CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, May 10 -- Albemarle County Public Schools issued the following news release: Albemarle County Public Schools (ACPS) has appointed Jamie L. Gellner as the division's new Director of Transportation. An Army veteran with a background in transportation management, Gellner's previous roles include Assistant Director of Transportation and Division Program Evaluator in Charlottesville, VA, where she introduced procedural enhancements resulting in improved customer service an  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, May 8 -- Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist issued the following news release: Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is the first and only health system in the Carolinas to begin using the only FDA-cleared robotic-assisted cochlear implant technology. Cochlear implants can be described as "bionic ears" that are implanted into the inner ear of patients 9 months and older who need advanced help beyond hearing aids to restore hearing. Cochlear implants provide direct ele  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, May 7 -- Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist issued the following news release: Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is recognizing and celebrating all nurses during National Nurses Week, especially the more than 4,100 dedicated nurses who work for Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. The American Nurses Association officially began recognizing this week in 1990, concluding the week on the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the woman affectionately known as the founder o  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, May 7 -- Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist issued the following news release: Before summer hits, it's a good reminder to evaluate your skin. May is skin cancer awareness month, and dermatologists at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist will offer free skin cancer screenings to the public on Thursday, May 9 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Dermatology - Country Club, located at 4618 Country Club Rd., in Winston-Salem, and at Dermatology - Palladium, located at 5286 Samet Dr.,   more

NEW YORK, May 8 -- Carlyle Group issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: NEW YORK and WAKE FOREST, NC. -- Global investment firm Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG) today announced that it has invested $180 million in the form of preferred equity in Zippy Shell, one of the largest containerized moving and storage companies in the US. This investment, alongside a new first lien debt facility led by JP Morgan, will provide the company with capital to refinance its existing debt and fund strategic grow  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 10 -- The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced the distribution of $6,250,000 to seven counties to provide youth substance use prevention within their communities. NCDHHS applied for and was awarded the funding through the U. S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, as part of its National Drug Control St  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 9 (TNSres) -- The North Carolina State Treasurer issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: North Carolina State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, released a report today finding that 340B hospitals billed state employees an average price markup of 5.4 times their discounted acquisition costs for oncology drugs. Hospitals generated average spread profits as high as $13,617 per claim on cancer drugs paid for by the North Carolina State Health Plan for Teachers a  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, May 9 -- Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey issued the following news on May 8, 2024: Oncology nurses at RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, the state's only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, play a vital role in the care of patients, engage in cancer research and serve as an education resource for their peers. To recognize the scope of their work, three nurses have been named recipients of Rutgers Cancer   more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, May 7 -- The American Society of Clinical Oncology issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: Today the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) announced four additional medical schools have been selected to participate in the Society's Oncology Summer Internship (OSI) Program. Launched in 2021, the OSI introduces rising second-year medical students primarily from populations underrepresented in medicine (UIM) to the field of oncology./1 The immersive program,  more

SYRACUSE, New York, May 10 (TNSres) -- The State University of New York Upstate Medical University campus issued the following news: Upstate Medical University's Samuel Herberg, PhD, assistant professor in the Center for Vision Research and the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, has been named the recipient of the 2024 Douglas H. Johnson Award for Glaucoma Research. The award, from the BrightFocus Foundation is presented annually to the top-rated proposal in the National Glaucoma   more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, May 9 -- Wake Forest University issued the following news: The Pulitzer Center has selected Melina Traiforos, a third-year English major and journalism and marketing communications minor, as Wake Forest's 2024 Reporting Fellow. Traiforos will receive a $3,000 stipend to report on Black maternal health disparities and inequalities low-income women face in the health care system. Her research project, titled "Black Mothers Are Dying. Here's What NYC's Doulas Are Do  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, May 8 -- Wake Forest University issued the following news: Two seniors have been selected for the postbaccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award offered by the National Institutes of Health (NIH IRTA). Tahjanee Givens, a Stamps Scholar from Fuquay Varina, North Carolina, is majoring in psychology, and politics and international affairs. Eric Wang, a Reynolds Scholar from Cary, North Carolina, is a biology major. As part of this funded postbaccalaureate progr  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, May 7 -- Wake Forest University issued the following news: FEATURED NEWS Students use the performing arts to teach elementary schoolers By Amy Diaz | WFDD-FM (Winston-Salem, NC) Inside of a second-grade classroom at Speas Global Elementary School, students learn science from a couple of special guests -- students from Wake Forest. Theatre professor Brook Davis created the class more than 20 years ago. "I started to realize that there were a lot of theater stude  more