RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 25 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Oct. 24, 2024: Governor Roy Cooper announced that the North Carolina Railroad Company (NCRR) has been awarded a $105 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation through the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvement Program (CRISI). The announcement represents a major step forward in enhancing North Carolina's rail infrastructure, aimed at improving both passenge  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 24 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: At 8 a.m. on a cool Monday in October, 30 scholars some alums of Virginia Tech, others from as far away as New Zealand met in the Hyatt Place-Blacksburg Hotel Ballroom for the 14th Future Faculty Diversity Program (FFDP). The scholars sipped coffee made with bottled water, a consequence of Hurricane Helene, and exchanged ideas and jokes over round tables and matching brown portfolios. The buzz filled the room with buoyan  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Oct. 25 (TNSres) -- The University of North Carolina Greensboro campus issued the following news: * * * Biochemistry major Janae Wofford chats with fellow students shortly after returning to UNCG for the Fall 2024 semester. * * * Research doesn't stop, and neither did the UNC Greensboro students who spent their summer working alongside faculty mentors in the lab and the field. Many of these students came together with their peers and mentors at the UNCG Alumni H  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 25 -- Virginia's Community Colleges issued the following news release: Dr. David Dore, Chancellor of the Virginia Community College System (VCCS), announced today that he has appointed Dr. Robert Brandon to become the seventh president of New River Community College (NRCC). Brandon's selection concludes a search that attracted 70 candidates nationwide. His service as president at New River will begin January 1, 2025. "I'm excited about Robert's appointment," said Dr. D  more