Investment will be used to address access to care and nursing shortages, educational resources and technology Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) will invest $1 million in North Carolina Central University’s (NCCU) nursing program. The investment is part of Blue Cross NC’s commitment to contribute $50 million toward community health …
A $2.4 million federal grant is aiming to increase the number of African American and low-income students in STEM and allied health graduate programs at Winston-Salem State University. The six-year grant, from the U.S. Department of Education HBCU Graduate Fellowship, will provide scholarships, tutoring, and support for students and faculty in six STEM (Science, Technology, …
UNCW graduates and current M.B.A. candidates Scott Davis ’17 and Lee Mauldin ’16 are working to “bridge” the gap between profitable business and sustainable practices. Classmates and friends since 2015, the two co-founded Natural Bridges, LLC, a marketing and sales company that specializes in the development and advancement of green technologies. What drives their business …
Dr. Robert Canida Received the Erskine B. Bowles Staff Service Award UNC Pembroke Administrative Leader Honored “This is what you do as a humanitarian. You serve others.” These poignant words express Dr. Robert Canida’s guiding philosophy, one that makes no distinction between professional responsibility and altruism. As the director of the University of North Carolina …
Mammal expert Roland Kays tracks the movement of animals around the world, from weasel-like fishers in Albany, New York, to maneless lions in Tsavo, Kenya. Now GPS data from those studies – along with research on 55 other species – are giving researchers a global look at how human activity affects mammal movement. The short …
Blue Cross NC announced continued investment in the two-year Physician Assistant Studies program, led by Paul Chelminski and housed in the Department of Allied Health Sciences. The UNC School of Medicine’s Physician Assistant Studies program will benefit from a $1.2 million investment from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina as part of a statewide initiative …
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new technique that allows them to print circuits on flexible, stretchable substrates using silver nanowires. The advance makes it possible to integrate the material into a wide array of electronic devices. Silver nanowires have drawn significant interest in recent years for use in many applications, ranging from prosthetic …
Last month Elizabeth City State University was the Tom Joyner Foundation School of the Month and four outstanding ECSU students were named Hercules Scholars, one each week. The honors, which include a $1,500 scholarship, went to Robert Boone, Corey Cherry, Reginald Kelley, and Chorn Poyner. The students are chosen based upon their school and community …
UNC Greensboro professor Michael J. Kane Any monkey will tell you laboratory tests are repetitive, mundane, an environment ripe for mind wandering. If your aim is to better understand why we daydream, the laboratory should be the perfect setting. But can we rely on laboratory experiments to explain how these internal distractions limit our ability …
Faculty members in the Department of Educational Leadership and Counseling at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke provided professional development to local school districts during National School Counseling Week February 5 -7. National School Counseling Week focuses public attention on the unique contribution of professional school counselors within U.S. school systems. The event highlights …