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Professors Anne Marx and Hal Walker in the Department of Leisure and Sport Management took more than 60 students from their introductory courses to the RBC Center in Raleigh recently to learn more about career options in the sport management industry.

Rex Waters, associate dean of students, made two presentations during the Nov. 11-14 annual conference of the International Leadership Academy.

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ remains the nation’s top-ranked master’s-level university for study abroad programs in the 2009 Open Doors report by the Institute of International Education.

"Civilization," a sculpture by former ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ scholar-in-residence Ahmed Fadaam, was installed on the portico of the Arts West building Thursday afternoon in an event that included a live question-and-answer discussion with the artist from his home in Baghdad.

Citizens are wary of political appointments in North Carolina’s judicial selection process, with 69 percent of respondents in the latest ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Poll indicating their support for continuing direct election of judges to their positions.

Demand for oil will continue to climb as nations like China and India grow in the coming decade, and according to a top oil executive on campus Tuesday as part of International Education Week, companies must make additional investments in petroleum production to meet that crucial need.

Martha S. and Carl H. Lindner III Hall, the new administrative home for ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ College, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the ‘greenest’ building on campus, has received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, a national recognition for design, construction and operation of high-performance green buildings.

A philosophy class at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ is teaming up with Allied Churches of Alamance County the weekend before Thanksgiving to build replacement bunk beds for the nonprofit on North Fisher Street in Burlington.

Roof replacement on the colonnades at Belk Library is scheduled to begin Monday, Nov. 23, with minor interference expected for student traffic for a short period while materials are placed on the roof.

BusinessWeek magazine ranked ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ the #1 school in the South, and the sixth best school in the nation, in a list of top part-time MBA programs released Thursday afternoon during a live online chat hosted by magazine staff.