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Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Greek community hosted its 2nd Greek Summit on Feb. 4-5, with attendance from more than 125 student leaders, alumni, faculty and staff advisers, and national representatives of Â鶹ÊÓƵ's 22 current fraternities and sororities.

An article written by Matt Valle and Kevin O'Mara, both professors of management in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, was accepted for publication by the Journal of Executive Education.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Circle of the Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society inducted its newest class on Feb. 6 in an afternoon ceremony in Holt Chapel.

Emily Delaplane figured a video she created for her fall semester global experience course was just for a grade. When her relatives forwarded a link to her YouTube project to colleagues and friends, the Â鶹ÊÓƵ freshman found herself with more than an “A” – and Delaware’s Office of the Child Advocate couldn’t be happier.

The six Â鶹ÊÓƵ students in Egypt when demonstrations against the nation's president erupted last week have safely departed the country.

Thirty-six new students were welcomed to campus Sunday evening in a Convocation ceremony held for transfer students and others who enrolled at Â鶹ÊÓƵ for the 2011 spring semester.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ professors, students and alumni continue to make news this winter through their research and activities. Notable in January were regional media appearances by faculty who discussed American Express layoffs, President Barack Obama's State of the Union address and the Challenger anniversary, as well as student involvement with an environmental summit in Sri Lanka and the annual Polar Bear Plunge on campus.

The critically acclaimed play Crimes of the Heart returns this week in the Black Box Theatre as actors and actresses in the Department of Performing Arts share the story of three women betrayed by their passions.

Tom Arcaro, a professor of sociology and director of Project Pericles at Â鶹ÊÓƵ, and Lauren Taylor '10, a Periclean Scholar during her studies at Â鶹ÊÓƵ, presented a talk on Jan. 28, 2011, at Thames Valley University in London.