GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Sept. 17 -- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University issued the following news: * * * Creative Greensboro Selects Original Painting by N.C. A&T Alumnus for City Hall By Markita C. Rowe Creative Greensboro has selected "Resilience in Bloom," an original painting by North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State alumnus Karrington Gardner, for its 2025 Downtown Arts Special Commission for City Hall. Creative Greensboro, established in 2019, suppo more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Sept. 17 -- North Carolina State University issued the following commentary on Sept. 16, 2025: * * * Chemical Warfare and Soil Saviors: The Secret Life of Leaves Editor's note: This is a guest post by Erin McKenney, an assistant professor of applied ecology at NC State. * As an evolutionary ecologist who specializes in gut microbes, I think about leaves in terms of diet and nutrition. Leaves provide protein in addition to fiber, expanding the feeding strategy of pla more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Sept. 17 -- The North Carolina State Treasurer issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2025: * * * $150 Million in Interest-Free Cashflow Loans Have Now Been Allocated The Department of State Treasurer has successfully allocated nearly $150 million to communities in need in Western North Carolina. This money is meant as a way to help local governments get back on their feet as they wait for the federal government to send much needed relief dollars. "Day one of more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Sept. 17 (TNSjou) -- North Carolina State University issued the following Q&A on Sept. 16, 2025, by Matt Shipman with Kristen Mahony-Atallah, lead author of a paper on the work and an assistant professor of psychology: * * * Study Highlights Possible Path Forward for Teaching Writing to Students With Disabilities Writing is critical for all students, but many students struggle to develop strong writing skills. New research suggests a technique called performance feedb more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Sept. 17 (TNSjou) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: * * * Warming Temps Alone Fail to Trigger Increased CO2 Levels From Soil A study examining the effects of higher temperatures on soil shows that warming alone does not increase levels of carbon dioxide emitted from the soil. Instead, higher temperatures combined with more added carbon - and more nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus - led to higher carbon dioxide levels released f more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Sept. 16 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: * * * NCDEQ Division of Water Resources approves water quality certification for T-15 natural gas pipeline project * The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Water Resources (DWR) has approved the Clean Water Act Section 401 water quality certification for the proposed T-15 Reliability Project proposed by Public Services Company of North C more PR

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Sept. 16 -- Wake Forest University posted the following news: * * * Neuroscientist named Wells Fargo Faculty Scholar * Wake Forest University has announced that Boswell Presidential Chair in Neuroscience and Society Kenneth T. Kishida is its newest Wells Fargo Faculty Scholar. The Wells Fargo Foundation established an endowment in 2011 to accelerate innovative and entrepreneurial research at Wake Forest. Candidates for the Wells Fargo Faculty Scholar award co more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Sept. 16 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: * * * Reminder: State Water Infrastructure Authority to meet Sept. 17 in Raleigh and via teleconference * The State Water Infrastructure Authority will meet in person in Raleigh and via teleconference (Webex) on Wednesday, Sept. 17, from 9 am - 2:45 pm. The public may also listen to the meeting online or by phone. WHAT: Meeting of the State Water Infrastructure Aut more PR

SMITHFIELD, Virginia, Sept. 17 -- Smithfield Foods, an American food company, issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2025: * * * Smithfield Foods Donates 100-Acre Farm to the Coharie Tribe Smithfield Foods donated 103 acres of farmland to the Coharie Tribe during the 55th Coharie Powwow in Clinton, North Carolina, on Saturday, Sept. 13. "At Smithfield, we believe that strong communities are the foundation of a thriving future," said Craig Craft, real estate specialist for Smithfield  more PR