CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, March 13 [Category: BizFinancial Services] -- Bank of America, a financial institution, posted the following news release: * * * Bank of America Declares Preferred Stock Dividends Payable in April and May 2025 CHARLOTTE, NC - Bank of America Corporation today announced the Board of Directors has authorized regular cash dividends on the outstanding shares or depositary shares of the following series of preferred stock: April and May 2025 preferred stock dividends S  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 14 -- North Carolina Community College System issued the following news on March 13, 2025: * * * Celebrating Nine Trailblazers in Community College Excellence NC Community Colleges announce statewide winners for student, faculty, staff, and business partners of the year RALEIGH, NC - The North Carolina Community College System, State Board, and Foundation announce the statewide winners of the 2025 excellence awards, honoring the pinnacle of academic achievement  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 13 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: * * * Citizen scientists needed for 11th annual Terrapin Tally The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality's (NCDEQ) Division of Coastal Management (DCM) Coastal Reserve program and partners from the NC Wildlife Resources Commission (WRC), NC State Parks, Bald Head Island Conservancy, NC Audubon, NC Aquariums and National Park Service are recruiting volunte  more

DURHAM, North Carolina, March 14 -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * New CRISPRs Expand Upon the Original's Abilities By scouring thousands of bacterial genomes for new CRISPR-Cas systems, researchers have discovered some that could expand the technology's impact in research, biotechnology and medicine Researchers at Duke University and North Carolina State University have discovered a handful of new CRISPR-Cas systems that could add to the capabi  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 13 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: * * * Marine Fisheries Commission advances proposal for sector allocation in Southern Flounder fishery The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission today took a step towards adoption of draft Southern Flounder Fishery Management Plan Amendment 4 by approving the draft plan for public and advisory committee review. Draft Amendment 4 would move the already scheduled sector allo  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, March 13 -- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University issued the following news: * * * Biology Professor Graves' Nature Column Illuminates HBCU Underfunding By Jackie Torok EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (March 12, 2025) - MacKenzie Scott Endowed Professor of Biology at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Joseph L. Graves Jr., Ph.D., is drawing renewed attention to the systemic and pervasive lack of adequate financial support for his  more

MOORESVILLE, North Carolina, March 13 -- The North Carolina Department of Commerce issued the following news release on March 12, 2025: * * * N.C. Department of Commerce Honors 10 N.C. Main Street Award Winners Ten communities will receive awards for excellence in downtown revitalization during the annual North Carolina Main Street Awards Ceremony, Wednesday, March 12 in Mooresville. North Carolina Department of Commerce Assistant Secretary of Rural Development Kenny Flowers and N.C. Main Str  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 14 -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: * * * NC State Expert Can Discuss Economic Impact of Potential Cuts to Medicaid Congress is currently weighing significant cuts to the Medicaid program. Adriana Corredor-Waldron, an assistant professor of economics at North Carolina State University, can provide insight on the potential economic and health system impacts of defunding Medicaid. "Medicaid is a joint federal-state program, so  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 13 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: * * * Public Hearing Scheduled for Proposed Shellfish Leases in Craven County The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Marine Fisheries will hold a public hearing on proposed shellfish leases in Craven County at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 2. The hearing will be held in-person at the Craven Community College - Havelock Campus, 305 Cunningham Bl  more

RADFORD, Virginia, March 13 -- Radford University issued the following news release: * * * Mock Trial Team caps successful season, shines in regional competition, advances to national tournament By Chad Osborne Radford's Mock Trial team just completed its most successful season ever. The team competed in three invitational tournaments at Wake Forest University, Dickinson College and Davidson College, where team members Riley Petroski, Madison Drees, Cora Burt and Ke'alohi Diehl won Outstan  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, March 12 -- The University of North Carolina School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Therapy for Perinatal Asphyxia Does Not Benefit Preterm Infants, Study Finds A national multi-site clinical trial, co-led by researchers at the UNC School of Medicine, has found that therapeutic hypothermia may be harming preterm infants recovering from a specific type of brain injury. Perinatal asphyxia, also known as hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), a  more

CULLOWHEE, North Carolina, March 13 -- Western Carolina University issued the following news: * * * RASC 2025: David Joy and campus research presentations By Matt Salerno Western Carolina University double alumnus and best-selling author David Joy will give the keynote address at the annual Research and Scholarship Conference at WCU on Wednesday, March 19 from 5 to 6 p.m. at the Ramsey Regional Activity Center. Following the keynote address by Joy, RASC will hold the annual Undergraduate Ex  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 13 -- Yale University issued the following news release: * * * Illuminated and ordinary: Exhibition explores the world of Islamic manuscripts By Mike Cummings In 1807, Omar ibn Said, an itinerant Islamic scholar in West Africa, was taken prisoner during a military conflict and enslaved. About 37 years old at the time of his enslavement, he survived the Middle Passage to the United States and subsequently escaped enslavement in Charleston, South Carolina. He was   more