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Military
8:04 am
Fri May 24, 2013

NC Military Bases Brace For Teacher Furloughs

Credit Fort Bragg
Teachers at Fort Bragg and other military bases in the state are preparing for up to five furlough days.

Teachers at North Carolina's military bases are preparing for up to five furlough days due to cuts from the sequester. 

The Department of Defense says instructors and other nine-month employees can expect mandatory days off after the next school year starts.  Marilee Fitzgerald is the director of the Department of Defense Education Activity, which oversees schools at military bases.

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Education
11:30 am
Fri April 12, 2013

Duke Marks 50 Years Since Integration

Credit Duke University

Duke University celebrates 50 years of black students on Saturday, with an address by U.S. Senator William "Mo" Cowan.  The Massachusetts Democrat is a 1991 Duke graduate and one of two African-Americans currently in the U.S. Senate.

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Science & Technology
5:00 am
Fri April 12, 2013

Where Can You Watch A Trash Bin Explode With Ping Pong Balls?

Credit NC Science Festival
Students learning about a weather balloon at last year's North Carolina Science Festival.

At the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center at UNC Chapel Hill this morning! The experiment is one of many happening this week and next as a part of the North Carolina Science Festival, a statewide series of science-related happenings that began on April 5. Today, the Festival is encouraging people to participate in Experi-Minute, an attempt to engage all North Carolinians in some kind of science-related activity for at least one minute on Friday morning.

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Education
1:07 pm
Thu March 14, 2013

Duke, NC State Reverse The 'Rhodes'

Credit Marc Hall / North Carolina State University
NC State students study an array of solar panels on top of the NSF FREEDM Systems Center. Vest Scholarships will go to British graduate students interested in studying energy production among other engineering projects.

Duke and N.C. State Universities are among eight schools in the country now providing scholarships for British students to study engineering in the US.

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