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A longtime Broadway stage manager has gifted to the university a collection of notebooks and other production material that will give students in the Department of Performing Arts an insider’s view of acclaimed shows such as “Equus” starring Daniel Radcliffe and “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” with Kathleen Turner.

Thirteen rising juniors at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ have been named recipients of the 2010 Lumen Prize, the university’s premier award that comes with a $15,000 scholarship to support and celebrate their academic achievements and research proposals.

World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee and Vint Cerf, widely known as a "father of the Internet" and Google's Chief Internet Evangelist, were among the more than 60 speakers leading more than 20 different events at the three-day FutureWeb conference in Raleigh, N.C., April 28-30. The event was organized by the Imagining the Internet Center of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ's School of Communications, and involved more than 40 ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ students, faculty and staff.

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ trustee Frank R. Lyon ’71 and his wife, Natalie Lyon, of New Canaan, Conn., longtime supporters of the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Academy, have made a major gift for the creation of an endowed scholarship that will aid graduates of the college enrichment program for high school students in Alamance County.

A major gift by ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ trustee Jeanne Robertson and her husband Jerry will provide lead funding for a renovation project for Alumni Gym in Koury Center. The project will upgrade ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ's home for basketball and volleyball, convocations and other large campus events.

Nearly two out of three state residents support drilling for oil and gas off the North Carolina coast, according to the latest ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Poll, and three quarters of citizens would support the increase of federal funds for research on wind, solar and hydrogen technology.

North Carolinians are almost evenly split on how they view Barack Obama’s job performance more than a year into his presidency, according to the latest ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Poll, as public opinion begins to sour on the economy.

Global leaders use stories to explain their successes and failures, but in an age of social media and cell phones, that’s no longer easy to do. For Laura Roselle, who shared her work Monday in ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s annual Distinguished Scholar Award Lecture, understanding this change is crucial for researchers who study how and why political messages help people make sense of their world.

Laura Roselle, one of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s most prolific scholars, will discuss the effects of a new media environment in the 21st century on Monday night during the annual Distinguished Scholar Award Lecture, which each year showcases the work of a faculty researcher whose work has made a lasting impact to her field of study.

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Provost Steven House has named two longtime faculty members, Connie Book and Tim Peeples, to associate provost positions. Both begin their new duties on June 1, 2010.