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In its annual "Year in Photos" feature, the Office of University Relations has collected some of the best ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ pictures from 2009 in a retrospective slide show.

A program directed by ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ graduate Audrey Seagraves was named a 2009 Tech Awards Laureate cash prize winner of $50,000 for the "Fair Wage Guide," an online calculator managed by Seagraves to assist millions of workers in the developing world who live below the poverty level.

The ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Board of Trustees voted unanimously Dec. 14 to approve a $586 million strategic plan that will guide the university's development during the next decade. "The ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Commitment: Engaged minds. Inspired leaders. Global citizens.," was created over the past 15 months, involving the entire community of students, faculty, staff, alumni, parents and friends in a discussion about ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's future.

The Daily Beast, one of the leading new Web-based media outlets, has named ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ one of the decade's hottest colleges. The list of 15 colleges and universities ranks schools that make up a "whole new class of first-choice schools" that have "transformed the collegiate landscape" during the past 10 years.

The Office of University Advancement has launched a new online Honor Roll of Donors as a companion to the print version of the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Society Honor Roll that appeared in the fall issue of The Magazine of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ. All donors who made a gift to ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ during the past fiscal year (June 1, 2008 – May 31, 2009) are included in the searchable database.