WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on May 1 at a COVID-19 virtual roundtable: During virtual forum with the members of the Committee on Education and Labor, Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) discussed the impact of COVID-19 and proposals to support workers, families, businesses, and communities. * * * "Our nation is facing challenges in ways we have never experienc  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, May 9 -- Wake Forest University issued the following news: Wake Forest biology researcher Jenny Howard is using the sixth annual World Seabird Twitter Conference (#WSTC6) to spread the word about her effort to track the declining population of blue-footed boobies via social media. Sponsored by the World Seabird Union, the World Seabird Twitter Conference each year brings together more than 100 scientists worldwide to talk about seabird research and conservation.   more