NC State and UNC-Chapel Hill researchers working on breakthrough cardiac treatment How do you cure a broken heart? If you’re researcher Ke Cheng, hopefully one day soon, it will be with a simple injection. Cheng, an associate professor in the college of veterinary medicine at North Carolina State University and biomedical engineering department (a joint …
Western Carolina University and the Jackson County Public School system will collaborate on the formation of a lab school designed to help students in grades six through eight successfully transition into high school through implementation of a “whole school, whole community, whole child” approach. To be christened “the Catamount School” and located on the campus …
College bound. Few phrases make parents more proud. For many parents, planning for their children’s higher education commences before they enter high school. But some families face more barriers than others. Among the biggest hurdles facing our nation’s Latino immigrant families? Researchers at UNCG have found that parents who experience language barriers – or don’t …
Joint online program aims to help North Carolina address its growing teacher shortage (Chapel Hill, N.C. – Feb. 9, 2017) – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University are launching a joint online program for people who have been hired to teach in North Carolina schools but haven’t yet …
Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) is partnering with UpSwing, an online tutoring and coaching platform, to provide students with access to 24/7 tutoring. “We’re excited to offer online tutoring to help our students succeed,” said Dr. Derick Virgil, Associate Dean over Academic Services in University College and Lifelong Learning (UCaLL). “This partnership will provide students access …
Imagine entering a foreign university where you barely know the native language and virtually no one knows yours. Think how challenging it would be to meet new friends or communicate with your roommate. That’s what it was like for Ghalib Shutayfi, who came to Western Carolina University for spring semester in 2013 to enroll in …
Journal: Weight-loss surgery should be a standard of care for some diabetes A surgery developed at East Carolina University that can put an end to insulin shots for patients with diabetes has been recognized as a “standard of care” for some patients with the chronic disease. More than 20 years after Dr. Walter Pories published …
Imagine doctors looking inside their patient’s bones, seeing each layer in order to pinpoint a problem without ever resorting to the operating table. Imagine researchers manipulating 3-D images of their subjects, breaking them down layer by layer without physical dissection. These scenarios may seem futuristic, but in reality this is cutting-edge research happening in labs …
On Friday, January 27, the White House issued an Executive Order (EO) limiting immigrant and non-immigrant visa holders from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Somalia, Libya, and Yemen from entering the United States. The EO also directed the US Secretary of State to suspend the refugee admission program for 120 days and to suspend all refugee …
Sheer tenacity pays off for N.C. A&T Engineer With more than 15 years of experience in mechanical, electrical and plumbing design, Ronnie Isaac has worked with some of the biggest clients in and around Washington, D.C. Johns Hopkins University Hospital, the Naval Research Laboratory, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and the U.S. Department of …