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The Haw River has been key to the region’s growth and development over the centuries, and as associate professor emerita Anne Cassebaum writes in her new book, Down Along the Haw: The History of a North Carolina River, its importance can’t be ignored as efforts continue to preserve one of the region’s vital waterways.

Twenty-four photographs from around the globe are on display throughout Belk Library as a gift to ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ from North Carolina photographer John T. Giancotti.

What would Satan say about nuclear weapons? Or politicians and their mistresses? Or Disney World? And would he say it in a … blog? Such is the premise of Devil's Ink: Blog from the Basement Office by ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ professor Jeffrey C. Pugh, who uses Lucifer’s point of view in a new book critiquing cultural institutions that readers may assume are necessary without considering the evil they can create.

When associate professor of communications Brooke Barnett was trying to find a textbook for the School of Communications Digital Media Convergence class she could not find one that she thought was a perfect fit. The class covers photography, videography, editing, web design and basic visual storytelling practices. And all that information wasn't readily available in one place.

Author and illustrator Mike Berenstain, whose parents, Stan and Jan, created the iconic children's literature series The Berenstain Bears, visits ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ this week for a public lecture that will explore the importance of early literacy and the art of writing and editing for children.

With the growing number of Spanish-speaking patients who visit emergency rooms and doctors’ offices across the country, medical professionals often confront language barriers that can hinder treatment. Public health researchers have taken note, and a new introductory Spanish textbook authored by ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ professor Ernest Lunsford takes aim at the problem.

Belk Library now has a mobile website that provides easy online access from your mobile device.

Ernie Lunsford, professor of Spanish, has published a new book, ¡Salud!: Introductory Spanish for Health Professionals.

By his own admission, the eminent American philosopher John Dewey never adequately articulated a theory of personality. Six decades after Dewey's death, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ professor Yoram Lubling offers that missing chapter by tracing the philosopher's developing understanding of personhood in a new book titled The Person Vanishes: John Dewey’s Philosophy of Experience and the Self.