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A fundraiser to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Burlington and the Multiple Sclerosis Society caught the attention of local media over the weekend, with the Times-News in Burlington and WFMY News 2 in Greensboro covering the event organized by students in a Leisure and Sport Management course.

USA TODAY showcased three ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ students on April 13 in photographs that accompanied a special section, “Sharing in the USA,” which reported on American volunteerism in the wake of several natural disasters.

Jason A. Kirk, assistant professor of political science and international studies, contributed a guest column in last Sunday's edition of Business Standard, a leading financial daily in India.

The Financial Times of London published a “Soapbox” opinion column by David Noer, a professor emeritus in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, in its April 12 higher education online edition.

A 2009 ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ alumna will have a documentary she produced as a student broadcast this month on One Africa TV. Erin Barnett's film, "My Name is Anita," introduces viewers to Anita Isaacs, a former Periclean-in-Residence at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ and an HIV/AIDS activist in Namibia.

The work of Ashley Lawson '07 on behalf of the homeless was spotlighted recently in a story published by the Santa Fe Sentinel, the student newspaper for Santa Fe College.

In an online story posted March 31, the Chronicle of Higher Education cited work by assistant professor Tony Weaver on the recent trend of colleges and universities paying their new basketball coaches higher salaries than the men who were replaced.

David Noer, a professor emeritus in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, had an article headlined "Six Crucial Leadership Competencies for an Era of Downsizing" published in the spring edition of Leader to Leader.

The Charlotte Observer on March 25 published a viewpoint opinion column by Mat Gendle, an associate professor of psychology, who used his research on campus to warn readers of North Carolina's largest newspaper that tanning beds may, in fact, be addictive.

Professor Tom Arcaro and associate professor Anthony Hatcher co-authored a column on atheism for the March 28, 2010, Sunday "Ideas" section of the News & Record in Greensboro, N.C.