The Catamount School, a collaborative effort of Western Carolina University and Jackson County Public Schools, held an orientation for students and parents Tuesday, Aug. 15, in anticipation of opening Tuesday, Aug. 22. The new, innovative laboratory school is designed to help enrolled students in sixth through eighth grades transition into high school through implementation of …
Summer Undergraduate Research Program The question of whether substance abuse treatment reduces the likelihood of heroin users having repeat contact with the criminal justice system and the development of a special buoy to convert ocean wave energy into electricity are among the topics being investigated during the second year of Western Carolina University’s Summer Undergraduate …
A faster and non-invasive way to identify dementia in senior citizens just might come out of Goldsboro, North Carolina through a collaboration between ECU researchers. ECU’s College of Engineering and Technology, with assistance from ECU’s College of Nursing, is currently studying whether a proposed technology platform can help doctors pinpoint whether a patient has mild …
CHCS and community partners crunch data & mend neighborhoods CHCS Director Stephen Sills and Josie Williams of the Greensboro Housing Coalition walk a group through the Cottage Grove neighborhood, pointing out issues that can lead to health problems. [Photo by Mike Dickens] Verna Torain has lived in east Greensboro’s Cottage Grove neighborhood …
Scientists have long known that a protein called TDP-43 clumps together in brain cells of people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, and is associated with neuron death. This same protein is thought to cause muscle degeneration in patients with sporadic inclusion body myositis (sIBM), leading many researchers to think …
Thanks to a $2.4 million grant (SOCON: Sustained Ocean Color Observations with Nanosatellites) from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to the UNCW Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, a UNCW professor is months away from launching a nanosatellite equipped to offer global scientists a colorful new view of the ocean. UNCW Center for Marine Science Professor …
The College of Business and Economics at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will celebrate 25 years hosting its Summer Transportation Institute on Friday, Aug. 4, at noon, in the Alumni-Foundation Event Center. The event will acknowledge and feature former and current participants in the program, as well as commemorate COBE and N.C. A&T’s place …
UNC system institutions receive NEA funding to further arts studies Five University of North Carolina system institutions are receiving more than $200,000 in grant funding from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to create programming relating to music, art, theatre, literature and education in 2017 and 2018. Appalachian State University is receiving two NEA …
In additive manufacturing, a pre-designed object is produced by successively adding layers of material rather than cutting away at it, as in traditional subtractive manufacturing methods (e.g., machining). 3D printing-based methods such as these have the potential to significantly expand the capabilities of traditional manufacturing, as they allow for increased product design freedom, reduced production time, and decreased waste of materials.
FSU enters into a research partnership agreement with the US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) Continuing its advancement as a growing research institution, Fayetteville State University has added the US Army Research Laboratory as one of its collaborative partners in the development of scientific research projects. This collaboration will also include a coordinated effort in the …