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A ten-member team from ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's Imagining the Internet Center and School of Communications was in Washington, D.C., July 21 to produce documentary journalistic coverage at the Internet Governance Forum-USA at the Georgetown University Law Center.

Tony Weaver, an assistant professor in the Department of Sport & Event Management, authored an article, “Reevaluating Prestige: The Influence of History on the Decision to Reclassify to Division I: A Case Study,” in the Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics.

The North Carolina Open Government Coalition, a nonpartisan organization housed at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ that educates people about their rights and supports their efforts to gain access to government meetings and records, announced today it has raised an endowment to support its Sunshine Center.

Paul Parsons, professor and dean of the School of Communications, led the administrative sessions for delegates attending the World Journalism Education Congress in South Africa on July 4-7.

Janna Anderson, associate professor in the School of Communications, led a special event on issues tied to hyperconnectivity, Web 3.0, cloud computing, user-generated content, social networks, ubiquitous computing and ambient intimacy, and augmented and virtual realities at the WorldFuture 2010 conference hosted by the World Future Society in Boston July 9.

As a women's cross country and track star and a bio-chem major at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ, sophomore Emily Tryon finds few free moments during her days for extracurriculars or even relaxation. She maintains a steadily hectic schedule as the result of practices, meets and all the homework and studying that comes along with her field of choice.