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As �鶹��Ƶ prepares for the opening of the 2009-10 academic year, Smith Jackson, vice president for student life and dean of students, has prepared a special communication regarding steps the campus community is taking to deal with a possible outbreak of the H1N1 flu virus.

New student orientation begins Friday, Aug. 28, when members of the Class of 2013 begin moving into residence halls. Read this note for highlights of the orientation schedule and to download the full schedule in PDF format.

Carolina Biological Supply, a Burlington, N.C., company that provides materials to the �鶹��Ƶ Academy, has produced a video highlighting the science work of faculty member Mat Gendle, assistant professor of psychology.

Noel Lee Allen, a 1969 �鶹��Ƶ alumnus whose distinguished legal career has won international accolades, received an honorary doctor of humane letters during �鶹��Ƶ’s Convocation for Honors on March 31. The degree was conferred by President Leo M. Lambert and presented by John G. Sullivan, professor emeritus of philosophy.

More than 250 alumni, parents and friends gathered at The Plaza Hotel in Manhattan March 9 for the New York launch of Ever �鶹��Ƶ: The Campaign for the Future of Our University.

Work will begin August 13 on a pedestrian tunnel under the railroad tracks running through the �鶹��Ƶ campus, providing a walkway between main campus and South Campus. During the construction period, portions of Lebanon and Trollinger avenues will be closed to traffic, affecting daily traffic patterns on and around the �鶹��Ƶ campus. Read this note to see a map of the upcoming road closure area.

Bob Anderson, associate professor of political science, was a member of News14 Carolina’s panel of experts during the station’s broadcast coverage of the visit by President Barack Obama to North Carolina on July 29.

For the seventh year in a row, �鶹��Ƶ is ranked among the nation's top colleges and universities by The Princeton Review. The 2010 college guide, released July 28, ranks schools based on a survey of 122,000 students from across the nation.

NC Spin, a public affairs television program, will feature �鶹��Ƶ and the Town of �鶹��Ƶ as part of its Carolina Community segment to air on Aug. 2

Belk Library is introducing nine Playaway sound media players, which are two-ounce devices than can hold an entire audio book. The players were purchased to satisfy growing interest among patrons in audio books and new technology.