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Articles by Eric Townsend

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DPT program enrolls Class of 2010

January 7, 2008

Thirty-eight students enrolled Jan. 7, 2008, in the DPT program in the Department of Physical Therapy Education.  This marks ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s sixth class of DPT students and represents its most selective and brightest.

Exhibition brings fabric creations to campus

January 7, 2008

A textile exhibition on campus shows the work of a painter-turned-fiber artist whose creativity four decades ago is now considered “ahead of its time.” Thirteen pieces by Nell Battle Booker Sonnemann can be viewed in the Arts West Gallery through Jan. 23.

School reform and teacher emotions topic of research

January 2, 2008

Educational reforms often challenge how teachers view their purpose in a classroom. But a psychology professor at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ who studied such reforms found instructors at one school, when given the resources to try new teaching methods, vastly improved student achievement and job satisfaction.

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ leaders make “Most Influential” list

January 2, 2008

President Leo M. Lambert, trustees and members of the Law School Advisory Board and Board of Visitors have been named to the Triad Business Journal's 2008 Most Influential List. The special section was part of the Nov. 30 edition of the Business Journal.

Plight of Ugandan children is focus of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ student group

December 31, 2007

A group dedicated to the education of Ugandan children is today one of the fastest-growing student organizations on campus. The ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ chapter of “Invisible Children” has raised more than $5,200 in the past year to sponsor a secondary school in the war-ravaged African nation.

Alzheimer’s focus of work by ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ professor

December 31, 2007

Researchers led by an ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ associate professor have identified in walnuts at least two molecules that may hold the key to better treating, if not completely reversing, the effects of Alzheimer’s disease, a fatal type of dementia that diminishes memory and affects behavior in older adults.