ATLANTA, Georgia, March 13 -- Clark Atlanta University issued the following news: Clark Atlanta University men's basketball team is officially the 2024 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) champions. The Panthers clinched the title after defeating Miles College 65-55 on last Sunday at Enmarket Arena in Savannah, Georgia. The Panthers, who went into the tournament as the team to beat, also walked away with the top honors of SIAC Coach of the Year for head coach Alfred Jordan; th more PR

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, March 13 -- Discovery Education, a division of Discovery Communications, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Georgia's Downtown Academy today announced a new partnership with global edtech leader Discovery Education. Thanks to this new collaboration, Downtown Academy's teachers will soon have access to a suite of award-winning digital products that nurture each learner's curiosity and support the creation of dynamic digital learning experiences for al more PR

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, March 13 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: Power plant employees at Marshall Station, Mayo Station, Roxboro Station, Allen Station, Belews Creek Station and Cliffside Station awarded nearly $60,000 in Duke Energy Foundation grants and matching donations to nearly a dozen charitable organizations in the communities where they live and work. "Giving back to our communities is a part of everything we do," said Paul Fisk, vice president of Carolinas Gener more PR

HIGH POINT, North Carolina, March 13 -- High Point University issued the following news release: High Point University Campus Police received the Best Practices in Campus Safety Award from the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Campus Safety and Violence Prevention Knowledge Community during the annual NASPA conference from March 9-13 in Seattle, Washington. HPU was one of just five higher education institutions across the nation honored at the annual conference.  more PR

FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina, March 13 -- Methodist University issued the following news release: The Fayetteville-Cumberland Human Relations Commission recently awarded MU's Donna Pelham - chair of Business Administration, Management, and Marketing and professor of Accounting and Business Administration - with its 2024 Educator Award. The prestigious award was one of only eight handed out to the community during the organization's annual awards ceremony. One of Methodist University's most est more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 13 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release: Attorney General Josh Stein and a bipartisan coalition of 43 attorneys general urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to update and strengthen the rules technology companies must follow under the federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). "Our laws need to catch up to our technology," said Attorney General Josh Stein. "I'm urging the FTC to strengthen online priva more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 13 -- The North Carolina Republican Party issued the following statement on March 12, 2024: * * * Following the three-judge panel ruling in the matter of S749, please see the following statement from NCGOP Communications Director Matt Mercer. "It is simply unbelievable that making boards of elections bipartisan and putting both parties on equal footing is wrong." "Republicans in the legislature are within their rights to enact laws making administration of elec more PR

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, March 13 (TNSres) -- The University of North Carolina School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Publishing their work in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vibhor Krishna, MD, at the UNC School of Medicine, and colleagues discovered that specific neurons in the brain are actively involved in processing cardiac and respiratory signals. * * * The human brain constantly receives information from the body, specifically from interna more PR

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, March 13 (TNSres) -- Wake Forest University issued the following news wrap up entitled "WFU in the News": * * * FEATURED NEWS NC sports wagering tips off with 11 categories, eight operators (https://journalnow.com/news/local/nc-sports-wagering-tips-off-with-11-categories-eight-operators/article_20ef781c-dd56-11ee-b6bb-3f77f834d606.html) By Richard Craver | Winston-Salem Journal Mobile sports wagering is expected to siphon some revenue from lottery tickets, sa more PR