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Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s top prize for undergraduate research and creative achievement assisted senior Omolayo Ojo in her efforts to share why people from Senegal move to the United States, and what effect those moves have on families left behind.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ ranked #3 on an annual list of American master's-level institutions whose graduates received Fulbright student awards for 2014-15.

Twenty-eight Â鶹ÊÓƵ sophomores toured the South this winter as part of a course on nonviolence and the civil rights movement.

Senior Al Drago won top honors in the association's 2015 "Eyes of History" contest and will travel to Washington, D.C., in May for a black-tie gala.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Watson & Odyssey Scholars Program and the Study USA office co-sponsored a "Fake Break" program in late January for students to visit with corporate foundation offices at Coca-Cola, Major League Baseball's Atlanta Braves, the International Rescue Committee and more.

The Alternative Breaks Program in the Kernodle Center for Service Learning and Community Engagement offered the late January experience to introduce students to issues around hunger and homelessness in the nation’s capital.

Brianna Duff used the university's top award for undergraduate research and creative achievement to combine her love of physics and writing into a story driven by scientific principles.

The father of Kenn Gaither, associate dean in the School of Communications, helped shape the Civil Rights Movement when he was among a group of young men who in 1961 used a "jail, no bail" tactic at a segregated South Carolina lunch counter. Their convictions were vacated on Jan. 28, 2015 - nearly 54 years to the day after their arrests.

Students in an Â鶹ÊÓƵ Core Curriculum capstone course led by faculty members in the Martha & Spencer Love School of Business and Â鶹ÊÓƵ College, the College of Arts & Sciences, spent eight days in Peru sharing with farmers ideas to improve their land while growing their revenues.

The Office of Admissions is seeking three dynamic students who would like an excellent opportunity to develop skills in public relations and communications.