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An organization that represents private colleges and universities in North Carolina has awarded ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ a grant of $20,000 to fund programs for rising first-year college students in the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Academy, the Watson Scholarship Program and the Odyssey Scholarship Program.

Associate professor Tony Crider, chair of the Department of Physics at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ with a Ph.D. in space physics and astronomy from Rice University, is available Jan. 28, 2011, to speak with reporters by phone for anyone seeking a university professor to comment on NASA’s Challenger disaster 25 years today.

Three ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ students in an environmental communications course have had a class video project named a finalist for a PBS television special in April, and if their work receives the top number of votes in an online contest, the network may show the project this spring to a national audience.

For many people, it just isn’t New Year’s without a traditional resolution, and “losing weight” is always a popular pledge. Elizabeth Bailey in the Department of Health and Human Performance shares advice for not just making fitness resolutions, but keeping them, in the first of an occasional series of videos where ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ faculty members share their research and classroom expertise.

With sole possession of first place in the Southern Conference on the line, the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ women’s basketball team is back home tonight when the Phoenix takes on the Appalachian State Mountaineers. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. inside Alumni Gym and admission is $5 for adults and $3 for youth 12 and under.

A record-breaking number of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ students leaped into the frigid water of Lake Mary Nell on Thursday in the 8th annual Polar Bear Plunge. Just shy of 150 students registered for the community event, with organizers awarding more than two dozen gift cards to area merchants and participants walking away with free T-shirts.

History professor Mary Jo Festle gave the Burkhardt Lecture at Knox College on Jan. 13, 2011, in a talk titled, “Lung Transplantation in the U.S.: The Historical, Personal, and Political.”

It’s a common view among feminists that in today’s society, women are frequently depicted in advertising, art and media as little more than sex “objects” for men. But is that the right description? Ann J. Cahill, a professor of philosophy, doesn’t think so, and her new book Overcoming Objectification: A Carnal Ethics offers an evolved viewpoint for critiquing the portrayal of women in the 21st century.

Josh Norris' passion for sports was why it didn't take the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ senior long to visit Career Services last spring when he learned of a unique opportunity. With help from office staff, Norris polished his cover letter and resume, and just days later the senior communications major had landed a summer internship with the NFL's St. Louis Rams.