ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 17 -- The University of Michigan posted the following news: * * * A crisis without borders: U-M Wallenberg fellow to improve climate disaster responses Stephanie Smith is on a study abroad in Sikles, Nepal-- a village she plans to return to during her Wallenberg year.courtesy: Stephanie Smith From Nepal to North Carolina, climate disasters are wiping entire communities off the map, leaving survivors with nowhere to rebuild. In 2024, a glacial lake outburst flood  more

HIGH POINT, North Carolina, March 18 -- High Point University issued the following news release: * * * HPU Poll: North Carolina Consumer Sentiment Improving as Concerns About Prices Ease (Except for Eggs) HIGH POINT, N.C., March 14, 2025 - Inflation is still on the minds of North Carolinians interviewed for the latest High Point University Poll. North Carolinians were asked to consider how the prices they are currently paying for products compared to last year. A large majority (68%) said th  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, March 18 -- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University issued the following news: * * * N.C. A&T Researchers: Extracellular Vesicles May Change How We Treat Cancer, Neurological Disease By Jamie Crockett EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (March 14, 2025) -- Small, membrane-bound structures that cells in the human body release to transport a variety of proteins, nucleic acids and metabolites may also be used to carry specialized treatments for a wide array of d  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, March 18 -- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University issued the following news: * * * N.C. A&T, Wake Forest Law Partner to Create Pathway to Juris Doctor By Hope Baptiste EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (March 17, 2025) - North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and Wake Forest University School of Law have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) establishing a pathway for highly accomplished N.C. A&T students to matriculate into the W  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 18 -- North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson issued the following news release on March 17, 2025: * * * Attorney General Jeff Jackson Announces Money Laundering and Health Care Fraud Sentencing RALEIGH - Attorney General Jeff Jackson today announced that Wendell Lewis Randall was sentenced to 30 months in prison and ordered to repay more than $2 million after pleading guilty to one count of health care fraud and one count of money laundering. "This health  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 18 -- The North Carolina Department of Commerce issued the following news release on March 17, 2025: * * * North Carolina's January Employment Figures Released The state's seasonally adjusted January 2025 unemployment rate was 3.7 percent, unchanged from December's revised rate. The national rate decreased 0.1 of a percentage point to 4.0 percent. North Carolina's unemployment rate increased 0.2 of a percentage point from a year ago. The number of people employ  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 17 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: * * * State invites communities and contractors to apply for Phases 1 through 4 of the N.C. Resilient Coastal Communities Program The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality's (NCDEQ) Division of Coastal Management (DCM) invites communities and contractors to apply to participate in Phases 1 through 4 of the N.C. Resilient Coastal Communities Program (RCCP), which ai  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, March 18 -- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University issued the following news: * * * Two N.C. A&T Students Present Research on Impact of HBCUs on Social Justice By Charity L. Cohen EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (March 17, 2025) -- Research by North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University undergraduate students Kyla Holton and Jayden Seay, along with junior political science Honors College student Keon Jordan, is shedding new light on the ro  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 18 -- North Carolina Community College System issued the following news on March 17, 2025: * * * Wake Tech Alumna and FOX5 DC Anchor, Jacqueline Matter, to Emcee the NC Community Colleges Awards Dinner and Celebration RALEIGH, NC - March 13, 2025 Jacqueline Matter, a Wake Tech Alumna, FOX5 DC Anchor, and Miss North Carolina International 2016, will serve as the emcee for the prestigious North Carolina Community Colleges Awards Dinner and Celebration on the eveni  more