Articles by Eric Townsend
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Elementary education majors join with local children on trip to D.C.
April 19, 2011
Five ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ juniors studying elementary education recently accompanied 80 fifth grade students and their parents from R. Homer Andrews Elementary School to Washington D.C.
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Academy scholars present at Seattle conference
April 19, 2011
Five high school students from the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Academy traveled to Seattle this spring for the Society for Applied Anthropology conference where they presented a research poster on how intersections of social location such as race, class, gender and sexuality can produce barriers to and opportunities for college access.
Honglin Xiao presents and chairs session for meeting of the Association of American Geographers
April 19, 2011
Associate professor of geography Honglin Xiao presented his research, "Land use land cover changes under a market economy," at the 2011 annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers at Seattle, Wash.
Michael Skube chairs Pulitzer Prize jury for General Nonfiction
April 19, 2011
Michael Skube, an associate professor in the School of Communications, chaired the General Nonfiction jury for the 2011 Pulitzer Prizes with Robert Lee Hotz, a science writer for The Wall Street Journal, and Arnold Isaacs, a former foreign correspondent and editor of the Baltimore Sun.
Anne Bolin, Leigh Lampley ’10 present at Society for Applied Anthropology meeting
April 18, 2011
Professor Anne Bolin co-chaired an presented two invited sessions at the Society for Applied Anthropology meeting in San Francisco from March 29-April 2, 2011, in which an ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ alumna also presented on her work with Bolin while an undergraduate student.
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ celebrates Earth Day with events through April 22
April 18, 2011
Several student organizations and campus departments have partnered to host a number of events in celebration of Earth Day on April 22, 2011. Organizers said their goal is to raise awareness of environmental and sustainability issues and to encourage positive action throughout the community.
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Poll: N.C. supports alternative energy measures … except for nuclear
April 18, 2011
Four out of five North Carolina residents support the construction of wind energy facilities in both the mountains and along the coast of the Tar Heel State, according to the latest ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Poll, though half the state opposes the government promoting the increased use of nuclear power to address America’s energy supply.
Advisory: ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Poll results to be released at March 15 news conference
April 18, 2011
The ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Institute for Politics and Public Affairs is conducting a health and wellness community survey this month in Alamance County on topics that include: social and wellness concerns, perceived health issues in the county, exercise habits, care giving responsibilities and perceived safety in the county.
Department of Performing Arts presents Ajax by Sophocles – April 14-17
April 17, 2011
Re-imagining a nearly 2,500-year-old play, the Department of Performing Arts' production of Ajax by Sophocles explores the great warrior’s PTSD-like struggles on the battlefield of a contemporary and familiar war-torn landscape. The show runs through Sunday afternoon in McCrary Theatre.
“Satan” shares from his blog in Distinguished Scholar Award Lecture
April 15, 2011
Sometimes silly and sometimes serious, but always as "Satan,” ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ professor Jeffrey C. Pugh read excerpts from his new book Thursday as part of the 2010-11 Distinguished Scholar Award Lecture before taking questions about the way evil is described in Devil’s Ink: Blog from the Basement Office.