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With relatives in Syria and steeped in its history, Assistant Professor Haya Ajjan writes in a newspaper guest column about the need for U.S. military involvement to end a brutal civil war while putting a stop to the use of chemical weapons in her home country.

Dianne Ford co-authored an article with librarian Nancy Gibbs from Duke University for the September 2013 edition of Serials Review.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ faculty experts, joined by a colleague from UNC Chapel Hill, explored on Sept. 11 the complexities of resolving a civil war in Syria that has escalated with the use of chemical weapons.

The professorship supports research, travel and professional development.

The chair of the Department of Psychology will assume her new role at the university starting in January 2014.

Kirstin Ringelberg, Kathy Matera and David Crowe in ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ College, the College of Arts and Sciences, last month received Faculty Excellence Awards for the 2012-2013 academic year.

In recent weeks, ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law professor David S. Levine continued his work on the impacts of secrecy in hydraulic fracturing operations and ramifications of NSA spying, including a Sept. 20 article in Slate.

Professor of Mathematics Jeff Clark's "Using Escher's Work to Demonstrate Symmetries of the Plane" appears in the current issue of the New York State Mathematics Teachers' Journal.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ employees can purchase discounted tickets to Carowinds, which will be transformed nightly until the end of October from a theme park to a scream park.

The School of Communications will host an all-day mobile marketing workshop Saturday, Sept. 14 in McEwen Communications 011.