SALISBURY, North Carolina, Sept. 18 (TNSres) -- Catawba College issued the following news: Throughout the 2023-2024 academic year, Catawba College students and their faculty mentors in the Natural Sciences had 43 oral and poster presentations by 34 undergraduate researchers, highlighted within five off-campus conferences, mentored by 11 professors within the Natural Sciences. * Students and their faculty mentors in the Natural Sciences attended several scientific conferences, locally, regional  more

HICKORY, North Carolina, Sept. 18 -- Catawba Valley Community College issued the following news: * * * The National Centers for Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) presented the designation to the CVCC Information Technology: CyberSecurity program. * * * Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) and the College's Information Technology: CyberSecurity program are honored to be designated a Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD) by the National Centers for Academic Exc  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Sept. 18 -- Duke Energy Foundation issued the following news release: * * * 18 Florida-based organizations receive significant investments to support new programming, sustainability and resiliency initiatives, direct scholarships for students at all educational levels to support Florida's growing workforce * * * ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Duke Energy Foundation has announced $740,000 in grants to support 18 education-based organizations to continue Duke Energy Flor  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Sept. 17 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: * * * * Agreement supports significant investments for safety, reliability, customer growth * Request included rate reductions for natural gas costs and income tax payment credits passed to customers * * * Piedmont Natural Gas has reached a comprehensive agreement with consumer and industrial groups in North Carolina related to its rate review request, filed in April of this year. Piedmont plans to implem  more

DURHAM, North Carolina, Sept. 17 -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * New faculty member Ophelia Venturelli explores how the microbial world in our gastrointestinal tract can be engineered to keep us healthy * * * Ophelia Venturelli joined the faculty of Duke University's Department of Biomedical Engineering on August 1, 2024. Using a combination of computational modeling and high-throughput experiments and synthetic biology, Venturelli strives to u  more

ELON, North Carolina, Sept. 18 -- Elon University issued the following news release: The former adviser to four American presidents concluded his tenure this fall as chair of the Elon Law Board of Advisors with an evening banquet that celebrated his many contributions to Elon University over the past quarter century. David Gergen's many roles throughout an accomplished career at the highest levels of American government include: * Adviser to four presidents (Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Clinton)   more

HIGH POINT, North Carolina, Sept. 18 -- High Point University issued the following news release: * * * Alan McCollough, the former CEO of electronics retail giant Circuit City and the latest global leader to join High Point University's Access to Innovators Program, advised students in Congdon Hall's Callicutt Life Skills Theater. Pictured on either side of McCullough are Amanda Malgieri, a senior international business major, and Dr. Daniel Hall, dean of the Earl N. Phillips School of Busines  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Sept. 18 -- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University issued the following news: By Charity L. Cohen Jeremiah Smith, a mechanical engineering student at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, has been accepted into Black Ambition's So Ambitious Pre-Accelerator Program to develop his esports start-up venture. So Ambitious is a branch of Black Ambition, a non-profit initiative founded by Pharrell Williams that works to close the  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Sept. 18 (TNSres) -- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University issued the following news: By Jordan Howse Researchers in the College of Engineering at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University were awarded a $350,000 grant from the National Science Foundation and The Lemelson Foundation to integrate environmental and social sustainability into engineering curriculum. As a land grant institution, N.C. A&T researchers are often work  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Sept. 18 -- The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services issued the following news release: * * * The deadline to apply for part of the $1.5 million in grants is Oct. 25 * * * The N.C. Department of Agriculture plans to award up to $1.5 million in grants for research projects that aim to advance agriculture and the agricultural economy in North Carolina. With that goal in mind, the department is requesting grant proposals that fit into any of th  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Sept. 18 -- Bank of America, a financial institution, issued the following news release: * * * CBS and Paramount+ to Expand Weekend Coverage * * * AUGUSTA, GA - Fred Ridley, Chairman of Augusta National Golf Club and the Masters Tournament, announced today that Bank of America will become a Champion Partner of the Masters Tournament, beginning with the 2025 Masters Tournament. Additionally, the Chairman has announced that CBS Sports will expand coverage hours of th  more