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Twenty Â鶹ÊÓƵ students in Study USA's "Â鶹ÊÓƵ in New York" fall semester program observed the 14th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks with a visit to the National September 11 Memorial & Museum along with a representative from the nonprofit September 11 Families for Peace.

The Class of 2019 gathered in the Academic Village on Thursday morning to celebrate and reflect upon honesty, integrity, responsibility and respect, the four values that comprise the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Honor Code.

Student leaders are sponsoring small American flags that will line the walkways of Young Commons on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks with proceeds to benefit the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ earns top marks for undergraduate teaching and innovation in the magazine's annual "Best Colleges" rankings.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ, Davidson College and Furman University collaborated this month to host an undergraduate research forum featuring student projects that sought answers to several public health questions and concerns.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ senior Alexandra Cantone authored a report on women's roles in countering violent extremism in Saudi Arabia as part of a summer internship at the Institute for Gulf Affairs, a Washington think tank to which she applied with help from faculty and the Student Professional Development Center.

Hundreds of Â鶹ÊÓƵ students took part Saturday in a service project aimed at providing hunger relief to people around the globe.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ students and staff have organized dozens of service trips to the Gulf Coast following Hurricane Katrina, and as the nation marks the storm's 10th anniversary this summer, campus leaders and alumni reflect on how they, too, were shaped by its destruction.

University leaders, faculty and fellow students shared reflections and advice for making the most of the next four years in an annual program on new students' "first day of a lifetime relationship with Â鶹ÊÓƵ."

Recent initiatives by Â鶹ÊÓƵ have earned it praise from a national organization that advocates for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students and campus groups.