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Â鶹ÊÓƵ Lumen Scholar Michelle Alfini visited Rio de Janeiro to analyze the media’s lacking coverage of human rights violations prior to this year’s Olympic Games and fill the void in coverage through her website, RightingRio.com.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ women's basketball head coach  has been named an assistant coach for the 2016 USA Basketball Women's U18 National Team, USA Basketball. 

Cynthia “Cindy” Citrone P’17, of Southport, Connecticut, and David “Dave” King, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, were recently elected to the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Board of Trustees.

Thirty-seven candidates in the Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies program received degrees Sunday in a Whitley Auditorium ceremony featuring remarks by Cynthia Booth Lord, past president of the American Academy of Physician Assistants.

Representatives from North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory’s administration surprised the longtime Â鶹ÊÓƵ professor of political science Thursday when they bestowed the award for Brumbaugh's service to the state.

The first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of North Carolina will visit campus on May 20 to address graduating students and their families.

The new Richard W. Sankey Hall, to be located just south of Colonnades Dining Hall, will provide classrooms and learning facilities for students in all academic majors. 

Â鶹ÊÓƵ trustees have granted tenure and approved promotions for several faculty members. The action came at the board's spring meeting, which was held on campus Feb. 26-27, 2016. 

A performance choreographed and directed by an Â鶹ÊÓƵ assistant professor of dance tackles the 18th and 19th century trans-Atlantic slave trade in Ghana and the journey of captives held in dungeons for months before their forced migration to the Americas.

Likely voters in North Carolina would currently vote for either former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton or Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders over any of the 2016 Republican presidential nominees, save for one - Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.