CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Jan. 5 -- The University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health issued the following news: * * * 4 faculty receive inaugural Joan Heckler Gillings Endowed Professorship Four faculty members from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health have been awarded the inaugural Joan Heckler Gillings Endowed Professorship. This professorship is funded through an estate gift from the late Joan Heckler Gillings, whose vision, leadership and generosity   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Jan. 6 -- The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release on Jan. 5, 2026: * * * Attorney General Jackson and NCDHHS Secretary Sangvai Issue Statement on Potential Child Care Funding Freeze Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Dev Sangvai responded to reports that the federal government may be freezing child care funding to all 50 states. At this time, North Carolina has  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Jan. 6 -- The North Carolina Department of Commerce issued the following news release on Jan. 5, 2026: * * * Eight North Carolina Communities Receive $12 Million in Neighborhood Revitalization Grants The North Carolina Department of Commerce recently awarded grants to eight local governments to support housing and public improvements for low- and moderate-income North Carolinians. The grants, totaling more than $12 million, were awarded from the department's Community  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Jan. 6 -- The North Carolina Democratic Party issued the following news: * * * NEW: FEMA "Recovery Czar" Michael Whatley Fails Helene Victims Again As Hundreds of Families Wait For FEMA Buyouts Recent reporting from the Washington Post is spotlighting yet another failure of Hurricane Helene "recovery czar" Michael Whatley - over 800 Western North Carolinians are feeling a "heavy toll" as they wait for answers from FEMA after applying for its Hazard Mitigation Grant Pr  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Jan. 6 (TNSjou) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: * * * Location, Location, Location: Model IDs Best Spots for Offshore Energy Projects Researchers have developed a computational model that identifies the best combination of location and energy technologies to maximize offshore energy production, reducing the financial risk associated with investing in offshore projects. The model accounts for different types of wind and marine hydr  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Jan. 6 (TNSjou) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: * * * Researchers Develop Guidelines for Diagnosing, Monitoring Canine Cognitive Decline An international working group of canine cognition experts has released a set of guidelines for veterinarians to use in diagnosing and monitoring canine cognitive dysfunction syndrome (CCDS), or canine dementia. The guidelines offer a standard definition of the condition as well as practical diag  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Jan. 6 -- Wake Forest University posted the following Q&A with William Farfan-Rios, a biodiversity fellow in forest ecosystems at the Sabin Center for Environment and Sustainability: * * * Tropical trees are fighting an uphill battle with climate change. And they're losing. When William Farfan-Rios hikes through the remote forests of the Peruvian Amazon and Andes, he's doing much more than feeding his appreciation for the natural world. He's trying to identify t  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Jan. 6 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: * * * Social pressure drinking linked to worst consequences Adults who drink due to external pressures are more likely to consume higher amounts of alcohol and experience more negative consequences than those who drink mainly for the pleasure of consuming alcohol, according to a new study. Researcher David Conroy, professor of applied exercise science at the University of Michigan School of Kinesiol  more