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NCAA community engagement highlights from 2021-22 academic year

By Corbin McGuire8/17/2022 11:00:00 AM Community engagement is a pillar for the NCAA, its member schools and student-athletes who serve others in several ways during their college careers. While the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted this connection between athletics and communities, much of it returned in the 2021-22 academic year across college sports.  Below are some highlights

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How China takes extreme measures to keep teens off TikTok

TikTok announced a one-hour daily limit for users under 18, but authorities in China have pushed the domestic version, Douyin, much further. By  March 8, 2023 STEPHANIE ARNETT/MITTR | ENVATO China Report is MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology developments in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. As I often say, the

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The Social Dilemma

2020 | Maturity Rating:PG-13 | 1h 34m | Documentaries This documentary-drama hybrid explores the dangerous human impact of social networking, with tech experts sounding the alarm on their own creations. Starring:Skyler Gisondo, Kara Hayward, Vincent Kartheiser Watch all you want.JOIN NOW From Jeff Orlowski, director of the News and Documentary Emmy Award-winning film “Chasing Ice.” Videos The Social Dilemma More Details

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NC State Athletics Partnering with North State Bank for Wolfpack Blitz Reading Initiative

3/22/2021 10:49:00 AM | General Share: NC State Athletics has partnered with North State Bank to sponsor the annual Wolfpack Blitz Reading Initiative from March 22-24. This year, more than 45 Wolfpack student-athletes are participating in the virtual Wolfpack Blitz across seven local elementary schools. “I’ve been trying to find a way to give back to the

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Carolina study shows habitual checking of social media may impact young adolescents’ brain development

January 3, 2023  The study provides some of the first findings on how social media usage could have long-standing and important consequences on the development of adolescent brains. In one of the first long-term studies on adolescent neural development and technology use, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill report adolescents’ habitual checking of

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Loneliness is the new silent killer, and as deadly as smoking: US surgeon-general

By Amanda Seitz  The Associated Press Posted May 2, 2023 9:09 am EST Widespread loneliness in the U.S. poses health risks as deadly as smoking a dozen cigarettes daily, costing the health industry billions of dollars annually, the U.S. surgeon general said Tuesday in declaring the latest public health epidemic. STORY CONTINUES BELOW ADVERTISEMENT About half of U.S.

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RIDDLE & BRANTLEY PARTNERS WITH LESSONS FOR LIFE THROUGH SPORTS TO SUPPORT CHILD READING & MENTAL HEALTH

RIDDLE BRANTLEY LLP   |  AUGUST 5, 2023   |   Riddle & Brantley Announces Partnership with Area Nonprofit Lessons For Life Through Sports is a Chapel Hill-based nonprofit that is working to combat the mental health crisis that is plaguing our youth. Their goal is to promote reading through their books that use sports to teach valuable life lessons. The books

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