GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Feb. 4 -- Bennett College issued the following news: * * * Bennett College Launches Centennial Presidential Leadership Series With Inaugural Book Talk On January 21, Bennett College launched its Centennial Presidential Leadership Series with the first Centennial Book Talk -- a campus-wide conversation centered on Lead Boldly by philanthropist and investor Robert F. Smith. The evening opened with an archival audio excerpt of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., rec  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Feb. 4 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: * * * Duke Energy approaches $4 million in energy bill assistance in North Carolina over past year with $562,500 in new funding following prolonged cold * Duke Energy Foundation's contribution to Share the Light Fund(R) will help customers in need manage energy bills as extended cold drives increased energy use * Recent below-normal temperatures across North Carolina are driving higher home energy use, and h  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, Feb. 3 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, posted the following news release: * * * ESPN men's college basketball schedule delivers six days of conference showdowns and ranked matchups, Feb. 3-8 * * Tobacco Road takes center stage as No. 4 Duke visits No. 14 North Carolina Saturday night, with College GameDay live from Chapel Hill that morning * ESPN Saturday night tripleheader features Duke-UNC, No. 25 Tennessee at Kentucky and No. 8 Houston at No  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Feb. 3 -- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University posted the following news: * * * Scientist Receives $1M Grant to Explore 'Mediterranean South' Diet * Shengmin Sang, Ph.D., a researcher at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University's Center of Excellence in Post-Harvest Technologies, has been awarded $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to investigate the feasibility, sustainability and anti-diabetic effects   more