DURHAM, North Carolina, Oct. 7 -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Cameron McIntyre Receives $9.4 Million to Model the Biophysics of Brain Stimulation With the support of the NINDS Research Program Award, McIntyre will use patient-specific models to better understand how electrodes can record and stimulate the human brain By Michaela Martinez Cameron McIntyre, a professor of biomedical engineering at Duke University, received a grant from the Nati  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Oct. 6 [Category: Sports] -- The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association issued the following news: * * * Football Week Five Recap and Weekly Honors * Week five brought a medley of exciting, high-scoring CIAA football action as seven teams surpassed 30 points this week. Fayetteville State and Virginia Union's high-flying offenses contributed to big wins that helped them stay atop the conference standings at 3-0 and 2-0, respectively, meanwhile Livingstone was   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The Government Accountability Office has denied the protest filed by Joerns Healthcare LLC, a small business from Charlotte, North Carolina, challenging its exclusion from the competitive range for a contract issued by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration for in-home hospital beds and accessories. Joerns asserted that the VA unreasonably evaluated its proposal as unacceptable and used a disparate standard compared to a competitor. The prot  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The Government Accountability Office has sustained a bid protest filed by Enviremedial Services Inc. (ESI) of Oceanside, California, challenging a contract award made by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers. This decision voids the contract originally awarded to BryMak and Associates Inc., a small business based in Clarksville, Tennessee. The contract was for preventative maintenance, repair work and other facilities services covering various sites across Georgia,  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 7 -- G.E. Vernova, an energy company, posted the following news release: * * * GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy and Samsung C&T form strategic alliance to advance deployment of the BWRX-300 small modular reactor WILMINGTON, North Carolina - GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GVH) and Samsung C&T, a leading construction and engineering company, have announced a strategic alliance to advance the deployment of the BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) in strategic   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 7 (TNSjou) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: * * * Setting Health Standards for Sharks If you want to keep a shark healthy, you must first define what healthy is. "The gold standard for health is a robust wild shark," says Greg Lewbart, professor of zoological medicine at NC State's College of Veterinary Medicine. While that seems obvious, what isn't so obvious is how, exactly, veterinarians get data on healthy wild sharks in  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Oct. 7 -- PDK International issued the following news release on Oct. 6, 2025: * * * North Carolina Becomes New State Affiliate of Educators Rising PDK International is proud today to announce that North Carolina has officially become a state affiliate of Educators Rising, a national Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) that supports aspiring educators. This affiliation means that students in North Carolina now have expanded opportunities to engage in Educator  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 7 -- The North Carolina Democratic Party issued the following news on Oct. 6, 2025: * * * Rep. Deborah Ross, North Carolinians Blast Michael Whatley For Supporting A Government Shutdown Over Lowering Health Care Costs Today, Congresswoman Deborah Ross joined North Carolinians and slammed DC insider Michael Whatley for backing Washington Republicans shutting down the government instead of fixing the health care crisis they created. Because of Republicans' refusa  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following information for a nominations hearing at 10:15 a.m. on Oct. 9, 2025, at 216 Dirksen Senate Office Building: AGENDA I. NOMINEES a. Rebecca L. Taibleson, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit b. David A. Bragdon, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina c. Robert P. Chamberlin, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi d. Lindsey   more