CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Dec. 13 -- The American Board of Pediatrics issued the following news release: In 2024, the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) successfully transitioned its Subspecialty In-Training Examination (SITE) from Prometric Testing Centers to each fellows' training institution. SITE is an abbreviated version of a subspecialty certifying exam that provides an opportunity for trainees to identify gaps in their knowledge and work to close those gaps. The new method brings man more PR

DURHAM, North Carolina, Dec. 13 -- The Center for Responsible Lending issued the following news release: Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an overdraft rule that will prevent the country's very largest banks and credit unions from charging excessive overdraft fees, lowering the cost of most overdraft fees from around $30 down to $5. "This rule provides needed breathing room for financially constrained consumers who are hit hardest by excessive overdraft fees," said  more PR

BOONE, North Carolina, Dec. 13 -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release: RICHWOOD, W.Va. -- Today, 11 conservation organizations urged the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement to take immediate action to close an illegal coal haul road in the Monongahela National Forest in Greenbrier and Pocahontas Counties, West Virginia. In a letter addressed to the agency's leadership, the groups explained that South Fork Coal Company falsely claimed that its Haulroad # more PR

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Dec. 14 -- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University issued the following news: By Hope Baptiste When ShuDon Brown, 25, walks into her future as a newly minted Ph.D. on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024, at Greensboro's First Horizon Coliseum, she will become the youngest person to earn a doctorate in leadership studies at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. N.C. A&T will confer more than 300 graduate degrees at the ceremony, each repres more PR

DURHAM, North Carolina, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Experts from around the world gathered at the first Advanced Multifunctional Metamaterials Workshop to shape the future of the field * * * The 2024 Advanced Multifunctional Metamaterials (AMM) Workshop brought together over 125 thought leaders, researchers and innovators from around the world at Duke University to explore the transformative applications of electromagnetic, more PR

JAMESTOWN, North Carolina, Dec. 14 -- Guilford Technical Community College issued the following news release: Guilford Technical Community College and HAECO Americas launched a new English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and Aerospace Manufacturing program in August, with three students recently completing. Abdoul Nazif Mohaman, Omid Noori, and Adonay Tewolde completed their training and certification Dec. 12 and will begin their employment at HAECO as structures assembly and repair mec more PR

JAMESTOWN, North Carolina, Dec. 14 -- Guilford Technical Community College issued the following news release: JAMESTOWN, N.C. (Dec. 13, 2024) - Guilford Technical Community College has been awarded a grant of more than $5 million as part of a $18.5 million Environmental Protection Agency grant to the Southwest Renewal Foundation in High Point to address environmental and climate justice challenges through a series of projects in the High Point area. The grant is part of $1.6 billion in funding more PR

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University issued the following news: By Jordan M. Howse Rockets can be heard as far as 15 miles away from their launch site. Jet planes and military aircrafts can be as loud as 150 decibels at takeoff, loud enough to rupture an eardrum. Similarly, highway noise annoys neighbors. Researchers in the Center for Composite Materials Research (CCMR) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at North C more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: Researchers have demonstrated the ability to steal an artificial intelligence (AI) model without hacking into the device where the model was running. The technique is novel in that it works even when the thief has no prior knowledge of the software or architecture that support the AI. "AI models are valuable, we don't want people to steal them," says Aydin Aysu, co-author of a paper  more PR

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Dec. 13 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: With little knowledge of the agricultural industry, Katie Stenmark moved from a small town in North Carolina to Stillwater, Oklahoma. Now, she is opening doors by researching hops as an emerging crop. "It was my senior year of high school when I saw a plant diagram for the first time," said Stenmark, third-year crop science doctoral student. Stenmark pursued an undergraduate degree at Oklahoma State Universi more PR