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Research by Â鶹ÊÓƵ senior Michael Keenan finds that household businesses in Indonesia are more likely to cope with natural disasters and disease when they have access to banks that provide savings and loans.

Hattie Hoskins ’16, agency director for Live Oak Communications, was one of five national finalists for the PR magazine’s student of the year contest.  

With new class schedules for a new semester, many Â鶹ÊÓƵ students discovered additional opportunities for campus involvement in a Thursday evening event sponsored by the Office of Student Activities.

North Carolina’s Mu chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon received the Donald C. McCleary Excellence in Member Development Award this month in Atlanta at the national fraternity’s annual Carlson Leadership Academy.

As Miles Williams ’15 co-captained the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Phoenix football team over the past year, he was also conducting undergraduate research just a few miles away on the way hip hop music might help African-American children develop self-confidence and a sense of self.

Visits to Birmingham, Selma and Atlanta culminated with Â鶹ÊÓƵ students meeting Martin Luther King III, the oldest son of the slain civil rights leader, and King III's wife, Arndrea Waters King.

The associate professor of education from East Carolina University will oversee an Â鶹ÊÓƵ school with 22 full-time faculty members and five full-time faculty members from Â鶹ÊÓƵ College, the College of Arts and Sciences, who work with teacher education programs.

Glenda Phillips Hightower, the first African-American to enroll as a full-time Â鶹ÊÓƵ student, and Eugene Perry '69, the first African-American to receive an Â鶹ÊÓƵ degree, will have formal portraits unveiled during a McKinnon Hall event.

Honors Fellow Addison Horner created the account @thehashtagmusician to provide musical "micro lessons" to budding pianists, and he's sharing his undergraduate research findings this spring at several conferences.

More than a dozen events in February will honor African-American contributions to the campus and the world as Â鶹ÊÓƵ celebrates Black History Month.