RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 23 -- The North Carolina State Board of Community Colleges issued the following news on May 22, 2025: * * * Access to Achievement expands statewide, serves 800+ with IDD; State Board greenlights report and more The State Board of Community Colleges has approved a new legislative report showing that Access to Achievement--a first-of-its-kind initiative for North Carolinians with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD)--is already reaching more than 800 st more PR

DURHAM, North Carolina, May 23 -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Hickey Receives Young Investigator Grant to Support International Research Collaboration Funding from the HFSP will support Hickey and his collaborators investigate how different molecules direct cellular behavior John Hickey, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Duke University, received an Early Career Research Grant from the Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) fo more PR

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, May 23 -- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University issued the following news: * * * MACC Director Earns 2025 Accounting Horizons Best Paper Award for Research By Charity L. Cohen EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (May 19, 2025) -- Kecia Williams Smith '95, CPA, Ph.D., director of the Master of Accountancy (MACC) program at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University's Willie A. Deese College of Business and Economics, has been named a recipien more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 23 -- The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services issued the following news release on May 22, 2025: * * * N.C. Farm to School calendar contest winners announced Thirteen budding student artists were recently chosen as winners in the annual Farm to School Calendar Contest, sponsored by the North Carolina Grange. Each month depicts the art of a student and represents a different commodity. The calendar also includes daily facts about agricult more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 22 -- The North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) has ordered Brightspeed Communications to pay a civil penalty of $2,500.00 for violating the state's Underground Utility Safety and Damage Prevention Act. The order, issued on May 21, 2025, follows a recommendation from the North Carolina Underground Damage Prevention Review Board (Board). The Board notified the Commission on March 19, 2025, of its final determination in Case No. 735, recommending the penalty agai more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 23 -- North Carolina Community College System issued the following news on May 22, 2025: * * * North Carolina Community College System Launches Toolkit to Strengthen Rural Advanced Manufacturing Workforce With advanced manufacturing driving economic growth across North Carolina, building a sustainable pipeline of skilled talent is more important than ever--especially in rural communities where new and expanding operations can transform local economies. To support more PR

CARY, North Carolina, May 22 [Category: BizComputer Technology] -- SAS Institute, a business analytics software and services provider, issued the following news release: * * * SAS wins Best Credit Risk Platform at WatersTechnology Asia Awards Data and AI leader SAS won the Best Credit Risk Platform honor at the 2025 WatersTechnology Asia Awards, announced this week. The accolade is validation of SAS' unique approach to risk modeling and decisioning, which provides end-to-end capabilities acro more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 22 -- Vanderbilt University posted the following news: * * * Shirley Watts, BMus'57, MA'61, MLS'67: Musician and Librarian Shirley Marie Watts (Submitted photo) Shirley Marie Watts of Nashville, a musician and a longtime librarian for the Blair School's Anne Potter Wilson Music Library, died Oct. 21, 2024. She was 89. Watts was a born librarian and true musician with perfect pitch and a love of the art. She enjoyed a wide range of music, from opera to choral to b more PR

WILMINGTON, North Carolina, May 23 -- The University of North Carolina Wilmington campus issued the following news: * * * Humpback Whales See Less Than We Thought UNCW and Duke researchers uncover surprising limitations in whale eyesight, reshaping understanding of marine mammal perception. A new study by researchers at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and Duke University finds new knowledge of the humpback whale eye, revealing that these iconic marine giants possess surprisingly  more PR

WILMINGTON, North Carolina, May 23 -- The University of North Carolina Wilmington campus issued the following news: * * * UNCW Hosts Coastal Reserve Tour, Highlights Research Partnership State and local collaboration supports student learning, environmental monitoring and workforce development. UNCW welcomed state and local leaders to the Center for Marine Science on May 16 as part of the "Discover the N.C. Coastal Reserve" tour, spotlighting the Masonboro Island Reserve and the university's more PR

WILMINGTON, North Carolina, May 23 -- The University of North Carolina Wilmington campus issued the following news: * * * UNCW Research Team Approved for NCInnovation Funding Funding will support development of a Neck Strength Assessment Tool with military and civilian application. A UNCW research team developing a cutting-edge Neck Strength Assessment Tool (NSAT), with the potential to mitigate head and neck injuries in both soldiers and athletes, has been approved for NCInnovation funding, more PR