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Newspapers around North Carolina recently featured a guest column by Jeffrey Pugh, professor of religious studies, who writes about the contrast between the efforts by South Africa's Nelson Mandela to unite a fractured country and the divisive rhetoric heard in today’s U.S. political contests.

The Eugenia H. Leggett-Frank Endowed Scholarship has been established in memory of a retired senior administrator whose dedication and commitment to ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law contributed to the innovative, vibrant school it is today.

The recent article in the American Journal of Play by Professor Thomas Henricks follows his 2015 book, "Play and the Human Condition."

Antonette Barilla, director of Academic Support and Bar Preparation and a scholar of international law, will have her 2015 article on cultural diplomacy reprinted in a forthcoming “best of” edition of the American Bar Association’s GPSolo magazine.

The day-long professional development workshop for area teachers was supported by a grant from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations. 

Assistant Professor Jen Dabrowski has published a research article on selective conversion of carbohydrates to fine chemicals.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Biology Professors Dave Gammon and Jen Hamel were joined by biology major Dawson Nance '17, who conducts research with Hamel, in presenting research at the Animal Behavior Society 2016 conference in Columbia, Mo.

The grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities will support a two-week institute directed by Professor Ann J. Cahill in the department of philosophy.