CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, April 5 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release on April 4, 2025: * * * Duke Energy Foundation fights food insecurity in Florida with $125,000 in donations * Grants awarded to seven Florida organizations to support those facing hunger * Grants allow the continuation and expansion of food programs for children, adults and seniors ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Today, the Duke Energy Foundation announced $125,000 in grant funding to nonprofit organizations that hel  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, April 5 -- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University issued the following news: * * * HBCU Technology Transfer Symposium Empowers Innovation, Economic Development By Charity L. Cohen EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (April 4, 2025) - Representatives from nearly a dozen historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) recently visited North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University's campus to brainstorm ways to advance technology transfer and   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 5 -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: * * * Milliken Naming Investment Fuels NC State Research in the Textile Protection and Comfort Center A new $1.5 million investment from Milliken & Company will further elevate groundbreaking research at NC State's Textile Protection and Comfort Center (TPACC) through a five-year, fixed-term naming. The newly named Milliken & Company Charitable Foundation Textile Protection and Comfort Cent  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, April 5 -- The University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health issued the following news: * * * Adjusting life expectancy data by race has harmful consequences April 3, 2025 By Ethan Chupp It is common for studies in epidemiology to use race-adjusted measurements, comparing members of a racial group to other members of the same racial group. New research from the Department of Epidemiology at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health   more