ELIZABETH CITY, North Carolina, Dec. 18 -- College of the Albemarle issued the following news release: College of The Albemarle (COA) and Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) have formalized an articulation agreement to provide a seamless educational pathway for students pursuing careers in criminal justice. The agreement was signed yesterday at 3 p.m. during a ceremony at COA. This partnership enables graduates of COA's Associate in Applied Science in Criminal Justice Technology program to  more PR

DURHAM, North Carolina, Dec. 18 -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Kim will use the R25 grant to develop programs that help students learn how to integrate biotechnology tools into clinical environments * * * By Michaela Martinez Cameron Kim, an assistant professor of the practice in biomedical engineering (BME) at Duke University, was awarded an R25 Grant from the National Institutes of Health's Research Education Program. Intended to aid educat more PR

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Dec. 18 -- Bank of America, a financial institution, issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2024: * * * * The $1 billion sovereign debt conversion is one of the largest transactions of its kind completed to-date. * The transaction is expected to unlock $400 million in new cash funding plus an estimated $60 million in endowment returns to facilitate the Republic of Ecuador's Amazon Biocorridor Program over the life of the financing. * First sovereign debt con more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 18 -- Hunton Andrews Kurth, a law firm, issued the following news: Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP is pleased to announce that partner Mike Kerrigan has been named managing partner of the firm's Charlotte office. He succeeds Todd Brown, who was nominated as a Special Superior Court Judge by North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, and will be sworn in on December 19. "Mike is deeply committed to our firm's values and brings extensive experience and exceptional leadership to this role," more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 17 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: The Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Marine Fisheries is hosting a series of public outreach meetings to train fishermen on the Observer Trip Scheduling System (OTSS). The OTSS is an automated system that will be used to schedule observer trips for Estuarine Gill Net Permit (EGNP) holders in North Carolina. The Division has worked with the N.C. Departme more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 18 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Air Quality (DAQ) is accepting public comments on an analysis of smoke impacts in North Carolina from the 2023 Canadian wildfires. This analysis, called an Exceptional Events Demonstration, is intended to support DAQ's recommendation that the state be designated in attainment with a stricter air quality more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 17 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Air Quality's (DAQ) upcoming public hearing for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) cogeneration facility will now be held at the Chapel Hill Town Hall. In addition to changing the location of the public hearing, the start time has also been moved up to 6 p.m. Also, the comment period more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 17 -- The North Carolina Department of Public Safety issued the following news release: * * * Final Judgment Ordered in Lenoir County Nuisance Case * * * LENOIR COUNTY, N.C. On December 13, 2024, Lenoir County Superior Court Judge Imelda J. Pate signed a Consent Judgment resulting from a Chapter 19 Nuisance Abatement action regarding the property located at 445 and 453 Pear Street, Kinston. The Lenoir County Sheriff's Office, working with the property owners and more PR

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Dec. 17 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Quantum computing may well be a vital component of our technological future. But to understand where we are in its current development, it may be easier to try to draw historical parallels to other technologies in their infancies, sitting on the verge of the now famous breakthroughs that they achieved. Consider the Wright Brothers. Their landmark flight of their Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, traveled only 8 more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Dec. 18 -- Gov. Henry McMaster, R-South Carolina, posted the following news on Dec. 17, 2024: * * * $35.5 million investment will create 170 new jobs * * * Wayne Brothers, a Design-Build specialty contractor, today announced it is growing its South Carolina footprint with a new office and operations center in Colleton County. The company's $35.5 million investment will create 170 new jobs. With almost 40 years of construction and engineering experience, Wayne Brot more PR

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Dec. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of North Carolina Greensboro campus issued the following news: As a nanoscientist, the University of North Carolina Greensboro's Tetyana Ignatova focuses on materials at the smallest scales. Imagine the width of a human hair being split tens of thousands of times, and you get the idea. But as she explores the properties of nanomaterials that are so thin that they are essentially two-dimensional, she thinks on a much grander scale.  more PR

CULLOWHEE, North Carolina, Dec. 17 -- Western Carolina University issued the following news: By Bill Studenc Friends and alumni contributed more than $6 million to Western Carolina University during the 2024 GivingTuesday initiative, nearly quadrupling the previous record set last year and setting the stage for a corresponding challenge gift that would unlock significant additional funding for WCU athletics facilities renovations. National construction contracting company Phillips and Jordan  more PR