WACO, Texas, July 18 (TNScapv) -- The American Football Coaches Association issued the following news: * * * * Allstate Wuerffel Trophy and Allstate AFCA Good Works Team(R) honor community service leaders with coveted collegiate awards * 2024 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team announces a record 178 nominees, representing players and coaches from colleges and universities across the country * * * Allstate is partnering with the Wuerffel Foundation to bring together two of the most meaningful awa  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, July 17 -- Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist issued the following news release: Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist opened the doors to The Birth Center and The Dale and Karen Sisel Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in July 2019. Since opening The Birth Center five years ago, more than 14,600 babies were born and nearly 3,600 babies have been cared for in the Level IV NICU (the highest possible designation). In addition, several new services have been added, including g  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 (TNSres) -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following income security report on July 12, 2024: * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 2) Child Support Caseloads and Collection Trends More than half of child support cases involve families who applied for child support services on their own and are not subject to the TANF assignment requirement.[60] In 2022, 53 percent of total child support cases involved families who never received cash assistance through t  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, July 17 -- Wake Forest University issued the following news: According to a 2023 Gallup poll, Americans' confidence in the mass media to report the news fully, fairly and accurately is at its lowest point since 2016. In their working paper, "Disentangling Demand and Supply of Media Bias: The Case of Newspaper Homepages," the team introduces a new economics-based method for detecting media bias that operates independently of external influences, such as ownership   more

NORFOLK, Virginia, July 18 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following statement: * * * Winston-Salem, N.C. - Please see the following statement from PETA Senior Vice President Kathy Guillermo regarding $12,850 in fines issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture against Wake Forest University for multiple violations of federal animal welfare law: "A growing pile of animal corpses at Wake Forest University is a testament to the university's incompetence and proof tha  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 16 -- Gov. Brian P. Kemp, R-Georgia, issued the following news release on July 15, 2024: Governor Brian P. Kemp today announced the appointment and re-appointment of the following 66 Georgians to various state boards, authorities, and commissions. * * * Georgia Ports Authority David Cyr, Don Grantham Sr., Alec Poitevint II, and Christopher Womack were reappointed. * * * Board of Homeland Security Kenneth J. DeSimone is the Chief of Police for the Sandy Springs Polic  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, July 16 -- The Wake Forest University Schools of Business issued the following news release: Julie Wayne is the 2024 recipient of the Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research. Wayne, Professor and David C. Darnell Presidential Chair in Principled Leadership at the Wake Forest University School of Business, received the prestigious honor for her latest research examining the invisible family load. The Kanter Award, presented by the Center   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 17 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 15, 2024: * * * Ridership Through Six Months is 20% Higher Than 2023 as Additional Routes Attract New Passengers * * * Ridership on North Carolina's intercity passenger rail service is 20% higher in 2024 than last year through the end of June. NC By Train, the state's intercity passenger rail service operated by Amtrak, continues to break ridership records month over month. For t  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, July 16 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Tackling brain cancer is complicated, but groundbreaking new research could help add another tool to the cancer-fighting arsenal. A team from Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech published a paper in APL Bioengineering in May that explores a new option that could one day be used to target glioblastoma, a deadly and fast-growing brain tumor. Supported by National Institutes of Health grants, this work stems from past research  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, July 16 (TNSres) -- The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center issued the following news release: An intensive, 12-week pain self-management program has been shown to reduce pain and improve mood in a large clinical trial of people with both HIV and chronic pain. The research, led by University of Pittsburgh physician-scientist Jessica Merlin, M.D., Ph.D., found participants in the Skills to Manage Pain (STOMP) program also reported more confidence in their ability to  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, July 16 -- Wake Forest University issued the following news: FEATURED NEWS Local experts weigh in on security concerns after assassination attempt By Joshua Davis | WXII-TV (Winston Salem, NC) "Throughout American history, it's been all too common of presidential assassinations and efforts to target presidential candidates," said politics professor John Dinan. "Security concerns and the failed assassination attempt at Donald Trump will dominate the convention i  more