Faculty, students and staff continue making headlines for their research interests, service efforts and professional accomplishments.
The new year brought ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ lots of attention from reporters who interviewed faculty experts on numerous current events, and featured student and alumni achievements in a variety of print, television, radio and online news outlets.
The following list should not be considered exhaustive and does not include most athletics news.
1/1/13: WFMY News 2: featured Assistant Professor Jason Husser analyzing the politics of the “fiscal cliff” debate in Washington over the holidays.
1/1/13: WMFY News 2: also includes an interview with Assistant Professor Jason Husser about the last-minute culture that defines Congress in contemporary America.
1/1/13: (Burlington, N.C.) Times-News: calls attention to the university being named “among the nation’s best values in private higher education.”
1/2/13: Baltimore Sun: mentions the star football linebacker’s visit to ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ in 2011 and the motivational speech he gave members of the Phoenix squad.
1/2/13: The Daniel Island (S.C.) News: profiles ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ alumna Bridget Downing and her positive approaches to living with a degenerative neuro-muscular disorder.
1/5/13: The (Palm Springs, Calif.) Desert Sun: cites findings from a June 2012 report on “smart home” technology by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project and the Imagining the Internet Center at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ.
1/5/13: Fayetteville Observer: previews upcoming political intentions by North Carolina lawmakers and cites data from a recent ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Poll.
1/8/13: WFMY News 2: is an interview with Associate Professor Jeffrey Coker on the effects of global warming on people and the environment.
1/9/13: Fayetteville Observer: was a guest column by Assistant Professor Jason Husser on polarization in Congress and how all Americans have some responsibility for the ongoing political gridlock. The same column appeared in the Winston-Salem (N.C.) Journal.
1/9/13: WJLA ABC 7: reports out of Washington, D.C., on ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ sophomore Yasmine Arrington’s nonprofit scholarship program to assist college students with one or both parents in jail.
1/9/13: Winston-Salem Journal: is a guest column by Professor Mary Gowan about the need for unions and corporate management to do a better job working together to improve conditions for everyone. The same column appeared in the (Greensboro, N.C.) News & Record and the (Burlington, N.C.) Times-News.
1/13/13: (Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun: was a guest column by Professor Rosemary Haskell on the lessons George Orwell taught about the nature of power. The same column appeared in the (Burlington, N.C.) Times-News.
1/17/13: WFMY News 2: features the director of the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Poll discussing the politics of gun control legislation.
1/22/13: WFMY News 2: includes an interview with Assistant Professor Jason Husser on the station’s The Good Morning Show about ongoing fiscal negotiations in Washington, D.C.
1/23/13: WRAL-TV: quotes Assistant Professor Kenneth Fernandez, director of the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Poll, about recent findings by another firm on support for gun control measures.
1/24/13: Fayetteville Observer: profiles a student on break from her ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ studies to assist with mission projects in several different countries.
1/24/13: National Public Radio: is a feature report on work done by graduate students in ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s Interactive Media program.
1/31/13: (Burlington, N.C.) Times-News: profiles Matt Meigs ’12 and his homecoming to North Carolina as part of the touring theatrical production.
1/31/13: Shore News Today: reports on an ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ alternative break service program to New Jersey to assist with Hurricane Sandy relief.