DURHAM, North Carolina, April 3 -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * At the Edge of Wireless Innovation By Andrew Tie More than three decades after Duke faculty helped develop modern wireless technology, the university remains at the forefront of its future. In 1996, researchers at AT&T made a breakthrough in wireless technology. They figured out how to improve the speed, efficacy and reliability of wireless communication by correlating signals fr more PR

DURHAM, North Carolina, March 29 -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Cynthia Rudin Elected AAAS Fellow Rudin was recognized for her outstanding research on interpretable machine learning and for significant contributions across a wide range of applications. Cynthia Rudin, professor of computer science, electrical and computer engineering, statistical science, mathematics, and biostatistics and bioinformatics at Duke University, has been elected a 2 more PR

DURHAM, North Carolina, April 3 -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Yao Elected to AIMBE College of Fellows Honor represents top two percent of medical and biological engineers Junjie Yao has been elected to the College of Fellows at the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). Yao, an associate professor of biomedical engineering at Duke University, has been recognized for his pioneering advancements and international lea more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 3 -- Emory University issued the following news release: * * * Study Finds Using Everyday Products During Pregnancy Can Affect Newborn's Metabolism A newly published study by researchers from Emory University, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Columbia University found that a mother's exposure to phthalates during pregnancy can affect their newborn's metabolism and brain development. Phthalates are a group of widely used plasticizers commonly found  more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 3 -- The North Carolina Department of Commerce issued the following news release on April 2, 2025: * * * N.C. Commerce Secretary Lilley Announces Grants to Workforce Boards to Support Businesses Impacted by Hurricane Helene The North Carolina Department of Commerce is providing funds that local workforce development boards may use to help businesses minimize the damage of layoffs caused by Hurricane Helene, N.C. Commerce Secretary Lee Lilley announced today. The more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 2 -- The North Carolina Department of Insurance issued the following news release on April 1, 2025: * * * Commissioner Causey negotiates mobile home rate settlement, cancels hearing The Department of Insurance has ended its legal dispute with the North Carolina Rate Bureau over the Rate Bureau's proposed rate increase for Mobile Home Fire (MH-F) polices and Mobile Home Casualty (MH-C) policies. The settlement between the Department of Insurance and Rate Bureau  more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 3 -- The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction issued the following news release on April 2, 2025: * * * Teacher attrition declined in 2023-24 school year; still higher than average of past several years The 2023-24 State of the Teaching Profession report, presented to the North Carolina State Board of Education today, shows an improved attrition rate for teachers in public school districts for 2023-24 over the previous year. Raleigh, NC The 2023-24  more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 3 -- The North Carolina State Treasurer issued the following news release on April 2, 2025: * * * Treasurer Brad Briner Announces Moody's 'AAA' Rating For Outstanding General Obligation Bonds in NC State Treasurer Brad Briner announced today Moody's Ratings has affirmed its 'AAA' issuer rating, the AAA ratings on its outstanding general obligation bonds, the Aa1 ratings on its outstanding appropriation bonds, and the Aa3 ratings on its outstanding GARVEEs. Mood more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 3 -- The North Carolina State Treasurer issued the following news release on April 2, 2025: * * * Local Government Commission OK's $300 Million in Bonds for Raleigh Outer Loop The Local Government Commission (LGC) approved $1.85 billion in financing applications at its meeting Tuesday, April 1. The projects included a vital extension of the Triangle Expressway in Raleigh to relieve longstanding and growing traffic congestion. The LGC gave its stamp of approval more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 2 -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: * * * Diagnosing Defective Data When Developing AI Models Research findings recently published by an NC State Ph.D student and their professor demonstrate a novel technique that can help correct common errors in AI models even when you don't know the cause. April 2, 2025 Matt Simpson 2-min. read If an artificial intelligence model isn't acting all that intelligently, spurious correlations more PR

CARY, North Carolina, April 3 -- SAS Institute, a business analytics software and services provider, issued the following news release: * * * SAS and Kansas State University to explore water quality challenges with data and AI SAS Viya platform to help guide water resource management and inform policy in the Sunflower State Kansas State University and data and AI leader SAS are collaborating to transform water quality and resource management and guide policy and investment decisions to suppo more PR

ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, April 3 -- The University of North Carolina-Asheville issued the following news: * * * UNC Asheville's WNC Health Policy Initiative Hosts Legislative Summit on Childcare Crisis in Western North Carolina On Friday, March 14, 2025, the WNC Health Policy Initiative (a project of the NC Center for Health and Wellness at UNC Asheville), in partnership with the WNC Early Childhood Coalition, YMCA of WNC, and Verner Center for Early Learning, hosted a legislative summit on more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * VOTE ALERT: Thom Tillis Puts Partisan Politics over North Carolina with Vote Against Blocking Tariffs In response to Senator Tillis caving to political pressure and voting against a resolution to block blanket tariffs on Canada, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Communications Director Maeve Coyle issued the following statement: "Tillis voted against blocking blanket tariffs o more PR