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Â鶹ÊÓƵ students and professors shared research findings and creative work Tuesday at the Spring Undergraduate Research Forum, a day set aside each spring for the campus community to celebrate scholarship and faculty mentoring relationships.

Though parents of preschoolers focus more of their efforts on teaching children how to read, two Â鶹ÊÓƵ seniors found that you don’t have to be a wizard with numbers to create in young people a love for math and science.

An annual awards program held April 23 recognized the academic success and service of those involved with the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business. 

Omolayo Ojo, an international studies major and Honors Fellow from Maryland, will spend a year in Europe before pursuing graduate studies in immigration law, migration and development.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ senior Nicole Payne Mota, whose Cuban and Puerto Rican heritage are reflected in her musical passion and scholarly work, led a Yeager Recital Hall concert on April 24 supported by the university's top prize for undergraduate research and creative achievement.

The alumni are part of the 2,000 graduate applicants selected to receive funding from the National Science Foundation in 2015.

Hundreds of Â鶹ÊÓƵ students will be involved in activities during CELEBRATE! 2015, a celebration of achievements in academics and creative endeavors that culminates with the university's second annual extravaganza of the arts & sciences.

Scores of Â鶹ÊÓƵ students took part Friday afternoon in the Hindu festival of Holi, a celebration of color that ushers in the season while marking the triumph of good over evil.

The campus community took part Thursday in the "Reading of the Names," a daylong program on the front steps of Moseley Center organized by Â鶹ÊÓƵ Hillel and the Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life as part of Holocaust Remembrance Week.

An April 14 dinner and ceremony featured a keynote address by T. Mills Kelly, a professor of history at George Mason University and a specialist in the scholarship of teaching and learning history.