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Glenda Phillips Hightower visited the university on Thursday and spent part of her day talking with current students about her struggles and triumphs in 1963 as ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's first full-time African-American student.

A chance group assignment her senior year, led broadcast journalism major Julie Morse ’13 to a job at NBC Nightly News.

A passion for entrepreneurship has taken Mital Patel L’09 beyond his law practice in Raleigh, N.C., to conference rooms around the world—including the White House.

The Department of Physical Therapy Education was represented at the Combined Sections Meeting of the American Physical Therapy Association held in Las Vegas from Feb. 3-7, 2014.

The seasoned veteran, who served as a senior personnel executive and assistant general manager with the team in 2006-07, returns as a player personnel scout.

The popular program expanded to 32 cities and hit a record number for attendance in 2014.

For many, attending the Super Bowl is a “bucket list” experience. So is getting to witness an Olympic Games in person. Doing both within the span of a few days? That’s the stuff of dreams – and it’s just what ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ alumna Angie Lovelace Walton ’10 is doing through her job at USA TODAY.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s Office of Alumni Engagement is seeking input from ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ graduates about the university’s alumni programming and services with a brief survey, which will be posted until Feb. 7.

Leslie P. Lasher L'09, Andrew Nettleman L'09, Stephen Shaw L'10 and Ryan H. Stewart L'09 have been selected as 2014 Rising Stars by Super Lawyers rating service, a recognition earned by no more than 2.5 percent of attorneys 40 or younger or in practice for 10 years or less.

The film will be screened at the biggest festival of its kind in Amsterdam.