WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks by Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen at the Wake Forest School of Law: "I also want to thank Dean Aiken and the Wake Forest School of Law for hosting this important discussion about public safety, the progress we've made, and impediments we face to continuing the positive trend of reducing violent crime. "At the Department of Justice, reducing violent crime is one of our top priorities. To pursue that goal  more

WACO, Texas, Nov. 7 -- The American Football Coaches Association issued the following news: Bill Hayes, former head coach at Winston-Salem State and North Carolina A&T, has been named the American Football Coaches Association's recipient of the 2019 Trailblazer Award. The award will be presented to Hayes during the AFCA Honors Luncheon on Monday, January 13, at the 2020 AFCA Convention in Nashville, Tennessee. The AFCA Trailblazer Award was created to honor early leaders in the football coachi  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Nov. 4 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, Governor Cooper announced new appointments to boards and commissions across the state. "Having great talent on our boards and commissions is critical to North Carolina's economy, health and communities," Gov. Cooper said. "I appreciate these appointees for using their skills and expertise to help improve our state." Gov. Cooper has appointed the following individuals to the Advanced  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, Nov. 7 -- ACC Network, a part of ESPN, issued the following news release: A compelling ACC football tripleheader highlights Week 11 on ACC Network (ACCN), the new 24/7 national platform dedicated to ACC sports, Saturday, Nov. 9. Included in the slate of games is Florida State at Boston College, No. 19 Wake Forest at Virginia Tech and ACC Network Primetime Football - No. 15 Notre Dame at Duke. Additionally, The Huddle and All ACC will be live from Duke's Wallace Wade Stadi  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Nov. 5 -- The Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center issued the following news release: For many people who've had cancer, severe pain can persist even after treatment ends. In an effort to find a non-pharmaceutical approach to pain management for cancer survivors, researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Health have been awarded $6 million from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to test the effectiveness of a web-based pain management program. The five-year grant is a   more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Nov. 4 -- The Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center issued the following news release: * * * - Proposed agreement includes plans for new ED/OR/ICU Tower and Eye Institute in Winston-Salem * * * Atrium Health, Wake Forest Baptist Health and Wake Forest University announced that as part of a series of ongoing milestones, all parties have come to agreement on how these visionary organizations will further invest in the health and well-being of people throughout the r  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Nov. 5 -- The American College of Surgeons issued the following news release: J. Wayne Meredith, MD, FACS, MCCM, an esteemed trauma, thoracic, and critical care surgeon from Winston-Salem, N.C., has been elected to serve as the 2019-2020 President-Elect of the American College of Surgeons (ACS). Dr. Meredith's election was announced October 31, at the conclusion of the ACS Clinical Congress in San Francisco, Calif. He will be installed for a one-year term as ACS President in   more